The installation of Mark A. Murray will air on WGVU, November 9, at 10 p.m.
The pageantry surrounding the inauguration of Mark A. Murray as GVSU's third president begins at 10 a.m. on Friday, November 9, with music presentations and photography displays. Complete details of all inaugural events are listed here.
The ceremony will begin at 2 p.m.; faculty and staff members will process into the Fieldhouse at 1:30 p.m.
Thirty-six delegates from 32 Michigan colleges and universities are expected to attend.Wayne State University President Irvin D. Reid, who is also chairman of the Michigan President's Council, is a scheduled speaker. Reid was installed as the ninth president of WSU in 1997.
Representatives of Grand Valley will also offer greetings including Patrick Thorpe, chairman of the Academic Senate; Ben Witt, president of the Student Senate; Frances Brown, president of the Alumni Association; and President Emeritus Arend D. Lubbers. Dorothy Johnson, chairwoman of the Board of Trustees, will officially install Murray as president.
GVSU's Avatar Brass Quintet, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Honors Brass Quintet, and University Arts Chorale will provide music during the ceremony.
A reception in the Fieldhouse follows the ceremony.
Inauguration events continue through the weekend with a community breakfast on November 10 at the Meijer Campus in Holland, and lunches that day at the Lake Michigan Center in Muskegon and on November 11 at the Pew Grand Rapids Campus.
