(orchestral music plays) (audience applauds and cheers) - What a great day.

(audience cheers and applauds) I am Phillip Duxbury, Dean of the College of Natural Science.

It's my great pleasure to welcome you to the commencement of the class of 2023.

(audience cheers and applauds) To begin the ceremonies, we ask our guests to join with the students in singing America the Beautiful, led by Amira Coleman, student of Music Performance in the College of Music, accompanied by the MSU Wind Symphony under the direction of Ceon Rumphs, doctoral student in Music Conducting in the College of Music.

Please rise.

(orchestral music plays) ♪ O beautiful for spacious skies ♪ ♪ For amber waves of grain ♪ ♪ For purple mountain majesties ♪ ♪ Above the fruited plain ♪ ♪ America ♪ ♪ America ♪ ♪ God shed his grace on thee ♪ ♪ And crown thy good with brotherhood ♪ ♪ From sea to shining sea ♪ (audience cheers and applauds) - Wonderful, thank you.

Please be seated.

Before we begin the well-deserved recognition of our graduates, there are several people whom I'd like to recognize.

I would like to thank our name card readers from WKAR, Scott Pohl and Mark Bashore.

We are also grateful for the services of Susan (indistinct) and Kelly (indistinct), who are providing our real-time captioning.

We want to congratulate Allan Kiambuthi who was selected as the barrier carrier for the College of Natural Science.

A big thank you is also in order to the staff in the Breslin Student Events Center for all of their hard work.

Finally, I want to thank the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Academic and Student Affairs, Heidi Purdy, and all of the staff in the College of Natural Science Undergraduate Academic and Student Affairs Office for organizing today's ceremonies.

Let's give everyone a round of applause.

(audience applauds) Today we bring you together with your families and friends to honor you and your accomplishments.

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

We continue to be dedicated to supporting everyone who was impacted by this event, including the 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 us pause for a moment of silence to consider how we can live our lives in a way that honors all Spartans both past and present.

Thank you.

I would also like to take this opportunity to posthumously award diplomas to Arielle Anderson and Alexandria Verner.

On Arielle's behalf her sister, Miss Da'Carla Strong, and on Alexandria's behalf her godmother, Miss Marty Steiner, are here to accept the diplomas.

Will you both please join me on the stage?

(audience applauds) Thank you to Miss Marty Steiner and Miss Da'Carla Strong for being here today to honor the lives and accomplishments of Arielle and Alexandria.

They will always be important members of the Spartan family.

(audience applauds and cheers) This year, the College of Natural Science Student Advisory Council has selected Sarah Sharp as the spring commencement speaker.

Sarah is earning a bachelor's degree in neuroscience and an additional major in human biology.

She is from Sault Ste.

Marie, Michigan, and is the daughter of Gary and Monica Sharp.

As a member of the Delta Gamma sorority, her main philanthropic contributions have been with the Penrickton Center for the Blind and Service for Light.

Sarah has also participated in research working in the Sleep and Learning Lab with Dr. Kimberly Fenn as a research assistant studying the acquisition and consolidation of episodic memory.

In the summer of 2022, she participated in Education Abroad, studying the foundations of neuroscience in Italy and the United Kingdom.

Alongside her study, Sarah is a medical education observer at Lansing Neurosurgery and Sparrow Hospital.

Dr. Laura Symonds, faculty member in the neuroscience program in the Department of Physiology shares, "I know Sarah to be a person of high integrity and a leader with a demonstrated strong service ethic.

In addition, she is outgoing, inclusive, humble, and always a pleasure to be around".

Upon graduation, Sarah plans to attend medical school and pursue a specialty as a neurosurgeon.

She looks forward to returning home to Michigan State and will always be a proud alumni.

(audience applauds and cheers) - Good afternoon.

To Interim President Woodruff, Interim Provost Jeitschko, the Board of Trustees, Dean Duxbury and fellow respective deans, faculty, staff, beloved family and friends, welcome.

My name is Sarah Marie Sharp, a fellow graduate and proud Spartan.

It is with great honor that I stand before you today on behalf of the College of Natural Science of Michigan State University and class of 2023.

Alongside my fellow classmates, today I walk across the stage to obtain a bachelor of science in neuroscience and human biology with a concentration in cognitive neuroscience, with plans to attend medical school to pursue my future career as a neurosurgeon.

Today is the day that seemed eons away the minute I stepped on campus for the very first time as a Spartan.

As they say, time flies when you're having fun.

However, not every day was filled with fun.

It was filled with lessons, hardships, accomplishments, life-changing experiences, and moments where we had wondered if we had made the right decision in choosing our major.

Yet, we persevered.

If the last four years has taught me anything, it is that our class is anything but ordinary.

We are extraordinary.

We have faced many challenges, yet we have remained resilient together.

We are one big family, a family that shows love and support to one another through the most isolating times, even if we are social distanced across miles far and wide; a family who comes together as one to reclaim our home and campus after horrific tragedy; a family that will always have your back no matter how much time has passed.

Why?

Because that is what it means to be a Spartan.

To my fellow Spartans, look around.

Does this seem familiar?

Flashback to the first day, our class sat amongst one another for the very first time in this very same arena, a day where we were welcomed to this world-renowned institution, a day where the possibilities were endless.

We just needed to take our first step into the journey that awaited us.

Fast forward to today, this very moment, our class meets again.

We made it.

(audience applauds) As we remember our journey at MSU, we remember what it is like to be a Spartan.

A Spartan who is proud to represent their school wearing green and white from head to toe.

A Spartan who will yell, "Go Green."

- [Audience] Go White.

- Anytime, anywhere, only waiting to hear, "Go White."

A Spartan who will always feel a sense of home no matter how many years have passed.

Our Spartan journey doesn't end here, it only continues.

Senior year may have been filled with lots of lasts, the last time cheering in the student section, the last time attending the lecture you loved, the last time pulling an all-nighter to study for that exam, or the last time spending the night in your little apartment you share with your best friends, but it is not the last time that we are going to be a Spartan.

We are Spartans for life.

Who we are today and who we will become is because we are Spartans.

Our legacy will live on wherever we go.

I stand before you today to also say thank you.

Thank you to each and every one of you for making me the person I am today.

For every friend I have made, classmate I have met, and everyone in between, you are my family.

Thank you to Michigan State University for giving a small town girl from up North dreams that I could only ever had for myself, turning my dreams into reality.

I will cherish my walks along the red cedar, listening to Beaumont Tower chime and hearing the roaring crowds from sporting events.

And most importantly, thank you to my parents.

No words can express how much you mean to me.

You have always and continue to shower me with love, strength and support, believing in me in times when I didn't even believe in myself.

I love you always.

Today I leave you all with this.

Each and every one of us can do anything we put our minds too.

May we all go into the world and do well, but more importantly, may we all go into the world and do good, because if anything, Spartans will.

Thank you.

(audience applauds and cheers) - Thank you, Sarah, what a wonderful talk.

At this time I would like to invite you to enjoy a special music arrangement provided by the MSU Wind Symphony under the direction of Ceon Rumphs.

(orchestral music plays) (orchestral music continues to play) (orchestral music continues to play) (orchestral music continues to play) (orchestral music continues to play) (orchestral music continues to play) (orchestral music continues to play) (orchestral music continues to play) ♪ Go right thru' 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 ♪ (orchestral music continues to play) (audience applauds and cheers) - Thank you for that rousing rendition.

On behalf of the MSU Board of Trustees, I welcome all the graduates, families and friends who are here with us this afternoon for undergraduate commencement.

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

Today's ceremony represents the culmination of your discipline, intellectual work and creative imagination, certainly no small achievement.

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

The degree you have earned acknowledges your success 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 life 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 all very proud of you.

Please accept our warmest congratulations and very best wishes.

(audience applauds) We now wish to pay tribute to graduates who not only completed their academic programs successfully but also have the distinction of maintaining a 4.0 grade point average in their undergraduate career, thereby meriting the Board of Trustees Award.

To be eligible for this prestigious award at least three quarters of the credits for the degree must have been earned in residence at Michigan State University.

Will the students who are present please rise and remain so long as your names are called.

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

First, we have (indistinct) from Genomics and Molecular Genetics.

(audience cheers and applauds) Reid Becker, Human Biology.

Jim Camilleri, Human Biology Honors College.

(audience applauds and cheers) Ryan Christian, Human Biology, Kaedon Cleland-Host, Physics, Advanced Mathematics, Honors College.

Malavika Eswaran, Neuroscience, Honors College, Leslie Ewalt, Human Biology, Caleb Fisher, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

(audience cheers) Grace Foster, Actuarial Science, Jason Haugen, Mathematics, College of Natural Science, Computer Science, College of Engineering and the Honors College.

(audience murmurs and applauds) John Henige, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Lauren Kelly, Microbiology.

Allan Kiambuthi, Actuarial Science, College of Natural Science, Economics, College of Social Science and the Honors College.

(audience cheers and applauds) Raman Koneru, Neuroscience.

Riley Lawson, Advanced Mathematics, College of Natural Science, Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, and the Honors College.

(audience applauds) Eric Mahan, Neuroscience and the Honors College.

Audrey Matildo, Neuroscience, Honors College.

Ethan Merritt, Neuroscience.

Nicholas Morse, Neuroscience.

(audience applauds and cheers) Nicholas Morse, Neuroscience and the Honors College.

Joseph Noonan, Physics, Advanced Mathematics and the Honors College.

(audience applauds) Timothy O'Daniel, Neuroscience, College of Natural Science, Psychology, College of Social Science and the Honors College.

(audience applauds and cheers) Mahima Parulekar, Human Biology, Honors College.

Kiana Pearson, Zoology.

(audience applauds and cheers) Ethan Pritchard, Actuarial Science, Statistics and the Honors College.

Zachary Rohde, Physiology.

(audience cheers) Madeleine Russell, Microbiology, Honors College.

Erin Sawyer, Data Science, College of Natural Science, Psychology, College of Social Science and the Honors College.

(audience cheers loudly) (audience laughs) Aditi Sharma, Human Biology.

Samantha Sikora, Genomics and Molecular Genetics and the Honors College.

(audience applauds and cheers) Samuel Sottile, Advanced Mathematics, Honors College.

Cynthia Sridhar, Neuroscience and the Honors College.

Chloe Valentic, Neuroscience, Honors College.

(audience cheers) Jacob Volek, Data Science.

Nathan Willey, Physics, Advanced Mathematics and the Honors College.

(audience applauds and cheers) Austin Zabiega, Human Biology and the Honors College.

Alexandra Zhang, Zoology and the Honors College.

Each of you should be proud of the outstanding academic record that honors you and your university.

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

Please join me in applause for the class of 2023.

(audience applauds and cheers) Board of Trustees Award recipients.

(audience continues to cheer and applaud) Congratulations, everybody.

I would now like to introduce Dr. Lynmarie Posey, Associate Dean for the College of Natural Science.

(audience applauds) - It is my pleasure to congratulate each of you who have demonstrated the academic excellence and Spartan spirit that has resulted in your, in the experiences on campus that you will carry with you as MSU alumni.

Your experiences and accomplishments reflect credit not only to you, but also to your support systems, your departments, the College of Natural Science and Michigan State University.

The following students are recipients of national and international awards.

Please stand and remain standing as your name is called.

Samuel Sottile, Advanced Mathematics Honors College, awarded a Goldwater Scholarship and a Churchill Scholarship.

Riley Lawson, Advanced Mathematics, College of Natural Science, Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Honors College awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

Please congratulate these winners of national and international awards.

(audience applauds) You may be seated.

We would also like to recognize the College of Natural Science Dean's Research Scholars.

Please stand as your name is called and remain standing.

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

Wasundara Athukoralalage, Astrophysics Physics.

Sean Crowley, Biomedical Laboratory Science, Caleb Fisher, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Darla Martinez, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

(audience cheers) Madeleine Russell, Microbiology.

(audience applauds and cheers) Annaliese Singer, Environmental Biology, Zoology and Political Science, Pre-Law.

Congratulations to the graduating NatSci Dean's Research Scholars.

(audience applauds) This year, a significant number of the College of Natural Science graduating class is graduating with Honors or High Honors.

I would ask these students to please rise.

(audience applauds and cheers) If you're graduating with Honors or High Honors.

(audience continues to cheer and applaud) Thank you for for joining me and acknowledging their outstanding academic success.

You may be seated.

- Every student who steps on Michigan State University's campus makes connections and memories.

Your involvement in a wide array of activities is what made your time at MSU unique and created bonds with MSU and your fellow Spartans.

In recognition of your time at MSU, we would like to recognize some of the unique experiences of our graduates.

Please rise if you have received a college, department or program award or scholarship.

(audience applauds and cheers) You may be seated.

Please rise if you are a first generation college student.

(audience applauds and cheers) You may be seated.

Please rise if you participated in the Charles Drew Science Scholars Program, the Residential Initiative for the Study of the Environment, the Dow STEM Scholars Program, Detroit M.A.D.E, the TRIO program or the College Assistant Migrant Program.

(audience applauds and cheers) You may be seated.

Please rise if you have worked in an on-campus job.

(audience applauds and cheers) You may be seated.

Please rise if you transferred from another school prior to being at MSU.

(audience applauds and cheers) You may be seated.

Please rise if you have done 50 or more hours of community service.

(audience applauds and cheers) You may be seated.

Please rise if you have won a scholarship.

(audience applauds and cheers) You may be seated.

Please rise if you have participated in an internship, externship, practicum or research experience.

(audience applauds and cheers) Please be seated.

Please rise if you have served as an undergraduate learning assistant or peer mentor.

(audience applauds and cheers) You may be seated.

Please rise if you have ever served on the Natural Science Student Advisory Council.

(audience applauds and cheers) You may be seated.

Please rise if you have ever participated in a club sport or student organization.

(audience applauds and cheers) You may be seated.

Please rise if you have ever broken glassware in your chemistry lab.

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

Please rise if you have ever participated in Education Abroad or Study Away.

(audience applauds and cheers) You may be seated.

Please rise if you have participated in a musical ensemble or played a varsity sport on campus.

(audience applauds and cheers) You may be seated.

Please rise if you have ever painted or camped out at The Rock.

(audience applauds and cheers) Please be seated.

And then finally, please rise if you have intentionally or unintentionally fed a squirrel on campus.

(audience laughs, applauds and cheers) You may be seated.

We would also like to recognize graduating seniors who have served in the armed forces or will be commissioned as an officer after graduation.

At this time, we would ask that all veterans and those who are entering military service to please rise.

Thank you for your service to our nation.

(audience applauds and cheers) You may be seated.

Congratulations to all of the College of Natural Science graduates.

On behalf of myself, Heidi Purdy, and the staff of the NatSci Office of Undergraduate Academic and Student Affairs, it has been a pleasure to serve you.

Thank you.

(audience applauds and cheers) - Thank you, Associate Dean Posey.

That was a great list of questions.

(audience laughs) Next, I am pleased to introduce this year's alumni speaker, Dr. Chelsey Spriggs.

Dr. Spriggs earned her bachelor's in science in microbiology in 2010.

She is also an alumna of the Honors College.

Currently, Dr. Spriggs is an an assistant professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and Microbiology and Immunology, and a Research Assistant Professor in the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan.

She runs an independent lab, studying the nuclear entry of DNA viruses.

Welcome Dr. Spriggs.

(audience applauds and cheers) - It is an honor to have been invited to speak with you today, the 2023 graduating class of Michigan State University's College of Natural Sciences.

During ordinary times, completing a bachelor's degree is no easy task, but these are not ordinary times.

Amidst the normal challenges and rigors that accompany university studies, you have collectively performed at a high level while navigating a global pandemic, political unrest and an unspeakable act of violence against the Spartan community.

You are stronger than any of you know just for getting here to this moment.

So first I wanna start by saying congratulations to you all.

When I was planning this speech, I wasn't really sure what I wanted to say to you.

What inspiring piece of advice should I offer to help usher you off into the next chapters of your lives?

So I decided to tell you what I wish someone had told me when I was graduating from college.

But first, I want to tell you the story about my journey to becoming what I like to call not that kind of doctor.

While here, I majored in microbiology and worked as an undergraduate researcher with Dr. Michelle Fluke.

Her lab studied virus infection and how it leads to cancer, and I absolutely fell in love with biomedical research.

At the time though, my 88 year old grandmother was diagnosed with cancer.

She survived her treatment course and went into remission.

But what lingered was my distaste for the way that her doctors had treated her.

They were dismissive and patronizing and it almost changed the course of my life because I thought I could do a better job than them.

I can be a doctor and give my patients the treatment that they deserve regardless of their age, income, or ethnicity.

After studying for the MCAT and putting in a ton of applications, I was accepted into medical school.

Two months after graduation, I started the program.

A month later, I knew that I had made a mistake.

I hated it, and I remember wishing that I was doing research instead.

I called my sister to tell her that I was miserable, and what she told me was so profound.

She said, "Just quit."

What?

(audience laughs) That's not an option.

"Leave, if you hate it."

I got into med school.

That's like, really hard.

What will people say?

What will they think?

They'll think I couldn't do it or that I flunked out.

She said, "Who cares what they think?"

She made it seem so easy, which gave me the strength to consider pursuing a career in research instead.

At the time though, I had no idea where to begin when applying for graduate school.

I called my undergraduate advisor, Dr.

Fluke, and she told me to come back and work with her for the year and that she would help me figure it all out, so that's what I did.

I left, and that's the story of how I became a med school dropout.

(audience laughs) But that's not the end of my story.

See, my problem was that I was borrowing someone else's dream.

Just because I could have been a good doctor does not mean that I should have been.

And that's the first thing that I want you to remember.

Over the past four years, you have proven that you can do hard things and that means that you can do anything, but you need to figure out what it is that you want to do and that's what you should do, not what you always thought you were supposed to do, not what your parents think you should do.

Sorry, moms and dads.

But what you want to do, and what you are passionate about.

The next thing I want you to remember is that it's okay to change your mind.

It's okay to think that you want one thing and to later decide to pursue a different path.

Whatever decisions that you find yourself making now and in the future, I urge you to stand boldly in your choices and to realize that you can make the right choice for you in one moment and also change your mind and make another right choice for you in the next.

Now, I'm not telling you to quit any time that things get hard.

I'm only here to remind you that you get to decide what's worth your energy.

After I left my program, I felt like a failure, but it wasn't because I really thought I made the wrong decision.

It was because I was giving people the power to define my value based off of their expectations for me.

I'm a firm believer that what's meant for you will be for you, which means that sometimes what we consider as failures are really just necessary redirections in our paths that align us with our true purposes in life.

And while I'm sure that each and every one of you here knows exactly what you want to end up or where you wanna end up one day, another thing that I need to tell you is that it's okay to not know what's coming next.

Embrace the unknown.

Explore different paths and different options until you find what's best for you.

I took a leap of faith and for the first time in my life, I didn't have a real plan.

I had no idea if I would be able to get into grad school, and that was really scary, but I left anyways.

A few months after moving home, I found out that I got into grad school at Northwestern University, and I graduated with my PhD in microbiology in 2017.

So turns out I did become a doctor, just not that kind of doctor.

And from this side of things, I'm sure that I made the right choice but it wasn't always easy.

The truth is that when you make important decisions in life or go through big transitions, you may always wonder about the other options, the what ifs.

I often questioned if I should have left medical school, especially when my classmates were graduating and I was only halfway through my new program, or when I looked at my path as a research scientist and was told that it was virtually impossible to get a tenure track faculty position as a university researcher.

According to a 2017 report of all US tenured professors in the life sciences, only 2 to 3% are Black and only 1% are Black women.

But last summer I started a tenure track faculty position at the University of Michigan as the first Black faculty member in my primary department where I now study.

(audience applauds) Thank you.

Where I now study the relationship between virus infection and cancer, just like I dreamed of when I was here.

And despite what the odds may say, your dreams are possible too.

So the bottom line is whether you take a direct journey to your final destination or a seemingly winding one, each step that you take towards that goal is a learning experience that is absolutely essential for you to grow through in order for you to become who you are meant to be.

So take that gap year to explore your options.

Apply for that program you aren't sure if you're good enough for.

Spoiler, you are.

Take that leap of faith that's been on your mind the entire time that you've been listening to this speech.

Trust in yourself to know what's best for you and trust in me when I tell you that you can always change your mind.

Congratulations again, and I cannot wait to see where you decide to leave your mark.

Thank you, and Go Green.

- [Audience] Go White.

(audience applauds and cheers) - Thank you, Dr. Spriggs, for that wonderful presentation.

Are you ready?

(audience applauds and cheers) Okay.

Will the class of 2023 from the College of Natural Science please rise.

(audience applauds and cheers) 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.

According to custom, you may now move your tassels from the right side of your caps to the left.

Congratulations.

(audience applauds and cheers) There is a large group of individuals who have contributed greatly with their love, understanding and support to the achievements we recognize at today's ceremony.

Accordingly, we ask that the support systems, friends, parents, grandparents, wives, husbands, partners, children, brothers and sisters, all significant others of the graduates rise and give all of us the opportunity to express our thanks and appreciation.

(audience applauds and cheers) Please be seated.

Your interest in these graduates is shared equally by the faculty of the College of Natural Science of Michigan State University.

Their contribution to the achievement of our graduates is not only essential, but also a source of great pride to us.

I ask that the representatives of the faculty present rise and accept our gratitude for their amazing contributions.

(audience applauds and cheers) Thank you.

We will now present diplomas to the new graduates.

I will be accompanied in making these presentations by Heidi Purdy, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Academic and Student Affairs.

I ask that the new graduates be escorted to the stage to receive a token diploma.

Dr. Stuart Tessmer, Undergraduate Director in the Department of Physics and Astronomy is the Chief Faculty Marshall.

Dr. Lynmarie Posey, Associate Dean, will introduce the members of the platform and the marshals who will escort the new graduates.

It is important for all graduates to return to your seat after receiving your token diploma.

Please support your fellow graduates by staying to recognize everyone's accomplishments and hard work during these trying times.

- I am pleased to introduce Professor Timothy Zacharewski, Chairperson, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and their Marshall, Professor Charles Hoogstraten, Assistant Undergraduate Director.

- Thank you.

It is my pleasure to introduce or present graduates from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

- Connor Powers.

(audience applauds and cheers) Michael Beecher.

Tyler Criss.

(audience continues to cheer and applaud) Rilee Nicole Sokoloski.

- (indistinct).

- Riley Diana Cordero.

(audience cheers) (indistinct) Navreet Kaur Singh.

Dilyn Heslinga.

(audience applauds and cheers) Mackenzie West.

Madison Rick.

(audience continues to cheer) - [Audience Member] Go on, Maddie.

- Christina House.

(audience cheers) Gabrielle Howitson.

Andrew Gourov.

Raghu Sanath Kumar.

(indistinct).

Enquian Fan.

Tam Vo Do Gla.

Delaney Hamlin.

(audience cheers) Patricia Camello Castanheira.

Austin Cunningham.

Tiara Lang.

(audience cheers) David Callway.

(audience cheers) Tyler Beevers.

Jared Bretz.

(audience cheers) Annie Declark.

(audience cheers) Jessica Egleston.

(audience cheers) John Tisch.

(audience cheers) Evangelos Koustoulakis.

(audience cheers) Nicolas Lewis.

(audience cheers) Caeden Hunter.

(audience cheers) Harrison Alexander Nabors.

(audience cheers) Silje Bergland Drarvik.

(audience cheers) Grace Harding.

Kendall Wesley Knechtal.

(audience cheers) Kayla Jolene Hall (audience cheers) (indistinct).

(audience cheers) Leon Dang.

(audience cheers) Alexander Alt.

(audience cheers) John Henige.

(audience cheers) Roksana Riddle.

(audience cheers) Isaiah Carter.

(audience cheers) Blaine Rosier.

(audience cheers) Yeoungjin Kim.

(audience cheers) Brandon Hall.

(audience cheers) Michael Ngatio.

(audience cheers) Jeremiah Hudson.

(audience cheers) Adriana Wittke.

(audience cheers) Hannah Lesperance.

(audience cheers) Julia Alabashi.

(audience cheers) Darla Martinez.

(audience cheers) Catherine Kirkwood.

(audience cheers) Gage Kosmonopoulos.

(audience cheers) Annie Nguyen.

(audience cheers) Amanda Cheng.

(audience cheers) Alexandra Korabiewski.

(audience cheers) Leslie Ramirez.

(audience cheers) Rhiannon Stevens.

(audience cheers) Corrine Caponigro.

(audience cheers) (indistinct).

Annie Crawley.

(audience cheers) Naman Alpesh Patel.

(audience cheers) Joy Li.

(audience cheers) - I am pleased to introduce Dr. John Stoltzfus, Director of the Biological Sciences Program.

And Marshall, Dr. Kanchan Pavangadkar, Assistant Director.

- It's my pleasure to present the graduates and future educators and leaders from the Biological Sciences and Physical Sciences Secondary Education Program.

- Max Markowitz.

Nicholas Tu.

(audience cheers) Clara Tait.

(audience cheers) Anna Randall.

(audience cheers) Kaitlynn Edwards.

(audience applauds) - I am pleased to introduce Professor John Gerlach, Director Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics Program, and their Marshall, Professor Kathy Hoag, Undergraduate Director.

- On behalf of the faculty and staff, I'm pleased to present the candidates for Biomedical Laboratory Science and Medical Laboratory Science.

These are the people that are gonna produce the data that will make your next healthcare encounter more impactful and meaningful.

(audience cheers and applauds) - Aluwa Damilola Ogunbiyi.

(audience cheers) Malya Nicole Patrick.

(audience cheers) Tracy Cone.

(audience cheers) Annika Hockman.

(audience cheers) Matthew Hawteya.

(audience cheers) Morgan Hall.

(audience cheers) Taylor Sidney Ryle.

(audience cheers) - Caroline Knudken.

Akansha Singh.

(audience cheers) Grant Williams.

(audience cheers) Carter Smith.

(audience cheers) Samantha Smith.

(audience cheers) Morgan Ramsdell.

(audience cheers) Mayona Sanders.

(audience cheers) Kiara Jessell.

(audience cheers) Kelsey Swanson.

(audience cheers) Alexander Livingston, Alexander Livingston Manning.

(audience cheers) Nicole Pierce.

(audience cheers) Stephen Bly.

(audience cheers) Karen Gutierrez Chavez.

(audience cheers) Arlene Valencia.

(audience cheers) Katie Zimmerman.

(audience cheers) Anna Bates.

(audience cheers) Musa Abdullah.

(audience cheers) Vivian Nguyen.

(audience cheers) Nicolette Lee.

Filan Anh Dang.

(audience cheers) Gloria Hernandez Lopez.

(audience cheers) Angel Roussev.

(audience cheers) Kosi Amachebe.

Janae Heard.

Natalia Amador.

(audience cheers) Jet Win Wilson.

(audience cheers) Emma Elaine McLaren.

(audience cheers) Keira Nicole Gallagher.

(audience cheers) Elise Sadler.

(audience cheers) McKayla Janet Segay.

(audience cheers) Charla Jackson.

(audience cheers) Carrie Brightbill.

(audience cheers) Kyrie Wells.

(audience cheers) Jenny Chan.

(audience cheers) Elaine Koshar.

(audience cheers) Caitlin Neeper.

(audience cheers) Josephine Banzinsky.

(audience cheers) Sunshine Carlson.

(audience cheers) Jillian Elu.

(audience cheers) Riley Spalding.

(audience cheers) Joshua Thomas Stevens.

(audience cheers) Sean Ryan Crowley.

(audience cheers) Joseph Zisnarski.

(audience cheers) Matthew Sherry.

(audience cheers) - I am pleased to introduce Professor Timothy Warren, Chairperson, Department of Chemistry and their Marshall, Dr. Chrysoula Vasileiou, Undergraduate Director.

- On behalf of our faculty, specialists and staff, I am thrilled to present our phenomenal graduates in chemistry, trained in the arts of molecules, materials and measurement for a better world.

(audience cheers and applauds) - Esther Dorbor.

(audience cheers) Cole Windigate, Wendigate.

(audience cheers) Kevin Chung.

(audience cheers) Blake Carney.

Trinitee Price.

(audience cheers) Joanna Robinson.

(audience cheers) Taylor Keller.

(audience cheers) Cristina Gardner.

(audience cheers) Matthew King.

(audience cheers) Kevin Nguyen.

(audience cheers) Uran Valentino Iwata.

(audience cheers) Kelly Lemi Tran.

(audience cheers) Ethan Ulrich.

(audience cheers) Isaac Beattie.

(audience cheers) Tak Barstow.

(audience cheers and laughs) Chloe Holliday.

(audience cheers) Beth Ann Shackleford.

(audience cheers) Emily Doss.

(audience cheers) Jade Chynoweth.

(audience cheers) Anna Kalil.

(audience cheers) Laura Mihlbachler.

Jessica Klepach.

(audience cheers) Margaret Gilmartin.

Jacob Schwartz.

(audience cheers) Hunter Ventula.

(audience cheers) Wenlong Yu.

(audience cheers) Hui Tao.

(audience cheers) Warinad Burinatki.

(audience cheers) Ethan Plemmons.

(audience cheers) Ben Urband.

(audience cheers) Joshua Sternberg.

(audience cheers) Madison Simmons.

(audience cheers) Matilda Duffy.

(audience cheers) Mackenzie Fitzgerald.

(audience cheers) Hannah Thompson.

(audience cheers) Noah Morrison.

(audience cheers) Marisa Washington.

(audience cheers) Katherine Kloosterman.

(audience cheers) Elizabeth Congdon.

(audience cheers) Richard Yan.

(audience cheers) - I am pleased to introduce Professor Edward Brown, Chairperson, Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering, and their Marshall, Kevin Miloshoff, Academic Advisor.

- So on behalf of our faculty and staff, it is with the greatest pleasure that I present the graduates from the Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering.

- Erin Sawyer.

(audience cheers) Olivia Chu.

Jonah Waner.

Benny Wang.

(audience cheers) Stephen Lu.

(audience cheers) Gian-Alexis Batayola.

(audience cheers) Brett Geunes.

(audience cheers) Jackson Peacock.

(audience cheers) Dylan Riggs.

(audience cheers) Daniel Smieszny.

Daniel Eduardo Villalba.

(audience cheers) Julian Cassar.

(audience cheers) Benjamin Patrick Ramsey.

(audience cheers) Tabitha Weinbrenner.

(audience cheers) Carson Morris.

(audience cheers) Jacob Volek.

Vivian Pavlika.

Fathima Aakila Mohamed Rafi.

(audience cheers) Sneha Sundar.

(audience cheers) Kritika Saini.

(audience cheers) Christopher Wille.

(audience cheers) Tanmay Patel.

(audience cheers) Rodrigo Lara.

(audience cheers) Xi Jao.

Oscar Vargas.

(audience cheers) Izaan Shaikh.

(audience cheers) - I am pleased to introduce Professor Jeffrey Freymueller, Chairperson, Department of Earth and Environmental Science and their Marshall, Susannah Dorfman, Undergraduate Director.

- I'm pleased to present the graduates of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

(audience cheers) - Josh Szewczul.

(audience cheers) Kelly Nichols.

(audience cheers) Jack Hines.

(audience cheers) Aidan Higgason.

(audience cheers) Aaron Cappaert.

(audience cheers) Averi Schelhaas.

(audience cheers) Sullivan Costa.

(audience cheers) Jessica Ruhukya.

(audience cheers) Gabrielle McHugh.

(audience cheers) Claudia Boozel.

(audience cheers) - I am pleased to introduce Professor Cori-Fata Hartley, Director of Human Biology Program, and their Marshall, Professor Elizabeth Tinsley Johnson.

(audience cheers) - (indistinct).

- It is my distinct pleasure to introduce the graduates of the Human Biology Program at Michigan State University.

(audience cheers) - Sarah Marie Sharp.

(audience cheers) Andrew Barash.

(audience cheers) Connor James.

(audience cheers) Michael Volk.

(audience cheers) Charif Yassine.

(audience cheers) Ali Yunus Rizvi.

Zayna Monet.

Tessa Delaney.

(audience cheers) Jade Coleman.

(audience cheers) Nikhil Khatiwala.

(audience cheers) Kate Bellgowan.

(audience cheers) Mufida Amwaleh.

- [Audience Member] Mufida.

- Brennon Brantley.

(audience cheers) Chris Allscott.

Niklas Schley.

(audience cheers) Gabriela Garrett.

(audience cheers) Madisen Thoreson.

(audience cheers) Allie Dukes.

(audience cheers) Ashley Cummings.

Manju Gorung.

(audience cheers) Kayla Luong.

(audience cheers) Brianne Kaplinsky.

(audience cheers) Alysa Nowak.

(audience cheers) Ashley Jaglowski.

- [Audience Member] Yeah.

(audience cheers) Sarah Neal.

(audience cheers) Mya Parshall.

(audience cheers) Nikia Kirstin Quan.

(audience cheers) Madison Glass.

(audience cheers) Ava Magryta.

(audience cheers) Patience Schilling.

(audience cheers) Lexi Whelan.

(audience cheers) Austin Zabiega.

(audience cheers) Ferdesena Derveshi.

(audience cheers) Ariana Nadalizadeh.

(audience cheers) Adriana Radjenovic.

(audience cheers) Raegan Henry.

(audience cheers) Simone Glavas.

(audience cheers) Sierra Cimafranca.

(audience cheers) Cade Oberlin.

(audience cheers) Madison Guilford.

(audience cheers) Emily Hause.

(audience cheers) Quintino Romanelli.

- [Audience Member] Yeah.

- Jacob Vidergar.

(audience cheers) Zachary Fetuni.

(audience cheers) Noah Conley.

Angel Webb.

(audience cheers) Leslie Ewalt.

(audience cheers) Abigail Heideman.

(audience cheers) Alissa Coughlin.

(audience cheers) Heather McNeil.

(audience cheers) Nicholas Baxter.

(audience cheers) Skyleigh Chavez.

(audience cheers) Lauren Gesik.

(audience cheers) Mahima Parulekar.

(audience cheers) Lindsey Farber.

(audience cheers) Brian Otis.

(audience cheers) Ben Lillrose.

(audience cheers) Brandon Alkazeer.

(audience cheers) Marcus Cato.

(audience cheers) Andrew Shimoon.

Colin Jewel.

(audience cheers) Hunter Sights.

Ahmad Ansari.

Justin Murray.

(audience cheers) Jailah Carter.

(audience cheers) Jailah Elise Carter.

Marina Belloli.

Gabriela Rimkus.

(audience cheers) Skyla Nosek.

Cassidy Davis.

(audience cheers) Abdulrazak Sahyouni.

(audience cheers) Laura Saad.

(audience cheers) Allie Rand.

Sarah Ferrar.

(audience cheers) Joshua Dewey.

(audience cheers) - [Audience Member] Yeah, Dewey.

- Ashley Bailey.

(audience cheers) Noah Shanlian.

Easton Turner.

Nicholas Pasek.

Abdul Dahir.

(audience cheers) Zachariah Hernandez.

(audience cheers) Erica Bailey.

(audience cheers) Reid Becker.

Kailyn Johnson.

(audience cheers) Chloe Norbash.

(audience cheers) Sudhakar Samuel.

Koushik Murali.

(audience cheers) Rachel Myung.

(audience cheers) Victoria-Li Sisomsouk.

(audience cheers) Evan Chan.

Jasmine Marie Wardiya.

(audience cheers) Veronica Kuzdowicz.

(audience cheers) Kenny Tri Tran.

Bevin Khang Le.

(audience cheers) Alec Boyer.

(audience cheers) Jayden Huntley.

(audience cheers) Christian Forbes.

(audience cheers) Will Tragi.

(audience cheers) Andrea Ferias.

(audience cheers) Christian Montrose.

(audience cheers) Christopher Heber.

(audience cheers) Min Ju Goo.

(audience cheers) Si Won Han.

(audience cheers) Colby Jenkins.

(audience cheers) Elizabeth Obrokta.

(audience cheers) Jenna Burkhart.

(audience cheers) David Booth.

(audience cheers) Nick Olivera.

(audience cheers) Anthony Elias Levos.

(audience cheers) Ryan Christian.

(audience cheers) Brandon Almeyer.

(audience cheers) Paige Manning.

(audience cheers) Nathan Budziak.

(audience cheers) Haya Al Ali.

(audience cheers) Sakshi Venkarao.

Logan McCutcheon.

Isabel Lynch.

Maya Amerson.

(audience cheers) MadisonRose Eun Walcher.

Brianna Fatone.

(audience cheers) Lindsay Schwartz.

(audience cheers) Jillian Lattiser.

(audience cheers) Ella Grace Groenning.

Daniel Campos Loera.

(audience cheers) Antonio Gonzalez.

(audience cheers) Megan Nicholas.

(audience cheers) Matthew Mellican.

Ali Kirmasha.

(audience cheers) Christopher Infante.

Ethan Simmering.

(audience cheers) Giovanna Merocek.

(audience cheers) Leah Benson.

(audience cheers) Kiara Davis.

(audience cheers) Nawal Noor Hussein.

(audience cheers) Malik Samuel Cato.

(audience cheers) Kenya Collins.

(audience cheers) Jenna Martin.

Jenna Medina.

Ayanna Anne Williams.

(audience cheers) Tressy Mazumder.

(audience cheers) Claire Chapski.

Carly Ward.

(audience cheers) Arnav Sharma.

(audience cheers) Morgan Grace Regner.

(audience cheers) Jenan Shareef.

(audience cheers) Rishabh Khedkar.

(audience cheers) Saj Patel.

(audience cheers) Alex Pechuto.

(audience cheers) Grant Duda Sitterley.

(audience cheers) Taylor Montgomery Melendrez.

Sammy David.

Connor Ethan Gerard Lisko.

Nick Stone.

(audience cheers) Alexis Smith.

(audience cheers) Isabel Antonia Yanez.

(audience cheers) Victoria Rumin.

Alexandria Hotman.

Jim Camilleri.

(audience cheers) Sidney Gullicksen.

(audience cheers) Elizabeth Green.

(audience cheers) Sabrine Ciccone.

(audience cheers) Alina Linderman.

(audience cheers) Julianna Isabel Decroce.

(audience cheers) Nadaline Teresa Kaji.

(audience cheers) Natalie Miriam Kaji.

Ava Takanelli.

(audience cheers) Anna Gail.

(audience cheers) Noel Scheffer.

(audience cheers) Amir Ismail.

(audience cheers) Madison Strader.

(audience cheers) Lance Humpert.

Allie Bedford.

(audience cheers) Sesi Puram.

Devin Ruiz.

Zaria Monice Bradford.

Kaylee Bracy.

(audience cheers) Asia Parker.

(audience cheers) Amber Anita Cotter Hickey.

(audience cheers) Savannah Grace Bevel.

Chloe Ponka.

Alexis Cameron Cholette.

(audience cheers) Olivia Diakontonis.

Annika Schmidt.

(audience cheers) Jess Tobin.

Solange Rodriguez.

Sarah Cable.

(audience cheers) Gurmehak Bhullar.

Marcus Brown.

Jelena Alathea Simon.

Sean Bligh.

Nasim Bhatnagar.

(audience cheers) Spencer Lacorn.

Gavin Soulliere.

Mikkel Masko.

Ryan Colin Haggerty.

Sidney Ramonides.

Brooklyn Collins.

Mariah Ashley Caperton.

(audience cheers) Jack Kazera.

Alexis Nowiki.

(audience cheers) Isabella Nowell Swiatkowski.

(audience cheers) Angelina Essa.

Kiara Samino.

Jordan Fenster.

Alexis Garmhausen.

Farrah Naiyer.

(audience cheers) Adil Jack.

Fizha Jafar Kang.

Taylor Chambers.

(audience cheers) Kylie Richards.

Taylor Essenmocker.

Anna Turbovich.

Katarina Johnson.

Amelia Bach.

Rachna Kaur.

Hannah Liebowitz.

Catherine Beman.

Ragu Sanath Kumar.

Olivia Grace Seisland.

(audience cheers) Madison Strbich.

Mohammed Ali Alsedi.

(audience cheers) Emily Schnettler.

Mohini Mukherjee.

(audience cheers) Eric Vo.

Elijah Ibrahim Hedges.

Delvin Tobias Swift.

(audience cheers) Alfaisal Mustafa Semin.

(audience cheers) Benjamin McCall.

Layla Musavi.

Marianne Alexander.

(audience cheers) Ella Stoffer.

Andrea Kadili.

Abigail Hayes.

Mohammad Isam Almjareesh.

(audience cheers) Kaylee Hartway.

Ashley Watson.

Layla Ann Dennehy.

(audience cheers) Christina Maryjane Jing Chan Horgan.

Nagham AlMasraf.

(audience cheers) Austin Pike.

(audience cheers) Raina Underwood.

(audience cheers) Imaniyah Gabrielle Howard Drain.

(audience cheers) Redwan Hader.

Lauren Chuder.

Emma Stauffer.

(audience cheers) Paige Duvall.

(audience cheers) Arjun Trivedi.

(audience cheers) Hunter Riley.

Hunter Baldino, Amber Ali.

(audience cheers) Alison Ziehl.

Abigail Lee.

Madison Krzisnik.

(audience cheers) Ashley Raul.

Jillian Joseph.

(audience cheers) Camden Benedict.

Evan Velardi.

Bailey Bolser.

Za'Taviana Hardy.

(audience cheers) Cecilia Amadi.

Julia Young.

Julia Warznie.

Is that Ashlyn Tait.

Kaylee Kameloski.

(audience cheers) Sri Vangavolu.

(audience cheers) Yukta Bichala.

Maria Ghishan.

Christina Monet Donaldson.

(audience cheers) Himmat Singh Jagdev.

(audience cheers) Annika Dill.

Ayrian Richie.

(audience cheers) Ebube Okpechukwu.

Saniya?

- Saniya.

- Saniya Henderson.

(audience cheers) Katie Lind.

(audience cheers) Cristina Lehman.

Joseph Hildebrand.

- Samira.

- Samira.

Samira Kennedy Zinnerman.

(audience cheers) - Reagan.

- Reagan Clark.

(audience cheers) Brianna Marie Williams.

Mikayla Ganae Cooper.

(audience cheers) Jordan Petas.

(audience cheers) Zamaria Battle.

(audience cheers) - Makhi Boggues.

- Makhi Boggues.

Kenna Gray.

Erica Lee.

- I am pleased to introduce Professor Thomas Getty, Chairperson, Department of Integrative Biology and their Marshall, Associate Professor Diana Bello-Deocampo.

(audience cheers) - On behalf of the entire IBio community, I'm pleased to present to graduates of the Department of Integrative Biology.

(indistinct chatter) - Grant Gibson.

(audience cheers) Emma McCarthy.

Olivia Sinclair Gould.

McKayla Arnette.

Connor James Lewis.

(audience cheers) Alexandra Zhang.

Ayokunie Osofisan.

Shayna Rackieten.

(audience cheers) Alison Claire Abbott.

Anya Wyatt.

(audience cheers) Erin Martin.

(audience cheers) Sarah Presley.

Hannah Ogustiniak.

Bryce Ungerman.

Brendan Hand.

(audience cheers) Benjamin Richard Oudsema.

(audience cheers) Matthew Yeager.

Benjamin Green.

Jalanie Stovall.

(audience cheers) Nicholas Veder.

Tyler Nab.

Nicholas Peters.

Caleb Ragsdale.

Eddie Yago.

(audience cheers) Diego Stark.

(audience cheers) Taylor Hawes.

(audience cheers) Alison Alberts.

(audience cheers) - Don't say the middle name.

- Sarah Froud.

Cameron Brown.

(audience cheers) Tever Price.

Peyton Fisher.

(audience cheers) Samantha Hall.

Hannah Sheldon.

McKayla Preston.

(audience cheers) McKenna Perez.

- Suge, Suge?

Claire Suge.

(audience cheers) McKinley Cordal.

(audience cheers) Julia Page.

(audience cheers) Catherine Olshanski.

Gabrielle Brown.

(audience cheers) Julia Janda.

(audience cheers) Emma Force.

(audience cheers) Derrick Luger.

Riley Berry.

Campbell Melton.

(audience cheers) Isabel Saucier.

(audience cheers) Hannah Byrne.

(audience cheers) Emily Watson.

(audience cheers) Alistair Joi Punekaren.

(audience cheers) Chloe Wolma.

Meadow Louise Maturen.

(audience cheers) Dylan Gwynn.

Avery Hannah.

Alyssa Guest.

(audience cheers) Rachel Downing.

(audience cheers) Emmy Callen.

Kiana Pearson.

Rebecca Covall.

Fern Bolyou.

Taylor Tolsdorff.

(audience cheers) Ashley Deborchgrav.

Samantha Hemming.

Mara Royland.

Erin Roy.

Hunter Sharp.

(audience cheers) Hannah Elizabeth White.

(audience cheers) Lauren Filipiak.

Megan Wilde.

Grace Dilday.

Matthew Oakes.

(audience cheers) Rebecca Fisher.

(audience cheers) Odessa Williams.

(audience cheers) Cameron Howell.

Lucas Nivin.

(audience cheers) Caitlin Randall.

Courtney Drury.

Sidney Cowells.

Hester Harris.

Spencer Sogi.

Christopher Schumacher.

(audience cheers) Michelle Collier.

Kurt?

Court Frame.

Clara Buchin.

Bella Zameki.

(audience cheers) Olivia Franklin.

Cheyenne Smith.

(audience cheers) Carter Bergdorf.

Vincent Lepari.

- I am pleased to introduce Professor Jeffrey Schenker, Chairperson, Department of Mathematics and their Marshall, Mr. Brian Chadwick, Academic Advisor.

(audience cheers) - On behalf of the faculty, staff and specialists in the Department of Mathematics, I am pleased to present the graduates from the Department of Mathematics.

- One more time.

Jiayue Liu.

Jiaqi Lui.

Joseph Solowczuk.

(audience cheers) Lukas Brave.

Nina Lyons.

(audience cheers) Joshua Pullen.

(audience cheers) Jessica Golab.

- [Audience Member] Yeah.

- Maria Naxo.

(audience cheers) Julia Radford.

(audience cheers) David Lean.

(audience cheers) Sarah Pappa.

Kenneth Johnson II.

(audience cheers) Aaron Tobias.

Kaedon-Cleland Host.

Nathan Wille.

(audience cheers) Mitchell Brown.

Michael Davidson.

(audience cheers) Boyang Zhao.

James Arneil.

Thomas Schluckbier.

(audience cheers) Catherine Anne Pocock.

(audience cheers) Carcia Brianna Young.

(audience cheers) Juliet Vitali.

Aubrey Velemure.

Natalie Golematis.

Grace Doverspike.

Brandon English.

(audience cheers) Gustavo Perez.

Benjamin Laures Provanture.

Nora Claire Reese.

- [Audience Member] (indistinct).

- Alexander Nichols.

Trevor Porcela.

Vera Way.

Wenqian Fan.

(audience cheers) Braden Kantz.

Emily Showakala.

Eric Meltzer.

(audience cheers) Robert Arthur Smith.

Jared Johns.

(audience cheers) Blake Hoppert.

- [Audience Member] Go Blake.

- Mitchell Lovell.

(audience cheers) Aiden Bustillo.

(audience cheers) Kylie Ifas.

John Wong.

Nolan Chapkas.

Ethan Pritchard.

(audience cheers) Jonathan Machuka Gonzalez.

(audience cheers) Kinga Keo.

Alan Kiyambuti.

(audience cheers) Jack Drury.

Nathaniel Mitchell.

(audience cheers) Ryan Anderly.

- Andre.

- I am pleased to introduce Professor Scott Mulrooney, Associate Chairperson, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and their Marshall, Dr. Jeannine Scott, Academic Advisor.

(indistinct chatter) - On behalf of the faculty, staff and specialist, I am pleased to present the graduates from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics.

- Jacqueline Malasi.

Christina Bette.

(audience cheers) Josephine Kleve.

Dila Ozdilmac.

(audience cheers) Aya Latif.

(audience cheers) Victoria Reinbold.

(audience cheers) Katrina Parker.

(audience cheers) Lane Vitek.

Tina Sungbe Choi.

Cheng Zhao.

Morgan Jones.

(audience cheers) Claudia Serezo.

Mario Gardino.

(audience cheers) Avery Ryan Tilly.

(audience cheers) Haley Reed.

McKeeley Ann Kerr.

Brianna Smith.

(audience cheers) Mia Popoff.

Kelsey Hall.

Mia Dedonna.

Madeline Miller.

(audience cheers) Bianca Malayu.

(audience cheers) Nastassia Benjamin.

(audience cheers) Jason Pasikowski.

(audience cheers) Christian Roberts.

(audience cheers) Jason Adkins.

(audience cheers) Maria Lopez Bemerjo.

(audience cheers) Sophie Young.

(audience cheers) Lucas Townsend.

Nicole Willard.

(audience cheers) Tyler D. Klein.

(audience cheers) Jillian Mossberg.

- [Audience Member] Jillian.

- Lauren Kelly.

(audience cheers) Hanson Sian.

Samantha Sikora.

(audience cheers) Alexandria Elkins.

Megan Ryan.

(audience cheers) Kaylee Greenough.

Madeline Russell.

(audience cheers) Taylor Vincent.

Shannon Townson.

(audience cheers) McKayla Ann Lewis.

(audience cheers) Pamela Jones.

Macy McPherson.

Alexander Tran.

Marlena Declare.

Madison Putman.

Nathan Martin.

(audience cheers) - Maya Isam Amejarish.

- Maya Isam Amejarish.

- Maya Caroline Crowe.

Go ahead.

- I am pleased to introduce Professor Steve Zepf, Chairperson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and their Marshall, Associate Professor Danny Caballero.

- It is an honor to present the amazing graduates of the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

(audience cheers) - Kaedon-Cleland Host.

Nathan Wille.

Maya Joyce.

(audience cheers) Colleen Graham.

Charles Scanlan.

(audience cheers) Joseph Newnan.

Jeremy Rebenstock.

Ashley Francis.

Raymond Smith III.

(audience cheers) Nicholas Schwartz.

Logan Shadek.

(audience cheers) James Freebes.

Natalie Sweeney.

(audience cheers) George McClure.

Evan Bowen.

- [Audience Member] Yeah.

- Pratik Prakash Singh.

(audience cheers) Derrick Abbott.

Braden Coston.

Halbel Li Yu.

Connor Cramp.

(audience cheers) Christopher Perkins.

(audience cheers) Kay Nushik.

Kevin Dore.

Carson Ryan.

(audience cheers) Adam Dockery.

Yuzhi Yang.

Peyton Walton.

(audience cheers) David Lemke.

Ryan Copeland.

Wasundara Athukoralalage.

(audience cheers) Christine Assai.

McKenna Tinsley.

(audience cheers) Emily Elizabeth Coates.

Cody Smith.

(audience cheers) Hannah Sullivan.

(audience cheers) Shane Painter.

Matthew Bartnik.

Jeremy Fedewa.

Emma Dugan.

Evelyn Ferman.

(audience cheers and applauds) Eric Delgado.

Brishon Henley.

(audience cheers) Tim Markle.

Danielle Sipala.

Danielle Hamilton.

(audience cheers) Mattai Giorgio.

Keith Andrew Taylor.

Jacob Renkor.

(audience cheers) - I am pleased to introduce Professor Karl Olson, Interim Chairperson, Department of Physiology, and their Marshall, Dr. Lori Seischab.

Academic Advisor.

(audience cheers) - On behalf of the faculty and staff, it is my pleasure to introduce the graduates of the Department of Physiology with Majors in Neuroscience and Physiology.

(audience cheers) - Sophia Rubio.

Lauren Lockney.

Sarah Haner.

Alicia Gortzema.

Caitlin Emmett.

Sophia Bryn Cook.

Sidney Jamaris.

Toriana Day.

(audience cheers) Maya Hall.

(audience cheers) Daniella Bondecue.

Juan Hughes.

Eliza Armstrong.

(audience cheers) Jillian Nelson.

(audience cheers) Hannah Bernard.

Alison Mitchell.

Jenan Elizabeth Howard.

Lena Berman.

(audience cheers) Shelby Michaels.

Liz Kavanaugh.

Nicholas Lewis.

Elizabeth Osborne.

(audience cheers) Carter Glowaki.

(audience cheers) Vikram Desai.

Adrienne Gilson.

Samuel Bacarella.

(audience cheers) Alberto Hernandez Monje.

Andrew Kerzawa.

Mihir Joshi.

Rithfit Seri.

(audience cheers) Shria Nataraj.

Lian Dakilala.

(audience cheers) Paige Lyons.

(audience cheers) Sarah Marie Sharp.

Sarah Alexis Lenhoff.

(audience cheers) JT Kreitz.

(audience cheers) Samantha Tanner.

Nicholas Porin Edward Miller.

Briggs Hale.

Ethan Merritt.

James Quag.

(audience cheers) McKenna Grant.

Faith Newton.

Abigail Burlard.

(audience cheers) Samuel Miller.

(audience cheers) Emma Stankowitz.

(audience cheers) Macine Marouay.

Ava Jensen.

Stefania Renes Renoso.

Madeline Hoffman.

(audience cheers) Brian Glowski.

(audience cheers) Paul Schmidt.

Nicholas Beck.

Arine Chaya Limpanich.

(audience cheers) Alexandra Loland.

Aaliyah Marie Cross.

(audience cheers) - Tiana, Tiana.

- Tiana Carter.

Savannah Martin.

(audience cheers) Madeline Godzela.

Caleb Haywood.

(audience cheers) Subtarshi Das.

Emily Wentworth.

Emma Neberdowski.

- [Audience Member] Emma.

- Malavika Eswaran.

(audience cheers) Chloe Valentik.

Tess Olivia Andrews.

Abigail Lugerovic.

(audience cheers) Owen Clark.

Autumn Ann Marie Boyd.

(audience cheers and applauds) Nicholas James Morse.

(audience cheers) Kevin Tran.

Ainsley Caldwell.

(audience cheers) Palin Turin.

(audience cheers) Audrey Matildo.

Skylar Moore.

Emma Calhoun.

Timothy O'Daniel.

James Devlin.

Gabrielle Moore.

(audience cheers) Dania Algabori.

(audience cheers) Micah Hannity.

Maryelle Bowen.

(audience cheers) Alexa Marshevski.

Joanna Sheng.

Olivia Bullen.

Alexandria Rendi.

Taylor Johnson.

(audience cheers) Kelsey Gullick.

Jillian Navar.

Ava Song.

Elizabeth Belinsky.

Andrew Pratt.

Benjamin Chandler.

(audience cheers) Nathaniel Andrews.

Keira Becker.

Suzu Thompson.

Lucas Osterman.

Brendan Roger.

(audience cheers) Andrew Elms.

Evan Carey.

Michael Calbert.

Sierra Brown.

Alicia Picard Bono.

Kaya Stevens.

Darlow Washington.

(audience cheers) - Taya.

- Taya Jackson.

(audience cheers) Jiwan Plummer White.

(audience cheers) Kiana Blake.

(audience cheers) Andrew Decker.

Kendall Dickinson.

Gabrielle Rose Krisky.

- Bukari.

- Durane Bukari.

(audience cheers) Josephine Kleve.

Leslie Miller.

Anna Fisher.

Sidney Pace.

Nancy Johanna Zamora Sifuentes.

Allie Kramer.

(audience cheers) Shufei Fang.

Zainab Fayes.

Iraj Amad.

(audience cheers) Izza Ali.

Catherine Owen.

Christina Oyinkolade.

Shavanah Cholan.

(audience cheers) Ethan O'Brien.

(audience cheers) Emily Eccau.

(audience cheers) - Take the next one.

- Madison Wilson.

(audience cheers) Kelsey Swanson.

Apoorva Chalasani.

(audience cheers) Sumaita Hassan.

Kate Sapkowski.

(audience cheers) Timothy Stokes.

Janae Williams.

Bridget Weiss.

Abigail Boland.

Lindsay Hall.

(audience cheers) Rita Barr.

Karin Staneke.

Benjamin Walters.

(audience cheers) Abby McClure.

Chufei Lu.

(audience cheers) Bradley Dreher.

Jacqueline Atan Budri.

(audience cheers) Nicolette Wise.

Audrey Garvey.

Kirsten McDonald.

(audience cheers) Faith Simpson.

(audience cheers) Aaron Mayhan.

Cameron Saraf.

Hadi Atui.

(audience cheers) Mackenzie Mace.

Jessica Schlitz.

(audience cheers) Cassie Ross.

Rakhe Sen. Cynthia Sridhar.

(audience cheers) Tahira Ali.

Ethan Delik.

Arielle Jenae Pace.

(audience cheers) Jasmine Jean Chang.

Elaine Gregory.

Pilai Laisam.

(audience cheers) Pelli Mechnikov.

Amanda Williamson.

(audience cheers) Zachary Roading.

- Nicholas Dahir.

- Nicholas Dahir.

(audience cheers) Michael Corder.

(audience cheers) Nolan Royal Weimer.

Alyssa Kubiak.

(audience cheers) Marnie Wagoner.

Catherine Moran.

Riley Wobio.

(audience cheers) Jacob Ball.

Isaac Stinson.

(audience cheers) Mossy Bennett.

Mohamed Mohamoud.

(audience cheers) Ahmed Asif Ali.

(audience cheers) Farid Okha.

(audience cheers) Matthew Milar.

- I am pleased to introduce Professor Tammy Long, Undergraduate Director, Department of Plant Biology and their Marshall, Ms. Evelyn Grace, Academic Advisor.

- On behalf of the faculty and staff, it is my great pleasure to introduce the 2023 graduates from the small but mighty Department of Plant Biology.

(audience cheers) - Joy Li.

Vincent Lapari.

Aaron Weidner.

Peyton Birch.

Jasmine Marie Aoun.

(audience cheers) Natalie Michaelson.

Trista Garland.

(audience cheers) Charlotte Anchor.

Zoe Suzanne Zeluff.

Amanda Saad.

- I am pleased to introduce Professor Lyudmila Sakhanenko, Chairperson, Department of Statistics and Probability, and their Marshall, Dr. Leonard Johnson, Academic Advisor.

- I am pleased to introduce the outstanding graduates from the Department of Statistics and Probability.

(audience cheers) - Jeremy Bouford.

(audience cheers) Hualong Zhang.

(audience cheers) Jacob Schuchard Ohanian.

Alejandro Dopp.

(audience cheers) Patrick Abowd.

Rebecca Wu.

(audience cheers) Darien Witherspoon.

Michael Craft.

(audience cheers) Tommy Tracy.

Hanwen Gray Sullivan.

Shansen Guao.

Yin Sun.

Trevor Dunseth.

(audience cheers) Nina Kozek.

(audience cheers) Elizabeth Polly.

Otis Kirkland IV.

(audience cheers) Anne Jansen.

(audience cheers) Travis Nitklewicz.

(audience cheers) Harrison Adams.

Brandon Amore.

(audience cheers) and Jackson Ewers.

(audience cheers, applauds and stamps feet) (indistinct chatter) - No, that's all right.

I now invite all of you to join in singing the first stanza of Alma Mater, MSU Shadows, followed by the MSU Fight Song.

After singing, we request our guests and graduates be seated and to remain in their places until after the recessional of the platform party and the faculty.

Thank you.

(orchestral music plays) ♪ M.S.U., 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 M.S.U.

♪ (audience applauds and cheers) (upbeat music plays) (upbeat music continues to play) (audience applauds)