(man mumbles) - [Man] Three minutes, okay.

(indistinct) You got three minutes (indistinct).

(upbeat orchestral music) - [Man] Okay, here we go.

(audience applauds) (slow orchestral music) (audience cheers) (slow orchestral music continues) (background noise drowns out speaker) (slow orchestral music continues) (audience cheers) (slow orchestral music continues) (quiet overlapping chattering) (slow orchestral music continues) (audience cheers) (slow orchestral music continues) (audience applauds) (audience cheers) - [Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, the President of Michigan State University, Samuel L. Stanley, Jr. (audience applauds) - Good afternoon, everyone.

On behalf of Michigan State University, welcome to the Spring 2022 Doctoral Degree Commencement Ceremony.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) I'm pleased we can be together here at the site of so many other Spartan triumphs to celebrate this milestone accomplishment for our doctoral degree earners.

I'd like to begin by congratulating the Class of 2022.

You made it.

(claps) (audience applauds) (audience cheers) We're all so proud of your many accomplishments and contributions to the Spartan community and beyond.

You form an accomplished and diverse group of scholars, representing 38 countries and 38 states, and range in age from 24 to 69.

(audience laughs) (audience applauds) Six of you are veterans, and thank you for your service.

(audience applauds) A great university and a world-class education result from the efforts of many dedicated people, and I think our graduates would agree their families and friends have been a big part of their success through their love and support.

As important members of team MSU, who are Spartan families and friends, please rise as they are able to accept our appreciation.

(audience applauds) The contribution to MSU's faculty and staff are essential to the achievements of our graduates, and are a source of great pride to us.

Let's also show them our gratitude.

(audience applauds) Commencement Day is truly a special day and a wonderful opportunity to be in community with one another.

As I look out at our graduates, I'm reminded that students have always been important partners in fulfilling Michigan State's commitment to generating new knowledge and applying it in practical ways to build a better future.

This is especially so for our doctoral students.

We university leaders, faculty and staff members, gain inspiration and energy from your drive and pride from your accomplishments.

Pursuing an advanced degree demands many special personal qualities, intelligence, certainly, but also originality and no small amount of hard work among them.

I congratulate all of you on having developed and demonstrated such valuable attributes, which I know with your advanced degrees will serve you well.

So let's celebrate this joyful occasion with our colleagues, family, and friends.

We ask our guests to join our graduates and faculty in rising if you are able and singing one stanza of "The Star-Spangled Banner," performed by the MSU Wind Symphony under the direction of Professor Kevin Sedatole.

The singing will be led, excuse me, the singing will be led by Phoenix Miranda, a junior in music performance.

("The Star-Spangled Banner") ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ Throughout 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 applauds) - Thank you so much, Phoenix.

You may be seated.

Now I invite Teresa Woodruff, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs to present this afternoon's candidate for the honorary degree.

- Dr. Goldsberry, please come forward.

President Stanley, I have the honor to present Dr. Ronald Goldsberry for the awarding of the honorary degree, Doctor of Science.

(audience applauds) - You are a highly accomplished business leader and have devoted your life to public service.

You have utilized your financial background to support multiple corporations, and have given back through your countless philanthropic endeavors.

Your educational achievements include graduating Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Central State University, a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing from Stanford University, and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Michigan State University.

(claps) (audience cheers) (audience applauds) You also served as a Captain in the United States Army.

(audience applauds) As a Global Vice President and General Manager of Global Customer Service Operations and Vice President of Global Service Business Strategy at Ford Motor Company, you actualized Ford's worldwide after market and service business strategies that supported Ford's success.

You shared your expertise as a consultant on automotive practices for Deloitte Consulting for many years.

You were on the Board of Directors for multiple corporations, including the Detroit Financial Advisory Board, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Automotive Hall of Fame, the Michigan State University Foundation, and numerous other prestigious foundations.

As one of the members of Michigan State University's Investment Advisory Subcommittee, your insight helped guide Michigan State's investment strategy and policy, which helped grant Michigan State in the top 15% within the Cambridge Associates' universe.

The philanthropic duties that you have assumed are highly laudable, creating multiple scholarships and lectureships for Michigan State students, donations to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and creating programs for the Detroit area.

You are the recipient of numerous academic industry and civic awards for your vast knowledge and willingness to help the community.

For your notable career in the business and financial sectors, application of your scientific knowledge to the betterment of society, and your time, expertise, advice, and dedication to MSU's success, I'm pleased to award you the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Michigan State University.

(claps) (audience applauds) - Well, what an honor, Go Green!

- [Audience Members] Go White!

- Well, thank you.

(laughs) I really needed that burst of energy to help me to give what's probably gonna be one of my most challenging moments.

But let me start off by thanking President Stanley, Provost Woodruff, and of course my good friend, Melanie Foster, who I served on the Foundation Board with many, many, many years.

So I would also like of course to thank all of you, the doctorate recipients and their family, friends, and other supporters.

I would also like to give a special shout-out with an organization that I helped start, and that's the Black Alumni, and a special thank out to my wife, Angela, who I can't see, (laughs) but I believe is somewhere, who helped me in this very special day.

And I guess I can't also help but thank the great dinner that I had with Dean Duxbury, Tim Warren, and also Karen Waite.

It was a great dinner last night, so thank you.

So let me say that this is a very special and humbling and surprising day for me, and I am deeply honored to have the opportunity to be the commencement speaker, to be able to give and to honor you with the highest academic award I believe that our beloved MSU can give.

But honestly, I never thought that this is a possibility, and this is still surreal.

But this occasion is all about, and I promise that later in my remarks, I will hopefully have some inspirational words of wisdom about your future.

But first, I would like again to congratulate all of you for your commitment, hard work, and equally important, I would like to congratulate all the support systems, the husbands, the wives, the partners, families, professors, advisors, and many, many others.

Please, please very yourselves a round of applause.

(audience applauds) So this is your day, but I would be appreciative if you would let me share with you my journey in getting to this remarkable day.

For every graduate out there, it would be safe to say that we all have our unique journey, but what we share in common is our end result, and that is the doctorate in our chosen field.

You see, my journey started with the objective or the end state, and that is to receive my PhD in Chemistry.

And for me, it was reaching for the stars, parenthetically, and I will park there and come back and talk about that later.

So with the goal of my journey being to receive a PhD in Chemistry, and that was in spite of all of my background, environment, and challenges, but I would not have achieved that goal, nor would I have the audacity to even set it as a goal if I let my conditions define me.

Time will not permit, nor do I want to labor on my conditions, but important for the context of my address to you, is let me say briefly that anecdotally, it was not much different from many blacks in my generation.

You see, I was born and raised in an economically and educationally disadvantaged area of Wilmington, Delaware, and not very known until, of course, the current President Vice Biden, President Biden, I'm sorry, (laughs) was in the same area.

Of course, he didn't go to the same school that I went to, but for all intent and purposes, let me say that I was raised by a 17-year-old single mom, and by the way, my estranged dad became a successful physician in Mount Clemens, Michigan.

You see, I attended all black under-resourced schools all the way from elementary through high school, and I was the first in my family to attend college, again, except my estranged father.

The undergraduate college I attended was an HBCU, Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, where I was fortunate to excel in academics, and specifically, chemistry.

Now, onto how my journey relates to the relevance of you receiving your doctorates.

You see, I was accepted to several top PhD programs, but I chose MSU, the reason is another story.

But let me just say that for me, coming to MSU was a life-changing decision.

So my love and appreciation for MSU really cannot be measured.

Yes, I bleed Spartan green.

The tangibles and intangibles cannot be separated.

Yes, the education, professors, advisors, colleagues, family, fraternity, friends, and I cannot leave out sports, all played a major role in my life at Michigan State.

You see, I spent five wonderful years at MSU.

My first son was born at Sparrow Hospital, right here in Lansing, Michigan.

I received deferment for my ROTC officer's commitment to complete my PhD, and might I add that this was during the Vietnam War.

And I had several professors who were committed, as much as I, to completing my degree, and I cannot mention them all, but I have to shout-out to Dr. Weidrich, Dr. Kenpone, Dr. Brubaker, and Dr. Hammer.

I forgot to mention that I came to MSU in 1964, believe it or not, and graduated in 1969.

And even if you're too young to remember, this was a historic and contentious time in our country, with the assassination of MLK, the Vietnam War, the Detroit Riots.

So this all had a very profound impact on me, but because of my MSU family, I was able to persevere.

I would be remiss if I didn't also mention what I learned at MSU.

I mentioned earlier that coming to MSU was a life changing experience.

The primary concept I learned was that receiving my doctorate was not the end, but rather the beginning.

After MSU, I fulfilled my military obligation by doing postdoctoral research at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, and being honorably discharged as a US Captain in the Army.

After that, I made another life changing decision, and that was to attend Stanford University and receive an MBA.

My career after that was primarily and predominately business, following over 10 years in academics and in chemistry.

My mom said, "I guess my son is gonna be a lifetime student."

My point to you is this, don't let your degree define you, but rather, use it as a learning experience and as knowledge gained to forge opportunities to open and walk through doors never before thought possible.

Okay, enough about me, and now a few thoughts on my closure.

To bring it full circle, I mentioned again that my goal was to reach for the stars.

And it comes from a quote of one of my most admired people, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, the former president of Morehouse University, and I quote, "The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.

The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach for.

It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity to not to dream.

It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.

Not failure, but low aim is a sin," end quote.

So I'll wrap up with some advice to all the graduates, if you would allow me.

Graduates, the best advice that I can give you as you prepare to become academicians, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and everything in between, is first to believe in yourself and be true to your passion.

Another thing, before you attempt to take on the world, be sure that you have something to offer.

Somebody once said that you are approaching contentment when you can think of yesterday without regret and tomorrow without fear.

So instead of fearing the future, you should be about the business of shaping it.

You'll have no reason to regret missed opportunities if you take full advantage of ones that come your way.

So if you have something to contribute, and I'm sure most of us do, don't squander that opportunity to share it.

A few comments on leadership, leadership requires sacrifice, the sacrifice of time, talents, and finances, and yes, power and authenticity.

Don't aspire to leadership if you're not prepared to do what leaders must do, which is to give of themselves fully and freely.

So as you journey into the thick of the 21st century, your agenda had better be rooted in some good old-fashioned principles that neither time nor technology can alter.

Your life in leadership is just underway.

Take care to make the most of it.

If you allow yourself to simply be who you are, your accomplishments in life will be bound only by your imagination.

So lead by thinking outside of the box, lead by challenging the status quo.

Lead by creating tension, lead by asking questions and taking risks, and lead by daring to have a life.

So the days of the one dimensional "my job is my life" type of leader are over.

The best leaders are the people who have balance in their lives.

They are people who bring the rich experiences of family, social activities, volunteerism, culture, and language to the table, of course, along with their skills and their degrees.

They are the ones who provide the rich and diverse thinking that is representative of the broad and diverse needs of a global community.

They are the ones who understand their effectiveness in a global context begins with themselves, in what is called the community of self.

In his book of the same title, Dr. Na'im Akbar essentially tells us that the self is a kind of community that needs to acquire identity and purpose before it can be real value to a larger community.

So in other words, you need to know who you are, where you're going, before you can attempt to lead anybody anywhere.

Apart from the community of self, there's another community that I think we need to zero in on, and it's the one that's right here in your backyard.

Sometimes we call it the neighborhood.

In the black community, we call it the hood.

So it's wonderful to want to change the world, but sometimes we need to forget that right where we are now is part of the world, as well.

So I challenge you to begin your global leadership where it makes the most sense, in your own neighborhood.

Make a difference there first, then use that knowledge gained from that experience to change the world.

So in closing, as my minister would say, I will end where I started, and that is to dream.

Opportunities abound for you to lead the way to a world that we can scarcely imagine, but which can surely come to pass.

All it takes is courage and the ability to dream.

I end where I started, in that quote from Dr. Benjamin E. Mays.

Reach for the stars.

So I know we say Go Green and Go White, but we also say what?

Spartans Will.

So if you would join me when I say "Spartans Will," you say, "reach for the stars," okay?

You ready, Spartans?

Spartans Will!

Reach- - [Audience Members] Reach for the stars!

- Thank you very much.

(audience applauds) - Thank you so much, Dr. Goldsberry, for that inspiring address.

We will now have the privilege of hearing special music by the MSU Wind Symphony, under the direction of Dr. Kevin L. Sedatole.

The selection is "Summon the Heroes" by John Williams.

(slow orchestral music) - [Kevin] Stand up.

(audience applauds) (background noise drowns out speaker) - Thank you, Dr. Sedatole.

The chairperson of the MSU Board of Trustees, the Honorable Dianne Byrum from Onondaga Township, will address the graduates and guests.

After Trustee Byrum, Provost and Executive Vice President Teresa Woodruff will present members of the platform party.

(claps) (audience applauds) - Thank you, President Stanley.

On behalf of the MSU Board of Trustees, I welcome the graduates and your friends and family joining us today.

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

At this time, I would like to recognize my colleague, the Honorable Melanie Foster.

(audience applauds) Today's ceremony represents the culmination of your academic achievement.

The degree that you have earned acknowledges your success and honors those that have encouraged and supported you in many ways.

Our wish is that you will use your knowledge and understanding to improve your community and to advance the common good.

Our faculty, administrators, and trustees are proud of you.

Thank you for allowing us to share this very special time with you, and Go Green.

- [Audience Members] Go White.

(audience applauds) - Thank you, Trustee Byrum.

I join you and President Stanley in congratulating our newest doctoral degree recipients.

Each graduate embodies a unique confluence of new knowledge.

These scholarly achievements culminate today, and that culmination is in the conferral of your degree, and we confer on you, as well, our great faith, our great hope, our great pride in what you will now do with those achievements.

Indeed, as we send you forth, we are counting on each of you to become tomorrow's thought leaders and doers.

I would like to now take a moment to acknowledge our outstanding faculty and academic staff who are here to celebrate with each of you, our graduates.

Our faculty are guides, mentors, and celebrate your accomplishments today.

(claps) (audience applauds) We are honored to welcome a number of the university's leaders who are seated on the platform, but who will not be speaking today.

Each of these individuals plays important roles across the university, and are also here to celebrate in your academic success.

I'd like these individuals to stand as we read their names, and you can hold your applause until the end.

Interim Dean Kelly Millenbah from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

(audience applauds) Dean Christopher Long from the College of Arts and Letters and Dean of the Honors College.

Dean Sanjay Gupta from the Eli Broad College of Business.

Dean Prabu David from the College of Communications, Arts, and Sciences.

Interim Dean Ann Austin from the College of Education.

Dean Leo Kempel from the College of Engineering.

Dean Aron Sousa from the College of Human Medicine.

Dean James Forger from the College of Music.

Dean Phillip Duxbury from the College of Natural Science.

Interim Dean Leigh Small from the College of Nursing.

Dean Andrea Amalfitano from the College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Dean Mary Finn from the College of Social Science.

Colleen Hegg, Associate Professor from the College of Veterinary Medicine, and Norman Beauchamp, Executive Vice President for Health Sciences.

Douglas Gage, Vice President for Research and Innovation.

Mark Largent, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and Dean of Undergraduate Studies.

Eric Scorsone, Secretary to the Board of Trustees.

Laurie Van Egeren, Interim Associate Provost for University Outreach and Engagement.

Dave Weatherspoon, Associate Provost of Enrollment and Academic Strategic Planning.

Melissa Woo, Executive Vice President for Administration and Chief Information Officer.

Kim Tobin, Vice President of University Advancement, and Karen Kelly-Blake, Associate Professor, Chairperson of the Faculty Senate, MSU Academic Governance, and the University Mace Bearer.

(audience applauds) Next, I would like to invite all past and present members of the Council of Graduate Students to stand.

We honor the Executive Board members, department representatives, and all COGS members.

Thank you for your contributions to the university and your fellow graduate students.

(claps) (audience applauds) I now invite Pero Dagbovie, Associate Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and Dean of the Graduate School to join me for the announcement of the degree candidates and to direct doctoral hooding.

- Will the candidates for the doctoral degrees please rise?

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) President Stanley and Provost Woodruff, on behalf of the faculty and their respective colleges, I present these candidates to you for the conferral of their degrees.

(audience applauds) - I invite the trustees to join me in the conferral of the degrees, please stand.

By authority of the state of Michigan vested in the Board of Trustees and delegated to me, I confer upon you the degrees for which you have been recommended, with all the rights and distinctions to which they entitle you.

Congratulations, graduates.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) You may be seated.

- The associate deans of the colleges will now lead their graduates to the platform.

Graduates will be individually hooded by their faculty member.

This solemn ceremony and the moment of hooding represent a transition to the company of the learned society, to membership in a community of individuals who have given much to learn more, and in so doing, have created a new set of circumstances for the world to understand, use, see, heal, and know.

The moment of hooding by one's academic mentor is the culmination of years of study, and it is the welcome by your mentor into a new role, that of intellectual colleague.

As such, this tradition and our academic rituals are imbued with great reverence and solemnity, and I invite everyone who witnesses the hooding to think deeply about the individual candidate as they approach the dais are hooded, and turn to walk forward.

Think on the individual and think on the ways in which great universities like MSU continually create the circumstances for human advancement.

I thank each doctoral student for you contributions, and congratulate you on the occasion of the conferral of your doctoral hood.

All members of this graduating class are part of this Spartan family.

We ask all audience members to respect the desires of all of us to hear the names of each graduate's name read.

Graduates, when you have received your hood, please return to your seat and after your photos have been taken.

Jodie Knoll and Jamie Paisley will read names of the graduates as they receive their diploma.

- The academic attire worn by students and faculty was first used in the 12th and 13th century Europe.

The current system in the United States was designed in 1895 and is used today in advance degree ceremonies across the country.

The hoods being used and placed on the doctoral candidates are derived from the design of medieval monks' cloaks.

The three chevrons on the sleeve represent Doctor of Philosophy, the light blue velvet on the front signifies Doctor of Education, the pink velvet on the front signifies the Doctor of Musical Arts, and the apricot velvet on the front signifies the Doctor of Nursing practice.

The green and white chevrons on each hood represent Michigan State University.

The gown, the cap, and especially the hood represent both the responsibility and the freedom that accompany the achievements in research and scholarship that these candidates have earned through the years of hard work.

The ceremony of hooding doctoral candidates symbolizes the faculty welcoming these students as our full-fledged colleagues.

- Xiaodong Shi, hooded by Dr. Lalita Udpa.

(audience applauds) Shrijon Dada, hooded by Dr. Lalita Udpa.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) And Mohand Alzouhiri, also hooded by Lalita Udpa.

(audience applauds) Meghna Chakraborty, hooded by Timothy J.

Gates.

(audience applauds) Mohammad Shakir Mahkmud, also hooded by Dr. Timothy Gates.

(audience applauds) Anthony Engel, again hooded by Dr. Timothy Gates.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Xiachi Xai, with faculty hooder Dr. Peter Savolainen.

(audience applauds) Nusayba Megat Johari, hooded by Dr. Peter Savolainen.

(audience applauds) Megat Usamah Bin Megat Johari, faculty hooder, again, Dr. Peter Savolainen.

(audience applauds) Anchu Bumni, hooded by Dr. Peter Savolainen.

(audience applauds) Stephen Hayslet, with faculty hooder Dr. Elias Strangas.

(audience applauds) (audience laughs) Casey Polonka, with faculty hooder Dr. Abraham Engeda.

(audience applauds) Tasha Williams, again hooded by Dr. Abraham Engeda.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Nezham Udan, faculty hooder, Professor Ming Han.

(audience applauds) Spatha Venkatachari, with faculty hooder Dr. Weiyi Lu.

(audience applauds) Roya Solmirzayi, Dr. Weiyi Lu.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Xi Jong, hooded by Dr. Weiyi Lu.

(audience applauds) Anuj Pal, hooded by Professor Guaming Xiu.

(audience applauds) Mei Li Yesili, hooded by Dr. Firas Khasawneh.

(audience applauds) Guillermo Juanas, again, Dr. Firas Khasawneh.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Odin Meyers, hooded by Dr. Firas Khasawneh.

(audience applauds) Yiyi Chu, hooded by Kristen Seton.

(audience applauds) Rajendra Prusuits Palanaswami, with hooder Dr. Mahmood Haq.

(audience applauds) Sirj Magagagb, hooded by Dr. Jeffrey Nanser.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Stavros Vikalis, hooded by Dr. Jeffrey Nanser.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) Shukat Mundal, hooded by Dr. Shankar Balasubramaniam.

(audience applauds) Abdel Alsnayin, hooded by Dr. Shankar Balasubramaniam.

(audience applauds) William Sands, hooded by Andrew Kristlieb.

(audience applauds) Sarah Timotchko, hooded by Dr. Elizabeth Munch.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Thomas Dickson, with hooder Alex Dickson.

(audience applauds) Tomana Muniya, hooded by Celine Avayente.

(audience applauds) Ali Zari, hooded by Mark Eiwen.

(audience applauds) Joy Mujumdar, hooded by Dr. Lik Chwan Lee.

(audience applauds) Alexander Ho, hooded by Rebecca Anthony, Dr. Rebecca Anthony.

(audience applauds) Gorab Chauda, hooded by Dr. Daniel Seagelman.

(audience applauds) Suhas Vidate, hooded by Dr. Ricardo Mejilla Alvarez.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Burke John Duva, hooded by Dr. Elisa Tollson.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Marissa Ray Grobel, hooded by Dr. Sarah Roka Bianca.

(audience applauds) Mitchell Baxter Albrecht, hooded by Dr. Monichev Kuchasbahani.

(audience applauds) Keean Cullen, hooded by Dr. Monichev Kuchasbahani.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) Chelsea Weiskerger, hooded by Dr. Fanu Kamarmantha.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Shunhau Wong, hooded by Dr. Vladimir Tarabara.

(audience applauds) Julian Blank, hooded by Dr. Eric Goodman.

(audience applauds) Joanne Ballar, hooded by Dr. Martin Crimp.

(audience applauds) Adam Marsh, also hooded by Dr. Martin Crimp.

(audience applauds) Connor James Boss, hooded by Dr. Vidav Srivastava.

(audience applauds) Prataba Nusalunki, hooded by Dr. Xiaobo Tan.

(audience applauds) Drubajit Chowdhury, hooded by Dr. Xiaobo Tan.

(audience applauds) Mohammad Al Rubayai, hooded by Dr. Xiaobo Tan.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Hongyang Shi, hooded by Dr. Xiaobo Tan.

(audience applauds) John D. Drew, hooded by Dr. Xaiju Xiaou.

(audience applauds) Hochin Lu, hooded by Dr. Jilyang Tan.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Xariu Lu, hooded by Dr. Jilyang Tan.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Vanessa Maldonado, hooded by Dr. Lihuo Fan.

(audience applauds) Yong Kim, also hooded by Dr. Xiwa Fan.

(audience applauds) Alasan Talukdar, hooded by Dr. Xiwa Fan.

(audience applauds) Mohammad Alhaj, hooded by Dr. Romani Narayan.

(audience applauds) Saley Botey, hooded by Dr. Romani Narayan.

(audience applauds) Pritam Giri, hooded by Dr. Romani Narayan.

(audience applauds) Harpinder Jota Singh, hooded by Dr. Mirmaz Gamami.

(audience applauds) Hutama Farmosavi, hooded by Dr. Ali Zukai.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Mohammad Reza Kaveanpur, hooded by Dr. Ali Zukai.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Harshal Bombania, hooded by Dr. John Dorgan.

(audience applauds) Saif Imran, hooded by Dr. Daniel Morris.

(audience applauds) - Mitchell Schneider, hooded by Professor Sergey Baryshev.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Hamid Mohamari, hooded by Abdul Esfahamiyan.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Ling Kunlei, hooded by Dr. Abdul Hussein Esfahamiyan.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Subaya Sashi, hooded by Dr. Chris Saffron.

(audience applauds) Kanchon Chavin, hooded by Scott Calibrasic Barton.

(audience applauds) Manali Delwar, hooded by Dr. Scott Calibrasic Barton.

(audience applauds) (announcer mumbles) Madeline Mackender, hooded by Dr. Scott Calibrasic Barton.

(audience applauds) Michael Austin Langford, hooded by Dr. Betty HC Chen.

(audience applauds) Ching Xiau, hooded by Dr. Matthew Broadhead.

(audience applauds) Leonora Caldares, hooded by Dr. Matthew Broadhead.

(audience applauds) Emma Selena Thomas, hooded by Dr. Matthew Broadhead.

(audience applauds) Jared Macarubo Pena, hooded by Dr. Gloria Lee.

(audience cheers) (audience applauds) Emma Nathanson, hooded by Dr. Kristen Rispoli.

(audience applauds) Blake Eisler Sweet, hooded by Dr. Martin Volker.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Nicole Burgamo Isabel, hooded by Dr. Martin Volker.

(audience applauds) Cassidy Crump, hooded by Kristy Cooper Stein.

(audience applauds) Tanya Clarke, hooded by Dr. Kristy Cooper Stein.

(audience applauds) Payton Hunter Stalter, hooded by Dr. Kristy Cooper Stein.

(audience applauds) Vanica Grover, hooded by Dr. Kristy Cooper Stein.

(audience applauds) Eugene Oh, hooded by Dr. Kristy Cooper Stein.

(audience applauds) Mark McGary, hooded by Dr. Kristy Cooper Stein.

(audience applauds) Theodore Rhett Jones, hooded by Dr. Kristy Cooper Stein.

(audience applauds) Curtis Keith Ferrin, hooded by Dr. Melissa Usiak.

(audience applauds) (background noise drowns out speaker) Andy Fear, hooded by Dr. Mel.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Candice Rochelle Lavender, hooded by Dr. Melissa Usiak.

(audience applauds) William Albrecht, hooded by Dr. Chris Torres.

(audience applauds) David Hunt, hooded by Dr. Chris Torres.

(audience applauds) Monica Lynn Merit, hooded by Dr. Chris Torres.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Amanda Flores, hooded by Dr. Leslie Gonzalez.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Sang Wok Li, hooded by Dr. Winston Peng.

(audience applauds) Joshua Aaron Baldwin, hooded by Dr. Ron Tamborini.

(audience applauds) Amy Wisner, hooded by Brandon Van Der Heide.

(audience applauds) Zhang Yung Park, hooded by Dr. Sandy Smith.

(audience applauds) Sebyi Bacaldi, hooded by Dr. Manuel Chavez.

(audience applauds) Louis Graziano Velasquez, hooded by Dr. Manuel Chavez.

(audience applauds) Chris Fennel, hooded by Dr. Stephanie Jordan.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) George Hope Chidziwijano, hooded by Dr. Susan Weich.

(audience applauds) Gi Yong Sing, hooded by doctors Wei Peng and Hi Ren Lee.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Jennifer Lee, hooded by Dr. Gerry McNamara.

(audience applauds) Stefan Warrenen, hooded by Dr. Gerry McNamara.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Gia Alice Gwo, hooded by Dr. Brent Scott.

(audience applauds) Nikhil Avasti, hooded by Dr. Brent Scott.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Rebecca Lee Mitchell, hooded by Dr. John Hollenbeck.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Bing Qu Kim, hooded by Dr. Brian T. Pentland.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Aaron Fritz, hooded by Dr. Marilyn Johnson.

(audience applauds) James Anderson, hooded by Dr. Marilyn Johnson.

(audience applauds) Joanna Shaw, hooded by Dr. Michelle Nessa.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Ashwariya Dior, hooded by Dr. Ranjani Krishna.

(audience applauds) Jaing Ka, hooded by Dr. John Jag.

(audience applauds) Dustin Cole, hooded by Dr. Sriram Narayanan.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Ming Lee, hooded by Dr. Sriram Narayanan.

(audience applauds) Garise Renita Donaldson, hooded by Dr. Trixie Smith.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Tanya Dasostoa McCue, hooded by Dr. Benjamin Lauren.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Constance Monique Haywood, hooded by Dr. Benjamin Lauren.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Magdalene Aguti Akire, hooded by Dr. Peter De Costa.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Guabana Aduse, hooded by Dr. Kyle White.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Jonathan William Thurston, hooded by Dr. Jyotsna Singh.

(audience applauds) Asif Iqbal, hooded by doctors Jyotsna Singh and Salah Hassan.

(audience applauds) (background noise drowns out speaker) Hannan Hashim Ali, hooded by Professor Salah Hassan.

(audience applauds) Jess Travers, hooded by Dr. Ellen McCallum.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Abu Bakar Aiash, hooded by Dr. Nicole Mason-Wardell.

(audience applauds) Ping Lu, hooded by Dr. Nicole Mason-Wardell.

(audience applauds) Valerie Kilders, hooded by Vincenzina Caputo.

(audience applauds) Ahmed Salim Nuhu, hooded by Dr. Saweda Liverpool-Tasie.

(audience applauds) Hong Jong Kim, hooded by Dr. Frank Lupi.

(audience applauds) April Athnes, hooded by Dr. Soren Anderson.

(audience applauds) Sidan Wong, hooded by Dr. Henry Chung.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Cornelius Darcy, hooded by Dr. Mark Wilson.

(audience applauds) Shruti Kandalawa, hooded by Dr. Zeenat Kotval.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Rabiya Faisan, hooded by Dr. Eunsil Lee.

(audience applauds) Meltem Duva, hooded by doctors Silam Malagu and Dr. Dong Zhao.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Kyleen Noel Cave, hooded by Dr. Gary Hoppenstand.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Nicole Watson, hooded by Dr. Dan Hayes.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Emily Dean, hooded by Dr. Dana Infante.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Arifina Biantarte, hooded by Dr. Ashley Shade.

(audience applauds) Yong Min Alyssa Kim, hooded by Dr. Sasha Kravchenko.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Chen Du, hooded by Dr. Robin Tucker.

(audience applauds) Jessica Brunachini, hooded by Dr. Lisi Guralnick.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Laura Castro Diaz, hooded by Dr. Maria Claudia Lopez.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Suvisha Sharma, hooded by Dr. Jennifer Hodbod.

(audience applauds) Morgan Matheson Slee, hooded by Dr. Jennifer Hodbod.

(audience applauds) Heather Bomsta, hooded by Dr. John Kerr.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Kevin Byne, hooded by doctors Patrick Edgar and Robert Van Buren.

(audience applauds) Jose Adrian Boderillo Carlos, hooded by Dr. Miguel Cabanas.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Longching Lu, hooded by Dr. Laura Bicks.

(audience applauds) Ying Ji Lee, hooded by Jack Jianguo Liu.

(audience applauds) Kelly Elizabeth Capsar, hooded by Dr. Jack Liu.

(audience applauds) Barbara Ayhers, hooded by Dr. Heather Triezenberg.

(audience applauds) Matthew Thomas Flood, hooded by Dr. Joan Bray Rose.

(audience applauds) Gayathri Upeksha Gunathilaku, hooded by Dr. Elliot Ryser.

(audience applauds) Fernando Fergada Arnandez, hooded by Dr. Amy Colbath.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Juliana Lete Decampos, hooded by Dr. Pamela Ruegg.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) (background noise drowns out speaker) Junji Han, hooded by Dr. Juan Steibel.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Austin McCoy, hooded by Dr. Martin Chilvers.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Viviana Ortiz Londonio, hooded by Dr. Martin Chilvers.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Catherine Rose Henry, hooded by Dr. Mike Walters.

(audience applauds) Andrew James Curtwright, hooded by Dr. Lisa Tiemann.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Janice Albers, hooded by Dr. Cheryl Murphy.

(audience applauds) Sebastian Sanchez Arrera, hooded by Dr. Claudio Kopper.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Nicholas Rokasky, hooded by Dr. Rajesh Kulkarni.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Joshua Wrighter, hooded by Dr. Igor Rapinchuk.

(audience applauds) Xau Ming Zhe, hooded by Dr. Jeff Freymueller.

(audience applauds) Euthon Lee, hooded by Dr. Derek Polischuk.

(audience applauds) James Patrick Ransom Brinkman, hooded by Dr. Michael Largey.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Whitney Myel, hooded by Dr. Karen Salvador.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Erica Susan Knapp, hooded by Dr. Karen Salvador.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Benjamin Morgan, hooded by Dr. Ava Ordman.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) (audience applauds) Dennis Omar Huron, hooded by Dr. Ava Ordman.

(audience applauds) Robert David Abend, hooded by Dr. Kevin L. Sedatole.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Jayun Ruby Ye, hooded by Dr. Kevin L. Sedatole.

(audience applauds) Shuen Duo Lee, hooded by Dr. David Rayl.

(audience applauds) Jennifer Keter, hooded by Dr. David Rayl.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Sarah Babb, hooded by Dr. David Rayl.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Wei Gia In, hooded by Dr. Deborah Moriarty.

(audience applauds) Chen Wong, hooded by Dr. Deborah Moriarty.

(audience applauds) Yesul Chi, hooded by Dr. Mark Rucker.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Jeffrey Liu, hooded by Professor Joe Lulloff.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Staff Sergeant Connor Mikelya, hooded by Professor Joe Lulloff.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Wei Jia, hooded by Professor Joseph Lulloff.

(audience applauds) Qei Yi Wendy Kao, hooded by Professor David Biedenbender.

(audience applauds) Elena Spacht, hooded by Dr. David Biedenbender.

(audience applauds) Charlie Hahn, hooded by Dr. David Biedenbender.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Spencer Arias, hooded by Dr. David Biedenbender.

(audience applauds) Alexandra Salesh, hooded by Dr. Ming Ji Wa.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Sinyi Ya, hooded by Dr. Margarita Shevchenko.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Grant Bograsian, hooded by Dr. Margarita Shevchenko.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) - Rosemary Aganya Adagi, hooded by Dr.

Dawn Misra.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Colleen Lynn McCallum Bridges, hooded by Dr. Claire Margerison.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Sarah Kathleen Brewer, hooded by Dr. Nicole Talge.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Marzia Giasi, hooded by Dr. Claudia Holzman and Dr. Stacey Missmer.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Alyssa Van Der Zeal, hooded by Dr. Omayma Alshaarawy.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Teng Fe Ma, hooded by Dr. Nigel Paneth.

(audience applauds) Valecia Anicia Gregaur, hooded by Dr. Jim Anthony.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Barrett Montgomery, hooded by Dr. Jim Anthony.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) De Woo, hooded by Dr. Jim Anthony.

(audience applauds) Sha Huan, hooded by Dr. Jim Anthony.

(audience applauds) Charles Joseph Thesler, hooded by Dr. Monica Smith Karunakaran.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Robert Elmore, hooded by Dr. Monica Smith Karunakaran.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Valentine Alexander Balthazar Kushel, hooded by Dr. Monica Smith Karunakaran.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Andrew Krauss, hooded by Dr. Ralph Putnam.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Merwei Kursav, hooded by Dr. Corey Drake and Dr. Ryan Sweeder.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Jacob Bibbek, hooded by Dr. Bjoern Hamberger.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Cole McHutchin, hooded by Dr. Margaret Petroff.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Reed Longley, hooded by Dr. Gregory Bonito.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Lindsey Renee Kimerling, hooded by Dr. Nick Haddad.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Matthew Reisik, hooded by Dr. Andrea Schindler.

(audience applauds) Nilanjan Chakraborty, hooded by Dr. Lyudmila Sakhanenko.

(audience applauds) Sanket Rajendra Jantre, hooded by Dr. Lyudmila Sakhanenko.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Pratim Guha Nyogi, hooded by Dr. Lyudmila Sakhanenko.

(audience applauds) Sutubhi Saha, hooded by Dr. Lyudmila Sakhanenko.

(audience applauds) Avik Sarkar, hooded by Dr. Dean Lee.

(audience applauds) Pai Lee, hooded by Dr. Brad Day.

(audience applauds) Danielle Yvonne Young, hooded by Dr. Yair Shachar-Hill.

(audience applauds) Fatima Shayima Mohammad Nazir, hooded by Dr. Heedeok Hong.

(audience applauds) Michael Anton Pecos, hooded by Dr. Sean Couch.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Jonathan Yarington, hooded by Dr. James McCusker.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Durek Lahiri, hooded by Dr. Gary Blanchard.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Steven Hanuel Yiwono, hooded by Dr. Pieter Pietsch.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Mohammad Al Jazi, hooded by Dr. Dagbovie.

(audience applauds) Alexander Edward Madden, hooded by Dr. Norman Birge.

(audience applauds) Cody Doole, hooded by Dr. Michaela TerAvest.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Alexandra Morrow, hooded by Dr. Amy Ralston.

(audience applauds) Athenasios Kondillas, hooded by Dr. Alexander Johnson.

(audience applauds) Brian Zhue, hooded by Dr. Chris Waters.

(audience applauds) Su Han Yunn, hooded by Dr. Chris Waters.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Kristen Jacob, hooded by Dr. Gemma Reguera.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Jonathan Kaletka, hooded by Dr. Jonathan Hardy.

(audience applauds) Keenan Chun Hong Lee Noyse, hooded by Dr. Melanie Cooper.

(audience applauds) Samuel Quentin Caldwell, hooded by Dr. Gayle Lourens.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Jake Baker, hooded by Dr. Gayle Lourens.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Adam Troud, again, Dr. Lourens.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Michael Anthony Brown, hooded by Dr. Gayle Lourens.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Brian Mueller, hooded by Dr. Gayle Lourens.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) McKenzie Rauch, hooded by Dr. Jackeline Iseler.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Emily Kruger, hooded by Dr. Jackie Iseler.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Leslie Anne Elisoldi, hooded by Dr. Jackie Iseler.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Katelyn Miller Moore, hooded by Dr. Jackie Iseler.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Kathleen Marie Bajorak, hooded by Dr. Jackie Iseler.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Juliann Rose Satkoviak, hooded by Dr. Jackie Iseler.

(audience applauds) Susanne Angela Wolschlager Brookes, hooded by Dr. Jackie Iseler.

(audience applauds) Alison Marie Dean, hooded by Dr. Jackeline Iseler.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Zoe Anne Hanson, hooded by Dr. Richard Schwartz.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Shannon Nicely, hooded by Dr. Richard Schneider.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) - Ryan Michael Marquart, hooded by Dr. Jae-Wook Jeong.

(audience applauds) Brooke Ashley Armistead, hooded by Dr. Sascha Drewlo.

(audience applauds) Katie Sullivan, hooded by Dr. Hershey.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Megan Elizabeth Bender, hooded by Dr. Denise Hershey.

(audience applauds) Paul Michael Bradley, hooded by Dr. Denise Hershey.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) (background noise drowns out speaker) Thank you.

Devin Zimmerman, hooded by Dr. Catherine Donche.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Tanya Nicole Brooks, hooded by Dr. Catherine Donche.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Vanessa Johnson, hooded by Dr. Catherine Donche.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Kristen May Monroe, hooded by Dr. Kara Schrader.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Adrienne Murray Wilkerson, hooded by Dr. Kara Schrader.

(audience applauds) Camillia May Reinheart, hooded by Dr. Kara Schrader.

(audience applauds) Serinder Singh, hooded by Dr. Kara Schrader.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Nicole Teeter, hooded by Dr. Kara Schrader.

(audience applauds) Mariah Draught, hooded by Dr. Kara Schrader.

(audience applauds) Madison Lee Chaplin, hooded by Dr. Kara Schrader.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Janine Renee Henko, hooded by Dr. Kara Schrader.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Teresa Michelle Rory, hooded by Dr. Kara Schrader.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Megan Rose Murphy, hooded by Dr. Kara Schrader.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Kristina Plauger, hooded by Dr. Kara Schrader.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Lacy Laughler, hooded by Dr. Ruley.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Alison Marie Franz Etherly, hooded by Dr. Ruley.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Sarah Grace Wagoner, hooded by Dr. Angella Ruley.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Elizabeth Rachel Stephens, hooded by Dr. Angella Ruley.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Victoria Mahler, hooded by Dr. Angella Ruley.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Shannon Marie Kozitsky, hooded by Dr. Rhonda Conner-Warren.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Whitney Elvira Boss, hooded by Dr. Mary Smania.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Sarah Johnson, hooded by Dr. Mary Smania.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) (announcer mumbles) Mohammad Hussein, hooded by Dr. Mary Smania.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Carly Ann Gilbert, hooded by Dr. Mary Smania.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Chelsea Mary Petit, hooded by Dr. Kelly Israelson Brown.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Ingrid Marie Kavak, hooded by Dr. Cindy McNurland.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Amanda Tanner, hooded by Dr. Kristin Castine.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Laura Joe Tim, hooded by Dr. Kristin Castine.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Shelby Therese Arnold, hooded by Dr. Kristin Castine.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Kristen McGee Candle, hooded by Dr. Kristin Castine.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Amy Louise Fogel, hooded by Dr. Kristin Castine.

(audience applauds) Alison Rose Cutler, hooded by Dr. Kristin Castine.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Natalie Nicole Jones, hooded by Dr.

Dawn Goldstein.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Mary Tackberry, hooded by Dr.

Dawn Goldstein.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Jeffrey Matthew Painter, hooded by Dr. Jodie O'Gorman.

(audience applauds) Autumn Marie Painter, hooded by Dr. Jodie O'Gorman.

(audience applauds) Jun Te Park, hooded by Dr. Carl Davidson.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Katie McDermott Boleman, hooded by Dr. Stacy Pickert Comlin.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Nicholas Brown, hooded by Dr. Jeffrey Wooldridge.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Zee Jen Chi, hooded by Dr. Todd Elder.

(audience applauds) Yagoshwar Barut, hooded by Dr. Todd Elder.

(audience applauds) Priyanka Dutha, hooded by Dr. Todd Elder.

(audience applauds) Luke Lindsheid, hooded by Dr. Kathleen Poindexter.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Abrielle Marie Wildman, hooded by Dr. Patrick Crane.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Danielle Sweeney, hooded by Dr. Patrick Crane.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Elizabeth Anna Wilgess, hooded by Dr. Patrick Crane.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Paulina Glovick, hooded by Dr. Leslie Simons.

(audience applauds) Giwan Oh, hooded by Dr. Bill Chopik.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Oluwafunmilayo Oyesola Ayeni, hooded by Dr. Cris Sullivan.

(audience cheers) Lauren Bollinger, hooded by Dr. Rebecca Campbell.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Mary Catherine Kitzmiller, hooded by Dr. Caitlin Cavanagh.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Ariel Roddy, hooded by Dr. Jennifer Cobbina-Dungy.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Mark Suhita, hooded by Dr. Aaron McCright.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Kaylee Ward, hooded by Dr. Raymond Jussaume.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Matthew Philip Henkel, hooded by Dr. Dale Belman.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Heather Brothers, hooded by Dr. Karrin Hanshew.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Ranya Swaryum Prikash, hooded by Dr. Lisa Fine.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) L. Susan Carter, hooded by Dr. Emily Tabuteau.

(audience applauds) Christopher Shell, hooded by Dr. Glenn Chambers.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Kelly Ray Kamnikar, hooded by Dr. Joseph T. Hefner.

(audience applauds) Amber Plemmons, hooded by Dr. Joseph Hefner.

(audience applauds) Jamie Strickland, hooded by Dr. Pamela Rugh.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Marissa Henry, hooded by Dr. Stephanie Valberg.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Husnein Ahmed, hooded by Dr. Linda Mansfield.

(audience applauds) Chima Victor Maduka, hooded by Dr. Christopher H. Contag.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Cheyenne India Lang, hooded by Dr. Jiquan Chen.

(audience applauds) Laura Medwid, hooded by Dr. Ashton Shortridge.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Kyle Reddigan, hooded by Dr. Ashton Shortridge.

(audience applauds) Jennifer Carol Frye, hooded by Dr. Kyle Everett.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) (overlapping chattering) William James Boley, hooded by Dr. Jeff Andresen.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) Evan William Goode, hooded by Dr. Alytia Levendosky.

(audience applauds) Byer Yao, hooded by Dr. Katie Zakar.

(audience applauds) And Yevo Duad, hooded by Dr. Dagbovie.

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) - Will all the doctoral degree recipients please rise?

(audience applauds) (audience cheers) I welcome you to this distinguished community of scholars, MSU alumni.

(claps) (audience applauds) (audience cheers) Again, my congratulations to all the degree recipients.

You now may be seated.

Graduates, may your MSU degree lead to a future filled with outstanding personal and professional achievements.

We're all so proud of you and look forward to following your future success.

I now invite everyone to join in singing the first stanza of the alma mater, "MSU Shadows," which you will find in your program.

Ms. Miranda will lead us in the singing.

Following the singing, we ask guests to remain seated until the recession of the platform party, faculty, and students.

Thank you all for being here to help celebrate this so very special day.

Thank you again.

(claps) (audience applauds) (slow orchestral music) ♪ MSU, we love thy shadows ♪ ♪ When twilight silence falls ♪ ♪ Flushing deep and softly paling ♪ ♪ O'er ivy-covered halls ♪ ♪ Beneath the pines we'll gather ♪ ♪ To give our faith so true ♪ ♪ Sing our love for Alma Mater ♪ ♪ And they praises, MSU ♪ (upbeat orchestral music) (audience members clapping) (upbeat orchestral music continues) (audience cheers) - [Man] Great job.

(quiet overlapping chattering) (audience cheers)