(martial music) (indistinct) (martial music) (audience applauding) - Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

My name is Leo Campbell, Dean of the college of engineering.

It's been a long time since we've all been together in person.

And it's so very nice to see you all here today.

As we get underway, would you all please stand if able, and join our soloist, Jardine Graham in singing of the "Star Spangled Banner."

Gentlemen, please remove your hats.

♪ 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) - Thank you.

Please be seated.

I'd like to welcome everyone to this very special ceremony where we pay tribute to those who've successfully completed the requirements for a bachelor's degree in engineering and to alumni, faculty and friends receiving special recognition for their outstanding career achievements.

This is a joyous, but solemn occasion, out of respect for those speaking and to those being recognized, I ask you to hold your applause and celebration until the end of each segment of the program.

You're also reminded to please silence your cell phones.

We're pleased to have with us today, the honorable Rema Vassar of the Michigan state university board of trustees.

I'd like to give her a moment to share her welcome and introduce her fellow trustees here today.

Trustee Vassar.

(audience applauding) - Thank you, Dean Campbell.

Happy Mother's day.

Yay mamas.

(audience applauding) Mother like ones, God mothers, sister auntie mothers, all those good mothers.

Thank you for your babies being here today and graduating with us.

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

Under the Michigan constitution, the board of trustees is the governing body of the university by whose authority degrees are awarded.

Today's ceremony represents the culmination of discipline, intellectual work and creative imagination.

Certainly no small accomplishment, particularly the times that we've seen in the last couple of years.

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

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

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

You got this.

(audience applauding) That was nice.

Our faculty, the administrators and the MSU trustees are so very proud of you.

Please accept our warmest congratulations and best wishes, we're counting on you.

Congratulations.

(audience applauding) - Thank you, Trustee Vassar.

I would like to now ask a member of the 2022 graduating class to reflect on his engineering undergraduate experience.

I'm pleased to introduce to you Mr. Rohan Singh, computer engineering graduate, who is selected by the faculty and the engineering student council to provide the student address.

Rohan is from Rochester Hills, Michigan, and is the son of Caldeep Michanra Singh.

Rohan.

(audience applauding) - Hello, friends, family, distinguished guests, faculty, administration, and of course my fellow graduating class of 2022.

It is my honor to represent you today and a special shout out to all the amazing moms in the audience today.

Happy Mother's day and thank you for all that you do.

On this day of celebration, I'd like to share something with all of you.

I have this small box of letters that have written to myself over the years.

Recently, I opened one up addressed to me for my freshman year self and I'd like to share an excerpt of that with you.

"Hey, Rohan, things are going great right now and I'm so excited that we're finally in college.

By the time you're reading this, here are some things I hope we've accomplished.

Try to be a good student.

Don't skip lectures and don't procrastinate.

Run a marathon before you graduate, intern at NASA's jet propulsion laboratory, try to apply for a PhD in aerospace engineering at MIT.

This may be useful in case they start launching people to Mars around the 2030s.

And please tell me we're not still single.

I know you're gonna do great and good luck, with love Rohan."

And now I'd like to take a moment to respond to my younger, more naive self.

"Hey Rohan, congratulations.

I'm happy to report back that we accomplished none of your goals."

(audience applauding) "Not even one.

You attended every lecture freshman year, then burnt out so hard sophomore year that you stopped going to class completely.

Instead of going to class, you made the decision to start going to therapy, great decision.

Then this pandemic thing hit, everything went online.

And by the end of it, you were logging onto Zoom calls in bed, paying a little more attention to constantly making sure your mic and camera were off than to the actual lecture itself.

You learned that although class is important, you're not gonna be able to learn anything if you're not taking care of yourself first.

As for the procrastination, you wrote the speech the night before it was you, so much for that.

You tried running for a couple months.

It's a lot harder than you think.

You ended up entering Achilles and went back to swimming.

You still hate running.

You did not intern at JPL, instead you let that dream go to make room for an amazing internship at striker.

Where you able to work on medical devices that are really gonna help people.

It's not space, but you met some amazing people and found it extremely fulfilling.

You are not applying for a PhD, especially not one at MIT.

We're pretty done with school for now.

I don't think we're really all that cut out for Mars anyways.

And lastly, aside for what we will affectionately refer to as a regrettable learning experience between junior and senior year, yes, you're still single, but you definitely love yourself a lot more now."

(audience applauding) "This may not sound all that exciting to you, but what you didn't understand then is that success isn't merely a rigid set of check boxes.

It isn't just a GPA, a title, a salary, or the name of the school you attended, success is personal.

And your definition of it may not always be tangible or aligned with the expectations of those around you.

And that's okay.

Through chasing your goals and making mistakes, you learned so many things and that is your success.

You learned that the best growth is earned through facing adversity.

You learned that things almost never go to plan, but that's okay, because you can let go of old dreams to make room for new opportunity.

And you learn that no matter what, you're not defined by your accomplishments or failures, no accolades have ever made you as happy as your friends anyways.

Keep learning, stay ambitious and take care of yourself.

With love Rohan."

(audience applauding) It's important to appreciate our own growth.

Often, we don't notice the small pieces of progress we make until we look back and see how they've accumulated.

We can't always control the outside circumstances that force us to change, appreciating our past struggles and dreams allows us to face adversity when we do inevitably come across it.

With knowledge that we can get through it and that we will be better for it.

No matter if we succeed or fail.

If before this pandemic, I propose to you that for over two years, you'd be mostly stuck at home learning and working online, physically, sorry, I know from talking with many of you that there's a feeling that the difficulties past couple of years robbed us of something, of a normal college experience.

This wasn't the way any of us planned to spend what was supposed to be the best four years of our lives.

It's difficult not to imagine what could have been.

However, we too let go of that dream to embrace reality.

If before the pandemic I proposed to you that for over two years, you'd be mostly stuck at home learning and working online physically cut off from or indefinitely locked in with your friends and families during a pandemic, many of you probably wouldn't have even been able to imagine what such a reality might look like, much less place confidence in your ability to cope with such circumstances.

Now look at what we managed to push ourselves to accomplish.

We found new ways to connect with people and learn.

We've reevaluated our goals and priorities, and we have a new outlook on the future.

I'm sure all of you can think back to many other periods in your lives when you've done the same.

As you leave MSU and move out into the world, I want you to take this with you.

Dream big and chase the stars.

As life gives you new challenges, welcome them, grow from them.

And when the time is right, let those dreams go.

It's not giving up.

Find new better dreams to replace the old ones, new stars to chase, ones that will keep you inspired to keep tackling the challenges to come, and remember Go Green.

(audience applauding) - Thank you, Rohan, for your thoughtful comments on behalf of all engineering graduates.

Turning to our award and recognition part of the program, we begin with the Claude R Erickson distinguished alumni award.

This award is given annually to a graduate of the college of engineering, who's attained the highest level of professional accomplishment provided distinguished and meritorious service to the college and the engineering profession and engaged in voluntary service at the local state national or in international level.

The award is named for Claude Erickson who received four engineering degrees from MSU, beginning with the bachelor's science in 1922.

He also studied law and was qualified to practice before the United States Supreme court.

Continuing the same spirit in which Claude lived his life, we gather here today to honor another distinguished alumnus and add him to the list of those college holds forth as examples for our graduates.

I am pleased to introduce David Folk, chair of the engineering alumni board, who will introduce this year's recipient, Dave.

(audience applauding) - Thank you Leo.

As the chair of the college of engineering alumni board, it is my honor to congratulate you, the graduates and welcome you to the alumni family.

We are proud of your accomplishments and we look forward to your continued contact with the college and with MSU.

It is my honor and pleasure to introduce to you the recipient of the 2022 Claude R Erickson, distinguished alumni award, Michael W. Lamack Snr.

(audience applauding) Mike is the former chairman and CEO of Ingersol Rand and most recently served as the executive chair and CEO of train technologies.

He earned a BS in engineering arts, now applied engineering science, and later earned an MBA from Duke university.

As CEO, Mike transformed train technologies from an industrial manufacturing company to an industry leading climate company with consistent top performance in financial, social, and governmental matters.

Mike led the creation of the company's purpose driven sustainability strategy, its proprietary business operating system and its widely recognized culture of engagement and inclusion.

During his tenure at train, Mike significantly diversified the company's board of directors and is a longtime champion for diversity and inclusion.

Mike continues to be a strong advocate for sustainability, education and economic mobility.

He is active in his community in Charlotte, North Carolina, co-chairing the Charlotte mayor's racial quality initiative.

And so congratulations, Mike.

(audience applauding) - Thanks so much for the wonderful introduction, Dave.

It's an honor to be with all of you today, especially our graduates on your very special day.

Make no mistake about it.

Today is all about you.

And it's about your mothers, your grandmothers, your great grandmothers, celebrating Mother's day here with you or in spirit.

And it's my birthday.

(audience applauding) Other than Mother's day and my birthday, I want to assure you, it's really all about you.

My wife, Mary is here today along with one of our three sons, Jamie.

Mary's an MSU college of education grad.

She and I met about 40 years ago here at MSU.

Anything truly good in my life, our sons, our granddaughters, our friends, any career success I've had have all been because of Mary's support and partnership.

Anybody that would agree to 13 moves with three boys should and does qualify for instant sainthood after your Mother's day, darling, I know you're there somewhere and all our moms out there today.

I'll get a chance to see my mom later today too.

She became a single mother after my dad passed away when I was six years old, along with my two sisters who were four and eight.

My mom was committed to a life of service to her children.

Never having time to date or remarry, not having had the chance to attend college.

She had a work ethic that was an inspiration to me.

She worked a couple of jobs at a time.

She was a remarkable woman that taught me so much, including the two most powerful phrases in business and in life, the value of a simple and honest please and thank you.

Timeless words that can open just about any door.

My family wasn't college bound, both Mary and I were the first to attend college in our families.

Attending college was not a foregone conclusion for me by any stretch, a vocational education in structure that doubled as my driver's ed teacher thought I should apply to MSU.

As it turned out, only 19 of my graduating class of 240 went directly to high school to college.

Up to that point of moving into Homes hall, I had never set foot in any college campus in my life.

Funny story, as I was pulling out of the driveway to head to MSU, long before the days of Google Maps, had a paper map in hand, it was marked up with yellow highlighter, it showed me how to get here.

My oldest sister later told me that my mom asked her, "now, which one is he going to?

The one in Ann Arbor or is that the other one?"

To which my sister replied, "I think it's the other one."

I really thank God it was this one, the only one in my mind.

And as far as my family is concerned, a place with the patience and the support to help me make it through.

Hoping I'll leave you with just two thoughts today that I hope are gonna come in handy somewhere in your own life's journey, the first is this.

And before I tell you, I know that there are some planners out there graduating today.

Folks that have got the next 10 years goals written down, maybe with job titles and pay expectations and I admire you for that, but that certainly was not me.

Perhaps this lack of having worked out a career roadmap, not having much clarity on your long term goals and aspiration rings true for many of you as well.

For all of you that are in my camp and worry about this, I wanna reassure you, relax and take some pressure off yourself as the famous New York Yankees catcher, Yogi Barra once said, "When you come into a fork in the road, take it."

Most of the best things in my life have come to me when I took the fork in the road and there would have been no possible way for me to have seen it coming or to have planned any of it.

I could promise you this, the forks are the fun part of it all.

See it all as an adventure.

It's your story written in chapters.

It's a non fictional thriller.

It's a love story.

A comedy, an occasional tragedy, and a business self-help book, all in one, starring you and unique only to you.

One fork in the road for me was this, I took my first job because the hiring company offered an incentive bonus plan.

Well, the base salary was 10% lower.

The other two job offers I had, I needed $2,300 to buy an engagement ring and I wanted to buy it as soon as I could after graduating.

Just about the entire logic for my first job in a company I would spend nearly 20 years with was that if I really applied myself, I could earn $2,300 faster.

But if I took the job with one of the other companies that paid a higher salary.

But in large part, I liked the way the people I interviewed with described the job.

And I really loved the people I met during the company interviews, which I'll come back to in a minute.

So fork in the road was taken with no real planning with a new set of what turned out to be great adventures I had, all in the pursuit of the here and now.

In this case, it was an engagement ring.

For the first 20 years of my career, my main focus was on the here and now of how work and life would work together, how to pay for two kids at a time in diapers.

Could I be home to coach baseball?

And from your career point of view, I kept it pretty simple.

My ambition was essentially the possibility of doing my boss's job someday, when and only when they would retire.

Any focus I had on the proverbial ladder was simply just one rung up for my current station with plenty of patients to wait for that rung to be unoccupied.

It wasn't until I was about 40 in my company at that time approached me with the notion that I was considered to be a potential CEO successor.

At that point, the coaching from others and the development planning became more intentional.

And that was when I began to truly think about the possibility in earnest and to be completely truthful with you, a few of those years leading up to the CEO appointment might have actually been my least favorite stretch of years because I couldn't really fully control the outcome.

I had less time to focus on the present and probably to the greatest degree in my entire life.

In retrospect, the benefit of staying mindful, being in the present, had the effect of focusing all my attention and what I was doing in that moment.

And I promise you, if you can do that, you'll be incredibly good at whatever you choose to do.

So stay mindful, be in the present, in the moment you're experiencing and couple that with the second bit of advice.

You're graduating in an unprecedented period of time.

Great change is happening.

Emphasis on economic and geopolitical, uncertainty of the moment we're living in.

But it's also an unprecedented time that is ripe with opportunity for you as you begin your career.

There are far more jobs out there today than people to fill them.

And you have the opportunity to be patient and selective and choose what you will do.

My advice on this is simple, do something where your own personal values and interests align with the purpose of the company or organization you'll join.

Great companies today see their role through a much broader lens that even a decade ago.

The best companies just don't maximize profitability for the shareholders.

They see their role as to pride benefits to all their stakeholders.

Purpose driven companies give great consideration about how their products and services benefit the lives of their customers and society.

They deeply consider the impact on the environment.

They see how what they do can positively impact lives and create opportunities in the communities in which they operate.

When you think about their ability to attract and develop and retain all of you through their organization's culture and behaviors and policies, it's never been a better time to align what you wanna do and believe in with an organization that has a purpose that means something to you.

Maybe you've already accepted that job as you sit here today, or maybe a year from now, a fork in the road presents itself that more closely aligns with your own values, interests, and sense of personal purpose.

Early in my talk, I mentioned my first real interviews back when I was trying to buy an engagement ring and walking away from these interviews with a sense that I really connected with the work being offered and with the people I met during the interview process.

After many years and many forks in the road take and I realized that a common theme for me was to always have loved the work and the people I worked with.

Now every day wasn't perfect, but there was always a sense of team, commitment, shared responsibility to each other.

It never felt to me as if I was ascending the corporate ladder, it always felt that I was being lifted up the ladder by the hands of people I worked with and cared about every day.

Find work that you really like to do, be kind and gracious and generous to the people you work with.

Get to know them personally, embrace all the beauty there is, in every dimension of diversity, including the thoughts, opinions and experiences of others.

Be authentic and be your authentic self.

So here's my simple challenge for you today, don't plan life so much that you miss the opportunity to take a chance, to take the fork in life's road.

See each chapter as part of the wonderful and unique story that would be written about you, by you.

Live in the moment we're in, focus on what you're doing.

And I promise if you do this, you're gonna be great at whatever you decide to do, but choose what you do wisely, connect your values with the organization that is a purpose that you believe in too.

Be a leader of consequence in an organization aligned to your interests that wants to make a positive impact on our world.

They're out there and they're all around us now.

And you love the work you do and the people you work with every day, the truth is, it doesn't feel much like work.

So to conclude on your graduation day, Mother's day and my birthday, it's still all about you.

So for you and for all our moms, can I get one solid Go Green?

- [All] Go Green.

- It's been an honor for me to have had that chance to speak with you today.

Best wishes on your life next chapter.

And thank you.

(audience applauding) - Thank you, Mike.

What an inspiration.

We're proud of your accomplishments as an outstanding Spartan engineer.

The college of engineering has a long list of distinguished alumni graduating from each of our academic departments.

This year's recipients were honored at a former dinner last night, and we'd like to recognize them at this ceremony as an example and inspiration to our new graduates.

Please hold your applause until all the winners have been introduced.

Will the alumni award winners, please stand up as they read your name.

Jason Dapaltano, applied engineering sciences.

Jack Wilkins, chemical engineering and material science.

Blender Foster, civil and environmental engineering.

Charles Macon, electrical and computer engineering.

Congratulations to each of you.

(audience applauding) Your achievements are an inspiration for all of us and a hallmark of everything MSU strives to achieve in its graduates.

The Green Apple teaching award is given once per year to a K through 12 teacher who's inspiring and encouraging future Spartan engineers and who has contributed significantly to science and engineering education.

I'm pleased to announce that our 15th Green Apple Teaching Award recipient is Isaac Perry, a computer science and English teacher at Lakeland high school in White Lake Michigan.

He was nominated by Ken Milch, a graduating senior in computer science.

Congratulations Isaac, and thank you for your hard work and dedication to the future of Spartan engineering.

(audience applauding) Michigan state university is home to incredibly talented faculty and those in the college of engineering are no exception.

It's my pleasure to recognize faculty and staff who've won the 2022 Withrow teaching scholarship and student service awards.

Through generosity of Jack and Dorothea Winthrop, we establish awards for engineering faculty and staff to recognize outstanding teaching scholarship, professional service and service to students.

For those faculty and staff awardees.

Please stand as I read your name.

I ask the audience to hold their applause until all the awardees have been introduced.

The Withrow teaching excellence award recipients, Christopher Saffron, Biosystems and agricultural engineering, Susan Maston, civil and environmental engineering.

Charles Owen, computer science, Michael Lavagunano, mechanical engineering.

Sorry, Michael, someday, I'll get that.

The Withrow distinguished junior scholarship award recipient Alexander's Zibalkenk, chemical engineering and material science.

The Withrow excellence in diversity award recipients are, Chanel Foster electrical and computer engineering and Robert O'Foley, chemical engineering and material science.

And the Withrow exceptional service award recipient is Martin Crimp, chemical engineering and material science.

Thank you so much.

(audience applauding) On behalf of MSU engineering students and the college, thank you for your excellence in teaching research and professional service, and most of all outstanding service to our students.

It's not my privilege to recognize the special accomplishments of graduates who have distinguished themselves for their outstanding academic achievement.

Andrew McDonald, please stand.

Where's Andrew?

I'm gonna find him here.

There he is.

The hair.

Andrew is a graduate from computer science in advanced mathematics and the honors college.

He's been awarded to Gates Cambridge scholarship, a Goldwater scholarship, a Marshall scholarship and a national science foundation graduate research fellowship.

Congratulations, Andrew.

(audience applauding) Katherine Walters, please stand.

There she is.

Katherine's a graduate from mechanical engineering in the honors college and has been awarded in national foundation graduate research fellowship.

Congratulations, Catherine.

(audience applauding) I ask Trustee Vassar to please come to the microphone now.

- All right.

We wish to honor graduates who not only completed their academic program successfully, but who have the distinction of having maintained the highest GPAs in the class, thereby meeting the board of trustees merit award.

This semester, 33 engineering graduates earned a 4.0 and our recipients of this award.

As Dean Campbell, 'cause my voice is wading now comes to read these names, please stand and remain standing.

I ask the audience to please withhold applause until all 33 names have been read.

- Thank you so much, Trustee Vassar, I know you have a few of these today.

Okay, as I read your name, please stand.

Emily Ajamian, Biosystems engineering, honors college.

Gabriela Aprilano, applied engineering sciences, honors college, Ian Barber, computer science, honors college.

Ashley Bensfeld, applied engineering sciences, honors college.

Chad Burham, computer science.

Shinshian Chen, computer science.

Carl Deutscher mechanical engineering, honors college.

Hi Chan ding, computer science, honors college.

Kevin Dunn, material science and engineering, honors college Stacey Fakui, mechanical engineering.

Sarah Fusco, applied engineering sciences.

Jason Grimmer, mechanical engineering.

Brian Hanton, mechanical engineering, honors college.

Jack Hasselbring, mechanical engineering, honors college.

Alexander Ifkuvitz, mechanical engineering, honors college, Ethan James, chemical engineering, honors college.

Kunman Chin, computer science.

Carson Mojado, chemical engineering, honors college.

Sophie Martin, computer science, honors college.

Ian Masterson, computer science, honors college.

Andrew McDonald, computer science, college of engineering, advanced mathematics college of natural science, honors college.

Connor Mayers, computer science, honors college.

Michael Most, electrical engineering, honors college.

Heather Newnan, computer science, honors college.

Erica Pier, Biosystems engineering.

Rep Pimentel, mechanical engineering, honors college.

Mitchell Rusinzki, mechanical engineering.

John Samsil, computer science, honors college.

Alan Smith, electrical engineering, honors college.

Emma Smith, chemical engineering, honors college.

Jason Kelson, computer science, honors college.

Justin Vashi, computer science and Katherine Walters, mechanical engineering, honors college.

On behalf of the board of trustees, the faculty, the administration, congratulations to all of you.

(audience applauding) Please be seated.

I would also like to recognize at this time, the top graduate in each major, not already recognized.

When your name is called, please stand and remain standing.

Austin Divri, civil engineering.

Katie Elvis, computer engineering.

Sai Rumesh, computational data science.

Andrew Cummings, environmental engineering.

Congratulations.

(audience applauding) Please be seated.

Our next group of honorees are students nominated by a member of the MSU community for their service to the college.

When your name is called, please stand and remain standing.

Paige Quartz, mechanical engineering.

Sidney Johnson, electrical engineering.

There she is.

She was my student last term.

Shay Lad, chemical engineering.

Annalise Marks, Biosystems engineering.

Sophie Martin, computer science, Andrew McDonald, computer science.

Stand up again.

There you go.

Gigi Polgidick, computer science.

Nathan Pashaal computer, pardon me, chemical engineering.

Chris Sadler, mechanical engineering.

Leah Schlesinger, chemical engineering.

Alex Seabold, Biosystems engineering.

Emma Smith, chemical engineering.

Emily Springer, civil engineering.

Congratulations.

(audience applauding) Thank you so much for your service to all of us.

Engineering students who are graduating from the MSU honors college have completed a rigorous set of enriched courses during their engineering curriculum and are identified by the white collar stole with THEC designation.

Would all members of the honors college stand for recognition.

(audience applauding) Please be seated.

Co-ops and internships are extremely important for many of us in the college.

Students who completed at least three co-op internship experiences along with completing EGRX for each experience are wearing the orange and white cords.

Please stand to be recognized.

Here we go.

(audience applauding) Please be seated.

Finally, MSU is a national leader in the development of international programs through both student and faculty participation in these programs, we continue to play an important role in enhancing global understanding in building an international community of scholars.

Will all the students who participate in an educational world program or international research or from a another country, please stand and allow us to recognize you.

(audience applauding) Please be seated.

Now, the moment you waited for.

We should now confer the baccalaureate degrees upon candidates from the major programs in the college.

The candidates from the major of applied engineering sciences will be presented by Dr. Laura Ginick, director of the program.

Laura.

- Thank you, Dean Campbell.

Will the candidates for the baccalaureate degree in implied engineering sciences, please stand and be recognized.

(audience applauding) Dean Campbell on behalf of the faculty and applied engineering sciences, I present you these candidates for the awarding of their bachelor's degrees.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

- The candidates from the major Biosystems engineering will be presented by Dr. Brad Marks, chairperson of the department.

- Candidates for the bachelor's degree in biosystem engineering, please stand and remain standing.

(audience applauding) Dean Campbell, on behalf of the Biosystems engineering faculty, I'm pleased to present these candidates to you live and in person for confer to the baccalaureate degree.

- Thank you.

(audience applauding) - The candidates from the department of chemical engineering and material science will be presented by Dr. Christina Chan, interim chairperson of the department.

- Will the candidates for the bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and material science and engineering, please stand and remain standing.

(audience applauding) Dean Campbell on behalf of the chemical and material science engineering faculty, I am pleased to present to you these outstanding candidates for the awarding of the baccalaureate degree.

- Thank you, Chris.

(audience applauding) The candidates from the department of civil and environmental engineering will be presented by Dr. Nero Butch, chairperson of the department.

- Would candidates for the bachelor's degree in civil engineering and environmental engineering please stand and remain standing.

(audience applauding) Dean Campbell, on behalf of the civil and environmental engineering faculty, I'm pleased to present these candidates to you for the awarding of their baccalaureate degree.

- Thank you.

(audience applauding) The candidates from the department of computer science and engineering will be presented by Dr. Abdul Hanim, chairperson of the department.

- Would candidate for bachelor of computer science and computational data science, please rise.

(audience applauding) Dean Campbell, these wonderful hardworking candidates are ready to change the world for better.

On behalf of the computer science faculty, I'm delighted to present them to you for the conferral degree.

- Thank you.

(audience applauding) The candidates for the department of electrical and computer engineering will be presented by Dr. John Papa Romero, chairperson of the department.

- Thank you, Dean Campbell.

Would candidates for the bachelor's degrees in computer engineering and electrical engineering please stand and remain standing.

(audience applauding) Dean Campbell, on behalf of the electrical and computer engineering faculty, I am pleased to present these amazing candidates to you for the awarding of the baccalaureate degree.

- Thank you.

(audience applauding) The candidates from the department of mechanical engineering will be presented by Dr. Tammy Reid Bush, interim chairperson of the department.

- Will the candidate for the bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, please rise and stay standing.

(audience applauding) Dean Campbell, on behalf of the mechanical engineering faculty, I present to you these highly innovative and creative mechanical engineering candidates.

- Thank you so much.

(audience applauding) And now I ask Trustee Vassar to join me for a moment in this next, very important step.

On behalf of the president, who's delegated to him the authority of the state of Michigan vested in the board of trustees, I confer upon each of you the degrees for which you've been recommended with all rights and distinction for which they entitle you.

According to custom, you will now move your tassels from the right side of your caps to the left.

Congratulations, MSU alumni.

(audience applauding) Please be seated.

This act represents the conclusion of a great achievement and marks the beginning of a lifetime of dedicated service to your fellow men and women.

It's an achievement worthy of celebration and we're here this afternoon to celebrate the fact that more than 825 men and women have, this semester completed the academic program of their choice in the college of engineering.

Well done.

(audience applauding) Okay, let's get to work here.

At this time, the new graduates will be escorted to the stage by their academic advisors.

Will the advisors please stand and be recognized as they call their names.

Erica Fiaski, director of academic advising.

Joyce Samuel, assistant director for academic advising.

John Denny.

Sean Foxman.

Gail Grayford.

(audience applauding) Lose Kubius.

Teton Mati.

Billy Massey.

Lindsay Nailer.

(audience applauding) Jeffrey Chan.

There he is.

And Shareeta Williamson.

(audience applauding) This group of hardworking individuals is largely responsible for making sure that you're all here today.

Their tireless efforts, long hours and exceptional service are invaluable to the college.

Will you please join me thanking our academic advisors for their dedicated service to the students.

The students will be introduced by Mr. Scott Poll and Mr. Jamie Paisley from WKA broadcasting services.

As they walk across the stage to receive a token diploma graduates, please return to your seats after receiving your diploma and getting a picture taken, of course.

Students who obtain grade point averages between 3.95 and 4.0 awarded university high honor, university honors awarded students who've earned a grade point average student 3.82 and three point, this is the engineers in the audience undoubtedly.

These honors are designated by the gold chord added to their academic robes.

Please keep your individual applause brief so that names of each of our graduates can be heard by all.

Will the graduates from the computational data science major, please come forward.

- Ty Buckley.

Hannah Marie Toth.

Trevidea Pelee.

Joshua Adams.

Saypranov Ramesh.

AbdulRahmi Varafarajin.

Andrew Wilt.

Ru Hong Lee.

Zachary Harless.

Sarah Funk.

James Roland Warner.

Diego Marshon.

Scott Isaacson.

Steven Hagopian.

Jack Coby.

Corey Gabrielson.

Moez Abbiz.

VJ Vati.

Daniel Adujon.

Zachary Metson.

Ian Patrick Barber.

Connor Myers.

Andrew McDonald.

Heather Newan.

Jacob Kelson.

Sophie Martin.

Georgie N Padaleck.

Braden Lettinga.

Owen Deoprio.

Lucas Richters.

Evan Alexander.

Jason Taft.

Paul Jonatect.

Angelo Savage.

Jamie Schmidt.

Jason Israel Love.

Stephan Najor.

Tim Kawalski.

Jerry Chang.

Winnie Yang.

Matthew Delaney.

Marshall Ethan Miller.

Meng We Wu.

Jin Tahu.

Yang Jal.

Alex Raja.

Jared Brofy.

Blake Miller.

David Yonkers.

Christian Zhafisha.

Georgios Siozios.

Deloge Vigna Swaran.

Roofing Avery Lynn.

Zenji May.

Pazing Kang.

Jing Zen Chen.

Freddie Merlin.

Akshan Gag.

Jack Baldwin.

Hang Shu Song.

Min Jong.

Winbo June.

Hayu Leo.

Rito Ju.

Chung Lee Joe.

Hung Chi Lee.

Michael McVay.

Joey DeBry.

John Reichenbach.

Graham Benjamin Cornish.

Cynthia Rosinski.

Maria Irimera.

Yufang Lee.

Jinchen Chen.

Jinjwan Jang.

Si Wan Rong.

Jing Zin Woo.

Mio Yu Yang.

Yilin Jang.

Tamelo Lua Habibi.

Justin Dan Swinehart.

Magna Nair.

Eden G Yuxyo.

Richard Quang.

Nathan Woods.

Benjamin Miller.

Abinav Noam Thiropoti.

Ryan Shore.

Andrew Brewer.

Matthew Heilman.

Hasan Diallo.

(audience applauding) Jesse Strastar.

Tyle Earnster.

Lucas Sariol.

Andrew Decrem.

- Edwin Ray Flores Cardoso.

Justin B.

Young min park.

Justin Vesh.

Chad Burham.

Avinash Parsula.

Brandon Baringo.

Ryan Pitroiks.

Andrew Hawkinson.

Jared Soreto.

Bran Tag Kitman.

Brian Tang.

Winton Hua.

Patrick Gerald Doyle.

Jacob Hood.

Serena Lee.

Kai Win.

Michael Kilmurray.

Caleb Keball.

Cody Lowen.

Quentin Ferar.

Tyler Smith.

Matthew Harper.

Griffin Cling.

Jonathan Harkness.

Ethan Colbert.

Evan Yoki.

Cody Christopher Meyer.

Alan Shalong Lynn.

Lucas Baron.

Rohed Vad LA Moody.

Alan Wagner.

David Robbins.

Kyle Reinhardt.

Joseph Nagy.

Jing Hal Chen.

Daniel Lee.

Noah Little.

Anthony Roadman.

Brian V. Aiden Delco.

Samuel Walls.

John Samsung.

Mark Kim.

Claire Cheer.

Jacob Robert Frank.

Jeffrey Valentik.

MD Samad.

Dalton Larman.

Riley Aaron Thompson.

Ichen Dean.

Sean Bengshi.

Tyler Brush Alex Richards.

Tyler K. Baker.

Nathaniel Wood.

Ian Masterson.

Thomas Hoick.

Jonathan Lee.

Henry Shoe.

Onki Pegday.

Gabriel Gitayo.

Hannah Francisco.

Nafisa Lensany.

Khan Salt.

Jacob Michael June McKay.

Justin Armstrong.

Aquille Aurora.

Anika Patel.

Danika Kumar.

Mahir Borunge.

Neil Porduque.

De Angela Anderson.

Don J Albira.

Ken Mishalak.

Michael Lu.

Sean Edward O'Hare.

Megan Star.

Cameron Lang.

Connor Lang Justin Kapler.

Elizabeth Lippin.

Noel LA fever.

Jennifer Sagemen.

Vasha Nama.

Danielle Lamoro.

Iris Kim.

Jacob Kirdy.

- And now from electrical engineering.

Daniel Nowiki Jr. Luke Lou Ellen.

Andrew Hooker.

Ha Cheng Ho.

Gabriel Zozine Molina.

Bruno Alejandro Inoholsa Dovalos.

Alyssa Hook.

Matthew Gelson.

Daniel Joseph Budre.

Jeremy Malargic.

Dominic Kimball.

Ryan Zabor.

Anna Inohara.

Justin Jones.

Sydney Johnson.

Joshua Jennings.

Aaron Brookhouse.

Jacob Samuel Honner.

Evan Miller.

Ronald Leroy Hodge.

Sue Eileen Hannah Naheem.

Supera Ragoza.

Gazan Farizbi.

Abijith Viaz.

Ratick Josie.

Mohamed Ali Kafarani.

Sophia Zibulka.

Aisha Ali Khan.

Alex Pogi.

Victor Huang.

Nicholas Zelo.

Mitchell Crane.

Khalid Awad Anayadi.

Michael Beshati.

Brandon Cushion.

Joel Jibu John.

Nilay Patel.

Jeremy Jarvis.

Timothy Edward Halava.

Shaman Chaudry.

Joseph DeVito.

Matthew Harris Brower.

Ryan Trace.

Aaron Friedland.

Michael Most.

Ethan Hop.

Julia Labber.

Rebecca Wang.

Deborah Kim.

Keenan Edelman.

Alan Smith.

Cora Nicole Snyder.

Ian Wonderlake.

Alice Marucci.

Nolan Odd.

Ethan Kepros.

Lexmi Baral.

Uchen Wong.

Amy Mafuta.

Juneman Choi.

Jonathan Rob.

Zachary Gritza.

Nicholas Fights.

Brady Clifford.

Brett Vinton.

Matthew Maloney.

Now from computer engineering.

Samuel Duncan Church.

Austin Anthony.

Kade Reagan Poland.

Diana Joe Dolsky.

Ryan Doyle.

Yifee Lee.

Robin Alpere Anse.

Katie Jean Elvis.

Sunick Singh.

Dylan Chapin.

Matt Maser.

Jacob Withers.

Nicholas Peters.

Shannon Falter.

Jonathan Covina.

Danielle Ostrosky.

Trevor Bon.

Ishmail Fasina.

Zaid Remsey.

Sam Pullis.

Samuel La'Fergy.

Tyler Eisman.

Alex Samuel Imani Jones.

Andrew McCool.

Danielle Morris.

Rajuda Karan Dakar.

Connor Cocendafer.

Sam Reinders.

Chandler Drake.

Eastern Finehour.

Rohan Singh.

Kyle Garcia.

Ryan Daniel.

Adithia Raul.

Apatha Goda.

Asha Rogers.

Ufe Fang.

Cameron Cathy.

Zebedayo Miles.

Aristotle Larridaz.

- From chemical engineering, Sydney Blanchard.

Kevin Cox.

Morgan Emily Sullivan.

Elena Michelle Young.

Logan Mitchell Cooper.

Alexandra Cole.

Hope Lemo.

Jenna Ann Magnus.

Nicholas Drezedick.

Jacob Young Blood.

Nolan Chandel.

Hannah Cavanado.

Hadley Elizabeth Griffin.

Claudia Bodry.

Lucas Keller.

Leah Lesinger.

David Michael Todd.

Aden Phillip Chase.

Jonah Keifer.

Jayna K. Chojing Ratzlof.

Jack Barnes.

Erin Williams.

Garrett Moody.

Melissa Jocelyn.

Tyler Presley.

Shay Lad.

Kelly Wyegold.

Emma June Smith.

Kelsey Hookstra.

Mercy Crocker.

Carson Mahado.

Ryan Gin.

Ethan James.

Brandon Allaire.

Jacob Robert Stanley.

Jacob Emrick.

Ethan Fitzgerald.

Jawe Lee.

Jennifer Wildland.

Eva Ringhisson.

Tiffany Concalvis.

Brooke McKayla Fanali.

Ryan Win.

Andrea Nicole Delgado Jimenez.

Kristin Michelle Kaufman.

Sierra Elise.

Zaynab Mohamed Salad.

Lean Akram Shaheen.

Brin Chezney.

Aaron Marie Foley.

Nishon Ronkofki.

Brandon Nows.

Jenna Chabino.

Alex Brinker.

Joshua Store.

Jonathan Okosi.

Michelle Lee.

Megan Alexis Rilko.

Julia O'Connor.

Case Algani.

Cameron Cadwell.

Gunner Bach.

Gabrielle Mutart.

Kevin Carmichael.

Jarret Mulligan.

Donovan Kool.

Nolan Michael McKinney.

Andrew Norfleet.

Carolina Cabrre.

Olivia Garbasic.

Patrick Herty.

James Mau.

Keller Wesel.

Jenna Riley Richardson.

Jenna Potter.

Stephanie Marie Shafer.

Michael Ronan Bullock.

James Davis Hooten.

Paul Sima.

Vincent Valone.

Ethan Travis Reed.

Cole Russo.

Chan young Yun.

Devin Montgomery.

John Strickland Egglestone Jr. Dane Plumber.

Hunter McGregor.

Muhammad Sad Alkatari.

Daniel Jones.

- Next the graduates in the materials, science and engineering major.

Gavin Reed.

Hannah Grace Huff.

Samantha Lawless.

Nathan George Fleming.

Juliana Melanoski.

Madeline Anderson.

Claudia Kramer.

Katherine Dietrich.

Eric Harding.

Emily Kelly.

Sarah Beth Hollis.

Robert Kuffal.

Nathan Grain.

Jacob Vental.

Roberto Laura.

Joseph May.

Matthew Andrew Adams.

Kevin Dunn.

Ryan Ostrander.

Connor Bastian.

Shuai Leo.

Now from the Biosystems engineering major.

Hannah Louise Craig Malish.

Jacob Sulie.

Michael John Caven.

Jordan Dean Neil.

Trenton Steven Beamer.

Adam Harris.

Shahak Aurora.

Maram Hez.

Tela Abdel Carter.

Annalise Max.

Molly Robles.

Alexandria Seabold.

Erica Pier.

Sydney Fenton.

Catherine Bluwin.

Zachary Tanea.

Zachary Burrow.

Christian Skamati Zabala.

Brendan Kelly.

Caitlyn Rose McHenry.

Madeline Allen.

Ashley Shoe.

Lisa Zao.

Ian Chesla.

Sierra Vincant.

Nyla Congress.

Yaza Badi.

Brenna Tiernen.

Kristin Dans.

Jack Kivi.

Christopher Wentworth.

Ashley Hesed.

Emily Ajamian.

Stephanie Star.

Taran Hensis.

Julie Marie Salini.

Elena Elizabeth Ann Peterson.

Tyler Stump.

Skyler Howarzile.

Ryan Snyder.

Katherine Christenson.

Melanie Stoughton.

Casey Nelson.

Ian Clug.

Nicholas Sabas.

Shrayas Ramma.

Connor Creno.

Jacob Miers.

- Now from the mechanical engineering major.

Justin Kenville.

Earnen Brata.

Page Courts.

Adam James Bresan.

Jared Ludaka.

Quentin Robert Wade.

Drake Demick.

Alexander Crease.

William John Burlich.

Benjamin Gainer.

Sophia Swiki.

Maggie Richie.

Nina Palazzo.

Smith Patel.

Nathan James Venue.

Athava Wanji Wadoka.

Abby Yupei Rastoji.

Paige Bauer.

Claire McMillan.

Zachary Stroud.

Alison Marie Fox.

Jacob Wescot.

Jackson Honeycut.

Alexandra Ifcovitz.

Nicole Kawalski.

Kyle Andrew Fisher.

Drew Budrow.

Chloe Ho.

Jessica Gothrow.

Jack Hennessy.

Christopher Cayman Sadler.

Jason Todd Scott.

Colson White.

Noah Cruso.

James McDonald.

David Schulte.

Daniel Mondrusov.

Ty Ebling.

Enrique Pio.

Tyler Li.

Connor Austin Brag.

Robert Walston.

Manuel Francis Mallon Carder.

Claudia Chen.

Douglas Heina.

Madeline Stump.

Emma Jane Todd.

Oliver Laraque.

Nathaniel Mark Klinger.

Ian Burris.

Julia O'Meara.

Catherine Walters.

Garrett Ryan Ruda.

Emma Clauson.

Mitchell Rusinzki.

Braden Hyler.

Valerie Aton.

Zi Hau Sheu.

Jack Lambricks.

Matthew Stuckey.

Zachary Freeze.

Ryan Zarona.

Alyssa Brian Lafia.

William Askin IV.

Elijah Pickard.

Ret Pimentel.

Rohan Shala.

Adam Stanton Vandiesen.

Michael Chaikovsky.

Joseph Fanton.

Logan Christopher Mallek.

Martin Stokes.

Tanner Nunberger.

Jacks Perovich.

John Steven Gregor.

Samuel Pellenin.

Ryan Andrew Kosher.

Nicholas Okyuto.

Case Matthew Krause.

Veronica Jordano, Caitlyn Knutson.

Jessica Thomas.

Zachary Harrison.

Nathan Ansbro.

Garrett Gould.

Justin Hemer.

Mark Pastoria.

Lila Ity.

Vanessa Marie Perso.

Joshua Woodford.

Thomas Taylor Janet.

Alias Rodriguez IV.

Marcello Sapia.

Carly Doisha.

Eric Parsons.

Olivia Noble.

Tommy Pang.

Nicholas Demister.

Ethan Molder.

Zuhara Takistani.

Rami Khalil.

Jerrika Tallman.

Alison Keller.

David Lawless.

Jacob Allen Campion.

Alec Lavaser.

Zachary Seeds.

Daniel Blondell.

Tucker Henry.

Hunter Hanson.

Julie Fa.

Rod Lampor.

Michael Vangel.

Justine Elizabeth Stewart.

Hailey Madison Swami.

Kaylee Decker.

Kylie Decker.

Mason Pavillo.

Jack Voit.

Hailey Elizabeth Minton.

Stacey Fakuri.

Sarah Abdul Raman Aburari.

John Paul Delacruz.

Cameron Adrian Depoli.

Alexander Steven Tof.

Akilesh Swaminafa.

McKyle Stanfield.

Ryan Nuttson.

Elias Makul.

Anthony Casia.

Hannah Marie Garcee.

Olivia Dario.

Ian Bashiers.

Zachary Vanderson.

Sean Calling.

Cooper Strebeck.

Nelson Win.

Sean Martella.

Andrew McNamara.

Connor West William Vanick III.

Brendan Finnian McDonald.

Willis Webin.

Harrison Sho.

Devianish Agawa.

Matthew Simintal.

Griffin Yake.

Cody Hayes.

Thomas Mark OT Jr. Blake Molomo.

Srujan Gooby.

Sumir Hussein.

Kago Takeuchi.

Jacob Steven Hoffman.

Steven Suffis.

Steven Stormsand.

Kirk Joseph Maiba.

Jacob Pawlowski.

Jacob Grimmer.

William Kesty.

Ilohi Iziri.

Ryan Loka.

Steven Stein.

Robert John Petter.

Robert Depani.

Michael Batina.

Brian Hanton.

Delano Delfonsey.

Jack Hasselbring.

Jachen Qyu.

Jamie Fan.

Shechen Drew.

- And now the graduates in environmental engineering.

Abigail Jensen.

Evan Huckins.

Nathan Malasi.

Kelly Jardine.

Kira Geoffs.

Aditi Mahantesh.

Paige Thompson.

Phyllis Feldposh.

Holly Demaras.

Courtney Turner.

Molly Weiblyn.

Sydney Hillbrent.

Madeline Robison.

Vincent Thomas Marinelli.

Chase Fedilak.

Ryan Poll.

Mason Manuza.

Joshua Nathan Steed.

Wick Rakesh Verma.

Matthew Paren.

Andrew Cummings.

And now the graduates in the civil engineering major.

Francisco Kempels.

Yana Coney.

Tanner Kronan.

Noah Debrow.

Bob Apoian.

Elvis Gibbs.

Ryan Shafer.

Benjamin Schwalbach.

Claire Annabel Woono.

Katherine Miller.

Lauren Hall.

Robert Kabalcheck.

Sabrina Alado.

Benchenzo Finazo.

Jack McKeel Figel.

Elizabeth Jane Klein Schmidt.

Matthew Hankey.

Thomas Alsa Brooks.

Kara Luckett.

Liam Coleman.

Kara Bonshak.

Emily Rachel Springer.

Michael Gatz.

Stephen Tiramina.

Caitlyn Cubalonza.

Bridget Pliska.

Aaron Costello.

Elise Spawn.

Molly Grace Hojanaki.

Tammy Lee.

Brendan Writer.

Grayson Meyers.

Jacob Steinberg Sorrell.

Andrew Frenzel.

Elijah Casterezen.

Evan Martin.

Matt Fifer.

Alexandra Hoazera.

Casey Mitchell Meyer.

Danny White.

Caitlyn Colsia.

Elizabeth Poza.

Caitlyn Patricia Woolsey.

Anna Fisher.

James Guest.

Brent Gardella.

Labeel Washington.

Brian Repenhagan.

Yu Hang Jon.

Rowen Zu.

Ya Heng Fu.

Jose Antonio Oriac.

Obeid Yusuf Tanon.

Nicholas Bauer.

Robert Mooney.

Nathan Bessy.

Justice Alexander Lewis.

Aurelli Guadalupe Cardenas.

Austin Scott Debriz.

Tyler Ball.

Next the majors, the graduates in the major of applied engineering sciences, Hunter Smith.

Janing Woo.

Kyle Hudson Hanlin.

Benjamin Luci.

Evan Leslie.

Parker Reath.

Ronak Master.

Corey Unster.

Christopher Ray Yakol.

John Raichak.

Nicholas James Howard.

Addison Dunham.

Ryan Jorgenson.

Katherine Linley Jekemeli.

Jack Gallagher.

Jack Willenfierd.

Gage Chittenden.

Colin Klein.

Torek Alkabani.

Molly Dunlap.

Olivia Gungas.

Madeline Gutter.

Lindsay Davison.

Hope Natalie McMullen.

Emmy Darkowski.

Julia Wallace.

Megan Sullivan.

Gabrielle Apriliano.

Jason Spilko.

Thomas Pritchett.

Sydney Carmack.

Kara Rochelle Rushlow.

Ashley Marie Binsfeld.

Sama Mita.

Mariana Morange.

Anna Starks.

Pooky Kuumba.

Andrew Donin Kim.

Cole Nelson.

Megan Jordan Greer Higgins.

Natalie Burt.

Nicholas Enstad.

Nicholas Caldwell.

Logans Sisala.

Megan Schwartz.

Jillian Tibbits.

Ashland Biondo.

Daniel Miller.

Justin Thomas.

Antonio Loom Bushai.

Samantha Powers.

Brennan Parks.

Jordan Guskey.

Brendan Driscoll.

Kean Govender.

Ryan Michael Flint.

Sarah Rose Fusco.

Matthew Riley Ginter.

Kevin Brent Adams Jr. Nicole Dasmalci and Brent Lansky.

(audience applauding) - Congratulations to all of our graduates.

(audience applauding) There's a large group of individuals who've contributed with their love, their understanding and their financial support to the achievements that we recognize today.

Accordingly, we ask all the members of the needed families of the graduates to rise, if they can and give all of us an opportunity to express our thanks and appreciation.

(audience applauding) Thank you.

It has also not gone unnoticed that today is Mother's Day, will all the mothers in the audience please rise and accept our heartfelt gratitude for all you do.

(audience applauding) Thank you.

There are other members of the college leadership team who have not been formally recognized, will they please stand as they introduce them.

Dr. Tom Voice is a senior Associate Dean.

(audience applauding) Dr. Amanda Idama is assistant Dean for undergraduate studies.

(audience applauding) Kyle Foster is the interim assistant Dean for inclusion and diversity.

(audience applauding) Thank you.

I'd also like to induce a very important group of people who've had the ultimate responsibility for the education that you've received.

Will the representatives of the faculty, the college of engineering rise and accept our gratitude.

(audience applauding) Thank you.

Please join the Jean Graham home in singing the Alma mater MSU shadows.

The MSU symphony band conducted by Henry Dorn will accompany us.

♪ MSU we love thy shadows ♪ ♪ When twilight silence falls ♪ ♪ Flushing deep and softly paling ♪ ♪ Over 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) - I'd like to thank Scott Poll and Jimmy Paisley, WKA radio for reading graduates names.

I'd also like to thank Andrew Cliver for providing a real time captioning of today's ceremony.

Please remain seated while the platform party and the faculty leave the arena.

Once the platform party has left, please remain in your seats for one additional special number from the MSU symphony band in honor of our graduates.

After the recessional, families and friends may meet their graduate on the ground level.

To our graduates, we're extremely proud of all of you completing your work here today.

We know that you will accomplish great deeds in the future, and we wanna hear from you often.

The best to all of you and Go Green.

- [All] Go Green.

(martial music) (audience applauding)