(Music Playing) Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

My name is, John Papapolymerou I'm the interim dea of the College of Engineering.

So, as we get underway this afternoon, we asked you to join our graduates and faculty in the singing of the Star-Spangled banner.

Sonica Jose electrical engineering graduate, will lead us.

Sonica is from Troy, Michigan.

And we'd like to thank her parents, Noel Jose and Gopal Jose, for their support.

Would you all please stand and face the American flag?

Gentlemen, please remove your hats.

(Singing and performance of Star-Spangled Banner) And please be seated.

I would like to welcome everyon to this very special ceremony, where we pay tribute to thos who have successfully completed the requirement for bachelor's degree in engineering.

This is a very joyful but also solemn occasion out of respect to those speaking and those being recognized.

I ask you to hold your applause and celebration until the end of each segment of the program.

You're also reminded to please silence your cell phones.

I also request that w when we get to the recognition of the individual graduates you remain in your seats to hear the names of all students crossing our stage today.

And we have a lot of students.

Each of our students worked very hard to get here today and deserves our respect as they recognized.

We're also very pleased to have with us today the Honorable Rebecca Bahar-Cook of the Michigan State University Board of Trustees.

I would like to give her a moment to serve her.

Welcome Trustee Bahar-Cook.

Thank you.

Dean Papapolymerou.

Appreciate it.

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

Under the Michigan Constitution, the Board of Trustees is th governing body of the university by whose authorities degrees are granted.

Today's ceremony represent the culmination of discipline, intellectual work, and creative imagination.

Certainly no small accomplishment.

Many of you and your families here today have sacrificed to get you here.

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

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

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

Please accept our warmest congratulations and best wishes.

Thank you.

Trustee Mark.

I would like now to ask a member of the 2026 graduating class to reflect on his engineering undergraduate experience.

I am pleased to introduce Pranav Deshmukh, computer engineering graduat who was elected by the faculty and the Engineering Student Counci to provide the student address.

Pranav is from Rochester Hills, Michigan and would like to than his parents, Avinash and Rupali.

Deshmukh, and his brother Parth.

Also the Wakenike family for supporting him here today.

Pranav come up.

Right.

Thank you dean Papapolymerou and trustee Bahar-Cook.

Good afternoon everyone.

To the families, friend and faculty gathered here today.

Thank you.

And to my peers, the class of 2026.

We did it well.

Boston, Massachusetts.

Doha, Qatar.

Mesa, Arizona.

Ellen Gay.

National rainforest, Puerto Rico.

What do all these places have in common?

In each and every one of them, a random person came up to me and greeted me with go green.

All right.

The Spartan community does not leav once you cross the stage today.

It travels with you.

Today is an exciting day.

It's proud.

But for many of us, including me, it's also uncertain.

New jobs, new cities new expectations and questions.

We don't yet have the answers to.

But we aren't going into this alone.

We are part of a global spartan network who have walked across the same stage and stepped into the same uncertainty before us.

Now, over the past four years, there have been two mindsets I have learned about that help me feel a little bit more prepare to tackle on this uncertainty.

And I want to take this time to share them with you in the hopes that they resonate.

The first is an entrepreneurial mindset, and you don't have to study entrepreneurship or own a business.

You just have to be curious and take initiative.

I had the amazing opportunity to internet Tesla this past summer, and before my internship, I was uncertain about many things.

So I reached out to my manager and I asked him, are there any topic I should review before I start and to make sure I didn't mess up his email?

I have it printed out right here on a sheet that I'm going to read to you guys.

He said, hey, to answer your questions in terms of soft skills, look into problem solving methodologies.

It doesn't seem too bad.

I got that one.

Sure, in terms of hard skills, focus on engineering fundamentals within fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, mechatronics, kinematics, and material science with the focus on polymers.

Now, I don't know if all the non mechanical engineering students can relate here, but the only time I heard these words were my mechanical friends were complaining about them, or if they had a test tha they didn't know if they passed.

So after studying for four weeks, my Mechanical Engineering crash course curated by our good friend ChatGPT, I went down to Texas and I quickly learned that t keep up, I had to ask questions.

Many questions.

And what I came to realize was that even when I asked these questions to my coworkers, managers, staff, engineers, oftentimes they didn't give me immediate answers.

We would have to sit down, look through the documents, google some terms, look through the documents again and then come to our conclusion.

I realized that the smartest engineers don't have all the answers, but they stay curious.

The second mindset that has given me a sens of direction in this transition to uncertainty is a service oriented mindset.

Now, for one moment, let's rewind the clock for years, and let's ask freshman year of myself two questions.

Real quick though, four years ago we were living at Wilson Hall.

How many people live there?

Wilson Hall?

Awesome.

The most of us.

Awesome.

Awesome.

And to the family and friends who don't know what Wilson is or haven't heard of it.

It's the first year engineering dorm on campus.

And to those students who didn't raise your hands.

I'm sorry you guys missed out.

But Wilson, also, one hall in South Campus that doesn't have a Spartys.

It's okay, though, becaus at least it has a dining hall.

Wait.

Sorry.

Nevermind.

Just have a dining hall.

At least.

Has a gym.

Actually does have a gym.

Either way, it has th engineering 100 lecture halls.

Yeah.

So yeah, you guys missed out.

But let's ask myself these questions.

Hey, front of what company do you want to work at after college?

I would say, give me one moment.

Take out my phon and I would search up companies with the highest pay.

That's what would be my answer.

Hey, front of what city do you want to work at in the future?

So give me a moment.

Take out my phone.

Cities with the highest starting salary.

That's what would be my answer.

Now, if it isn't obvious.

Already coming into college, a lot of my decisions revolved around one thing money.

But if you ask me these same questions now, my answer has changed.

My priorities have shifted.

I began to value things like impact, connection and purpose and servic was responsible for this change.

Throughout my experiences here at Michigan State and student organizations.

I was able to serve at daycares, gardens, schools, and I was able to see firsthand how much impact one perso can have on an entire community.

I always left these experiences feeling heightened senses of gratitude and community.

Service gave me direction when I didn't have any.

So Spartans, the students that are sitting next to you.

Sorry.

Excuse me.

Alumni sitting next to you, the ones who have studied with you, struggled with you and celebrated with you are part of the Spartan community you belong to for the rest of your lives.

When we don't have all of the answers, we can lean on this community.

When the path isn't clear, we can stay curious.

And when we don't know our next steps, we can use service to guide us.

We don't have to fear uncertainty because we are Spartans and Spartans will.

Class of 2026.

Congratulations and go green.

I want.

Thank you, Pranav for your thoughtful comments on behalf of all engineering graduates.

It's my privilege now to introduce today's commencemen speaker, Doctor Marissa Beatty, and electro chemist entrepreneur and visionary working at the forefront of sustainable innovation.

Doctor Beatty earned her bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from what else?

Michigan State University in 2017.

She went on to receive he degree from Columbia University and conducted her research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as a US Department of Energy fellow.

Over th course of a decade in research, she focused on understanding why clean chemical processes fail.

Diggin into the underlying mechanisms that limit their performance and durability.

That work laid the foundation for what she's building today practical, scalable technologies designed not just to perform in ideal condition but to endure in the real world.

As the founder of Turnover Labs, Doctor Beatty's reimagining how we approach carbon.

Her company develops electrolysis systems that can convert impure carbon dioxide streams.

Once considered waste, int valuable carbon neutral products without the need for costly purification.

Inspire by the reliability of a tractor, her team prioritizes resilience and longevity over fragility and perfection.

The result systems that last five times longer and operate with significantly improved energy efficiency.

Beyond her work as a founder.

Doctor Beatty also advises climate tech startups supporting innovations in green hydrogen, renewable energy storage and clean energy generation.

Her work is driven by a clear and compelling mission to make the chemicals industry more efficient, more sustainable and more accessible for the future.

Please join me i welcoming Doctor Marissa Beatty.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Hello, everyone.

First of all, I'd like to thank the College of Engineering for the opportunity to speak to you today.

It really is such an hono to return to my roots and share what I've learned with the next generation of engineers.

But more importantly, I'd like to extend my deepest congratulations to you, the class of 2026.

When I was asked to serve as a commencement speaker, so many memories came back to me about my time here.

It really wasn't that long ago, not even ten years, that I was sitting in these exact same chairs in this exact same stadium.

One of you might even be wearing the exact same gow that I wore since I rented mine.

But even in thi relatively short amount of time, it's undeniable how much lif has changed for students today compared to students in my class.

When I was a senior, w had barely even heard of zoom.

Professor Ryan first tried it in our Advanced Polymers class to a group of very annoyed seniors, but now it's completely common to have entire classes taught on the platform.

And you don't need me telling you today how much I has even changed the world as we know it.

So who knows what the next big thing is going to be?

This rapidly changing landscape of technology and culture makes giving good commencement advice pretty difficult.

Any relevant lesson that I give today might be outdated in just a few years.

The world isn't just constantly changing.

The rate at which it's changing is increasing as well.

You're all engineers, so you can think of that as a strongly positive second derivative.

And if that doesn't sound familiar, then don't worry.

You've already graduated.

But anyway, whatever you or I think the next 5 to 10 years will look like we're both probably wrong.

So I think the most question or most useful question for you to consider as you begin your next chapter is what can you build your life around when the conditions you build it for will inevitably change?

I started considering thi at the beginning of my career.

I often call myself a reluctant entrepreneur because founding a company was never a part of my original life plan.

I actually anticipated on being an academic, focusing specificall on sustainability, technology.

I was going to get a doctorate, publishing all the big journals, work in a national lab, and I actually got pretty deep into that plan.

As mentioned I finished my PhD at Columbia, published some papers along the way, and eventuall secured a position at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in California.

So not bad.

But once I got to California, I had the unfortunate realization that I kind of hate the work that I was working on, and my frustration was growing every single day.

I had built my life for years to be in this position, but it turns out that I ha built my life wrong for myself.

I thought I was working o the things that I really wanted, but really I didn't hav an understanding of what it was that would make me feel fulfilled in my career.

But I soon found that understanding in a pretty unexpected place.

I decided that since I' in beautiful, sunny California, I might as well try surfing.

My friend had an extra board and the beach was down the street, so may as well.

In hindsight, I didn't realize that this is exactly what I needed for the existential crisis that I was currently in.

You see, surfing teaches you how to move with change instead of against it.

You have zero conditions or zero control over the conditions of the ocean, which are constantly shifting around you.

The only way to stay afloat is to study and adapt to the shifting tides and currents.

So when reflecting on the advice I could give, I figured that I can share the three best lessons that I've learned on ho to successfully navigate change for my life as a scientist, entrepreneur, and a surfer.

The first lesson that I learned was that your chances of success are directly correlated with the number of opportunities that you have access to.

When people think of what makes a good surfer, they assume it's about balance, strength, or speed.

And yes, while you do not nee those things, the best surfers aren't necessarily the strongest or the fastest.

They just know exactly where to put themselves, where waves can catch them.

In reality, only 10% of your time surfing is actually spent surfing.

You're more often sitting, waiting, and watching the horizon so that you can build an intuition for how the ocean is behaving that day.

As you gain that insight.

You paddle yourself over to where the waves are breaking and where your chances of success are best.

In real life, you can apply this lesson by being deliberate in where you place yourself professionally and build a life where the opportunities that you want can find you.

This can be picking the teams that you join or the problems that you stay close to, or being in environments where things are actually happening around you.

Instead of mapping out a path for yourself.

Instead map out the system that you're operating in.

Are yo where decisions are being made or are opportunities materializing?

If not, then watch wait, and paddle somewhere else.

That gives you more options.

Once you're there, be selective so that you save your energy for the good waves, and when the right opportunity comes, you'll be ready and in position to paddle hard for it.

This leads to my second lesson the value of getting extremely comfortable with rejection.

I know it's common advice, bu it really can't be overstated.

When I take or make my friends go surf for the first time, I'll see two different responses to failure.

Some will get absolutel decimated by a wave and pop up with a smile, ready to try agai while others get pretty shaken and quickly retreat back to the shore.

Both groups start out at exactly the same skill level, but the ones more willing to throw themselves back into the fray are the ones that become the better surfers.

Not letting a bruised ego or body stop them from trying again.

I found that the same mentality applies to scientific, professional and artistic pursuits as well.

In fact, when I mentioned first time entrepreneurs, I often get asked what the trick is to raise money from investors.

How can we convince them that our venture is worth coming in on?

In reality, there's only one trick.

You just have to go out over and over and over again.

Even for a seasoned entrepreneur, what's considered a good conversion rate from first conversatio to investment hovers around 1%.

So that means that the best founders out there will get rejected 99 times before hearing just one.

Yes.

Despite this, you still have to show up at that 99th meeting with exactly the same confidence that you had in your first.

And to be clear, each know still hurts even today.

And even for me.

But the best thing tha you can do as you move forward is to try to become resilient to it, and not let it shake your next attempt.

Okay, I have one last surfing metaphor.

I promise.

Sometimes things can and do go wrong, and you can end up way in over your head.

If you have a reall bad wipe out, you can get held under the wave for what feels like an eternity.

It's terrifying and disorienting, and you can barely know which way is up.

This is how I felt that summer in California.

I felt unqualified, exhausted, and confused, like I was being held under for way too long.

But I knew how I could swim back to the surface thanks to findin what I like to call my tether.

You see, before I go out into the ocean I'll strap my board to my ankle so that no matter how rough it gets, my boar can't get too far away from me.

If I wipe out and I'm literally head over heels, I'll instinctively reach down and tug on my leash.

If it resists against me, then I know to swim that way.

So if you're ever truly thrown and your career or life shift shifts significantly overnight, you don't need a brand new five year plan.

You really just need to know which way is up, where is your board, and how do you get to it?

Finding my tether led the way to the work that I do now.

While a lot of scientists and engineers love working on cutting edge discoveries, I learned that that's not actually aligned with what my most important values.

Instead, I just care about getting practical, effectiv climate tech solutions running as soon as possible so that the can start making a difference.

Today.

Knowing this guided me off of my wrong path and towards starting a company, which is something I never thought I would have done.

And yet I've learned that I feel like I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.

I really love the messy and convoluted world of manufacturing and entrepreneurship.

You're at a stage now where you can start defining what that tether is for yourself.

It can be a lot of thing how much money you want to make.

Your principles are values, the life you want to live, the people you want to work with, or even just the problems you want to solve.

But whatever it is, it should be the most basic component of what you need in life.

And the first thing that you think you'd want to rebuild if everything collapsed tomorrow.

If you define this and define it well, it can be a powerful directional indicator for the rest of your life.

When you're lost, you can pull on your tether and swim towards where it leads instead of trying to drag it with you.

So this may sound like a lot of work, and I'm not here to give more assignments post-graduation.

In reality, you've already done all of these things when you chose to better yourself through your education.

Whether you realize it or not, you are not the same person you wer when you started this journey, or even the same person you would have been if you chose differently.

You have reached this incredible milestone, despite massive changes in the world and in yourself.

So sure, the world will keep changing, but so will you.

So just remember, as you move forward, to stay adaptable, to sit where the waves are.

Keep paddling after you wipe out and to always keep track of your board.

And if the conditions get really rough, I think I can speak for everyone here.

When I say that you will always have a place to come back to, right here at your local favorite local beach in East Lansing.

Thank you and congratulations again to the class of 2026.

Thank you so much.

Thank you Marissa.

We're extremely proud of you accomplishments and outstanding as an outstanding Spartan engineer.

Michigan Stat University is home to incredibly talented faculty, and those in the College of Engineering are no exception.

It is my great pleasur to recognize faculty and staff who have won the 2026 Withrow Teaching Scholarship and Student Service Awards.

Through the generosity of Jack and we through, we established awards for engineering faculty and staff to recognize outstanding teaching scholars of professional service and service to students.

With those faculty and staff over these, please stan and accept our congratulations.

On behalf of MSU engineering students and the College, thank you for your excellence in teaching, research, professional service, and most of all, outstanding service to our students.

It is now my privilege to recognize the special accomplishments of graduates who have distinguished themselves for their outstanding academic achievement.

For engineering, graduate are the recipients of national and international awards over at Camden Mechanical Engineering.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

Jillian Conley Biosystems engineering honors college.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

Siobhan Nager Carr, chemical engineering.

Biochemistry and molecular biology.

Biotechnology.

Honors College and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

And Samantha Soldi, chemical engineering honors college.

Goldwater scholarship and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

Please join me in congratulating this group of students.

We now pay tribute to graduates who not only completed their academic program successfully, but we have the distinction of having maintained the highest grade point average in the class, thereby meriting a 4.0 grade point average.

Names of the 4.0 students are on the screen behind me.

To be eligible for a 4.0.

To be eligible for a 4.0.

At least three fourths of the credits for the degree must be earned in residence at Michigan State University.

This honor.

Is designated by the green, white, and gold braided cor worn with the academic growth.

So this semester, 34 engineering graduates earned a 4.2 average.

Will this students please rise and remain standin to accept our congratulations?

On behalf of your classmates, the faculty administratio and trustees of the university, I congratulate you and wish you the best.

We were also fortunat to have a College of Engineering representative on the senior Class Council this year.

Would you please stand?

Okay.

Thank you for your service to the senior class.

Council.

Our next group of honorees are students nominated by a member of the MSU engineering community for their service to the college.

When your name is called, please stand and remain standing.

Sitara Baxendale, Computer Science.

Nicholas Bray, biosystems engineering.

Zachary Christianson, materials science and engineering.

Gianna Fiore, biosystems engineering.

Ela Slater, Johan, material science and engineering.

Elaina.

Wine, chemical engineering.

Benjamin Harrison, computer science.

Jasmine Jacobs chemical engineering.

Jillian Conley biosystems engineering.

Ciara Bate, mechanical engineering.

Gabriella Coast, civil engineering.

Summer Lueck biosystems engineering.

Siobhan Nagata, chemical engineering.

Anna Norfleet, chemical engineering.

Cold cellar computer engineering.

Samantha Salty chemical engineering.

Ruby Todd environmental engineering.

Mackenzi Voss, environmental engineering.

And Owen Winegar, electrical engineering.

Congratulations.

Please, please be seated.

Engineering students, we are also graduating from the MSU Honors College.

Have completed a rigorous set of enriched courses during their engineering curriculum and are identified by the wall by the white colla stall with the HC designation.

Would all members of the Honor College stand for recognition?

You may be seated.

Co-ops and internships are extremely important for many of us in the college.

Students who completed at least three co-op or internship experiences, along with completing EGR x 42 experience, are wearing orange and white cords.

Could you please stand to be recognized?

Please be seated.

Finally, MSU is a national leader in the development of international programs through both student and faculty participation in these programs.

We continue to pla an important role in enhancing global understanding and building an international community of scholars.

Would all students who have participated in an education abroad program or international research or work opportunity?

Please stand for recognition.

All right, all right.

You may be seated.

So now, please enjoy this special piece of music from our talented MSU Symphony band.

(Music Playing) Yeah.

Thank you.

All right.

We've now reached the momen we would all been waiting for.

We shall now confer the baccalaureate degrees upon candidates from the major programs of the college.

The candidates from the majo of applied engineering sciences will be presented by Doctor Laura Genik, director of the program.

Will the candidates for the degree of applied engineering Sciences please rise?

Woo!

Amazing group, aren't they?

Dean Papapolymerou I would like to present to you on behalf of the Facult of Applied Engineering Sciences, these candidates for the awarding of their baccalaureate degree.

Thank you.

Laura.

The candidates from the Major Biosystems Engineering will be presented by Doctor Brad Marks, chairperson of the department or the candidates for the bachelor's degree in Biosystems Engineering.

Please stand and remain standing.

Dean.

Papa.

Dean Papapolymerou These candidates are prepared to engineer a healthier, nourished and sustainable future on behalf of the Biosystems Engineering faculty, I present them to you for the conferral of the baccalaureate degree.

Thanks, Brad.

The candidates from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science will be presented by Doctor Christina Chan.

Chair Person of the Department.

Would the candidates for the bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering.

Please stand and remain standing.

Dean.

Papa.

My Dean Papapolymerou.

On behalf of the Chemical Engineering, Material Science and Engineering faculty, I'm pleased to present these excellent candidates to you for the awarding of the baccalaureate degree.

Thanks, Chris.

All right.

The candidates from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will be presented by Doctor Pete's Savolainen.

Chairperson of the department, designers, builders.

Dreamers.

Would the candidates for the bachelor's degree in civil engineering and environmental engineering please stand and remain standing?

Tomorrow you bear responsibility for both our natural and built environments.

Good luck, Dean Papapolymerou, on behalf of the faculty and staff in civi and Environmental engineering, it's my distinct pleasure to present these candidates for the baccalaureate degree.

Thanks, Pete.

Hey, the candidates from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering will be presented by Doctor Abdol Esfahanian, chairperson of the Department.

Will the candidates for bachelor's degree in computer scienc and Computational Data science.

Please stand and remain standing.

Trustee Cook, Dean Papapolymerou, on behalf of the faculty, staff and advisors of Computer Science and Engineering, I am pleased to present to you these talented, hardworking candidates for the Bachelor degree.

Thank you.

Thanks, Abdol.

Okay.

The candidates for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will be presented by Doctor Nelson Sepulved Chairperson of the Department.

Yeah ECE make some noise.

I have to read this thing.

Otherwise Amanda puts me in timeout again.

So would the candidates for the bachelor's degree in electrical and computer Engineering.

Please stand and remain standing.

And also make some noise.

Bring it up.

ECE.

Dean Papapolymerou, on behalf of the Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty, I am pleased to present these candidates to you for th award of the bachelor's degree.

Thank you.

Nelson.

Okay.

The candidates from the Department of Mechanical Engineering will be presented by Doctor Minami Yoda chairperson of the Department.

So first off, I think all of our graduates know fluid mechanics and thermodynamics.

S we're ready, I think, for Tesla.

But let's start with that.

So with the candidates for the bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, please stand and remain standing.

Dean Papapolymerou, probably more on behalf of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, I am pleased to presen these extraordinary candidates to you for the awarding of the baccalaureate degree.

Thank you.

Minami.

Thank on behalf.

On behalf of the president who has delegated to him the authority of the State of Michigan vested in the Board of Trustees.

I confer upon each of you the degrees for which you have been recommended, with all the rights and distinctions to which same title you according to the custom.

You may now move your tassels from the right side to your caps on their cups to the left.

Congratulations MSU alumni!

Congratulations.

Please be seated.

This represents the conclusion of our great achievement and marks the beginning of a lifetime of dedicated service to your fellow citizens.

It's an achievement worthy of celebration.

And we are here this afternoon to celebrate the fact that more than 1050 students have this semester completed their academic program of their choice in our College of Engineering.

Let's welcome our.

At this time, th new graduates will be escorted to the stage by their academic advisors.

So would the advisor please stand and be recognized this morning?

Thank you for all your hard work you do for our college.

The students will be with the students.

Excuse me.

Will be introduced by Jamie Paisley and Scott Pohl from WKAR Broadcasting services as they walk across the stage to receive a token diploma.

Students what grade point averages between 3.98 and 4.0 are awarded University High Honor.

University Honor is awarded to students who have earned a grade poin average between 3.88 and 3.97.

These honors are designated by the gold cord added to their academic robes.

Before we get started with the fun part, I'd like to give our students one last assignment.

And I promise the last assignment was not thermodynamics.

There's no electromagnetic or anything like that.

Please.

So respect to all of your fellow graduates and remain in the arena through the reading of all the names for the rest of our audience, please keep your individual applause brief so that the names of each of ou graduates can be heard by all.

So let's start with the graduates from the Environmental Engineering major.

Please come forward.

Sorry, the applied engineering major, please come forward.

Okay.

(Conferral of degrees reading graduate names) Let's hear i one more time for our graduates.

Congratulations to everybody.

So we're almost at the finish line.

There is a large group of individuals who have contributed with their love, their understanding and their financial support to the achievements that we have all recognized today.

Accordingly, we ask all the members of the immediate families of the graduates to rise and give all of us an opportunity to express our thanks and appreciation.

So could you please rise?

Family, friends?

I would like to introduce a very important group of people who have the ultimate responsibility for the education that you have received with the representatives of the facult of the College of Engineering.

Rise and accept our gratitude.

Please rise.

Okay.

So please join us in singin the alma mater, the MSU Sonos, the MSU Symphony band conducted by Greg Adams, will accompany us.

(Singing and performance of MSU Alma Mater) Make.

Okay.

Please be seated.

I would like to thank Scott Pohl and Jamie Paisley of WKAR radio for reading graduates names.

I'd also like to thank Mrs.

Andrea Claver for providing our real tim captioning of today's ceremony.

So please remain seated while the platform party and the faculty leave the arena.

Once the platform party has left, please remain in your seats for one additional special number from the MSU Symphony Band in honor of our graduates.

After the recessional, families and friends may meet their graduates on the ground level.

To our graduates.

Finally, we're extremely proud of all of yo completing your work here today.

We know that you will accomplish great deeds in the future, an we want to hear from you often.

The best to all of you.

And one last thing go green.

Go white.

Go green.

Go white.

(MSU Fight Song performance)