("Pomp and Circumstance") (audience cheering) (audience applauding) - [Presenter] Ladies and gentlemen, the President of Michigan State University, Samuel L. Stanley Jr. (audience applauding) - Good morning.

On behalf of Michigan State University and all of us here with me, welcome to the spring 2022 master's degree commencement ceremony.

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

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

You made it!

(audience cheering) And we're so proud of all of your many accomplishments and contributions to the Spartan community and beyond.

You form an accomplished and diverse group of scholars representing 34 countries and 47 states and range in age from 21 to 72.

(audience cheering) 50 of you are veterans and thank you for your service.

(audience cheering) A great university and a world-class education result from the efforts of many dedicated people, and as 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, will our Spartan families and friends please rise as they are able to accept our appreciation?

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

Let us also show our appreciation to them, to our faculty and staff.

(audience applauding) Commencement 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 master's students who take such an important role in instruction and research.

Graduates, 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 now ask our guests to join students and faculty in rising as 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 by Phoenix Miranda, a junior in music performance.

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

You may all be seated.

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

- Ms. Hubbard, please come forward.

President Stanley, I have the honor of presenting Ms. Linda Hubbard for the awarding of the honorary degree, doctor of business.

(audience applauding) - [President Stanley] You are an inspiring business leader and have devoted your life to helping the hardworking people of America.

As the President and Chief Operating Officer of Carhartt Incorporated, you have led the development and execution of the company's business plan and all corporate operations.

Beyond your position as President and COO at Carhartt, you also serve as Secretary/Treasurer and Director on Carhartt's Board of Directors.

Your educational achievements include a bachelor's degree in accounting from the Eli Broad College of Business.

(audience cheering) And you are a certified public accountant and chartered global management accountant.

Within your role leading a company dedicated to serving hardworking people, you have created a community that rewards risk-taking and does not penalize for mistakes.

Moreover, you have assisted in advancing inclusion and diversity within the company through an intentional marketing plan that includes everyday people in social media and advertisements.

You serve as an MSU Foundation Board Member, whose mission is to connect cutting-edge researchers with the venture creation process.

Your insight as a member of the foundation has helped investors thrive and has turned ideas into reality to help advance MSU's commitment to innovation.

You also serve on the Board of Directors of the Detroit Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, providing the bank's leadership and economists with relevant impact analysis of economic events.

This has been especially critical during the current economic and health crisis.

You also serve on the Board of Directors for Hibbett Sports and have been an active alumna of our university by serving as the past President of the Eli Broad College of Business Advisory Board and participating on MSU's Presidential and CFO Search Committees.

For your contributions to our community as well as the nation and as an inspiration to our students, I am pleased to award you the honorary doctor of business degree from Michigan State University.

(audience applauding) - President Stanley, Provost Woodruff, Executive Vice President Beauchamp, Trustee Byrum, and Trustee Foster, thank you for this honorary degree.

Thank you for the kind introduction and the invitation to speak here today.

Graduates, parents, family, friends, and faculty, I'm honored to celebrate this very special occasion with you.

And graduates, congratulations on your tremendous accomplishment.

As the pandemic began to wind down in our country, at Carhartt, we started to think about what's next and are we ready for it.

Our creative team built this story around fit for the next frontier because we felt we were moving into a new undiscovered world.

The pandemic had changed focus and priorities for our consumers and our employees, and we were being asked to pioneer and see things with fresh eyes.

As a workwear company, we wanted to continue to foster workforce development for all hardworking people, but we had to acknowledge that work was gonna look very different in the future and that the skillsets and perspectives of those doing it would evolve as well.

Today, I'd like to apply that same lens to all of you.

Are you fit for the next frontier?

The points I share with you today are broader than work skills because we recognize that the whole person comes to work.

That we bring all our personal strengths and weaknesses and life experiences to every situation we encounter, and being ready for that next frontier means being ready to seize the next opportunity and move onward.

Are you ready to meet your next goal?

How will you get there?

What's your next best step?

Are you prepared to start a new job, to start a family, to move across the country or the world for an opportunity?

So you get the idea.

There's lots of readiness assessment in your future.

A new frontier requires fresh perspectives and new ways to act.

Articulating your values and initiating change can be formidable.

The example that I bring to you from Carhartt around clarifying values and sharing new perspectives is centered around our brand purpose, which is build a better world with all hardworking people.

And we intentionally added that word all when talking about hardworking people because we live and work in a global society, and we wanted our internal focus and external messaging to reflect the diversity of jobs and the diversity of the people doing the work.

We strove to exemplify hard work across all ethnicities and all types of people, a Black urban farmer, a Hispanic utility lineman, a plus-sized woman who's a wind farm engineer, a Haitian immigrant woman who's now a master plumber in New York City.

We broadened the way we and hopefully the rest of America view hard work and who's doing it in our country.

Honoring hard work and all of the people in America doing that work felt like it could be a unifying call to action.

Because if you believe in the American heritage and ethos that respects people that work hard for a better life for themself and their families, then you'll support more opportunities for all people to be embraced in the workforce.

My challenge to you graduates is for you to look for ways to clarify and demonstrate your values and to drive change when and where needed in this new frontier.

That may seem a little bold or unrealistic as many of you are just beginning new careers.

However, this pandemic, it's caused a reset and created this openness to new perspectives that didn't exist two years ago.

I've been asked several times just over the last few months if I ever felt in my career that I wasn't skilled or qualified to get the job done or not able to master the position I was given, and the current term to describe that feeling is imposter syndrome.

But honestly, those of us that have worked for a long time recognize it simply as a fear of not being successful, a lack of confidence when you're asked to do something that pushes the boundaries of what you can do well.

So everyone experiences it.

Finding a technique to move past it is something you need to develop.

For me, one of the things I do is talk to myself, basically coach myself up.

There's been many days that I've given myself a good pep talk out loud in my car on the way to the office or shut the door to my office and practiced a conversation out loud before a difficult conflict discussion that I knew I needed to initiate.

In fact, you should have heard me talking to myself this morning before I got here to give this speech.

(audience laughing) You will always find yourself in challenging and uncomfortable situations, and you need to find your own way to move past it, to speak up, to not avoid that situation that puts that pit in your stomach when you're uncertain about an outcome, but you have to push through it and know it's an experience that's gonna make you bolder and build that action muscle, whether you succeed or not the first time you try it.

I'm convinced that the new frontier will present many of these challenging moments.

So please take advantage of this new openness to listen, find your voice, and create positive change.

My next point revolves around community.

All of us have been influenced by a community, your family, your friends, your classmates, your neighborhood, and most recently for you, your Michigan State community, which influenced you and supported you in your goal to earn your degree.

As you leave Michigan State, I would encourage you to stay a part of our Spartan community.

I am 40 years past my graduation date from MSU, and I still enjoy finding another Spartan when I travel the world.

Heck, our club even has a not-so-secret password.

Let's demonstrate.

Go green.

- [Audience] Go white.

- Exactly.

Do you know how much fun it is?

And sometimes, you know how comforting that can be to hear that familiar exchange when you're traveling in Asia or Amsterdam.

It just makes you smile.

There are 500,000-plus Spartan alumni out there waiting to connect with you.

It's pretty awesome to be part of this inclusive, not exclusive, club that is MSU.

I hope you continue to be Spartans for life and benefit from our global community for career opportunities as well as personal friendships.

And just as you've connected to a community here at MSU, there are other communities waiting for you to engage with, be inspired by, and influence.

Building a connection to community can inspire you to redirect your focus outward, to be more generous, to be more kind, to be creative, and it can be a source of pride in collective work done well.

Most importantly, being connected to community means that you aren't going it alone.

That someone's hand is there to lift you up when needed, and your hand is there for them as well.

We've experienced so much social isolation in the pandemic.

In this new frontier, we need to reconnect and recapture a sense of community.

Lastly, it may seem a given, but I want to talk about protecting your mental, emotional, and physical health because it's really paramount to thriving in the world and being fit for the demanding next frontier.

When the pandemic struck, you had to figure out a new relationship with downtime.

Out of this forced seclusion, maybe you found the time for more self-discovery to gain clarity about what you really enjoy doing.

Maybe you also figured out a better balance of how to be productive, but not so much so that you burn yourself out.

A survey of younger generations during the pandemic indicated that the majority agreed with this statement.

I'm enjoying a slower pace of life that I would like to keep even after the pandemic is over.

Okay, so now family and the audience is thinking, what is this commencement speaker doing?

Telling everyone to take it easy before they even start at their new careers.

But the jobs you're gonna do and the way you're gonna do them are very different.

You have more options to define how and where you're gonna live and work.

You've been given more time for yourself.

Don't squander it.

Pre-pandemic, most Americans ranked having more time as a number one desire, and we have so many studies that state younger generations value time and experiences more than money.

Use this time and greater freedom that you've been permanently gifted in this new frontier with a new way of working to focus on your physical and mental health.

Trust me, it's something I've learned the hard way over a 40-year career.

We all have that inclination to focus first on the pressing matter at hand, the stressful situation we find ourselves in, and deprioritize our own wellbeing when free time's limited.

Not paying attention to the need to get outside and clear your mind and decompress can be harmful.

Again, I urge you wisely to use this gift of time to afford yourself a better work/life balance.

But understand that with that greater freedom and flexibility that employers and organizations are trusting you to demonstrate emotional intelligence.

You must show you have the ability to manage your emotions in positive ways, to self-regulate, to relieve stress, and to communicate effectively and respectfully with others.

Allocating time to ensure physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing is critical to being fit for the next frontier.

That's my advice for you today.

It's a call to clarify and act upon your values, to find and use your voice for good, to connect with community, and to safeguard and nurture your physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.

I encourage all of you to take that relentless drive that pushed you through these last years and harness that power to truly make a difference.

During your time here at Michigan State, you've gained knowledge.

You've gained empathy, courage, and confidence to become the strong leaders that the world needs, leaders who are fit for the next frontier.

Congratulations, graduates.

Thank you.

(audience applauding) (audience applauding) - Thank you, Ms. Hubbard, for those absolutely inspiring words and for everything that you do for MSU.

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

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

(drum fanfare) (spirited music) (audience applauding) Thank you, Dr. Sedatole.

The Chairperson of the Michigan State University 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.

(audience applauding) - Thank you, President Stanley.

On behalf of the MSU Board of Trustees, I welcome the graduates and your family and guests who have joined 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 introduce my colleague on the MSU Board of Trustees, the Honorable Melanie Foster.

(audience applauding) 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 along the way.

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

Our faculty, administrators, trustees are proud of you.

Thank you for allowing us to share this very special time with you.

And go green.

- [Audience] Go white.

(audience applauding) - Thank you so much, Trustee Byrum.

I join you and President Stanley in congratulating our newest advanced degree recipient.

Each graduate embodies a unique confluence of new knowledge.

These scholarly achievements culminate today in the conferral of a degree, along with the conferral of our great hope, faith, and pride in what you will do now with your achievements.

Indeed, as we send you forth, we are counting on each of you to be the thought leaders and doers of our 21st century.

I would now like to take a moment to acknowledge my colleagues who will not be coming to the microphone this morning.

Each plays an important role and joins us today to celebrate in our graduates' accomplishments.

Please remain standing as your name is read, and I ask the audience to hold your applause until all have been introduced.

Pero Dagbovie, Associate Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and Dean of the Graduate School.

Douglas Gage, Vice President for Research and Innovation.

Emily Guerrant, Vice President for Media and Public Information and University Spokesperson.

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

Joseph Salem, Dean of Libraries and Interim Associate Provost for Teaching and Learning Innovation.

Kim Tobin, Vice President for University Advancement.

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

Kathy Wilbur, Senior Vice President for Government Relations.

Eric Scorsone, Secretary to the Board of Trustees.

And Karen Kelly-Blake, Associate Professor, Chairperson of the Faculty Senate, MSU Academic Governance, and the University Mace Bearer.

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

We honor executive board members, department representatives, and all COGS members.

Thank you for your contributions to the university and your fellow graduate students, and please accept our appreciation for your service.

(audience applauding) The deans will now present candidates for the master's degree.

(audience applauding) Kelly Millenbah, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

(audience applauding) - Will the master's candidates from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the founding college of this great institution, please stand and remain standing?

(audience applauding) President Stanley, Provost Woodruff, EVP Beauchamp, Trustees Byrum and Foster, I am honored to present these candidates to you.

They have fulfilled all of their requirements for their degree, and we present them for conferral of their degrees.

Students, please remain standing.

(audience applauding) - Dean Christopher Long of the College of Arts and Letters and Dean of the Honors College.

(audience applauding) - Will the amazing candidates for the master of arts and master of fine arts from the College of Arts and Letters please rise if you are able and remain standing?

(audience applauding) President Stanley, Provost Woodruff, EVP Beauchamp, Trustees Byrum and Foster, it is my great pleasure on behalf of the world-class faculty and staff in the College of Arts and Letters to present these amazing candidates for the conferral of their degree.

(audience applauding) - Dean Sanjay Gupta, the Eli Broad College of Business.

(audience cheering) - Will the outstanding candidates from the one and only Eli Broad College of Business please rise?

(audience cheering) President Stanley, Provost Woodruff, Honorable Trustees, and the party on the platform, it is my great pleasure on behalf of my colleagues in the Broad College to present these outstanding candidates for the conferral of their degrees.

(audience applauding) - [Provost Woodruff] Dean Prabu David, College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

(audience cheering) - College of Communication, are you ready?

(audience cheering) Will the candidates from the College of Communication Arts and Sciences please stand?

(audience applauding) President Stanley, Provost Woodruff, members of the platform party, on behalf of my colleagues, I proudly present these candidates who are ready to become communicators for the conferral of their degrees.

(audience applauding) - [Provost Woodruff] Interim Dean Ann Austin, College of Education.

(audience applauding) - Would the excellent candidates from the highly regarded College of Education please rise?

(audience applauding) President Stanley, Provost Woodruff, members of the platform party, I am very honored to present these candidates who are well-prepared to make important contributions in their fields of education and kinesiology.

Congratulations.

(audience applauding) - [Provost Woodruff] Dean Leo Kempel, College of Engineering.

(audience applauding) - Would the innovators of today and tomorrow from the College of Engineering please rise?

(audience applauding) President Stanley, Provost Woodruff, Executive Vice President Beauchamp, Trustee Byrum, and Trustee Foster, on behalf of the entire engineering family, it's my great pleasure to present these candidates for the conferral of their degrees.

(audience applauding) - [Provost Woodruff] Dean James Forger, the College of Music.

(audience applauding) - Will the candidates from the College of Music please rise?

(audience applauding) President Stanley, Provost Woodruff, EVP Beauchamp, Honorable Trustees, on behalf of my faculty and staff colleagues, I am delighted to present these candidates who will go out and help make the world a better place through the power of music.

They've completed all the requirements for their degrees, and they're ready to roll.

(audience applauding) - [Provost Woodruff] Dean Phillip Duxbury, College of Natural Science.

(audience applauding) - Would the candidates from the College of Natural Science please rise and remain standing?

(audience applauding) Trustee Byrum, Trustee Foster, President Stanley, Provost Woodruff, and Executive Vice President Beauchamp, it's a great pleasure to present the inspiring and excellent candidates from the College of Natural Science, who are ready to go out into the world and solve some of the biggest problems facing our society.

Congratulations.

(audience applauding) - [Provost Woodruff] Dean Mary Finn, College of Social Science.

(audience cheering) - Will the graduates from the College of Social Science please stand and remain standing?

(audience cheering) President Stanley, Provost Woodruff, Honorable Trustees, and members of the platform party, I present to you the candidates from the College of Social Science who are going to transform the human experience for the conferral of their degrees.

(audience applauding) - Colleen Hegg, Associate Professor from the College of Veterinary Medicine.

(audience applauding) - Will the candidates from the College of Veterinary Medicine to receive their master's degree in food safety and comparative medicine and integrative biology please stand and remain standing?

(audience applauding) President Stanley, Provost Woodruff, members of the platform, it is my great pleasure to present to you these candidates who have fulfilled the requirements for the degree and are ready to go out into the world and do great things.

(audience applauding) - [Provost Woodruff] It is now my pleasure to introduce my colleague Norman Beauchamp, Executive Vice President for Health Science, to present the health sciences degree.

(audience applauding) - Thank you, Provost Woodruff, and good morning, everyone.

It is my joy at this time to ask the health sciences deans or their representatives to present candidates for the conferral of degree.

Dean Aaron Sousa, College of Human Medicine.

(audience applauding) - [Dean Sousa] Will the candidates for the master's in public health and master's degrees from the college please rise?

(audience applauding) President Stanley, EVP Beauchamp, Provost Woodruff, Trustees Byrum and Foster, it is my pleasure to present these candidates for their degree.

They are ready to go out and save lives.

(audience applauding) - Brian Schutte, Associate Professor, College of Osteopathic Medicine.

(audience applauding) - Master's students of global health, please stand.

(audience applauding) EVP Beauchamp, President Stanley, Provost Woodruff, I give you the students from the master's degree of global health to go out and help in the world, and they have, to confer their degrees.

- [EVP Beauchamp] Excellent, thank you.

(audience applauding) - 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 qualified with all the rights and distinctions to which they entitle you.

As a symbol of your achievement, it is traditional to move the tassel from the right side of your cap to the left.

You may do so at this time.

Congratulations!

(audience cheering) All degree candidates may be seated.

- We will now mark this auspicious occasion with the presentation of diplomas.

(audience applauding) Jody Knol and Scott Pohl will announce the names of our graduates as the president presents them with their diplomas.

The associate deans will now escort you to the platform to be recognized individually.

We ask all degree recipients to please return to your seats following the presentation of your diploma, and we ask the audience to be considerate in applauding so that each graduate's names may be heard.

- The master's degree recipients from the College of Social Science.

Ann Taylor.

Alyssa Dantzer.

Alexandra Steff.

Sabrina Jean Sizemore.

Alex Chudzick.

Ryan Ward.

Sonia Coleman.

Daniel Lance.

Christopher Janzer.

Elizabeth Becker.

Kyle Currie.

Alicia Venchuk.

Tanner Terwillegar.

Roderick Bullard.

Jacintha Glover.

Britney Marie Tipler.

Abigail Girardot.

Rebecca McDonald.

Daryn Nicole Watson.

Kelli Bowers.

Paige Scheer.

Lauren Scott.

Bethany Malinowski.

Rachel Burns.

Brooke Allgeier.

Jakari Amir Ardell Moltry.

Jennifer Nicole Dillon.

Lily Servin.

Sydney Kanthook.

Hannah Petroskey.

Ryan Miller.

Rachel Sophia Carson.

Jung Zhang.

Sara Smith.

Ae-leen Erin Chon.

Kaitlin Kato.

Sarah Rose Sopci.

Julia King.

Shelby Hewlett.

James Robert Goodrich.

Luyando Katenda.

Shea Menoar.

Kelly Rayner.

Alexis Lee Schafer.

Kaley Bronson.

Deeana Shantelle Locket.

Linda Osk Gallagher.

- [Audience Member] Yeah!

(audience laughing) - Miranda Nicole Medina.

Luke Smith.

Cody Drurie.

Gabrielle Noelle Cook.

Lashanda Jackson.

Sandra Lee.

Jamie Lynn Wallace.

Gabrielle Sandofar.

Lindsey Paine.

Sierra Bennett.

Alisha Howdin.

Laura Elizabeth Caine.

Aminda Clark.

Michelle Byers.

Courtney Chido.

Hannah Love Frasier.

Kylo Woods.

Brittney Matsumoto.

Allison Moore.

Anastasia Maria Eskamia.

Tiffany Lauren Dennison.

Alexander Elliott.

Samuel Aiden Rhodes.

Mia Hendon.

Jasmine Bailey.

Sarah Holliday.

Ashley Draper.

Amanda Adiego.

Julia Burgoon.

Taylor Simone Reynolds.

Megan Elizabeth Harmen.

Natalie Webber.

Amy Terese Rose Perrin.

Brianna Torrey.

Bailey Ross.

Caroline Pansarello.

Francesca Elise Stringer.

Stephanie Anissa Hiltz.

Calista Sheltron.

Caylen Richards.

Caitlin Mariah Hevelka.

Megan Joy Tebeast.

Megan Connor.

Megan McDermand.

Rachel Debrinkat.

Stephanie Alice Schreyer.

Bailey Claire Anklum.

Alyssa Lynn Jeretich.

Emily Springer.

Leslie Wilson.

Tatiana Wipek.

Shea Elizabeth Smith.

Ebony Curry.

Brandon Paul McCray.

Maxwell Manz.

Sarah Biers.

Heather Lynn Olander.

Madison Kathleen Escola.

Jennifer Blackburn.

Giovanni Hernandez.

Allison Caroline Smith.

Ryan Devreeze.

Cassidy Lynn Thurmond.

Megan Dehart.

Cassandra Jones.

Bridget Thorns.

Shakyra White.

Andrew Saka.

Adrianna Glasgow.

Liana Joy Liska.

Sophia Midol.

Calandra Reichel.

Olivia Lo.

- Nicole Ryan.

Julia Paige Wiles.

Ashley Egerwall.

Taylor Bright.

Candace Fox Hawk.

Alexa Hardy.

Cayla Ruano.

Evan Tacey.

Crystal Walters.

Jamie Leona Foster.

Caitlin Kowalski.

Jake Tomokane Liwanag.

Shannon Mary Doherty.

Calay Glocher.

Hailey Nash.

Magalene Elizabeth Nightengale.

Marissa Racek.

Holly McMasters Cusick.

Grace Ann Elou.

Holly Ann Swart.

Gordon Reynolds.

Alyssa Marie King.

Amanda Jane Torno.

Tara Switskow.

Caitlyn Jane Schmitz.

Fiza Irfan.

Aliya Michelle Reinsburg.

Elizabeth Smith.

Michelle Anita Lofton.

Rachel Collins.

Kristin Hipner Rupp.

Hannah Freeman.

Deandra Christensen.

Cara Surmac.

Monae McDonald.

Jada Rian Thomas.

Tyler Lauren Jones.

Evan Douglas Buckner.

Caitlyn Suzanne McCloud.

David Anthony Leos Jr. Leah Christensen.

Rachel Ko.

Anna Karin Montague.

Carla Shea Heinick.

Sara Jane Gardner.

Caitlyn Connolly.

Laura Marie Wright.

Elise Layton.

Cara Lynne Christina Vealey.

Katrina Growler.

Bailey Blake.

Carissa Rose Martin.

Amanda Haveman.

Shanique Brown.

Julia Christina Vogel.

Crystal Rose Chumley Jarvis.

Rebecca Lynn Lawrence.

Tara Lanae Stevens Caulder.

Samantha Lukezy Boatman.

Margaret Huntley.

Taylor VanWinkle.

Sydney Funnel.

Catherine Hyatt.

Sarah Ort.

Emily Elizabeth Ayres.

Megan Caltagirone.

Rachel Mayday.

Paige Ann Guthrie.

Danielle Williams.

Isabella Rodin Markicelli.

Elizabeth Morgan.

Arianna Rankin.

Jessica Ellen Showers.

Lauren Ashley Meffer.

Caitlyn Orang.

Mariah Shantal Randall.

Dayana Ward.

Deneta Bluford.

Nate DeRoos.

Aiden Taliaferro.

Rebecca Ann Shirbaff.

Winay Wimaguas.

Becca Brown.

Nicholas Bear Holtzmann.

Madison Lynne Winters.

Grace Catherine Teague.

Erin Cathleen Creamer.

Suong Nguyen.

Victoria Lee Baker.

Carlie Sinclair Jones.

Mario Rodriguez.

Justin Patrick Demaize.

Holly Armstrong.

Lachland Thomas Sowal.

Tyler Fotey.

Theresa Jurashovich.

Monica Miller.

Ellie Cast.

Amanda Johnson.

Adam Laurence Clems.

Noah Riggle.

Renee Sonan.

Virginia Fornier.

Joanne Hubert.

Lucas Raybens.

Joseph Patrick Seitz.

Brianna Lynn Kramer.

Asia Bagley.

Marshall Burns.

Miranda Bargart.

Taylor Vorus.

Hannah Lillian Houghton.

Carissa Stockton.

Micah Smith.

Alexander Javier Muniz Ortiz.

Alexander William Dickman.

Neha Patel.

Erin Gallagher.

Blair Crockett.

Jillian Williams.

I'm sorry, Jillian Adams.

Morgan Kashner.

Faeza Nayabbhai Jariwala.

Brittney Marie Hartley.

Daijelle Williams.

Taylor McLauren.

Christian Shibbesh.

Jaquana Snowden.

Scarlett Cunningham.

Hailey Elizabeth Hochrein.

Alicia Lynn Bruski-Woods.

Julie Ann Ocht.

Jayla Armstrong.

Emerald Horton.

Raisa Rochelle Morrison.

Alyssa Haize.

Wendy Davis.

Jaleesa Wrench.

- From the Eli Broad College of Business.

Ryan Grunzweig.

Oliver Chan.

Medina Dadajanova.

Rebecca Elizabeth Warren.

Megan Seltzer.

Kelly Lee Gillam Schaffer.

Sean Rabey.

David Nirzwicke.

Stephanie Dawn Benkurt.

Olivia Alisee.

Julia Reid Caraja.

Ashley Victoria Tice.

Sandra Linares.

Gary Luke Henkins.

Ashish Devinapali.

Casey Heim.

David Goodman.

Derek Hill.

Alex Curdy.

Destiny Ann Han.

Danielle Herrick.

Jordan Alexander Marks.

Kevin Thompson.

Rupender Singh.

Jacob Brody.

William Anderrie.

Curtis Lane Vaden.

Louise Marie Derussell.

Parker Redding.

Erin Fong.

Andrew Whitaker.

Mary Amber Morrison.

Jonathan Adam Maurey.

Chelsea Elizabeth Kusenow.

Matthew Spinner.

Austin Ruprecht.

Riley Egan.

Lilianna Ramos.

Alexandra Lund.

Caitlyn Ann Zinkle.

Akunnaya Cleghorn-Ezenyilimba.

Jessica Chin.

Alex Burger.

Victoria Marie Zayner.

Margaret Catherine Harris.

William Long Jr. Cynthia Brewett.

Christina Spurlin.

Christiana Snow.

Edwin Autrie.

Emily Kitts.

Maggie Francis.

Amara Hackett.

Nicole Castrucci.

Dewani Jayne.

Catherine Clarke.

Barrett Brunke.

Graciela Guevara.

Lauren Helene Bunker.

Abigail Ruth Hunt.

Nicholas Ollerton.

Sara Elizabeth Hoig.

Carly Stanton.

Jack Hoig.

Travis Ray Jeniecke.

Wayhung Pan.

Carrie Linders.

Brook Maraca.

Gabrielle Cano.

Addison Sullesbury.

Amanda Skunechni.

Alexandra Harold.

Chelsea Turk.

Lauren Schneider.

Jason Arnold.

Aaron Shepp.

Liam Ellsworth Winchip.

Patricia Sunmin.

Thomas Quentin Wyze.

Michelle Dando.

Josh Parker.

Andrew Dieter.

Gerardo Davila.

Evan Michael Katz.

Monijeyh Armin Oishee.

Nicholas Sudum.

Antoine Martin.

Jeffrey Dwight Murray.

Joseph A. Kemcanta.

Victoria Hughes.

Jesus Quinones.

William Milton.

Cody Peltier.

Aaron John Kulengowski.

Megan Smith.

Carrie Austin Ryman.

Salama Scarlett.

Melissa Christine McCloud.

Jennifer Paloney.

Bradford Michael Wieman.

Archie Lightey.

James Batsackas.

Margaret Miller.

Adam Miller.

Ashley Cordish.

Kayla O'Neal.

Elizabeth Erin Larson.

Kathy Ann Sousa.

Jennifer Lynn Bigard.

Arlana Brown.

Janelle Paraso.

Sarah Lions.

Tankiata Eaves.

Martha Elena Castrejon Gallegos.

Nick Graham.

Erin Devereaux.

Aaron Coffman.

Ryan Mortenson.

Olivia Orr.

Tanya Beard.

Whisper McLain.

Morgan McKittrich.

Catherine Zhang.

Joanne Catoni.

Leah Niefert.

Pamela Marie Saunders.

Tina Saborrie.

Ryan Freemeyer.

Drake Soblesky.

- [Announcer] Nicole Abel.

Nicholas Figurett.

Stephen Laurenger.

Justin Wildebor.

Kinsey Elizabeth Carr.

Vanessa Marie Sullivan.

Joseph Girard Clark.

Christina Stephens.

Spencer McFarland.

Shawn Mitchell.

Joshua Jackson.

Kendall Keyes.

Brayden Thomas Hageman.

Lily Paige Kubeck.

Jacob Marsiniak.

Taylor Owen.

Kayla Donaldson.

Mallory Rigatski.

Justine Leeland.

James Bower.

Navit Kaurbangu.

Hailey Rathwell.

Sohar Azimi.

Akangsha Jain.

Eleanor Cole.

Kimberly Anderson.

Brendan Checka.

Alexander Rafelleon.

Megan Noeski.

Kevin Ogmundson.

Tirek Chauwich.

Kerry Smith.

Claire Denhouter.

Emily Staple.

Peyton Richtarcik.

Abdulkadir Yusuf.

Okori Azici.

Jennifer Redoutey.

Luciana Venero.

Michael Yan.

Tyler Featherstone.

Mattie Myazik.

Chris Berger.

Hailey Larkin.

Jonathan Crocker.

Dennis Gary Parker.

Ari Lawson Grimsley.

Kimberly Goldberg.

Jennifer Swearinge.

Bhavia Ventarepragado.

Vishal Chaudhry.

Sothwik Bernelli.

Abraham John Rusch.

Josh Honer.

Bradley Robert Reidinger.

Akash Mehrotra.

Pankaj Kumar Sanodia.

Ishan Anund.

Andrew Lucks.

Ann Catherine Darjes.

Nicole Willie.

Owen Finbar O'Connor.

Joseph Armak.

Maria Asusaina Acosta.

Brenda Lee Davis.

Chris Constantine.

Adichia Deschmook.

Bargav Mehta.

Rahul Melarwar.

Prashant Vishwanathan.

Ogheneserome Akoroda.

Cowan Clark.

Nicholas Janjovic.

Li-Yu Chang.

Pin-Ju Wu.

Jonathan Chickas.

Michael Cummins.

Stephanie Lopez.

Caitlin Hainey Tang.

Scott McCloud.

Christian Ford Han.

Min Kim.

Tingyu Amy Lu.

Yuchen Yang.

Jotin Li.

Nate Hampton.

Chase McManiman.

Lindsey Fox.

Jill Mariano.

Brendan Ackerman.

Robert Jiracas.

Jared Utsunomiya.

Jillian Samra.

Rachel Newton.

Sara Tierre.

Jonah Anstandig.

Allison Erica Peterson.

Marvin Rhodes.

Larry Chen.

Sunid Sitar Sheikh.

Keerthi Karpurapu.

M.T.

Azudin Mohammad.

Kenneth Wells.

Bryan Adam Miranow.

Cole Osbon.

Ryan Macelli.

John Sullivan.

Coco Feng.

Kunran Shi.

Rishekesh Hayment Prabhu.

Kayla Kawi.

Gocheng Gao.

- [Announcer] From the College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Kevin Sullivan.

Bipasha Sen. From the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Paul Zelter.

Teresa Lee White.

Melissa Ladwig.

Zachary Porior.

Stacy Clinseng.

Lori Duckworth.

Purvi Chatterjee.

Corinne Peplinski.

Jacqueline Elizabeth Kusnierz.

Cora Lynn Hall.

Carlie Elizabeth Hopp.

Takiesha Laurie Hankins.

Melissa Ortner.

Steven Keilman.

Now from the College of Natural Science.

Daniel John Ejsmont.

Derek John Vonarx.

Hayden Stoub.

Sabrina Ball.

Hailey Jennings.

Jacob Haywood.

Oishi Badchi.

Joanna Victoria Colovas.

Holly Wright.

Isabel Petrescu.

Ahika Legesedi.

Jacob Beesucker.

Alexis Laneer.

Arnold Kaynet Muchatibaya.

Abigail Barrett.

Hannah Barr.

Chun-Yi Chang.

Donghun Kim.

Kun Xia.

Gilbert Chan.

Sigang Wang.

Now from the College of Human Medicine.

Catherine Washington.

Caroline Ann Currier.

Andrea Weinrick.

Anna Buswinka.

Rachel Weisbrod.

Madeline Craig.

Nia Laurell Franklin.

Pavnit Banga.

William Madison Thacker.

Catherine Claire Paterson.

Caitlin Rukat.

Madison Walsh.

Chelsea Robinson.

Mandy Sue Hall.

Zhuochen Zheng.

Zumeng Wang.

And now from the College of Engineering.

Morgan Beadlescomb.

Ramya Ravi.

Shelsea Wai Wang.

Shweta Prem.

Lakshmi Lavanya Kanamarlapudi.

Dakota Kelly O'Neill.

Bharath Ramesh.

Jacob Nevin.

Seungyeon Lee.

Maggie Lee.

Austin De Vries.

Austin DeFries.

Calley McPherson.

Grace Warmann.

Evan Masters.

Joel Chirackal.

Ethan Joshua Lo.

Travis Westley.

Brendan Hein.

Jacob Overla.

Alain Oswaldo Bucio Barrios.

Mohammad Stucka.

Nora Abdullah Alfadat Alfadli.

Luke Lambert.

Casey Purdle.

Nathan Kelderman.

Alexander Keyprose.

Danielle Diang.

Emily Kawka.

Maria Mylin.

Next from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Annisa Meutia Ratri.

Amber Bosch.

Adam Browning.

Shelley Linder.

Samantha Strandmark.

Alexandra Benitez.

Emily Mensch.

Amber Johnston.

Marcella Domka.

Danielle Isabel Matuszak.

Jessika Maas.

Meegan Andrews.

Kaitlynn Marye Akiko Sandstrom.

Adam Lyman.

Lynsie Jane Gram.

Ciarra LaHuis.

Katelyn Goldsmith.

Annika Peterson.

Narindra Randriamiarintsoa.

Yvonne White.

Haoyang Wang.

India Hunt.

Carlos R. Viavicencio.

Collin O'Brien.

Julian Thompson.

- [Announcer] From the College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

Jia Bin.

Shannon Campeau.

Molly O'Keefe.

Riley Grace Dewitt.

Samantha Anne Memije.

Mikayla Scott.

Olivia Roberts.

Carly Clark.

Jacqueline K. Turner.

Kassidy Lynn Blough.

Megan Lynn Nylund.

Jillian Avery Reinfelder.

Marissa Morrow.

Katie Derkacz.

Claudia Packan.

Kate Alison Shabet.

Kelsey Russell.

Rebecca Ann Clawson.

Caitlin Osment Marcum.

Mackenzie Terebus.

Jacquelyn Kielb.

Hannah Grobbel.

Alyssa Ritz.

Kristina Slifco.

Hillari Vashaw.

Catherine Sue Skur.

Memuna Olwalmi.

Hafsaah Nizami.

Sarah Heriford.

Emily Marie Lance.

David Joseph Fleis II.

Jordan Catherine McKnutt.

Ashley Marie Murphy.

Brianna Lynn Bellinger.

Mara Diantha Wolke Kasandra Barrow.

Jennifer Lynne Hamilton.

Cari Ann DeLamielleure-Scott.

Moldir Moldagaliyeva.

Melody Drager.

Leah Ball.

Natalie Kerekes Puckett.

Diana Fairbanks.

Camody Mahajin.

Sarah Rebecca Hipple Ireland Adella Lee Ingram.

Sarah Kilbreath.

Jacob Matthew Jenkins.

Isabel Claire Virtue.

George Arthur McNeill.

Diane Huhn.

Taylor Halterman.

Gioma Lewis.

Joseph Harada.

Ann Hooper.

Shu Pan.

Sho Mimi Lu.

Dawei Lu.

James Russell Houston.

Francisco Ernesto Valasquez.

Jonas Catrell.

Lindsay McCoy.

Lea Simone Mitchell.

Sujung Kim.

Denisha Mary McDole.

Thomas Schlager Wilbur.

Blake Latunski.

Blake Latunski.

Jacob Randall.

Bonnie Elizabeth McCal.

Alexandra Naomi Kantu.

Jenna Largent.

Shannon Riley.

Diego Vasquez.

Andreas Niederstadt.

Justin Degrott.

From the College of Music.

John Mark Bertrand.

Seth Tack.

Paige Georgia Heidrich.

Jennifer Ribeiro.

David Simmons.

Faheem Najieb.

Lucas George LaFave.

Thomas Will Crandell.

Carl Hennings.

John Koji Cassetta.

Jones Sabal.

Justin Phillips.

Olivia Banach.

Elizabeth Ryan.

Dustin Dio.

Maria Fatima Coronadeltoro.

Ryan Jones.

Thomas Collison.

Jimuel Dave Tamala Dagta.

Nathan John Salazar.

Yushi Hu.

Qinqing Lu.

Juwon An.

Elva Tang.

Bell Coty.

- [Announcer] And now from the College of Education.

Sarah Saxton.

Hannah Miller.

Taylor Elizabeth Menk.

Lindsay Deacon.

Elizabeth Sanchez.

Nadir Fouani.

Josh Mostaert.

Ryan Wadleigh.

Patricia Allen.

Emily Shields.

Alison Schaaf Batt.

Pamela Sue Culbreth.

Kelsey Marie Trimble.

Stephanie Teo.

Michelle Stam.

Casey Jo Garvalink.

Angelina Kacheski.

Emma Spak.

Abigail Jaroszewicz.

Ernesto Gonzalez.

Christine Choi.

Jeanie Maidona.

Victoria Rubio.

Brandi Schroeder.

Kirstin Pianalto.

Darius Jamal Adams.

Juli Okal.

Nicole DeLaurence.

Kelsi Rena Mary Frank.

Rebecca Tessarolo.

Connor Porell.

Manny Dosanjh.

Joseph Francis IV.

Kevin Lam.

Salena Marie Bretz.

Ashley Nicole Wicker.

Tessa Nicole Staggemeier.

Emilia Notarianni.

Brianna Smith.

Grace Medlin.

Sarah Wright.

Allison Stevens.

Shannon Black.

Allyson Ray.

Taylor Sergent.

Jason Stanick.

Christopher Illieff.

Cody Stemple.

Sydney Barasko.

Jessica Christine Waltz.

Michael Colden.

Renee Louise Seiler.

Jorge Contreras Jr. Meredith Norris.

Lauren Macalinden.

Mackenzie Smith.

Natalie Tucker.

Megan Elizabeth Murray.

Megan Maxwell Naglik.

Katherine Kuhn.

Kathryn Hale.

Anna Rose LaFountain.

Emilia Lang.

Abigail Sobol Johnson.

Jessica Douglas.

Patty Costello.

Kayla Diederich.

Carly Jae Gugig.

Hannah Kingus.

Maxwell Evan Olivero.

Andrew Morrow.

Frank Rinaldi.

Alex Joseph Kamarata.

Claire Burnett.

Danielle Miller.

Gabriella Hartman.

Jordan Michael Gibson.

Mindy Ricks.

Courtney Whittaker.

Andrea Yang.

Hao Chen.

Junying Lu.

Wanying Su.

Jingying Cui.

Yiran Li.

Daijin He.

Yichen Liu.

Trang Ho.

And now from the College of Arts and Letters.

Keshunta Drake.

Katherine Hagman.

Cara Maxi.

Danielle Brown.

Sarah Sirna.

Bethany Zulick.

Christopher Fleming.

Patricia Wyza.

Tracy Lee Whiting Kipper.

Yoshiko Himada Paris.

Brittney Brenner.

Emma Jean Harris.

Imari Shane Tito.

Emily Lynne Kayden.

Sara Hamilton.

Mitch Carr.

Cadaza Chapman Ball.

Julia Louise Ludovici.

Andrea Hernando.

Andy Custer.

Veronica Patricia Velasco Torres.

Sergio Navarro Fernandez.

Hannah Margaret Hardimon.

Samantha Rose Fegan.

Erin McNabb.

Lillian Young.

Zachariah Signs.

Erik Mueller.

And Nicolei Buendia Gupit.

(audience cheering) - Will all of our graduates please rise?

(audience cheering) I welcome you to this community of scholars, Michigan State University alumni!

(audience cheering) Please join me in congratulating these master degree recipients.

(audience applauding) You may be seated.

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

We're all so proud of you and can't wait to see what you accomplish next.

Again, my congratulations.

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

Ms. Miranda will lead us in the singing.

Guests, please remain seated until the recessional of the platform party, faculty, and students.

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

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