Investiture

Investiture Ceremony

Watch the Inauguration of Thomas Bailey, Eleventh President of Teachers College, Columbia University
“Creating Pathways for All to Flourish”
Friday, December 7, 2018

Inauguration Program

Poem & Greetings

Watch selected scenes from the Investiture

"Creating Pathways Where There Were None Before," an original poem by Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz

Associate Professor of English Education

Adriano Espaillat

U.S. Representative

Mark Levine

Council Member, 7th District of New York

Marion Boultbee, Ed.D. '96

President, Teachers College Alumni Council

James Borland

Professor of Education

Sonya Jones

IT Communications Coordinator, Department of Telecommunications

Chloe Dawson, M.Ed. '17

President, Student Senate, Doctoral Candidate

Gary A. Lord

Lieutenant, Office of Public Safety

Belinda S. Miles

President, Westchester Community College

Remarks & Presentation of the Chain of Office

William D. Rueckert, Chair, Board of Trustees
Lee Bollinger, President, Columbia University
Judith Scott-Clayton, Associate Professor of Economics & Education
Leslie Morse Nelson, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Welcome Remarks

William D. Rueckert, Chair of the Board of Trustees

Welcome on behalf of Columbia University

Lee Bollinger, President, Columbia University

Presentation of the President

Judith Scott-Clayton, Associate Professor of Economics and Education, Senior Research Associate, Community College Research Center

Presentation of the Chain of Office

William D. Rueckert, Chair, Board of Trustees, Leslie Morse Nelson, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

By building a stronger and more effective Teachers College, we will strengthen our ability to build a stronger and more just world…and by truly marshaling our resources to achieve our broader social goals, we will become a stronger and more effective and sustainable institution.

Thomas Bailey, 11th President of Teachers College, Columbia University

Full Text of Inauguration Address