(orchestral music) (graduands chattering) - [Speaker] Can we do stars and strikes?

Can I get that real quick?

'Cause they still have people coming in.

On that.

- Picking up things, if that's okay.

- [Speaker] Yeah, that's fine.

We can go slower.

Also no one can hear us.

- Right.

- But sorry.

- That's okay, it's fine.

(orchestral music) - [Speaker] No problem.

(orchestral music) (graduates chattering) (audience applauds) - [Moderator] The Dean of the College of Social Science, Dr. Mary Finn.

(audience applauds) - Good morning, students and guests.

On behalf of the faculty and academic staff of the College of Social Science, I welcome you to the 2020 Commencement Ceremony.

(audience applauds) We are celebrating one of the most important events in each of your lives.

Earning a baccalaureate degree is a great achievement for the faculty and academic staff is a renewal of our purpose.

We would like to take a moment to honor veterans and active military personnel at this time.

Thank you for the services and sacrifices you have made for our nation.

Please accept our appreciation.

(audience applauds) Going to ask our guests and our students and faculty to join in singing one stanza of "America the Beautiful," under the direction of Brian Taylor, Ms. Phoenix Miranda will lead the singing.

I ask you all to rise though you are rising already.

Thank you.

♪ Oh beautiful, for spacious skies ♪ ♪ For amber waves of grain ♪ ♪ For purple mountain majesties ♪ ♪ Above the fruited plain ♪ ♪ America, America ♪ ♪ God shed His grace on thee ♪ ♪ And crowned thy good with brotherhood ♪ ♪ From sea to shining sea ♪ (audience applauds) - Please be seated At this time, I would like to introduce Honorable Brianna T. Scott of the MSU Board of Trustees.

She will greet the graduates and the guests.

(audience applauds) - I know it's early everyone, but go green.

- Go away.

- Thank you, Dean Finn.

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

Under the Michigan constitution, the Board of Trustees is the governing body of the university to whose authority degrees are awarded.

Today's ceremony represents the culmination of discipline, 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 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 your 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.

(audience applauds) 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 average in the class, thereby meriting the Board of Trustees Award.

To be eligible for this prestigious award, at least three quarters of the credits of the degree must have been earned at Michigan State University.

These students have achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA.

(audience applauds) Will the students who are present, please stand and remain standing as your names are called?

I request that you all hold your applause, please, until all have been introduced.

Saanya Advani, Criminal Justice and member of Honors College, Alyssa Bellini, Political Science Pre-law, Alexander Birkle, Public Policy and member of the Honors College, Alexis Brecht, Psychology, College of Social Science, Genomics and Molecular Genetics, College of Natural Science and member of the Honors College, Michael Breslin, Political Science and member of the Honors College, Nicholas Catanzaro, Environmental Geography, and a member of the Honors College, Emily Cohen, Social Work and member of the Honors College, Isabella Fatseas, Psychology, Christian Fiaschetti, Psychology, Amanda Hawkins, Psychology and member of the Honors College, Rheyya Hollins, Psychology and member of the Honors College, Marguerite Jenkins, Psychology and member of the Honors College, Helen Josephson, Criminal Justice, Myrna Kada, Criminal Justice, and member of the Honors College, Taylor Kovach, Psychology and member of the Honors College, Brianna Lind, Psychology, Ryan Mann, Criminal Justice, Gregory Marchal, Economics and member of the Honors College, Kathryn O'Connell, Human Development and Family Studies and member of the Honors College, Kelsey Reichert, Political Science and member of the Honors College, Morgan Shultis, Psychology and member of the Honors College, Thomas Sullivan, Criminal Justice, Tanner Thering, Economics and member of the Honors College, Camber Ziesler, Psychology.

Each of you should be proud of the outstanding academic record and honors that you and your university classmates have achieved.

On behalf of your classmates, the faculty, the officers, and trustees of the university, we extend our sincere congratulations and best wishes.

Please join me in applause for the College of Social Science Class of 2022 Board of Trustees Award recipients.

(audience applauds) Congratulations to you all.

Thank you.

- Thank you, Trustee Scott.

At this time, we wish to recognize the accomplishments of students who excelled in other areas.

The Beinecke Scholarship Program was established in 1971 by the Board of Directors of the Sperry & Hutchinson Company to honor Edwin Frederick and Walter Beinecke.

The program seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated students to pursue opportunities available to them, and to be courageous in the selection of a graduate course of study in arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Wisdom Henry, a student in urban and regional planning and a member of the Honors College, please stand so we may congratulate you.

(audience applauds) The Truman Scholarship Foundation recognizes students with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to affecting change through public service by providing them with financial support for graduate study, leadership training and fellowship with other students, Gregory Marchal, economic student, and major of the Honors College, please stand so we may congratulate you.

(audience applauds) Thank you.

I would now like to introduce Dr. Walter Hawthorne, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, he will introduce the recipient of the Richard Lee Featherstone Endowed Prize.

- Thanks, Mary.

I'm pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2022 Richard Lee Featherstone Endowed Prize is Wisdom Henry.

Wisdom, why don't you come up here?

Stand right here.

(audience applauds) Wisdom is a senior in the Social Science Scholars Program, double majoring in urban and regional planning and history.

The Featherstone Prize was created by a group of MSU College of Education alumni to celebrate the life and contributions to scholarship, research and leadership of their esteemed colleague, Dr. Richard Lee Featherstone.

The $4,000 prize is awarded to an outstanding graduating senior who may use it for future growth and development travel, graduate study, or meditation.

(audience laughs) The award goes to an MSU senior who exhibits an open, curious, creative approach to education and ideas as well as intellectual integrity.

Anyone who has worked with Wisdom can attest that she is an ideal recipient for this award.

Faculty attests that Wisdom's scholarly achievements are matched only by her deep commitment to promoting racial equity through research and service.

They characterize her as having an innate sense of seeking out inequities in the built environment and an unwavering thirst for more knowledge.

Wisdom's passion for understanding the causes and impact of gentrification promoted her to wade into the U.S. Census Bureau Data as a first year student.

Wisdom completed a study on gentrification and African American disinvestment and displacement over the course of her first year at Michigan State University.

Her aptitude and dedication landed her an invitation to work with her professor on a research paper that was published last year in the prestigious Journal of Urban Affairs.

Wisdom also shows an unparalleled commitment to leadership and service as a student member of the diversity, equity and inclusion committee in the School of Planning, Design and Construction, Wisdom contributed to the strategic planning process.

Among other things, Wisdom co-created a club for fellow social science undergraduates of color to provide support, advice, and engagement.

Wisdom plans to complete an MA at Michigan State University, and then attend law school.

I have no doubt that her bright future will bring her fellow Spartans pride for decades to come.

Congratulations Wisdom on this honor.

Thank you for making MSU your scholarly home.

(audience applauding) We got a photo.

Congratulations.

- Thank you.

(audience applauds) - Students who participated in and fulfilled requirements of the Honors College by completing rich programs of study are identified as graduating with Honors College distinction.

These graduates wear a white collar with the letters, HC designation on it.

All students who are graduating as members of the Honors College, please stand.

Come on, don't be shy.

(audience applauds) University High Honor is awarded to students who attain grade point averages between 3.95 and 4.0, and university honor is awarded to students who have earned grade point averages between 3.82 and 3.95.

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

Will all students who are graduating with honor and high honor, please stand?

(audience applauds) Please be seated.

At this time, we commend and congratulate the student representatives of the Senior Class Council for their outstanding contributions to the senior class and the university community.

Will the members of the Senior Class Council, please stand and remain standing as I call your name?

I ask that you hold applause until the students are standing and we can recognize them together.

Logan Forester from Sociology.

Danielle McClain from Political Science-Prelaw.

(audience applauds) These are our two representatives from Senior Council.

(audience applauds) Please be seated.

The awards committee of the Senior Class Council recognizes outstanding seniors who have maintained high academic achievement and have displayed extra ordinary involvement on the campus of MSU or the greater Lansing area.

Will the outstanding seniors of the Senior Class Council, please stand when I read your name?

And remain standing until you are all together.

I ask that you hold your applause the audience until we have all the students recognized.

Ethan Cheers, Distinguished Mentor Award, Taylor Kovach, Distinguished Mentor Award, Gregory Marchal, Exceptional Leadership Award, Leslie Morales, the Leadership in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award.

Those are our outstanding seniors recognized by the Senior Class Council.

(audience applauds) Please be seated.

At this time, we would like to thank the student representatives on the Dean's Student Advisory Council for their outstanding contributions to the college.

Will the members of the Dean's Student Advisory Council, please stand so that I may especially give you my thanks for working with me over this past academic year.

Thank you.

(audience applauds) Please be seated.

In recognition of Michigan State's University ongoing commitment to experiential learning, internships, service learning, study abroad, study away and undergraduate research, I ask all graduates who have participated in any of these programs while you were at MSU to please stand.

Please join me in recognizing their accomplishments.

(audience applauds) Thank you, please be seated.

Commencement also affords us an opportunity to acknowledge important contributions made by members of the college community.

It is my pleasure to now introduce Karen Schrock, Social Science Scholars Advisory Board member and mentor who will present awards for outstanding achievement.

Please join me in welcoming her.

(audience applauds) - Thank you.

Good morning.

It is a pleasure for me to be here today.

On behalf of the alumni of the college, I congratulate each and every one of you, and welcome you to the ranks of the College of Social Science alumni.

Each year, the College of Social Science Leadership Council selects an awardee who is distinguished through a high level of professional accomplishment.

Individuals who are honored with our Distinguished Alumni Award reflect and enhance the prestige of Michigan State University and the College of Social Science.

This year's College of Social Science distinguished alumnus is Mr. Harold Henderson.

Would Mr. Henderson please come to the podium.

(audience applauds) Harold R. Henderson served as NFL Executive Vice President for Labor Relations and Chairman of the NFL Management Council Executive Committee for 16 years.

In that capacity, he had responsibility for all aspects of the league's player and labor relations with a legal and professional staff of 44 reporting to him.

In 2007, Mr. Henderson became executive vice president for player development, focused on player development programs, drug, alcohol, steroid and conduct policies and benefits for current and former players.

He served as senior advisor to the commissioner with responsibilities, mainly in those same areas for five years, until his retirement in 2011.

He is now an arbitrator and consultant on labor and human resources matters.

Mr. Henderson made an immediate impact on NFL operations after joining the league in May, 1991, where he guided the creation of NFL player programs.

This was a new branch of the league office designed to aid players in financial planning and money management, continuing education, post football career business opportunities, and counseling.

He initiated special programs at Harvard Business School, Stanford Business School, and Wharton School of Business providing entrepreneurial preparation for NFL players, as well as broadcast bootcamp for training and broadcasting skills.

He led the league's negotiation team, which settled several lawsuits by NFL players, and ultimately entered into a new collective bargaining agreement, which included free agency and a salary cap.

That agreement has been extended several times Most recently through 2021.

He regularly deals with NFL team owners, team executive players, the players union, player agents, and attorneys on a variety of matters.

Prior to his NFL career, Mr. Henderson served as vice president law for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK) in Washington.

He served on the five member management committee that sets policy for the 24,000 employee corporation.

After joining AMTRAK in 1980, Mr. Henderson initially served in key labor relations positions.

Later, he served as general counsel, and in 1985 was appointed to the position of vice president of law.

Prior to joining AMTRAK in 1980, Mr. Henderson was a labor attorney at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, a Washington, D.C. law firm.

Mr. Henderson received his bachelor's degree from Michigan State University in 1972, and is a graduate of the Harvard Law School in 1976.

In 1988, he completed the senior executive program at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Henderson is a fellow in the college of labor and employment lawyers, former member of the Board of Trustees of the National Urban League, and former member of the Board of Directors of Children's Hospital, National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

He is a founder and board member of the I am Not A HERO Foundation and President of the NFL Player Care Foundation.

He was the Traphegan Distinguished Alumni Speaker at Harvard Law School, the Henry Kaiser Speaker at Georgetown Law School.

He's been recognized for his work by the National Bar Association, Operation PUSH Rainbow Sports Coalition, and many other professional and community organizations.

He's regularly appeared as a guest lecturer at the Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School, Georgetown Law Center and Columbia Business School.

We are pleased and proud to present Mr. Harold Henderson with the 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award.

(audience applauds) - Thank you so much.

- Good morning to Dean Mary Finn, University Trustee Brianna Scott, faculty members, family and friends, and most importantly to the graduating Class of 2022.

I'm gonna start by going off script with a little bit of a disclaimer because as I heard the introduction and the description of my life and my work, I said, that sounds really boring.

Let me start by telling you this.

When I was an undergraduate at Michigan State, I had a lot of fun.

I really enjoyed myself way too much fun, believe me.

And then when I turned my life around and got on the righttrack and went into the work world, I've enjoyed every day of it.

I had fun the whole time.

So don't be misled by the severity of the description and even my own remarks.

(audience applauds) It is my pleasure and distinct honor to speak to you here today, celebrating your great achievement and milestone in your life.

For me, this is dejavu all over again.

49 years ago, almost to the day, I sat where you now sit for my own commencement program.

I was duly impressed by the famous speaker, but the next day, I couldn't recall a single word he said or anything that he talked about.

When I was approached by the College of Social Science about speaking at this graduation program, I asked what in the world would I talk about?

And the response was people would like to hear your story, your personal story, which may find compelling and inspirational.

I'm humbled about an opportunity to share with you my improbable journey from an unfocused and floundering on the classmen to a top executive of the largest and most popular sports business in the country, the NFL.

I come from humble beginnings, and believe me, I didn't know it then, but we were humble.

I grew up in segregated Virginia, just seven miles from Washington, D.C. where we knew well the absurdity of separate but equal schools, the county did not even have a high school, which black students could attend.

So like my father in the 1920s, I had to travel daily to D.C. to further my education.

The good news is that that road led me to meet my beautiful wife of 56 years and counting.

My early life yields no suggestion of effective planning and execution of steps to secure a career.

On average, students take six years to graduate, and 44% do it in four years.

My journey took eight years.

My history of changing majors, lack of focus on academics, dropping classes, military service, working part-time and full-time jobs, including five years with the MSU Police Department filled the first segment of my career path with potholes and detours.

By the time I graduated from MSU, I had worked as an engineering aid, a soldier, a male carrier, a janitor, and finally a policeman.

A chance conversation with a pair of campus police officers on patrol late one night led me to apply for and accept employment with the department.

I alternated between patrol and investigations and rose rapidly through the leadership ranks becoming a shift commander in only three years.

I truly loved the work.

Looking forward to every day and excel at all aspects, I thrived from the daily challenge of solving cases and taking bad guys off the street.

I was known for having one of the highest number of felony arrests and being assigned to the biggest cases on campus, including the rare homicides.

This is when I realized how passion in your work can be correlated with success.

Many people have talked to graduates at commencement about the importance of passion for one's choice of career.

I can confirm that the premise that people who love what they do every day get more satisfaction and enjoyment in their lives.

I am blessed to have worked at four different jobs over the last 40 years and been excited to go to work each and every day.

The challenge is not so much as matching that passion with a career choice, but rather determining with some certainty, but elements of your passion are genuine and lasting based on your experiences and knowledge.

I was passionate about fighting crime and foresaw a bright future in law enforcement, but with our first child on the way we decided it was not the best choice for raising a family.

I then examined what elements of that passion were genuine.

Labor relations had long been a latent interest for me, having had the experience of belonging to four unions up to that point and been part of the unionization of the MSU police officers, Michigan was a union country.

The Dean of Labor and Industrial Relations School was encouraging and in fact, welcomed me to the program.

So I set out on a new career path and plan to lead unions.

Well, what did I say about the best laid plans?

When I went to student services a few days later, the scheduler required GRE, I encountered a close friend who was there to schedule LSAT.

The state had recently approved establishment of a new law school at MSU.

And his thought was that we could apply and get law degrees together.

I'd never considered law school, but I took both exams anyway.

And I scored very well on both.

The University of Michigan Law School invited me to apply for admission.

And when I was accepted for the fall term, I began to consider seriously for the first time the options for law school.

It fit well with my interest in labor relations.

My new career path suddenly was taking a turn, which fit with my new passion.

I was going to be a labor lawyer.

Well a week or so later, walking across campus, I encountered President Wharton, whom I knew through my work as a police officer.

He was aware of my announced departure and congratulated me.

Then he asked about my LSAT score.

He said with that score, I should be able to get into Harvard Law School, something which had never crossed my mind for good reason.

When I showed no interest, he insisted that I come with him to his office to see if Harvard was still accepting applications.

He was informed that the deadline was the next day, and also that they would accept a faxed application.

Given his efforts, I felt obliged to submit the application.

And a week later, lo and behold, I got an acceptance letter.

I visited Dr. Wharton to thank him for his guidance and told him my wife and I had decided Michigan was better suited for our needs and our finances.

He asked me to reconsider and set up a meeting with one of his lifelong friends who then was a federal appellate judge in Detroit and a Harvard law alumnus to hear his views.

After that meeting, I went home and we reassessed our options again, that made what may have been the most important decision in my life.

Because someone I barely knew took an interest in me, which changed the course of my life against all odds we were going to Cambridge.

Once you're comfortable that you truly know where your passion lies, then comes the hard part, making the commitment to pursue your passion in ways, most likely to lead to success.

View each day as a learning opportunity, seek advice from those you admire and respect, emulate their strengths and virtues, use them as mentors or role models, strive to make a favorable impression on all you encounter.

You never know who will have an influence on your career in the future.

I had this experience time and again, throughout my career.

After law school, I joined a major national law firm with the country's largest labor practice.

I was thriving under the mentorship of Bill Curtain, the lead partner of the firm, who later became a key connection resulting in my job at the NFL.

When I was interviewing at AMTRACK, my brief introduction to the CEO interrupted his meeting with the board chairman, Harry Edwards, a former labor law professor at Harvard with whom I had become friends and developed a lasting relationship.

I was offered the job the next day.

What if despite your sincere commitment and best efforts, it's just not working out for you.

It turns out that despite being the ideal job on its face, you don't like the work, the business, or the people with whom you interact.

Growing numbers of workers at all levels are leaving their jobs right now and struggling with what to do next.

This trend started long before the current pandemic.

Strive for joy in your work.

And if you're not looking forward to the next day, it's okay to change directions.

You've already shown your resilience and strength because you're here today.

After your college experience, unexpectedly was interrupted by a terrible pandemic the likes of which no student at MSU ever in our history had to endure.

Be courageous when needed and change the direction of your career because the future holds promise.

I left that prestigious law firm to join AMTRACK in order to expand my negotiation experiences, a seize in opportunity to have significant responsibility for every labor contract negotiation at the railroad, reaching more than 19 agreements with 17 unions, including two, which revolutionized the compensation system for locomotive engineers and conductors.

This set me on the path to the NFL, where I developed a 15-year negotiating relationship and friendship with Jean Upshaw, the union leader there for the longest period of labor peace in the history of the NFL, as well as the greatest growth in revenue and expansion of the game.

In closing, I wanna highlight a few points for you to take from my comments.

First, use care in deciding where your passion lies.

Don't just go for the passion, but place it properly.

Then consider your career opportunities objectively to choose a course, commit fully to your chosen career path.

Learning from leaders you admire and respect, dedicate your efforts to performing well.

If those efforts fail and your plan is not working for you, be brave enough to change the plan.

You are resilient and strong.

Perseverance will get you through.

You are Spartans and Spartans will succeed.

I applaud your success past and future, go green.

- Go away.

(audience applauds) - Each year the College of Social Science Leadership Council also sponsors an award to recognize and honor one of the great teachers within this college.

Professors C. Emily Durbin has been selected for this year's Outstanding Teaching Award.

Would Professor Durbin please come to the podium.

(audience applauds) Emily Durbin is a Professor in the Department of Psychology.

That's where I got my undergrad.

Dr. Durbin's research examines the emotional lives of children, how their personalities evolve over time and what young people's personalities can tell us about why people's lives take different pathways over time.

We are proud to recognize our 2022 Outstanding Teaching Award to Professor C. Emily Durbin.

(audience applauds) - Congratulations.

- Thank you.

- Good morning.

- [All] Good morning.

- I am grateful to the College of Social Science Leadership Council for this recognition, because it gives me the opportunity to tell all of you what I always say to my class, which is that teaching is the absolute best part of my Workday, because of all of you.

I want to thank my faculty colleagues and the superb teaching assistants I've worked with over the years.

You students may not know, but we are always thinking about you, giving and sharing advice, working to make your experiences richer.

We know you deserve our best teaching, and we work really hard to give it to you.

To my students, many of whom must be here today, there is nothing more delightful than when you show me how you think.

I have gasped outed admiration reading your papers, cheered your insights in class and love your humor.

Thank you for breathing life into our classrooms.

And for all the times you honored me with your honesty.

And let me know a little about you as a person.

During the worst parts of this pandemic purgatory, you lifted me up.

You can't know how much I needed the emojis you flooded the chat box with.

The words of support I saw you offer one another, and taking in stride, each time my kids would burst into our online classroom, breaking glassware or demanding train videos or popsicles.

I know we're all still trying to get our heads around the new normal and the new us in it, but I have every confidence that you'll do so in a way that makes us all proud.

It's okay not to have all the answers yet, but I will give you one bit of advice that rings true to me as someone who teaches about how people develop.

My students know I have an undying affection for the American icon of business, fashion and music, the great Dolly Parton, our modern Mark Twain.

Of all her Dollyiasms, one of my favorite of her sayings is "Figure out who you are and do it on purpose."

So graduates, you have learned a lot here at MSU about who you are and tried out new pieces of your identity and confronted things about yourself you'd like to change and you're not done yet.

Keep finding out who you can be, understand all the parts of you, even the ones you're tentative about, or the ones that others don't see or accept, or that you haven't allowed yourself to embrace.

Figure out who you are, claim it bravely, and you will bring the best parts of you to every situation at hand.

Now, Dolly, didn't say this next part, but I suspect she would agree.

Wherever you go after MSU and every place, relationship and community you're in, you can choose to help create a climate that makes it comfortable for other people to be themselves on purpose.

When you do that, when you value others' authentic differences, you'll realize the potential of what we could be together.

Graduates, thank you for always helping me to figure out who I am so I can do it on purpose and bring out my best for you.

I'm honored to witness your celebration today.

Congratulations.

(audience applauds) - It is our tradition in the College of Social Science for the seniors of the Dean Student Advisory Council to select one of the graduating seniors to give some remarks.

This year, the College of Social Sciences Senior... Let me try that again.

This year, the College of Social Science Senior Speaker is Lillian May.

Lillian is graduating today with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Public Policy.

After graduation, Lillian plans to pursue a political career in the greater Chicago area.

Please join me in welcoming Lillian May.

(audience applauds) - Friends, family, Spartans, congratulations.

It is my honor to stand here and tell you the three words that we've all been waiting to hear, you did it.

(audience applauds) From one graduate to another, you should be extremely proud of all that you've accomplished over the past however many years.

Whether you did it alone or with the support of others, this achievement is yours.

Now I'd like to take a moment to thank those who've supported me over the past four years.

To my parents and grandparents who spent a lifetime loving and advocating for me, thank you, I love you.

And I bet you didn't expect this when I said I had a surprise for you at graduation.

Thank you again to my friends and loved ones who could make it.

You'll never know how much you mean to me.

And to my advisor, Krista and my faculty mentor, Professor Cristina Bodea, who could not make it today, thank you for putting up with my general confusion around course scheduling and graduate programs.

I look forward to seeing you mentor the next generation of college students.

For all of us, this is a moment to celebrate.

And when we're done here today, at some point between your pick with Sparty and hitting up the tin can, I want you to remember this, this brief shining moment of endless potential, where all of the people here, all of the cheering was in recognition of you.

Now I've been thinking about this speech, and what I wanted to say for a while now.

There are a lot of you here, like a scary, huge amount of people here.

And there are very few things that I could say that would apply to everyone.

Some of you have jobs lined up for after graduation.

Some of you are going to grad school.

Some of you are staying with your parents because you'll figure it out eventually, but there is one thing you all have in common, you've all been shaped and bettered by your time at MSU.

And because of this, this school, while you might not know exactly where you're going, you can know that you're gonna make it when you get there.

As I'm sure you already know, the past four years have been tumultuous to say the least, believe it or not, I was once a sophomore with two jobs, a gym schedule and plans to be governor.

Two years later, I'm a senior with no idea what fresh global catastrophe will arrive on our doorstep tomorrow.

Like everyone else here, I understand how it feels to be fearful.

None of us can know what will happen next, but as Spartans, we're built to persevere in difficult times, we can be assured that right here and right now, we will do everything that we can to the best of our ability.

And I mean it, if that empty headed sophomore was able to make it through a pandemic, a political uprising and online soil science classes with only an addiction to bang energy to show for it, Spartans can, and Spartans will.

From GenEd that gave us something to scream about during Finals Week to clubs that ran us ragged, we've all had experiences during college that have built us up into the people we are today.

Don't be afraid of what is to come, because if you could do this, you can do anything.

(audience applauds) So now with only an hour or so left in what will for most of us be the end of our formal educations, I'll say it once more, you did it.

You with your late nights in the library, with your 8:30 Ams and your double or even triple shifts, I see you.

I see all of your hard work and I am so proud of you.

Congratulations, Class of 2022.

I cannot wait to see what you do.

(audience applauds) Go green.

- [All] Go away.

(audience applauds) - Thanks you.

- Thank you.

(audience applauds) - I just wanna say thank you and congratulations to Mr. Henderson, to Dr. Durbin and to Ms. May for their recognitions.

And I greatly appreciative of their words and just the narratives they've described of their experiences here at MSU and how it has shaped their lives, it's very powerful.

At this time, I would like to acknowledge the interpreters for our ceremony, Emily Gordio and Katie Core.

Thank you for your assistance today.

(audience applauds) Now I would like to invite Dr. Walter Hawthorne to introduce the chairpersons and directors of the college academic units.

Dr. Hawthorne.

- Thanks Mary.

(audience applauds) Thank you, Dean Finn.

As I introduce the chairpersons and directors of the college, they will present the graduates in their units who have completed the program requirements for their respective degrees.

The candidates for the degrees in each major will rise as they are introduced and remain standing.

Once all majors have been presented, the baccalaureate degrees will be conferred.

Professor Todd Fenton, Chairperson of the Department of Anthropology.

- With the graduands.

- Okay, thanks.

(audience laughs) (audience applauds) - Will the mighty graduates in anthropology, please rise and remain standing.

(audience applauds) Dean Finn, on behalf of the Faculty of the Department of Anthropology, I present these candidates to receive their degrees.

(audience applauds) - [Hawthorne] Professor Tom Holt, Director of the School of Criminal Justice.

- Will the bold, audacious and brave graduates in criminal justice, please rise and remain standing.

(audience applauds) Dean Finn, on behalf of the faculty and everyone in the School of Criminal Justice, it is my pleasure to present these candidates who will shape the future of criminal justice for their degree.

(audience applauds) - Will the model building, hypothesizing, maximizing, equilibrating, estimating, and analyzing graduates in economics, please rise and remain standing.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) Dean Finn, on behalf of the Faculty of the Department of Economics, I present to you these candidates to receive their degrees.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - Thank you, Professor Haider.

Professor Ashton Shortridge, Chairperson of the Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences.

- Will the worldly graduates of the Department of Geography Environment and Spatial Sciences, please rise.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) Dean Finn, on behalf of the Faculty of the Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, I present these fine graduates for their degrees.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - [Hawthorne] Professor Lisa Fine, Chairperson of the Department of History.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - Will the graduates in history well equipped with the knowledge of the past, which they will use to create a better future, please rise and remain standing.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) Dean Finn, on behalf of the Faculty of the Department of History, I present these brilliant and heroic candidates to receive their degrees.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - [Hawthorne] Professor Adrian Blow, Chairperson of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies.

- Good morning, everybody Will the exceptional and world changing graduates in human development and family studies, please rise and remain standing.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) Dean Finn, on behalf of the Faculty of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I present these candidates to receive their degrees.

(audience applauds) - [Hawthorne] Professor Peter Berg, Director of the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations.

- Will the eminently employable, increasingly critical graduates in Human Resources and Labor Relations, please rise and remain standing.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) Dean Finn on behalf of the Faculty of the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, I present these intellectually outstanding graduates to receive their degrees.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - Professor John Dunn, the Center for Integrative Studies.

- Will the outstanding, world changing, world beating graduates in interdisciplinary studies and global and international studies, please rise and remain standing.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) Dean Finn, on behalf of the Faculty of the College, I am pleased to present these candidates who can do anything from the programs in the Center of Integrative Studies to receive their degrees.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - [Hawthorne] Associate Professor Corwin Smidt, Interim Chairperson of the Department of Political Science.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - Will the graduates in political science please rise and remain standing in reflection of their upstanding character.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) Dean Finn, on behalf of the Faculty of the Department of Political Science, I present these candidates to receive their degrees.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - [Hawthorne] Professor Brent Donlan, Chairperson of the Department of Psychology.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - Will the exceptional, enthusiastic and highly resilient graduates in psychology please rise and remain standing.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) Dean Finn, on behalf of the faculty advisors and staff in the Department of Psychology, the largest major in the college, I present these wonderful candidates to receive their degrees.

Thank you and congratulations.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - [Hawthorne] Associate Professor Anne Hughes, Director of the School of Social Work.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - Will the outstanding graduates from the School of Social Work, please rise, if you're able and remain standing.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) Dean Finn, on behalf of the faculty and staff of the School of Social Work, I present these graduates for the conferral of their degrees.

They are ready to go change the world.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - [Hawthorne] Professor Aaron McCright representing the chairperson of the Department of Sociology.

- Will the sensational graduates in sociology, please rise up and remain standing.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) Dean Finn, on behalf of our highly accomplished faculty of the Department of Sociology, I present these candidates for their degree.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - [Hawthorne] Ming-Han Li, Director of the School of Planning, Design and Construction.

- Will the world's best capable graduate in urban and regional planning, please rise and remain standing.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) Dean Finn on behalf of the Faculty of the School of Planning, Design and Construction, the best school in the nations, I present this graduate for the conferral of their degree.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - Trustee Scott, would you please join me.

Social science graduates, I confer upon all of you the degrees for which you have been recommended with all the rights and distinctions to which you are entitled.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) According to custom, you may now all move your tassels from the right to the left.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - Congratulations MSU alumni, Class of 2022.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) - You may now be seated, please.

We're getting close to the part you've been waiting for.

So this act represents the conclusion of a great achievement and marks the beginning of a lifetime of dedicated service.

It's an achievement worthy of celebration.

And we are here this morning to celebrate the fact that over 1200 men and women have completed their academic program of choice in the College of Social Science.

In fact, we have the largest graduating class of any college at MSU this year, and we are very proud of each and every one of you.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) Mr. Scott Paul and Jody Knol of WKAR Radio will announce the names of the graduates as they receive their token diplomas.

We ask that each member of the audience be considerate in applauding their graduate so that we can hear the names of each graduate as they're read.

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

Each graduating senior is a member of the Spartan family.

Please show the same respect for the last graduate as we show to the first.

- [Audience] Go get it.

- [Scott] The graduates in history led by the outstanding senior Willam Connor.

James Radick, Andrew Graham, Adrianne Hamel, Jon-Claude Carter Howd, Piton Worst, Andrew Whitney, Wade Bramwell Delk Jr., Rane Claypool, Kristin Mezaache, Mackenzie Lee Jacobs, Gabriel Gurule, Berkeley Olivia Sorrells, Delayne Nichole Bassett, Darrin Romo, Holly Leja, Evan Coberly, Michael Shesto, Anthony Kruckeberg, Sophia Isabella Bird, (audience screams) Heather Casper, (audience screams) Megan Jane Humpert, Ogechi Osuji, (audience cheers) Rebecca Luelan, Jack Thomas Valley, Elise Simmerson, Genevieve Kozak, Aaron Michelle Kelly, Nicole Keefer, Yi-Shin Hu.

The graduates in psychology led by the outstanding senior Bree Marie Lynd.

Matthew Roscar, Adeline Alderick, Sophia Ryan, Taylor Shippy, Laura Nicole Merkel, Caleb Christopher Inman, Sophia Adio, Ike Reynolds, Ashlink Cooper, Cameron Howe, Emma Clemons, Asia Revitt, Valencia Martin, Page Lee Plunkett, Erica Patrice Schuler, Lauren Hackett, Melanie Vanders Lewis, Evelyn Rose Holly, Erica Mueller, Jordan Whitmore, Asia Johnson, Erica Treadwell, Theta Lumpsum, Kennedy Percy, Nanoka Omemoto, Celine Aruban, Annie Wewin, Alicia Fan, Christina Maria Rodos, Cameron Lewis, Marley Allen Madison Allen, Deontes Ashford, Antonio Maria Tady Paul, Kaylin Slade, Dylan Somoski, Kendall Robertson, Paige Sanders, Catherine Shaw, Annie Steel, Raya Hollands, Jennifer Chapenski, Cameron Grace Martin, Brooke Elizabeth Lavel, Jensen Kurtz, Kayla Hampton, Elizabeth Lippin, Falyn Mansfield, Chauwzy C, Tasman Alexandria Nicole Irvin, Shelby Stamann, Gabrieli Marini, Madison Trolinger, Megan Schaffer, Madelynn Van Zant, Neally Ariano, Hijab Shaim, Caitlin Van Armon, Nicholas Harb, Margaret Mche, Talio Brittany Gruber, Stephen Walker, Kaylee Dempsey, Vivian Win, Emily Harrison, Caitlin Hiller, Ariel Harmony Smith, Oyinkonsola Ogunbanjo, Zachary Voyles, June Jink Bow, Olivia Walters, Grace Toofer, Serena Wang, Caitlin Strong, Sean Hartley, Andrew William Weichel, Jacob Matthew Peter, Mackenna DeVries, Hanna Van Duzen, Claire Anne Henderson, Sydney Noelle Schocker, David Keenan, Coran Mesach, Lucy Roy, Katherina Marie Metkovick, Abigail McCarrick, Moura Johnson, Amira Ferris, Naomi Hemphill, Raveena Mishra, Megan Nicole Helisek.

- Thank you.

- [Scott] Jazmyn Roper, Brady Jack Wing, Darren Rubenstein, Hadley O'Connor, Jordan Wakowski Olivia Reed, Hailey Nicole Lock, Lily Franklin, Natalie Mannino, Amanda Hawkins, Faith Ingoglia, Kaitlin Holbrook, Bryce Lee Leon Kobe Catrina Laski, Zoe Milton, Alicia Nicole Sherman, Brittany Castle, Nyla Sharrick, Lindsay Stickley, Lauren Wilchin.

Ashley Vandenberg, Jennifer Timotin, Matthew Allen Taylor, Kaitlin Sheridan Dwyer, Grace Kimberly Anderson, Madison Hanken, Ethan Anthony Youngblood, Kaitlin Pierce, Lisa Nicole Campbell, Lindsay Christina Woodworth, Kira Anne Lacomb, Jade Havaland, Lexi Sara, Lucy Odel Vandijk, Kiara Barker, Caelan Jane Jansen, Dylan Pembroke, Claire Kaczmarek, Jacquelyn Eileen Adams, MiGyung Elaine Shin.

- [Moderator] We're good.

- [Scott] Taylor Harton, Maria Alexis Gustitus, Julian Palace, Diara Kilgore, (audience cheers) Jenelle Asia Bedgood, (audience cheers) Rachel Zemla, Rachel Catherine Harris, Loven Simon Escu, Suchen Chin, Nick Williams, Taylor Jenchesky, Taylor Quillinan, Sophia Alexandria Taberio, Ryan Mice, Hailey Kaplinski Jennifer Warkin Team, Yuan Jang, John Yang Liu, Taylor Kovach, Shala Danielle Roberts, Malia Nichols, Hala Ibram Zaid, Piper Holly, David Hawa, Kaylee Ray McCrell, Delaney Reed, Andre Hardy, (audience cheers) Camber Nicole Zeisler, Tonya Charma, Cole Sorenson, Megan Parker, Maria Celest Rabo, Tyler Thompson, Justin Claus, Gabriel Shafer, Lucas Josten, Zaria Mobley, (audience cheers) James George St Clair, Nowaya Peren, Chazman McAllister, Yinnuo Wang, Amina Elise Johnson, Emily Velmaris, Amanda Gutierrez, Autumn Bland, Apuava Anodi, Julia Francesca Dybala, Alexandra Tome, Lauren Murphy, Lauren Nolie, Casidy Boger, Elle Angeline Carino Almendras, Marilla Scout Beckley, Elycia Escalante-Lutcher, Ariel Brown, Robert Eugene Lee III, Emma Penders, Stephanie Anne Besler, Jesse Langton, Mina Kumari Richie, Isabelle Rose John, Chantel Elizabeth Wilkinson, Bilisima Vendetti, Ana Herela, Carly Carpenter, Ashley Freeberg, Alesandra Atari, Lendon Borego, Justin Bosch, Aidan La Fountaine Donoahue, Unjay Cho, Katie Hemker, Kylie Cooper, Delores Carbone, Teya Bojiano, Claire Donahue, Nina Shepherd, Natalie Nasser, Leal L. Iubi, Ibrahim Mohamed, Brooke Bogan, Madeline Margaret Ferguson, Alexia Margaret Graziani, Patrick Hughes, Abby Fagan, Abby Ray Lengel, Katie Wodahoff, James Lorell Moss II, Destiny Burns, Ryan Egres, Joshua Paul Corsi, Natalie Anita Spence, Madeline Clear, Marlena Chekowitz, Jillian Kroto, Brooklyn Green, Maggie Jenkins, Rachel Sarah Gaybaman, Jordan Bross, Serena Marie Boykin, Katerina Fenton, Laura Farrera Gucci, Auburn Tate Lynn Cole, Maximillian Donnelley, Hailey Gordy, Kaylin Maokenna Holland Mitchell, Kennedy Beatie, Sophia Krachuk, Maya Campbell, Samuel McNeil, Sarah Lee, (audience cheers) Whitney Deon McDowell, (audience cheers) Jessica Bledso, Michelle Sereno, Esmeralda Lopez, Grace Jerome, Caitlin Leanne Sheila Johnson.

Emma Lock, Sabin Ahmed, Kayla Stevenson, Megan Abram, Morgan Sultis, Molly Mandoff, Alyssa Yuol, Kayley Sue Kameth, Lisa Sod, Trent Henry, Hannah Urban, Raven Barnes, Avishak Sarkar, Michaela Lyne Davis, Claire Jean McReynolds, Molina Mora Savastas, Abby Joe Smith, Olivia Grace Brown, Kennedy June Ferguson, Jenna Danielle Fisher, Savannah Kendra, Sarah Abukar Maridi, Julian Fairchild, Brenda Pilar Ayala, Emily Catherine Don, Mitch Bailey, Miranda O'Brien, Isabella Grace Fatseas, Roger Christian III, Gabby Ovalles, Camila Diaz, Utaka Benson, Bailey Cobb, Isabel Boje, Angelina Maria Cavalier, Devon Stephanco, Emma Louise Lasar, Delaney Joy Weedmark, Mason Barresh, Caitlin Lynn Parsons, Christian Joshua Fiaskadi, Southern Florence Schuller, Chyna Irene Ogletree.

Olivia Peyton Williams.

(audience cheers) - [Attendant] You did it.

You go girl.

You go girls.

- We're now drinking water.

- Let me get some water.

- Here this is the best and open.

- We're good.

- [Scott] The graduates in urban and regional planning led by the outstanding senior Kelly Humes.

Wisdom Sinclair Henry, Emma Gilbert, Leanna Harris, Will Carnes, Coleman Brennan, Alec Castigleoni, Luca Munch, Mitchell Ricard, Jared David Bunk, Noah Anthony Steiner, Omar El Quran, Clara Tess Height, Victoria Rose Sylvester, Kiara Rivera, Joseph Angelo Russell, Andrew Manisonly, Logan McKayg, Jack Mitch, Jessica Elizabeth Cheryl, Sam Line Ball, Kyle Crane, Alec Marcel Champine, Charles McCoy.

Patrick Kaiser, Michael Maxim, Anish Charukuri, Quentin Hay, Owen Porter, Zachary DeStefano, Cole Ernst, Joy Bin Wong, Ryan Brown, Ryan Holt, Mohamed Elkafaji, Olivia Larkin, Noah Thomas, Avery Conway, Theodore Pinder.

The graduates in political science led by the outstanding senior Lindsay Sullivan.

Lillian Mang, Jacob Newblat Elizabeth Anna Labovich, Flatiana Hacinto Lopez, Hannah Buman, Emily Miller, Alec Poland, Jillian Snayman, Izzy Taylor, Bridget Kelly, Madeline Sorenson, Taylor Mafali, Ashlyn Downey, Lauren Hill, Joseph John Funston, Bruce Piolo Salinas, Taylor Rothwell, Jacque Maldenato, Carolyn Jean Davis, Alyssa Bellini, Nicky Goodnight, Danielle Norine McLean, Paul Lasar Simpson, Brock Imal, Elizabeth Rose Drager, Gracie Gonzalez, Grace Perry, Jonathan Ted Williams, Brittany Golightly, Carissa Joe Rendon, Molly Gundry, Camille Carmen Hollinquest, Colin Pavlav, Zoe Barbara Christensen, Valentina Eria, Shannon Ray Higgins, Zooya Pargav, Ryan Jeffrey Carp, Liam Orville Stroyer, Kelsey Reichert, Ash Toph, George Celek IV, Seyid Elfalahi, Jack Salas, Adam Moore, Kylie Johnson, Alana Collier, Kennedy Christine Hall, Summer Simone Boxley, Acxabria Nelson, Ryan Johnson Harris, Joshua Cooper, Bailey Adam Braneff, Izzy Sogaro, Jacob Steven Shabluk, Kevin Mills, Jacob Manning, Drew Phelan, Nicholas Cassick, Matthew Hammama, Benjamin Gould, Alexander David Birkle, Madison Dietz, Jamiah Chanel Grace, Sierra Caitlin Smith, Natalie Delvekio, Zoe Reed, Daniella Simon, Kayley Justine Brookman, Austin Wai-lok Poon, Alexis Hampton, Danielle James, Kevin Hayes, Jason Elliot Wright, Christopher Quinn, Ethan Lloyd Cheers, Blair Elizabeth Java, Megan Christine Brownell, Emily Deponcy.

- [Audience] Yes, Emily.

- [Scott] Nadia Susan Tyson.

- [Audience] Yeah, Nadia.

- [Scott] Jennifer Veye Alfarro.

Ann Mellow, Julian Travino, Shrudy Punte, Jaylen Kelly, Nolan Pasmani, Samuel Jenner, James Decker, Jackson Divine, Alex Poyer, McKay Hall, Maxwell Garrison, Kenneth Heaton, Luke Engel, Isabelle Louis McCormick, Emily Grace Birch, Alexander Smith Lee, Jacob Christopher Renkiewicz, Madeline Jane Ganton, Caleb Moody, Michael Breslin, Lauren Streger, John Bernard Weisner, Drew Gayle, George Thomas Spicer, Declan Beaten, Morgan Melby, Jack Smith, Ethan Campbell, Zachary Fisher, Andrew Roth, Kennedy Carpenter, Sean McDonald, William Grim Anne Straith, Gracie Hunter Gedili, Jack Douglas, Dylan McRoberts, Elijah Benjamin Kunkle, Hayden Ferguson, Michaela Alexandra Long, Karen Schaffer, Nico Manzo, Patrick O'Leary Brandmil, Melanie Schaffer, Amanda Dalton, Sydney Alexis Ryan Jaylen Nicholas Simon, Ren Mueller, Sabrina Hall, - [Audience] Woo, go Sabrina.

- [Scott] Teya Stevens, Ebony Daniels, Ronan Heckworth, Emily Hurst, Jillian Gail Caskone, Brooke Wilkey, Gabriela Caravalo, Madeline Sebastian, Brooke Drabeki, Natalie Ray, Madison Zimkoski, Emily Andrews, Sheron Dynasty Reed Davis, (audience cheers) The graduates in sociology led by the outstanding senior Emily Fitzgerald.

Kendall Levant, Kelsey Taylor, Nicole Renee Carolson, Samantha Flower, Melissa Checko, Nicole Bernard, Teddy Morgan Quinn, Caroline Seculidis, Carlito Tayas, Kaylee Felting.

Now the graduates in anthropology led by the outstanding senior Jackson Schooly, Tarran Kenard, Angina Palanevalu, Carolyn Faulkner, Gabriel Moran, Jill Morowski, Reed Elfson Frank, Kamisha Ian Fuqua, Isabella Wikel, Mariah Lar, Andrew Byer, Jillian Wright, Alexandra Withy, Brittany Nache Kincaid, Anne Elise Catherine Trip.

Mia Cardell, Andrew Rogers, Catherine Sands, Emily Westfall, Kaylee Lynn Jasmine Bell.

Now the graduates in criminal justice led by the outstanding senior Trey Harvey, Devin Arbor, Cassandra Sapenski, Grace Elizabeth Howard, Macy Ray Chudy, Jacob Ferris, Seth Swartout, Sharon Williams, Jadin Moldenhauer, Aiden Judge, Juanita Ferris, Mollie Jakofsk, Cole Becker, Dane Pelkey, Julia Greer Kli Smith, Amanda Marie Kesson, Emily Huffman, Moham Khan, Ryan Gronik, Sean Hantai, Colleen Kennedy, Michael Anthony Dilkz, Madison Jean Subtle, Kayla Marie Suzala, Taylor Rose Renee Ashley, Danisha Ali Bryant, Kayla Kaloshoski, Megan Joy Baginski, Nicholas McCormick, Keone Rayford, Jason Michael Clark, Erin Renee Jones, India Southern, Brendan Anthony Sermon, Caleb Liden, Devin Faith Hagus, Kedriana Cohen, Sannya Advone, Chloe Corrin Young, Caitlin Grace Zismer, Hailey Nadine Wood, Peyton Eloston, Samantha Duval, Christian Lutanisky, Matthews Staheski, Emma Laura Lamu, Caitlin Dean Laisi, Stephanie Natalie Gonzalez Yante, Leah Malaki, Deandria Monique White, Taylor Kamari Tape, Christo Jesus Garcia, Himay Rafael, Kevin Villareal, Anna Karina Samide, Paulo Rodas Mazureigos, Kevin Kane, Kyle Joseph DeFillipi, Sydney Manor, Ryan Mann, Kirsten Amelia Saiva, Nicholas Doyle, Andrew Netty, Helen Josephson, Avery Irwin, Carson Loaner, Brendan Lynn, Melissa Page Melanowski, Rosa Lee, Soliba Moshi, Kyle McCaffery, Tyson Akosta, Tyler Kelly, Vashini Akoda, Melinda Phillips, Natalie Tindel, Samuel Dickerson, Vanessa Taylor Escobido, Alexandra Jordan Faretti, Seth Gruber, Jessica Cooper, Walter William Kenneth, Nicholas Wheland, Depu Carchella, Devon Kenter, Veronica Nischay, Isabella Whitney Moshari, Jason Yisol Son, Jacob Falk, Hailey Marie Alexander, Isabel Carlion, Brendan Whitford, Nathaniel Hicks, Zachary Jordan, Melissa Victoria Lockwood.

Andrew Ruly, Thomas Sean Sullivan, Rayan Safranski, Kelsey Elizabeth Stern, Manna Kata, Melissa Nthanda Zulu, Taylor Welch, Joseph Stevens, David Leonardo Gonzalez, Brian Ashen Bremer, Patrick James Gordon, Spencer Smith, Rachel Hutchison, Yukun Jeane, Ashley Mills, Alexis Victoria Burrows, Grace Ketzler, Isabel Bradley, Megan Renee Slabiak, Sarah Hubbard, Cassidy Reign Forbes, Justin Alexander Petrol, Corrin Salsbury, Gabrielle Agatha Hornack, Adam John Thomas, Nico Bafano, Quinton Helper.

The graduates in social work led by the outstanding senior Yolanda Crim.

Katelyn Marie Twos, June Elizabeth Batches, Jobby Schultz, Hannah Fowaz, Carson Aaron Beaterman, Madeline Bradway, Genevieve Lindley, Jacqueline Beaupre, Hailey McLeod, Michael Edward Gardeco Jr., McKayla Joy Lowell, Whitney Rudis, Anna Karub, Grace Francesca Hunt, Natalie Marie Harrison, Rachel Elizabeth Nai, Michaela Jean Bre, Aubryana Wedge, Shianne MaKenzie Spannagel, Emily Paige Cohen, Ava Katherine Fall, Cindy Janet Gonzalez Velasquez, Makenzie Rene Vanmeter, Heaven White, Isaiah Sands, Drew Bogardus, Kayla Langelf, Julia Fuss, Noah Abu-Akeel, Ibrahim Amani Rottschafer, Elizabeth Carpenter, Elisa Fisher, Molly Kayla, Desiree Waters, Keith Martin Rogers Sr., Matthew Van Horn, Taylor May Halquist, Kirsten Locke, G. Adrian Richard Noel, Analicia Garcia, Karina Alvarez, Maria Chavez Martinez, Rose Charlotte Fox Long, Alexandria Joyce Crisp, Madeline Sarno, Rolanda Johnson, Dairy Moton.

The graduates in geography led by the outstanding senior Nick Katenzero.

Guy Procopio II, Chance Carson, Josh Brown, Ava Marie Kay Mendoza, Chloe Kabatski, Jeremy Barnby, Riley Google, Mason Kistler, Sean Rogan Murray, Dalton Kenneth Castle, Beth Johnson Grost.

The graduates in human development and family studies led by the outstanding senior Kate O'Connell.

Hailey Anne Estos, Mary Christine David, Taylor Renee Hernandez, Randall Lee, Elizabeth Holman, Layne Boomershine, Ranisha Spencer, Ronnie Elamin, Lucy Green, Emily Littleton, Anna Russo, Maria Ru, Jillian Grace McKenna, Anna Careo Aspino, Elizabeth Anne Peters, Jayla Ane Cruz Jayvon Domis, Chelsea Simone Hudson, Modipe Olatunge, Jada Renee Rose, Brooklyn Noel, Ashley K, Donne Cason, Simone Boyd, Diamond Harris, Alexandria Crocker, Natalie Hazleton, Kendra Harold, Akiba L. Stewart, Shannon La'Chelle Turner, Madeline Sims, Yolanda Lawson, Andrew Ferris, Chloe Moore, Destiny Tatiana Harris, Faith Drew, Sereneti Joy Jones, Paige Hadley, Abby Doyle, Canari Anderson, Melena Brenee Bakaso, Marcus Flores, Janet Lyn Sidaway, Jessica Anne Smith, Olivia Sohini, Caroline Gauss, Brijhae Johnson, Courtney Siwik, Dory Moss, Giselle Ledezema, Veranese Hernandez, Chloe Barroso, Katelyn Lion, Courtney Price, Trinitee Puryear Thornhill, Alexandra Salazar, Elizabeth Garcia, Brianna Ortavazquez, Kenya Giselle Rosas, Devin Linsky, Keglan Smith, Erin Connelly, Jill Lena Breneki, Raka Shin, Alexandra Lee Shire, Katelyn Celski, Ricky Warren, Elena Page Hoyt, Hailey Olivia Anne Pigerro, Dejaney Brown, Taylor Grace Van Ausberg, Ella Oliver, Lauren Walls, Madison Frick, Sydney Lee Moroni.

And now the graduates in economics led by the outstanding senior Gregory Andre Marcelle, Providence Weather Wax, Josephine Anne Pelton, Constantine Wade, Michael Saint Jean, Tanner Jared Faring, Anna McClement, Justice Sevans, Shin-Yuan Ha, Ethan Carlos Folger, Ellio Eljabela, Blair Frazer, Justice Kimmera, Michael Moko, Ethan Dambrosio, Sean Keefer, Patrick McGary, Stephen Tepper, Pierce Cajio, Cross Lucas, Jacob Saperstein, Brandon Phelp, Josh Devani, Harold Labans III, Rose Lamu, Michael Fleming, Jashanjot Singh, Connor Goodin, Ryan Crew, Jordan Grim, Andrew Dubon, Chloe Mizel, Alexander Foss McKenzie Titinner, Christopher Wentworth, Mars Meddy Mason, Aiden Claffid, Perry Trascan Abinav Nadam Thiripatti, Manish Mapeti, Reje Song, Lupi Gun, Rong Shi, Jian Shu, Coleman Startecar, Cade Timothy Klapish, Alfredo Lalia, Alex Keys, Jacob Popowski, John Beard, Brandon Patricen, Joseph Rinky, Hunter John Rodin, Yon Chin Yang, Tasha Williams, Michael Salem, Antonio Butley, Andre German, Jacob Slade, Daniel James Vanopstall, Ethan Fike, Mitchell Zelanak, Sophia Idago Gutierez, Joseph Jokai, Nicholas Siroski, Giselle Shannon, Amore Joash Ragasah Inesh, Chad William Moss, Holly Colter, Justice Sotls, Olu Ogumoli, Nicholas Ogwenu, Logan Hamilton Matthew, Sean Joseph, Brendan Paul, Skylar Ostrowski, Daniel Morales, Jacob Edward Green, Gregory Gibson, Greg Needham, Emma Willard, Nicholas Wright, Kendra Marie Slater, Jonathan Kowynia, Michael Kaiser, Angelo Sarafini, Jack Kellerher, Jake Kohler, Connor Morrison, Jordan Vincent, Flaherty Ann Foster, Spencer Michaels, Tristan Welch, Giroco Nito, Patrick Underwood.

Nicholas Andrew Contis, Wyatt Davenport, Zachary Robert Friedrichs, Matthew Wallinga, John Romeg, Abigail Kenop, Michael Rush, Michael Ricardi, Matthew Slutsky, Joseph Spencer, Colin Shepherd, Brendan Watson, Abdulla Mohamed Ablaski, Fan Yang, Noah Andreanne, Logan Dimani, Patrick Bronstein, Jack Bendetti, David Pesky, Eastern Ray, Ryan Davis, Kyle Sweeney, Ethan Mackey, Effa Ottoman, Will Fishler, Andrew Ramos, Andrew Lopez, Haji Wong, Howe Ding, Trevor Ryan Bowman, Brennan Pets, Anthony Bowers, John Lucas Quicklinsky, Jackson Allen Gurman, Alec James DeLuca, Matthew McMan.

Stephen Niver, Joseph Palms Becher, Young John Joe, Tawun Kim, Yuki Lieu, Johnson Yao, Trey Shu, Gavin Wong, Ryan Bigley.

And now the graduates in interdisciplinary studies in social science led by the outstanding senior Jenny Oliverez.

Kathleen Braden, Luke Hollenba, Amanda Naiber, John Vanden Hoovel, Jessica Barrons, Natalie Jimenez, McKay Lynn Jones, Lucy Joanna Foggerth, Elijah Whitman, Crystal Gonzalez Derida, Melissa Jane Nelly, Anthony Folino, Christie Kantowski, Megan Victoria Lambert, Lindsay Nanish Perkins, Nicholas Kop, Stephen Kurt, Joseph Carr, Maisha Perry, Gabriel Marie Brady, Abby Elizabeth Dietz, Doug Gayle, Rebecca Cynthia Victoria Long, Brennan Vitus, Evan Morris.

Theodore Nephros, Tracks Juggens, Tandra Dominique Morris, Juan Ilario Vasquez Hernandez, Jade Danielle, Maija Harris Martin, Paige Davis, Ryan Mousef, Jennifer Padilla, Olivia Graves-Pichla, Amaya Hamilton, Carl Nadoni, Alex Edmond Brule, William Nava, Seyid Zahedi, Joseph Stevenson Jr., Alyssa Ariana Rocha, Tristan Harwell, Leslie Leonela Morales, Diana Sorano, Annehalika Pablo, Yolanda Gonzalez Hernandez, Tyler Dene Clarkston, Jordan David Robinson, Claire BelKowski, Sarah Hensel, Seth Nemeyer, Brooklyn Bowman, Madison Lee Whitaker, Brandy Nicole Bartel, Latvia Ariel Lynn, Devin Paul McCarthy, Alexia Bohis, Rachel Marie Bailey, Lilian Elora Cooper, Jenaya Powell, Cameron Evans, Noah Deguzman, Chizi Noapora, Janelle Simon, Jonathan David Pico, Katie Anne Phelan, Lamar Thornton II, Annie Lesky, Jing Jing John, Gabriel Reed Adams, Lily Lee, Marcia Jordan, Yang Zee Tong, Zacharis Nathan, Rihanna Linnette, Chris Mustowi, Hailey Connor, Nala Barlow, Deshaun Mallory, Mallory Green.

The graduates in human resources and labor relations led by the outstanding senior Anna Balaki.

Alison Feliciano, Samantha Skalaski, Hailey Elizabeth Anne Blackman, Jade Amalio, Elijah Stein, Gabriela Bozer, Gabrielle Riley, Caroline Miller, Kadina Leche Edwards, Taylor Pillar, Sarah Duncan, Tilanka Amorakan, Chin Heung Yao, Jin Yang, Yan Ju, Evan Turner, Theo Morgan, Brett Spires, Thomas Murphy, Justin Vasalo, Seth Treesize, Alex Ovilio, Brogan Isler, Shuzao Zhang, Shuhai Shuhai, Calan Handy, Jenna Carlisle, Alison Rose Scott, Alexandria Elizabeth Sara, Caleb Carmen, Cal Manley, Hang Jen Pan, Avery Worth, Anabits Dimitrov, Carolyn Kunst, Morgan Mendingal, Maria Jose Molina Torres, Briar Kukla, Kara Elizabeth Fisher, Diana Slongo, Jada Williams, Cheyenne Elise Booth, Isabelle Lizette Delgado Millington, Grace Critz, Melissa Ortiz, Lilly Renfro, Jackson Robert Mahle, Brandon Joseph Biller, Hunter Keating, Owen Wendell, Seth Andrew Howell, Robert Ashkenazi, Cameron Tameth, George Johnson, Brendan Stuchell, Madison Alderman, Sarah Joy Milner, Hannah Blank, Michael Kosky, Joanna Meyer, And Amanda Bill.

(audience applauds) - We did it.

- We did.

- We did it.

- Let's go.

- Go green, go away.

Go green, go away.

Go green, go away.

Go green, go away.

Go green, go away.

Go green, go away.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) (graduates chattering) - Well, amazing is all I can say.

I think we should do one big round of applause yet again, and then we'll move forward.

(audience applauds) So it's important to take this moment during the ceremony to acknowledge those who have played an important role in helping our graduates reach this milestone that we're celebrating today.

I'd like to ask the faculty, academic staff and advisors to stand and be recognized for their contributions to the achievements of these wonderful graduates that are with us today.

(audience applauds) Thank you.

There's yet another group of individuals that have contributed greatly with their love, understanding and support for the achievements that we recognize today.

We ask the parents and guardians, spouses and partners, significant others, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, all members of immediate family of those students that we've honored today at commencement to please stand so we can show our appreciation for all that you've done.

(audience applauds) Thank you, you can be seated.

I now would like to invite all of you in singing the first stanza of the "Alma mater MSU shadows," which you will find in the electronic commencement program.

After the singing, we request that the students and the guests be seated and remain in your places until the recessional of the platform party and the faculty.

Please rise.

♪ M.S.U., we love thy shadows ♪ ♪ When twilight silence falls ♪ ♪ Flushing deep and softly paling ♪ ♪ O'er ivey-covered halls ♪ ♪ Beneath the pines we'll gather ♪ ♪ To give our faith so true ♪ ♪ Sing our love for Alma Mater ♪ ♪ And thy praises, M.S.U ♪ (orchestral music) (orchestral music) (audience applauds) - [Moderator] All right, so we have a quick turnaround, but lunch is in the room so you can leave all your stuff out here.

We're not moving again.

We're staying right here, but let's eat quickly as quickly as you can.

Thanks everybody, good work today.

Have a great summer if I don't see you.

- Thank you.