The Formal Installation of Nasser H. Paydar as 5th Chancellor of IUPUI
The Formal Installation of Nasser H. Paydar as 5th Chancellor of IUPUI
Left to right are Chancellor Paydar's mother Pouran Paydar, his son Omeed, Nasser Paydar, his wife Niloo, his son Naveed, his mother-in-law Fakhri Emami, and his father-in-law Manuchehr Emami.
IU CommunicationsChancellor Paydar with a pic of Bogey, his granddog.IU CommunicationsChancellor Paydar with Chancellors Emeriti Charles Bantz (l) and Gerald Bepko.IU CommunicationsIU South Bend Chancellor Terry L. Allison (l), IU East Chancellor Kathryn Cruz-Uribe, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Chancellor Nasser Paydar, IU Kokomo Chancellor Susan Sciame-Giesecke, IU Northwest Chancellor William Lowe, and IU Southeast Chancellor Ray Wallace pose for a photo before the beginning of Chancellor Paydar’s formal installation.
IU CommunicationsPurdue University President Mitch Daniels (l), Chancellor Paydar, IU President Michael A. McRobbie, and Mayor of Indianapolis Greg Ballard share a moment before Chancellor Paydar's installation begins.IU CommunicationsPresident McRobbie and Chancellor Paydar compare notes prior to the chancellor's installation ceremony.IU CommunicationsIU Trustee Randall L. Tobias, Chancellor Paydar, and President McRobbie share a chuckle prior to the chancellor's installation.IU CommunicationsChancellor Paydar visits with Niki DaSilva, President of the IUPUI Undergraduate Student Government, and Anthony Greco, President of the IUPUI Graduate and Professional Student Government, prior to the ceremony. Both Ms. DaSilva and Mr. Greco gave remarks during Chancellor Paydar's installation.IU CommunicationsChancellor Paydar has a moment of zen prior to his ceremony.IU CommunicationsChancellor Paydar and Etta Ward, Executive Director of Research and Development in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at IUPUI, pose for the camera prior to the chancellor's installation. Ms. Ward represented IUPUI staff on the platform party.IU CommunicationsChancellor Paydar thanks Rabbi Dennis C. Sasso of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck for offering the invocation at the beginning of the chancellor's installation ceremony.IU CommunicationsDennis Bland, president of the Center for Leadership Development, and Marianne Wokeck, IUPUI Chancellor's Professor of History and president of the IUPUI Faculty Council, visit prior to Chancellor Paydar's installation. Mr. Bland spoke on behalf of the community at the chancellor's installation, and Professor Wokeck represented the IUPUI faculty and served as Grand Marshall.IU CommunicationsKirk A. Alter, Associate Professor in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute at Purdue University, chats with Professor Wokeck as the platform party lines up for procession into Chancellor Paydar's installation ceremony. Both served as Grand Marshalls during the ceremony.IU CommunicationsParticipants process into Chancellor Paydar's installation ceremony.IU CommunicationsPresident McRobbie presides over Chancellor Paydar's installation ceremony.IU CommunicationsMayor Ballard offers greetings on behalf of the City of Indianapolis during Chancellor Paydar's installation.IU CommunicationsChancellor Paydar thanks IUPUI alumnus Robert Scheele, class of 2007, for his remarks on behalf of alumni during the ceremony.IU CommunicationsChancellor Paydar's son Omeed looks on during his father's installation ceremony.IU CommunicationsNiloo Paydar places the regalia of the chancellorship upon her husband Nasser Paydar during the installation ceremony.IU CommunicationsChancellor Paydar shares his vision for IUPUI in remarks delivered at his installation ceremony.IU Communications
