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As part of the multiday inauguration celebration in his honor, Rice President Reginald DesRoches invited both undergraduate and graduate students to mark the occasion at a pair of receptions Oct. 21.
Undergraduates met with DesRoches in the Central Quadrangle that afternoon. Later, he joined graduate students at Valhalla to raise their cups to herald the latest exciting chapter in Rice’s history.
![President Reginald DesRoches poses for photo with undergraduate students](/sites/g/files/bxs2656/files/inline-images/DSC_4538221022_Inauguration_Stravato_007%20copy.jpg)
![President Reginald DesRoches in conversation with undergraduates](/sites/g/files/bxs2656/files/inline-images/DSC_4337221022_Inauguration_Stravato_002%20copy.jpg)
![President Reginald DesRoches speaks with graduate students at Valhalla reception](/sites/g/files/bxs2656/files/inline-images/DSC_4629221022_Inauguration_Stravato_007%20copy.jpg)
![Tables outside Valhalla full of students during graduate student inauguration reception](/sites/g/files/bxs2656/files/inline-images/DSC_4738221022_Inauguration_Stravato_015%20copy.jpg)