Scenes from the Inauguration
BSC President David Pollick shares a laugh with a television reporter during an interview prior to the inauguration.
Dr. William D. Jordan Jr. (right), professor and chief of Section of Vascular Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, brings greetings and congratulations to President Pollick on behalf of Hillsdale College. Jordan is an alumnus of the Hillsdale, Mich., liberal arts college and represented the institution at the inauguration.
President Pollick reflects on his inauguration speech just before processing for the ceremony
Karen Bentley Pollick helps her husband with his academic regalia before inauguration
BSC Trustees Rev. Mary Elizabeth Stinson (left), director of the Council of Ministries for the Alabama-West Florida Conference of The United Methodist Church, and Catherine S. Crenshaw, president of Sloss Development Group in Birmingham, were two of the program participants at inauguration.
Bill Battle Coliseum was the setting for the inauguration of BSC’s 12th president.
President Pollick and other program participants listen intently to the inaugural address given by Dr. Christopher N. Breiseth, president and CEO of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute.
W. Michael Atchison, chair of the Executive Committee of the BSC Board of Trustees, invests and bestows the presidential medallion upon Dr. David Pollick.
Dr. David Pollick accepts the charge of the presidency of Birmingham-Southern College.
A moving and powerful inaugural response from President Pollick followed the investiture.
Mace Bearer Dr. Dominique Linchet, associate professor of French, led the processional and recessional during the inauguration ceremony.
Newly invested BSC President Dr. David Pollick greets well-wishers during a post-inauguration reception in the Norton Campus Center.