("Pomp and Circumstance") (audience applauds) - Good afternoon, I'm Sanjay Gupta.

I'm the Dean of the Eli Broad College of Business.

On behalf of our faculty and staff, I welcome you to the commencement ceremonies for the Broad College's Class of 2017.

(audience cheers and applauds) In attendance are distinguished guests and speakers, family and friends, and most importantly, our graduates.

(audience cheers and applauds) Let me be the first to congratulate you on your accomplishment; clap again.

(claps) (audience applauds) Please stand for the national anthem to be led by Brian Major, a doctoral student in The College of Music and The MSU Symphony Band directed by Tyler Austin.

Upon the conclusion of singing, please remain standing for a moment of silence.

("The Star-Spangled Banner") ♪ 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 rocket's 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) - And now please join me in a moment of silence so we may remember and pay our respects, each in our own special way, to those who have meant so much but maybe are not with us today.

Please be seated.

It is my pleasure to introduce the members of the platform party not coming to the microphone this afternoon.

Please stand and remain standing as I call your names.

Please hold your applause until all have been introduced.

Dr.

Forrest Carter, Faculty Director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing.

Dr.

Farnoosh Khodakarami, Assistant Professor in the Department of Marketing.

Dr.

Frederick Morgeson, Eli Broad Professor in the Department of Management.

Dr.

Kirt Butler, Director of Study Abroad and Associate Professor in the Department of Finance.

Mr.

Thomas Rimer, Professor of Practice in the Department of Finance.

Dr.

Andrew Acito, Assistant Professor in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems.

Dr.

Jeffery Elsworth, Associate Professor in The School of Hospitality Business.

Dr.

Gary Ragatz, Associate Professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management.

Dr.

Ernest Betts, Assistant Dean for Multicultural Business Programs.

Dr.

Frederick Rodammer, Director of Midland Research Institute for Value Chain Creation and faculty in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems.

Dr.

Amy Radford-Popp, Director of the Residential Business Community in the Broad College.

Dr.

Shannon Brecheisen, Director of Undergraduate Academic Services in the Broad College.

Thank you.

(audience applauds) Seated with our graduates are faculty members who will escort them to the platform to receive a symbolic diploma.

Please stand and remain standing as your names are called.

Please hold your applause until all faculty have been introduced.

Dr.

Wayne Nesbitt, Department of Accounting and Information Systems.

Dr.

Julian Guo, Department of Accounting and Information Systems.

Dr.

Hang Nguyen, Department of Marketing.

Dr.

Keith Ferguson, Department of Marketing.

(graduates cheer) Dr.

Antoinette Tessmer, the Department of Finance.

Dr.

Rhonda Ross (graduates cheer) from the Department of Finance.

Dr.

JaeMin Cha from The School of Hospitality Business.

(graduates cheer) Mr.

Max Belin, the Department of Management.

Dr.

Rozmina Jaffer from the Department of Management.

And Dr.

Hakan Yildiz, Department of Supply Chain Management.

Thank you all.

(graduates cheer and applaud) I would also like to take a moment to recognize and thank three important faculty members who will retire from the Broad College this year, Bixby Cooper, Sue Haka, and Rick Simonds.

Collectively, the three have inspired students for just under 120 years as faculty here at MSU.

(audience applauds) Professor Bixby Cooper is joining us today.

I invite him to stand and be recognized as I share a few words about him.

Dr.

Bixby Cooper is retiring from the Broad College's Supply Chain Management Program after 41 years.

As many of you know, this program ranks number one in the country, and it is due in part to Professor Cooper's commitment and relentless work ethic that we are recognized as pioneers in this field.

Thank you Dr.

Cooper.

(audience applauds) As I stand before this room full of future Broad College alumni, I am also proud to introduce three alums who we will honor with distinguished alumni awards.

These alums have had an immeasurable impact on our college and community, and I am so pleased that they are able to be with us today.

Alex Clark is our Young Alumni Achievement Award recipient.

She graduated in 2010 with a degree in hospitality business and founded Bon Bon Bon, a dessert shop in Detroit.

(audience cheers) Forbes named her the best young pastry chef in the world this year, and she still makes it (audience cheers and applauds) a priority to be involved in the Broad College's activities.

We cannot wait to see what her career has in store next.

Thank you Alex.

Bob Driessnack has earned the Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award.

This recognition for career achievements as a Spartan also reflects our deep gratitude for Bob's loyalty and commitment to the Broad College as President of our Alumni Advisory Board through times of tremendous change.

Bob currently is the Chief Financial Officer of PrimeLine Utility Services and served as a financial leader across many sectors, including real estate, retail, and information technology.

It is his dedication and commitment to the Broad College for which we feel lucky to have him at the forefront of our alumni network.

(audience applauds) Lastly I will introduce our 2017 commencement speaker, Todd Penegor, who is also receiving the Broad College Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award.

Today Todd is known as the President and CEO of Wendy's, but what we all really need to know is that Todd has been a Spartan all his life.

Todd grew up in the Upper Peninsula and earned both his bachelor's degree and MBA from the Broad College.

He went on to work at Ford Motor Company for 12 years in strategy, operations, and in really understanding what it means to be a strong leader.

After Ford, he worked at Kellogg's, holding several key positions around the world, including that of Chief Financial Officer.

He moved to Wendy's in 2013 and rose to his current position of CEO last year.

Todd and his wife Jill stay very connected to Michigan State University and the Broad College, and I'm delighted to share with you that one of the large theme rooms in our new Business College Pavilion building will be named in his honor.

Please join me in welcoming Mr.

Todd Penegor to the podium.

(audience applauds) - Good afternoon and welcome.

It's an honor to be here to celebrate this momentous occasion with you and your loved ones today.

I'd like to recognize a few people who are with us today.

MSU trustees Melanie Foster and Dan Kelly, whose daughter is graduating today, congratulations.

And a big thank you to Dean Gupta, department chairs, and faculty.

Thank you for your support of all of these students during their college careers and beyond.

It's fantastic to be back on campus with the Class of 2017.

In many ways, this place is just the same, and yet so much has changed.

When I was graduating 30 years ago, the Breslin Center was just under construction.

Tom Izzo was an assistant basketball coach, and we'd only been to two Final Fours.

Now he's a Hall of Fame coach.

We've been to nine Final Fours and hopefully another with Miles Bridges coming back next year.

(audience cheers and applauds) I'm also excited to see the continued evolution of the Broad School of Business as we continue to rise in the rankings and are about to embark on the Business School Pavilion project.

I especially love that we are among the highest ranked schools in the country in terms of engagement.

We are all forever linked by Spartan pride, and the passion to stay connected to this great university will continue to shine through in all of you.

When I'm back on campus, I love to see all the familiar landmarks, the Rock, the Red Cedar, the walk down Grand River, and of course a visit to Sparty.

The memories each of us have from our time here is something none of us will forget.

My time living at East Akers and off-campus on Charles Street created friendships and memories that have lasted a lifetime and always bring a smile back to my face when I return to campus.

It's been 30 years since I was sitting right where you are, preparing to receive my Bachelor of Arts in Accounting.

I've worked all over the world in the past three decades, but somehow all roads have taken me back to Michigan.

When I arrived in East Lansing in 1983, it was eight hours from home and the first time I lived outside of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

I grew up in a small town called Iron Mountain, the same hometown as Tommy Izzo.

My dad was a certified public accountant.

My mom was a homemaker.

The year after I left for college, my parents built a Wendy's restaurant in my hometown and became franchise owners.

I never worked in my parents' Wendy's restaurant because during summer break, I worked construction on a blacktop crew.

And trust me, I could not wait to get back to school each fall after working long hours on the road.

It made me appreciate having an education.

But my parents gave me a chance to get involved in the business in a different way, by purchasing a stake in their Wendy's restaurant with the money I earned each summer.

Years later when my wife Jill and I needed cash for a down payment on our first house, I sold my ownership stake back to my parents for a nice profit.

Pretty cool to say that my first successful investment venture was Wendy's.

I graduated from the business school in 1987 just like you are doing here today, ready to enter the world as a newly minted Spartan.

And what did I do once I graduated?

Well, I first figured out a way not to leave.

I stuck around for grad school and received my MBA in finance.

I started my career at Ford Motor Company.

After Ford, I had the opportunity to join another iconic brand, the Kellogg Company.

Two great companies and experiences.

Fast-forward to 2013 and I took a call from the CEO of Wendy's.

He asked me to leave Kellogg's for the opportunity to become the Chief Financial Officer at Wendy's.

While I loved Kellogg's, it was a pretty easy decision to make.

With my family's background owning a Wendy's restaurant and the great career opportunity, going to Wendy's felt like going home.

But it struck me then that this was the first time I'd be working for a company that wasn't based in Michigan.

I'd lived and worked all over the world at this point.

My career with Ford and Kellogg brought me to Korea, the UK, Germany, France, and Dublin, Ireland, but I'd always had Michigan as a home base and now that was ending, or at least I thought.

The first thing you do when you join Wendy's is you read Dave's autobiography, the Dave's Way, of our founder Dave Thomas.

As I read Dave's Way, I learned that he opened his first Wendy's in 1969 in Columbus, Ohio, not far from where our current headquarters are today.

But the idea of Wendy's began many years before that when a nine year old Dave Thomas would spend summers with his grandmother working in a restaurant.

It was there that Dave got the idea for using only high quality, fresh ingredients, and it was there from his grandma Minnie that he conceived the iconic square hamburger because she taught him to never cut corners.

So how did all of this come full circle for me?

Well, this restaurant wasn't in Columbus, Ohio.

It was in Augusta, Michigan just about an hour away from here.

So technically, I'm still batting a 1,000 working for companies that were founded in Michigan.

I'd like to tell you that I had a grand plan for my life and my career, but the truth is I didn't.

I don't know how many corporate CEOs started out as pre-dentistry majors, but I'm one of them.

That doesn't mean that my path has been random and yours won't be either.

With a strong Spartan work ethic, value system, and educational training, I know that your paths will take you on many adventures in your life.

While it might be nice to know the future, we all know that's not realistic.

Yet you didn't come this far and accomplish this much already by simply going with the flow.

You have plans just as I did when I sat in your seat.

You have dreams and aspirations, and you're eager to achieve them.

I hope I can share a few words of advice and encouragement from one Spartan to another as you embark on this journey.

As my many connections to Michigan demonstrate, life has a way of coming full circle and that happens in a lot of ways.

What you put out in the world will eventually come back to you.

So plant seeds early in your career that you will be happy to harvest for the rest of it.

You may not be thinking of yourself as a business leader right now.

When I was in your shoes, I was just focused on finding my first job.

I felt lucky to be going to Michigan State.

And because my dad was a CPA, I thought that sounded like a career plan for me too, and it was.

I started working part-time with a local computer consulting firm in town as an accountant while working on my MBA, which led me to Ford and their college graduate training program.

I was given so many opportunities with roles in accounting, treasury, strategy, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and even spinoffs of divisions such as Visteon.

I found success along the way doing what I'd always known right from my upbringing in the Upper Peninsula.

Work hard and be a good team player.

I didn't care who got the credit.

I just wanted to win.

But I also learned that the boldest dream you can think of today may be just a starting point for your future.

So always be open for new opportunities.

For me, that big opportunity came after I left Ford for Kellogg.

My time at Ford had broadened my view beyond accounting, and I knew I wanted to be a chief financial officer.

To be the CFO of a public company seemed like a dream job, and I assumed every job change I took from then on would be progrssive steps up the finance ladder.

I moved to Chicago and worked on the integration of the Keebler business into Kellogg.

Later, I took an assignment with our European business, and my family and I relocated to Ireland.

After eight years in finance roles at Kellogg, the CEO of Kellogg, John Bryant, offered me an opportunity I would have never dreamed of while living in Ireland.

He asked me to come back to Battle Creek and become the President of the Snacks Division.

I hadn't considered myself a general manager until then and probably wouldn't have pursued it myself.

But because someone else saw more in me than I saw in myself, it opened up a whole new world of career potential, and I found my true passion as a business leader.

It didn't come without risk.

When I asked John if he saw any downside to the new job, he answered, "Well, the risk is "you fail miserably of course."

Not exactly reassuring but I appreciated the honesty and the opportunity.

My advice to all of you is to be bold.

Take advantage of the opportunities that you see or are given even if they weren't in your original plan.

You're a Spartan after all.

And who will?

Spartans will.

In your quest for success, boldness is key.

But boldness alone won't do the trick unless it's tempered with a healthy dose of humility.

Failing miserably may be the result you get.

Because another absolute imperative to success is teamwork.

Teamwork just doesn't mean leading a winning team.

I believe to be the best leader you can be, you might have to sit on the bench of a winning team before you're a starter on a losing team.

In your career, look for all-star teams, not teams of all-stars.

Over the years, I've learned that the best teams are full of people who are more interested in seeing the team win than their own personal glory.

As a leader, that means seek out people who have different experiences than you and are smarter than you because you will all become better together.

You must have the intellectual curiosity to grow.

Take the time to listen, to learn.

And always remain focused on creating an even better tomorrow.

Be part of teams that love working together, that have passion, that hate to lose and love to win, that are never outworked or out-prepared.

When you're joining a company, find answers to the following questions.

Do the people talk about themselves or do they talk about the team?

Do you feel like you could take risks there, fail fast and learn quickly?

And if you do have setbacks, will the rest of the team have your back?

Does everyone seem to play their positions or do you always have teammates that always want to be in the spotlight?

Of course, you should be hungry for success, but it's just as important to be humble enough to allow someone else to shine and approachable enough that people want to come to you with the information you need to make good decisions.

When I was running the snacks business at Kellogg, people were often surprised to see me out on the delivery route with the driver setting up cookie displays in supermarkets.

But I found out I could learn more about our business and how it was doing from one day in the field than a whole month of meetings in the office.

When I became the CEO at Wendy's, I made a similar commitment to our franchisees, that I'd spend at least three days every month out in the field with the restaurant teams.

It's not easy to do.

Time is precious and there's never enough of it.

And it also takes courage.

I don't care how much education you have or how many degrees you've earned.

Working the sandwich line at lunch is hard.

Great business leaders are coaches.

You set a vision.

You make sure your team is hungry for success but humble too.

You share information and build trust.

You inspire and motivate those around you.

And most importantly, you win as a team.

Good guys don't finish last.

Great teams finish first.

So if you dream big and always look for a winning team to play on, you're well on your way to a rewarding career journey.

But leadership is not just a privilege.

It's also a responsibility to leave the people in the communities you are impacting better than you found it and to make a difference in a positive way.

At Wendy's, I was fortunate to inherit a great team with a solid business strategy that I helped create.

I wasn't coming in to turn around the company.

Instead I was responsible for taking a great company and charting our future to accelerated growth.

One of the first things I did wasn't anything related to business strategy.

I gathered our team, and together we tried to answer one simple question.

What's our purpose as a business?

Said another way, what would the world be missing without Wendy's?

And we realized that while we make great hamburgers and iconic Frosties, that is not our highest calling.

We felt our unique contribution to the world is to create joy and opportunity for people, and we do that through our food, our family, and our community.

Joy comes in a lot of forms, the way we delight the families we serve in our restaurants every day, but more importantly, the work we do to help build families across the country.

One of my greatest joys is having the privilege to serve on the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption as we use our company success and visibility to help children in foster care find loving forever families.

It's a legacy left to us by our founder Dave Thomas and one that makes going to work every day more meaningful for our entire system.

Opportunity is a powerful idea.

It means giving the opportunity to people for a first job and a chance to develop skills they will use for the rest of their career.

For others, our restaurants are a career path, a way to provide stability and flexibility for their families as they pursue education or seek out management opportunities.

Opportunity also means sharing our brand with the hundreds of family businesses who own franchises, just like my family did.

Franchising combines the freedom of entrepreneurship with the comfort of being part of something bigger than yourself.

As a franchisee, you're in business for yourself but not by yourself.

Being part of the Michigan State family is kind of like a franchise too.

As of today, you not only represent yourself, you also represent our Spartan community, and you represent the business community and all the potential good that together we can bring to people's lives.

Ultimately, what I wish for most of you will find in your careers is what I hope you've found here at Michigan State, a place where you will find both intellectual challenges, global opportunity, and personal connections, and a place that you will always be proud to return.

As you leave here today, grow into great leaders, remember that you must win the hearts of your teams before their heads will follow.

And to win their hearts, you must first give yours.

To be a leader, connect to the communities you serve.

Find causes and chase dreams that you can pour your whole heart and soul into.

Make it your life's work to use the skills you've built here to do good in the world.

Have passion for all you do, and have fun doing it.

Be all in with whatever you are doing.

Be engaged, be energized, be enabled, and be sure to enjoy the ride.

Class of 2017, you can make a difference.

You will make a difference.

Who will?

- [All] Spartans will!

- Good luck, have fun, be proud, go green!

- [Audience] Go white!

(audience applauds) - Thank you Todd.

We now have the pleasure of hearing the MSU Symphony Band under the direction of Tyler Austin.

They will play a special arrangement entitled Fantasy on MSU Songs by James Curnow.

("Fantasy on MSU Songs" by James Curnow) (audience claps) ♪ Go right through for MSU ♪ Watch the points keep growing ♪ Spartan teams are bound to win ♪ They're fighting with a vim ♪ Rah, Rah, Rah ♪ See, their team is weakening ♪ We're going to win this game ♪ Fight, Fight, Rah, Team, Fight ♪ Victory for MSU (audience applauds) - Thank you very much Tyler Austin and members of the MSU Symphony Band.

The Honorable Melanie Foster, member of the MSU Board of Trustees from East Lansing, will now introduce her fellow board member and greet the graduates and guests.

(audience applauds) - Thank you.

Thank you Dean Gupta.

First, I'd like to acknowledge my colleague on the Board of Trustees, the Honorable Dan Kelly from Clarkston.

(audience applauds) I welcome all the graduates, families, and friends who are with us at this afternoon's undergraduate commencement.

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

I'd like to recognize, besides my colleague, the platform party, thank you.

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

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

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

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

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

Please accept our warmest congratulations and best wishes.

And remember, wherever you go, Spartans will, thank you.

(audience applauds) - Thank you Trustee Foster.

Now let me introduce Aiden Wang who will present the student commencement address.

Aiden moved to the United States as a high school exchange student and knew early on that he wanted to pusue a degree from MSU's highly ranked accounting program.

That he did among many other things.

Aiden has dedicated his years to MSU to advocating for fellow international students and to creating an inclusive space among all Spartans.

He has traveled across the world to represent MSU at global events and spoken against campus hate crimes at a highly publicized TED Talk.

He led several student organizations, served as a teaching assistant, and even founded his own non-profit to help boost investment in the local economy.

After graduation, Aiden will join PricewaterhouseCoopers, a global accounting and consulting services company, in its Chicago office and will continue overseeing his non-profit from afar.

He hopes to one day use his Spartan experience to make an impact in both the US and China.

Please join me in welcoming Aiden.

(audience applauds) - All right, thank you very much, Dr.

Gupta, for the introduction.

About a month ago, I was told that I was going to be the commencement speaker for the Broad College of Business.

I was so excited.

And I thought, I'm going to treat this task very seriously just like writing my final papers.

So I started last night.

(audience laughs) But it is such an honor to be here and to stand on this podium and speak, especially as a Chinese national who just set foot to this beautiful country about six years ago.

Look at me now, I'm going to be a alumni, aluminum, a guy who graduated from this wonderful school.

I'm going to be alumni now.

(laughs) (audience laughs) Thank you.

(audience applauds) Thank you.

And standing here, I do want to thank and welcome Mr.

Penegor, faculty, families, my parents, and most importantly, my fellow Class of 2017.

Today, I'm here to share with all of you a story about my family.

Back in the 1960s, my grandparents were among the first generations builders of the newly founded People Republic of China.

My grandfather worked in a coal mine right by Beijing, which fueled the early development of this great city.

And later in 1978, the reform and opening up policy was started.

This wants to be state-dominated economy for the very first time adopted the idea of markets and also give birth to now we know as the modern accounting industry in mainland China.

And later, my father has fortunate to earn, I'm so sorry, I'm so excited.

(audience laughs) And later, my father has the fortune to be the first college student in my family and later graduated with a degree in auditing and financial reporting.

He became one of the first generation public accountants in mainland China later on in his career.

So under his inspiration, I knew I wanted to be an accountant right after arriving here in Michigan State.

And for commencement, my parents flew 13 hours, and they are here with us today.

(audience applauds) My family heritage always makes me very proud.

However, the reality was not so glamorous as it sounds.

My grandparents were war refugees from the Second World War.

They fled their hometown when they are very young and vagabonded a few years before eventually settling down in Beijing.

My grandfather did not devote his career in the coal mine for the honor of supporting the newborn China, but rather, because state-held enterprises paid enough for one extra bag of flour.

At that time with five kids and only my grandfather working, the family critically needed this extra flour.

And to make some extra cash, my grandma had to walk around neighborhoods during lunchtimes and cook for the other families.

She ended up even making a name for herself by making the best shredded potato stir-fries.

And of course, you know, I was okay with it because she ended up becoming my favorite cook.

But however tight the budget was, my parents were never short on invest in their children's education.

All five children were put through high school, and my father earned multiple college degrees.

As you can tell, my family had to go through a lot to make it possible for me to stand on this campus as a Spartan.

So immediately after arriving here, I felt so pressured to triumph in every single aspect in my life.

So just like many of you, I was busy with classes, clubs, events at the Broad College to a point that I felt disconnected from my family.

I always had excuses.

I always had this assignment to finish, this meeting I need to attend, and this interview I need to get ready for.

So when I respond to my mom's text messages, one phrase that I used way too often was actually, sorry mom, I can't talk.

Now, don't ever tell your mom that you are too busy to talk.

And later, thank you.

(audience applauds) Thank you.

And later in the fall of 2015, while I was so busy East Lansing, my grandmother in China experienced severe pain in her stomach.

The family knew she had this tummy trouble for years, but nobody took it very seriously as it was never so severe.

So after the ambulance to the hospital, the doctor found out she had to go through serious surgery and have her gallbladder removed.

But luckily, she ended up fine.

I used to spend almost every summer with her when I was little, so I was in total shock when I first heard the news.

Even more upsetting, I did not heard the news until months after surgery.

My family decided to hide it from me.

I was a little angry and asked my mom, "Why didn't you tell me?"

And she said, "You seemed busy."

And it hit me.

That was the moment I started realize my personal development should not be at expense of my family.

I should not have taken my academic life so seriously.

I could have made a few mistakes.

I could have even waited to watch Scandal.

(audience laughs) I became disconnected from what truly mattered.

From that point on, I made it a priority to balance, and I know that when I started my career, I will always work to stay in balance.

Today, we close the chapter of being students.

Tomorrow, we start the next chapter.

For some of you, this might be starting a new job.

For the others, this might be a different path like graduate school.

But no matter where you go, carry this message with you.

Seek to find balance.

No matter how busy you are, call families.

Remember what is important and who helped you to who brought you to this moment.

Today, we bid farewell to Michigan State.

Never forget where your journey began and who helped you along the way.

And forever, I'm sure you all know what's coming, Go Green!

- [Audience] Go White!

- Thank you very much.

(speaks in foreign language) (audience applauds and cheers) - Thank you Aiden.

At this time, we shall confer the baccalaureate degree upon candidates from the major disciplines within the Eli Broad College of Business.

I will ask each department chairperson to come to the microphone.

Graduates, please remain standing after they have announced your department.

From the Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Chairperson and Eli Broad Professor, Dr.

Vallabh Sambamurthy.

- Will the candidates for the conferral of the bachelor's degree in accounting please rise?

(audience applauds) Dean Gupta, on behalf of the faculty in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems, I am pleased to present to you these outstanding candidates for the conferral of the bachelor's degree in accounting.

- [Dean Gupta] Thank you.

From the Department of Marketing, Interim Chairperson and United Shore Endowed Faculty Fellow in Sales Leadership, Dr.

Doug Hughes.

- Will the candidates for the bach of arts degree in marketing please rise?

(audience cheers and applauds) Dean Gupta, on behalf of the marketing faculty, I am pleased to present to you these candidates for the conferral of their degrees.

- [Dean Gupta] Thank you.

From the Department of Finance, Chairperson and A.J.

Pasant Endowed Chair in Finance, Dr.

Naveen Khanna.

- Will the candidates for the bachelor in arts degree in finance please rise?

(audience cheers and applauds) Dean Gupta, on behalf of the faculty of the Department of Finance, it is my honor and pleasure to present these candidates to you for the conferral of their degree.

- [Dean Gupta] Thank you.

From the School of Hospitality Business, Interim Director, Dr.

Bonnie Knutson.

(audience cheers) - Will the candidates from the awesome School of Hospitality Business please stand?

(audience cheers and applauds) Dean Gupta, I am pleased and privileged on behalf of the faculty of our school to present these candidates to you for the conferral of their degree.

- [Dean Gupta] Thank you.

From the Department of Management, Chairperson and Gambrel Family Endowed Professor in Management, Dr.

Don Conlon.

- Will the candidates for the bachelor of arts degree in management please rise?

(audience applauds) Will the candidates for the bachelor of arts degree in human resource management also rise?

(audience applauds) Dean Gupta, on behalf of the faculty in the Department of Management, I present these candidates to you for the conferral of their degrees.

- [Dean Gupta] Thank you.

From the Department of Supply Chain Management, Chairperson and the John H. McConnell Endowed Chair in Business Administration, Dr.

David Closs.

- Will the candidates for the bachelor of arts degree in the number one supply chain program in the country please rise?

(audience cheers and applauds) Dean Gupta, on behalf of the faculty in the Department of Supply Chain Management, I am pleased to present to you these students for the conferral of their degrees.

- Thank you.

May I have the trustees please rise.

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

And now I ask each of you to move your tassel from the right side of your caps to the left side, signifying your admission to the community of scholars and the fact that you are indeed graduates of Michigan State University.

Congratulations MSU alumni!

(audience cheers and applauds) Please be seated.

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

It is an achievement worthy of celebration, and we are here this afternoon to celebrate the fact that 1,060 women and men have completed the academic program of their choice in the Eli Broad College of Business.

Yet within this group of achievers, there are several whose exceptional achievements merit special recognition.

I invite Trustee Dan Kelly to the podium to recognize the Board of Trustees awardees.

- Thank you Dean Gupta.

On behalf of the Board of Trustees, we wish to pay tribute to graduates who not only completed their academic program successfully, but who have with distinction maintained the highest grade point averages in the class, thereby meriting the Board of Trustees Award.

To be eligible for this prestigious award, at least 3/4 of the credits of the degree must be earned in residence at Michigan State University.

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

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

James Carlstedt, accounting, member of the Honors College.

Kristyn Crippen, hospitality business, member of the Honors College.

Timothy Glew, accounting, member of the Honors College.

Jayhua Hsia, supply chain management.

Shiqi Huang, supply chain management.

Elizabeth Michno, accounting.

Patrick Sedimayr, general management, member of the Honors College.

(audience members cheer) Each of you should be proud of the outstanding academic record that honors you and our university.

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

Please join me in applause for the Class of 2017 Board of Trustee awards recipients.

(audience cheers and applauds) - Thank you Trustee Kelly.

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

These graduates wear a white collar stole with the HC designation.

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

(audience cheers and applauds) Please be seated.

We award the university's distinction for high honor to students who attain grade point averages between 3.89 and 4.0.

University honor is awarded to students who have earned grade point averages between 3.71 and 3.88.

The gold cord added to the academic robes designates these honorees.

Would all students who are graduating with high honor and with honor please stand and accept our congratulations?

(audience cheers and applauds) In recognition of Michigan State's ongoing commitment to study abroad, I ask all graduates who participated in a study abroad program while at MSU to stand so that we may recognize you.

(audience cheers and applauds) In a new tradition, undergraduate students who began their philanthropy to their alma mater while attending Michigan State University received the green and white philanthropy cord to designate their support for MSU.

By making this generous commitment, these students have already made an impact on future generations of Spartans.

Would all students who wear these philanthropy cords please stand and accept our sincere thanks?

(audience cheers and applauds) We acknowledge the recipient of the Outstanding Senior Award.

The Senior Class Council selects this award recipient.

I would ask Jenna Jerwers, an accounting major, to stand.

Please join me in applause to acknowledge her contribution as a member of the Class of 2017.

(audience applauds) The Broad College Student Senate is an elected body of undergraduate business students who sponsor activities that enhance the professional growth of our students.

We thank them for their commitment to their peers.

Would all Broad Student Senate members please stand and accept our thanks?

(audience applauds) We have now come to that wonderful moment you have all been waiting for, the awarding of the diplomas.

Mr.

Jaime Paisley and Mr.

Scott Paul will announce the names of the graduates as they receive their diplomas.

Students in the audience, please remain seated.

We ask the audience to be considerate in applauding your graduate as the names are read so that each graduate's name can be heard and appropriately recognized.

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

Each graduating senior is a member of the Spartan family.

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

I now ask the new graduates to be escorted to the diploma rack to receive a symbolic diploma.

- [First Reader] The graduates in accounting.

Jashi Li.

Scott James Haeck Junior with high honors.

James William Carlstedt with high honors.

Andrew John Heavin.

Ethan James Keenan.

Daniel John Crusoe with honors.

Mckenna Nicole Russell.

John Paul Monforton.

Kyle William Shope.

Courtney Lynn Yee.

Amanda Goldie Norris.

Zachary Austin Smith.

Matthew Zachary Beale with high honors.

Travis Richard Rosswurm with honors.

Emily Grace Kennedy.

Laura Elaine Sundt.

Rachel Rose Ayotte.

Allison Nicole Bengel with honors.

Vincent Joseph McCauley.

Janette Marie Guba.

Raghda Yahya Alyami with high honors.

Cameron Mohyi.

Jason Lawrence Barnett.

Samuel Zachary Kay.

Carson Michael Hibner.

Ashley Lauren LaPerre with honors.

Emily Elizabeth Smith with high honors.

Aaron Matthew Radner.

Anthony Todd Nichols II with high honors.

Samuel Joseph Dionise.

Stanley Steven Levandowski.

Aaron Steven Fischer with honors.

Jasmine Mary Goryoka.

Yuxi Zheng.

Qingyao Li.

Dingke Gong.

Zhen Feng with high honors.

Yuhan Wang.

Xiawei Chen with honors.

Michael Arthur Balcerowski with honors.

Matthew J. Clemons.

Jessica Ann Hengesbach with high honors.

Elizabeth Marie Creger with honors.

Mallory Anne Woods.

Natalie Elizabeth Buckle with honors.

Keting Liu with high honors.

Eli Kleff Miksicek with honors.

Renee Nicole Hoekstra with high honors.

Natalie Marie Toth.

Matthew Henry Burger.

Jonathan Andrew Lekosiotis.

Adam David Anderson.

Tristan Paige Asmann with high honors.

Cameron Michael Brady.

Shannon Kelly Mulville.

Kyle Robert Telder with honors.

Soo-Kyung Huh.

Jenna Marie Jerwers.

Daniel Kenneth Kolker.

Alexander Mark Kafka.

Yiwei Mao with honors.

Hanshuai Chen.

Siwen Wang with honors.

Lan Chen with honors.

Zixin Yao.

Qiyuan Chen.

Yunji Zhang with high honors.

Ryan Andrew Johnson.

Emily Faye Disselkoen.

Timothy Michael Glew with high honors.

George Ryan Wellings.

John Robert Briggs.

Sydney T. Lubeck with honors.

Amanda Lynn Cowan with honors.

Amanda Beatrice Saad with high honors.

Nicholas Vincent Cousino with high honors.

Rachel Kathryn Keska.

Alexander Louis Angelloti.

Derek Michael Berger.

Shitong Liu.

Tianzi Zhang.

Dawei Zhao.

Mengwei Sha.

Yanyi Zhong.

Ka Lee Yeung.

Jinwen Shi.

Dana Elisabeth Rupp with honors.

Kari Grace Jurewicz with high honors.

Elizabeth Marie Michno with high honors.

Lifan Zhu.

Eric Joseph Poisson.

Chongxuan Fu.

Taylor Paige Law with honors.

Nicholas S. Corbit with honors.

Shaomei Lu.

Yutong Feng with high honors.

Dan Luo.

Chaojie Zhang.

Jun Zhang with honors.

Yuchen Wu with honors.

Siyao Liu.

Bella Yu.

Likun Yang.

Shenghan Ouyang.

Yuqing Zou.

Jiayi Lei.

Huixin Yuan.

Jeong Yul Heo.

Edward Behen Emery III.

Matthew Connelly Forche with high honors.

Christopher H. Park with honors.

Shengui Hai.

Andrew Robert Koning with high honors.

Graham Christopher Dowling.

Lisa Anne White.

Yujia Li.

Junyi Chen.

Qian Zhang with high honors.

Kaixun Zhang with high honors.

Chuankai Liu.

Jiahui Hou with high honors.

Rujia Fan with high honors.

Chenzhuo Li with honors.

Liyuan Zhang.

Xiang Lin.

Jerry Wu.

Zhuowei Li.

Andrew Charles Nemes.

Alexander Ryan Tachian.

Hanna Nicole Darin with honors.

Amanda Antone.

Chongjia Mao.

Thomas Daniel Busemeyer.

Kelsie Marie Meade.

Riley Winston Fink.

Harrison Miller Lad with honors.

Lijun Jin.

Yiang Sun.

Zhimeng Xu.

Sida Li with honors.

Lingxuan Xiai with honors.

Nanjun Jiang.

Yingxuan Wang with honors.

Yuxuan Liu.

Pengyu Chen.

Anting Wang with honors.

Nianci Zhang.

Junhui Xiao with honors.

Ye Lu.

Matthew Ryan Gebhardt with high honors.

Nathaniel David Mroczka.

Ryan Daniel Nash.

Ricky Li with honors.

Alyssa Rose Pratt with honors.

Brian Christopher Grimmer with high honors.

Leonard Frank Solecki III.

Cameron Lavon Sohrabi.

Sean Patrick Friel.

Christopher Hayden Knudson.

Joseph Ludden Cox.

Sunghwan Bill Park.

Chuyue Wu with honors.

Lin Lai.

Peici Xia.

Xinran Liu.

Ruining Xiong.

Samantha Lynn Woody.

Shelby Lynne Walsh.

Salvatore Leone with honors.

Jake Alan Hackmer with high honors.

Brennan Joseph Mahoney Cowman.

Bradley Ryan Kohut.

Ryan Michael Dunn.

Jacob Michael Zionkowski with honors.

Bridget Ann Gardner.

Homin Jung.

Tyler James Wolfe.

Jacob John Leek.

Alaina Marie Gargano with honors.

- [Second Reader] From the School of Marketing, Brittney L. Turner with high honors.

Jeffrey Steven Selewski with high honors.

Sydney Marie Ouwinga with high honors.

Brooke Caley Larson.

Mackenzie Leigh Betts.

Nathan Peter Albanelli with honors.

Carly Jordan Wisneski.

Kathleen Ann Barnes.

Amy Elizabeth Reinhart.

Jacqueline Lee Somes.

Booyoun Kim.

Jace David Gittleman.

Mark Kenneth Deacon.

Matthew Christopher Houghton.

Alec Thomas Mares.

Kylie Shae Vradenburg with high honors.

Alexis Lynn Wiersma with high honors.

Brett Alexander Forman.

Sarah Jayne Stone.

Jacob Avery Schneider.

Xuefei Yu.

Kevin Alexander Duffy.

Michael Reid Aaron.

Barret Thomas Campbell with honors.

Kara Nicole Weingartz.

Jenna Marie Oberski.

Cara Lilly Kaye with high honors.

Kelsey Ann Tokan.

George Gerald Edelman.

Muhammad Rizwan Javed.

Caroline Laura Nugent.

Allison Rose Renko.

Alexa Jo Kohls.

Travis William Lange with honors.

Joshua Brey Daumann.

Maria Rose Vicini with honors.

Sophie Louise Moss.

Kathleen Noel Refior.

Courtney Jayne Sullivan with honors.

Reagan Caroline Moran with high honors.

Rachel Morgan Sacco with honors.

Grace Elizabeth Karnes.

Claire Marie Johnston.

Danielle Lynn Zerafa.

Lindsey Marie Lombardo.

Megan Mae McKee.

Tyler Jack Dykstra.

Allison Irma Wise.

Georgia Alvarez with high honors.

Alexis Elaine McMillan with honors.

Alexandra Danielle Roselli.

Claire Therese Taylor.

Riley Diane Zemcik.

Derek Schmitt O'Flynn.

Noah Edward Gokey Sullivan with honors.

Lindsay Maria Schachinger.

Shannon Clare Martin.

Julie Katherine Liddle.

Tressa Irene Plaza.

Katie Lorraine Kirkpatrick.

Luowei Wong.

Liuwenbin Jiang.

Megan Joy Garner.

Alexander Charles Grainger.

Eriks Liam Dumpis.

Tyler James Lawrence.

Marissa Danielle Cooke.

Keyu Liu with honors.

Xinyi Liu with honors.

Ting Lu with honors.

Zhaoyuan Li.

Ting Yang.

Naixin Fan with high honors.

Yiran Gao with honors.

Dongjie Mao.

Qihao Shentu.

Ryan Petty Peterson with honors.

Allyson Joan Krick.

Skylar Rose Coe.

Kelsey Renee Allen.

Jaztan Deelon Teen.

Kylie-Lynn Nichole Commet with honors.

Matthew R. Mergener.

Nicholas Cowley.

Patrick Sean Conway with high honors.

Marcus Larry Boyd.

Joseph Gerard Grobbel.

Alex Fehlinger Barrow.

Spencer James Smith.

Blake James Massie.

Dakota M. Blodgett.

Chandler Edward Berlin.

Morgan Antoinette LaLonde.

Kathryn Augusta Hollis with honors.

Ryan Anthony Davis.

Austin Tyler Krus.

Jarett Michael Lazare.

Tara Noel Harris.

Christopher Michael Ryan with honors.

Adriana Cailao.

Autumne Elizabeth Parker.

SeonGyeong Eom with honors.

Sungwoo Jeon.

Jordan Nicole Murray with high honors.

Hannah Ann Tubbs.

Jessica Lynn Curtis with honors.

William James Highland.

Jaclyn Kay Behnke with honors.

Elaine Elizabeth Bageris with honors.

Marisa Lauren Jonna with honors.

Jordan Winowiecki.

Megan Elsie Chiodo.

Joseph Carl Wylie.

Karri Anne Perion.

Dylan Thomas Graham.

Qiqiang Chen.

Okay.

- [First Reader] Next we have the graduates in Finance.

Sakina Usuf.

Pamela Marie Schall Olivares with honors.

Chiawei Chen.

Xicheng Guo.

Xiaoyang Tang.

Lai Wei with high honors.

Abdulla Sultan Alaryani.

Helal Mohammed Al Rashedi.

Abdulla Mohammed Aldhaheri.

Austin Jael Salyers.

Amar Tank.

Alexander Lauer Burnett.

Keenan Christopher Hammer.

Jeffrey Mavian Craig.

Gregory Monroe Nelson.

Amanda Kaye Northrup.

Ying Xie.

Jiaxin Zhao.

Jingjing Shao with honors.

Qin Hu with honors.

Shiyan Gu with high honors.

Jiale Lu with honors.

Molly Marie Sornson.

Meagan Taylor Collins.

Siyao Huang.

Danning Fang with honors.

Zeye Wang.

Jianyu Wu.

Hang Zhang.

Dillon Thomas Abro with honors.

Michael Brent Shepard with honors.

Jesse Andre Young with high honors.

Michael Gary Metz with honors.

Kyle Joseph Matel with honors.

Jonathan Daniel Lefko.

Michael Charles LaBelle.

Weiwei Dong.

Bilin Chen.

Jiaming Zou.

Chulei Chen.

Hancong Zhou.

Yi Mi with honors.

Dongnan Cao.

Yunyi Dong.

Ningxin Zhang.

Yitian Li.

Yiyuan Zhang.

Lin Wang.

Xinyi Wu.

Yuxuan Lu with high honors.

Shivani Lalitha Sankar.

Sreeram Paidemarry with honors.

Aaron Connor Lasecki with honors.

Ahmad Razin Ruzaini.

Zihao Li with high honors.

Garrett W. Flowers with honors.

Joseph Owen Bommarito.

Anjie He.

Holly Charlotte Crowther.

Greer Elizabeth Clausen with high honors.

Yixuan Xu.

Mason Taylor Gorris with high honors.

Nathaniel Gary Krier.

David Fredrick Wittwer Junior.

Shannon Lew Wong.

Nora M. Hamade with honors.

Joseph C. Boore.

Jonathan Fraser Kish.

Taylor Rose Tinham.

Matthew Brennan Kirunchyk.

Ammar Qureshi.

Corey Thai.

Timothy Biagio Fazzini with honors.

Zarra Ann Williams.

David Richard Lindow.

Tanner Steven Pond.

Chenhan Zhu.

Mari P. Djeljaj with honors.

Emmie Elizabeth Ashwell.

Dominik Daniel Lampman.

Weiming Luo.

Jiayi Shang.

Jiaqi Song.

Chuanlin Liu.

Sihao Liao.

Yuan Zhuang.

Yu Chen with high honors.

Hao Wan.

Qixuan Fu.

Yuan Li with honors.

Maxwell Thomas Ritter.

Andrew George Toloff.

Chad David Cousino with honors.

Joseph Patrick McKeegan.

Sameer Kumar Jauhar.

Kimberley Grisel Morales Roca.

Kilyn Lorelle Bulluck.

Xiaoxuan Wang.

Jacqueline Amanda Gallis.

Nicholas Ross Whitman.

Harlan Frederick Minor.

Danielle Marie Depree.

Michael Joseph Hood.

Michael Stanley Jesus Tobash.

Yifei Huang.

Tianqi Hou.

Qimeng Shen.

Zhihao Jiang.

Zhenwei Lai.

Chaojie Shen.

Jianyin Zhang.

Feng Wen.

Qiuye Dong.

Yusheng Zhao.

Yifan Jiang.

Lattasit Laohasiriwong.

Carter Douglas Adams.

Jacob Joseph Kokaly.

Alec Michael Clevinger.

Jiapeng Wu.

Isabelle Summer Ellery.

Kevin Lee McCoy.

Thomas Gerard Kordupel with honors.

Katie Nicole Scuereb with honors.

Margaret Alexandria Hourdakis.

Erik Michael Johnson.

Stephen Michael Marshall Cruz.

Akili Todd Crews.

Leondre Giovanni Quallo.

Connor Glenn Simpkins with honors.

Jiatian Jiang.

Yiying Chen.

Wenqi Zhang.

Lin Lin.

Bingye Wu.

Xiang Gao with high honors.

Dylan Carl Bonell.

Rahul Abraham.

Jacob Alexander Saroli.

Ayad Joseph Paulus.

Amber Thuy Bowman.

Mark Alexander Carpenter-Frere with honors.

Andrew James Freeman with honors.

Mohamed Ali Mazloum.

Christopher Henry Tsivitse with honors.

Alexander Eugene Tokarz.

Jeremy David Howe.

Michael James Kreza.

Yancun Zhang.

Nanfu Dong.

Yu Wang.

Donovan Thomas Cizek.

Payden A. Myers with honors.

Kenneth John Savoie.

Anthony Gabriel Shiguango with honors.

Jeffrey Phillip Werner.

Tyler James Simon.

Jacob Michael Rayis.

Nicole Marie Kovach with honors.

Jesse Michael Lopez II.

Joseph John Bonanni.

Alec David Schwartz.

Devin John Slominski with honors.

Kristen Lynn Moffitt.

Joseph Albert Buko.

Kevin Rourke Fournier.

Joseph Alexander Hewitt.

Esteban Andres Morillo.

Brandon Mark Diebolt.

Chrishawn Joshua Miles.

Bradley Mark Freeman with honors.

Jenson Lee Hicks.

Jiayi Wang.

Zesong Zhang.

Jinjing Jin.

Shuo Wang.

Jiaxin Guo.

Jingbo Gao.

Han Tian with honors.

Ke Zou with honors.

Ian Davis Spencer.

Cooper Robert Macdonell.

William Thomas Comstock with honors.

Joseph Beane Burzych with honors.

Faping Han with honors.

Tyler Daniel Burke with honors.

Yongguang Lin.

Rong Huang.

Juhwan Lee.

Eric Matthew Munn.

Brandon Thomas Patrone.

Jake Michael Piette.

Grant Michael Davis.

Patrick Mackenzie Lane.

Alexander J. Heavin with honors.

Michael Allen Thomas.

Alek Christian Putz.

Danielle Lynn Osborne with high honors.

Kevin Edmund Smith.

Michael Severini.

Xuehan Xu.

Zhengdao Yang.

Matthew Taylor Marlin.

Jacqueline Marie LaPres.

Jennifer Zhou with high honors.

Adam Blake Jutte.

Brent Matthew Kutcher.

Khadija Nasir Khan.

Daniel Nathan Meltser with honors.

Alexander Paul Hus.

Ned O'Boyle.

Olivia Kane Parker.

Carly Miranda Mach with high honors.

Robert Patrick Armiak II.

Jessica Marie Kunz.

Zachary Anthony Macksoud.

Eric Andrew Agar with honors.

Edward Pavlovsky.

Joel Alexander Kish.

Scott Bartley Schramm.

Samuel Gard Wegenke.

Sara Elizabeth Wideman.

Thomas Stanley O'Donovan.

Brett Richard Lesky.

Johnathan Henry Goemaere.

Daniel Patrick Lance.

Karson James Konkle.

Steven Walter Cook.

Alexandra Suzanne Poynter with high honors.

Kassidy Ann Belcher.

Daniel Mitchell Couvreur with honors.

Brian Michael Winterfield with high honors.

Michelle Lynn Dear with honors.

Rohnne Ally Saad.

- From the School of Hospitality Business, Kellie Raye Drongowski, high honors.

Yifan Zhao.

Zhimian Huang.

Brittany Anne Holmes.

Jacqueline Marie DeClerg.

Allyson Payne Krause.

Christopher French.

Sarah Ann Tobin.

Parisa Jay Rashidi.

Michael Brandon Klar.

Anna Katherine Butkovich.

Jamie Tess Steuer with honors.

Paige Alexandra Lupori with high honors.

Caroline Elizabeth Cooke.

Mackenzie Rose Grout.

Sydney Jae Rabinowitz with honors.

Mitchell Haskins Lee.

Austin Thomas Madagame with honors.

Brittany J. Andrakowicz.

Jack Mitchell Follen.

Andrew Joseph Jelso.

Michael Donald Sullivan.

Riley Patrick Corcoran.

Henry Lee Winters.

Mark Allen Ford II.

Junghyun Kim.

Linda Junyi Kim.

Natalie Elizabeth Grimmer.

Rachel Catalina Roesch Metz.

Ava Gloria Ferretti.

Siyu Yang.

SuKyoung Lee.

Gi Youl Han.

Kibong Lee.

Kai Nils Gerster.

Andrew John Bradley.

Feng Ding.

Yu Wang.

Zhenghao Yu.

Yueye Zha.

Qian Zhang.

Yi He.

Jillissa Leann Taylor.

Derying Dan Liaw.

Zehua Chen.

Kailin Wang.

Xiaoxin Yu.

Xiaoyu Shen.

Yichun Yang.

Zhimin Wang.

Biying Li.

Xi Xuanyuan.

Siyuan Pei.

Zihao Zhao.

Alexa Marie Rumsey.

Ashley Mackenzie Kingsbury.

Lauren Ruth Millard.

Brittany Leigh Friesen.

Emily Rose Bonello with honors.

Andrea Ball.

Lihan Wang with honors.

Tia Marie Vanleer.

Jenna Marie Wood.

Shan Wang.

Lu Zhou.

Yifei Liu.

Jingru Wang.

Danling Zhao.

Xiyin Zheng.

Michelle Alejandra Garcia.

Kelsey Marye Cizek.

Leah Katherine Koulouras.

Megan Jacquier.

Kristyn Nicole Crippen with high honors.

AnneMarie Lynn Fata.

Tina Marie Tiseo.

David Paul Bartosiewicz III.

Haiyun Zhang.

Fangwen Wang with honors.

Xinyue Zhang.

Wenhui Chen.

Jason Alan Smith.

Jordan Thomas Mattler.

Mary Madonna Grego.

Didi Naser Bibi.

Lucas Jarrett.

Stephanie Marie Ragatzki with honors.

Shu Jiang.

Malik Rhashid Harris.

Qiyao Wang.

Xiaofan Liang.

Rui Zhou with honors.

Jieyi Chen.

Lu Guan.

Yuyan Yang.

Mae Kastros.

Wangjun Dai.

Jackson Cade Miller.

Grant Michael Wakefield.

Anna Rose Margosian.

Shane Russell Sandri.

Christian Alexander Webster.

Daniel Russell Melvin.

Chelsea Mary Nelson.

Stephanie Ann Organ.

Michelle Therese Jasica with honors.

Samuel Joel Lopez.

Andrew Robert Brady.

Kelley Ann McKay.

Meghan Marie Erikson.

Michaleh Therese Reddan.

Richard Stanley Wieczorek.

Lauren Nicole Marinko.

Jordan Canfield Power.

Grant Weston Bowman.

Yudi Chen.

Shangdong Li with honors.

Yunyi Xie.

Amanda Elysse Rodgers with honors.

Jenna Lynn Rickner.

David E. Cornejo.

Mark Benjamin Rosenberg.

Harley James Friesen.

Kelly Elaine McCracken with honors.

Leno Anthony Corradi.

Emilee Anne Decker.

Jessica Michelle Maniaci.

Samantha Beth Weiner.

Brittany Michele Burns.

Eliot Stewart Lamb.

Caroline Stark Johnson.

Allie Marie Belanger.

Tessa Elizabeth Williams.

Ziling Liu.

Xiaomu Yan.

Quanlin Hao.

Kenneth Greyson Kyu Chul Coates.

Cindy Chen.

Jia Wu.

Kaylyn Nichole Saterlee.

John Edward Morath.

Daniel Anthony Maiatico.

Sydney Rose Denoyer.

Katelyn Tiffany Hallup.

Bircan Eresin.

April Nicole Kudwa.

Michael Walter Hugh.

Rachel Elizabeth Amey.

Lindsay Marie O'Melia.

- [First Reader] Now we have the graduates for management.

Sarah Ann Schedbauer.

Erin Marie Steptoe.

Lauren Nicole Collins with honors.

Jillian Elise Prochot.

Patrick Wilhelm Sedimayr with high honors.

Nicholas Paul Lochinski with honors.

Kayla Rose Faustyn.

Stephen Lamont Lawler.

Gibson William Stoffer.

Kenneth D. McGrain.

Samantha Lynn Tyvaert.

Jenna Marie-Razon Saplala.

Nicole Michele Haines with honors.

Myya Donnella Jones.

Patrick Gregory Lewis.

Steven Joseph Andreassi.

We're now reading the names of graduates from human resource management.

Sydney Crystal Scott.

Hannah Alissa Cone.

Megan Elizabeth Ellis with honors.

Kathrine Rachel Ruhl with honors.

Brenna Nicole McGee with honors.

Nicole Marie Kunecki with honors.

Xinlu Li.

Jianing Zhang.

Molli Grace Franz.

Randi Danielle Carey.

Jane Elizabeth Luby.

Bridget Mary Geraghty.

Kirsten Grace Dozeman.

Yi Li with honors.

Kaitlin Elaine Helminski.

Sakshi Sethi.

Julia Ann Guest.

Next we have the graduates from supply chain management.

(audience cheers) Gregg William Davis.

Patrick John Bade.

Joseph Glen Slater.

Kent Maxwell Klitzke.

Justin Ryan Durant with honors.

Rachel Lynn Fogel.

Brooke Alexandra Butler.

Evan R. Hudson.

Reece Clancy Adams.

Kevin D. Bao.

Jason Jiang Chen.

Ryan Jacob Reickhoff with honors.

Andrew Kim with high honors.

Tyler Allan Falcoff.

Allison Lee Lunau with honors.

Sydney Lauren Magnell with honors.

Natalie Ann Gallagher with honors.

Gabrielle Sandieson Morton.

Jalen Holmes.

Dainius Grabliauskas.

Jake Edward Marshall Evan Joseph Cernik.

Benjamin David Limb.

Briana Marie Becker with honors.

Kayla Marie DeCook with honors.

Mallory Rose McBrien.

Marcus James Romain.

Liz Tom Mandapathil.

Shiqi Huang with high honors.

Brendan Daniel Patterson.

Jayhua J. Hsia with high honors.

Marisa Anne Piunti with honors.

Rachel Elizabeth Izzo with honors.

Riley Joseph Botwinski with honors.

Omar Tamir Freij.

Kenzie Emma Devine with honors.

Lorna Jean Pluto.

Kasey Mae Blank.

Mitch Dewey Douglas with honors.

Alec Taylor Miller.

William Mason McFarland.

Jeffrey Michael Ryder with honors.

Jonathan Craig Tyl.

Justin David Krueger.

Meaghan Leigh Kelly.

Anne Conely.

Brandon Alexander Safadi with honors.

Lauren Elizabeth Wozniak with high honors.

Audrey Katherine Gotko with high honors.

Lindy Ann Vallier.

Xiaofu Fan with honors.

Jasmine Rose Lim.

Thomas Joseph Petrinko.

Stephan James Pilarski.

Ryan Joseph Wietchy.

Nicole Claire Tanner.

Austin Robert Putrich.

Eunice Jean Kim.

Min Kyu Kim.

Armando Hernandez Junior with honors.

Bingyan Lin.

Changtian Yue.

Arenc Shahollari with honors.

Aaron Seth Parmet.

Junlin Xiang.

Emily Renee Baat with honors.

Jieming Lin.

Jiayi Chen with honors.

Zichao He.

Haofeng Zhang.

Shuhao Zhang.

Remy Babson-Smith.

Adam Michael Boland with honors.

Joseph Liam Whalen.

Jenna Nichole White with honors.

Megan Elizabeth Smith.

Spencer Travis Harchick.

Ben C. Kellam.

Ellen Marie Donabedian with honors.

John Patrick Grant.

Michael Andrew Yuhasz.

Alexander Roman Sauchak.

Carly Michelle Hilliard.

Jason Patrick Lux with honors.

Robert William Donnan.

Brian Bauer Sexton.

Lauren Mary Kozlowski.

Brian Niklaus Vetsch.

Kenneth David Kosinski.

Nicholas David Knitter.

Matthew John Evasic.

Wootaek Kim.

Li Chen.

Yeonik Jang.

Wonbae Yoo.

Hojune Ahn with high honors.

Haleigh Elizabeth Rothley with high honors.

Kristen Elizabeth Neville with honors.

Ryan Joseph Hamel with high honors.

Neal Edward Deim.

Dylan James Klein.

Romano Rocco Sbrocca.

Dante Christopher Assad.

Vlad Z. Serban.

Maria Agustina Ilundain with high honors.

Kaley Ann Kennedy with high honors.

Zachary Dale Seddon.

Christian Elijah Ragsdale.

- [Second Reader] Alyssa Lauren Sitek.

Megan Elizabeth Campbell with honors.

Grace Tiuruli.

Sara Jane Farrell.

Kyle William Kissinger.

Pakhuri Bajaj with honors.

Hanyi Zhou with honors.

Mengzhen Shi.

Nathaniel Pernell Conley.

Tariah Jemila Jones.

Amani Rochel Archer.

LaToya Chante Smith.

Morgan Taylor Bates.

James Christian Storey.

Benjamin Robert Labadie.

Brian Alan Wassilak.

Alexander Kristian Hallway.

Nicholas David Hartman.

Kaytlyn J. Witgen.

Michele Patricia Ward.

Carlee Elizabeth Benzie.

Dean Joseph Reik with high honors.

Michael Allan Young.

Olivia Suzanne Goyette.

Kaylie Quinn Milne.

Nikita Nandkumar Bhosale.

Kelsey Morgan Townsend Dorgan with honors.

Sophia Huq.

Khoa Vu Nguyen.

Jonathon Edward Thompson.

Jason Alexander Heitzeg with high honors.

Evan Michael Raubacher with honors.

Benjamin William Brooks with honors.

Kami Jean Raby with high honors.

Andreana Beverly Buterakos with honors.

Mark David Russo.

Colin David Fitzgibbons.

Emily Nicole Kennedy.

Shan Luo.

Han Gao.

Suying Chen with honors.

Yu-Ching Huang with honors.

Richard Wang.

Yueyu Hu.

Jiaye Li with honors.

Zhen Liu.

Ningbi Zhan with high honors.

Andrew Kenneth Hoegeman.

Eric Matthew Busa.

Jessia Shea Filbin with honors.

Michael Christopher Pelino.

Christopher Lorenz List.

Nathan Lee Klopfenstein.

Adam Christopher Crane.

Allison Leigh Sirosky with honors.

Madison Elizabeth Brown with honors.

Megan Leyann McGill with high honors.

Dana Louise Drouillard with high honors.

Molly Margaret Fleming.

Abigail Leigh Hagan.

Erica Marie Mansour.

Carly Kendall Pollina.

Joelle Grace Prout.

Dakota Wayne Tossava with high honors.

Michael Joseph Pagano Junior.

Alexander Jia Wang with honors.

Tang Tang.

Yuhang Haiyan.

Feiran Zhou with honors.

Xinrui Wang with honors.

Xixiang Qin.

Pu Gao with high honors.

Yixuan Fang.

Siqi Wang.

Lijun Shen.

Yu Zhang with honors.

Xiuxuan Yang with honors.

Xu Miao.

Kayla Christine Soronen.

Robert Todd Morrison.

Meagan Rose Flynn.

Katharine Rae Swasey.

Ashley Marie Menning with high honors.

Paige Ann DeYoung.

Jamie Ann Ulanch.

Madeline Claire Rosochacki with honors.

Zetian Zhou with honors.

Ziqi Nie.

Yuxuan Zhu.

Jingwei Yuan.

Feng Yang.

Emma Marie Well.

Lindsay Nicole Dickert.

Mrudhulaa Shyam.

Ada Wong with honors.

Zachary Joseph Johnson.

Mitchell Andrew Rosenfeldt.

Julia Ingham White with honors.

Justine Paige Adamo with high honors.

Erika Taylor Lentz with honors.

Navnoor Singh Aulakh.

Yuwen Ke with honors.

Shiyao Chen.

Yingzhou Wu.

Xinwen Zhang.

Ke Wu.

Yixiang Chen.

Yi Ding.

Hangwei Cao.

Shuyan Wang.

Yidi Miao with honors.

Yuanxin Li with high honors.

Yuxuan Shu.

Mengyao He Hetty with honors.

Yifeng Wang.

Jiayin Zhang.

Yingying Jiang.

Linhui Wang.

Olivia Lisa Papineau.

Xinyi Yan.

Handan Yan with honors.

Sarah Elizabeth Kirsch.

Ahmad Abo Al-Borgoi.

Priya Kaur Jaswal.

Brendan Connor Grady.

Eric Robert Hund.

Matthew Michael Heitchue.

Hannah Laine Kozerski.

Caroline Louise Fredline with honors.

Erin Marie Dircks with high honors.

Erica Joan Klleman.

Ni Wenzhang.

Cheng Song with honors.

Ruyuan Guo.

Xinyi Jiang with honors.

Jingying Lin.

Xiaoyu Wang.

Jinhan Gu.

Zhixin Zhu.

Mengna Wang.

Chang Yu.

Jordan Mantle Lehman with high honors.

Zachary Albert Burgoon.

Cheyenne Simone Sharpe.

Justin Joseph Sayre.

Bobby Alan Tikkanen.

Sonja Catherine Boruszok with honors.

Alex Clare Dunckel.

Joshua Lu.

Zijian Deng.

Hao Zhou.

Michal Lee Polce.

Akash Yerukola with honors.

Carson Charles Hotaling.

Julia Alice Cornet.

Stefanie Victoria Maria Kienhorst Domingo with honors.

Jacob James Swoboda.

Recardo Saco.

Blake Martin Boron.

Joseph Mark Haack with honors.

Bailey Alan Brzys.

Jacob Aaron Adams.

Andrew Russell Richardson.

Scott Paul Gring.

Aumad Tariq Malik.

Hannah Marie McDowell with high honors.

Nicole Anne Dasich.

MacKenzie Lynn Desautel with high honors.

Erika Michelle Burdt with honors.

Ye Wu.

Joshua David Sellers.

Samuel Terzich.

Emily Paige Walters.

Justin David Holdsworth with honors.

William Reed McGrath.

Robert Boris Kocevski with honors.

Maxwell Morton Raska III.

William Martin Crimmins with honors.

Joseph McBride Morgan.

Cara Jordan Eason with honors.

Jaclyn Jean Busse.

Kara Marie Miciek with honors.

Julia Marie Jankowski.

William Andrew Sheehy.

Thomas Gerard Peck Junior with honors.

Tyler Benjamin Fassezke.

Ryan Patrick Hurley.

Rachel Lauren Kramer with honors.

Shana Li with honors.

Yichun Fan.

Matthew Richard Gamache.

Kekoa Michael Nelson.

Katie Lynn Nelson.

And Aiden Wang.

(audience cheers and applauds) - There is one final important group of people who with their love, understanding, and support have contributed greatly to the achievements we recognize at today's ceremony.

I ask the parents, wives, husbands, children, brothers, sisters, all of the members of the immediate families of the graduates and friends and supporters to rise and give us all an opportunity to express our thanks and appreciation.

(audience applauds and cheers) And now I invite all of you to join in the singing the first stanza of the alma mater, MSU Shadows, which you will find in the program.

When the singing concludes, please remain in your seats until after the recessional of the platform party.

♪ 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 cheers and applauds) (stately music)