Spring Convocation
Program
Processional
Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29, by J.S. Bach
Nathan Laube, organ
Platform Party
Larry P. Arnn, President
Christopher A. VanOrman, Provost
Mark Kalthoff, Dean of Faculty
Matthew Young, Dean of Natural Sciences
Stephen Smith, Dean of Humanities
Paul Moreno, Dean of Social Sciences
R.J. Pestritto, Graduate Dean
Matthew Spalding, Dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government
Adam Rick, College Chaplain
Eric Hutchinson, Associate Professor of Classics
Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance
Adam Rick, College Chaplain
Alma Mater
Entire Audience, led by Hillsdale College Chamber Choir
Special Music
“I Am the Rose of Sharon”
by Ivo Antognini
Hillsdale College Chamber Choir
James A. Holleman, Music Director
Welcome and Introductions, Announcement of All-School GPA and Scholarship Cup Winners
Christopher A. VanOrman, Provost
Presentation of The Emily Daugherty Award
Larry P. Arnn, President
Introduction of Speaker
Larry P. Arnn, President
Speaker
“Ingratitude Is Monstrous”
Eric Hutchinson, Associate Professor of Classics
Benediction
Adam Rick, College Chaplain
Recessional
“Allegro Vivace” from Organ Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 65, No. 1
by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Eric Hutchinson
Eric Hutchinson is an associate professor of classics and the director of the Collegiate Scholars Program. After graduating from Hillsdale College in 2002, he received his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in classics from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. He joined the Hillsdale College Classics Department in 2007. Eric is the editor and translator of Niels Hemmingsen’s On the Law of Nature: A Demonstrative Method. His current research project is the first English translation of Philip Melanchthon’s Summary of Moral Philosophy. He lives in Jonesville with his wife, Allison, and their six children.
Nathan Laube
Nathan Laube is a leading performer and pedagogue who is beloved around the world and whose extensive recital career includes major venues spanning four continents. In October 2020, Mr. Laube joined the organ faculty at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart, Germany, where he succeeded his mentor, Ludger Lohmann. Mr. Laube is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, the Conservatoire Rayonnement R.gional in Toulouse, France, and the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart, Germany.