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UNM Graduation Events

Order of the ceremony

Performance by the UNM Brass Choir

  • Conductor: Emily Moss, Professor of Music and Director of Bands
  • Pre-ceremony music to be selected from the following:
    • A Centennial Fanfare – John Zdechlik
    • Also Sprach Zarathustra – Richard Strauss
    • On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss – David Holsinger
    • Liberty Bell March – John Philip Sousa
    • Adventus – David Lovrien
    • Variants on “A Mighty Fortress” – Elliot del Borgo
  • Processional music
    • Academic Procession - C. Williams/Shaw
    • Olympic Fanfare - J. Williams

National Anthem

Presentation of Colors by the UNM Color Guard

  • Midshipman Noah Elias (Marines)
  • Midshipman Malakai Bengston (Navy)
  • Midshipman William Brown (Marines)
  • Cadet Cody Rappazzo (Army)
  • Cadet Roman Ubias (Army)
  • Cadet Jerimiah Cortez (Army)

Welcome

Board of Regents’ Greeting

  • Victor Reyes, Student, UNM Board of Regents

GPSA Greeting

  • Michel Rivera Ramirez, President, UNM Graduate and Professional Student Association

Recognition of Graduates with Distinction

Remarks from UNM Alumni Association

  • Kenneth Armijo, President, UNM Alumni Association

Conferring of Degrees in Course

Alma Mater

Recessional