The College will begin the 2023-2024 academic year with an Academic Convocation commemorating a significant milestone – the fiftieth anniversary of women’s admission to all programs at the college.
Alumna Emily Orlando ’91, a Professor of English and the E. Gerald Corrigan Chair in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Fairfield University, is the convocation speaker. A reception will follow.
Dr. Orlando, a 1991 graduate of Saint Anselm College, is an internationally recognized scholar on the American writer Edith Wharton. Dr. Orlando is the author of the award-winning book, Edith Wharton and the Visual Arts. She is also co-editor of the book, Edith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism, and has published widely in a number of scholarly journals and essay collections. A recent President of the international Edith Wharton Society, she remains an active member of the Society. Dr Orlando edited The Bloomsbury Handbook to Edith Wharton, published in 2022, which features top scholars in her field from around the globe.
The year 1974 serves as a delineating moment in college history when women were welcomed into all programs throughout the college. To celebrate the auspicious milestone of fifty years, President Joseph Favazza has appointed a committee charged with planning events and programs to mark this special anniversary while engaging the entire college community in this endeavor. Professor Christine Gustafson, of the Politics Department, and Fr. Benet Phillips, O.S.B., of Alumni Relations are heading up the committee.
If unable to attend in person, a livestream of the event will be available below and on Vimeo.
NOTICE
Given the prediction for very hot conditions and a possible heat advisory on Friday, September 8, we have decided to move the academic convocation from the Abbey Church to the Dana Center. This move precipitates several logistical challenges and changes. Please note the following:
- There will be no academic procession.
- Faculty and Deans will robe in academic regalia.
- Reserved seating for the faculty: Rows A – F both sides of center aisle.
- Reserved seating for deans: Row G left when facing the stage.
- Reserved seating for monastic community: Rows G and H right when facing the stage.
- Reserved seating for SALT: Row H left when facing the stage.
- Reserved seating for Trustees: Rows I and J left when facing the stage
- General seating: Rows K- U.
- For our purposes, the color of the dots on the seating chart are irrelevant.
To ensure an on time start, please be seated by 2:20 PM.
We will have plenty of water available, and the reception following the convocation will take place in the Dana Center lobby.
Please contact Fr Benet (bphillips@anselm.edu) or 603-641-7271 with any questions.
