The Inauguration Ceremony

The Ceremony

The inauguration ceremony for Dr. Richard D. Muma will be held at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex at 29th Street N. and Oliver, and will be livestreamed on YouTube and campus television monitors.

Ceremony Details

2:30 p.m. Oct. 29, 2021
Hughes Metropolitan Complex — Lowe Auditorium
5015 E. 29th St. North, Wichita, Kansas

The Inauguration Installation Ceremony

Processional

Opening of Ceremonies
Whitney Bailey, PhD Athletic Training Clinical Coordinator College of Applied Studies Faculty Senate President

Presentation of Colors and National Anthem Colors
Wichita State University – Army ROTC Joshua Benoit, Lane Collins, Dillon Frangenberg, Corbin Haskett, Phong Vo

"The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key
Alan Held Dennis and Ann Ross Faculty of Distinction and Professor/Program Director of Opera Wichita State University

Welcome and Introduction of Guests
Cheryl Harrison-Lee, M.A Chair, Kansas Board of Regents

Musical Selection — "Feeling Good," Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse
Caleb Freeman, BFA Performing Arts Wichita State University Performance track recorded by Jazz Arts Ensemble I, James Pisano, director

Welcome on behalf of the Faculty
Susan Castro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Philosophy College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Senate President-Elect

Welcome on behalf of the Staff
Gabriel Fonseca, M.Ed. Manager Student Involvement Staff Senate President

Welcome on behalf of the Students
Rija Khan, President Student Government Association

Inaugural Speaker
Amy Drassen-Ham, Ph.D., MPH Clinical Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences Wichita State University

Inaugural Remarks
Honorable Laura Kelly, 48th Governor of the State of Kansas

Oath of Office
Honorable Gwynne Birzer, Magistrate Judge United States District Court

Presentation of the Presidential Medallion
Honorable Laura Kelly, Governor

Inaugural Address
Richard Muma, Ph.D. President, Wichita State University

Musical Selection — "Wichita State University Alma Mater" J. Bert Graham, arr. René Clausen
Wichita State University Choirs Directed by Ryan Beeken, DMA College of Fine Arts

Closing of Ceremony
Whitney Bailey, Ph.D.

Recessional Inaugural Fanfare
Dean K. Roush Director of Musicology-Composition Wichita State University

Inaugural Reception
Immediately following the Inauguration Installation Ceremony Multipurpose Room Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex

Inauguration Speaker: Amy Drassen Ham

Dr. Amy Drassen Ham, MPH, is a medical anthropologist and clinical professor at Wichita State University. During her career at WSU, Drassen Ham has been part of the education of thousands of students. She has developed more than 40 different graduate, graduate research, undergraduate, general education, honors, and independent study courses totaling more than 250 different class offerings.

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The Academic Procession

The University Grand Marshal
The University Banner Bearer
The University Marshal
The Kansas Board of Regents
The President’s Executive Team
The University Associate and Assistant Provosts and Vice Presidents
The Deans of the WSU Colleges
The Board of Trustees

The Chair of the WSU Foundation Board of Directors
The Chair of the WSU Alumni Association Board of Directors
The Delegates from Other Universities and Colleges
The Student Representatives from Wichita-Area High Schools
The Student Representatives from Wichita State University
The Faculty and Administrator Emeriti of the University
The Banner Bearers of the Colleges

The University Faculty
The President of the Student Government Association
The President of Staff Senate
The President-Elect of Faculty Senate
The Honorable Judge Gwynne E. Birzer
The Chair of the Kansas Board of Regents
The Honorable Governor of the State of Kansas
The President of Wichita State University