(Music Playing) Introducing the president of Michigan State University Doctor Kevin M. Guskiewicz.

Thank you.

Please be seated.

Good afternoon.

And on behalf of Michigan State University.

Welcome to the spring 2026 doctoral degree commencement ceremony.

For those joining us on live stream.

We offer you greetings as well.

Today, we recognize the dedication, scholarship, and leadership of our doctoral degree candidates and celebrat their incredible achievements.

Graduates, I've greatly enjoyed the opportunities that we've had to meet each other and get to know one another.

It's clear to me that you are passionate and dedicated scholars who are ready to assume the role of leaders.

You've added the diversity of your unique backgrounds to the university's educational community and to your scholarship.

You range in age from 25 to 65 and represent 39 states and 35 countries.

Five of you are veterans who have served our country in the military.

And thank you for your service.

And many more of you have represented Michigan State University in your scholarly pursuits at conferences and other gatherings.

Maybe most importantly, though, all of you are Spartans for life.

So, family and friends, let's all celebrate our graduates with our applause as we kick off today's ceremony.

Like today's featured speaker, who you will meet shortly, our doctoral degree candidates have rendered great service to the university its students, and our faculty.

I've been privileged to wor with and mentor many outstanding graduate students, and I can attest to their importance to my own personal success and to that of this great university's success.

Graduates, you step beyond your roles of students to assume leadership in our classrooms, laboratories, and in the spheres of your academic disciplines.

You supported our research enterprise and faculty mentors by applying your perspectives to uncover, to analyze, and present new information and is one of the world's great research and land grant universities.

It's in Michigan State's DNA to marshal cutting edge knowledge and innovation to address society's greatest challenges.

Thank you for your partnershi in fulfilling this passionately public university's commitment to creating knowledge and transforming lives.

And as emerging knowledge leaders, you are the next generatio or next generation of thinkers and doers fit to grapple with society's many issues.

We count on you to not only contribute to solving the grand challenge of today, but also to identify and develop ways to solve the grand challenges of tomorrow.

As you move forward, I hope you remember that the civil discourse that I've emphasized to our campus community over the past two years is more than an expectation for how we interact with one another across our diversity and differences.

Civil discourse also underpins the academic freedom we've all been privileged to exercise the freedom to inquire, to test ideas to challenge assumptions depends on our ability and willingness to engage with one another with respect and humility.

In this way, we create spaces where knowledge and understanding can grow.

That is something this world needs, perhaps more now than ever.

And I hope you carry this understanding with you wherever your personal paths take you.

Your doctoral degrees will serve you well as you pursue your careers whether in academia, industry, government, or other organizations.

So now we ask our guests to join students and faculty in singing one stanza of the Star Spangled Banner, performed by the MSU Wind Symphony under the direction of Doctor Kevin Setter Toll, professor and director of Bands in the College of Music.

The singing will be led by Ameera Coleman, a doctoral student in music performance.

Pleas rise as you were able and upon conclusion of the singing, please remain standing for a moment of silence.

(Singing and performance of Star-Spangled Banner) Thank you.

Ameera.

And as you remain standing I ask provost and executive vice president for academic Affairs, Doctor Laura Lee McIntyre, to please join me at the lectern.

On this joyful occasion let us also briefly acknowledge the fellow students you have lost along your journey to reach this moment.

Those scholars are forever part of our Spartan family.

So let us pause here for a moment of silence and remembrance.

Thank you.

Please be seated.

I now have the honor to present Doctor Ann Austin as today's keynote speaker.

Doctor Austin, please join me.

Doctor Austin is a highly accomplished leader in the fields of higher education and educational organization.

She has showcased her expertise by evaluating teaching methods, examining academic inequities, proposing solutions, and advancing the development of academic faculty, many of whom are here today.

And for that, we are grateful.

Her dedication and efforts to improving the landscape of higher education is truly commendable.

Throughout her professional career, she has produced numerous publications and projects, including her over 20 funded research projects, more than ten books, and numerous professional and journal articles spannin a variety of educational topics.

Doctor Austin has lent her talent to national advisory boards for groups like the American Council on Education, the National Academy of Sciences, Association of American Universities, and the National Science Foundation.

Her extensive participation extends internationally as she i spoken, consulted and presented in more than 15 countries.

In addition to this participation, Doctor Austin was named in the 2025 class of fellows of the American Associatio for the Advancement of Science.

These achievements highlight the importance of her work on a global scale.

She has made significan contributions to Michigan State University over roughl 35 years, and we are grateful.

Holding multiple titles including University Distinguished Professor, interim dean for the College of Education, and interim vice provost and associate vice president for faculty and academic staff affairs.

She has worked tirelessly t strengthen our great university by overseeing administrative changes and leading an extensive faculty i advancing institutional goals.

She has demonstrated her commitment to growth, equity, and progress that continues to inspire our entire Spartan community.

Please welcome along side me, Doctor Ann Austin.

Congratulations.

Thank you so very much for that introduction.

President Guskiewicz, members of the Board of Trustees.

Thank you.

Members of the platform party.

Faculty and staff, colleagues.

Distinguished guests, family members and friends of the graduates and most importantly, members of the doctoral graduating class of 2026.

I am very honored and please to be able to address you today.

I'd like to begin today with the most important part of the day, and that is celebrating each of you who has earned the distinction of being awarded a doctorate.

You have spent many years preparing for today, including your dedication as undergraduates and the many years and graduates school you spent deepenin your knowledge, becoming experts in your particular fields, and pursuing a problem, a question, or a creative direction in which you've invested much effort to complete a dissertation.

Long ago, when I was working on my dissertation, my mom, who is a wonderful supporter and one with whom I was very close she often asked me, how is that big paper coming along?

And she sometimes observes that she thought it seemed to be taking me a long time to get that big paper done.

And was I working hard enough?

And I imagine it has taken you some substantial time to get your big paper done to.

And I realized then that even when family and friends are deeply supportive, they may not fully understand the depth of commitment.

The time, or the energy required to complete a doctorate.

You have each demonstrated such persistence, hard work, and dedication, and you're contributing to the world by advancing knowledge and creative expression.

This is a day of great celebration and applause for your accomplishments.

But I also want to note that your class has had some unique challenges to navigate.

You pursued your college or your early graduate work during the pandemic period, when the usual structures o support and personal interaction were constrained, and you and your loved ones may have been managing some very difficult times.

You also were part of the Michigan State community during a time when we experienced the deep grie of terrible violence and loss.

Your years of study have also been marked by societal polarization and very difficult events across the world.

I know these experiences an events have affected all of you, but even as you've navigated through personal, community and societal challenges, each of you has been dedicated, resilient, and focused, and you've each reached thi culminating day of celebration.

We applaud who you are, what you've already accomplished, and the contributions you're ready to make.

We are extremely proud of you our newest Spartan doctorates.

And before I continue, I'd like to invite everyone to join me in applause for two thing for our distinguished graduates, but also for their wonderfully supportive family and friends.

Thank you so much.

To be invited to speak to you, our honored graduates, along with your guests and my respected colleagues, is a very special privilege.

I have loved my work her at Michigan State for 35 years as a teacher, researcher, and serving in various leadership roles.

I've especially enjoyed my research on improving teaching and learning, studying the doctoral experience in the academic career, and advancing knowledg about how organizational change occurs in higher education, collaborating closely wit faculty and student colleagues in class and research, and in various international project has been especially meaningful.

The thoughts I want to share today are deeply rooted in my experience acros many years as a faculty member, teacher, researcher, and learner and leader.

In 1998, shortly after the end of apartheid.

My family and I had a U.S.

Fulbright Fellowship to live and work in South Africa.

My work was to support faculty who were developing new approaches to teaching and learning that supported the full range of learners in the changing South African context.

Our family found that yea to be one of the most meaningful in our lives, and the experience has shaped my work in profound ways.

Since then, I have taken a number of groups of graduate students and faculty who study higher education to engage in collaborative work in South Africa.

So picture this I typically drive the students around in a van for both our professional obligations and our personal activities.

So one day I was dropping off a group of students at a local shopping area to get a few things I needed.

As we pulled up and they piled out without thinking, I said, make good choices.

And to explain that, I need to note that my life as a faculty member has occurred across the same years as my life as a mom.

So the phrase make good choices jumped out without my thinking.

Now, you can probably imagine how much fun the graduate students had with the professor, who drops them off with the admonition to make good choices.

And while we continue to laug about this over the coming days, we also began to talk more seriously about the idea of making good choices and how it applies to one's work and life.

And in fact, several of thos formal former doctoral students were at a reunion at my home a week ago, and they spent considerable time reflecting on how the idea of making good choices had continued to guide their thinking and actions, both professionally and personally, over the past decade since they graduated.

So making good choices is the theme I'd like to share with you today.

It's a thought that you might take with you.

Making good choices reminds me that while lives and careers have many unexpected twists and turns, as commencement speakers I know often say we each have agency in what we do and in the decisions we make in our lives and careers.

You are each graduating, each of our graduates here with great stories of knowledge, capability and preparation to address advance and challenging issues in your areas of expertise.

You will eac have innumerable opportunities to make decisions large and small, to guide others, and to use your intellect an well honed scholarly abilities.

But in using your agency to make a difference in the world, I want to urge you also to bring not only knowledge and disciplinary expertise to your work and lives.

I want to encourage yo to bring your full capacities.

That is, to think about what signature values and qualities will inform your work and your decisions as deeply as your intellect does.

Our values represent what we believe to be good and true as we live our values.

We express our vision and hopes for the world that we want.

I invite you to reflect today and in the days ahead on some related questions.

What are the deep values that guide and define who you are?

And there will guide you as you create distinguished careers.

What values and qualities, coupled with your scholarly abilities and skills will enable you to make good choices.

Good decisions and actions that will advance your hopes for our world.

Making good choices will require both knowledge and values.

As I think about the people that I've known who have had a great influence on me and the people I admire for making the worl better through the work they do.

In every case, there are people whose lives expres a deep sense of guiding values.

They do their work with skill and expertise as you will, but they also do it with clarity about the values, what some might call guidin ethics and qualities that shape the myriad choices that aris in their work, in their lives.

Every day.

Today, I invite you to consider what values are at the core of who you are.

That is the core values that will guide you as you make choices and move forward in your careers.

As you think about the core values or qualities you want to express, let me give you an example of someone whose life and hopes of the world have inspired me.

Someone who's deeply held values guided his decisions and actions.

Nelson Mandela, who received an honorary doctorate of law from Michigan State in 2008, wa the president of South Africa.

When my family and I lived there in the late 90s, Mandela often spoke of the importance of valuing respect and including all South Africans.

I remember well where I wa when I heard a radio broadcast that stopped me in my tracks and gave me a lasting example of what it means to be very clear about one step values, and to be guide in those values in one's work.

Leadership and decisions.

Mandela was attending a public event honoring someone who had passed away and had been an important forc in the anti-apartheid movement, the South African national anthem.

Some of you may know this, which was new at the time, includes verses in five of the multiple languages of South Africa.

English.

Khoza, Zulu, Susutu and Afrikaans.

And our family knew it well because our three kids learned it in school, so we would just sit.

Sometimes at the event, the choir sang the national anthem, but omitted the part in Afrikaans, I believe because the Afrikaans language was associated with the oppression of the apartheid period.

President Mandela interrupted the event and asked to have the national anthem sung again, this time with all the languages, including the Africans.

Verse.

I believe that his deep commitment to the values of unity and respect for all South Africans.

Guided his decision and action as a leader to call for the full set of languages to be sung.

His vision of a country united across difference to advanc all citizens was an invitation to everyone to rise higher in their humanity.

He wanted to remind everyone that the national anthem represented a country where all people are valued and respected.

His choice that day of how to enact leadership was a gift to his country, and I remember listening to this radio report and literally having tears come to my eyes with gratitude for leadership and decision making.

So guided by clear values, values of respect, inclusion and unity, which Mandela highlighted as a way to bring people together.

Each of us has occasions to make decisions, big or small, every day.

Opportunity to make good choices.

Those of us, so many in this room who have had the privilege of advanced education, have the responsibility to draw on our deep knowledge and expertis as we make the myriad decisions and choices confronting us in our work and careers.

But we need to be sure that our deep values play a role.

Also in my own life and work.

I've especially tried to emphasize to emphasize the values of kindness, service, and community in leadership roles and decision making.

And as a researcher and teacher, I've tried to remember that elevating kindness.

Seeing my work as service and advancing community.

Guide me and help me to make good choices.

As we gather today to celebrate your significant accomplishments, I know that you each have so much to bring to the world.

Your depth and breadth of knowledge, your powers of analysis, your specialized abilities and creativity.

But I also urge you to bring your core values into everything you d and every choice that you make.

Combining your scholarl strengths with your deep values enables you to live your life with hope and positive impact.

As we celebrate together today and as you embark on your careers in academe, business, industry, government, public service and many other areas, I hope you'll take time to reflect on the value and qualities that may be most meaningful to you, and perhaps identify a few to keep at the forefront of your thought.

There are many to consider.

Courage.

Fairness.

Curiosity.

Empathy.

Care.

Inequity.

Honesty.

Compassion and responsibility.

And others.

So I'm not making a reques for you to follow someone else's values.

It's a suggestion for you to think deeply about what values, what core qualities motivate you and constitute your own unique signature as you do your work.

Take on the leadership for which you've prepared, and make the choices and decisions that your education at MSU has so fully prepared you to do.

I think we all know that our world today is precarious in many ways.

The times ahead will not be easy.

You are researchers, teachers, and leaders who are deeply needed.

Thomas Merton, the renowned theologian and writer, said we must make choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

You will make many choices in your work and lives.

I hope you find ways to connect your deep values with your knowledge and scholarly abilities, to make your unique and very needed contributions to the world's great challenges.

Make good choices that express the deepest capacities of your real selves.

The world needs you to do so.

I know I join all my colleagues and your many family and friends to offer you the warmest congratulations.

We are so very proud of you and we send you forth with gratitude, hope and confidence and the very good choices you will make.

Congratulations and go green light.

Thank you, Doctor Austin, for those wonderful words of wisdom around core values, ethical decision making.

And, as I said earlier we are grateful that you are a proud Spartan.

Thank you.

I would now like to introduce the Honorable Brianna T Scott, chairperson of the MS Board of Trustees, after Trustee Scott Provost and Executive Vice President Doctor Laura Lee McIntire will present members of the platform party Chair Scott.

Young.

We're thank you, President Guskiewicz.

On behalf of the MSU Board of Trustees, I would like to welcome the graduates and their familie and friends who join us today.

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

We take great pride in sharin this exciting milestone with you all today, and at this time, I would like to recognize my colleagues on the MSU Board of Trustees who are here with us this afternoon.

First, we have Trustee Kelly Tebay Zemke, The Honorable Kelly Tebay Zemke.

And the Honorable Rebecca Bahar-Cook.

Thank you both for joining us today.

Graduates, today's ceremony represents the culmination of your academic achievements.

The degree that you have earned acknowledges your success and and honors those who have encouraged and supported you all in every way.

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

Our faculty, administrators, an trustees are all proud of you.

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

And congratulations to you all.

Go green, go white.

Thank you, Trustee Scott.

I join you and President Guskiewicz in congratulating our newest advanced degree recipients in Spartan doctorates.

You're looking good out there.

Graduates, each of you possess a unique combination of knowledge and skills you've acquired during your studies here at MSU.

The discoveries you've made, the capabilities you now possess are evident in your curiosity and your drive to discover innovate, express, and perform.

These scholarly achievements culminate today and the conferral of a degree.

Along with the conferral of our great pride and faith and what you will now accomplish as a resul of your scholarly achievements, as we send you forth, we are counting on you to become the next generation of thought leaders and innovators in the 21st century.

I would now like to take a moment to acknowledge our outstanding faculty and academic staff who are here to celebrate with our graduates.

We are honored t welcome the university leaders who are seated on the platform but will not be speaking today.

In their many and varied roles, they provide support across our academic mission and are deeply invested in ensuring academic excellence and student success at Michigan State University.

Colleagues, please remai standing as you are introduced.

Members of the audience, please hold your applause until all are introduced.

Associate Dean Laura Bicks from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Dean Thomas Stubblefield fro the College of Arts and Letters.

Senior associate Dean Ranjani Krishnan from the Eli Broad College of Business.

Dean Heidi Hennink-Kaminski from the College of Communication, Arts and Sciences.

Dean Jerlando Jackso from the College of Education.

Interim dean John Papapolymer from the College of Engineering.

Interim Dean Supratik Rayamajh the College of Human Medicine.

Dean James Forger from the College of Music.

Dean Eric Hegg, from the College of Natural Science.

Interim Dean Linda Weglicki from the College of Nursing.

Chairperson Ann Dorrance from the College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Dean Brent Donnellan fro the College of Social Science.

Dean Kimberly Dodd, from th College of Veterinary Medicine.

Titus Awokuse, vice provost and dean of international studies and programs.

Bill Beekman, vice president for strategic initiatives.

Kwesi Brookins, vice provost for university outreach and engagement.

Stefan Letcher, secretary and chief of staff to the Board of Trustees.

Lisa Frey, senior vice president, chie financial officer and treasurer.

James Hintze, vic president for student affairs.

Mark Largent, vice provost an dean of undergraduate education.

Neil Romanowski, dean of libraries.

Dave Weatherspoon, vice provost of enrollmen and academic strategic planning.

Mike Zweig, office of the President and chief of staff.

And John Aerni-Flessner, associate professor and chairperson of the Faculty Senate.

MSU academic governanc and the University mace bearer.

Please be seated.

Lastly, I would like to thank our sign language interpreters, Miss Katie Core and Miss Emily Cordio.

Our live captioner, Miss Susan Hahayi and our teleprompte technician, Doreen Horisacheski.

Thank you.

I invite all past and present members of the Counci of Graduate Students to stand.

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

Thank you all for your support of the University and your fellow graduate students.

Please accept our appreciation for your contributions.

You may be seated.

I now invite Pero Dagbovie, vice provost for graduate and postdoctoral studie and dean of the graduate school, to join me for the announcement of the degree candidates and direct doctoral hooding.

Will the candidates for the doctoral degrees please rise if you are able.

Pero.

Repeat it.

Will the candidates for the doctoral degrees please rise as you are able?

Thank you.

President Guskiewicz and Provost McIntyre, on behalf of the faculty in their respective colleges, I present these candidates to you for the conferral of their degrees.

I invite the trustees to please join me at the podium for the conferral of the degrees.

By authority of the State of Michigan.

Vested in the Board of Trustees and delegated to me, I confer upon you the degrees for which you have been recommended, with all the rights and distinctions to which they entitle you.

Congratulations, graduates.

Please be seated.

Graduates will now be individually hooded by their faculty member.

This solemn ceremony and the moment of hooding represent a transition to the company of the learned society of one' discipline and field of study.

The moment of the hooding by one's academic mentor is the culmination of years of study and the welcome by your mentor into a new role that of intellectual colleague.

As such, this tradition and our academic rituals are imbued with great reverence and solemnity.

I invite everyone who witnesses the hooding to think deeply about the candidates as they approach the stage, are hooded, and turn to walk forward.

Think of the individual schola and how great universities like MSU foster the circumstances and culture for academic advancement and excellence.

I thank our doctoral student for their contributions as MSU scholars and congratulate them on the conferral of their doctoral hood.

All members of this graduating class are a part of this Spartan family.

We ask the audience to respect the desire of all family and friends to be abl to hear their graduate's name.

Graduates, please return to your seat after you are introduced.

Your token diplomas presented and the photos are taken.

Jody Knoll and Melissa Ingles will announce the names of graduate as they receive their diplomas.

I now ask th Associate Deans of the colleges to please lead their graduates to the platform.

The academic attire worn by students and faculty was first use in 12th and 13th century Europe.

The current system in the United States of America was designed in 1895, and is used today in advanced degre ceremonies across the country.

The hoods being placed unde doctoral candidates are derived from the design of medieval monks cloaks.

The three chevrons on the sleev represent Doctor of Philosophy.

The light blue velvet on the front signifies Doctor of Education, the pink velvet on the front signifies the Doctor of Musical Arts and the apricot velvet on the front signifie the Doctor of Nursing practice.

The green and white chevrons on each hood represent our beloved Michigan State University.

The gown, the cap, and especially the hood represent both the responsibility and the freedom that accompany the achievements in research and scholarship that these candidates have earned through years of hard work.

The ceremony of hoodin doctoral candidates symbolizes the faculty welcoming these students as our full fledged colleagues.

The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

(Conferral of doctoral degrees and hooding) John Leo hooded by Doctor Michael Olabisi.

Nen Norn hooded by Doctor Dan Kramer.

Carly Rose Andrews hooded by Doctor Gary Roloff.

Sydney Marie while Evan hooded by doctor Jack Lou.

Nick Anthony Alioto hooded by Doctor Jen Owen.

Benjamin Kwadwo Agyei hooded by Doctor Singh.

Vanessa Nicole Cardenal hooded by Doctor Fenton.

Urine.

Lee.

Hooded by Doctor Loveridge.

Lay Shu.

Hooded by Doctor Dong.

Zhao.

Ibrahim local.

Hassan hooded by doctor Liverpool.

Tassi.

Peyton Ellis hooded by doctor.

So Liverpool tastic and doctor Make-A-Wish Margaret Meridia.

Muhammad Nahyan been colored hooded by doctor.

My wish.

Meridia.

Z you, Etienne.

Hooded by Doctor Richard Horan.

Day.

Although what to what y'all see?

Fashion hooded by doctor Kurt Nolan.

Norma Rizwan hooded by doctor Molly Sears and doctor James Sears.

The Shade Dillard, hooded by Doctor Hannah Barack.

Jennifer.

Rodel hooded by Doctor Sophia Sandri.

Kevin Postma hooded by Doctor Julianna Wilson.

Kelly Waters hooded by Doctor Eric Benbow.

Patricia.

She put it by Doctor Felicia.

Boo woo.

Joon hang Nam hooded by Doctor Theresa Berg.

Holtz.

Seuss.

Yahweh, Lynn.

Hooded by Doctor Theresa Burke.

Holtz.

Quisling.

Hooded by Doctor Theresa Berg.

Holtz.

Peyton, Joseph Philips.

Hooded by Doctor Martin.

Chilvers.

Ryan Hamilton hooded by Doctor Martin.

Chilvers.

Lexie Hager hooded by Doctor Timothy Miles.

Katherine Olive Doherty, hooded by Doctor George Sundin.

Mohit Mahi hooded by Doctor Peter Lundquist.

Nick Johnson hooded by Doctor Eric Patterson.

Shatrughan.

Shiva hooded by Doctor Eric Patterson.

Caitlyn Marie Goodwin hooded by Doctor Aaron McKim.

Jonathan Vivas.

Aragorn.

Aragorn hooded by Doctor Maria Claudia Lopez.

Rafael Lambie hooded by Doctor Maria Claudia Lopez.

De Tosh Dutta, hooded by doctor Philip Warsaw.

Christy, Kellen hooded by Doctor Linda.

New Bonnie.

Robin Casey.

Hooded by Doctor Robert Templeman.

Erica Page.

Eckhard hooded by Doctor John Q Kim.

The next names are fro the College of Arts and Letters.

Myra Flores Mejia hooded by Doctor Roselle GSB Angela.

Hannah.

Rose Olsen hooded by Doctor Elizabeth Tuttle.

Jonathan Hollingsworth hooded by Doctor Todd Hedrick.

Joanne Co hooded by Doctor Aileen Godfried.

Leonardo Gettys hooded by Doctor Sean Logan.

Not weep.

Taiwan.

Hooded by Doctor Jacqueline Jacobs.

Matthew Francis Kelly, hooded by Doctor Sean Faulkner.

Ladyhawke goes hooded by Doctor Salah Hassan.

Sarah Catherine Potts Jonas hooded by Doctor Justice Neiland.

Cristobal Martinez hooded by Doctor Justice Neiland.

Janine shoen hooded by doctor.

Cathartic.

Doctor.

Vascular.

Amari Shane Tedo hooded by Doctor Lisa Potts.

Japan.

Marsh on hooded by Doctor Trixie Smith.

From the Eli Broad College of Business.

(Conferral of doctoral degrees and hooding) Steven Michael Olsavsky hooded by Doctor Ken Bills.

Corey Eisenhower hooded by Doctor Frederick P morgenson.

Bob Jos Singh hooded by Surinam Narayan M. Kong Xiang hooded by doctor Isabel Wang.

From the College of Communication, Arts and Science (Conferral of doctoral degrees and hooding) Victoria Rochelle Nelson, hooded by Doctor Brea Holtz.

Tara Jean Mason hooded by Doctor Perry Parks.

Alexandra Benitez Gonzalez, hooded by Doctor John Beasley.

Jessica Pettengill hooded by Doctor Serena miller.

Zoey Tyler Pham hooded by doctor Brandon Vander Hyde.

June 1st.

Who hooded by doctor Amanda Holmstrom.

Jong in Lim hooded, by doctor Amanda Holmstrom.

Powdery kisu is sakar hooded by Doctor Anastasia Corner.

Nova.

Sewed, Abdul.

Hooded by Doctor Jeff Searle.

Molly Stevenson hooded by doctor J. Scott Jaros.

Sy.

Aisha Rhea Rahmani hooded by Doctor Thea Knowles.

Gabriel Edmondson hails hooded by Doctor Keith Hampton.

Han Jia Liu hooded by Doctor David Avildsen.

Titanium Kim hooded by Doctor David R Avildsen.

Dian Jiang hooded by Doctor Rabindra.

Return.

From the College of Education.

(Conferral of doctoral degrees and hooding) Justin Paul Saint Charles, also hooded by Doctor Kristen Ren.

Sarah Charity Wellman, hooded by Doctor Patricia miron.

C young Hong hooded by Doctor Patricia Marin.

Ariel Jenny Arnold, also hooded by Doctor Patricia Marin.

Elena Lazaro hooded by Doctor Marin.

Sarah Dodson hooded by Doctor Melissa Yu Ishak.

Taylor Sergent hooded by Doctor Melissa Ciac.

Caitlin Schultz, Martin hooded by Doctor John Young.

Megan de ground hooded by Doctor Young.

Carrie Martin Haynes, hooded by Doctor Young.

Sun young oh, also hooded by Doctor John Young.

Sooyoung Choi hooded by Doctor John Young.

Andrea Daniela Alfaro de Leon Mata hooded by doctor Josh Klubnik.

Lauren Grace.

Henan Fent hooded by Doctor Gary Troyer.

Lindy.

Janine Johnson hooded by doctor Adria Druckenmiller.

Ji young Lin hooded by Doctor Jennifer Schmidt.

Brianna Patrice Green hooded by Doctor Jennifer Schmidt.

Grace.

La raba to Kura, hooded by Doctor Alicia Alonso.

Cara Haas hooded by Doctor Alicia Alonso.

Lindsey Allen Hall hooded by doctor Alicia Alonso.

Inara Akhmatova hooded by doctor Alicia Alonso.

Battle.

Demarai.

Sunday.

Rise hooded by Doctor Jane Low.

Candace Livermore hooded by Doctor Jane Low.

Leah Jensen hooded by Doctor Dante Dixon.

Natalie Merino hooded by Doctor Dante Dixon.

Shelby Lynn Brennan, hooded by Doctor Martin Walker.

Priscilla Isabella Davies, hooded by Doctor Gloria Lee.

Sung hyun Kim hooded by Doctor David Ferguson.

Marcello.

Oji.

Lung Cabral Gian Draghi hooded by Doctor Spinner Dola Vasudev.

Hey, young Chung, hooded by Doctor Sung hoon Kim.

Narration.

Also hooded by Doctor Sung hoon Kim.

Deris Brooks hooded by Doctor Janet.

Hulk.

From the College of Engineering (Conferral of doctoral degrees and hooding) Yoon Chau cho hooded by Doctor Christina Chen.

Sun, Tanveer hooded by Doctor Firas Cassini.

Abdul Rahman Abdullah of Hadley hooded by Doctor Siva Adam Pali up.

Daniel Maldonado Lopez, hooded by Doctor Jose Mendoza Cortez.

Austin Roberto Rodriguez Guardia, hooded by doctor Jose Mendoza Cortez.

Marcos Joshi hooded by doctor Jose El Mendoza Cortez.

Poorna Chandra Vardi, hooded by doctor M Amin Cortez.

Brandon Daniel Howard, hooded by Doctor Scott Calabrese.

Barton.

Elena.

Pearl nipple hooded by Doctor John Dorgan.

Z Lun young hooded by Doctor Shi Chung Joe.

Josh Young Zhao hooded by Doctor Shi Chung Joe.

Chio Chung Antonio Nie hooded by doctor Bill Jin.

Red.

Matyas.

Leon.

Mekelle hooded by doctor Bill Jin.

Swam.

Sri hooded by doctor K Jayaraman.

Siddhant Gautam hooded by Doctor So Prasad Ravi Shankar.

J1 hung hooded by doctor Anik.

Dental.

And Rianna Louise Rojas.

Hooded by Doctor Kriste Lutton and Doctor Aneke until.

Patricia Gillan T hooded by Doctor Christine Seton.

Magdalena Kafka hooded by Doctor Timothy Gates.

Gagan Gupta hooded by Doctor Peter Saville Lennon.

Akin Folarin Open mind about tan hooded by Doctor Peter.

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Obi Arup Roy hooded by Doctor Severe Biswas.

Derek Gadhafi's hooded by Doctor Nelson Sepulveda.

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Dua Rahman.

Hooded by Doctor Nelson Sepulveda.

Bianca de Villa monteiro, also hooded by Doctor Nelson Sepulveda.

Gerardo Luis Morales Torres, hooded by Doctor Nelson Sepulveda.

Zoo, Honshu.

Hooded by Doctor Borzou Bonucci.

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Autumn McLean's Roberto.

Hooded by Doctor Sahar.

UN core combo cum BOJ, hooded by doctor Vaibhav Srivastava.

Lee Pung hooded by Doctor Yameen.

Don.

Sumbul Shama hooded by Doctor Sunil Shukla.

Upon.

Peng.

Fang for.

Hooded by Doctor Gillian Tung.

Yashin Lee.

Also hooded by Doctor Gillian Tung.

G1 ding hooded by Doctor Gillian Tung.

MD Toyota Rahman hooded by Doctor Alex King.

Sankar.

Deep Basu hooded by doctor Rebecca Anthony.

Enrique Alejandro Castellanos Franco hooded by doctor Te Tai ho Kim.

Tan v Nykaa hooded by Doctor Sergei Buttar.

Chef.

Bhuvan.

Kush who hooded by and Doctor Chanel and Foster.

Bailey, John.

Santosh Kumar hooded by Doctor Chanel Foster.

Mason Perillo hooded by doctor Aaron Purcell.

Emily Grace Bolger hooded by Doctor Danny Caballero.

Libertarian hooded by Doctor Sudan Bhattacharjee.

Jas Xing Wang hooded by Doctor Chen Cheng.

Li.

Jen Lee hooded by Doctor Chan.

Cheng li and Xie Chow Co.

Lynn Gunn hooded by doctor Z. Chow Kar.

Yi Dong ren hooded by doctor Z. Chow Kao.

Scott Elton Anthony hooded by Doctor Andre Bernard.

Raga B honey hooded by Doctor Andre Bernard.

Mohammad Misner.

Rahman hooded by Doctor Andre Bernard.

Prakash KC hooded by doctor Mohsin Zaher.

Nori.

Maroof, M.D.

crumb hooded by Doctor Mohsin Zion Nouri.

From the College of Arts and Letters.

(Conferral of doctoral degrees and hooding) Yang Jing hooded by Doctor Yvonne Lum.

Lorena Navarro hooded by Doctor Gwendolyn Diaz.

From the College of Music.

(Conferral of doctoral degrees and hooding) GI Wong hooded by Doctor Sheila Tong.

Yingxiu hooded by Doctor Tong.

Jian Zhang hooded by Doctor Tong.

Xiao GI ji hooded by Doctor Richard Fracker.

Shiau show hooded by Doctor Fracker.

Chao chin Wong hooded by Doctor Tasha.

Wamba Yehuda.

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Z. Javon Ola Johns.

Lee hooded by doctor Minjae Wong.

Jiao Fu hooded by doctor Mark Rucker.

Yang shyly hooded by Doctor Melanie Helton.

Juan Yi Tsui hooded by Doctor Melanie Helton.

Roger Corona, David hooded by Doctor Sandr Snow and doctor Stuart Chapman.

Hill.

Cottage, Tariq Copley hooded by Doctor David Beiden Bender.

Kevin Thompson hooded by doctor Mark Sullivan.

Benjamin Horne hooded by Doctor Kevin.

Set of tall.

Ethan Eugene Jones hooded by Doctor Kevin.

Set a tall.

John Michael Parker junior hooded by doctor set of tall.

Jonah Benjamin Weller hooded by doctor set of tall.

Sam Vincent Tuttle hooded by Doctor Set.

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A Seiko Konami hooded by Doctor Michael Cross.

Josiane Delgado Carrasquillo hooded by Doctor Michael Crawford.

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Keith Pepper, hooded by Doctor Michael Cross.

Dylan Dwight Myers hooded by Doctor Croft.

Tyler Mazzoni hooded by Doctor Alexis Bacon.

Jacob Nance hooded by Doctor Joseph Lu Los.

Parker, Fritz.

Hooded by Ricardo Llorens and doctor.

Doctor Ricardo Llorens and Doctor Lula.

Love.

Tsubasa Ono, hooded by Doctor Deborah Moriarty.

Dylan song hooded by Doctor Moriarty.

Chaya Xiong hooded by Doctor Moriarty.

Jinju Kim hooded by Doctor Moriarty.

Yudi die hooded by Doctor Moriarty.

Yu Chang Quinn hooded by Doctor Moriarty.

Jazz wo hooded by Doctor Derek Palaszczuk.

Voce xiong hooded by Doctor Paulus.

Truck.

Myung sa Kim hooded by Doctor Eric Zuber.

Yo Ming yang hooded by Doctor Eric Zuber.

Andy Chen hooded by Doctor Zuber.

Ready?

From the College of Human Medicine (Conferral of doctoral degrees and hooding) Hao Wu hooded by Doctor Misra.

Matthew Myers hooded by Doctor Kip Lin.

Boner.

Adriano.

Laurel.

Ponton.

Alma Dover, hooded by doctor Sachi Hora.

Barta.

Alison Glazer Salameh, hooded by doctor Nigel Paneth.

Ben Marlon Sherman, hooded by Doctor Danielle Gartner.

Manera Ozawa hooded by Doctor Jiawei Luo.

From the College of Natural Science (Conferral of doctoral degrees and hooding) And Katrina Stein, summa hooded by Doctor Berkeley Walker.

Kevin Santiag Morales, hooded by Doctor Sara.

Libya's.

Ryan Jain, hooded by Doctor Bruno Basso.

John Otto Lumi.

Salah.

Core hooded by Doctor Basil.

Melinda Elizabeth Ozaki, hooded by Doctor Rebecca Kick.

Meyer.

Antonio Lewis white hooded by Doctor Knickmeyer.

And.

Benjamin Klein hooded by Doctor Mariah Meek.

Marissa.

Zera core hooded by Doctor Lauren Sullivan.

Wendy Lewin Barker hooded by Doctor Sullivan.

Sofia Bisi hooded by Doctor Emily Josephs.

Asia Hightowe hooded by Doctor Emily Justice.

Sylvie Martin Eberhardt, hooded by Doctor Kadeem Gilbert.

Vincent Penn hooded by Doctor Gilbert.

How yon hooded by Doctor Engel.

Brush.

Noah.

Vowel hooded by Doctor José Rodriguez.

Sierra Mary Cassadine.

Hooded by Doctor Edward Brown.

Jackson Taylor Barnes.

Hooded by Doctor Seth Jacobson.

Lauren Wade Klein hooded by Doctor Aaron Pursell.

Becca Bowers hooded by Doctor James McCusker.

Chase.

Hunter, Lesli.

Hooded by Doctor Warren F Beck.

Christina Elizabeth Shum hooded by Doctor Timothy Warren.

Jocelyn Amelia mello Berenger hooded by Doctor Timothy Warren.

Oh.

Mikayla Renee Brown, setter footed by doctor Alyssa Gaiser.

Arnoldo Castellanos hooded by doctor Alyssa Glazer.

Uran Zhang hooded by Doctor Sean Wei.

Reese Rilla hooded by Doctor Daniel Ducat.

Hannah Cushman hooded by Doctor Ning Jiang.

Kong, you hooded by Doctor Scott Bogner.

Laura Albert Colon Rosado, hooded by Doctor Ling Lang.

Joon.

Jordan Purcell hooded by doctor B Alex Brown.

Alyssa Christine Waterson hooded by Doctor Rachel Henderson.

Camilla munsell.

Oven.

Daniel.

Hooded by Doctor Vashti Sawtelle.

Tracy Simone Edwards hooded by Doctor Paul de.

Gerrard, Jordan Owens.

Friar hooded by Doctor Artemus Spiro.

Ian Hertzog hooded by doctor Kirsten Tollefson.

Stephanie Adams hooded by Doctor Tyler Coker.

Neela Anjuna Mukherjee hooded by Doctor Gary Blanchard.

Emily Simonis hooded by Doctor Blanchard.

Kyung duk moon hooded by Doctor Blanchard.

Stephanie Adams hooded by Doctor Blanchard.

Zachary Steward hooded by Doctor Blanchard.

Isaac Willis hooded by Doctor Ruth Smith.

William Shirley hooded by Doctor Ruth Smith.

Ian Morris hooded by Doctor Jonas Becker.

Jackie your Hooded by Doctor Hitchcock.

Hong.

Monos.

Rana.

Hooded by Doctor Hong.

Mustafa Ali hooded by Doctor Mohammad Mudcrab.

Anthony Chun hooded by Doctor You.

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Brandon Abas Karun hooded by Doctor Maximilian.

Thomas Reason hooded by doctor Babak Boren.

Jesse Randall Cantrell hooded by doctor Baron.

Ishita Chandra hooded by Doctor Warren.

Jojo Wong hooded by Doctor Baran.

Brett Trombley hooded by Doctor Suzanne Moore.

Kelly Elise Bone camp hooded by Doctor Shane Crandall.

John Vucic hooded by Doctor Aaron Andre Scheck.

Tianqi Wang hooded by Doctor John Hu.

Jennifer Elaine Hinman, hooded by Doctor Kin Singh Stefan Stefan Lee.

Isha Gautam hooded by Doctor Tool Wong.

OSA Luis Gonzalez Menez hooded by Doctor Amy Ralston.

Sho MC Das hooded by Doctor Thomas Harmon.

Noel Chao hooded by Doctor David Wesley Qi.

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Ator Rothman.

Hooded by Doctor Ella.

Hovel.

Gina Marie Pitso.

Hooded by Doctor Aaron McRae.

David Medina Suarez hooded by Doctor Kufi.

You.

Benjamin Daniel Jones hooded by Doctor Quote Wei Wei.

Owen Ekblad, hooded by Doctor Jeffrey Schenker.

Zhong Chai soon hooded by Doctor Tina Garland.

Andrea Estefany.

Savita Saavedra hooded by Doctor Julie Lee Barkan.

Adam Boahen hooded by Doctor Willie Wong.

Jung kyung Lee hooded by Doctor Brant.

Nuts Nelson.

Aldo Garcia Gointo hooded by Doctor Nelson.

Gokul Bhosale hooded by Ekaterina Pinchuk.

When Joe Tom hooded by Doctor Jung.

She.

Juno.

Her.

Hooded by Doctor Eamonn Shao.

From the College of Nursing (Conferra of doctoral degrees and hooding) All right.

Satya Saberi, hooded by Doctor Christine.

Christine.

Jeannie.

Winona.

Catherine Cross hooded by Doctor Christine.

Christine.

Jessica maina.

Wicky.

Hooded by doctor.

Casting.

Ashley made Turek hooded by doctor.

Casting.

Angela Weber hooded by Doctor Christine.

Caitlin Marie Metzler hooded by Doctor Mariah Foster.

Alison Humes piteous hooded by Doctor Mariah Foster.

Cassie Jane Zurn hooded by Doctor Mariah Foster.

Ji Chen hooded by Doctor Joshua.

When a Wicked.

Jessica Ann Miller hooded by Doctor Joshua.

When a Wicked.

Nadia Bowman farmer, hooded by Doctor Janine Hinkle.

Savaria.

Perkins.

Adolphus.

Hooded by Doctor Christine Mannion.

Christina Farrell hooded by Doctor Christine Munson.

Marco Castro hooded by Doctor Christine Munson.

Spencer Gines hooded by Doctor Natalie Jones.

Brown.

Siddiqa Tara Rizvi hooded by doctor Natalie Jones.

Brown.

Rebecca.

Claire.

Buddy.

Put it by doctor Natalie Jones.

Brown.

Montane birdseed hooded by doctor Natalie Jones.

Brown.

Andrea Nicole Pea hooded by doctor Natalie Jones.

Brown.

Marie Lincoln Adkins hooded by Doctor Jones.

Brown.

Abigail Huizinga hooded by Doctor Schrader.

Haley Maria van hem, hooded by Doctor Cara Schrader.

Jolene Elise Shrewsberry Gardner hooded by Doctor Schrader.

Thomas Acosta Thomas Acosta hooded by Doctor Gail Llorens.

Nicholas Francis, hooded by Doctor Gail Llorens.

Eric Low Lama hooded by Doctor Gail Lawrence.

Emily Page Kazuki, hooded by Doctor Gail Lawrence.

Grace Elise Goebel hooded by Doctor Gail Lawrence.

Please do.

Katarina Dan Koska hooded by Doctor Lawrence.

Carlos Anani hooded by Doctor Lawrence.

Caitlin Eileen Thibault hooded by Doctor Lawrence.

Jamieson.

Rutledge hooded by Doctor Lawrence.

Jenna Rose Rockwall, hooded by Doctor Lawrence.

Jennifer Marie Robb, hooded by Doctor Lawrence.

Logan Zajick hooded by Doctor Gail Lawrence.

Victoria Cures hooded by Doctor Lawrence.

Matthew Ellefson hooded by Doctor Lawrence.

Yeah.

Danielle Rouleau hooded by Doctor Lindsey Mason.

Yes.

Ryan Page hooded by doctor Mason.

Carmen Marie Licata, hooded by doctor Mason.

Kirsten Jean Cutler hooded by doctor Mason.

Has some VIP hooded by Doctor Lorraine Robbins.

Yeah.

Teresa Jingjing Ung hooded by Doctor Ji Yang Ling.

Ariane Caetano hooded by Doctor Rebecca Leto.

From the College of Osteopathic Medicine.

(Conferral of doctoral degrees and hooding) Emma and Wibble.

Hooded by Doctor Stephanie Watts.

From the College of Social Science (Conferral of doctoral degrees and hooding) G Leo.

Hooded by Doctor Desiree Chin.

Ana Miguel.

Pamela Ramos.

Hooded by doctor Brook Ingersoll.

Devon Kimball hooded by Doctor Jay Paquette.

Calais.

Glossier.

Hooded by Doctor Jay Paquette.

Carolina Anaya maldonado.

Hooded by Doctor Kelly Klump.

Jessica Cheetah hooded by Doctor Amy.

Dora Hora.

Emma Zelensky hooded by doctor Heather Howard.

Alexandra Lauren Ballinger hooded by Doctor Amy Nutt.

Hall.

Francesca Maria Prat hooded by Doctor Lakey Dwayne Yen.

Annalise samples hooded by Doctor Deborah Johnson.

Deja young hooded by Doctor Kendall Holter.

Oh.

Oh Kayla Green hooded by doctor Holly Brophy.

Herb.

Sarah Griffis hooded by Doctor Adrian Blow.

Bored to touch.

Ha!

Us cum hooded by Doctor Laurie.

Scooby.

Hey!

One young hooded by William.

Chopping.

Dorsum chang hooded by Doctor Angela Hall.

Alexandra.

Jade Stinson.

Squirt out.

Hooded by Doctor Sarah Ricardo.

Benjamin, y'all.

Hooded by Doctor Erica France.

Devon.

Jean Overton the second hooded by Doctor Ashton Shortridge.

Jin Lun hooded by doctor Lee Tang Luo.

Mehmet Arrow Loo hooded by Doctor Kyle Everett.

Vitae Hawkins hooded by Doctor Kyle Everette.

Oh.

Gersten, Rene Guevara hooded by Doctor Eric.

Yankee.

Farina, Tabassum.

Hooded by Doctor Michael.

Woman.

Nick.

Slie hooded by Doctor Lisa.

Fine.

Ethan Voorhees Barajas hooded by doctor Delia Fernandez Jones.

Elisa.

Griselda morales Lopez, hooded by doctor Clifford Broman.

Angela Perez hooded by Doctor Valentina Bali.

Natalie Overton hooded by Doctor Matt Grossman and Doctor Aaron McKnight.

Seth Walker hooded by Doctor Scott Zimmerman.

Tyler Powell hooded by Doctor Scott Zimmerman.

Iris.

Mariana margetts.

Hooded by Doctor Sorin Anderson.

Gyu chung hooded by Doctor Sorin Anderson.

Sway.

Sure Wang.

Hooded by Stacy.

Doctor Stacy.

Deckard Conlon.

Matyas Axelrod hooded by Doctor Stacy.

Deckard Conlon.

Oh!

Neil Fellows, hooded by Doctor Stacy Deckard Conlon.

Kira Hall, he hooded by Doctor Stacy Deckard Conlon and doctor Mike Conlon.

Sung Yun Xiong hooded by doctor Mike Conlon.

Sierra Nicole Smith hooded by Doctor Benjamin Bushman.

Nicholas John Yee, hooded by Doctor Coyle Kim.

Jinghua sway hooded by Doctor Jeffrey Wooldridge.

Amanda Witwer hooded by Doctor Caitlin Kavanagh.

McKayla Burden hooded by Doctor Chris.

Melody.

Jedidiah Lane canoed, hooded by Doctor Scott Wolf.

Wen Jing shao hooded by Doctor Kyung Lee.

Lee.

Justice.

Joanna Marie Torc Pinsky hooded by Doctor Cooney.

Park.

Music Jessica Sabbah, hooded by Doctor Angie Kennedy.

Next.

From the College of Veterinary Medicine.

(Conferral of doctoral degrees and hooding) Sarah Samat, hooded by doctor Norbert Kaminsky.

Joel Marty hooded by Doctor Kaminsky.

Samira Wiley, hooded by Doctor Cheryl Rockwell.

Rachel Scheffler studied by Doctor Stephen Carrie.

Christian Harvey.

Brendan Mora, hooded by Doctor Andras Contreras.

Yvonne Moya Uribe, hooded by doctor Linda mansfield and Susan ERT.

Okay.

We are almost to the finish line, and I just want to thank all of you for staying.

I know it's a long ceremony but it's incredibly important.

So thanks to all of you.

So now, will all doctoral degree recipients please rise as you are able?

Congratulations, Spartans.

You're already getting jus an incredible round of applause.

And it's much deserved.

Graduates, there are many who celebrate with you.

People who have been with you throughout your academic journey who rooted for you and perhaps helped yo cross that finish line.

Today.

They might be parents, siblings, aunts and uncles, grandparents or friends.

So let's show our appreciation to all the family members and friends who have been so importan in your journey and who are here watching, the live strea or sharing the moment in person with all family and friends.

Please stand as you are able.

Please stand so we can recognize you.

There's another group richly deserving of our recognition, and that's our amazing world class faculty and dedicated staff who supported your success here at Michigan State University.

Can we show them our appreciation to.

For an educator, there are few joys greater than watching those you have taught and mentored.

Become the leaders of tomorrow.

We are grateful for all thos who made this moment possible, including generations of alums, donors, and citizens who have supported this great university for more than 170 years.

So member of the graduating class of 2026, this is my parting charge to you.

I urge you to continue your service to society by maintaining your curiosity and engaging with humility and civility.

And I hope you remain forever connected to this magical place as you join the ranks of half a million degreed Spartans making the world a better place.

As always, go green.

I now invite everyone to please rise and join in singing the first stanz of the alma mater, MSU shadows.

Miss Coleman will lead us in the singing.

Following the singing, we ask our guests to please remain seated unti the recessional of the platform.

Party faculty and students.

Thanks again.

(Singing and performance of MSU Alma Mater) (MSU Fight Song performance)