President Phipps receives the presidential stole as the official insignia of her new office from Board Chair Eunice Steinbrecher (l.) and D. Ray Hostetter, the sixth president of Messiah College (r.). The Inauguration of Dr. Kim S. Phipps Messiah College celebrated the inauguration of its eighth president, Dr. Kim S. Phipps, with a formal inauguration ceremony on Friday, October 14, 2005. The ceremony was the culmination of a week-long schedule of inaugural events designed to reflect the inauguration theme, “Created and Called for Community.” Please visit the links below to view photos of the inauguration and to read the addresses delivered at the inauguration ceremony. Photos of the Week's Events Inauguration Guest Lecture by Anna Quindlen Inauguration Chapel "Behind the Scenes" of the Inaugural Events Homecoming Inaugural Ball Inauguration Ceremony Inaugural Lunches An Evening with Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood, Stars of ABC’s "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" Inauguration Addresses Inaugural Chapel by Rev. Nathan Baxter Inaugural Address by President Kim S. Phipps Response to the Inaugural Address by Paul Nisly Charge to the President by Richard Hughes