Inauguration of new U of M President Eric Kaler: Media logistics and timeline

All credentialed media must check-in at Ted Mann Concert Hall by 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 22

The following are the logistics and timeline for all credentialed media covering the inauguration of Eric Kaler as the 16th president of the University of Minnesota on Thursday, Sept. 22, at Ted Mann Concert Hall, 2128 Fourth St. S., Minneapolis.

10 to 10:30 a.m. Media are encouraged to arrive and park in the university’s 19th Avenue and 21st Avenue parking ramps; you must pay a fee to park in these ramps. may be found at www.umn.edu/pts. The University News Service will be stationed at the main entrance to Ted Mann Concert hall with media credentials and media kits. A multbox will be provided in the concert hall. Please jfalk [a] umn (p) edu for satellite truck parking information.

10:35 a.m. All media must be in their designated seating places in the concert hall. There will be no late seating.

10:45 a.m. Student leaders, delegates, faculty/administrators process from adjacent Ferguson Hall to the concert hall, where they will be joined by distinguished guests, including Gov. Mark Dayton, regents, regents emeriti and chancellors. Kaler will be the last one in the procession.

11. a.m. Ceremony begins with fanfare as the procession enters the concert hall. Ceremony highlights include (in chronological order):
• Welcome by Frank Bates, Regents Professor, head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and chair of the inauguration advisory committee; and Linda Cohen, chair of the Board of Regents
• Investiture and presentation of the mace by Dayton
• Presentation of the medallion by Cohen
• Kaler’s inaugural address
• Closing remarks by Bates

The ceremony will conclude at 12:20 p.m. and is followed by a private lunch at the Carlson School of Management. At 1:45 p.m. Kaler, his family and guests will cross the Washington Avenue Bridge and host a public reception at Coffman Union. The bridge will be lined with hundreds of students eager to congratulate Kaler on his inauguration.

The public is welcome to view the inauguration live in Coffman Union, 300 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis; the Rarig Center, 330 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis; or the St. Paul Student Center, 2017 Buford Ave., St. Paul. To watch the ceremony live online, go to www.umn.edu the morning of the inauguration to be directed to the broadcast site.

A special pre-inaugural broadcast will begin at 10:45 a.m., hosted by U of M School of Journalism and Mass Communication alumna Boua Xiong and featuring color commentary by university historian Ann Pflaum.

The ceremony will be carried live in Kirby Rafters on the Duluth campus, in Bede Ballroom of Sargeant Student Center on the Crookston campus, in Room 122 of the Welcome Center on the Morris campus and in Room 419 University Square on the Rochester campus.

For all inauguration information, visit the official website, www.umn.edu/president/inauguration.

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