Inauguration: Greetings from the State
By Joan Benoit Samuelson ’79
What a banner Maine day—certainly not like every day in our state!
This morning at exactly 6:46, the first sun to fall upon our country greeted some exuberant hikers in Acadia National Park. Approximately five minutes later, it began to smile on about 3,500 miles of the famous rock-bound coast of Maine and more than 3,100 coastal islands. And then, at 6:53 a.m., it struck Hawthorne-Longfellow Hall and President Safa Zaki’s office, only to find the ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ sun already ablaze with a welcoming warmth that we all feel today.
President Zaki,