Jennifer L. Mnookin assumed her role as chancellor on Aug. 4, 2022, and the UW–Madison campus community, members of the international academic community, and representatives from the nation and elected officials gathered to celebrate the official leadership transition on April 14, 2023, at the Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall in Hamel Music Center.
In a speech titled, “The Multiplier Effect,” she addressed the UW–Madison campus community, members of the international academic community, and representatives from the nation and elected officials. Mnookin spoke to the strength and promise of the Wisconsin Idea and the core institutional priorities of both free speech and belonging.
Ceremony Agenda
Musical Prelude
Performance by the Park Street Quartet
Academic Processional
Performance by the Park Street Quartet
Inaugural Procession
Delegates from Higher Education, Elected Office, UW System Leadership, Board of Regents, Faculty, Staff, and Student Leadership
National Anthem
Jerzy Gillon, MM ’23
Welcome
Jay O. Rothman, UW System President
Native Nations Welcome
Brian D. McInnes / Waabishki-makwa, Professor of Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Governor Address
Tony Evers, Governor of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Reflections
Donna Edna Shalala, Chancellor, 1988–1993
David Ward, Chancellor, 1993–2001; Interim, 2011–2013
John D. Wiley, Chancellor, 2001–2008
Carolyn A. “Biddy” Martin, Chancellor, 2008–2011
Musical Interlude
Isaiah Dobbins, piano
Alex Feucht, bass
Remarks on Behalf of Faculty
Lauren Papp, University Committee Chair
Remarks on Behalf of Students
Ndemazea Fonkem ’24, Associated Students of Madison Chair
Poetry Reading
“The Appleshaped Earth and We Upon It”
Aurora Shimshak, MFA ’23
Keynote Address
Michael H. Schill, President of Northwestern University
Investiture of the Chancellor
Karen Walsh, UW System Board of Regents President
Chancellor’s Address
Jennifer L. Mnookin, 30th Leader of the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Alma Mater “Varsity”
A Capella Performance by The Madhatters
Recessional
Performance by the Park Street Quartet
Speaker profiles
Lauren Papp
University Committee Chair, Associate Dean of Research, and Jane Rafferty Thiele Professor in Human Ecology, UW–Madison
Delegates from academic institutions
Delegates are listed in the order of the founding of their institution.
- Harvard University, 1636
Robert H. Mnookin - Yale University, 1701
Bruce D. Brown - Princeton University, 1746
Susan B. Ridgely - Rutgers University, 1766
Richard C. Keller - Georgetown University, 1789
Rosa Brooks - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1789
Becci Menghini - University of Michigan, 1817
Kevin Conroy - University of Virginia, 1819
David F. Jarrard - Indiana University, 1820
Millard Eisler - Wesleyan University, 1831
Jennifer Tucker - Duke University, 1838
Kimberly Irwin - Beloit College, 1846
Daniel Schooff - Carroll University, 1846
Catherine E. Jorgens - University at Buffalo (SUNY), 1846
Vikas Singh - Carthage College, 1847
David Timmerman - Lawrence University, 1847
Barbara Lawton - University of Iowa, 1847
Julie Zerwic - University of Rochester, 1850
Sarah C. Mangelsdorf - University of Utah, 1850
Elizabeth Kronk Warner - Northwestern University, 1851
Michael H. Schill - University of Minnesota, 1851
Joan Gabel - Bates College, 1855
Garry Jenkins - Michigan State University, 1855
Jennifer Schomaker - University of Maryland, 1856
Jeffrey K. Hollingsworth - Cornell University, 1865
Elizabeth J. Forman - Carleton College, 1866
Steven Poskanzer - University of Wisconsin–Platteville, 1866
Tammy K. Evetovich
- University of California, Berkeley, 1868
Sarah Ann Wells - University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, 1868
Corey A. King - University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, 1871
Andrew Leavitt - University of Wisconsin–River Falls, 1874
David Travis - Johns Hopkins University, 1876
Laurent Heller - University of Southern California, 1880
Elizabeth M. Daley - Marquette University, 1881
Shelia Conroy - Georgia Institute of Technology, 1885
Ellen M. Bassett - Stanford University, 1885
Deirdre Lyell - University of Arizona, 1885
Marc L. Miller - Viterbo University, 1890
Michelle Kronfeld - California Institute of Technology, 1891
Dan McCammon - University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, 1894
Thomas Gibson - St. Norbert College, 1898
Paul Bursik - Carnegie Mellon University, 1900
Bilge Mutlu - Mount Mary University, 1913
Isabelle Cherney - University of California, Los Angeles, 1919
Russell Korobkin - Edgewood College, 1927
Andrew P. Manion - Quinnipiac University, 1929
Judy D. Olian - Marian University, 1936
Michelle Majewski - Brandeis University, 1948
Lewis A. Friedland - University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, 1956
Sue Weslow - Stony Brook University, 1957
Maurie McInnis - Herzing University, 1965
Jeff Hill - University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, 1965
Susan Gallagher-Lepak - University of Wisconsin–Parkside, 1968
Deborah Ford