Watch the Inaugural Ceremony

Opening Performance Divine Step Lasell College Invocation Rev. Barbara Asigner Director Lasell College Center for Spiritual Life America the Beautiful Michael Belle Representing the City of Newton David B. Cohen, Mayor Representing institutions of higher education, learned societies & professional associations Lawrence S. Bacow President, Tufts University Representing Faculty David Carlson, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Representing Staff Elizabeth Winter '70 Vice President for Business and Finance

Click on the above icons to view video Midnight Written by Michael B. Alexander Presented by his wife, Mary Barbara Alexander Representing Graduate Students Jennifer D. Pope '04, '08G

Representing Undergraduate Students Amanda Miller '09 President of Student Government Association Representing Alumni Urit Chaimovitz '98 President of Lasell Alumni, Inc. Representing Lasell Village Freddy Frankel, Lasell Village Resident and Trustee Representing Friends of Michael B. Alexander Manuel P. Monteiro Associate Vice President for Human Resources, Boston University A New Way to Stand Written and presented by Magdalena Gomez, Poet and Playwright The Ceremonial Medallion Presented by Trustee Adelaide Shaffer Van Winkle '36, H'96