Formal ceremony to install Holbrook as 13th president

Ohio State’s Board of Trustees will formally install Karen A. Holbrook as the 13th president of the university during an investiture ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Thursday (5/29) in Mershon Auditorium, 1871 N. High St.

The investiture is an opportunity for various constituencies to formally welcome Holbrook to Ohio State and provides an opportunity for Holbrook to share her priorities with the entire university community.

The platform party will include members of the university’s Board of Trustees; President’s Cabinet; deans; student, alumni, faculty and staff representatives; and some local and state government leaders.

Following remarks by members of the Board of Trustees and the reading of a poem by Ohio State Poet Laureate David Citino, Holbrook will be sworn in as president and presented with the medallion of office. She then will deliver her address. Following additional greetings and comments, the assembled group will conclude the event by singing Carmen Ohio.

For more information, see http://www.osu.edu/investiture/

WHAT: Ohio State’s Board of Trustees will formally install Karen A. Holbrook as the 13th president of the university during an investiture ceremony

WHEN: 1:30 p.m. Thursday (5/29)

WHERE: Mershon Auditorium, 1871 North High St.

WHY: To give various constituencies the chance to formally welcome Holbrook to Ohio State and to provide an opportunity for Holbrook to share her priorities with the entire university community