(gentle orchestral music) (ambient chatter) (ambient chatter) (upbeat orchestral music) - Please be seated.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

(audience cheering) I'm Sanjay Gupta.

I'm Dean of the Broad College of Business, and here it is my absolute great pleasure to be able to welcome you here today.

On behalf of the Broad College faculty and staff, I welcome you to the commencement ceremony for the Broad college's graduating seniors in the class of 2022.

(audience cheering and applauding) In attendance are distinguished guests and speakers, family and friends, but most importantly, each and every one of you are graduates.

And let me be the first to congratulate you on your accomplishment.

Okay, we'll clap again.

(audience applauding) Now, please stand for the National Anthem to be led by Isabelle Wallace, who is a marketing graduate, and the MSU Symphony Band, directed by David Thornton.

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

("Star-Spangled Banner") ♪ O say can you see, by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ Whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ Through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming ♪ ♪ And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ Gave proof through the night ♪ ♪ That our flag was still there ♪ ♪ O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ (audience cheering and applauding) - Let us pause for a moment of silence so we remember and pay our respects each in our own way to those who have meant so much for us, but may not be here with us today.

Please be seated.

It is my pleasure to acknowledge the Broad College faculty and staff who have joined us today to celebrate in the success of you, our graduates.

Will the faculty and staff, including those on the platform and serving as escorts.

please stand so we may recognize you.

(audience applauding) As I stand before this room full of future Broad College alumni, I'm also proud to introduce two alumni whom we will honor with distinguished alumni awards.

These alumni have had a profound impact on the college, as well as in the communities where they live, and I'm thrilled to that they are able to be with us today.

Mala Kashyap is our young Alumni Achievement Award recipient.

She earned her undergraduate degree from the Broad College in 2003, and in 2007 received her master's in human resources and labor relations from the MSU College of Social Science.

Following a series of progressive promotions, Mala has gone on to become senior director of HR at Honeywell for the mergers and acquisitions group.

Mala has been passionate about staying involved with the Broad College, serving as the young alumni representative on our advisory board and engaging with students through such opportunities as the Roy Pong Executive Speaker Series.

Thank you, Mala.

(audience applauding) There it is.

Blake Krieger is being honored with our Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award.

Blake graduated in 1975 with a degree in general business administration, and as a member of MSU's Honors College.

He went on to obtain a JD at Wayne State University in 1978.

He received magna cum laude honors in both degree programs.

He's the executive chairman of Wolverine Worldwide, where he supervises the board of directors and works closely with the CEO to further accomplish Wolverine Worldwide's goals.

If you haven't picked up, it takes a Spartan to run a company with a Wolverine in its name.

(audience laughing) He has served as a Broad College graduation speaker and he will be joining my advisory board this fall, where he no doubt will provide great insight and direction.

Blake and his family have generously supported faculty and students across many areas at MSU, leaving a significant impact on the university for years to come.

Thank you, Blake.

(audience applauding) And now it is my great pleasure to introduce our 2022 commencement speaker, Jerome Behar.

Jerry, as he likes to be known, comes from a Spartan family with his two brothers and sister all earning degrees from Michigan State University.

In 1979, he graduated with honors from MSU, with a BA in accounting, setting him up for a profoundly interesting and impactful career.

The early part of Jerry's career started with traditional accounting positions.

He went on to earn an MBA at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, after which he co-founded his first company.

Jerry went on to a series of financial positions, including serving a CFO at both public and private companies and started three additional operating companies.

In 2002, Jerry started a company called Financial Intelligence to project manage high value restatement and critical accounting issues.

Financial Intelligence was named number 33 on the 2008 Inc's 500 list of America's fastest growing companies.

As a large wave of financial restatements were wrapping up in 2008, Jerry conceived of a solution to automate and streamline the SEC reporting process for public companies.

And he started WebFilings, which later changed its name to Workiva.

Workiva is the market leader today with annual revenue of approximately $500 million and more than 4,000 customers, which includes 75% of the S&P 500.

In 2018, Jerry was moved by the serious Title IX issues being brought to light at his alma mater here at MSU and elsewhere across the university landscapes.

In response, he founded and serves as chairman of Grand River Solutions, a provider of Title IX and related services and solutions to higher education institutions.

In just over three years, Grand River Solutions, whose name is a nod to Jerry's MSU roots, has grown into the leader in its market space.

Jerry is a serial entrepreneur, and he's now working on his fifth startup company.

I have always been deeply impressed at how Jerry continuously aims high and inspires us at MSU to aim equally high.

But there is another catch and that is always with a strong sense of urgency.

He continues to give back to our institution in meaningful ways, having returned to campus numerous times to speak with Broad College students, and over the past few years, he and his wife have been motivated to establish a nationally prominent university level ethics institute.

MSU has been making significant progress on this major initiative, and I expect this to launch in the coming year.

This Institute will enable MSU to include ethics in all aspects of the university, including our teaching and learning, research and scholarships, and institutional policies and processes.

Jerry has been a tremendous champion for supporter of Michigan State University and the Broad College of Business.

I am deeply honored and extremely proud to call him my friend.

Please join me in welcoming Jerry Behar.

(audience applauding) - Thank you for your gracious introduction, Sanjay.

I would also like to acknowledge the trustees, faculty, administration, staff, family and friends, and the class of 2022.

(audience applauding) I would like to start off with a uniquely Spartan greeting that you all know well, Go Green!

- [Audience] Go White.

- Okay, that was a little weak, but I'm gonna give you another chance at the end of my speech to really comes strong.

When you're wearing your MSU apparel, wherever you go in the world, there's a good chance that you'll be greeted with a Go Green.

Our people are everywhere and it is always comforting to find a fellow Spartan when you're not expecting it.

I'm delighted to address the Eli Broad College of Business class of 2022 and welcome you to a club that has been the most enduring and meaningful of my lifetime.

You are now Michigan State University graduates and alumni.

Some of the people graduating with you today are likely to be among your closest lifetime friends.

This has certainly been true for me.

While you graduate today, your education is just starting.

You have demonstrated that you're good learners, your career success depends on you becoming lifelong learners.

I'm embarrassed to say that I do not remember anything about the commencement speech from my Michigan State University graduation.

(audience laughing) But I remember only one thing from my commencement speech from my Stanford Business School graduation ceremony, and the speaker said something that resonated with me: "As you leave here, remember why you came."

I recently learned that this quote was attributed to Adlai Stevenson, the ambassador to the United Nations during the Cuban Missile Crisis in John F. Kennedy's administration, and he used this in all of his commencement addresses.

As you mark the completion of your undergraduate education at MSU do you remember the excitement and anticipation when you were first admitted, and of your first days on campus?

I was interested in entrepreneurship, but prior to graduate school, never dreamed that I would start something.

I can assure you that accountants are not first in line when it comes to venture capitalists dishing out money.

But I've come to appreciate there's that there is room for creativity and innovation in all fields and from people in all disciplines.

It all opened up for me during my MBA program, when successful Silicon Valley founders of household name companies came to speak.

I began to see them as regular men and women with a vision backed up by really hard work, not elites who were somehow preordained for greatness, and I began to think for the first time, maybe I could do something special.

My second startup, Financial Intelligence, had more than tripled every year for four years in a row, but the type of projects that we were focused on were wrapping up and we were facing a steep decline in revenue.

I was focused on determining what we would do next.

I did not remember this at the time, but 18 years earlier while using a technical writing solution which enabled linking of data, I thought this would be useful for SEC reporting.

And I started working on developing a business plan, but abandoned the idea for all of the right reasons at that time.

In early 2008, a colleague and I were wrapping up an interview with a candidate who had a Securities and Exchange Commission reporting background, when the candidate stated there has not been any innovation in SEC reporting.

Huh, it keeps me busy.

I promptly ended the interview and while the door was shutting behind the candidate, I declared to my colleague, that is exactly what we're gonna do.

We are gonna innovate the SEC reporting process.

And we immediately set to work on the product specs and business plan for what would become WebFilings, and later changed its name to Workiva.

On a side note, a number of our founding team members and key employees were fellow Spartans.

At the core of the epiphany was the understanding that there were tremendous advantages of linking numbers into a document, and that Microsoft Excel and Word did not play well together.

Additionally, the just emerging trends of hosted solutions and software as a service provided significant cost and delivery benefits.

The result was that WebFilings customers were able to significantly automate and streamline their SEC reporting process, eliminate errors and inconsistencies.

In their 2010 annual report filing, for example, eBay filed in 28 days, versus the fastest ever previous filing of 48 days.

I was immediately able to act on my epiphany because my team and I had substantial domain experience, which enabled us to understand the value proposition on a very granular basis.

It turned out that the issues identified 18 years earlier had not fundamentally changed.

Of course, I was naive about the challenges that we would face, but on some level I believes no one would ever start a company if they were aware of all the challenges to come.

My father was a mechanical engineer in the auto industry.

In his last days at age 90, I asked him what he was most proud of.

He replied, I did right by my family, and went on to say that he was proud of his children, our relationship with each other, and with our parents.

It turns out at this point of my life, my answer would be very similar to my father's.

As I reflect on my career, a number of things come to mind that I'm also proud of, all of which center around people.

I am proud that I was able to turn ideas that started in my head into companies at which nearly 2,500 families today depend on for their livelihood.

I am proud that customers find exceptional value in the solutions that we developed, which have impacted their lives on a profound and personal level.

And I am most proud of the people that I've worked with and my role in helping them to achieve their career objectives, as well as their financial and life goals.

I would like to ask each of you to reflect on what you are most proud of and what you want to be most proud of in your career and in your life Asking these questions of yourself can be helpful as a guide for you both personally and professionally, but also know that your perspective and goals will evolve over time.

Based on your age and what I know about the quality of the Broad College of Business, I would venture to say that as a group, you have not experienced much failure to date.

I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but no matter how excellent you are, you will experience setbacks and failure in your career and in your life.

There is no way around that.

It is inevitable.

The key is how you respond.

Will you shrink in the face of disappointment or failure, or will you learn and grow from the experience?

In Silicon valley where I live failure is often treated as a valuable experience so long as you learn from it.

You can recover from almost any failure, but failures of integrity and ethics are tough to get past.

I strongly encourage each of you to make integrity a defining part of your personal reputation.

You are also gonna experience joy and success and have many things to be proud of, and there is a lot to learn from that as well.

I have had many failures and many regrets, but only a few of my regrets rise to a meaningful level.

And as I reflected on my regrets, a common theme emerged that virtually all of my regrets were attributed to my insecurity, my fear of failure, or my fear of rejection, and virtually all were about things that I did not do, not things that I did.

I encourage you to summon your inner courage, lean in, be bold and follow your dreams and stand by your ethical values.

You will encounter ethical challenges.

I have had more than one job where I had to go to work each day prepared to quit or be fired over ethical issues at the company, and that is no way to live.

Aim high.

Don't let your insecurities and self doubt be the blockers that keep you from standing by your values or achieving your hopes and dreams, and know that everyone needs help from mentors and advisors.

In February, 2016, I was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive metastatic cancer with a median life expectancy of one to two years.

I remember my initial meeting with my oncologist and I heard the words, not curable, and I pretty much tuned out everything after that.

This is the kind of jolt that focuses the mind on what is most important in your life.

I was able to learn via a second opinion of metastatic sarcoma patients who were 20 plus years out from their diagnosis with no detectable cancer, and that the view that metastatic sarcoma was not curable was widely held, but not universally held.

That gave me hope and the ability to maintain a positive attitude.

Some people find inspiration in religion or spirituality, others in science and medicine or family.

I found the ability to maintain hope along with tremendous support from my family and friends and colleagues to be transformative.

I have not been cured, but my many surgeries and treatments along with a positive attitude have contributed to my being here today in the ambiguous realm of stable disease.

The first six months following my diagnosis were rough, but I consider the last six years to be among my very best years.

Where do you find inspiration for your toughest challenges and what helps you to get through them?

I have observed that humans need a periodic shock to remind them about what is most important in their lives.

What does it take to remind you of what is most important in your life and what can you do to keep that more top of mind so that you can focus on the most important things.

Let me share with you two lessons that you do not need to get cancer to learn.

The first is that there is an opportunity to find joy every day.

It could come from a smile from a baby in a checkout line, a beautiful sunset, the accomplishment of a family member or yourself or a friend, or hearing your favorite song.

So many opportunities to find joy, but most of the time we're too busy to notice, and the moment flies right by.

The second is that there are also opportunities every day to get frustrated.

Most of the triggers are small issues that just don't matter that much.

If you can let go of the small issues, you will really reduce the amount of frustration that you take.

The combination of increasing the joy in your life and reducing the frustrations can have a profound impact on your overall happiness.

For sure, this has been my experience.

So years from now, I hope you'll remember at least one thing from my speech: As you leave here, remember why you came.

Congratulations, and of course, Go Green!

- [Audience] Go White!

(audience applauding) - Thank you, Jerry.

We now have the pleasure of hearing the MSU Symphony Band under the direction of David Thornton.

They will play a special arrangement entitled, "Fantasy of MSU Songs", composed by James Curnow.

("Fantasy of MSU Songs") ♪ Go right through for MSU ♪ ♪ Watch the points keep growing ♪ ♪ Spartan Teams are bound to win ♪ ♪ They're fighting with a vim ♪ ♪ Rah!, Rah, Rah ♪ ♪ See their team is weakening ♪ ♪ We're going to win this game ♪ ♪ Fight, Fight, Rah, Team, Fight ♪ ♪ Victory for MSU ♪ (orchestral music) (audience applauding) Thank you very much, David Thornton and members of the MSU Symphony Band.

The Honorable Dan Kelly, vice chair of MSU Board of Trustees from Clarkston will now introduce his fellow board member and greet the graduates and guests.

Trustee Kelly.

- Thank you.

Thank you, Sanjay.

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

Under the Michigan constitution, the board of trustees is the governing body of the university by whose authority degrees are awarded.

I'd like to recognize my colleague on the MSU board with whom I have the pleasure to serve, the Honorable Brianna Scott from Muskegon.

(audience applauding) Today's ceremony represents the culmination of discipline, intellectual work and creative imagination, certainly no small accomplishment.

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 best wishes.

Thank you.

(audience applauding) - Thank you, Trustee Kelly.

Now let me introduce Sachi Arora, who will present the student commencement address.

Sachi hails from Novi, Michigan.

She's graduating today with a bachelor's degree in supply chain management, and soon she will begin her career as a procurement consultant for IBM in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Sachi has dedicated much of her time in East Lansing to supporting her fellow students.

As a proud woman of color in business, she served as both the president and community service chair for the Women and Business Students Association, as well as the student coordinator in our residential business community.

She has fully committed herself academically while at MSU.

She's a member of the Honors College.

She has also served for three years as a research assistant in the Broad Scholar Program, supporting research being conducted on teamwork in our leadership and development labs.

Please join me in welcoming Sachi to the podium.

(audience cheering and applauding) - Thank you, Dean Gupta, for that warm introduction.

Good afternoon, graduates, family, friends, faculty, and board of trustees.

My name is Sachi Arora and I am honored to serve as the student commencement speaker for the Eli Broad College of Business class of 2022.

(audience cheering and applauding) I would like to begin by recognizing those in my life who have supported me over the past four years.

Without them, I would not be where I am today.

First, I would like to thank God.

Through all the curve balls and challenges I faced in college, what always got me through was believing that God has a plan for me.

Next, my family.

Thank you to my parents and younger brother for their unconditional support and love.

I would not be the woman I am today without you.

Thank you to my Broad family, my advisor and MSU mom, Anne Crane, my mentors, professors, peers, friends, the Women in Business Students Association, multicultural business programs and residential business community.

The story I would like to share today starts with my parents.

My parents immigrated to Canada from India in 1995, and then to America in 2000.

My parents left everything they knew behind in search of a better life for their future family.

Growing up as the eldest daughter of immigrant parents, I was navigating Indian and American culture at the same time.

Balancing the two cultures was difficult and oftentimes made it hard to fit in with my peers.

Classic American songs or movies that everyone else knew, I didn't, but I pretended to know what everyone else was talking about so I could fit in.

I remember the first time Mr. Brightside played at a college party and I had no idea how everyone else knew all the lyrics by heart.

Over the years, I was able to find my balance between the two cultures, but when it came to college, it felt like navigating something new all over again.

As the first in my family to attend college in the United States, the process was confusing and daunting.

From applying to Michigan State, to knowing what I needed to pack for the dorms, I didn't have someone with experience to guide me.

Attending Michigan State within itself was a leap of faith, but after touring many schools and looking at their supply chain programs, I knew MSU would be both challenging and a place where I could thrive.

I remember moving into McDonel Hall with so much excitement and hope for what the next four years would bring.

I slowly started to get into a routine which included attending business 101 on Fridays.

My TA encouraged our class to attend the upcoming career fair as it would be good practice for speaking with recruiters.

For those who know me personally, I am a bubbly, outgoing girl who loves to talk.

But something about attending the career fair seemed so terrifying.

What if I don't know what to say?

What if I say the wrong thing?

In spite of all my fears, I pushed myself to take on the big, scary career fair.

When I arrived at the Breslin Center, my anxiety increased tenfold after seeing hundreds of fellow Spartans and companies lining the hallways.

I must have talked to 20 companies, all with the same response.

You are a great candidate, but we don't hire freshmen for internships.

I felt a little disappointed knowing the odds of anything coming out of this was slim, but was proud I put myself out there.

Little did I know that on my walk back to McDonel, I was about to receive a call from the last company booth I visited on a whim.

We would like to interview you tomorrow for a spot in our supply chain internship program.

My jaw dropped.

Excitement and then a rush of fear followed.

I have never done a behavioral interview before.

What are they going to ask me?

What if I don't know the answer?

What if I freeze?

I stayed up all night preparing for my interview and anxiety took over.

I must have called my mom at least 10 times between receiving the call and the interview the next day with her on the other end telling me to take the leap of faith and do the best I can.

The interview came and went.

I wasn't even sure if I performed well because I definitely blacked out during the interview.

Then the waiting game began.

About two weeks later, I received an email from GE Aviation with the subject line, "Congratulations".

I froze.

There is no way that I got a spot.

I opened up the email and sure enough, I landed the internship.

I was ecstatic.

A few months later, we received our location placements.

I requested Grand Rapids because I had never lived out of state and placed myself in a box that I should stay close to home.

But I was placed at the headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Immediately, I freaked out, writing an email to the recruiter, asking why I was placed in Ohio of all places.

She expressed that most supply chain interns are placed at the headquarters for the best internship experience and that there are no spots for me in Grand Rapids.

My stomach dropped.

I've never lived more than an hour away from home.

How was I going to move to a new city, new state at 19 and work a corporate internship?

I had no idea.

But I had no choice other than to take the leap of faith and push myself.

The summer I interned for GE Aviation and lived in Cincinnati, was one of the most transformational times in my life.

I learned how to drive in crazy Cincinnati traffic, how to grocery shop for myself, what to do if I lock myself out of my car, how to accept constructive criticism, and how to own up to making mistakes in the corporate world.

I think about that time a lot.

How, if I didn't take a leap of faith, from going to the career fair all the way to moving to Cincinnati, I could have missed out on the opportunity that launched my career.

Class of 2022, as much as my chapter in Cincinnati was transformational to me, each of you has your own pivotal moment and your own story.

As we accomplish this new milestone together and continue onto our next chapter, I would like to leave you with these three pieces of advice.

First, lead with gratitude.

As we move forward to this next chapter, life will only get busier.

A practice I implemented into my life six months ago has changed my perspective greatly and taught me to be thankful for the little things.

Every morning, I fill out my five minute journal and list three things I am grateful for.

It can be as simple as a sunny morning, sleeping in my warm bed, the exciting day I have ahead, or the waffles I'm looking forward to eating for breakfast.

Whatever it may be, and however you may choose to do this, take time to appreciate the little things.

Second, don't lose sight of your passions and hobbies.

It is important to prioritize the things that make you fulfilled outside of work to be your best self.

Go to the driving range, cook a nice meal with a glass or two of wine, work on your startup idea, take the yoga class, go on your dream vacation.

Whatever it may be, give yourself the time to recharge by spending time doing something you love, and even better, doing it with the people that you love.

And lastly, to bring it full circle, believe in yourself and take the leap of faith.

The past four years have been full of leaps of faith.

The rest of our future will be too.

But what is important is that you take them.

Despite the fears and anxiety, others' opinions, or wondering if it's too non-traditional.

I know it's easier said than done.

Believe me, if this is something you struggle with, like I do, appoint a buddy.

Whenever you need that extra affirmation or someone to hype you up, your buddy will be there to encourage you and believe in you.

For me, this has always been my mom, but it can be anyone, a family member, close friend, or mentor.

Each of us is here today as a result of many leaps of faith and believing in ourselves.

Always push yourself to say yes and take the leap because you never know what decision might just change the trajectory of your life.

As I stand here today, I am so proud to be a Broad Spartan.

The Broad community is truly the most supportive and selfless community I have been a part of.

Broad Spartans are resilient, humble, constantly challenging what it means to be a leader, and most importantly, there for one another.

Although this is the end of our chapter in East Lansing, continue to be a Broad Spartan and carry all the qualities that embodies.

We all reached an amazing milestone here today, joining a network of over half a million alumni.

The memories we made and traditions we participated in at Michigan State will stay with us forever.

We will always be Spartans.

We will carry on the Spartan legacy, and that is something to be proud of.

As the saying goes, Spartans will, and we did.

Congratulations, class of 2022.

Thank you for the opportunity to share my story, and I wish each of you, the best of luck in this next chapter.

Always and forever, Go Green.

- [Audience] Go White.

(audience cheering and applauding) - Thank you Sachi.

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

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

Graduates, please remain standing after your department is announced.

From the department of supply chain management, Chairperson and John H. McConnell chair in business administration, Dr. Vedat Verter.

(audience applauding) - Thank you.

Will the candidates for bachelor of arts degree in supply chain management please rise and remain standing.

(audience cheering and applauding) Congratulations.

Dean Gupta, on behalf of the department of supply chain management, I present you these candidates for the conferral of their degrees.

- [Dean Gupta] Thank you.

From the department of finance, Chairperson and Philip J.

May endowed professor, Dr. Andrei Simonov.

(audience applauding) - Thank you.

Will the candidates for the bachelor of art degree in finance please rise and remain standing.

(audience cheering and applauding) Dean Gupta, on behalf of the faculty of department of finance, I am proud, happy, and elated to present you now officially the best and the brightest, the candidates in finance for conferral of their degrees.

- [Dean Gupta] Thank you.

From the department of marketing, Chairperson and professor, Dr. Suman Basuroy.

- Hello.

Will the candidates for the bachelor of arts degree in marketing please rise and remain standing.

(audience cheering and applauding) Dean Gupta, on behalf of the faculty in the marketing department, I'm pleased to present to you these candidates for the conferral of their degrees.

- [Dean Gupta] Thank you.

(audience applauding) From the school of hospitality business, director and the John and Becky Duffey-endowed professor of hospitality business, Dr. Karthik Namasivayam.

(audience applauding) - Will the amazing candidates for the bachelor of arts degree in hospitality business please rise and remain standing.

(audience cheering and applauding) Dean Gupta, on behalf of the faculty in the school of hospitality business, I am pleased to present to you these awesome candidates for the conferral of their degrees.

- [Dean Gupta] Thank you.

(audience applauding) From the department of accounting and information systems, incoming chairperson and professor, Dr. Marilyn Johnson.

- Will the candidates for the bachelor of arts degree in accounting please rise and remain standing.

(audience cheering and applauding) Dean Gupta, on behalf of the faculty in the department of accounting and information systems, I am pleased to present to you these candidates for the conferral of their degrees.

- [Dean Gupta] Thank you.

(audience cheering and applauding) On behalf of the president who has delegated to him the authority of the state of Michigan, vested in the board of trustees, I confer upon all of you the degrees for which you have been recommended with all the rights and distinctions which they entitle you.

(speaking faintly off mic) Did I?

Oh, I'm sorry.

My apologies.

We have from the department of management, chairperson and professor, Dr. Kent Miller, last but not the least.

My apologies.

(audience cheering and applauding) - Thank you.

Will the always patient candidates for the degree of bachelor of arts in human resource management please rise and remain standing.

(audience cheering and applauding) And last but never least, will the candidates for the bachelor of arts degree in management please rise and remain standing.

(audience applauding) On behalf of the department of management and our faculty, it is my distinct privilege to present these candidates for the conferral of their degrees.

- Thank you.

And my apologies again to all of you.

Again, on behalf of the president who has delegated to him the authority of the state of Michigan vested in the board of trustees, I confer upon all of you the degrees for which you have been recommended with all the rights and distinctions to which they entitle you.

I now ask each of you to move your tassel from the right side to the left of your caps, signifying your admission to the community of scholars.

(audience cheering and applauding) And one more important thing: And the fact that you are now graduates of Michigan State University.

(audience cheering and applauding) Congratulations, MSU alumni, you may please be seated.

This act represents the conclusion of a great achievement and marks the beginning of a lifetime of dedicated service.

It is an achievement worthy of celebration, and we are here today to celebrate that over 1,200 students have completed the academic program of their choice in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.

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

I invite Trustee Dan Kelly to return to the podium to recognize the board of trustee awardees.

After Trustee Kelly, Dr. Cheri Speier-Pero, associate dean for undergraduate programs in the Broad College will continue our student recognition.

Trustee Kelly.

- Thank you.

We wish to pay tribute to graduates who not only completed their academic programs successfully, but who have the distinction of having maintained the highest grade point averages in the class, thereby meriting the board of trustees award.

To be eligible for this prestigious award, at least three-fourths of the credits for the degree must be earned in residence at Michigan State University.

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

I request that you hold off on the applause until all are introduced.

Troy Boback, supply chain management.

Jack Buddy, finance, Honors College.

Hunter DEE-MAN, supply chain management.

Alicia de Torres, supply chain management, art history and visual culture, Honors College.

Keegan EHN-SING, finance.

AH-MIHT Graywall, accounting, Honors College.

Joshua ISH-PEY-UH, finance, Honors College.

Evelyn Leonard, accounting.

Charles MIH-GOHR-REHK, finance, Honors College.

JAY-CHIN MOH, supply chain management, Honors College.

Jonathan Porter, supply chain management, Honors College.

April Rudolph, supply chain management.

Joseph Shafer, accounting, Honors College.

Lucy Shendon, accounting.

Michael SHEHS-SKAHL, finance, Honors College.

Alex Whiteman, supply chain management.

Maya WIHZ-NIHS-KEE, human resource management, Honors College.

Julia WOH-LEHS, accounting.

Amanda YOO-RAN, finance, Honors College.

Can give them applause now.

(audience cheering and applauding) Each of you should be proud of your academic success, culminating in the awarding of your degree today.

Your accomplishment reflects honor both on you and your university.

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

Again, please join me in applause for the class of 2022 board of trustees recipients.

(audience applauding) - Thank you, Trustee Kelly.

It is my honor and privilege to continue to recognize many of our graduating seniors.

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

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

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

(audience cheering and applauding) We award the university's distinction for high honor to students who attain grade point averages between 3.95 and 4.0.

University honor is awarded to students who have earned grade point averages between 3.82 and 3.94.

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

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

(audience cheering and applauding) In recognition of Michigan State University's ongoing commitment to education abroad, I ask all graduates who participated in an education abroad program while at MSU to stand so that we may recognize you.

(audience cheering and applauding) Undergraduate students who began their philanthropy to their alma mater while still attending Michigan State University received the green and white philanthropy cords to designate their support for Michigan State.

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

Would all students who wear these philanthropy cords please stand and accept our sincere thank you.

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

We thank them for their commitment to their peers, along with our Broad College student organizations.

Would all Broad Student Senate and student organization members please stand and accept our thank you.

(audience cheering and applauding) - Thank you, Trustee Kelly and Dean Speier-Pero.

We have now come to that wonderful moment that makes this day so very special, the awarding of the diplomas.

Mr. Jody Noll and Mr. Jamie Paisley will announce the names of the graduates as they pause at the center of the stage.

Students and guests, please remain seated.

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

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

Each graduating senior is a member of the Spartan family.

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

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

(ambient chatter) - Graduates with a major in supply chain management: CHEE-CHEN Chong.

EE-CHEN Young.

CHEE-WONG Zhang.

REET Chopra.

Alex GUH-LEHK-EE.

Hannah Hardy.

Lexie KWOHS.

Tristan Show.

Anna Rose CHIHK.

Cole Gibbs.

Michael George KUHN-EHF III.

Jennifer LOH-AHNG.

ZOH-EE-AHN-UH ZOH.

Alex Johnson Lighter.

Robert David Stevenson.

Kevin JEHNG.

Allie Percy.

Nicholas Jacob PREH-ZEHN-DEHK.

Margaret DEHL-EH-VEE.

Isabella MOHL-THRUHP.

Elena Chambers, Molly Day.

Swati Punya MAH-CHOHR-LUH.

Julia Wallace.

Jane Ritner.

Hunter LEH-GEHR-KWEHST.

Jack Downs.

George ZEH-GREHD-SKEE.

Claire Grace Simmons.

Sydney Marie Baker.

Claire Drewry.

Adam Aiken.

James Brenner.

Alina AH-MOHR-EE.

Colleen Rose Ryan.

Matty LEES.

Peyton ZIHNK.

Madeline Carr.

Lauren Maryelle GEHG-NEHN.

Jack ROH-NEE.

Chris Larson.

Garrett Donogan.

Jack Beck.

Samantha White.

Alexis Elise Whiteman.

Brooke Madison PAH-POOR.

Richard Anders Moore.

Justin Claussen.

ZHUH-ZHUHNG Wong.

Daniel Hernandez.

Eddie KRIHS-TAHL Connell.

Jake Nelson.

Kate Courier.

Erica Taylor Freeland.

HAHNG-WAHN Ma.

JAHN-YOO GEE.

Mason Gregory Ruddy.

Nick Franz.

Stephanie Bell KOO-CHIHK.

MAHT-UHS BOOT-LEH-VIHX.

Isaac Oswald.

Joey Chen.

Nicholas Collins.

Jason Winner.

Chris Rivera.

Hunter Denman.

Michael Valenti.

Richard Galbraith.

Hannah Marie Bigelow.

Cameron Godfrey.

Mackenzie Rampe.

Brendan O'Brian.

BY-JOON JOW.

YOO-TEHN Chen.

EE-NING Wong.

Jacob SPAT-UH-FOHR.

Brennan McCusker.

Cameron KYOO-BIHT.

Adam de Young Christopher de Klerk.

Tyler SY-LEHK.

Megan Nicole Wallace.

Jessica Jamie LAH-ZEHK, is it... Jessica Jamie LAH-ZAY.

Gage WOHR-ZEHK-UH.

Joseph Mascari.

Brendan Britts.

Nicholas Zelinsky.

Kevin KRAYF.

Abby Burrows.

Alina DeLong.

April Lynn Rudolph.

Alexandra Brown.

Rachel Hamilton.

Lauren Kruger.

VAI-BUHV Villa GUUD-POO-TEE.

Christopher Paplin.

Nicholas TOH-UH-MANZ.

Bradley LOOK-AHF.

Eric Hughes.

Dylan KROH-IHK.

Davis Hickson.

Kyle O'Brien.

Ryan Miller.

JOW ZIHN-YOO.

Jenna Rose Norgrove.

Simone Macintosh.

Charles Richie.

Gerard Taylor.

Sydney LIHN-TAHL.

Isabella Richie Cuny.

Courtney Forrow.

Evan BAHB-KUH.

Anthony BAHRT-OH-LOO-CHEE.

Solomon OHZ-MAH-NEE.

Tyler Strickland.

Devin Scott Dickerson.

Shane MIH-SIHK.

Casey DEHR-VEE-SHEE.

Gabriela MAH-ZUU-KAH.

Jack BLAH-MEHL.

Alyssa de Torres.

Troy Boback.

YAH-TEEN LEE-OW.

Muhammad Ali Jaber.

Chandler Allred.

Sebastian Luna.

Caitlyn SEH-ZEHR-EHK.

Hailey Elizabeth Melnick.

Caroline Marie SHEHL-UH-FOH.

Gavin VIHN-STRUH.

Benjamin Alexander Hogan.

Jared HOH-LIHS-KOH.

Victoria Elizabeth Davis King.

Lauren Marie Warner.

Nick BEHR-TUH-LOO-CHEE.

Theodore NOH-VUH-CHIHK.

Luke David Stanton.

Benjamin Vanstone SIH-MOY.

Anthony Dominick DEH-PEHR-NOH.

Brooke LAY-KEE-EHN.

Joel Anderson.

(ambient chatter) Daniel ZUH-LOH-NEE.

Tyler JUH-BAHR-UH.

IHZ-SHAW-NEE MIHSH-RUH.

SHOH-YAHG HOH.

Justin Fraser.

Alexander LAH-CHOHR-UH-VIHK.

Jacob David VAHN-DEHT.

Garrett SOHG.

Jay VAN-POHRT-FLEET.

Clayton Jeffrey Cutler.

Alicia SYNS.

Alyssa NEE-MOHs.

Victoria MEE-HAHL-OH-VIHCH.

Autumn HAHF-NEHR.

Kramer Kosky.

Alex MOHSH-TOO-BUH.. Matthew Bankson.

SHREE-TAY-SHUH Gandhi.

RAY-JOONG YOH-CHAHNG.

Katherine Lynn Christians.

Simone Verdura.

Dominick RAD-KIH-KEE.

Jonathan BEAN.

EE-FEHNG Chen.

Graham McNeil.

SIH-NUH AHN-SAH-REE.

Marisa Grace Avila.

Nick Bennett.

Nick Harding.

Maximilian KOH-KEE-VUH.

Brian LEHND-ZEEN.

Kendall Rose Gardner.

Katherine Farley.

Neil Hoskins.

Julie YOO.

Fraser Wilson.

Zachary SLAH-TIH-KEHR.

James TAHL-TIHN PAHN-TIHN.

Lauren Wheeler.

Griffin Conkle.

Brendan Matthew Gumble.

Isabella Jablonsky.

Zoey Price.

ROO-FUH Malala.

Arya VEHR-DUHN RAHT-MOOR.

Henry JOH.

Stephanie Cha.

Clarissa Cordova.

ZEEN-LIHN Jong.

SOHN-CHEE SOO.

Benjamin Mosler.

Eddie Sullivan.

Callahan Riggs.

Rebecca Carmella Praetor.

David TOH-MUH-SHAH-SKEE.

William McRory.

Jacob SOHR-WAH.

Ryan PAYP.

Matthew McConney.

Benjamin Castles Cooper.

Armand Singh Verde.

Nick SHEHL-MAT.

Riley Quinn NEED-DEHR-KWEHL.

Brianna Marion Cooling.

Brody Fitzpatrick.

Brendan Bergeron.

Michael James PEH-LOH-TEES.

Nicholas Robert Bink.

Connor Beck.

Brandon Adams.

Evan Smith.

Caleb Newport.

Thomas Dominick Goyette.

Ryan Edward Nick.

Alexandra Felton.

Jacqueline KUH-FAK.

Trudy Gomer.

Aiden Engel.

Sam Zercher.

Danielle Lee.

VEER HIH-TEHN VIH-SAH-REE-UH.

Sean Evers.

Peter Keegan.

Samuel Wilmuth Elliot.

JAH-CHEHN MOH.

Simone Singh NAH-GEE.

Julia LOH-EHR.

Isabelle Wallace.

MUH-HAYR DEH-BROY.

Sri DUH-VEE-DEE.

Sachi Arora.

Well done, well done.

Brendan Wong.

Courtney Pokaski.

Trevor Allen Massey.

Mackenzie Hall.

Noelle Elise ROH-GOW-SKEE.

Emily Fisher.

SUH-HAH-NUH AY-UH-SHEH-TEE.

Grace SKOH-SHAY.

Emily Marie EH-PEHR-JEH-SEE.

Jonathan James Porter.

Ryan Flynn.

HAHN-JIHN SAI.

Michael McGregor.

KOOSH MEH-DAH-LEE.

Lucia DOH.

Ethan Lockwood.

Tyler James Maxwell.

Juliana Keefer.

Courtney GOW-STOHR.

Helena Bazi.

Nicole Stevens.

Jennifer FEHLK.

Maxwell Harrison MAYR-IHN.

Garrett Miller.

Thomas Dahl.

Carly Anne Terry.

Zach MUH-TWAI-ZIHK.

Josh MUH-GOO-CHEE.

Katherine Crier.

Callie AH-STOH-POH-VIHCH.

Mattie McDonough.

Patrick Fogarty.

Connor Dungan.

(speaking faintly off mic) Graduates with a major in finance: Nathan Choi.

Nathan John LEH-PEHK.

Zhou Ngu.

Kai Leu.

AHR Zhang.

Keegan EHN-SIHNG.

Brett BOO-DAHSH.

Valerie Lynn BEER-LINE.

Marie Smith.

Olivia Nicole FAN-IHTH.

Emma Sophia Catalina.

Benjamin Rinke.

Will McClellan.

Garrett Moore.

Eric Winning.

Jack Allen POH-CHUH.

Carter O'Neil.

Joseph PAH-LAH-WOH-TUH.

DAY-JAH-NUH Thomas.

Ford Burgess.

Jin ROH-JEE.

JAHN LEH-SEE.

James Gilbert Spencely.

Connor Cosley.

Ryan JEEN-KAH-TEE.

Nicholas Counselor.

Mateo de TOH-MAH-SIHS.

Douglas Toma.

SIH-RAHJ SHEHF.

William Maddox.

Tyler Ronald Armstrong.

Emerson Rogers III.

Delaney Shin.

Mary Malstrom.

Matthew Latisser.

Jack Buddy.

Nicholas Robert Butterworth.

Charles Connor MIHK-GOHR-REHSK.

Katherine Byrd.

Alison Redway.

Skylar Marie Curtis.

Joshua ISH-BEE-UH.

KAH-VEE SEH-VEH-SPEE-AHN.

Austin Simon.

Matthew Stapley.

Ryan William Pence.

Anna McClellan.

Tyler Dar.

Victoria Cecilia.

Victor Cecilia, sorry.

Cameron Anthony KEE-ZEHR.

Julian Michael GRAH-ZEE-AHN-EE.

Jake THAYR.

Alyssa Carber.

Mackenzie FIHR-DEHN.

Nick Patel.

TEHJ SUH-TAHR-EE-UH.

JUH-SPRIHT Singh.

Logan Barrett.

Connor Galardy.

Benjamin Mara.

Matthew Joseph Monsieur.

Amanda YOO-RAN.

Tariq NOH-SEER.

Carly Kerns.

Francesca Ferris FAH-CHOO.

Claire Engelbrecht.

Chelsea White.

Austin O'Reilly.

Emory Atian.

Read KAH-NEHK-TUHS.

Owen Riley.

Nathan GRIH-CHEHK.

Nicholas Scott Addams.

Ben Jarris.

Mason Clark.

Brendan AHG-EHR-NAK.

Noah Bear.

Vincenzo Antonio Russo.

JAH-HAH Wong.

Mercedes Forsyth.

Jordan Forney.

Nicholas George Abram.

Nathan Dutch.

Riley Collins.

Kyla Nicole Mabry.

Alyssa Taylor Johnson.

Steven Ray DUHN-MAI-EHR.

Andrew Maximilian Hart.

Alexander Abbot.

Sarah Khan.

Cole Arthur DEH-GROHT.

Alex Ludwig.

Brooke Elizabeth O'Brien.

Charles KIHR-UH-NUHN.

Connor James Marsh.

Caroline Esper.

Anna Jessica Lefler.

NAIM MAHSH-NEE.

Andrew Craft.

Sean SHREE-VAHST-IH-VAH.

Jake Kain.

Michael Mullinax.

Sawyer EH-GEHN.

Jacob Cooke.

Nick Rude.

Nicholas VOH-SUH.

Isaac Thompson.

Mitchell Pitts.

Hunter EE-LANT.

AHD-VIHK Agrawal.

Gabriel Krump.

Blake McLeod Ritter.

John Patrick Moran II.

Owen Durham.

John Andrews.

Patrick Heinz.

Jack Winkler.

Daniel VAH-STREE-AH-KOHV.

Vincent William Perrick.

Brandon Baswell.

Brendan Fox.

Matthew Paul Higgins.

Carter Harris Murray.

Ashley SAY-JEHR.

Kelsey Howard.

Barbara Davis.

Abby UH-LAHT-EE.

AH-NIHK KUH-TAH-REE.

Abigail Ross.

Elijah Richardson.

Beatrice Contego.

Sydney Breach.

Grace Lauren BOH-GUH-LAHN.

Michael SHEH-STEHL.

Wes Peters.

Jackson MAYNK.

Hailey Rose Denna.

Brendan UH-MOHR-EE.

Laura Josephine Long.

Alexa Grace Reader.

ZUU-YOO TUU.

HOW YAHN.

Mitchell Housey.

Trenton Zelinsky.

Brian Collier.

Patrick Michael RAD-UH-GAHN.

Brendan Allen.

Aaron Doman.

Evan Rump.

Dmitri Michael Poland.

Emily Reinhart.

Jake PEH-PIHS.

Connor Ma.

Kyle DAI-TUHN.

Laura NOH-REE-TOH.

Kaylee Forbush.

Lauren Rosalie VAN-LOO-WEHN.

Hannah Lynn Lockian.

Rachel Marie Klein.

Megan McCue.

Spencer KAHLK-MAN.

Ashley Marie HOH-FLIHK.

Abby Gardner.

Brittany Anne Evers.

Veronica BAY-ZAHR.

Grant LAHV-RUH Davey.

Adam Ibrahim.

Andrew Oliphant.

Mason Joseph BAHR-BAHT.

Jack Smith.

Lynn Khan.

Connor Donnelly.

Trevor Wilford.

Gabriel PIH-EHS-KOH.

Richard Beachler.

Logan Belleville.

Zach Horst.

Donovan Collins.

Matthew Mancini.

Matheos Shopper.

Jessica VOH.

Kayla Crater.

Reese Emerson LAN-FEER.

Paulina SHUHV-REE-NUH.

Maxwell STAN-EH-KEE.

Grant Burkhart.

Jordan TOH-KAHRS.

Tessa Anne Moran.

Michaela Anne Ryder.

Nathan Allen Brink.

John van Dagans.

Aiden Kawolski.

Colin Nicholas Stewart.

Christian Judi.

Nicholas STAH-ZEHN-KOH.

Alexander Rex Hill.

Tyler Herman.

Adam Ben MOH-SHAY.

Kendall Ray Dylan.

Grace SAH-LOOM.

Cody McComas.

Alyssa Marie FLAH-VAHR-IHS.

Hunter Remo.

Christopher GAH-BOYS.

Michael John Francisco III.

Jake KREW-ZIHK.

Daniel Simon/ Connor OH-MOH.

Christian Jackson.

Joey Crowley.

Zach MAHL-HAI-ZEHN.

Caitlyn Elizabeth Hughes.

Carson Haslinger.

Trent Salman.

Emma TOH-PEE.

Bailey Marsh.

Nicole Magda.

Kayla Nicole Zelinsky.

Drake Peter MIH-NEE.

Christina Solango.

Hayden Taylor.

Jessica Stone.

Amelia Walker.

Angela Victoria Loomis.

Jenna Marie Doyle.

Julia Margot Brown.

Paige NUH-KAI-UH Clayton.

Anthony Damiani.

Andrew John Rosa II.

Daniel BAH-JUH.

Zachary Joseph McDonald.

Andrew KREE-VAH.

Jeffrey Connor Wilson.

Jackie Day.

SAN-SHAY Thema.

Joshua Booker.

Jacob Ross.

Connor Cullen.

LEE-CHEE Sung.

Song Fen Young.

Song VAN Ngu.

Joseph SIHS-NOW.

Matt Divine.

Brendan Dermott Gibbons.

Caden McClain.

Christopher Benjamin Herter.

Armando Contreras.

Nicholas Evans.

Brendan Kelly Gina PAHR-AA-SEE.

Elliot Livens.

Jacob Gleason.

Michael Wynn.

Theresa Wynn.

Brittany Gray.

Ekaterina Markova.

Christopher Cook.

Davis Rifle.

Dennis POH-ZOHS.

Casey Ring.

Harrison BEH-DOHR-UHS.

Shane Weston.

Joshua OH-HAHV.

Nicholas Law.

Caroline Ross.

Brooke Filer.

Elizabeth Mulroy.

Brady Dickens.

Ryder Brooks Patterson.

Maxwell Longenbach.

Ryan Vincent.

Audrey Fuga.

Zach TAHL-UH-BICH.

John Henry George.

Mitchell Baggett.

Alexander Livingston.

Max Plotnik.

Jack Harvey NURH.

Max Severo.

JT SOHR-AH-FUH.

Charles Scott Brewer.

Merrick Witkowski.

Graduates with a major in human resource management: Claire Mancini.

Claire Jansen.

Alexis Rosa.

Griffin VOO-IHCH.

Devin Bonner.

Delaney Hall.

Emily Clippert.

Maya WIHZ-NEHS-KEE.

Caitlyn Jane KWAY.

Rachel Marie Weathers.

Elizabeth Hiscock.

Julia Cole.

Madison Packer.

Isabella Cavalier.

Kelsey Barrett.

Emily KOO-CHAHR-ZEHK.

Alyssa Colby.

Jenna Grace Wicker.

Caroline Carlton.

Sophie SOH-IHK-EE.

Lane Elizabeth FEHN-CHEHL.

Brianna Mako.

Emily GUH-LAM-BUSH.

Sarah Jean SLASH-SHEH-RUH.

Genevieve Eileen Doyle.

Nicole Marie Whitman.

Meg Ponderey.

Matthew Bannon.

Casey Robert Ambrose.

Nathaniel Lucille.

Shante JUH-MEES Boyd.

Anna Nielsen.

Katie LeClair.

Jamie Wendell.

The graduates with a major in management: Emily Gloria Pachablik.

Corbin Schwartz.

Justin David LUHN-KUUL.

Amanda Beardon.

William Stone Morrison.

Emily Sky Reemer.

Caitlyn Rose Olson.

Casey Edwards.

Nathan Chase Cooke.

Morgan Weaver.

Yamina Kovstovski.

Courtney Anne Styles.

Obe OH-KUH-RAH-FOH.

BLAYK-NER Hole.

AHR-TOHN FRAH-HOH Reza.

Don VER-KROO-ZEE.

I'm sorry, Don VER-KROO-ZEE.

Connor Wilson.

April Marie Salo.

Ryan Bridget Rapson.

Zachary Shetler.

Jacob HEE-BEHR-LIHNG.

Mitchell Salsbury.

Bailey Morgan Schrader.

Anneta Marie Lakis.

Audrey OH-SHEHV-SKEE.

Simran PREET Carr.

LUH-MAY-UH Parsons.

Serena Nailor.

Sadarth NAHTH.

The graduates with a major in marketing: Grace Bilby.

Bridgine Chapton.

Cameron Myers.

YOO-WEHN Wilcock.

Sage VEHN-EHL-STEIN.

Lindsay Densmore.

Matt Maloney.

Cassette TOH-MAH-GEE-AN.

Jacob Wartell.

Jill KAHN-SEHL-MOH.

Jared AHR-BIHT.

Fiona Dorty.

Mitchell Thomas Pearson.

Vincent PAH-CHIHL-OH.

KAHS-WEHL Rafi.

Adam Finns MAH-RUHV-SKEE.

Leah Cura.

Margot Bear.

Whitney Grace Holden.

SHEE-TAHR-UH Southward.

WY-SHAHL Monet Wicker.

Yu Ye.

Francesca Panzeka.

Katherine Horne.

Elizabeth MEH-RAH-BOH.

Bailey King.

Ali Boris.

Julia BUH-VAY Steenland.

Katie BEE-ASK-EE.

Heidi Elizabeth Simon.

Erica IHG-WAY.

Megan Marsh.

Marley Ann Jenks.

Malcolm Andrew Weber.

Samantha Cha.

Cooper Dorfman.

Sarah Louise ZUH-REHN-DUH.

Madeline Elise Brown.

Caitlin SIHL-IH-KEE.

Ava GEE-UH-NEH-TEE.

Caitlyn Murray.

David Bullock Jr. Bryce Stevens.

Carolina Saltez.

Olivia Andrei.

Lindsay Tron.

Olivia Grace Maloney.

Catherine Victoria Manser.

KAHR-THIK Nathan.

Nicole TRIHN-GAY-LEE.

Andres Trejaros.

Josephine Paige Ware.

Amanda Ann Mera.

UHN-KOOR BUHN-SOH.

Georgia Randalls.

Eliana Kiara Wineman.

Grace Annaliese Kruger.

Caitlin Blazo.

Nicole Andres.

Heather Coolkiss.

Paul Fister Mile Tamia Edwards.

Madison Bruce.

Elijah Antonio Hicks.

Elena Diponio.

Simran Subramanian.

Daniel Cook.

Aaron Goldberg.

Joseph Sands.

Colin Haas.

Dalton Porth.

Austin HOHL-WORD-UH.

London Green.

Callen Birchmeyer.

Sarah Grabowski.

Shelby Sheridan.

Jordan Raft.

Gretchen Hambrick.

Katie Bailey.

Morgan Holycross.

Brett Robert Batton.

James Ozinga.

Evan Victor.

Trace RIHN-KEE.

Clayton Skinner.

Brendan Chen.

Madeline Loman.

Madison Howe.

Camry Gilbert Tajanay Simone Jones.

Corey William Rexton.

Darius Modest.

Olivia Capri White.

Kennedy Brown.

Jason James.

Jordan Shane.

Olivia Yates.

Christina Vander Kellen.

Nicholas George.

Jack Thomas Horne.

Owen Sofa.

Noah Maximilian Smith.

Jonathan Aiden Cruz.

Evan Brian Freeman.

Jacob Loveall.

Jake Weisse.

Elliot Polo.

Gary Lawrence Buller.

Sid Singh VEE.

Tamra Marcetta.

Morgan McGuire.

Minh Lee.

Max Corf.

Nick YOH-SHEE-OH-KUH.

Madeline Jones.

Claire Willer.

Chloe Yvonne Gunther.

William Schlect.

Lauren Jean Ryan.

Cameron Clark.

Ryan Rush.

Parks Andrew Gissinger.

Maria Lillian KAY-KOHS.

Madison MAH-HOW-UH-VIHCH.

Paige Sweet.

Joseph Sean Kilman.

Louisa EH-SUH-BEHLS Hall.

Lauren Mellonfont.

Addison Marie Hort.

Kara Del Rosario.

Andrew Smith.

Callie Ruby.

Bailey Swanson.

Cade Charles Rathbone.

Olivia Scott Smith.

Shania Cox.

Patricia OOD-EE-UH-ZOHR NOH-WAYK.

Tamia Wilson.

Ashanti Goldson.

Daniel Stool.

McKayla Marie Lynch.

Zoe Stewart.

Sarah Toth.

Jillian Lee Barry.

Shelby Sims.

Brianna Clark.

Ali Claybaugh.

Shane McGregor Holme.

Samantha Zerka.

Lucinda Leila Allison Krieger.

Dominique Jackson.

Mackenzie Lombard.

Keely Scarbeck.

Amanda Miner.

Katya Kolesnohenko.

Andrew van Hughes Copeland.

Alexandra van Hughes Copeland.

Ronna Marita BAT-EHL-WIHJ-EHR.

Isabelle Lenson.

(speaking faintly off mic) Graduates with a major in hospitality business: (audience cheering and applauding) Jin Young Chung.

Rebecca Yuri.

YAH-DAHN Hu.

KAI-HOW Wu.

Bowen Day.

YOO-SHANG Ma.

SHWAH-NEE Goa.

Xi HOH-SHAH.

Edith KAIR-EE-UHB.

Jill Patel.

EE-REE GYL-NUH.

EE-Jay Su.

Jin YOO-LEE.

Amber Whit.

Margaret Kirkbride.

NEE Ho.

SHOO-AHN Lee.

Jayden Fanrath.

Jennifer Galles.

Emma VAHS-TAH-RUH.

Leticia Ellie.

Lauren Elizabeth Meredith.

Kiana Walker.

Foressa Alexis Hood.

Colin Brookner.

Kendra Longum.

Christina Kent.

Abby ZEHL-EH-NIHK.

Sarah Kyla Lynch.

Madison Martin.

Danielle Fare.

Annalise Shaw.

Caroline Waters.

MAHN-LIHNG JAH.

Maxwell Valenti.

Jordan Morgan van Ramen.

Carrie Amanda Blair.

Gabrielle Stevens.

Aaron Peacock.

Michael Thomas Coffee.

Sarah VAH-KAH-REE-NOH.

Sydney Rose Barnett.

Claudia Andre.

Hannah Elise Sherman.

Daniel Merits.

Sydney Taylor.

Greta Katherine SMAHL-ACK.

Shay Rose Fennel.

Jacob Lorenzo.

Drew Loftus.

Alex Kim.

Savannah Marie Weglers.

Stephanie Marie Emory.

Faith Chen.

Carissa Marie BRAH-KUH-MOHL-EH-TEHVS.

James Miller.

Hoyt Carr.

Caitlin Barker.

Lane Gilmore.

Benjamin Michael Pelicano.

Trey AH-SAH-CHEE.

Ethan KUH-VAH-KOH.

Sarah Ross.

Sean Ledbetter.

Sun Kim.

Ryan Cooper.

Jonathan Harris.

Brendan Paul Terell.

Alex NOH-GEE-LUH.

Jenna Boer.

Jack Martin.

KOO-MOH Shaw.

Mitchell Sciutti.

Morgan Karen SHIH-NIH-MUHN.

Dana AI-SEHN-BRAH.

Ludden BAH-KAHR-UH.

Mary Frame.

Maxwell McKay.

Jessica Jerome.

Lillian Catherine Swanson.

Robert Connor Cropscott.

Spencer Carson.

Paul Sherry.

Owen Greengrove.

Lily Payne.

Isabelle Bradley.

Megan Ngu.

Jasmine Marina Awadi.

Joseph Cho.

Benjamin Byrd.

Aiden Martin.

Daniel Felton.

Connor Slutsky.

Graduates with a major in accounting: Han Ka.

Anna SWAHV.

Evelyn Leonard.

Nathan Clemente.

Andrew Briggs.

Finn BAHS-MUH.

Rhianna Marie Way.

Lauren PUHN-UH-VOH.

Alexis Kilgren.

Isabella Rain Nisker.

Annie Doherty.

Sarah Bergschneider.

Lucy Shendon Claire Shendon.

Nicholas O'Brien Norton.

Ryan Houseman.

YOO-AHN Ming Cha.

YOO-CHEHN Wu.

Yong Lin Chu.

Li WAHN-LIHNG.

WAHN-TIHNG Lee.

Riley Garrett.

Jacqueline Smisco.

Lauren Pavlock.

Naya GROH.

Jin Zhu.

HEH-SHOO LAH.

Hannah Wilson.

Jenna YAHTS.

Caroline Marie Breen.

Alexandra Josephine HOO-LAH-VITZ.

Lauren Birch.

Haley Swantick.

Samantha Jane Kasnick.

Ava Sintowski.

Samantha AHR-NOH-NEE.

Claire Anna Brendan.

Danielle AH-TEE.

Jackson Blackledge.

Kate Andrews.

Emma Walk.

Lindsay Bailing.

Rebecca Shepherd.

Heidi Geordie.

Sydney Hinz.

Kaylee KRAH-TEE.

Morgan Elizabeth Rogers.

Maxim MUH-LEHSH-KOH.

Connor Davis.

Erin McCollum.

Lauren Marie MAH-SOH-VICH.

Ellie Schmidt.

Sophia Francine Gerlando.

Ryan Campbell.

Carter van Dyke.

Alexander Halk.

Rob SPAG-NOH-LOH.

Kyle Beall.

Jordan Joseph.

Emery Bond.

Benjamin Wright.

Brianna Corian.

Casey Lynn Jova.

Madeline Ortwine.

Brooke Lee Wood.

Matthew Peter Clark.

William KREHM-PUH.

Mallory WAH-GREH-KEE.

Marty Fries.

Kelly FEHR-TUH-REH-LEE.

Lauren Rose Long.

Matthew Thomas Dobkey.

Jack Wilkinson.

Max McGraw.

Jacob MOOK-DAHR.

Cameron Sibrowski.

Anthony Ide.

Tyler Coleman.

Brian SHEE-AH.

Hayden Harrigan.

Elliot Mercer.

Connor Dawson Monaghan.

Ian Katala.

Samantha Michelle PEHN-KOH-TOH.

Anthony DAHM-ZOW-SKEE.

Jeffrey Chen.

Nick Duggin.

JAY-EE Yu.

Jennifer Tran.

Caitlin Renee McKinney.

Emily Ignatowski.

Tara HOH-EHN-SHEHL.

Jenna Rose Koslowski.

Keith Schmidt.

Mark Spore.

John Hoff.

Zhou Lu Yo.

Pedro CHOO-PUHL-EE-UH.

SHAH-DAY AH-MAHN-EE.

James Jefferies III.

AH-KEE-OH AHS-WAH-TEE.

Christian AHN-UH-VAH.

Sean Davis.

WAH-MAH LOO-EH-RUH Lucinda.

Joe Shafer.

Gabriel Giovanni Samino.

Rachel HOOR-AHK.

Zachary YEHN-GOO-LOWD.

Ryan Williams.

And Amit Singh GOO-REH-VAH.

(audience cheering and applauding) - All right, so before we end today's celebration, there is one final very important group of people who, with their love, understanding and support, have contributed greatly to the achievements of each and every one of our graduates recognized today.

I ask the parents, wives, husbands, children, brothers, sisters, other family members, and friends and supporters to rise and give us all an opportunity to express our sincere thanks and appreciation.

(audience cheering and applauding) As Trustee Kelly notes, this graduation ceremony marks the culmination of your journey here at Michigan State University.

This day forward, you will forever be a Broad Spartan.

This is a bond that we have forged for a lifetime.

You join a family of over 80,000 Broad alumni and over 500,000 Spartans worldwide.

We look forward to you representing Spartan Nation with pride, humility, dignity, hard work, grit, all of that that defines the core Spartan values.

I now invite all of you to stand and join in singing the first stanza of the alma mater, MSU Shadows.

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

("MSU Shadows") (audience cheering and applauding) (upbeat orchestral music) (audience cheering and applauding)