{"id":2248,"date":"2026-09-28T15:10:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chancellor\/?p=2248"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:10:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:10:39","slug":"thomas-gibson-inauguration-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/chancellor\/thomas-gibson-inauguration-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Gibson Inauguration Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DT7x4pehyIw?feature=oembed\" title=\"Thomas Gibson Inauguration Ceremony | 10th Chancellor of UW-Milwaukee\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\"  frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" 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class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"> Welcome \u2013 Peggy Williams-Smith <br><br><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a aria-label=\"13 minutes, 54 seconds\" style=\"text-decoration: none;display: inline;color: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/DT7x4pehyIw?t=834s\" target=\"\" class=\"ytAttributedStringLink ytAttributedStringLinkCallToActionColor\">0:13:54<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"> Greetings from a Mentor \u2013 Chris Howard <br><br><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a aria-label=\"19 minutes, 34 seconds\" style=\"text-decoration: none;display: inline;color: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/DT7x4pehyIw?t=1174s\" target=\"\" class=\"ytAttributedStringLink ytAttributedStringLinkCallToActionColor\">0:19:34<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"> Greetings from a Proud Panther and Regent \u2013 Regent Joan Prince <br><br><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a aria-label=\"24 minutes, 45 seconds\" style=\"text-decoration: none;display: inline;color: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/DT7x4pehyIw?t=1485s\" target=\"\" class=\"ytAttributedStringLink ytAttributedStringLinkCallToActionColor\">0:24:45<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"> Greetings from the State of Wisconsin \u2013 Secretary Amy Pechacek <br><br><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a aria-label=\"28 minutes, 26 seconds\" style=\"text-decoration: none;display: inline;color: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/DT7x4pehyIw?t=1706s&amp;pp=0gcJCWMAwfN6Pr3D\" target=\"\" class=\"ytAttributedStringLink ytAttributedStringLinkCallToActionColor\">0:28:26<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"> Poetry Reading \u2013 Derrick Harriell <br><br><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a aria-label=\"32 minutes, 2 seconds\" style=\"text-decoration: none;display: inline;color: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/DT7x4pehyIw?t=1922s\" target=\"\" class=\"ytAttributedStringLink ytAttributedStringLinkCallToActionColor\">0:32:02<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"> Joint Greetings from University Governance Chairs \u2013 Anna Dempsey-Fischer, Nicole Oswald and Wilkistar Otieno <br><br><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a aria-label=\"35 minutes\" style=\"text-decoration: none;display: inline;color: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/DT7x4pehyIw?t=2100s&amp;pp=0gcJCWMAwfN6Pr3D\" target=\"\" class=\"ytAttributedStringLink ytAttributedStringLinkCallToActionColor\">0:35:00<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"> Fraternity Recognition \u2013 Elliot Anderson <br><br><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a aria-label=\"39 minutes, 6 seconds\" style=\"text-decoration: none;display: inline;color: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/DT7x4pehyIw?t=2346s\" target=\"\" class=\"ytAttributedStringLink ytAttributedStringLinkCallToActionColor\">0:39:06<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"> Greetings from a Mentor \u2013 Jessica B. Harris <br><br><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a aria-label=\"45 minutes, 11 seconds\" style=\"text-decoration: none;display: inline;color: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/DT7x4pehyIw?t=2711s\" target=\"\" class=\"ytAttributedStringLink ytAttributedStringLinkCallToActionColor\">0:45:11<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"> Greetings from the Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents \u2013 Regent President Kyle Weatherly <br><br><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a aria-label=\"49 minutes, 32 seconds\" style=\"text-decoration: none;display: inline;color: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/DT7x4pehyIw?t=2972s\" target=\"\" class=\"ytAttributedStringLink ytAttributedStringLinkCallToActionColor\">0:49:32<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"> Investiture of Chancellor Thomas Gibson \u2013 Universities of Wisconsin President Ren\u00e9e Wachter <br><br><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a aria-label=\"55 minutes, 2 seconds\" style=\"text-decoration: none;display: inline;color: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/DT7x4pehyIw?t=3302s&amp;pp=0gcJCWMAwfN6Pr3D\" target=\"\" class=\"ytAttributedStringLink ytAttributedStringLinkCallToActionColor\">0:55:02<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"> Medallion Video <br><br><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a aria-label=\"58 minutes, 54 seconds\" style=\"text-decoration: none;display: inline;color: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/DT7x4pehyIw?t=3534s\" target=\"\" class=\"ytAttributedStringLink ytAttributedStringLinkCallToActionColor\">0:58:54<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"> Medallion Presentation <br><br><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a aria-label=\"1 hour, 44 seconds\" style=\"text-decoration: none;display: inline;color: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/DT7x4pehyIw?t=3644s\" target=\"\" class=\"ytAttributedStringLink ytAttributedStringLinkCallToActionColor\">1:00:44<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"> Musical Performance \u2013 Concert Chorale <br><br><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a aria-label=\"1 hour, 8 minutes, 4 seconds\" style=\"text-decoration: none;display: inline;color: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/DT7x4pehyIw?t=4084s\" target=\"\" class=\"ytAttributedStringLink ytAttributedStringLinkCallToActionColor\">1:08:04<\/a><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"> Introduction of Chancellor Gibson \u2013 SiSi Lee <br><br><\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;background-image: none;background-position: 0% 0%;background-size: auto;background-repeat: repeat;background-attachment: scroll;font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\"><a aria-label=\"1 hour, 9 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