Baccalaureate 2015 - Commencement News

Baccalaureate
2015
Wa k e F o r e s t U n i v e r s i t y
Wa it C h a pel
Su n day, M ay 1 7
The Baccalaureate Service
CARILLON PRELUDE: Fantasia on a Theme of Wake Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Whittington (’14)
Raymond Ebert (’60), University Carillonneur
Adam Garrett McDuffie (’15), Student Carillonneur
ORGAN PRELUDE: P
salm XIX: “The heavens declare the glory of God”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benedetto Marcello
“We all believe in one true God”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G Minor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dietrich Buxtehude
Donald L. Armitage, University Organist
PROCESSIONAL: Trumpet Tune in A Major. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David N. Johnson
Trumpet Voluntary in D Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Stanley
WELCOME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nathan O. Hatch
President
INVOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K. Monet Rice-Jalloh
Associate University Chaplain
HYMN: “Joyful, Joyful We Adore You”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HYMN TO JOY
SCRIPTURE READING: Proverbs 4:20-27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam McDuffie (’15)
LITANY: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Towles.
Baptist Campus Minister
Laura Jurotich (’15)
Maeghan Livingston (’15)
Shoshanna Goldin (’15)
ANTHEM: Th
e Beatitudes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philip W. J. Stopford
Concert Choir
Brian Gorelick, conductor
INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEAKER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President Hatch
SERMON: “Thinking With Your Heart” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan L. Walton.
Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University
and Pusey Minister at Harvard’s Memorial Church
PRAYER FOR THE CLASS OF 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timothy L. Auman
University Chaplain
HYMN: “Be Thou My Vision”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SLANE
BENEDICTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elizabeth Johnson Orr
Director of Catholic Programming
RECESSIONAL: Toccata (from Symphony V for Organ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles-Marie Widor
CARILLON POSTLUDE: Be Thou My Vision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Irish Melody
JOYFUL, JOYFUL WE AD ORE YOU
BE THOU MY VISION
T O D AY ’ S S P E A K E R
Jonathan L. Walton is the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University and Pusey Minister in Harvard’s
Memorial Church. He is also a professor of religion and society on the faculty of Harvard Divinity School.
Walton’s academic interests address the intersections of religion, politics and media culture. In 2010, he taught a class at Wake
Forest’s School of Divinity on gender politics and the public ministries of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X during the
Civil Rights and Black Power movements.
Walton is the author of “Watch This! The Ethics and Aesthetics of Black Televangelism.” He has also published widely in
scholarly journals such as Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation and Pneuma: The Journal of the Society
for Pentecostal Studies. Walton’s work has been featured in national and international news outlets including The New York
Times, CNN and the BBC.
The Atlanta native graduated from Morehouse College with a B.A. in political science and earned his Ph.D. and master of
divinity degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary. He was an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of
California, Riverside prior to joining the faculty of Harvard Divinity School.
MEMBERS OF THE CONCERT CHOIR
David Boone
Ali Buckman
Josh Carlson
Jordan Conerly
Annike Dirkse
Brant Dixon
Riana Freedman
John Gorelick
Virginia Hare
Ade Ilesanmi
Emma Izard
Megan Jarrell
Helen Kemeny
Emma Northcott
Connor Pendergrass
Thomas Poston
Rachel Reed
Samantha Sells
Lawrence Snipes
Heather Sullivan
Elizabeth Wineinger
Yiming Xu
Grace Young