ABOUT THE SERVICE
The Baccalaureate Service, conducted
under the auspices of the William
Jewett Tucker Foundation, is part of
the College’s annual Commencement
activities. It occurs in Rollins Chapel
and is open to graduates, their families,
their guests, and other members of the
College community.
The purpose of the Baccalaureate
Service is to provide a worshipful
experience at a significant time in the
lives of graduates and their families.
Recognizing both the Protestant
Christian tradition of the College’s
founding and the multi-faith richness
of its contemporary life, the service is
organized to be joyful, spiritually
grounded, inclusive, and meaningful.
Music, prayers, readings, and other
contributions to the service represent
the breadth of contemporary religious
and spiritual life at Dartmouth
College. Campus ministers who work
with all student religious groups are
invited to the occasion and are seated
as a body.
THE BACCALAUREATE SERVICE
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
COMMENCEMENT
PARTICIPANTS
Christopher Lundell
College Organist
Sage Dalton ’12
Kite Bearer
The Rev. Dr. Richard R. Crocker
College Chaplain and Virginia Rice
Kelsey ’61s Dean of the Tucker Foundation
The Rev. Subdeacon Paul Feeney
Eastern Orthodox Chaplain Emeritus
Dartmouth Orthodox Christian Fellowship
Kayla N. Gebeck ’12
Native Americans at Dartmouth
Michael Marinoff
Father of Amanda Marinoff ’12
Aparna Krishnan ’12
Shanti
Farzeen Mahmud ’12
Al Nur
Rachel D. Groh ’12
Hillel
Carol L. Folt ’78a, P’09
Provost and the Dartmouth Professor
of Biological Sciences
The Rev. Dr. Serene Jones
President, Union Theological Seminary
Kurt Nelson
Assistant Chaplain
THE DARTMOUTH COLLEGE GOSPEL CHOIR
Walt L. Cunningham, Jr.
Director
Students: Shani C. Brown ’14, Michelle T.
Dominigue ’12, Christine M. Gangne ’13,
Caroline M. Godfrey ’12, Jelisa J. Grant ’13,
Nathaniel G. Graves ’13, Kiara N. Heath
’15, Benjamin D. Kahn ’11, Alexandra M.
Kellison ’13, Kenneth H. Lai ’12, Joseph M.
Naeem ’11, Grant R. Neubauer ’13, Karysa
K. Norris ’12, Ashlee M. Roberson ’13,
Renee N. Scott ’13, Anna H. Storgaard ’13,
Mary E. Tate ’12, Chinedu C. Udeh ’12,
Chelsea L. Vario GR
Community Members: Marjie Bish, Chloe
Brisson, Kendra Brown, Karen Kluge ’78,
Derrika Mobley, Zamir Paley, Kaitlyn
Sheehan ’09
PreludeChristopher Lundell
GreetingThe Rev. Dr. Richard R. Crocker
* ProcessionalGod of the Ages, Who with
Sure Command
Daniel Crane Roberts, 1876; alt.
The Rev. Subdeacon Paul Feeney,
MarshalThe congregation is invited to sing
* Ojibwe Morning PrayerKayla N. Gebeck ’12
Reflections from a ParentMichael Marinoff P’12
Musical SelectionLet’s Set the Atmosphere/For Every
Mountain
Kurt Carr (1964– ), music and text
The Dartmouth College Gospel Choir
Reading from the
Hindu TraditionAparna Krishnan ’12
Reading from the Muslim
TraditionFarzeen Mahmud ’12
Reading from the
Jewish TraditionRachel D. Groh ’12
IntroductionCarol L. Folt ’78a, P’09
Address“That’s It”
The Rev. Dr. Serene Jones
Musical SelectionWe’ve Come to Praise Him
Lonnie Hunter, music
Walt L. Cunningham, Jr. (1965– ), arr.
The Dartmouth College Gospel Choir
* BenedictionKurt Nelson
* PostludeChristopher Lundell
ROLLINS CHAPEL
JUNE , : P.M.
ORDER OF SERVICEItems with an asterisk (*) denote portions of the ceremony where the congregation is
asked to stand.
From The New Century Hymnal, copyright 1995 The Pilgrim Press.
Permission is granted for this one-time use.
God of the Ages, Who with Sure CommandDaniel Crane Roberts, 1876; alt.
THE BACCALAUREATE SPEAKER
The Rev. Dr. Serene Jones is the six-
teenth president of the historic Union
Theological Seminary in the City of
New York. The first woman to head the
174-year-old nondenominational semi-
nary, which is in Manhattan and neigh-
bors with Columbia University, Jones
came to Union after seventeen years at
Yale University, where she was the Titus
Street Professor of Theology at Yale
Divinity School.
Dr. Jones is a prolific and popular
scholar in the fields of theology, religion,
globalization, and gender studies. Her
most recent book, Trauma and Grace:
Theology in a Ruptured World, explores the
devastating social and personal effects of
violence on the human psyche and the
role religious communities can play, both
negative and positive, in healing wounds.
Her book Feminist Theory and Christian
Theology is a standard textbook in femi-
nist theology.
In addition to authoring three other
books as well as 37 articles and book
chapters since 1991, she has delivered a
long list of professional papers and pub-
lic lectures across the United States and
around the world. She holds degrees
from the University of Oklahoma, Yale
Divinity School, and Yale University. Dr.
Jones is ordained in the Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ) and the
United Church of Christ.