SUNY Potsdam to Celebrate Inauguration of President Kristin G. Esterberg on Friday, April 24

The State University of New York at Potsdam will Install Dr. Kristin G. Esterberg as College's 16th President with Ceremony and Celebrations

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POTSDAM, NY (04/21/2015)(readMedia)-- The State University of New York at Potsdam is pleased to announce the upcoming inauguration celebration in honor of the institution's sixteenth president, Dr. Kristin G. Esterberg.

Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher will attend the installation ceremony at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, April 24, in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music.

In addition, several elected officials and their representatives will be in attendance at the ceremony, along with delegates from colleges and universities from across the country.

The Voices of Victory gospel choir will lead the processional, which will include delegates, as well as faculty, staff, trustees and representatives from student clubs and honor societies. Representatives from the faculty, the student body, the Potsdam College Foundation, alumni and the community will offer greetings to the president.

Professor of Modern Languages Dr. Oscar Sarmiento will offer a commemorative reading during the ceremony. The Frackenpohl Honors Brass Quintet will present several new works which have been composed for the occasion by Crane School of Music Professor Dr. David Heinick.

The Hosmer Choir will also perform during the ceremony. In addition, there will be a recessional piece for organ premiered, which was written by Crane School of Music Dean Dr. Michael Sitton.

Immediately following the ceremony, there will be an installation reception at 1 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center lobby.

The inaugural events will serve as the kick-off for SUNY Potsdam's fourth annual Lougheed-Kofoed Festival of the Arts, beginning on Friday, April 24.

All are encouraged to experience LoKo Festival performances from 3 to 9 p.m., including a Crane Latin Ensemble concert, student one-act plays and performance of "The Amazing Adventures of the Marvelous Monkey King." For more information on the festival, visit www.potsdam.edu/loko.

At 9 p.m., Esterberg and her family will join the campus community for an evening dessert party with fireworks, to be held in the Knowles Hall Multi-Purpose Room.

For more information about the inauguration, visit www.potsdam.edu/inauguration.

WHO:

SUNY Potsdam Inauguration

WHAT:

Inauguration of Dr. Kristin G. Esterberg as the sixteenth president of SUNY Potsdam

WHEN: Friday April 24, 2015 at 11:00AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall
SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music
Outer Main Street
Potsdam, New York 13676
NOTES:

PLEASE arrive by 11 a.m. at the latest for the inauguration.

Parking will be available in Lot 9, off of Outer Main Street, next to Hosmer Hall. For parking maps, visit http://www2.potsdam.edu/campusmap/.

There will be reserved seating for media which will allow photographers and TV reporters to move around the edges of the hall. Access to the second floor balcony will also be available, should you want a shot from there.

There will be a mult box for audio hookup during the ceremony.

President Esterberg's speech will be available in full, as will any section of the ceremony script, should you need it.