Enduring Mission. Emerging Pathways.
The investiture of David J. Dausey will serve as a signature moment in a multi-day celebration inviting the Duquesne University community to honor our scholarship, history, and the distinctive value of the Duquesne experience.
Distinctive events will include:
- Inaugural Mass: Sunday, September 13, 11 a.m., Duquesne University Chapel
- Investiture Ceremony: Thursday, September 17, 1 p.m., UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse
- All-Campus Reception: Thursday, September 17, immediately following the Investiture Ceremony, Academic Walk
- Exhibits of Student and Faculty Research and Creative Work: Presented throughout the week in public spaces across campus
Dr. Dausey will hold several additional special events throughout the week, for specific audiences, including a conversation with student government and leaders, a Faculty Senate Address and an event for University staff.
Additional details about the inauguration week schedule will be posted as they are confirmed.
Inauguration Week Details
Information for Delegates
The inauguration of a university president is a celebration not only of that institution but of the entire academic community. Dressed in the academic regalia of their respective institutions, delegates march in the inauguration processional in order of the founding date of each institution.
Academic Dress
Delegates participating in the academic procession may bring their own academic dress
or may rent regalia from the Duquesne University bookstore.
Rental information
To rent academic dress, email DUBookstoreFREEDUQUESNE by Friday, August 28, 2026, to provide sizing and contact information and to arrange for payment. Rental regalia
will be available for pickup at a designated delegate robing location to be announced.
Campus Map
Parking
Event parking is available in the Forbes Avenue Parking Garage (#41 on the campus map). The entrance is off Forbes Avenue, on the right-hand side just past the Power Center and directly across from McGinley Hall. GPS Address: 1180 Forbes Avenue
Accommodations
We have partnerships with several hotels near campus and exclusive offers for Duquesne visitors at the following hotels:
What Our Community is Saying
Dr. Dausey’s values and experience uniquely align with our vision for an exciting future of service to our students, our region and the world. We have great confidence that Dr. Dausey is the right leader for this key moment in the life of Duquesne.
Students talk about administration a lot, and I’ve only ever heard positive things about Dr. Dausey. So us already having a relationship with him as student government, him being the provost here already… we’re going to be ready to get right to work.
The Spiritan Congregation knows and admires Dr. Dausey for his leadership on many fronts at Duquesne. He has done much to keep Spiritan character at the heart of Duquesne’s academic enterprise.
Provost Dausey has earned the trust and respect of faculty and staff across the University. David has exhibited creativity and leadership not only when it comes to Duquesne’s faculty research and teaching but also in shaping a vision for the University.