("America the Beautiful") ("The Stars and Stripes Forever") ("Pomp and Circumstance") (audience applauding) (audience cheering) (audience cheering) (audience cheering) (audience cheering) - Ladies and gentlemen, welcome.

I'm Prabu David.

(audience cheering) I'm Prabu David.

I'm Dean of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

Welcome to the commencement ceremony of the graduating class of 2022.

(claps) (audience applauding) This class deserves special recognition.

They faced unique challenges during their time at MSU, they have navigated the uncertainty of a pandemic with grace and strength over the past two years, and they have earned our admiration.

(claps) (audience applauding) I'm thrilled to stand here today in person with you and your loved ones to celebrate your accomplishments and share in the excitement of the future.

So please stand and join Phoenix Miranda, a student in the College of Music, in the singing of the National Anthem.

She's accompanied by MSU Wind Symphony conducted by Brian Taylor.

At the end of the National Anthem, please remain standing for a moment of silence.

(slow music) ♪ O, say, can you see ♪ ♪ By the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ What so proudly we hailed ♪ ♪ At the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ Whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ Through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ O'er the ramparts we watched ♪ ♪ Were so gallantly streaming ♪ ♪ And the rockets' red glare ♪ ♪ The bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ Gave proof through the night ♪ ♪ That our flag was still there ♪ ♪ O, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ O'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ And the home of the brave ♪ (audience applauding) Please remain standing for a moment of silence.

You may be seated.

We are privileged to have the Honorable Brianna Scott with us tonight.

Trustee Scott will now welcome you to tonight's activities.

Trustee Scott.

- Thank you, Dean David.

On behalf of the MSU Board of Trustees I welcome all of the graduates, families, and friends who are with us at this evening's undergraduate commencement.

Today's ceremony represents the culmination of disciplined intellectual work and creative imagination, certainly no small accomplishment.

For many of you and your families here today the sacrifices have been long and great.

The degree that you have earned acknowledges your success and honors those who have encouraged it.

Our wish is that you will always be leaders who generously use your intelligence and knowledge to improve the quality of life for your community, to advance the common good, and to renew hope in the human spirit.

Our faculty, administrators, and the MSU Board of Trustees are all very proud of you.

Please accept our warmest congratulations and best wishes.

Thank you.

(audience applauding) - Thank you, Trustee Scott.

Class of 2022, you'll be joining a large and impressive group of graduates from the College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

We are the first college of communication in the nation, and our students and alumni make it the very best.

(audience applauding) Tonight you become alumni of the college, joining over 56,000 others worldwide.

Like those before you, you will leave a unique mark on this campus.

This is a day you will never forget, the day you put on the green robe and graduated from MSU.

Whether you're graduating with a degree from the Department of Advertising and Public Relations, where are you?

Ooh.

(audience cheering) Or the very small and mighty Communicative Sciences and Disorders.

(claps) (audience cheering) Department of Communication.

(audience cheering) Media and Information.

(audience cheering) And the School of Journalism.

(audience cheering) Congratulations on what you have accomplished.

We really believe in you.

You will achieve great things in the years to come.

Now please direct your attention to the screen as we take a look back at your time at MSU and showcase some of the most memorable moments.

(upbeat music) (singers vocalizing) (fireworks crackling) (audience applauding) Lately we have heard a lot about GOATs, greatest of all time.

We are inspired and in awe of people who perform at a very high level many times.

Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, Katie Ledecky the swimmer, Usain Bolt, Serena Williams, Michael Phelps, and lately we've heard a lot about Coach K, although we have a coach who is pretty GOAT himself.

(audience applauding) While most people would be happy to experience their one shining moment just once in a lifetime, it is remarkable that these individuals have reached the pinnacle many times in their lives.

We are inspired, motivated, and challenged by people who do these amazing things.

So on this important day, as you graduate from MSU as proud Spartans, perhaps that's the inspiration you need to accomplish great things.

We hope you'll become the very best in your chosen profession, that you'll become a GOAT.

If you set your goal so high, failure is inevitable.

Without the agony of defeat, there is no ecstasy of victory.

And you'll soon realize that greatness is not all about winning.

It's about dealing with adversity and learning from failures, whether they are small or monumental.

Let's take Simone Biles, who's considered a GOAT in gymnastics.

Leading to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics the rest of the field was just competing for silver and bronze.

Many thought that Biles had a lock on the gold medal.

But the moment she landed in Tokyo for her gold medal campaign, everything sputtered.

For inexplicable reasons, Biles lost her form.

Biles held herself with dignity, cheered on her teammates from the stands, and dealt with adversity as the world watched.

She finished with one silver and bronze and didn't compete in many events in which she was favored to win.

A similar fate struck Mikaela Shiffrin, a Winter Olympian in the recent Beijing Games.

The greatest technical skater of all time did not finish the three events in which she was favored to win, and left the Games without a medal.

It was a crushing loss.

Shiffrin struggled to explain her struggles at the Olympics, but her vulnerability and authenticity in handling disappointment earned her legions of fans.

So as you set high goals, be prepared for failure and loss.

How you handle adversity will determine your greatness.

But I've thought a lot about greatness these days, over the past two years, especially as we've been through the pandemic.

And what does it mean to be truly great?

I believe true greatness lies neither in victory nor in defeat, but in the spaces in between.

Greatness is about how you choose to live life with joy, purpose, meaning every ordinary day.

This is particularly relevant as we emerge from the pandemic.

Preliminary reports suggest that about a third of the students have endured major challenges.

Economic hardship, loss of a loved one, caregiving stress, loss of community, inability to thrive and flourish, anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges.

This is not limited to our students.

All of us are dealing with some of these challenges in our lives.

So greatness, what is it?

Greatness requires the realization that we need help.

It is about the willingness to ask for help when we need it.

It is also in offering help to someone in need.

It is finding joy in the mundane things.

A quiet walk, listening to your favorite music, reading a book.

Yes, I said book.

You're wondering what it is, but it really does exist.

And finding time for solitude and reflection.

Without taking time to cultivate physical, mental, and emotional habits and without self-reflection, you can lose out on true greatness.

So think of life as a garden.

If you don't maintain it, weeds take over and it becomes a mess.

But if you do attend to it thoughtfully and intentionally, it will flourish and blossom.

So friends as you venture out, strive to make every day special instead of waiting for the special days to arrive.

Instead of greatest of all time, how about the kindest of all time, or the classiest of all time, or the nicest of all time?

And strive to take care of one another.

Life is lived at its fullest when it's lived within a community.

So congratulations and best wishes, ComArtSci Class of 2022.

(audience cheering) (audience applauding) So speaking of community, let's celebrate your community, your team of ardent fans who have stood beside you in your highs and lows.

They are here today to cheer you on.

So on this special day, let's thank your family and friends who are here today.

I'm going to call you in a specific order here.

Let's begin by acknowledging our grandparents and great-grandparents in the audience.

Please stand and let us say thank you.

(audience applauding) That was beautiful.

Next parents, please stand and be recognized.

(audience cheering) (audience applauding) Spouses and partners, please stand.

Children, friends, and others who came to celebrate, please stand.

(audience cheering) (audience applauding) Thank you, you may be seated.

This is an important day for our faculty and staff as well as we bid you farewell.

We are honored and pleased to have played a small but significant role in your lives.

So faculty, staff, academic advisors, and career services personnel, would you please stand and be recognized for your contributions?

(audience applauding) Now Brian Taylor will conduct the MSU Wind Symphony in Fantasy on MSU Songs.

(audience cheering) (slow music) (upbeat music) ♪ Go right through for MSU ♪ ♪ Watch the points keep growing ♪ ♪ Spartan teams are bound to win ♪ ♪ They're fighting with a vim ♪ ♪ Rah, rah, rah ♪ ♪ See their team is weakening ♪ ♪ We're going to win this game ♪ ♪ Fight, fight, rah, team, fight ♪ ♪ Victory for MSU ♪ (slow music) (triumphant music) (audience applauding) Thank you, Brian and members of the Wind Symphony.

Thank you so much.

It is now my pleasure to introduce Regan Holgate.

(audience cheering) A journalism senior who will speak on behalf of the Class of 2022.

Regan.

(audience cheering) (audience applauding) - Hi everyone.

For those of you who didn't just hear, my name is Regan Holgate.

And I'm truly honored to be here in front of all of you today.

You know, it was kind of funny, yesterday in rehearsal all I kept thinking in my mind is who in their right mind let me do this.

Why did you choose me?

And actually it was three of the professors here behind me.

So if this goes south, we know who to blame.

You know, I feel like everyone always asks, "How did we get here?"

But what I want to know is, how did you get here?

Just think about it for a second.

You came to college with your own goals in mind.

But even with the inevitable bumps in the road, you persevered, you didn't let anyone else or anything else defer you from what you set out to do.

And for that I say congratulations to you.

Come on, come on.

(audience cheering) (audience applauding) I know the path to get here wasn't easy, but soak in this moment and be proud of the person sitting in these seats today.

Back in high school, I was that kid senior year who dug her head in the sand.

And yes, I'm stealing that quote directly from my mother because I still hear about it today, even though I'm graduating college.

And I think I will hear about it for the next 25 years.

But honestly, she was right.

I really didn't want to think about college or what my future had in store.

To me college would magically happen without me having to make any big life-altering decisions.

And let me tell you, that wasn't the case.

When I think about why I was so hesitant to take that move and leap forward with my life, maybe it was fear, or nerves, or the thought of leaving home.

But I realize now it was the fear of the unknown.

Making the decision to come to Michigan State, or honestly just college in general, I was terrified by it all.

By saying all of this, I want to acknowledge that I understand the future can be scary.

You may not know where you'll be next year or even next week.

but it shouldn't be fear that's holding you back.

My parents have always told me to fight for what I believe in and put 110% effort into everything I do.

I'm not sure I would be standing here today in front of all of you if it weren't for them.

Change is scary, but it doesn't have to be.

Why is it that we see fear as such a negative thing that weighs us down?

Fear should motivate us in life to get better and keep moving forward.

Ever heard of the saying, fail forward?

Don't be afraid of failure.

It only makes us stronger and more resilient.

Isn't that what these four years are supposed to teach us, how to knock ourselves down and pick ourselves back up?

Well, yeah, and I've had to tell myself this a lot this year, and so have my family and friends.

But even if it's hard to believe in the moment, everything happens for a reason.

At the beginning of the year I was asked to speak on a panel to the incoming journalism class.

I was asked what the number one piece of advice is I wish I would've had as a freshman.

Here's what mine was.

I know it's hard not to compare yourself to those around you and focus on what everyone else is doing, but I urge you to focus on yourself.

You are uniquely different from the person sitting next to you.

All of you here today have exceptional qualities.

So why spend the time focusing on others when you can focus on yourself and continue to better who you are?

This was hard for me to learn.

We're entering such a competitive period of our lives, so how can we not default to what other people are doing?

Coincidentally enough, I wear a bracelet every day with three simple words on it, "Prove them wrong."

And I know you're like, "Oh, she's probably full of it," but I'm actually not.

I'm wearing it here today.

I wouldn't lie to you, not this time.

It serves as a reminder for me to continue following my path and not only showing everyone around me, but showing myself what I'm truly capable of.

We've experienced some truly unimaginable things in our college careers.

Who would've thought halfway through sophomore year the phrases global pandemic, or social distancing, or mask mandates would become a part of our everyday conversations.

And can we talk about the fact that the bars were closed for a year and a half?

(audience laughing) I mean a girl turns 21, what is she supposed to do?

Come on, can I hear something?

Yeah.

(laughs) (audience cheering) (audience applauding) But I think we made up for lost time, right?

I'm seeing some subtle head nods so we can just leave it at that.

No more details needed.

You know, I don't want to focus on the negative aspects of my years here, but I would be lying to you if I said my path to today was a walk in the park.

I don't say this looking for sympathy.

I say it because I want you all to know that no matter what, you are capable of so much more than you know.

Never in a million years did I think I would be spending my senior year driving to and from home to testify in court about my own sexual assault.

Trying to finish out the best years of my life reliving one of the worst moments in my life is one of the hardest things I will ever do.

But I'm standing here today to show you what is possible, even in your darkest times.

(audience cheering) (audience applauding) Through all the tears and challenging conversations, I've used this as a reason to keep moving forward and continue fighting for what's right.

Everyone always says that you come to college to learn and grow into the person you want to become.

But no one ever said that amid that growth you will also encounter such huge setbacks.

But no matter the mistakes you've made, or those you will inevitably make in the future, I urge you to continue to find that light, whatever it may be.

It wouldn't be right of me to get through this entire speech without acknowledging and thanking the people who helped me get to this point.

The professors in this college are truly unmatched.

Yeah, come on, give it to 'em.

(audience applauding) They're right behind me, come on.

And I know I'm biased, but I would not be where I am today without the individuals who have taken me under their wing and mentored me during my time as a Spartan.

I hope each and every one of you had the opportunity to connect and build those same lasting relationships at Michigan State.

It's not just the professors though, but all of you.

Learning and growing alongside of you has been a true honor.

I've met some of my best friends through this school and made connections that I will carry with me for the rest of my life.

And now, the moment you've all been waiting for, the end of this speech.

Here we go.

(laughs) If there is one thing that Michigan State has taught me, your future isn't set in stone.

And that's okay.

You will continue to face people and challenges in life that try and alter your direction.

But stand strong in who you are and what you set out to do.

You can forge your own path, and that starts here today.

Whatever your future holds might be scary right now.

But if there's something I know for certain, we are Spartans, and Spartans will.

Thank you so much.

(audience cheering) (audience applauding) - Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Regan.

(audience applauding) Regan, thank you for your inspiring words, and also for your courage.

It really makes a difference.

Now we'd like to recognize some other students here today.

First Trustee Scott will recognize Board of Trustees Award recipients.

Trustee Scott.

- I was- - (laughs) It's okay.

It's right here.

You got it.

- Regan's speech was awesome and I'm over there just talking to her about it.

I apologize.

(laughs) We wish to pay tribute to the graduates who not only completed their academic program successfully, but who have the distinction of having maintained the highest grade point averages in the class of 4.0.

Let's clap for that.

(audience applauding) Thereby meriting the Board of Trustees Award.

To be eligible for this prestigious award, at least 3/4 of the credits of their degree must be earned at MSU.

Will the students who are present please stand and remain standing as your names are called.

I request that you please hold your applause until all are introduced.

Yewon Jun.

Lacie Kunselman.

Thomas Manning.

Sarah Peltz.

Hannah Sandler.

(claps) (audience applauding) Each of you should be proud of the outstanding academic record that honors you and your university.

On behalf of your classmates, the faculty, the officers, and the trustees of this university, I extend a sincere congratulations and best wishes.

Please join me in the applause for the Class of 2022 Board of Trustee Award recipients.

(claps) (audience applauding) Congratulations.

- Thank you, Trustee Scott.

Next we would like to recognize a recipient of the Louis B. Sudler Prize in the Arts.

This MSU award is given to one or more graduating seniors who the judgment of faculty have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the areas of the performing and creative arts and who also show promise of future achievement.

Sarah Kutchinski.

(audience cheering) (audience applauding) There she is.

Congrats, Sarah.

Students who participate and fulfill the requirements of the honors college by completing enriched programs of study are identified as graduating with honors college distinction.

These students wear a white collar stole with HC designation.

All students who are graduating as members of the honors college, please stand and accept our congratulations.

(audience applauding) Honors college.

(audience cheering) Please be seated.

Next I'm going to recognize many other students here today who have achieved distinction.

So as I call out, please stand and remain standing.

So please remain standing.

If you have, stand up and remain standing, if you have participated in education abroad, please stand.

Don't feel shy.

We'll get everybody up.

(audience applauding) How about varsity athletics?

Student associations?

By now you should be standing up.

Campus media, student government, MSU band.

How about internships, mentoring or volunteering.

And if you missed at least one class during your time here at MSU, please stand.

(audience laughing) Okay, everybody up.

(audience cheering) (audience applauding) You have really helped make this university stronger through your dedication, and we thank you for your hard work.

You may be seated.

Before we officially confer your degrees.

please direct your attention to a short video that features words of encouragement from ComArtSci faculty and alumni.

- It's go time, Spartans.

Go forward and change the world.

- On behalf of Spartans everywhere, we are so proud of you.

(upbeat music) - You made it, you're graduating.

- You're now about to join an alumni network of over a half a million Spartans.

- It's been a long journey and all your hard work, all those late nights of study have paid off.

- While today may be the day that your celebration begins, it is certainly not the day that your celebration should end.

- And we know that you're gonna make the most out of this unprecedented situation.

- I know that this has made you stronger and that you'll go out and keep making the world a better place.

- And all the hard work you put in will pay off.

- And you guys are going to be able to bring something new to newsrooms that I couldn't even bring to my newsroom.

- Your patience, resilience, and adaptability have been exemplary.

- We couldn't be prouder.

- You'll be able to use these skills of perseverance throughout your lives.

- Through all of this, I've been so proud to see how you've supported each other and those around you to find success.

- You not only met the challenges that were given to you, you exceeded them.

- You really inspire me all the time.

(audience cheering) - You made every single day in the classroom worth it.

- I am so incredibly proud of you and all the great things you've accomplished during this program.

- I hope that you've had a lot of fun in your college career and that you've learned a lot, even if, you know, sometimes some of it was what not to do.

- But keep an open mind to developing other talents that you discover about yourself.

- Find those hard problems.

Find people you want to work with.

- You've got a strong foundation.

- Be firm about what you want to do, but be flexible about how you get there.

- There is no quote mistake that you can make now that you can't recover from.

- I am really excited to see what you do.

- Stay encouraged, stay empowered.

- Stay safe, stay healthy, stay sane, and also- - Go green.

- Go green.

- Go green.

- Go green.

- Go green.

- We wish you all of the best.

- We can't wait to see everything you do.

We'll miss you.

- I hope to see you again soon here.

- Congratulations.

- You made it.

(audience applauding) - Well, it is now time to confer the baccalaureate degrees upon candidates.

So candidates from the Department of Advertising and Public Relations will be presented by department chair, Teresa Mastin.

Professor Mastin.

- Will the candidates for the baccalaureate degree from the Department of Advertising and Public Relations please rise.

(audience applauding) (audience cheering) Dean David, on behalf of the faculty in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations I present these candidates to you for the awarding of the appropriate degree.

Please remain standing.

- [Prabu] Thank you, Dr. Mastin.

The candidates from the Department of Communication will be presented by Professor Amanda Holmstrom.

- Will the fabulous, talented candidates for the baccalaureate degree from the Department of Communication please rise.

(audience cheering) (audience applauding) Dean David, on behalf of the faculty in the Department of Communication I present these candidates to you for awarding of the appropriate degree, including our very first cohort of Communication Leadership and Strategy majors.

(audience cheering) - [Prabu] Very nice.

Thank you, Professor Holmstrom.

The candidates from the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders will be presented by Professor Jeff Searl.

- Will the candidates for the baccalaureate degree from the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders please rise.

(audience applauding) (audience cheering) Dean David, our faculty are so excited to present to you the very first graduating class to be awarded the Bachelor of Science from our department.

While they may be small in number, they're mighty in spirit and ability.

And I present them to you today for awarding the degree that they have earned.

- Thank you, Professor Searl.

(audience applauding) Mighty in spirit indeed.

So next we have candidates from the School of Journalism, will be presented by director Tim Vos.

(audience applauding) (audience cheering) - Will the candidates for the baccalaureate degree from the Shool of Journalism please rise.

(audience cheering) (audience applauding) Dean David, on behalf of the fantastic, future-facing, fearless faculty of the School of Journalism I present these candidates to you for the awarding of the appropriate degree.

- Thank you, Dr. Vos.

(audience applauding) (audience cheering) The candidates from the Department of Media and Information will be presented by department chair Michael Stern.

- Last, and very much not least, will the candidates for the baccalaureate degree from the department of Media and Information please rise.

(audience cheering) (audience applauding) Dean David, on the behalf of the faculty in the Department of Media and Information I present to you these candidates for the awarding of the degree of Media and Information.

(audience cheering) (audience applauding) - All right, everyone up.

On behalf of the president, who has delegated to him the authority of the state of Michigan vested in the Board of Trustees, I confer upon all of you the degrees for which you have been recommended with all the rights and distinctions to which they entitle you.

According to custom, you may now move your tassel from the right side of your cap to the left.

(audience applauding) (audience cheering) Congratulations, you are now and forever will be alumni of Michigan State University.

And we are so proud of you.

(audience cheering) (audience applauding) All right, you may be seated now.

With the assistance of department representatives it now gives me great pleasure to recognize individually each graduate from today's ceremony.

A professional photographer is stationed at the platform to take pictures of the graduates as they receive their token diplomas.

Picture proofs will be mailed to each graduate.

We ask all of the photographers to remain in their seats or within the roped-off area to the left of the stage to take pictures.

We ask the audience to be considerate in applauding your graduate as names are read.

Each graduate's name should be heard.

We ask all degree recipients to return to your seats following the presentation of your diploma.

Each graduating senior is a special member of the Spartan family, including those who receive their degrees toward the end of the program.

So please remain in your seats, and it's out of respect.

This is something we do for our friends and family who are here.

I now ask that the new graduates be escorted to the platform.

- [Woman] The graduates of the Department of Advertising and Public Relations are being escorted by Greg Taucher, specialist in the department, and Dave Regan, instructor in the department.

(audience cheering) (audience cheering) (audience cheering) (audience cheering) - Ready.

You dropped the stole.

Eric Meyer.

(audience cheering) Ryan Joseph Moloughney.

(audience cheering) Grace Victoria Cliford.

(audience cheering) Ryan Luchsinger.

Cade Bell.

Ryan Downey.

Jacob Brown.

Jillian Hope Makowiec.

Natalie Groves.

(audience cheering) Emma Waters.

(audience cheering) Rowan Wilson.

(audience cheering) Sam Luttmann.

(audience cheering) Patrick Callanan Ruprich.

Brandon Bossenberger.

Jessica Lee Lynch, with honors.

(audience cheering) Mallory Hendrix.

(audience cheering) Kelly Rochelle Kemp.

Malia Athanasiou.

Grace Wagner.

Madeline Glass.

Dominic Philip Chapuso.

Sawyer Burman.

Jamie Silber.

Makenna Carroll.

(audience cheering) Olivia Catherine Rinna.

(audience cheering) Garrett Erkeyaga.

Jackson Chadwick.

Blake Sundermann.

(audience cheering) Emma Marie McKeon.

(audience cheering) Janine Marie Shymanski.

Samantha Dietz.

(audience cheering) Caitlin Brickey.

Melanie Fiederlein.

Christian Wayne.

(audience cheering) Collin Roberts Meaney.

Sylvia Yu.

Xinting Feng.

(audience cheering) Corey Edward Seger.

Anthony Joseph Pisarski.

Nicholas Skorupski, with honors.

(audience cheering) Anarosa Sanchez, with honors.

David Tran.

Amanda Kurst.

Raegyn Hansen.

Bradley Tyszkiewicz.

(audience cheering) Ryan McVicker.

Owen Michael Whetstone.

Yifan Wang.

Lanting Liu.

(audience cheering) Zekai Yang (audience cheering) Lan Tang.

Lixin Zhang.

Caxian Liu.

Kengo Yanai.

Joseph Savastano.

Joseph Ludika.

Zejun Zhu.

Yuen Liu.

Hao Yan.

Wenbo Cui.

Xishao Wan.

(audience cheering) Tori Monroe.

Takeira Bridges.

(audience cheering) Madeline Claire Sterner.

(audience cheering) David Meade.

Yoon-Se Kim.

(audience cheering) Bear Nelson.

Kyle Pond.

Jared Huff.

Nicholas Sorolongo.

Liangyi Zhu.

(audience cheering) Samantha Whitaker.

Lucas Tomilo.

(audience cheering) Natasha Michelle Potter.

(audience cheering) Lauren Raychel Valade.

(audience cheering) Joshua Jack Righter.

Bradley Patrick Vella.

(audience cheering) Megan Reese Toddhunter.

Jared West.

Dylan Gray.

(audience cheering) Jonathan Fournier.

(audience cheering) Ethan Youngblood.

(audience cheering) Sydney Reed.

Ashlee Hugo.

Cammy Marie Henning.

(audience cheering) Rachel McKenzie.

Olivia Tantaro, with honors.

Alexis Zak.

(audience cheering) Quentin Zapata.

(audience cheering) Isabelle Jenkins.

Megan Klemchuk.

(audience cheering) Andrew Vernum.

Max Sydow.

Harlie Morgan Sweet.

M. E. McAtamney.

(audience cheering) Reilly Cassata.

Alexander Francesco Simone.

(audience cheering) Sydni Rivers.

(audience cheering) Kalela Lane.

(audience cheering) Katie Sullivan.

Hannah Stone.

(audience cheering) Hayley Colucci.

(audience cheering) Sydney Temple.

(audience cheering) Benjamin Walker.

Lahari Vetala.

(audience cheering) Lauren Colette Velboom.

Diya Venkatesh.

Chuhan Zhang.

Yiran Li, with honors.

Daija Rosaline Chinos.

(audience laughing) Anna Jean Heise, with honors.

Sydney Naccashian.

(audience cheering) Haylin Harris.

Cole Hallett.

Megan Kowal.

(audience cheering) Bo Yabizi.

(audience cheering) Ethan Vargo.

(audience cheering) Lillian Soble, with high honors.

(audience cheering) Alexandra Schroeder.

Jake McWilliams.

Gabrielle Versofski.

Olivia Johnson.

Alexa Elaine Cowgill.

Jonathan Mikha.

(audience cheering) Kyle Yousif.

(audience cheering) Luke Czach.

(audience cheering) Cameron Nalamothu.

(audience cheering) Cailey Paull.

(audience cheering) Samantha Villani.

Matthew Koueiter.

Julian Ajroja.

Joseph Newsuli.

Niklas Ford.

Jake Selinsky.

Solana Bryson.

(audience cheering) Bridgett Blondell, with honors.

(audience cheering) Skye Rousos.

Cooper Noon.

John Who Pham.

(audience cheering) Anna Francone.

Grace Sacoman.

(audience cheering) Jack DeMare.

(audience cheering) Noah Spungen.

Scott Lebowitz.

(audience cheering) Jared Perton.

Ryan Laub.

John Kowalchuk II.

Jay Master.

(audience cheering) Avi Anand.

James Kim.

Zoe Lewis.

(audience cheering) Makaila Smith.

Tess Morgan Miller.

(audience cheering) Kayla McKaig.

Lacie Kunselman, with high honors.

Hailey Poag.

(audience cheering) Cameron Harp.

(audience cheering) Adriana Mae Holmquist.

Isabella Cont.

Erin O'Brien.

Bryn Feeley.

(audience cheering) Cameron Kelly.

Catherine Chapsky.

Abby Pachter.

Jordin Levi.

Jared Osborne.

Paul Robert Leveque.

- Emily Pokropowicz, with honors.

Olivia Schrotenboer, with high honors.

(audience cheering) Cailey Collins.

(audience cheering) Jenna Taylor.

Rena Louise Boyd.

(audience cheering) Lexi Ciagne, with honors.

Emma Lusky.

(audience cheering) Alena Brianne Blumberg.

Haley Alyse Robins.

(audience cheering) Sydney Socal.

Rachel Elizabeth Hilu.

Gabby Neufeld.

Lillian Beckmeyer.

Hayley Elizabeth Richardson, with high honors.

Lilia Estelle Zubieta.

Zachary Loockerman.

Claire Elise Conley.

Peter Truong.

Leslie Nguyen.

(audience cheering) Murtaza Mohammadali.

Harris James Capell.

(audience cheering) Shanice Goldstein.

Sasha Granger.

Dylan Ray Parsons.

Heather Araj.

(audience cheering) Isabel Unger.

Lydia Amelia Werth.

Morgan Riley Mesyn.

(audience cheering) Cassondra Marie Jones.

Anna Nokku.

(audience cheering) Alyssa Kern.

(audience cheering) Muhammad Alavi.

Riley Ann Paxon.

Katie Elaine Quinlan.

Grant Charles Ellis.

Carson Graves.

Evan Kenneth Bregman.

(audience cheering) Lauren Katie Lindsey.

(audience cheering) Eric Kim.

(audience cheering) James Choi.

Kory Budd.

Ian Green.

(audience cheering) Alex Donaldson.

Ryan Bendis.

(audience cheering) Mohamed Kera.

(audience cheering) Sahil Binday.

Sharia Kapur.

Tianxiang Feng.

Seth DeAngelo.

Benjamin Bazel.

Garrett Bollenbacher.

Mariana McPartland.

Miles Berlin.

Graham Narans.

Kenneth Morelli.

Grant Michael Petruchi.

Grace Pruninger.

Sydney L. Rosinski.

Margaret Johnson.

Ava Vitelli.

Lily Grosser.

(audience cheering) Lily Elizabeth Reising.

(audience cheering) Alexandra Guys.

Aaron Henshel.

Laney Keller.

Marissa Barnes.

(audience cheering) Mason Thomas Moss.

McKenzie Louise Sarver.

Anna Marie Denunzio.

Katherine Cassidy.

Blake Conley.

Simone Lucky.

(audience cheering) Avery Adams.

Alison Pomaville.

Olivia Maldonado.

Grace Bolan.

Belle Zelazny, with honors.

(audience cheering) Olivia Dochterman.

Mitchell Lewandowski.

Vincent Ingardia.

Sydney Elise Ewing, with honors.

Ashlee Badia.

Gabrielle Morton.

(audience cheering) Amy Larkin.

Madison Quick.

(audience cheering) Stephen Izzo.

(audience cheering) Conor Kilpatrick.

Obrey Shillingford.

John Marchello Fekowara.

Ryan Cotis.

Trenton Powinsky.

Jeffrey Aller.

Julia Lobello.

(audience cheering) Mason Helm.

Jenna Grubb.

(audience cheering) Blair Cullen.

Amanda Berlin.

Elise Benjamin.

Sophia Grace Viopendo.

(audience cheering) Delaney Candela.

Justin Ferraro.

Simone Marshall, with honors.

(audience cheering) Emily Anne McCue.

Madison Scanlan.

(audience cheering) Sophie Ray Chernow.

Hadley Ashley Rivard.

Veronica Grace Sheena.

Alan Colette.

(audience cheering) Adam Daniel Tory.

Jordan Garagiola.

Hanki Zhang.

Yu Ki.

Royi Hick.

Christopher Eckard.

Ryan Lawrence Skavarse.

Elizabeth Yassick.

(audience cheering) Taj Edwards.

Linda Jaylene Bettoncourt.

(audience cheering) Stephanie Jin.

Rya Sing.

(audience cheering) Mitchell Richter.

Jake Eicher.

Andrew Coates.

Ryan Grenadier.

Elizabeth Wiener.

(audience cheering) Hayden Elizabeth Zuber.

Zoe Ann Miller.

McKayla Reed Curtain.

Addison Carter.

Devin Gabrielle Vernier, with high honors.

Blaine Miller.

Fintan O'Driscoll.

Kelsey Mongoven, with honors.

Hailey Woodworth.

(audience cheering) Kelsey Bitner.

(audience cheering) Patrick Basner.

Mateo Raphael Fernandez.

Bradley William Cholette.

Jessica Barnes, with honors.

London Paige Asbury.

(audience cheering) Kayla Gallagher.

Hajra Alam.

Maliah Andreona Linn.

Kennedy Carter.

(audience cheering) Brian Ivan Jackson, Jr.. Amarra Jolie Lyons.

Grace Frazee.

Amelia Dame.

Emily Ann Rudoni, with honors.

Kevin Doster.

Jessica Grisel, with honors Hannah Hall, with honors.

Cassandra Gauthier.

Spencer Brown.

(audience cheering) Brea Ogeltree.

Jayden Lewis.

Joe Evers.

Nicholas Christie.

Stephen Hayes.

Austin Tiernan.

Hunter Damm.

Tristan Deniau.

Daniel Samson Dejene.

Marco Antonio de Villano.

(audience cheering) Nicholas Hutchinson.

Justin Kastner.

(audience cheering) Nicholas Worsey.

Rowan Robert Rezka.

(audience cheering) Kara Anderson.

Lauren Cox.

Madeline Leslie McSherry.

Patrick Chote.

India Yelder.

(audience cheering) Xiwai Wang.

Winto Cho.

Catherine Gilstrap.

Alexis Furkioti, with honors.

Melissa Aliota.

(audience cheering) Jordan Nicole Garcia.

(audience cheering) Sarah Thomas.

(audience cheering) Diana Sicilian.

Stephanie Grant Buttrey.

Miach Dismuk Beaver.

(audience cheering) Harold Lewis Flowers III.

(audience cheering) Akeyla Taney Bonner.

Janet Felbarth.

Sarah Neam.

Kelsey Leigh Crosby.

Isabella Troncalli.

Emily Albaran.

(audience cheering) Aja Joshkin.

Landon Ernst.

- The graduates of the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders are being escorted by Dr. Greg Spray, assistant professor in the department, and Dr. Courtney Venker, assistant professor in the department.

(audience cheering) - We switch after this?

- Okay.

- Madison Innes Brodoski.

(audience cheering) Karina Sheridan Jones, with honors.

(audience cheering) Kylie Bice.

Danielle Alicia Kiper.

Caitlin Marie Kramer, with high honors.

(audience cheering) - The graduates in the Department of Communication are being escorted by Jennifer Rumler, specialist in the department.

- Annika Sohvi Hermanson.

(audience cheering) Madison Catherine Eastridge.

Kate Rogers.

Liam Bailey.

Colton O'Doherty.

Edward Zentera.

Ryan Scott Simmons.

Nathan Joseph Feldpausch, with honors.

Nicolo Soroli.

(audience cheering) Darby Blair Walker.

(audience cheering) Anna Leigh Minzlaf.

Gabrielle Winfrey.

Kalina Maria Carabelli.

Catherine Lynn Seabolt.

(audience cheering) Shakira Amina Dancy.

Samantha Tricarico.

Micah Smith.

(audience cheering) Jaclyn Elizabeth Thompson, with honors.

Mark Anthony Kruger van Owen.

Aubrey Harriet Barnard.

Adam Depelsmaeker.

Teresa Semak.

Saylor Boss.

(audience cheering) Elena Cook.

Brendan Varnes.

Alexander Kantorsies.

Alandra Marie Alvarez.

(audience cheering) Gabrielle Perez.

Morgan Lynn Brown.

Noelle Christine Vroegop.

Lauren Nicole Love.

Maxwell Donald Hunter, with high honors.

Brendan Charles Pincheck.

Connor Saavedra.

Samantha Chappa.

Margaret Deyoung.

Amanda van Charsfeld.

Destiny Jackson.

Deona Alexas Thomas.

(audience cheering) Lauren Bastianelli.

Emily Ann Rumick, with high honors.

Amanda Torres.

(audience cheering) Celia McMann.

Jillian Haji.

Juanita Warren.

(audience cheering) Andrew Weak.

Arianna Mattioli, with honors.

Jacob Dewey.

(audience cheering) Garrett Cox.

Alec Giragosian.

Megan Walsh.

Kathleen Wall, with high honors.

Shelby Knauf, with honors.

Abigail Patera.

Julia Plesz, with honors.

Natalie Merriman.

Dierra Lucas.

(audience cheering) Christine Wortman.

(audience cheering) Hannah Elizabeth Combs.

Kelly Niepokuj.

Emma Sharpe.

John Harold Clark.

Brooke Jordan Barendsen, with honors.

(audience cheering) Hannah Henson.

Autumn Shunier.

Cecilia Rose Williams.

Megan Elizabeth Donnelly, with honors.

Hunter Brown.

Sarah Keating.

Alyssa Loretta Kay Fritz, with honors.

Siri Claire Nicole, with high honors.

Elizabeth Forton.

(audience cheering) Emma Hardy.

Madeline Bishop, with honors.

Kyle Grattan.

Catherine Grace Surian, with honors.

Victoria Sharon Brown.

Nicholas Ruben Sloan.

Tyler Pilger.

Sophia Tome.

Maddyson Smith.

Amber Stockinger.

(audience cheering) Michael Conroy.

(audience cheering) Grace Marilyn Canne.

Stella Mia Tortellini.

(audience cheering) Ashlyn Crane.

Brittany Foley.

Nyla Kennedy.

(audience cheering) Casey Lynette Pearson.

(audience cheering) Monee Green.

(audience cheering) Adeline Peters.

Joseph Carbone.

(audience cheering) Brent Bozart.

Ryan Eardley.

Clayton Ware.

(audience cheering) Christian Walker Dearwester.

Madeline Louise Kolomjec.

Madeline Kisey.

Madison Rohrbaugh.

Nicholas Paul Chudler.

Ping-Hsu Wu, with honors.

Yu-An Fan Chiang.

Tzu-Ling Liao.

Jordan Visser.

(audience cheering) Cameron Kemp.

James Alfred Mazzola.

Patrick Kelly.

(audience cheering) Jack Timothy Sergeant, with high honors.

Malik Davis.

(audience cheering) Brianna Peruza.

Olivia Bianchini.

Lauren Kozal, with honors.

Emillie Wheeler.

Mary Lewis.

Margaret Jeanine Finerty, with honors.

Julia Curtis, with high honors.

Stone Moscovic.

Mackenzie Schuit.

Lori Mack, with high honors Tori Lee.

Deon Marquise Bennett.

(audience cheering) Antonio Horton.

(audience cheering) Jaden Miguel Enriquez.

(audience cheering) Benjamin Isaac Hockema.

Jacob Loftus.

Grace Stephanie Dobis.

Daniel Harrison.

Nicolas Clark.

(audience cheering) Gabriela Lucia.

Alanna Marie Votruba, with honors.

Karlyn Nicole Kelley.

(audience cheering) Natania Asmaro.

(audience cheering) Kyle Thackthay.

Brendan Leahy.

Alexandra May Travnik, with high honors.

Elizabeth Anne Verduzco.

Brooke Mackenzie Bias.

Brandon Carre.

William Jack Fojtik.

Marina Alexis Malone.

Adam Peters.

Samuel Nash.

Yifei Yu.

Chase Goff.

Samone Doyle.

Paige Mulligan.

(audience cheering) Jack Brazin.

Jerry Kotuno.

Ronald Williams, Jr. Gabe Brown.

(audience cheering) Malik Lorenzo Hall.

- The graduates of the Department of Media and Information are being escorted by Dr. Ryan Thompson, instructor in the department.

(audience cheering) - Bruno Takahashi.

- [Man] Go, Bruno.

- Jackson Johnson.

Jasper Cooper.

Zhuhan Jiang.

Zhaoyu Yuhu.

Laticia Johnson.

(audience cheering) Naomi Gill.

(audience cheering) Zhejai Chen.

Marisa Beaudoin.

Ryan Dulock.

Kenneth Franklin.

(audience cheering) Jared Delano Lloyd.

(audience cheering) Cherished Karena Kirkland.

(audience cheering) Mohammed Awad.

(audience cheering) Ben Kirsch.

(audience cheering) Christopher Doubles.

Ariel Adler.

(audience cheering) Tucker Evans.

Ian Bagley.

Dannie Nguyen.

Matthew Keasey.

(audience cheering) Colin Patrick Higgins.

(audience cheering) Chase Kevin Williams.

Marcus Bingham, Jr. (audience cheering) Veronica Susan Klingle.

Hannah Sandler.

Bridget Clare Coddington.

Benjamin Stein.

Dylan Scott.

(audience cheering) Michael Ray Rautio.

(audience cheering) Brooke Daidus.

Sarah Jean Kutchinski.

(audience cheering) Abigail Weinsma.

Rowan Kashinski.

(audience cheering) Anaya Turner.

April Batista.

Emmett Sweeney.

(audience cheering) Harrison Orwig, with high honors.

(audience cheering) Sophie Shirley, with honors.

Noah Bosch, with honors.

(audience cheering) Jackson Russell Bruce.

(audience cheering) Jazz Watts.

Lindsay Merl.

(audience cheering) Owen Jowett.

George Benjamin Pham.

(audience cheering) Madisyn Breanne Hoke.

(audience cheering) Brenda Walker.

Amber Hill.

(audience cheering) Rain Acavedo, with high honors.

(audience cheering) Peter McCullough, with honors.

Casey Hensley, with honors.

James Quigley.

Justin Christopher Wieber.

Ashley LaRose Malone.

Jonathan Allen, with honors.

Jimmy Chen.

Alec Traian.

Guangyu Xu.

Michael Allen Jeffries.

Antonio Vasquez.

(audience cheering) Ryan Kristin Perry.

Lucas Raines.

Luke Weston.

Eric Matthews II.

David James Moruzzi, with honors.

Parker Quinn Guigar.

(audience cheering) Nuo Zhang.

Yiting Du.

Yimin Tang.

Faye Kollig, with honors.

Rachel Maxine Jones.

(audience cheering) Heather Kulkis, with honors.

Lucas Crawford, Christopher Robb.

Jake Jordan.

Brendan Maxwell McLaren.

Matthew Christopher Modras.

Rachel Lynn Goodman, with high honors, Ayaka Ushidi.

(audience cheering) Xiaoteng Ma.

Lingxiao Long.

Yingyin Tong Li.

(audience cheering) Emmett Matasovsky.

Grant Thomas Sheridan.

(audience cheering) Aaron Baldwin.

Dustin Fuad Odeh.

(audience cheering) Aidan Nannini.

Chase Colligan.

Cathy Tong Dang.

(audience cheering) Evan Hamp.

Julia Sowers.

Isabella Whitney Morris.

Megan Veryser.

Mariana Maturen.

Mitchell Kenrick.

Julia Jane Armbruster.

Shayla Bell French, with honors.

Kaylee Grooms.

(audience cheering) Jacob Fishkind.

Devin Davidson.

Yesenia Zomora Cardoso, with honors.

(audience cheering) Ravin Williams.

Deja Grant.

(audience cheering) Spencer Surbrook.

Han Jiang.

Shuaiwen Ding.

Ziqiao Wang.

Ada Wang.

Andrew James Lake, with honors.

Ariana Parker.

(audience cheering) Jenny Chau.

Kathleen Fitch.

Stephen Wang.

Abdu Samad Snug Abbas.

(audience cheering) Joseph David Kubesheski, with honors.

William Chancellor Rowan.

Jacob Seal.

Emma Christensen.

Daniel Pena.

(audience cheering) Adam Christopher Menting.

Jonathan Casano, with honors.

(audience cheering) Brendan Przywara.

Thomas Manning.

Brendan Hansen.

Rose LaForest, with honors.

Danielle Julien.

Meredith Lucas.

Erin Taylor.

(audience cheering) Julian Stainback.

(audience cheering) Michael Darnell.

Davon Hall.

(audience cheering) Matthew Genke, with honors.

Isabella Ryen Wilson.

Lawrence Kang.

Xiyan Yu.

Xinlin Zhang.

Chia-Chia Li.

Maya Nicole Kosanovich.

Natalie Azamacus.

Qianxi Chen.

Qi Zhang, with honors.

Chensihan Xiao, with honors.

(audience cheering) Tianhao Yu.

(audience cheering) Changyang Wang.

(audience cheering) - The graduates of the School of Journalism are being escorted by Jeana-Dee Allen, specialist in the school.

(audience cheering) - Haley Sinclair.

Payton Shafer.

(audience cheering) Jada Penn.

(audience cheering) Sydney Bowler.

Claire L. Heisey.

Colin Jankowski.

Gingrich Lance Francisco Limbo.

(audience cheering) Jordan Nelson.

Trent William Balley.

Lucas Sloan.

Nathaniel Girard Stearns, with honors.

Aidan Champion.

Adam Baker.

Regan Holgate, with honors.

Ian Duncan Gilmour.

Hikaro Kudo.

Isaiah Hall.

Carter Landis.

Quegu Accini.

Caleb Steensma.

Riley Wolfbauer.

Sutton Magee.

Nicholas Simon.

Brian Goldsmith.

Catherine Wettlaufer.

(audience cheering) Molly Gundry.

McCoy Scribner.

Kennedy Walters.

(audience cheering) Stephanie McCullum.

Katie Vikel.

Naya Angelle Gros.

Di'Amond Moore.

(audience cheering) Deborah Gabriel Marshall.

(audience cheering) Asya Lawrence.

(audience cheering) Alaina Brielle Raybon.

Sophia Lada, with honors.

Danielle James.

Andrew Roth.

Diamond Shafer.

(audience cheering) Madelyn Barbara Darbonne.

Olivia Mazola.

Myesha Johnson.

Peyton Wells.

(audience cheering) Brea Crawford.

Demetria Cherise Bias.

(audience cheering) Rachel Duckett.

Kyle Davidson, with honors.

Kaylie Connors.

Rayna Hailey Skiver, with honors.

Jillian Felton.

Lucy van Regenmorter, with honors.

Madison Jean Stard.

Anna Christine Post.

Amber Higgins.

Maggie Livingston.

Maxim Jenkins.

(audience cheering) Christian Perrino.

Anna Valleau Spidel.

Zoe Greenwood.

Caroline Miller, with honors.

Sarah Peltz, with high honors.

Chloe Lynn West, with honors.

Brendan Bettelon.

Brendan Bazar.

Tyler Castillo.

(audience cheering) Jared Ramsey.

Lauren Elizabeth DeMay.

Chloe Trofatter.

(audience cheering) Sara Marie Tidwell.

Karly Graham.

Jayna Noelle Bardahl.

And Maeve Wilson.

(audience cheering) - Congratulations, graduates.

I'd now like to introduce members of the platform party who have not been to the microphone.

Ann Hoffman is the assistant dean for undergraduate education.

Susi Elkins is director of broadcasting of WKAR.

(audience applauding) Scott Paull and Jamie Pasley, I'd like to thank you for assisting us as readers today.

(audience applauding) I'd also like to thank Andrea Kliver for providing real-time captioning for tonight's ceremony.

Once again, I'd like to thank Phoenix Miranda, Brian Taylor, and the MSU Wind Symphony for their participation tonight.

I now invite all of you to join in singing the first stanza of the alma mater, "MSU Shadows."

After the alma mater, we ask our guests to be seated and to remain there until after the recessional.

(slow music) ♪ MSU, we love thy shadows ♪ ♪ When twilight silence falls ♪ ♪ Flushing deep and softly paling ♪ ♪ O'er ivy-covered halls ♪ ♪ Beneath the pines we'll gather ♪ ♪ To give our faith so true ♪ ♪ Sing our love for alma mater ♪ ♪ And thy praises, MSU ♪ (audience applauding) (audience cheering) (upbeat music) (audience cheering)