BGSU Commencement Spring 2022 - Saturday, April 30, 9 a.m.

ah hey [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] i [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] family friends and guests welcome to the 303rd commencement exercises of bowling green state university let the ceremony begin [Music] [Music] i believe [Music] okay [Music] wow [Music] our commencement tradition is to begin and end each ceremony with sounds of the centennial an original musical composition written by bgsu alumnus ryan nolan assistant director of the president's own united states marine band this piece was commissioned to celebrate the centennial of bowling green state university please rise and join an honor in our spring graduates led by the deans of the academic colleges in order of their founding here at the university [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] you [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] so [Music] [Music] in keeping with the significance of this momentous occasion we asked today's attendees to observe several courtesies to our audience and guests please do not enter the commencement area or obstruct the movement of today's participants a professional photographer will be taking pictures of our graduates to honor all of our graduates please silence your cell phones in addition we ask our audience and guests to remain seated for the recessional while the platform party participants faculty staff and new alumni recess once the graduates leave the seating area at the conclusion of our commencement exercise you may join them at a reception at the front of the strow center in schmidt horse heritage hall upon leaving you're invited to explore campus with your graduate parking is free to our graduates please follow the directions of the commencement marshals and ushers following the ceremony you are invited to visit bgsu.edu commencement for a website that highlights today's ceremony along with your time here at bowling green state university thank you now please join us in welcoming representatives of the faculty of bowling green state university so [Applause] [Music] [Music] now ladies and gentlemen please welcome the president's platform party board of trustees chair and alumnus david o'brien members of the board of trustees commencement speaker and former chair of the board of trustees betty montgomery academic deans and faculty senate representative provost and senior vice president and academic and student affairs dr joe whitehead and the 12th president of bowling green state university and alumnus dr rodney rogers so [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] we now invite bowling green state university's united states air force rotc detachment 620 to present america's colors please remain standing for the national anthem under the leadership of vocalists epema c ugandari master of musical performance candidate in the college of musical arts gentlemen please remove your hats oh say can you see by the dawn's early life [Music] last gleaming who's brought stripes and bright stars through the peril us fight or the ram parts we [Music] were so gallantly streaming and the rockets [Music] gave proof through the night that our flag was still there [Music] when [Music] land of the free and the home office [Applause] good morning i am james zigler associate teaching professor of accounting in the allen w and carol m schmidthorst college of business it is my distinct honor today to act as university marshall for our ceremony i want to thank miss ogender and the bowling green state university u.s air force rotc detachment 620 for their performance of our national anthem please be seated it is my pleasure on behalf of the faculty and to officially welcome you to the 303rd commencement exercises of bowling green state university this occasion offers an opportunity to come together as a community of learners to celebrate and reflect upon our graduates many accomplishments for each graduate and for all of us this is a significant day it is now my pleasure to introduce the 12th president of bowling green state university dr rodney rogers [Music] thank you professor ziegler so good morning spring 2022 graduates parents families spouses partners friends and guests of bowling green state university today we are here to celebrate a very momentous occasion in the lives of 2579 graduates and it is my privilege to begin today's address by recognizing those who provide the leadership of bowling green state university so first let me introduce the platform party and as i announced the names uh i would ask them to please stand remain standing and i ask you to hold your applause until the end members of the board of trustees chair and alumnus david o'brien vice chair and alumna marilyn eisley trustee and alumna willa ebersole undergraduate student trustee josh otton graduate student trustee este miller commencement speaker and former chair of the board of trustees general betty montgomery joe whitehead provost and senior vice president for academic and student affairs robin miller faculty senate representative and i would also like to introduce the deans of our academic colleges some of whom have been leading their participating colleges into the ceremony ray braun dean of the allen w and carol m schmidt horse college of business jim cesla dean of the college of health and human services linda lewandowski dean of the university of toledo college of nursing bill mathis dean of the college of musical arts simon morgan russell dean of the honors college sarah bushong dean of university libraries and vice provost for faculty affairs please join me in giving them a round of applause so great universities are comprised of great faculty they are at the heart of our academic mission their teaching skills research creative activities academic expertise and involvement in our students education are the hallmarks of a bowling green experience and so i ask our faculty and staff members that are here today would you please stand and be recognized thank you and i'm going off script here but i also want to make sure we thank uh all of the staff that have been planning this activity for months to make sure that we everything runs smoothly so a round of applause for wbgu and all of our staff members please so we certainly recognize that the past nearly two years have been quite a journey this global pandemic has taught us so much however seeing our graduates in front of us today i am reminded of the progress the purpose of why we kept at it never giving up yes we are still navigating covid19 but despite all of the significant challenges we found a way forward not just as individuals but as a community and as a university and i just want to start off with a simple message to our spring 22 graduates faculty and staff members you did it against the odds you found a way forward together we should be so proud of what we have accomplished to move forward [Music] the power [Music] [Music] um to show people that we care about one another [Music] [Applause] [Music] so i urge you to make a difference in this campus [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] i cannot wait to see when you accomplish this [Music] so that roller coaster uh that's over on east campus right you've seen it okay maybe that's not here so as we begin our ceremony i do want to share a few additional statistics and facts about our spring 22 graduates so i'm pleased to report to you that our graduates and their classmates spent a great deal of time studying and doing research at the library in fact i've been told that you have downloaded two million eight hundred and sixty two thousand seven hundred and thirty one research articles and there were 144 238 visits to the learning commons now we had asked about trying to calculate the the number of zoom and microsoft teams meetings we honestly did try to figure that out okay but we gave up there were way too many but according to our chief information officer you consumed 325 987 thousands of terabytes of data on the wi-fi that's a lot um i wonder how much of that was netflix or hulu or disney huh so studying takes fuel we understand that and bgsu dining tells me our graduates ate a lot over the past four years our students consumed 285 638 pizzas and i might add that more than 2.3 million hours were also spent in the rec center so i wonder if there's a correlation there right so we are celebrating the accomplishments of a great group of graduates this weekend as a public university for the public good you have created public good by recognizing the importance of paying it forward and those involved in student life and our signature co-curricular activities average 94 701 community service hours each year and in this past year alone our students raised more than a half a million dollars forced to support non-profit organizations pretty impressive the value of a bowling green degree you're about to receive has never been higher we continue to be ranked as a top-tier university by u.s news and world report and according to the wall street journal for the third year in a row our students overwhelmingly said they would choose their university our university again ranking us as the number one public university in the midwest tied for number one in the united states thank you you know what bowling green we know that our students have world-class opportunities here and we empower them we hope we have empowered you to create public good and that's more than just words it is our promise and this graduating class embodies that promise as i mentioned in total there are 2 579 degrees we are celebrating this weekend 14 percent of our graduates are students of color 61 percent are women there are 69 international students representing 26 countries across the globe we have an 18 year old receiving an undergraduate degree and we have a 67 year old receiving a bachelor's degree a 26 year old receiving a doctoral degree and a 65 year old receiving a master's degree so as you can see our graduates include both the young and the young at heart you are diverse you come from small towns suburbs big cities you are from different parts of ohio the united states and from all over the world some of you may have completed your degree completely online and i know that this may be the first time you've been on campus and you're meeting your colleagues for the first time however each of you have one thing in common you all found a university where you can belong you found your place at bowling green in the classroom or in the laboratories in residence halls in clubs student organizations greek life or on the athletic fields you made bowling green your community and your home and as a falcon we hope that you have learned to think beyond the discoveries made by others but you are empowered to use your imagination to shape our future to pursue new levels of excellence you have the knowledge and the tools to always find a way forward in recognition of these many accomplishments i'm now will ask a number of students to please stand so many of you have grown through experiential learning and co-curricular activities so if you have studied abroad participated in a learning community completed an internship or co-op got involved in service learning conducted undergraduate research taking part in an opportunity that provided you leadership education such as student organization involvement academic honoraries advisory boards athletics residence education student government would you please stand and be recognized and that is why the wall street journal ranked us number three in the nation for student engagement what you see here so please be seated and thank you for your involvement and finally i would like to recognize the heroic service of our united states veterans and active members of the armed forces who are graduating today would you please stand and be recognized thank you for your service earning your degree today places you in a very select group of people less than seven percent of the world's population has a bachelor's degree or higher you have earned it but with your degree comes an immense responsibility you see not only have you invested in your education not only has your family and friends invested in your education but by attending a public university the citizens the residents and the taxpayers of the state of ohio and the nation have invested in you we are counting on you now not one of us has gotten to where we are without the support of others and for our graduates i am sure a lot of people have helped you during your time at bowling green so in the spirit of our 1987 commencement speaker mr fred rogers mr rogers was here in 1987 so i'm going to ask as he did to take just 10 seconds of your time just 10 seconds to think about all of the people who have helped you all the people that have helped you get to this point who supported you who were in your corner 10 seconds okay 10 seconds i'll watch the time thank you i could imagine the people you thought about that have made a difference in your life some of them may be with us today and so it is my pleasure to honor them so with the parents spouses partners children grandparents family members friends and anyone else who helped these graduates would you please stand and be recognized thank you so in closing and before i invite our provost and senior vice president for academic and student affairs dr joe whitehead to the podium to introduce our commencement speaker i'd like to speak directly to the graduates and i hope you'll allow me a few moments to share some parting advice so soon you will be graduates of bowling green state university and we want you to go out and reinforce and create public good and that starts with each of us as individuals and so i would ask you not to forget these three things one be curious always be curious ask questions before you judge others make sure you collaborate and support and learn from diverse peer peers but make sure you never ever stop learning and you do that by being curious asking questions not judging asking questions so be curious two at the same time we want you to be bold be bold don't be afraid to tackle messy challenges you're going to have to continue to work hard but the world needs more problem solvers and doers make sure you balance that though with having some fun but be bold take risks so be curious be bold and finally don't forget to be kind the world needs more kindness curious bold kind if you do these things you will absolutely do well but you will also do good congratulations bgsu graduates thank you president rogers good morning everyone a public servant a political trailblazer ohio's advocate today's speaker betty montgomery is a proud bgsu alumna early earning a bachelor of arts in english in 1970 montgomery is an attorney at law and she was ohio's first woman attorney general and first woman auditor of the state where she broke the glass ceiling in an era where there were only several leadership positions held by women across the country today she specializes in matters before the state attorney's general federal communications commission and federal trade commission focusing her practice on helping clients understand and meet their regulatory compliance obligations as attorney general montgomery dramatically increased state support for local law enforcement and rebuilt all ohio's crime labs introducing dna testing and 21st century technology to ohio she has emerged as earned a national reputation for a focus on protecting consumers betty montgomery is a former chair of all in green state university's board of trustees during her time on the board bgsu experienced strong growth of enrollment record fundraising and physical rebirth of facilities along with strategic gains in student success a public servant a political trailblazer ohio's advocate but most importantly a bgsu falcon well good morning to you all now one of the things i have to reassure you is i know as a speaker that particularly the graduation the most important thing you need to hear from me is this is going to be short i want to thank dr rogers uh who is probably one of the most creative and talented leaders i have had the occasion to work with in all these years as you have all learned that you don't have to have the best football team in the world to have a wonderful university but you do have the best leader and i want to thank the faculty that wouldn't have happened without you the staff who works tireless and you the students we're so proud of you and parents you chose correctly you chose bowling green state university you know your journey here at bowling green you folks here in front of me has been unusual at best and challenging at worst the pandemic made your bgsu experience include masks lockdowns distance learning and your social activities a very important part of the college experience were certainly curtailed and much of what you look forward to in college was not permitted but this has helped shape you this has tested you and let's take a look back in history something a bgsu education and of course i'm a liberal arts major so i have a great pride in letting all of you know that learning about your past helps you shape you for your future and it teaches bowling green has taught you to do things to gather perspective to gather facts to understand context and to know that beyond the immediate challenges you face is your future you are not alone in facing challenges and you're not alone in disappointment i want you to look back at what your parents experienced your parents experienced 9 11 the war in iraq afghanistan terrorist threats and acts that rocked their sense of security look at what your grandparents faced my generation in high school we saw a president assassinated i can still remember sitting on that sunday morning after the death of president kennedy watching his murderer be killed on national television we experienced the tragic assassination of martin luther king robert kennedy the vietnam war the countless marches protesting it was a very turbulent time look back at what your great-grandparents experienced the greatest generation the depression world war ii the nuclear age and it's constantly looming threat the cold war and finally look at what your great great grandparents lived through as we in america move from the 19th century to the 20th century as we move from the agrarian society to an industrial society as all of those things that your great great grandparents knew and understood and cherished changed in what it seemed like a heartbeat and what did they experience world war one the spanish flu epidemic women's rights prohibition the industrialization that moved so many people from the fields to the cities yet we have survived and we have thrived my point to you today is that you will face many challenges in your lives and you probably already have you will walk with change as your constant companion your entire life how you respond to that reveals your character and this brings to me what i hope if you hear nothing else you hear today from me who you are matters the values you hold and defend matters your willingness to take the hard road despite what your other friends and families may take or or society may take matters your willingness to recognize that compromise is appropriate as long as you're not compromised and democracy demands it on my desk is a document that means a lot to me i look at every day and while it may seem hackneyed to some of you for me it's a guidepost watch your thoughts they become words watch your words they become actions watch your actions they become habits and watch your habits they become character and watch your character because it becomes your destiny in this age of information too much information and disinformation don't take the easy way take the time use your education think your bgsu education and your values have taught you to respond to life and its challenges with civility with kindness with thoughtfulness it will allow you to hear to question to decide and not to just be led blindly but to discern i'm not telling you anything you don't know already you are on the threshold of your future and in some instances it's pretty frightening you have so many choices you have so many opportunities i can remember sitting in this audience being so afraid because there were so many choices what if i made the wrong choice i would ruin my life that's a 20 20 year old 22 year old thinking don't be afraid to risk too often we put ourselves in a box oh i couldn't do that oh that i i i just not made for that that would be too much and i could fail too often we allow other people to put us in a box you can't do that who do you think you are sitting in a meeting room in austin earlier this week i was reminded as i was sitting in this windowless box listening to a speaker that i was a prisoner of these walls yet as i walked out of that room into the light into the breeze into an endless horizon and i saw many paths and many destinations get outside of the box that you've devised for yourself and you've allowed other people to put you in experience the beauty of this world risk and by the way failure is not fatal i am a perfect example on a very public stage of not always being perfect fatal failure is not future is not fatal failure is often just a stepping stone it's a learning experience and oftentimes it leads to more opportunities i would ask you about all things look up from your computers look up from your telephones look at each other talk to each other experience your world circling back how you behave may when you win or lose reflect your character i know i haven't quoted and i've said this to the faculty last evening i didn't quote aristotle and i haven't quoted plato or socrates in this speech because i just wanted to have a conversation with you all take the life lessons that you've learned here at bgsu bgsu has given you such opportunities and it's a launching pad for you parents students you made the right choice coming here bgsu represents the values we believe in and we hope that you seek to emulate bgsu takes its mission very seriously it is a public university for the public good i think a quote that dr rogers came up with it seeks to shape good citizens who are informed and engaged our democracy demands this every generation helps shape the world we live in democracy is a fragile experiment it demands engagement it demands thinking it demands tolerance if you don't engage i can assure you and my life experience and your life experience can assure you if you don't engage somebody else will engage and you may not like their values and you may not like their decisions so get in there and get involved make it better you know our founders knew that we weren't perfect hence in that dramatic document said that we are aspiring to make it a more perfect union he'll make it help make it a better union a more perfect union bgsu has set the table for you and has given you a feast go forward grasp your future and congratulations graduates of bgsu thank you general montgomery for your remarks advice and your challenge to each of our graduates public servant political trailblazer ohio's advocate general betty montgomery shares something unique with each of our graduates today she started right where you are today she shares a bgsu bond with you a bond that you are going to find with another 192 000 alumni spread across the world so now i'd like to invite provost joe whitehead to present our students for candidates for degrees to be granted today dr whitehead before i call upon our danes to present undergraduate candidates i call upon i would like to recognize those students who have excelled in the academic endeavors and are graduating with academic distinction and honors this is indeed a great achievement for these graduates and their families bowling green state university congratulates you for your commitment and for your success and so i recognize the following students there are 959 students graduating receiving degrees with latin honors this commencement at bowling green to graduate laude a student must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5 with those graduating with distinction of laude please stand and be recognized thank you to graduate magna laude a student must have a grade point average of 3.75 with those graduating with the distinction of magna laude please stand and be recognized thank you and finally to graduate with distinction summa laude requires a 3.9 grade point average with those graduating with distinction summa laude please stand and be recognized thank you congratulations to all bowling green is proud to recognize graduates to complete their entire collegiate academic experience with a perfect 4.0 grade point average a select group of 113 students have received this honor and are wearing special medallions and an orange graduation cap in recognition of this award with those graduating with distinction of the president's award please stand to be recognized thank you congratulations it is now my pleasure to introduce the leader to honors college dr simon morgan russell to share a few comments thank you provost whitehead i am pleased to recognize the outstanding achievement of our students who have been honoured through phi beta kappa phi kappa phi and who are in the honors college phi beta kappa and phi kappa phi are each one of the world's leading academic honor societies only about 10 of higher education institutions in the world have phi beta kappa and phi kappa phi chapters and bowling green state university is proud to be one such institution in addition we have 92 students from our honors college who are graduating this weekend the university honors program was established in 1978 and it was designated as the honours college in 2013. this community of scholars completes designated coursework and an honours project which includes independent research these students must maintain a 3.5 grade point average or higher in all of their coursework they are wearing the honors medallion a symbol of this academic success with our phi beta kappa phi kappa phi and university honors candidates please stand and be recognized thank you please be seated bgsu was founded in 1910 as a normal school focusing on teaching and education more than 112 years later we have significantly grown to nine academic colleges as provost and chief academic officer of bowling green state university i have the honor to recommend our graduates for their degrees i now call upon d ray dean ray braun to present the candidates for baccalaureate degrees from the smith hearts college of business thank you provost whitehead good morning i'm ray braun dean of the allen w and carol m schmidt horse college of business president rogers and members of the board of trustees on behalf of the faculty of the schmidt horse college of business i am pleased and honored to present these candidates and recommend them for degrees ariana nicole ferretti thomas lefl kareem kershad vince manning sumuku malawi president's award recipient josiah emmanuel goins donald wozniak tyler john pedmo [Music] brian miguel dominguez jonathan michael abdul magna laude stephen matthew kells laude michael collin mclaughlin talia lynn barker magna laude university honors reagan payne robich malin rose somberg elena joelle knights hannah l grunden summa laude university honors president's award recipient aaron katron nolan kaylee joe kovac thomas anthony martin tyler grubbs lucas f goins caleb d tabor matthew lee lamarro laude joseph barnes kaufman laude emma michelle keeling laude megan maria bingham summa laude president's award recipient amanda marie schroeder laude zachary taylor rareman dylan michael bullock meadow shane forwork laude morgan irene wenrick laude sophia isabella arico laude elizabeth catherine catherine pipoli magna laude bryson james bias evan mitchell dougherty laude trevor michael st john laude alexander rolfe barber alexander's diploma is being presented to him by his aunt amy barber rayback teaching professor in the english department paige mckenzie bachner magna laude kelsey e sager magna laude aubry jane grinder brook riley shalater magna laude gabrielle byron sayer president's award recipient evan michael mclean nicole anna cox laude aaron m corn magna laude cody allen albright kirsten louise guess laude isabelle matheny laude adam daniel kreider maxwell corey wenniger crow brenna lee grub faith d wilker magna laude kayla musgrave magna laude michael stephen seniors sam richard gashero madison j reich mackenzie marie baker jacob lawrence kim ching sure tai [Music] brandon eric moore summa laude president's award recipient kale joseph brackman magna laude robert thomas henson laude brandon betts emanuel alexander huff lance cameron kern summa laude anna elizabeth hoffer dalton thomas smith cody douglas bartels joseph reynold contact ryan theater sparhawk nicholas anthony ventura zachary robert herr laude joshua samuel hanley matthew martin magilla mcgill logan david long laude kent f heiser alan lavelle johnson taylor love jones [Music] kayla nicole ruffin [Music] gabrielle robert peterson samuel victor peterson kale radex fusoni [Music] cade allen wayne stevenson noah tyler shoemaker tara m gleeson nicole marie sprons michelle and tims kylie grace mossett magna laude angela m gronchi laude sink brown vincent zhang magna laude anthony michael russell summa laude aiden olivia coulter [Music] bryce matthew william ulrich zachary james schaller trevor michael schaller magna laude alex paul raffle christiana raylan preston hunter r moore magna laude madeline and sucha laude catherine and klompfenstein summa laude lauren nicole osters magna laude kelly marie rosemary kyle andrew scherzer nicholas ashton party wade powell laude mark charles mangosa laude madeleine loge magna laude [Music] jc m hill sarah joe kerr summa laude elena noel sarika rachel marie cubic magna laude university honors jacqueline montarmani jacqueline's diploma is being presented to her by her father dr hassan rajahi professor in the department of computer science jacqueline summa laude university honors glenn roger southward christina marie fennell [Music] reina lucille rezidnik [Music] lynn azarello laude stephen blanford summa laude president's award recipient elena lotion caitlin page wisniewski brittany lee andrews darby ramey magna laude samantha strickland summa laude university honors lucy and moore [Applause] [Music] caligan rose lewis laude caitlin r roberts michael john van loon funtu miuna [Music] and ruber braden alexander tucker savannah joe meeker laude logan jeffrey frobos laude [Music] nicholas jeffrey rizzu summa laude connor james zimmer cameron allen wriggenball andrew nicholas nadelkovich summa laude university honors president's award recipient grant william fisher sunshine esther griffin laude [Music] thomas raymond lynch magna laude university honors brock james meyer christopher jake dawson caitlin marie davis kylie taylor wells [Music] emily jane sukhan magna laude university honors michaela eicholtz summa laude university honors cheyenne katie elizabeth klausing celia kuzmar laude robert raid moots [Music] madison d fraser magna laude dylan r goff [Music] giovanni cole antonio seth rambo eric robert dean morton mackenzie marie tapes laude marissa marie sheeter sarah lynn gillen laude cara elizabeth landon emma grace harris magna laude colton james snow jared frederick lind laude william keller mathis williams diploma is being presented to him by his father dr william mathis dean of the college of musical arts jacob daniel sheldrick jacob's diplomas is being presented to him by his mother amy sheldrick administrative assistant in the schmidt horse college of business brooklyn jane pollock laude anna lee gehring morgan gladio laude courtney l kaiser laura marie cello colin marie doherty alexander gregory littler jesse daniel walls [Applause] milan marie lawyer jacob a wilhelm noah gage fiddler jenna ray powell [Music] [Applause] kimberly k griner jeremy scott schwartz caleb joseph karensu [Music] tyler jarrod lowenstein joseph wesley ferscham gabe adams magna laude adam hunter simon evan david homan sean michael ryan laude nathaniel albert shannon alex anthony barcati [Applause] colton miller sparks noah anthony lingus kyle john van halton tanner charles swede [Music] nagolia kanonitch laude blake tolego snyder kyle mckenzie dietrich laney elizabeth schilt sydney elizabeth zita anthony adam lee bogart hunter paul karg [Music] miles humphrey summa laude john jonathan michael arthur summa laude michael quinton mcnamara christopher crum alexander gregory jonovich kade robert burns bradley michael pedes [Music] emmanuel sadala tyler tahati maxwell james serlinsky laude benjamin j cerlinski justin d albers caleb matthew depot henry james keller magna laude craig william eilermann summa laude sophia luiz albert sumo laude president's award recipient allison nicole berkey laude jason patrick hernandez laude joel stephen robeson magna laude university honors ryan w bisman [Music] ryan jeffrey bates magna laude ashley hope bachow joseph keith welborn dawson lee rupp sky eller james visser ryan michael hargis michael volik zachary d tubbs erica l prusak magna laude university honors alexander nicholas kaiser laude zachary taylor grieznorn laude ryan d koenig gregory daniel sweeterman aiden quinn ensley carter joseph elliott samuel peter flanders marcus frederick seaframe steven ray mangan elijah craig rosengarden devin david weirman laude benjamin edward barhorst dawson andrew luthmann magna laude noah jeffrey hahn seth richard baldwin alexander lee charlotte magna laude university honors john gill lutz magna laude trent daniel graham eric david wasley evan sean zumbro ryan c barra maya keely richardson ayanna valerie jones this concludes the recognition of the bachelor's degree candidates from the allen w and carol m schmidt horse college of business [Applause] good morning i'm jim cesla dean of the college of health and human services president rogers and members of the board of trustees on behalf of the faculty of the college of health and human services i'm pleased and honored to present these candidates and recommend them for degrees kyla justina [Applause] bailey elizabeth cheyenne nicole daniels [Music] claire elizabeth grace morgan may cundiff madeline madeline excuse me priscilla keck london sierra harper [Applause] [Music] anna elizabeth stallard [Applause] timmy stolani do this [Music] olivia ann bittner [Music] jewel vivian johnson a newly commissioned second lieutenant laude lucy marie cassandra newly commissioned second lieutenant lillian kathleen hirschfeld newly commissioned second lieutenant laude katie rose dean laude also a newly commissioned second lieutenant jamilia c hall danny jasmine alvarado hola joshua peter daniels a newly commissioned second lieutenant trevor jamerson long a newly commissioned second lieutenant lindsay marie spots laude alexa joy sir luis magna laude and president's award recipient shaunice m williams allison rose petrina laude caitlyn mckay linares [Music] jordan elaine short alissa d leanne decant magna laude shannon alyssa williams magna laude courtney forge summa laude university honors president award recipient brittany massey summa laude president's award recipient amethyst gray danzer summa laude niles jacob hayback high back clarissa marie rosa laude cheyenne renee child [Music] heidi elizabeth cradeck sydney marie card nicole anna langendurfer magna laude [Applause] caleb fields [Applause] mackenzie cryjack laude jay sparks [Applause] natalie carolyn goris magna laude [Music] sierra oceana josephine espinoza sarah rose snyder alexa lorraine romo laude ashley lynn lytle university honors megan marie olmstead kelly elizabeth laude ian griffith seymour newly commissioned second lieutenant matthew buzzinski newly commissioned second lieutenant jonah childs summa laude president's award recipient also a newly commissioned second lieutenant holly wizard catherine st claire frank laude hannah ruth myers summa laude president's award recipient makayla allison schroeder schroeder rachel vivian chryslip [Music] sarah m foster magna laude anna blanca miller jonah d lepley samantha ilana dees [Applause] paige lynn mcnutt laude megan nicole jagos magna laude grant james underwood tiffany eberflus [Music] laura ann bogard kayla marie christine whitmore rachel ellen perk [Applause] trinity grace thompson magna laude emily ann marie mahalik lilly e potoski amanda nicole whitski summa laude kira ann bormuth magna laude kyle thompson's dubichna hannah marie helber michelle krameroski elizabeth rose petrella laude katrina valero adams danielle alexa frazier alicia nicole sloan evelyn jeanine kramer kayla cherie shank miranda k sheets laude [Applause] era catherine sandy summa laude sarah elizabeth fennick magna laude madison marie vance angel ray abercrombie laude molina kochatsky [Music] dylan j hicks laude robert bryce milner ii joseph irvin johnson deanna patricia letkovich stephen james oni abigail rose prendergast summa laude university honors and president award recipient morgan lynn ramos kyra m hall kaden robert schmidt laude kayla marie james aurora camarella nero emily catherine english kira riley rohr mckenna jane diller magna laude jordan everett egbert magna laude and a freddy falcon emily marie schmitz [Applause] kelly ann cursillo summa laude alyssa williams summa laude [Music] julianna marie ferrara natalie karen nieswich summa laude university honors haley jean beeler laude hannah m hunt samantha elizabeth jastrobe alicia queen thompson hannah nicole lynch laude eric david thompson summa laude president's award recipient emma katherine wiley laude nicole adrian mixolowick jessica amber johnson jessica's diploma is being presented to her by her mother dr betsy johnson director of student financial aid and scholarships she's also laude madeline ruby martin madeline's diploma is being presented to her by her grandfather dr david chatfield director of the graduate and executive studies in business camille grace duncan magna laude jamie ann ellerbrock laude gabrielle lee huang weaver laude hayley foy pum laude um um riley joe miller [Music] [Applause] emily renee bolton summa laude allison elizabeth lucas summa laude catherine hannah smith devin mackenzie fisher jason casper ernthousen bradley david keys clayton edward weir kara nicole near magna laude chloe elizabeth mullenkopf taylor caitlin marble magna laude brianna ankanu laude elissa marie galindo [Music] bailey patterson magna laude allison grace tracy magna laude kayla alyssa cooper laude grace edith smith laude meredith ray grime magna laude [Music] gary paul goodman magna laude mary catherine cathers magna laude holly rose rosso opie laude sarah elizabeth murray magna laude samantha elizabeth orchid summa laude alexandra nicole stoico malia lin kylie shane gamuka magna laude casey vanderpool jessica lee krieger grace danielle herrig laude lindsay marie eckenweiler emma marie montgomery magna laude kenna marie lacy summa laude logan michael bung lance magna laude casey austin dobbin-meyer andrew j layman patrick scott freeworth grant stephen rosberg grant's diplomas being presented to him by his father-in-law dr gabriel matinee professor of in the school of teaching and learning tori micah johnson [Applause] india shaolin marie cunningham laude sloan idell cox laude carissa jade fox summa laude president's award recipient courtney jane lowe laude allison joyce weyman laude payton lucia laymaire laude julia marie meyers laude kristen hope rile rile laude amani nicole wilson [Music] kamaria ray beasley [Music] mariah kiara mays mcburrows [Music] amanda marie tahlski magna laude kailyn nicole says maria magna laude megan lee mummert magna laude carly marie becker laude courtney nicole smith summa laude connor matthew preston laude daniel martin connect check hannah r cook julie marie van der griff morgan lynn cups emma grace childers samantha grace picklesheimer summa laude lauren elise rigelman summa laude university honors and the president's award recipient lauren lauren marsala hulit laude university honors anna jean herr magna laude raquel jean emmerich summa laude president's award recipient lindsay nicole king summa laude brendan andrew swert magna laude grant c batten monica ann rauscher laude [Music] olivia k kelly sayani marie lynette stevens [Music] marie ashley carstefan [Applause] [Music] [Music] ian fulton mcwhorter magna laude university honors elise noel johnson summa laude president's award recipient sadie renee sink amanda grace elston magna laude mason anthony kemper chloe christina stang summa laude president's award recipient riley ann jackson magna laude [Music] jordan adrian lafier casey nicole bambarger laude kaelin nicole haynes kurt michael smith jana aki coleman bethany rose sager summa laude presidents award recipient emily dennison laude [Music] sarah josephine painter summa laude university honors and the president's recipient chloe lynn de bartolo summa laude university honors president's award recipient [Music] nate hogan laude [Music] haney baltaji magna laude brendan anthony wallerman alexis anastasia franzosa laude nicole christine lecroy olivia marie hamelgarn magna laude samantha pettit [Music] jack michael ryder laude ann elizabeth eklund laude sarah jean van der hor summa laude president's award recipient savannah dean hall ella grace channels jamie stephen timothy martin caitlin marie lewis bridget kelly murphy magna laude sydney joe ferment summa laude miracle brooks and that concludes the recognition of the bachelor's degree candidates from the college of health and human services [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] thank you dean cesler well all the degree candidates please rise chair o'brien it is my privilege to present these candidates to you on behalf of their faculty advisors and deans i hereby recommend that degrees be conferred upon them as indicated in the official program thank you provost whitehead on the recommendation of the faculty and by virtue of the authority vested in me as chair of the board of trustees i hereby confer upon each of you the appropriate degree as listed in the official program with all the rights privileges and responsibilities at pertaining thereto doctoral and master's degree candidates congratulations baccalaureate and associate degree graduates this is the appropriate moment for some the symbolic change of the tassel from the right to the left so to our newest alumni let me be the first to welcome you to one of the most valuable perks a supportive network of more than 192 000 alumni around the globe i hope all of you have had the type of experience that will empower you to tell the bg story as you begin your next journey welcome to the alumni association of bowling green state university and now for the first time time as alumni of bowling green state university i ask you to join me in singing of our alma mater the words may be found on page 58 of your program and on the and on the screen behind me but you won't be alone it is my pleasure to introduce you to the members of the men's chorus for this performance [Music] these sons and daughters [Music] time will treat you kindly and some years [Music] [Applause] from [Music] for our [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Music] as i may [Music] alumni please be seated president rogers will now make final remarks and ladies and gentlemen after the president's closing remarks we ask that our audience and guests remain seated for the recessional while the platform participants faculty staff and new alumni recess so thank you chair o'brien graduates today is your day the pinnacle of your academic journey at bowling green state university in 170 a.d marcus aurelius wrote there is no impeding our intentions the impediment to action advances actions the impediment to action advances action what stands in the way becomes the way well you have taken action you have found a way you are clearly prepared to do amazing things in this next phase of your journey perhaps more so than many of the past graduates because you've found the way you've adapted you've persevered you've overcome all types of obstacles to earn this degree you absolutely have been tested you have found a way forward and are ready for the next step so as we close our 303rd commencement ceremony please remember the bowling green will always be one of your homes and you will be forever welcome here as part of the falcon family and i ask you to stay engaged with both your classmates and each other but also a university that you have enriched a university that is far better because you chose to be here on these occasions i'm reminded of a quote from bowling green's fourth president dr ralph mcdonald it's inscribed on the stonework of the bowen thompson student union and it reads we are linked to this institution by invisible bonds that do not wither or dissolve we are linked to this institution you and i to this institution we are linked by these invisible bonds that do not wither or dissolve you see your success is our success and our success is your success we are forever linked to this institution and so as i look out to each of you our newest alumni we see the next generation of thought leaders risk takers visionaries and i hope big dreamers you are graduates of a public university ready to create public good by making a difference in your career in your family in your alma mater in your community in the nation and in the world that is what you do that is who we are you are entering the next chapter in your life and this next chapter is yours to write i cannot wait to see what you accomplish it will be extraordinary isigi zumba [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] have you ever felt like nobody was there have you ever felt forgotten in the love knowing have you ever felt like you could disappear like you could fall and [Music] so let that lonely feeling wash away cause maybe there's a reason to believe you'll be okay cause when you don't feel strong enough to stand you can reach reach out your [Music] hands they'll take you home even when the dark comes crashing through when you need a friend to carry you and when you're broken on the [Music] [Music] you will be [Music] [Music] you will be [Music] this place [Music] the voices [Music] to take you on [Music] [Music] you [Music] you will be wrong [Applause] is [Music] is [Music] even when the dark comes crashing through when you need someone to carry you when you're broken on the ground [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you

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