IUPUI celebrates new Chancellor

Join the official passing of the baton as Charles R. Bantz is installed as the fourth chancellor of IUPUI, live from the University Place Conference Center Auditorium. IU President Adam Herbert presides over the event, which also includes remarks by Purdue University President Martin Jischke.

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• Overture
• Welcome by IU president Adam Herbert
• Recognition of Dignitaries
• History of IUPUI
• Tribute to IUPUI chancellor Charles R. Bantz
• Remarks by Indianapolis mayor Bart Peterson
• Recognition of IU and Purdue administrators
• Greetings by three speakers:
  Mary L. Fisher, president, IUPUI Faculty Council Erin Haag Breese, trustee, Indiana University Judith A. Mathews, president, IUPUI Staff Council.
• Greetings by three speakers:
  The Honorable Sarah Evans Barker, US District Court Ken Beckley, president, IU Alumni Association Curtis R. Simic, president, Indiana University Foundation.
• Introduction to celebratory music
• Star Dust, played by John Edward Hasse
• Installation of Charles R. Bantz as IUPUI chancellor
• "The Power of Two." address by chancellor Bantz (25 minutes, or by section below)
• Extension of thanks
• Celebration of Bantz family
• Recognition of university families
• Accomplishments of IUPUI
• Challenges and Goals for the Future
• Acknowledgement of commitment
• Congratulations by Adam Herbert and Purdue president Martin Jischke
• Concluding remarks by IU president Adam Herbert
• Recessional music