PROGRAM

Platform Party Procession

Chancellor Lee H. Roberts The University of North Carolina

Pearl Burris-Floyd, Secretary, Board of Governors The University of North Carolina

Malcolm K. Turner, Chair, Board of Trustees The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kathryn E. Moracco, Chair of the Faculty The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Rebecca B. Howell, Chair, Employee Forum The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Veronica M. Flaspoehler, President, Carolina Alumni The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Adolfo Alvarez, Student Body President The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Leah K. Frazier, Graduate and Professional Student Government President The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chancellor Roberts

James W. Dean Jr., Interim Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ramsey R. White, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kristin Acquavella

Lewis Niles Black

William Edwin McMahan

William Vaughn Moore

Chad R. Pike

Jenna Robinson

William N. Starling Jr.

Board of Governors Secretary Burris-Floyd

Jeffrey S. A. Stringer, Clarke-Pearson Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Associate Director for Research, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases School of Medicine

Faculty Chair Moracco

Bob Goldstein, James L. Peacock III Distinguished Professor of Biology and Adjunct Professor of Art, College of Arts and Sciences

Employee Forum Chair Howell

Michael Fernandes de Almeida, Postdoctoral Research Associate, McAllister Heart Institute, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine

Mia Sabin ’26, Trumpet

Naomi Major ’26, Trumpet

Thayer Hicks ’25, Horn

Colin O’Hagerty ’26, Trombone

Cole Groff ’28, Tuba

Siobhan Morris ’25

Kate Phillips ’26

Victoria Song ’26, Soprano

Jessica Cotton ’26, Soprano

Angela Liu ’26, Piano

Daphne Davis ’26, Violin

Lauren Southwell ’26, Viola

George Nielsen ’26, Cello

Benny Yang ‘26, Piano