("Pomp and Circumstance" playing) (applause) (whistling) - Well, thank you.

Students are you ready to graduate?

(cheering) All right.

So ladies and gentlemen, I'm Prabu David.

I serve as the Dean of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

So welcome to Commencement Ceremony for the graduating class of 2023.

Go Green.

- [Crowd] Go white!

(cheering) Please stand and join Amira Coleman, a master student in the College of Music, in the singing of the national anthem.

She's accompanied by the MSU Wind Symphony, contacted by Ceon Drahms.

At the conclusion of the song, please remain standing for a moment of silence.

(snare rolling) ♪ Oh 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 rocket's red glare, ♪ ♪ The bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ Gave proof through the night ♪ ♪ That our flag was still there ♪ ♪ Oh say does that star-spangled ♪ ♪ Banner yet wave ♪ ♪ O'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ And the home of the brave ♪ (cheering) - Please remain standing for a minute.

Today we bring together our graduates, along with the families and friends to honor you and your accomplishments.

We gather today while being mindful that our community is still mourning the violence experienced on February 13th.

It may feel uncomfortable to celebrate, but we are dedicated to supporting everyone who was impacted by the events, including students who were injured, witnesses to the violence and families of those who were injured or passed.

As we begin to shift to a celebration of your accomplishments, let's pause for a moment of silence to consider how we can live our lives in a way that honors all Spartans, including those who are no longer with us.

Thank you.

Please be seated.

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

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

Certainly no small accomplishment.

Many of you and your family is here today.

The sacrifices have been long and great.

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

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

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

Please accept our warmest congratulations and best wishes.

(applause) Class of 2023.

You will be joining a large and impressive group of graduates from the College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

We are the first College of Communication in the nation.

Our students and Alumni make it the very best.

So tonight you become Alumni of the College joining over 56,000 others worldwide, 56,000.

Like those before you, you will leave a unique mark on this campus.

This is a day you will never forget.

The day you put on the green robe and graduated from MSU.

So whether you're graduating with a degree from the Department of Media and Information, where are you, make some noise.

(cheering) Or let's see if Communicative Sciences and Disorders can do better?

(cheering) Communication.

(cheering) And school of journalism.

(cheering) That was good.

Advertising and Public Relations.

(cheering) Congratulations on what you've accomplished.

We believe in you.

You'll achieve great things in the years to come.

Now, please direct your attention to the screen as we take a look back at your time at MSU and showcase some of your most memorable moments.

(upbeat music begins) (applause) The world needs more grace.

I strongly believe the world needs more grace.

So you are class of 2023.

Know a thing or two about grace.

During your time at MSU, you experienced many adventures including the twists and turns caused by covid.

One day we were in person the next day online, then hybrid, then online.

And as we made our changes, we asked you for your grace and you graciously obliged.

So what is grace?

To answer the question I did what every student would do.

I asked chatGPT.

(crowd laughing) So we have many generations in the audience today, and if you haven't heard of chatGPT, it's a super smart computer program that has learned all the information available on the internet and can answer any question.

So when I asked chatGPT, what is grace?

It said, grace is a quality that can be difficult to define, but we all know it when we see it.

Hmm.

So how does that help me?

I wasn't very sure.

So I took chatGPT's advice and asked it to show me examples of grace that I could see.

By seeing, I thought I could learn about grace.

It gave me 10 influencers and social media celebrities.

They were beauty and lifestyle influencers, fashionistas branding and marketing experts, essentially like the Kardashians and the Jenners.

They all had millions of followers and offered great tips about makeup and fashion.

And if you're wondering why I look so fashionable today in my cap and gown credit, the fashionistas.

I was hoping for more from chatGPT and asked for a dad joke about grace.

It gave me this, why did the tomato turn red?

Because it saw the salad dressing, gracefully tossed of course, it added.

I chuckled and told chatGPT, even for a dad joke that's pretty bad.

ChatGPT seemed hurt by my insensitivity.

It apologized for the previous joke not being up to your standard it said.

Here is another one it offered.

Why did the chicken cross the road with grace?

To get to the other side without causing any fuss.

So by now, I knew chatGPT had, had its limitations.

Actually, chatGPT was quite brilliant.

When I entered well-formulated prompts, it gave me a beautiful speech in 30 seconds, that would've taken me hours to write, and you wouldn't have guessed that a computer wrote it.

Yes, it was cliched and predictable, but it had all the ingredients, quotes, compelling stories, inspiring words, and polished language.

With some cajoling I finally learned from chatGPT that grace is the quality of being kind, forgiving and compassionate, kind, forgiving and compassionate.

So as you embark on life in the real world, I hope you practice kindness, forgiveness, and compassion.

ChatGPT gave me many transformative leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela, Princess Diana, and even Mr. Rogers.

They're all examples of the power of grace.

But you don't have to look at famous people.

Just look in the rafters to your grandparents, parents, family, and friends.

I'm sure you'll find living examples of grace, ordinary people who are kind, forgiving, and compassionate following their footsteps, the footsteps of your everyday hero.

Also use your secret superpower, which is Communication.

As a graduate of our College, you have learned how to communicate.

Put it to good use.

ChatGPT gave me a brilliant nugget that was new to me.

It offered an encouraging verse from the scriptures as part of the script, which says, let your conversations be full of grace, seasoned with salt.

Let your conversations be full of grace.

Listen well, and choose your words wisely.

Use your words to lift people up, not to put people down.

As instruments of peace, not as instruments of war, to harmonize and not sew discord.

In a deeply polarized, dysfunctional, and fractured world.

Your conversations filled with grace can be the bond.

Also, remember to season your conversations with salt.

That's not a license to use salty language, quite the contrary.

In this context salt is used as a preservative and seasoning agent.

The preserving power of salt is a pointer to the lasting impact of words.

And the seasoning power of salt is a pointer to add spice to your language.

So seek out conversations that can have a lasting effect by being bold, creative, and caring in your choice of words.

Maya Angelou said, people will forget what you said.

People will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Practice kindness, forgiveness, and compassion in your conversations to create positive feelings in others.

In closing, here are some lessons to take with you.

One make chatGPT your best friend.

You must learn to coexist with AI, chat bots and robots they are coming for your jobs and are wickedly smart.

Two, fashionistas, don't have the final word on grace.

Look to your everyday heroes instead.

My everyday hero is my Mom who is near the end of her life.

As a school teacher in a hot, humid, and bustling city of Chennai in South India, she cared for kids from poor fishing families.

She carried herself with grace, making many sacrifices for our family.

The mothers and grandmothers in our audience can easily relate to her, and an early mother's day to mothers and grandmothers in our audience.

And my Mom loved words.

Inspired me to write, encouraged me to use rhyme and metaphor, to dream and to care for those who were overlooked.

She showed me how to use encouraging words.

She taught me how to season my words with salt.

This is my last commencement as your Dean.

I'll miss our students and community of faculty and staff.

It has been a privilege to serve you.

As you set out to follow your dreams.

I'll leave you with this encouragement.

Let your conversations be full of grace, seasoned with salt.

(applause) Thank you.

Now let's celebrate our everyday heroes, your community, your team of ardent fans who have stood beside you in your highs and lows.

They're here today to cheer you on.

So on this special day, let's thank your family and friends who are here.

Let's begin by acknowledging our Grandparents and Great Grandparents in the audience.

Would you please stand and remain standing if you can.

(applause) All right, next parents, please stand and be recognized.

Will parents please stand?

(applause) All right.

Spouses and partners please stand.

Children, friends, and others who came to celebrate, please stand.

(applause) Thank you everyone.

You may be seated.

This is an important day for our faculty and staff as well.

As we bid you farewell, we are honored and pleased to have played a small but significant role in your lives.

Faculty, staff, academic advisors, carrier services personnel, would you please stand and be recognized for your contributions?

(applause) Please be seated.

Now, Ceon Rahms will conduct the MSU Wind Symphony in fantasy on MSU songs.

(MSU Wind Symphony playing) ♪ 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!

♪ (MSU Wind Symphony playing) (applause) Thank you Ceon and members of the Wind Symphony.

It is now my pleasure to introduce Christian Parker, a Communications senior who will speak on behalf of the Class of 2023.

Christian?

(applause) - Thank you, Dean David.

Hello, Spartans, students, faculty, friends, and families.

It is so amazing to be sharing this moment with you all.

My name is Christian Parker, and I am a student, no, a graduate of MSU'S College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

(cheering) I am graduating with a degree in Organizational Communication and a minor in Sales Leadership.

This is truly a surreal experience to be speaking at the graduation of one of the most prestigious universities in the country, representing a unique cohort of esteemed individuals from one of the most prestigious programs in the world.

And let me preface with this, if something I say resonates with you, feel free to clap, snap, throw up a hand, whatever support looks like to you.

Okay?

This will be a lot more fun with your interaction.

To the family's friends and faculty who have supported this journey, I would first like to give you this moment of gratitude.

This celebration could not possibly have come to fruition, if not for your support.

On behalf of the com art sci graduates to all of you, thank you for investing in our futures.

We will make you proud.

(applause) To my fellow classmates, you've done it.

(cheering) I think it's fair to assume that for most of us, these past few years have been some of the most challenging of our lives.

Leaving home for the first time, making new friends, navigating tough courses, and maybe hitting Harper's at night before an 8:00 AM.

We're we're graduating.

I think we can admit it now.

All jokes aside, it is so crazy to reflect on all that we've experienced during our time here at MSU.

I mean, College is inherently challenging by nature.

This cohort, however, has experienced a myriad of challenges that no one could have possibly prepared for.

Just as we were starting to figure this whole College thing out, a global pandemic disrupted everything we knew and we went virtual.

This, of course, took some getting used to, but as always, Spartans persevered.

Eventually, we returned to campus and a sense of normalcy returned.

But our community was again challenged by the unimaginable tragedy on February 13th.

While we will forever remember what we experienced that day, I will also never forget how over the following weeks, the Spartan community came together in ways big and small.

Through incredible resilience, we were able to lift each other up and push forward leading us to the present.

(applause) After February 13th, leadership and administration researcher at the University of Illinois, Dr. Victor Simon, who also happens to be my best friend's dad.

He shared this quote, adversity doesn't build character.

It reveals it.

Now, if that quote is true, watch out world, because we are ready for whatever may come.

While he, yeah, clap and clap for yourself.

Y'all did that.

While it may be scary to think about the real world, it cannot possibly be any more real than what we have persevered through during our time here.

If nothing else, these past four or so years are proof of the resilience that lives inside each of you.

Against all odds here we are together.

So let today be a celebration because you are so worthy of being celebrated.

Though I'm around the same age as most of you students and hardly the most experienced person in the room, I did learn a thing or two about resilience through adversity growing up in Flint, Michigan.

While I recognize that my experiences are personal, I do hope you find value in these three key takeaways that have helped me be resilient in the face of challenge.

Y'all still with me?

All right.

First, become a lifetime learner.

I know, I know many of us are here to celebrate the end of our journey as a student, but truthfully, this is just the beginning.

In your growth journey, it is important to surround yourself with people who are different than you.

Leveraging our community knowledge allows us to stumble, learn, and grow together.

By committing to a lifetime of curiosity, you are positioning yourself with the resilience to overcome whatever challenges may come down the pipeline.

That leads me to my second point.

Success is not linear.

Okay, show of hands.

How many of you would consider yourself a perfectionist?

I think there's probably a few more out there.

I know I could say it about myself.

All right.

I understand that we all wanna put our best selves forward 24/7, but sometimes that's just not feasible.

We will each inevitably run into obstacles that seemingly prohibit us from meeting our goals.

However, keep in mind that even just one step forward is progress.

Sometimes you may even have to take a few steps back, but this may be the tension needed to launch you forward in the pursuit of your goals.

(cheering) This may be the tension needed to launch you forward in the pursuit of your goals.

Facing challenge head on and embracing adversity is integral to building resilience.

Finally, and in my opinion, the most important point of all, find your why.

I want you to consider for a moment what comes to mind as I ask these questions.

What motivates you?

What helps you get out of bed in the morning and inspires you to be better each day?

This is your why.

For me, that motivation comes from my friends and family, my village.

To my little sisters Cadence, Zakaria and Natalia.

It is inspiring to know that you were looking up to me as a role model.

It is inspiring to know that my people look to me as a resource.

This is what keeps me rooted.

When the storm comes, which it surely will.

Your why will be the roots that keep you from being washed away.

Ultimately, it is your resilience that has brought you this far, and I hope these three points will help you as you continue forward on your path.

When you walk off this stage, you will join the longstanding legacy of MSU Alumni where greatness is not an anomaly, but the standard, despite the cacophony of voices saying what we can't do today, it's a testimony to what you can do.

So we mm, (applause) We are Spartan strong.

With the Spartan's will, Spartan's will, thank you.

(applause) - We train our Communication students to communicate.

Thank you, Christian.

We'd like to recognize some students here today.

First, let's recognize the Board of Trustees, award recipients.

We wish to pay tribute to graduates who not only completed their academic program successfully, but who have the distinction of having maintained the highest GPA averages in the class.

A 4.0 thereby meriting the Board of Trustees award.

To be eligible for this prestigious award at least three fourths of the credits for the degree must be earned in residence at MSU.

Will the students who, if you're present, please stand and remain standing as your names are called.

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

Alexis Adamoflus.

Alexis here?

Olivia Bebe, Abigail Komar, Kendall Regent, and Melanie Serinski.

Oh, one more.

Nolan Wall.

Well, each of you should be proud of the outstanding accomplishments.

(applause) On behalf of your classmates, the faculty, the officers, and the trustees of the University, I extend sincere congratulations and best wishes.

So please join me in applause for the class of 2023 Board of Trustees Award recipients.

(applause) Now I'm going to call out some students who fulfilled certain requirements of the Honors College by completing enriched programs of study identified as graduating with Honors College distinction.

These graduates were a white collar stole with HC designation.

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

(applause) Okay, next, let's recognize the many other students here today who have achieved distinction through their participation in the fabric of University life.

Please stand and remain standing.

If you have participated in education abroad, please stand education abroad.

How about varsity athletics?

If you're an athlete, please stand.

Student associations.

Yes, campus media, student government stand.

Please stand.

Remain standing.

MSU Band internships, mentoring, volunteering, or if you missed at least one class, please stand.

Everyone should be up by now.

Please stand.

(applause) While you help make this University stronger through your dedication, and we thank you for your hard work.

Please be seated.

Before we officially confer your degrees, please direct your attention to a short video that features words of encouragement from Com Art Sci faculty, staff, and Alumni.

- Happy, happy graduation to you all.

We are so proud of your accomplishments, of your perseverance, and of your extraordinary diverse sets of talents.

So go out and do great things in the world.

But please do stay in touch.

We'll miss you.

- Spartan's, congratulations.

You made it.

You graduated.

It took remarkable persistence, determination, resolve, resilience, strength and courage to get to this point.

It'll take the same qualities to get through the next chapter of your life.

So celebrate your accomplishment today and go forward and do great things.

You're a Spartan, Go Green.

- I know you're going to go out there and you're going to do great things using your communication skills that you learned here at State.

So please celebrate yourself.

Be proud of yourself and Go Green.

- Congratulations.

Class of 2023.

- Congratulations Spartans.

You have earned your degree.

Now, share your knowledge and help other people succeed.

- As you graduate.

And move on to this next step.

It's important to remember those lessons that you've learned.

Take care of yourself so that you can enjoy this next phase.

Whether you're headed off to graduate school or into the work world.

Make sure that you remember taking care of yourself first and everything will follow From that.

Congratulations and good luck.

- Congratulations class of 23.

We are so proud of you and honored to celebrate this graduation day with you.

Graduation isn't just the end of a long journey.

It is the beginning of an amazing one.

Please, remember, you are always a Spartan.

Go into the world and do well, but more importantly, go into the world and do good.

Thank you for staying strong.

Go Green.

- Congratulations to the graduating class of 2023.

Oh my gosh, I can't believe we've made it here.

You have all been through such an exceptional few years, to make it this far, I don't take that lightly.

You are all such an inspiration and I'm so thrilled to see you all out in the world and continuing to triumph.

Thank you so much for sharing this time with us, for making MSU the place that it is and for continuing to make the world better.

Congratulations.

Go out there and make us proud.

- You know, as College graduates, we tend to believe that we can plan our futures, but the fact is, many of the most consequential things that happen to us in our lives are from chance encounters.

The next time you're around someone you don't know, be friendly and be talkative.

Tell them your name.

They'll tell you their name.

Tell them where you're from.

They'll do the same.

And then tell them where you went to school.

Whether it's a Spartan, a Nittany Lion, a Buckeye, a Hawkeye.

You'll be amazed and how much this Big 10 network and Michigan State Spartan Network can work for you.

- Congratulations, graduating class of 2023.

Unlike any class before your undergraduate journey was marked with obstacles that felt insurmountable.

Not surprisingly, you pushed through and persevered and with great courage as Spartan's will.

Getting to graduation day has been a hard fought victory and you deserve every bit of joy it brings.

We are so very proud of what you've accomplished and this is only the beginning.

Congratulations.

- Hello team.

You made it.

Congratulations.

We're all so proud of what you've done and I cannot wait to see what you do in Audio Video land.

- Congratulations.

2023 graduates.

Let today be a celebration and a reminder of all the hard work that you have put in to get to this point.

And a reminder of all the hard work yet to come.

Go out and make your names and University proud.

Congratulations.

- Class of 2023.

Congratulations.

You've done it.

You're a special group.

You've had to overcome so much adversity, but your resilience will pay off.

We wish you well.

You'll always be a Spartan and you'll always have a home here at MSU and at Com Art Sci.

(upbeat music playing) (applause) - Well, it's time.

It's now time to confer the Baccalaureate Degrees upon candidates.

(applause) So candidates from the Department of Advertising and Public Relations will be presented by Department Chairperson Dr. Teresa Mastin.

- Thank you.

Will the candidates for the Baccalaureate Degree for the Department of Advertising plus Public Relations, please rise.

(applause) Dean David, on behalf of the faculty and the Department of Advertising and Public Relations, I present these amazing, diligent, persevering resilient candidates to you for the awarding of the appropriate degree.

- Thank you.

Please remain standing.

Candidates from the Department of Communication will be presented by Department Chair Monique Turner.

- Will the candidates for the Baccalaureate Degree from the Department of Communication, please rise.

Right.

(applause) Woo!

Dean David, on behalf of the faculty in the Department of Communication, I present these candidates, these amazing humans, the future of Communication as candidates to you for the awarding of the appropriate degree.

- Thank you.

Please remain standing.

The candidates from the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders will be presented by Professor Jeff Searl.

- Will the candidates for the Baccalaureate Degree from the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders please rise.

Dean David, on behalf of the faculty in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, I present these candidates to you for the awarding of the appropriate degree.

They are a small but mighty, smart and energetic group who will change the world.

- Thank you.

(applause) - Candidates from the School of Journalism will be presented by Director Tim Vos.

(applause) - Will the candidates for the Bachelorate degree from one of the oldest and best schools of journalism in the world, please rise.

(applause) Dean David.

On behalf of the Faculty of the School of Journalism, I present these amazing candidates to you for the awarding of their appropriate degree.

- Thank you.

(applause) Candidates from the Department of Media and Information will be presented by Department Chair Michael Stern.

- Woo!

- Will the candidates for the Bachelorette Degree from the Department of Media and Information please rise.

(applause) Saving the best for last, Dean David.

On behalf of the faculty and the Department of Media and Information, I present these amazing students to you for the to the, to you for the rewarding of the appropriate degree.

- Thank you, everyone please remain standing.

(applause) On behalf of the interim president 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.

Now, according to custom, you may move your tassel from the right side of your cap to the left.

(applause) So congratulations.

You are now and forever will be Alumni of Michigan State University.

(applause) Well, we are proud of you and all that you've accomplished.

Please be seated.

With the assistance of department representatives.

It now gives me great pleasure to recognize individually each graduate from today's ceremony.

A professional photographer is stationed at the platform to take pictures of the graduates as they receive their token diplomas.

Picture proofs will be mailed to each graduate.

We ask all photographers to remain in their seats or within the roped off area to the left of the stage to take pictures.

We ask the audience to be considerate in applauding your graduates as names are read, each graduate's name should be heard.

Following the presentation of your diploma, we ask all degree recipients to return to your seats and remain for the duration of a ceremony.

I'm going off script here.

Please.

After you collect your diplomas, return to your seat.

I know it takes us exactly one hour to finish this.

By nine.

Between nine and nine 10, we'll all be outta here.

Sometimes students and their parents write to us and say, toward the end, there was nobody here.

And that is not what we do as Spartans.

So please, please hang in here with us.

Stay till the very end.

Each graduating senior is a member of the Spartan family, so please show the same respect for the last graduate as we do for the first.

I now ask that the new graduates be escorted to the platform.

- The graduates of the Department of Media and Information are being supported by, we'll use that one.

The graduates of the Department of Media and Information are being escorted by Ricardo Gameriz Specialist in the Department.

(cheering) (speaking off camera indistinctly) Let's go.

(laughing) Might as well.

Elena Shepherd with Honors.

Emma Sheldon with Honors.

Taylor Lens.

Nicholas Landini.

Brian Brown.

Andrew Justice.

Leo Smith.

Gabriela Turner.

Matthew Serci.

Josh Siegel.

Himashi Yogama.

Hayden Blair.

Hisham Salomay with Honors.

Jack Pass.

Michael Palmer.

Andrew Macy with Honors.

Michaela Mim.

Ian Antioch with Honors.

Tyler Finney.

Jeremy Weber.

Richard Gotchock.

Matthew Nurt.

Nikolai Thomoff with Honors.

Jack Brownley.

Joseph Griffin.

Adriana Sanders.

Sarah Lynn Barker.

Michael Bond.

Sehan Hasan.

Raymond Foster with Honors.

Ashley Angelica Alinciaga.

Ethan Gallagher.

Jack Dudac with Honors.

Nicholas Bachinski with Honors.

Dawson Massey Ye Ben Hu.

Neulin Chang.

Shiba Hyu.

John Hart.

Lauren Snyder.

Antonio Kapotoli.

Jaylen Henderson.

Sidney Rottenberg with Honors.

Gerald LaGore.

Jackson Mazeski.

Samuel Anthony Roslanic.

Pete Barrett Cabanawa.

Kirsten Amluba with Honors.

Georgia Wayne Wright with Honors.

Andy Runge.

Luke Diver.

Thomas Ruth.

Jack Holloway.

Ethan Maca.

Jared Huntley.

Vin Truah.

Marisha.

Woodruff.

Anjali Gulapauli.

Julianne Crowley.

Mariah Blanche Allum.

Destiny Elise Willis.

Wesley Chan.

Jameson Lee Piper.

Richard Joseph Pastor.

Christopher Antrim.

Miles Gonzalez.

Drew Gudado.

Remy Stresinbershay.

Jordan Lata.

Emma Andrews with High Honors.

Lena Sabani.

John Shay with Honors.

Chen Shun Chen.

Caroline Johnson.

Anna Bassett with High Honors.

Josie Seabald.

Jessica Tran.

Kayla Hunt.

Eli Lyons.

Lucas Ratton.

Christopher Moiku.

Sebastian Garda.

Eric Murha Takahashi.

Yeshi Cohw with Honors.

Wen Xi Young with honors.

Xi Ching Kai.

Jen Shi Woo with Honors.

Brian Hammond.

Ryan Farouk Hawley with Honors.

Derek Vierra.

Tarack Hussein.

Vincent Lapena.

Ali Hasan Mutar.

Lazia Conoroo.

Saber Ahbuker Moridi.

Sahan Chen.

Ze Yang Guang.

Genshi Sha with Honors.

Pe Shun Yu.

Shi Chi Jun.

Siri Song with Honors.

Wen Ji Huang.

Le Shu with Honors.

Shin Tong Lee.

Evan Duby.

Cameron Hall.

Roy Renker.

Jalen Alexis Coleman.

Lauren Verlendi.

Sophie Walcott.

Jayden Duong.

Alexandra Rocha.

George McKay with High Honors.

Henry Noferini.

Ben Feinglstien.

Nicole Stocks.

Gabriela May Benson with High Honors.

Daniel Skolnik.

Jacob Dunn.

Andrew Ruff.

Tyler Byrne.

Joseph Target.

Luke Azinger.

Xavier Raven.

Heath Baldwin with Honors.

Kendall Hammock.

John Tin Shi.

Yu Ting Xaung.

Justin Anardard.

Lewis Artale.

Dylan Marks.

Kaylee Manchester with High Honors.

Nicholas Powell.

Owen Waldo.

Timothy Cohen.

Han Ching Lou.

Justin Neves.

Andrew Allen.

Carlos Guerrada.

Jacob Michaels.

Caleha Vandola.

Matthew Macbeth.

- The graduates of the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders are being escorted by Dr. Theo Knowles Assistant Professor in the department.

(cheering) - Been asked to speed it up a little.

- Got it.

Okay.

I'm gonna grab a swig of water real quick.

Helena Corta with Honors.

Elena Utet.

Emma Martin with Honors Elizabeth Lee Lang with Honors.

Kendall Cosley with Honors Kennedy Mitchell.

Victoria Mills.

Abby Pierce with High Honors Danielle Francis Goldberg with High Honors Lauren Grace Reynolds.

Gabriela Madrid.

Brenna Shea Caesar with Honors.

Rachel Allen.

Eddie Emery with Honors.

- The graduates of the Department of Communication are being escorted by Amanda Holmstrom.

Professor in the department.

(cheering) - Katie French.

Shayla Wegel.

Faye Yang Shang.

Sing Yu Soon.

Thomas Demers.

Noel Bonfilio.

Cyrus Preme.

Andrew Crawl.

Keegan Gardner.

Ryan Rapini.

Jack Rapini.

Joey Hardester.

Wyatt Alexander White.

Brady Gorman.

Carson McDaniel.

Jack Gerard.

Ryan Distal.

Sean Cuney.

Peyton Omania.

Miles Hoy.

Gianni Ferry.

Kaylee Marie Kneeling Peyton Cole with Honors.

Claire Ovens.

Cassidy Zot.

Sidney Klosterman.

Selena Ricardo.

Sophie Sass.

Corey Clostra.

Kayla Arafad.

Megan Curry with Honors.

Megan Schultz.

Sadie Nguyen.

Christian Parker.

Haley Schulte with Honors.

Chandler Debroy.

Ava Setter.

Lucy Tinawitz.

Morgan Goggins.

Jenna Boville.

Andrew Chong with Honors.

Lily Cohen.

Olivia Bailey Singer with Honors.

Marissa Rosen.

Melanie Jones.

Melanie Saberinsky with High Honors.

Kaylee Lawson with Honors.

Natalie Snyder.

Rachel Turpin.

Brooke Couch.

Aaron Tremonti.

Jade Elder.

Jenna Desico.

Leona Childs.

Catherine Anne Missulo.

Brett Watts.

Teyonre Wang.

Mary Johnson.

Hannah Spolsky.

Andrea Marie Bain.

Jordan Palmer.

Christopher Shum.

Kendall Regent with High Honors.

Natalie Zelensky.

Keon Nyguen Jao.

Sing Lan Jang.

Olivia Tolkienen.

Chloe Stanton.

Casey Haynes.

Haley Hill.

Trajan Smith.

Laura Caruthers with Honors.

Maddy Krantz with Honors.

Camie Lawson.

Caleb Brown.

Claire Donnelly.

Sarah Tomkovich.

Patrick Riddle.

Brett Dodek.

Katie Zinc.

Sidney Crawford.

Miles Kirby.

Delia Ding.

Sean McDonald.

Jeffrey Marshall Moran.

Nathan Doherty.

Carson Mays.

Peyton Koladika.

Abigail Summer Hisma.

Walter Degle.

Lawrence Force.

Constantino Carvias.

Gregory Guzman.

Nicholas Gorelic.

Alexander Inosensio.

Baz Che.

Charlie Binder.

Matthew Bebach.

Alexander Pospichal.

Colin Wood.

DeMarcus Farmer.

Ryan James Keenan.

Lauren Cruz.

Brynn McSued.

Michelle Brown.

Sam Volk.

Scott Stoles.

Dale Wall.

Emily Woodard.

Gergana Yordinova.

Lauren Cole Kenzer.

Desha Renee Johnson.

Nariae McPherson.

Shannon Rowe.

Richard Perry.

Sidney Davis.

Keegan Rankin.

Katherine Foster.

Nicholas Sameac.

Peyton Thorn.

Locklin McNeil.

Maya Casceta.

Sam Stone Webb.

Hunter Snyder.

Dylan Alexander Miss.

Drake Hirschfield.

Kyle Hall.

Madison Kirk.

Ryan Allen.

Jack DePasquale.

Toby Burger.

Yu Ying Ping.

- The graduates of the School of Journalism are being escorted by Rick Epps Specialist in the school.

(cheering) - Let's go for it.

Kennedy Alexandria Robinson with Honors.

Jordan Morgan.

Elizabeth Bednars.

Cedar Mezco.

Brian Smith.

Hadley McLean.

Jace Konopca.

AJ Miller.

Tanner Torres.

Michael Jermaine II.

Jack Rouse.

Emma Wizowski.

Natalie Brown with High Honors.

Jack Harrison with Honors.

John Peruk.

Abigail Virginia Kommar.

Jake Leskawa.

Norene Alexandrina Basson.

Delaney Vanover.

Anna Leonis.

Takia London.

Madison Robinson.

Anna Misarkowski with Honors.

Janelle Dominique James.

Emily Kellogg.

Brooke Ryan Miller.

Samantha Marie, patron Faro with honors.

Let's hold up for a second.

Paige Mariah McCollum.

Lindsay Hyams.

Genevieve Fox.

Jennifer Barber.

Jack Hellman.

Emily Dickerson.

Emily Comer.

Sarah Atwood.

Mariana Christian Santos Beon Cordameda.

Julianne Noy.

Michael Wilson.

Drew Reynolds with Honors.

Savion Elathan Jones.

Sarah Loughner with Honors.

Haley McDonald.

Jacob Charles Syler.

Serenity Meadow Smith.

Destiny Shelly.

Artora Gillum.

Nala Hollands.

Markel McClendon.

Lily Cross.

Shin Nang.

Zine Pang.

Matthew David Dwyer.

Olivia Shurnock.

Grace Durphy.

Zachary Beavers.

Brendan Shabath.

Isabella Angelina Gorsik with Honors.

Veronica Bolanos.

Borillana Elein.

Claire Grant.

Eli McCowen.

Wendy Guzman Rubio.

There we go.

Dina Cor.

Ramiah Truer.

Devin Anderson Torres.

Sam Sklar.

Annie Heater.

Madeline Warren with Honors Drew Goretsgo with Honors.

Daniel Netter.

Madeline Monroe.

Cameron McLaren.

Jacob Stinson.

Ryan Radosovich.

Emil Rizk with High Honors.

Samuel Blatchford.

Michael Marja Koch with Honors.

Carter Fry.

Sarah Omar.

Zachary Urban with Honors.

Benjamin Edwards.

Nicholas Burt.

Jared Mackey.

Jack Michael Gibson.

Harvey Rullo IV.

Joseph Irolt.

India Stalworth.

Sidney Upraft.

Daniel Isaac Sivian.

Luca Maloney Shell.

Julia Wallace.

Anna Traver.

Hunter Gedwell with Honors.

Isabella Martin with Honors.

Chloe Porfiro.

Caitlin Holt Valor with Honors.

Sarah Smith.

Luise Gutierrez.

Alexandra Hill with honors.

- The graduates of the Department of Advertising plus Public Relations are being escorted by Dave Regan, instructor and the department and Greg Toucher Specialist in the department.

(cheering) - Really?

If you want me to do the whole thing, that's okay.

- Until tomorrow.

- Yes.

(crowd chattering) Matthew Michael Thomas Shaler.

Max Sepashi.

Lucas Simmons.

Demetra Anastasio.

Griffin Call.

Carly Smith with High Honors.

Maxwell Curtis with Honors.

Isabella Elizabeth Sheancariolo.

Isabella Laport.

Veronica Collick.

Michael Yu.

Gee Huan.

Yu Ma.

Emily Mays.

Brianna Stuck.

Jane Corridor.

Grace Finkbeiner.

Julia Kenny.

Gabriel Mitchell.

Braden Bushart.

Marin Armstrong.

Jacob Petro.

Dante Marucci.

Chris McDade.

Tyrese Banks.

Kennedy Rain Giles.

Linia Linear Mitchell.

Ryan Hoen.

Philip Golic.

McKayla Murphy.

Shelby Murphy.

Lauren Murphy.

Peyton Hurley.

Jack Papora.

David Hansen.

Vincent Foo Nguyen.

Thomas Chung with Honors.

Imani Walker.

Tara Webster.

Andrea Ajaday.

Onyla Taggart.

Macy Oaks with High Honors.

Olivia Bach.

Carrie Hunter.

Shinuae Way.

Renee Austin Jr. Charles Lamarsh.

George Lamatos.

Ann Rinky.

Nicholas Pantelis.

Nathan Druek.

Trevor Dunn.

Ian Grimes.

Justin Rapoon.

Tayre Ajan Parks.

Elena Whitehead.

Jade Victoria Manna.

Claire Bonoon.

Geoon Han.

Isabella Bain with Honors.

Joseph Damiani.

Skylar Crespo.

Thomas Vu.

Isabella Dickinson.

Parish Robart.

Keyone Javier Harris Casanova.

Mary Claire Diamond with Honors.

Caroline Barata.

Jay Yu Shu.

Je Wong Shuo.

Cece Wong with Honors.

Madison Cutting.

Dylan Joseph Tawan Young.

Dan Heights.

Alec Wasniak.

Timothy Tanaka.

Nicholas Morrie.

Preston Rollinson.

Cameron Galen.

Fan Char.

Lauren Ackerman with Honors.

Olivia Nepple.

Gabrielle Langden.

Nicholas Hernandez.

Carlo Monaco.

Artemis Mason.

Pavle Panovich.

Elizabeth Haggerty.

Carson Burnsmoore.

Andrew Edmund Reyes.

Rin Hadden with Honors on his birthday.

Octavia Blanco.

Maxwell Evan Dore.

Madison Henkin.

Amelia Velazquez with High Honors.

Grace Pia with Honors.

Dominique Delano.

Falia Garza.

Tomia Tomonovich.

Julie Reed Dunigan.

Tolia Martinez with Honors.

Cole Simansky.

Anthony Lexie.

Eric Johnson.

Bailey Shik.

Mitch Mobler.

Aaron Murphy.

Shin Ye Wong.

Yun Quo.

Brendan Gaffney.

Nolan Wall with High Honors.

Aphra Arshad with Honors.

Grace Sobeck.

Faith Stevens with Honors.

Charras Jahongeer.

Alexandria Simonelli.

Megan Everland.

Drew Cummins.

Jeremy Hunter Coppola.

Gavin O'Hallern.

Fiorella Diaz Jimenez.

Chelsea Hermanson with Honors.

Kelly Branigan.

Faith Pasano.

Raven Lape.

Nicole Barto with honors.

Olivia Tyrell.

Riley Ward with High Honors.

Claire Brown.

Hannah Lee.

Lauren Travis.

Alexandra Marcy.

Abigail Stamler.

Lauren Joiner.

Sarah Elizabeth Teman.

Samantha Yono with High Honors.

Paige Coleman with Honors.

Caroline Schiller.

Jillian Lagashotti.

Joey Durr.

Mike Anthony Miller Jr. Colin Baker with Honors.

Violet Gray.

Jerome Campbell.

Matthew Elsbury.

Chloe Clark.

Alyssa Judge.

Donovan Bates.

John Ward.

Mark Tatoli.

Jason De Valentine.

Zachary Thomas Shamp.

Haley Hartwig.

McKayla Martinovic.

Madden McDougle.

Olivia King.

Josh Covach.

Gabriela Selena Huerta.

Katelyn Finity with Honors.

Kelsey Grusen with Honors.

Connor McCloud.

Jack Juday with Honors.

Sam Sears.

Kristin Lens.

Brandon Lopez.

Antonio DeQuan Pastel II.

Isaiah James Anderson.

Dea Johnson.

Markwan Wenham.

Ryan Smith.

Jordan Dixon.

Benjamin Derker.

Brandon Boso with Honors.

Jeremy Steelman.

Larry Xavier Thomas.

Ryan Porter.

Kyle Yager.

James Pratt.

Uche Chin.

Chin Shang Jong.

Lofan Juang.

Kara Thornton.

Olivia Labaron with Honors.

Ashley Vericinga.

Teresa Anita Harvey with Honors.

Emily Zorn.

Alexandria Becker.

Rebecca Wine with Honors.

Raymond Visacaro.

Cameron Kemp.

Reginal Mero.

Dan Lloyd.

Jacob Hermo.

Brendan Munde.

Jonah Ashby.

Robert Ferrari.

Noah Miller.

Ethan John Fredrickson.

Zachary Yerbe.

Billy Relae.

Elijah Kate.

Maxwell Dutra.

- Peyton Cuan.

Ashley Wain.

Caitlin Hobblicle.

Sophia Levine.

Kelsey Flynn.

Connor Flynn.

Bella Athneesue.

Harrison Dunbar.

Yuan Hong Son.

Gee Wi Lee with Honors.

Shang Ye Xang.

Mateo Zackelewski.

Alexia Suceddo.

Kirsten Opasik.

Skylar Vano.

Emily Christenberry.

Riley Marino.

Isabella Chung.

Caitlin Thompson.

Brandon Carey.

Matthew Bradley.

Evan Miller.

Jenna Persian.

Sarah Marie Sosa.

Thomas Powers Were.

Maximilian Ohochinsky.

Luke Mehan.

Molly Levine Altman.

Chloe Cooper.

Zachary Cohen.

Zoe Fucherelli.

Madison Aellow.

Emily Bradley.

Adrian Antonio Briones.

Justin Timmerman with Honors.

McKayley Walker.

Gabe Burke.

Stephen Phillip Hahn.

John Avery.

Conor Patton.

David Wenrich.

Abigail Cepco.

Elizabeth Mexout.

Gavin Ciarelli.

Dane Weis Kercher.

Caroline Turner.

Yvette Perry.

Olivia Cranmore.

Alec Vincent.

Samantha Boler.

Josh Rhodes.

Tina Daechaviski.

Olivia Greenslade.

Lauren Elliot.

Garrett Bradley.

Lindsay Merlin.

Chloe Reed.

Scott Russell.

Blake Defilipo.

Ethan John McCue.

Evan Vaughn.

Will Irvin.

Evan Schaffer.

Emma Ross with Honors.

Aaron Flore with Honors.

Maria Laskowski with High Honors.

Adriana Carmona Chavez.

Jordan Janay Smith.

Carolyn Lamb with Honors.

Nithia Charles with Honors.

Bella Rawles.

Keely Day Broderick.

Patumata Sacco.

Zachary Condron.

Beza Desta.

Gage Jaco.

Grant Briggs.

Sidney Hodges.

Kyle Sedgwick with Honors.

Shawn Curry.

Veronica Bryan.

Megan Loop with High Honors.

Anna Virgath.

Georgia Carlson.

Ashley Tesero.

Jillian Jankowski.

Sophia Cluyere.

Hope Alex.

Jordan Weber.

Aiden Belu.

Oliver Weaver.

Rodrigo Lopez Ruiz.

Emily Ariano.

Tanya Vasquez.

Tara Meyers.

Page Powers.

Brianna Gigiati.

Paige Custer.

Emma Slifka.

Mary Claire Graham.

Zoe Church.

Benjamin Mason.

Robert Walker.

Rachel Ire.

Mason Corez.

Evan Hardacre.

Sophia Bruno.

Grace Cause Donlinger with Honors.

Natalia Babajan.

Noah Joseph Zelinsky.

Noah William Lukehart.

Kevin Arshalo.

Grant Walker.

Elena Taylor Seabird.

Olivia Bebe with High Honors.

Kimberly York.

Alexandra Marie Ackerley, and Brent Severance.

(applause) - Congratulations graduates, (applause) and thank you so much for staying till the end for your friends.

I'd now like to introduce members of the platform party who have not been to the microphone.

Carrie Schuler Lopez is the interim assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education.

Carrie?

(applause) Sean Turner is Director of Broadcasting for WKAR.

Sean?

(applause) Lauren Gaines Mackenzie is Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Lauren?

(applause) Jamie Paisley and Mark Beshore.

I'd like to thank you for assisting as readers today.

Thank you.

(applause) I would also like to thank Andrea Cliver for providing real time captioning for tonight's ceremony.

(applause) And Amira Coleman and Ceon Rufus of the MSU Wind Symphony for their participation tonight.

Thank you.

(applause) Thanks.

I now invite all of you to join in singing the first stanza of the Alma Mater MSU Shadows.

After the Alma Mater, we ask our guests to be seated and remain there until after the recessional.

♪ 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.

♪ (cheering and applause) (band begins playing)