Kelley becomes 11th UND leader
Classes ended early Friday afternoon as Robert O. Kelley was inaugurated as the next president of the University of North Dakota
Allison Krause
Issue date: 9/16/08 Section: News
Last Friday, at 2 p.m., the University of North Dakota welcomed into office its 11th President, Dr. Robert Otis Kelley. There were many esteemed guests at the event, including the Governor of North Dakota, John Hoeven and dozens of UND faculty, who processed into the Chester Fritz Auditorium in full academic robe.
Kelley's family, including his wife and first lady Marcia Kelley, daughter, grandchildren, Marsha's parents, brother and sister-in-law were also in attendance at the proceedings.
UND's Concert Choir and Wind Ensemble under the direction of Joshua Bronfman and James Popejoy, provided music during the event, with the Pride of the North Marching Band performing outside the auditorium as people entered.
Also, the River's Edge Drum Group performed a Native American honor song to acknowledge the new president while the representatives of the various elements of the UND community shook the hands of Kelley and family in accordance with the tradition associated with the song.
UND's Vice President of Student Outreach, Robert Boyd introduced many of the persons of significance at the inauguration and recounted some of the history of the campus before extending his own personal welcome to the new president. "We get all dressed up in our finery to both honor and celebrate the richness of our past and the promise of our future or as the theme of this event expresses it, 'From Tradition to Tomorrow.'"
Governor John Hoeven took the podium amid cheers from the audience. The governor asked Dr. Kelley and Marcia Kelley to stand and be recognized again, and the couple blew each other kisses from across the hall.
Hoeven enumerated the accomplishments of the Kelley's. "They bring tremendous credentials to this job: both academic credentials and a work experience that is truly outstanding. Bob brings a background as Dean of Health Sciences at the University of Wyoming, most recently, vice chancellor of Research at the University of Illinois Chicago Campus, professor of Biological Sciences in the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois, chairman of anatomy and executive dean at the University of New Mexico and he taught at the University of California, Berkeley … And Marsha brings also tremendous credentials and a distinguished career in her own right in speech pathology. So they are, to say the least, an impressive team." Hoeven described them further as "open, warm, and friendly."
Kelley's family, including his wife and first lady Marcia Kelley, daughter, grandchildren, Marsha's parents, brother and sister-in-law were also in attendance at the proceedings.
UND's Concert Choir and Wind Ensemble under the direction of Joshua Bronfman and James Popejoy, provided music during the event, with the Pride of the North Marching Band performing outside the auditorium as people entered.
Also, the River's Edge Drum Group performed a Native American honor song to acknowledge the new president while the representatives of the various elements of the UND community shook the hands of Kelley and family in accordance with the tradition associated with the song.
UND's Vice President of Student Outreach, Robert Boyd introduced many of the persons of significance at the inauguration and recounted some of the history of the campus before extending his own personal welcome to the new president. "We get all dressed up in our finery to both honor and celebrate the richness of our past and the promise of our future or as the theme of this event expresses it, 'From Tradition to Tomorrow.'"
Governor John Hoeven took the podium amid cheers from the audience. The governor asked Dr. Kelley and Marcia Kelley to stand and be recognized again, and the couple blew each other kisses from across the hall.
Hoeven enumerated the accomplishments of the Kelley's. "They bring tremendous credentials to this job: both academic credentials and a work experience that is truly outstanding. Bob brings a background as Dean of Health Sciences at the University of Wyoming, most recently, vice chancellor of Research at the University of Illinois Chicago Campus, professor of Biological Sciences in the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois, chairman of anatomy and executive dean at the University of New Mexico and he taught at the University of California, Berkeley … And Marsha brings also tremendous credentials and a distinguished career in her own right in speech pathology. So they are, to say the least, an impressive team." Hoeven described them further as "open, warm, and friendly."
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