of

Dr. John M. Anderson

Fourteenth President of Millersville University of Pennsylvania

The InauguraTIon

The Council of Trustees Millersville University of Pennsylvania presents the Presidential Inauguration

of

John M. Anderson, Ph.D.Fourteenth President

Friday, the twenty-fifth of October Two Thousand Thirteen

Two o’clock in the afternoon

Pucillo Field House

Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, Pennsylvania

Its history dates to the early 1850s, when a group of private citizens in Lancaster County decided to sponsor a three-month summer school program that would

provide more education for local pupils than what was then available in public schools. The immediate success of that initial program prompted its sponsors to propose that a permanent academy be established. The decision eventually led to the founding of what is now Millersville University.

The academy began in 1854 with the construction of a three-story building containing a small auditorium, two classrooms and housing for 50 students, located on seven-and-one-half acres at the corner of West Frederick and North George Streets in Millersville. In 1855,

just as the building was nearing completion, the trustees saw an opportunity to promote the new school by offering its free use to J.P. Wickersham, superintendent of Lancaster County Schools, who was searching for a place to hold a three-month teachers’ institute. The Lancaster County Normal Institute opened on April 17, 1855, with 147 students each paying $34 for room, board and tuition for the three-month term. Before the term was over, both Wickersham and the academy’s trustees agreed that the school should become a permanent Normal School. The Lancaster County Normal School, the first school of its kind in the Commonwealth, opened in Millersville with approximately 100 students in November 1855. The original academy building, which became known as “Old Main,” was expanded and served the college in many capacities until it was razed in the late 1960s to build a new library on that site.

With the enactment of the Normal School Law of Pennsylvania, Millersville was approved as the state’s first Normal School on December 2, 1859. For the next 100 years, Millersville’s purpose was to prepare teachers, and it did so with great success. It operated two-year and later four-year programs. In addition to its elementary and secondary teaching programs, Millersville was recognized for

its special programs to prepare industrial arts teachers and school librarians.

State ownership came in 1917 following 62 years of operation as a private school, and Millersville State Normal School was born. In 1927, Millersville became a State Teachers College and was empowered to grant the bachelor of science in education degree. By 1959, the College’s name was changed to Millersville State College and a master’s program in education was added. Signaling its expanded role as a liberal arts institution, Millersville began to grant the bachelor of arts degree in 1962.

On July 1, 1983, the College became Millersville University and joined the newly established Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. As an outstanding, comprehensive university, Millersville’s reputation as a premier provider of a high quality education at an affordable cost has continued to grow over the past 30 years.

Today, the University offers more than 100 academic programs in the School of Education, the School of Science and Mathematics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Honors College and the College of Graduate and Professional Studies. Programs are constantly being developed to meet the ever changing world and student needs.

A dynamic student life program includes outstanding athletic, intramural and recreational programs, cultural and entertainment activities. Students are encouraged to be active in civic engagement and connect to the community.

A solid curriculum and dedicated faculty comprise the heart of the University. Beyond the classroom, students are able to work directly with faculty on research projects. Opportunities abound for students to gain real world experience with

professional internships and a wide variety of study abroad programs, which increase the appreciation and understanding of different cultures.

Millersville’s campus now stretches over 250 scenic acres with approximately 50 percent of the grounds maintained organically. It’s just one of the reasons why the University has earned a spot in the Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges for its sustainability efforts.

The University is well-known for bringing to campus internationally known speakers, entertainers, artists and performers who inform and educate the greater community.

Millersville also has a formidable presence in Lancaster City at the Ware Center. Much more than a location for classes, the Ware Center is a top notch performing arts center and focuses on the importance of creativity, innovation and engagement for students and the community. On campus, the recently completed Winter Center for Visual and Performing Arts offers a unique headquarters to bring the arts together with recital and gallery space, a state-of-the-art recording studio and a one-of-a-kind piano laboratory. The University is proud of its primary mission to promote intellectual development through an exemplary liberal arts-based education.

Millersville University of Pennsylvania, located in beautiful Lancaster

County, is one of the 14 state-owned institutions of higher education that

make up Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. Highly regarded

for the quality of its faculty, its curriculum, its students and its administration,

Millersville also has the distinction of being Pennsylvania’s first state-owned

university, founded in 1855 as a Normal School to train teachers.

The History of Millersville University

Old Main Building The Ware Center - Lancaster

Prior to assuming the presidency

of Millersville University,

Dr. Anderson served as president

of Alfred State College in Alfred,

N.Y., from 2008 to 2013. In the

face of declining state support,

he was successful in leading the

college in the development of

a strategic plan that resulted in

an approximately 20% increase

in enrollment, reallocation of

more than $1.3 million to new

strategic initiatives, creation of

more than five new academic

programs, implementation of

a new financial reserve policy,

creation of the Center for

Sustainability and Student

Leadership Institute,

development of $75 million

in capital construction projects

including a new $33.5 million

Student Leadership Center, and

moving the college’s ranking in

U.S. News & World Report from

unranked to recognition as one

of the top ten public colleges in

the north.

Dr. Anderson has an established

and recognized career as a

professor and academic leader

(faculty senate chair, convener

of the State University of New

York – SUNY – governance

leaders), supplemented by more

than 20 years in a variety of

senior-level administrative posts.

Between 1991 and 2003, prior

to becoming its president, he

served as Alfred’s provost,

vice president for academic

affairs, vice president of

institutional advancement,

interim vice president of

student services and dean of

student development.

In 2003, he served as the interim

executive vice president for

academic affairs at State

University of New York Institute

of Technology. Between 2004

and 2008, Dr. Anderson was

executive vice president and

provost at Hartwick College in

Oneonta, N.Y.

President Anderson is

committed to community

involvement and has worked

with several organizations in

many communities. One of his

most rewarding experiences has

been serving for the past nine

years as a board member and, at

times, an officer of Springbrook,

Inc., located near Cooperstown,

N.Y. Springbrook is a nonprofit

organization that supports

children and adults with

developmental disabilities.

Early in his career Dr. Anderson’s

research interests were in the

field of Proton Induced X-ray

Emission (PIXE) spectroscopy.

His areas of expertise have more

recently evolved to include

strategic planning, student civic

engagement and sustainability.

He serves on the Steering and

Executive Committees for the

American College and

University Presidents’ Climate

Commitment (ACUPCC),

Corporate Council of the

ACUPCC and also chairs

the American Association

of State Colleges and

Universities (AASCU)

Workforce and Economic

Development Committee.

Dr. Anderson has a Ph.D.

in education from Cornell

University, an M.A. in physics

from SUNY Geneseo, a B.A. in

physics from SUNY Brockport

and an A.S. in math and science

from Westchester Community

College. He also received

post-graduate education

at Harvard University.

On April 1, 2013, Dr. John M. Anderson became the 14th president of Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Throughout his career he has been a strong advocate for

community engagement and sustainability.

1. Dr. John Fair Stoddard Principal 1855-1856

2. Dr. James Pyle Wickersham Principal 1856-1866

3. Dr. Edward Brooks Principal 1866-1883

4. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Shaub Principal 1883-1887

5. Dr. Eliphalet Oram Lyte Principal 1887-1912

6. Dr. Peter Monroe Harbold Principal 1912-1918

7. Dr. Charles H. Gordinier Principal/President 1918-1929

Academic ceremonies are steeped in centuries-old ritual. The elaborate

trappings contribute to the pageantry and dignity of the occasion and convey

the continuity of academic tradition from medieval times to the present.

Incorporating those traditions unites Millersville University with the community

of scholars and institutions of higher learning in all times and all places.

The AcAdemic ProcessionThe academic procession that begins and ends most academic ceremonies is a descendant of the clerical procession. Millersville University’s procession, formed in ranks of two, is led by the most senior faculty carrying the University mace, followed by the delegates of learned societies and academic institutions, faculty, former presidents of the University, and the platform party.

The mAce [a]

The staff carried at the front of the academic procession is called a mace and represents the authority of the Office of the President.

The medAllion [B]

The medallion is the symbol of the Office of the President and worn at all academic ceremonies.

AcAdemic ATTire [C]

The academic regalia has always consisted of three parts: the gown, the hood and the cap. It has traditionally been worn at academic ceremonies as a record of the academic achievement of the participants. Its use originated in the Middle Ages, when all undergraduates were required to wear clerical robes similar in style to those of the regular clergy. This type of dress was appropriate since all students were expected to enter the ranks of the clergy. The colors on the robe, the hood, and

tassel represent the status and discipline of the wearer. The color of the velvet bands on each hood and robe represent the scholar’s field of learning while the colors of the school awarding the degree are shown in the lining of the hood. In this country, a color system was adopted in 1893 to identify the academic discipline in which the degree was earned. Some of the most frequently seen hood colors, and the field of learning represented by each are: white, arts and letters; light blue, education; dark blue, philosophy; golden yellow, science; lemon, library science; copper, economics; scarlet, theology; pink, music; sage green, physical education; and orange, engineering. The tassels for bachelor’s and master’s degrees are usually black, while the tassels of the doctorate cap are usually gold.

Millersville University Presidents Academic Symbolism

8. Dr. Landis Tanger President 1929-1943

9. Dr. D. Luke Biemesderfer President 1943-1965

10. Dr. Robert A. Christie President 1965-1968

11. Dr. William H. Duncan President 1968-1981

12. Dr. Joseph A. Caputo President 1981-2003

13. Dr. Francine G. McNairy President 2003-2013

[B]

[C]

[a]

Prelude Millersville University Wind Ensemble Dr. Mark Yingling, conductorAlbanian Dance Shelley Hanson

William Byrd Suite Gordon JacobIV. The Mayden’s SongV. Wolsey’s WildeVI. The Bells

Metroplex (Three Postcards from Manhattan) Robert Sheldon

PresenTATion Millersville University ROTC Color GuardCaptain: CDT Ray Golden ’15 • CDT Evan Canady ’16 • CDT Daniel Mullis ’16

CDT Joshua Shultz ’16 • CDT Nick Van Leuven ’16 • CDT Ricky Asplen ’17

ProcessionAl Millersville University Wind Ensemble The Earle of Oxford’s March from William Byrd Suite Gordon Jacob

Welcome Mr. Michael Warfel ’84 Chairman, Council of Trustees

momenT of reflecTion Cadet Tori Gardner ’16 Millersville University Army ROTC

nATionAl AnThem Millersville University Wind Ensemble The Star Spangled Banner led by Ms. Kayla Klase ’13

remArks Dr. Muriel Howard President, American Association of State Colleges and Universities

musicAl selecTion Millersville University Gospel Choir Kiheem Bynum, Director

GreeTinGsState Government Pennsylvania Senator Lloyd Smucker, District 13

Business Community Ms. Patricia Kennedy Chief Executive Officer, Springbrook, Inc.

Mr. Thomas Baldrige President, Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Color GuardMace BearerMarshalsDelegates of Learned SocietiesDelegates of Academic InstitutionsFaculty EmeritiFacultyPresident Search Committee

Inauguration CommitteeMillersville University Foundation BoardMillersville University Alumni BoardPresident’s CabinetCouncil of TrusteesPlatform Party

Community The Honorable Richard Gray, Mayor of Lancaster City

The Honorable Richard Moriarty ’72 Mayor of Millersville Borough

Millersville University Alumni Association Ms. Lori Dierolf ’91 President, Millersville University Alumni Association

Millersville University Foundation Mr. Robert Laskowski ’74 President, Millersville University Foundation

Faculty Senate Dr. Ana Borger-Greco President, Millersville University Faculty Senate

Student Senate Mr. Justin Miller ’15 President, Millersville University Student Senate

Colleague President Dr. Greg Weisenstein President, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Marche Solennelle in D Major Millersville University Orchestra Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky Dr. Vera Volchansky, conductor

invesTiTure ceremony Introduction of the President Mrs. Caroline Hoffer ’77 Trustee and Chair of Presidential Search Committee

Statement of Investiture and Installation of 14th President Mr. Frank T. Brogan Chancellor, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

Seal of the Office and Presentation of President Mr. Brogan PresidenTiAl Address Dr. John M. Anderson President, Millersville University of Pennsylvania “Sustaining the American Dream: The Legacy & Promise of Public Higher Education”

musicAl selecTion “The Road Not Taken” from Frostiana Millersville University Choir Randall Thompson Dr. Jeffrey Gemmell Interim Director of Choral Activities

closinG remArks Mr. Michael Warfel ’84 Chairman, Council of Trustees

The AlmA mATer Millersville University Men’s Glee Club MADRID, Trad. Spanish melody Dr. Jeffrey Gemmell Arr. David Evans

recessionAl Millersville University Orchestra Imperial March, op.32 Edward Elgar

Order of Academic Procession

Inaugural Ceremony

Angela Cuthbert, Ph.D.; Douglas Frazer, Ph.D.; Richard Frerichs, Ed.D.; Heather Girvin, Ph.D.; Laurie Hanich, Ph.D.; Stacey Irwin, Ph.D.; Karen Rice, Ph.D.; Janet White, Ph.D.

The University wishes to express its appreciation to Student Services, Inc., Millersville University Foundation and the Millersville University Alumni Association for financial support of the inauguration activities.

Inauguration Marshals

Guido M. Pichini, Chairman Laura E. Ellsworth, Vice Chair Ronald G. Henry, Vice Chair Sen. Richard Alloway IIRep. Matthew E. BakerJennifer G. BranstetterMarie A. ConleyGov. Tom CorbettSara J. Dickson

Carolyn C. DumaresqChristopher H. FranklinRep. Michael K. HannaJonathan B. MackDavid M. MaserJoseph F. McGinnRobert S. TaylorAaron A. WaltonSen. John T. Yudichak

Michael G. Warfel ’84, ChairmanDr. Robert A. Frick ’66, ’69M Vice ChairmanCaroline M. Hoffer, Esq. ’77, Secretary Dr. James P. ArgiresGibson E. ArmstrongFrank T. Brogan, Chancellor State System of Higher Education Ex officioDr. Richard L. Frerichs ’64Kevin F. Harley ’86Dr. William B. McIlwaine

Olayinka R. Osibodu, StudentBrian A. Rider ’87Gerald S. Robinson, Esq.

Advisors To council of TrusTees

Dr. Rebecca J. Mowrey, President, APSCUF-MU

Dr. Ana Borger-Greco, President, Faculty Senate

Lori L. Dierolf ’91, President, Millersville University Alumni Association

Robert A. Laskowski ’74, President, Millersville University Foundation

Justin P. Miller ’15 President, Student Senate

Geoffrey E. Beers ’96, General Manager, CEO, Student Services, Inc.

Board of GovernorsDelegates of

Council of Trustees

Inauguration Committee Members

PennsylvAniA sTATe sysTem of hiGher educATion

Dr. Richard Clark, Co-chairDr. Mary Glazier, Co-chairCarol Reichler, Staff LiaisonPeter Anders ’02Vivien AndersonDr. James ArgiresGeoff Beers ’96Sandra Brown ’76Joanne Wargo Cooper ’67Dr. Barry DavidDr. Victor DeSantisSteven DiGuiseppe ’82Charlene Domin

Erin DorneyStephen Focht ’70Dr. Nadine GarnerDr. G. Anthony GrantJennifer HartCaroline Hoffer ’77Dr. Micheal HoulahanJerri Anne Johnson ’76, ’87MRonnie KepcharMichael KirkhamDr. Kim MahaffyHiram MartinezDeb Miller

Edward NaseDr. Thomas NeuvilleMarianne Nolt ’70, ’74MOlayinka Osibodu, StudentMichelle PerezDr. Edward RajaseelanLinda RoushDr. Stephanie SchwartzThomas WaltzMelissa WardwellDr. Tracey WeisDr. Sepideh Yalda

leArned socieTies, ProfessionAl AssociATion And GovernmenT

colleGes And universiTies

1781 - Washington & Jefferson College • Joseph F. Answine, M.D. • Alumnus 1787 - Franklin & Marshall College • G. Terry Madonna, Ph.D. 1815 - Allegheny College • Judith Morris • Alumnus 1821 - University of the Sciences, Philadelphia • Heidi M. Anderson, Ph.D. • Provost 1821 - Widener University • Michael Leichliter, Ph.D., Ed. D. • Alumnus 1822 - Hobart College • Susan Eckert • Alumnus 1825 - Lancaster Theological Seminary • The Reverend Doctor Randolph Riggs 1831 - New York University • Denis Foley, Jr. • Alumnus 1835 - SUNY, The College at Brockport • Roxanne Johnston • Vice President, Advancement 1839 - Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania • Hiram Martinez • Alumnus 1844 - University at Albany, The State University of New York • Jerry Eckert • Alumnus1850 - University of Rochester • C. McCollister Evarts, M.D. • Distinguished University Professor 1851 - Saint Joseph’s University • Constance Shen • Christopher Mattson • Alumnus1852 - California University of Pennsylvania • Bruce Barnhart, Ph.D. • Provost 1857 - Edinboro University of Pennsylvania • Kathy L. Pape, Esq. • Council of Trustee 1857 - Mansfield University of Pennsylvania • Brigadier General Francis L. Hendricks • President 1863 - LaSalle University • Brother John McGoldrick, FSC • Associate Provost 1866 - Kutztown University of Pennsylvania • F. Javier Cevallos, Ph.D. • President 1866 - Lebanon Valley College • Harry B. Yost, Esq. • Trustee Emeritus 1867 - Clarion University of Pennsylvania • Karen M. Whitney, Ph.D. • President 1869 - Wilson College • Pamela Francis Kiehl • Alumnus 1869 - Ursinus College • Steven Bade • Alumnus 1870 - Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania • Donna Wilson, Ph.D., Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs 1871 - SUNY, Geneseo • Mike Gumpper, Ph.D. • Alumnus 1871 - Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania • Rick E. Ruth, Ph.D., Vice President for Information Technologies and Services 1875 - Indiana University of Pennsylvania • Timothy Moerland, Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs 1889 - SUNY, Oneonta • Kent Newhart • Alumnus 1891 - Drexel University • Gale Davis • Alumnus 1891 - Saint Joseph’s College • Carlos Graupera, Ph.D. • Alumnus 1893 - East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania • Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D. • President 1899 - Elizabethtown College • Helen Ebersole • Alumnus 1903 - Skidmore College • Carolyn Anderson • Alumnus 1908 - Alfred State College • Valerie B. Nixon • Interim President 1908 - James Madison University • Kelsey Backels, Ph.D. • Alumnus 1908 - William Smith College • Susan Eckert • Alumnus 1910 - Radford University • Mathew Panyik • Alumnus 1915 - Marywood University • Elizabeth Cliver • Alumnus 1920 - Immaculata University • Krista Weissert Showers • Alumnus 1933 - Lancaster Bible College • Philip E. Dearborn, Ph.D. • Vice President of Academic Affairs 1946 - Le Moyne College • Matthew J. Monahan • Alumnus1948 - St. John Fisher College • Jerry Eckert • Alumnus1948 - Gwynedd-Mercy College • Jason Seachrist • Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Health1964 - Harrisburg Area Community College • John J. Sygielski, Ed.D. • President 1992 - Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine • Irving Freeman, Ph.D., J.D. • Vice President

1961 American Association of State Colleges and Universities Muriel A. Howard, Ph.D., President American Association of State Colleges and Universities

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Gift-in-Kind acknowledgments: PEMCOR and Central Pa. Tuxedo in Lancaster.

The Alma Mater

Millersville University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution. A member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.