


THE INVESTITURE OF

Georgia State University celebrated “Our Place, Our Time,” the Investiture of M. Brian Blake, the university’s eighth president, the week of Sept. 11-16th. Georgia State hosted a week-long series of events tied to the university’s four pillars: research and innovation, student success, college to career and placemaking. The university opened its 8,000-seat Convocation Center, where the Investiture Ceremony was held. Formerly provost at George Washington University, President Blake is a proven academic leader and an acclaimed engineer and computer scientist.
The installation of a new president is a ceremony of dignity with many academic traditions and protocols. An academic procession takes place that includes delegates from other colleges and universities, as well as Georgia State’s own faculty.
Marchers wear the colorful academic regalia of their own institution. Interspersed with musical selections, there will be the processional, invocation, greetings from several university and community groups, presentation of the symbols of office, chancellor address, singing of the Alma Mater, benediction, and the recessional.
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