THE PRESIDENTIAL INVESTITURE ORDER OF CEREMONIES
Monday, March 14, 2022 Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
CSUN PROCESSIONAL
CSUN Jazz Studies, Alumni and Current Students
led by Tina Raymond, MFA, Assistant Professor and
Director of Jazz Studies
ACADEMIC PROCESSION
led by Dr. Michael Neubauer, Faculty President,
Professor of Mathematics
STUDENTS REPRESENTING CSUN CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
led by Kaitlyn Orozco, Associated Students Vice President
CSUN EMPLOYEES
As represented by our union partners,
Academic Student Employees (UAW),
California Faculty Association (CFA),
California State University Employees Union (CSUEU),
Statewide University Police Association (SUPA),
Teamsters Local 2010,
Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD)
led by Hai-Ling Tang, Chapter 312 President/CSUEU
CSUN FACULTY AND FACULTY EMERITI
led by Dr. Theresa White, Faculty Senate Vice President,
Professor of Africana Studies
CSUN LEADERSHIP AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
President’s Cabinet, Provost’s Council, Deans, Associate Deans,
and representatives of university leadership
led by Dr. Mary Beth Walker, Provost and Vice President
of Academic Affairs
CSU CHANCELLOR’S SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM
led by Dr. Sylvia A. Alva, Executive Vice Chancellor
for Academic and Student Affairs
CSU PRESIDENTS AND REGIONAL UNIVERSITY
& COLLEGE PRESIDENTS
led by Dr. Jeffrey D. Armstrong, President
of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
CSU TRUSTEES
led by Dr. Debra S. Farar, CSU Trustee
PRESIDENTIAL INVESTITURE PLATFORM PARTY
PRESIDENT ERIKA D. BECK
accompanied by leaders of the
Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians
WELCOME AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Lillian Kimbell, J.D., Chair,
The California State University Board of Trustees
Dr. William Watkins, CSUN Vice President
for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
FERNANDEÑO WELCOME
Rudy Ortega, Jr., Tribal President,
Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians
Mark Villaseñor, Vice President,
Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Acasola and Veterans Resource Center
GREETINGS ON BEHALF OF
CSUN Faculty by Dr. Michael Neubauer,
Faculty President, Professor of Mathematics
CSUN Staff by Marisol Garcia,
R.N. Lead, Klotz Student Health Center
CSUN Students by Jonathan Hay,
President, Associated Students
CSUN Foundation by Robert D. Taylor, J.D., MBA,
Foundation Board Chair
VIDEO GREETINGS
Sarita E. Brown, Co-Founder and President of Excelencia in Education
Deborah A. Santiago, Co-Founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education
and
Alex Padilla, U.S. Senator for California
GREETINGS ON BEHALF OF
CSUN Alumni by David Nazarian, MBA, ’82 (Business Administration)
CSU Presidents by Dr. Richard Yao, President,
California State University Channel Islands
FINDING HOME
Written and performed by Tiffany Davis ’16
and Xochitl Hernandez ’20
Featuring Alumni and Current Students
from CSUN Dance and Jazz Studies Programs
Choregraphed by Dr. Paula Thomson
Co-Created by Maurice Godin
Music composed by Keelan Walters ’20,
Myles Martin ’20, and Nathan Serot ’21
VIDEO GREETING
CSUN Alumni Around the World
INVESTITURE OF THE PRESIDENT
Steve Relyea, MBA, Acting Chancellor,
The California State University
INVESTITURE ADDRESS
Dr. Erika D. Beck, President, CSUN
ALMA MATER
FERNANDEÑO BLESSING
Rudy Ortega, Jr., Tribal President,
Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians
Mark Villaseñor, Vice President,
Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians
CSUN RECESSIONAL
CSUN Jazz Studies, Alumni and Current Students
INTERPRETERS FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED
Kevin Cikatricis
Kimberly Forbes