Fall 2021 Commencement Ceremony 2

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the requirements for degrees conferred by this university this is by far the most satisfying event in the life of the university today we acknowledge the work of our faculty and the achievements of our students who are graduating our governing board is comprised of 10 distinguished citizens of arkansas i am pleased to introduce two members of the board of trustees who are with us today may i request that you hold your applause until all have to both have been presented first mr ted dickey of little rock and dr ed fryer of rogers ladies and gentlemen the university of arkansas board of trustees we are also honored to have with us dr donald r bobbitt president of the university of arkansas system who will bring greetings dr bobbitt thank you chancellor robinson i bring you greetings and congratulations on behalf of the entire university of arkansas system it's a privilege to be able to participate today in such a meaningful ceremony i want to offer my special thanks and appreciation chancellor robinson and his administrative team for the successful way he has managed this institution this fall during what were unprecedented times in higher education and i would suggest in society in general as someone who has spent his entire career higher education commencement ceremonies always serve as an uplifting reminder of the overarching reason why i became an educator it is you our soon-to-be graduates who enrich our campuses challenge our assumptions and leave us a commencement to share the gifts of your education with your communities thank you to each of you for providing inspiration for us all during these very challenging times no previous group of graduates has entered the workforce at a more critical time for their profession or under more challenging circumstances brought on by worldwide pandemic while the past 18 months have been difficult perhaps unnerving in terms of the uncertainty we face each day i choose to look at the situation as being symbolic the road ahead for you path will be filled with many challenges both big and small and i'm sure that when these challenges present themselves you will overcome them how can i be so sure well this pandemic is now part of your personal history even if you and your family avoided the direct physical impact of illness the psychological stress of almost continuous stream of grim statistics was inescapable whether you opened a newspaper turned on the television or accessed the internet the pandemic was omnipresent as viewed through the num the lens of the number of tests administered the number of cases ventilator use and capacity the latest infectious agent and unfortunately the number of deaths your presence here tells me all i need to know about your internal drive your courage and your resilience you simply would not be denied so on behalf of the board and the u of a system i want to offer you and others my sincerest thanks first as i mentioned i want to thank you for seeing your education through to this stage under what were clearly unprecedented circumstances i also want to thank the faculty and staff who had to pivot on a dime roughly a year and a half ago did so at great cost professionally while performing admirably under these circumstances and to this administration that work diligently to keep you and your education front and center in everything they did i think it's very important to remember that this faculty and staff like you and countless families across arkansas and the united states had to carry out their professional responsibilities while being deeply concerned for their own health and safety as well as the health and safety of their loved ones your perseverance to complete your credential has shown that you choose to to select hope and be uplifted by it instead of fear our academic communities have proven to be resilient dynamic innovative and compassionate especially when they face the challenge as overwhelming as this one it is clear now many many things have changed in our lives over the past 18 months perhaps some of them even permanently but as you have demonstrated if you hold fast your goals great things can be achieved even if that means finding alternative ways to live and learn while exploring unexpected new paths as talking has said not all who wander are lost by earning your credential each year's not only made a profound impact on yourselves and on your families but you have advanced the cultural intellectual and economic well-being of the state and so i thank each of you and congratulate you on your achievement it is my hope that you will take the fundamental lessons of your educational experience with you utilize those lessons to help you navigate the uncertain uncertain road ahead instilling these qualities in our graduates ultimately represents the highest ideal of the entire university community thank you again for your commitment to yourself to your family and to this state i wish you much success as you leave here to make your mark on society as president kennedy remarked almost 60 years ago you cannot do all the good that the world needs at this time but the world needs all the good you can do good luck and godspeed graduates [Applause] thank you dr bobbitt at this time i'm pleased to introduce several members of the university's administration and faculty please hold your applause until all introductions are made from the university of arkansas system division of agriculture mr chuck cover dr stephen caldwell chief marshal and bearer of the mace associate professor of department of music dr terry martin interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs lieutenant colonel james malloy representing air force rotc dr patricia koski dean of the graduation graduate school of in international education dr d q fields dean of dale bumpers college of agricultural food and life sciences dr kim needy dean of the college of engineering dean margaret mccabe school of law dr matt waller dean of sam m walton college of business we're also very fortunate to have with us miss diane bowles she will interpret today for persons with hearing impairments please join me in recognizing these participants in today's ceremony [Applause] before we begin conferring degrees i want to share a few thoughts with you it is indeed an honor for me to address you today and in fact when i first realized that the dress would fall to me it made me a bit nostalgic and i began to think about the many great days we had this semester i remember the excitement associated with august 23rd when we returned to classes we had our first day and it was like no other first day that i can remember in 20-plus years the excitement was palatable you could see it in how students walk and walked and hear it and how they talked the energy seemed to ooze out of folks as everyone appeared to be so excited just to be back together after more than a year of being limited this was a great day then there was september 10th that was the day we celebrated the 150th anniversary of the university of arkansas the sesquicentennial it was a it was a hot day that day we we celebrated by having a couple of parties we started in the morning we had a few students but afternoon we had a lot of students and we talked about how great it was and we remembered that there were only seven students in the first class at the university of arkansas and we had grown to 29 000 and like drake we had started from the bottom but now we were here that was a great day and then on the very next day not only did we commemorate september 11th 9 11. but we did so by beating texas y'all remember that that was good i thought i'd hear from somebody we shocked the college football world by giving texas a good old-fashioned razorback whipping and i can remember it like it was yesterday we were beating them down badly in the third quarter and the chief of police came to me and said dr robertson i think the students are going to storm the field so i went to my boss dr bobbitt and i informed him hey doc i think they're going to storm the field and he said well charles let the students have their night just try to save the goal post and that's what we did save the gold post through the storm to field it was a great day two weeks later we invaded arlington texas across the red river and went and played texas a m and beat them too i mean we beat them they were saying gig em we said we got you and that was a great day but i'm telling you that none of those days were greater than today december 18th because on this day over 2 000 students at the university of arkansas are graduating with degrees from the university this is the greatest day that we've had in the semester thus far it is the goal of every commencement speaker to convey a message that could serve as food for thought for graduates as they move on with the rest of their lives to deliver something to you that's memorable and to do it in a timely succinct fashion in other words you want me to say what i'm going to say but not take too long doing it i get it as i pondered my mind was taken to the very definition of the verb to graduate so i looked it up and realized that it has two definitions that are somewhat at odds with one another one definition means to complete a degree to reach the end of something to arrive at a destination the other definition means to move to the next highest step in a process to continue on a path to something one suggests an ending the other a continuation and this reflection made me think of a little-known term that refers to words with contrasting definitions the term is contra-nems are words in the english language that have definitions that are opposite to one another words like apology a statement of contrition for an action or a defense of one boat to secure or to flee bound headed to a destination or restrained from movement buckle to connect or to break or collapse cleave to adhere to or to separate clip to fasten or detach consult to offer advice or to obtain it continue to keep doing an action or to suspend an action custom a common practice or special treatment dust to add fine particles or to remove them temper to soften or to strengthen and of course bad which michael jackson let us know in his song could mean no good or so good what lessons can we learn from an analysis of contronyms first there are lots of them they are very common and it's because of their ordinary narriness that we scarcely acknowledge their presence we take contra nymphs for granted we never give contronyms any love yet without them conversations in english would be inherent to inherently more limited the commonness of contra nyms is analogous to other aspects of life that are common yet rarely afforded proper recognition things like attending school doing google searches eating at fast food restaurants even mcdonald's and taking long walks or even more serious common occurrences like voting or rallying for a cause we often take these things for granted because they are accessible to us the kovic crisis gave us a lesson on valuing the common when we lost the ability to congregate we developed a deep longing for it and i witnessed this phenomenon on our very campus when students returned they were excited they felt good and the lesson here is that we should take inventory of those things which are common now that doesn't mean we need a contra holiday i'm not suggesting that but on occasion we need to take inventory of the blessings and privileges that we have and demonstrate gratitude for them second despite their ordinariness contronyms are inherently complicated their definitions although usually simple exist in such contrast that one can only understand meaning by viewing them in a larger context the search for context in the deployment of contranems speaks to the need to utilizing context as a tool for understanding others with different opinions if we assess context when confronting difference we are more likely to approach difference with a tolerance that we would not otherwise have i am a trained historian that's my real job in american history in the current debate about the fundamental realities surrounding the development of this nation and its institutions there are those who emphasize factors like racism sexism and ethnocentrism while others focus on the embracing of human rights and expansive democracy and economic opportunity the national debate is often heated with each side accusing the other of misr representing the truth about the american past and character american history is inundated with racism but it's also filled with efforts and achievements towards enhancing human rights contranems remind us that there are many issues in life where the answer is not either or but rather both and in order to better comprehend why one person or group emphasizes one point or the other we must understand the context that shapes their para paradigm it does not mean that we will ever agree with the other position but we will better understand why they have it the willingness to explore context is an essential element to exercising tolerance third controls activate the agency of choosing particularly for those who initiate their use contronyms move us away from the limits of a monolithic perspective to one that recognizes and relishes nuance as i suggested earlier life like contronyms is flooded with issues and challenges that are best addressed with the ability to view them broadly rather than narrowly with respect to the agency of choosing contronyms forced us to move from the simple analysis of what something is to the more salient question of which definition will we choose to ground our perspective hence this is a fundamental question that you will have to grapple with as you pursue the next stages of your lives which definition will you choose now in my classes this is usually where i dropped the mic the lecture went in because it's not normally the teacher's job to answer the question for you that is inherently your responsibility however because this is a special occasion my very first ceremony as interim chancellor and because the day turned from cloudy to sunny that made me happy and we're going to the outback bowl and because like the rapper money bag yo i looked at my watch and i've got time today i am going to let you know which definition i think that you should choose in life it is always better to choose a definition that offers you the best chance of moving forward in constructive and positive ways choose a definition that ignites your sense of being doing and achieving choose the definition that aligns you with a greater purpose that connects you to a stronger sense of duty nation and community choose the net definition that tears down barriers builds up dreams rescues the helpless and empowers the hopeless choose the definition that promotes optimism over despair love over hate tolerance over intolerance unity over disunity choose the definition that unlocks your motivation enhances your inspiration and instills you with determination when the storms of disappointment are raging choose the definition that enables you to look beyond the limitations of the day to the bright horizon of a better tomorrow choose the definition that educates and elevates that aspires you to inspires you to sing with new meaning my country tis of thee a definition that pushes you to further construct this sweet land of liberty a definition that demands that you join the clarion call to let freedom ring and when this happens when we let freedom ring when we choose the right definition we will be able to recite with renewed confidence lincoln's fabulous words that this nation under god shall not shall have a new birth of freedom and that the government of the people by the people for the people shall not perish from the earth thank you very much nothing it's time to begin with the main part of the ceremony just a reminder photographs of the graduates are taken as they receive the diplomas and proofs will be available online students please return to your seats after crossing the stage and remain seated during the entire ceremony out of respect for and in honor of your fellow students now for the main event we will now confer degrees upon the candidates provost martin as we prepare to confer degrees east dean will present the candidates from his or her college or school after that is completed candidates for all degrees will be asked to rise for the conferring of degrees dean pat koski presents the candidates from the graduate school dr martin the candidates from the graduate school completing the necessary requirements for master's degrees the educational specialist the doctor of education the doctor of nursing practice the doctor of occupational therapy and the doctor of philosophy are recommended by the graduate faculty and presented to you for the conferring of degrees dean margaret silva mccabe will present the candidates from the school of law thank you dr martin the candidates completing necessary requirements for the degrees of masters of law and the jurist doctor are recommended by the faculty and presented to you for the conferring of degrees dean dq fields will present the candidates from the dale bumpers college of agriculture food and life sciences provost martin the candidates completing the necessary requirements for the degrees of bachelor of science in agricultural food and life sciences and bachelor of science in human environmental sciences are recommended to you for the conferring of degrees by the highest yielding faculty who bring you fashion food nutrition and health as well as majority of arkansas's wealth of the dale bumpers college of agricultural food and life sciences dean kim needy presents the candidates from the college of engineering provost martin the candidates completing necessary requirements for the degrees of the bachelors of science and biological engineering bachelors of science and biomedical engineering bachelors of science in chemical engineering bachelors of science in computer engineering bachelors of science and computer science bachelors of arts in computer science bachelors of science and electrical engineering bachelors of science in industrial engineering and bachelor's of science and mechanical engineering are recommended by the faculty of the college of engineering and presented to you for the conferring of degrees dean matt waller presents the candidates from the sam m walton college of business provost martin the candidates who have completed all requirements for the degrees of bachelor of science and business administration and bachelor of science in international business are recommended by the highest roi and profit maximizing faculty of the sam and walton college of business will the candidates for all degrees please rise chancellor robinson it is my privilege to present these candidates to you on behalf of the faculty the deans and myself i recommend these degrees be conferred upon them as indicated on their diplomas thank you dr martin upon the recommendation of the faculty and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the board of trustees i hereby confer upon each of you the degree indicated on your diploma with all the rights privileges and responsibilities pertaining thereto congratulations graduates give yourself a round of applause you may be seated [Applause] we will now begin the recognition of our with the recognition of our graduates beginning with the hooding of our doctoral degree students dr martin doctoral graduates will you and your major advisors please please rise students please please hand your hood to your major advisor and turn your back to him or her major advisors please hood your students you may now congratulate your student and would the audience join me in imploding our newest doctoral candidates you may now take your seats we will now begin with the recognition of our graduates first will be our doctoral degree recipients followed by the specialist degrees master's degrees and then our undergraduates by college or school lisa spatuccini anderson escorted by christian d alley sia dey fahime bani hashemian escorted by hamid ahmad nasim leslie colleen beer escorted by billy hargis brittany danielle mahaffey graham escorted by billy hargis john zawaslak hayden seth carlton escorted by david hugh tank michael rosario servilier escorted by paul c millett escorted by xiao qing frank liu andrew gibson escorted by manuel rossetti escorted by xiao qing frank liu catherine nicole hayden escorted by ken korth joseph zoltan hiltz escorted by nicholas anthony c huang escorted by zhang key jones escorted by robert wiedenman kofi badou jeremy kiwami escorted by mary savin abby lanell lasseter escorted by brian e haggard craig william maynard escorted by michael t kidd garrett mullinix escorted by michael t kidd wong fam escorted by julian ferry jonathan ferris escorted by brian s fugate lawson priests escorted by jason norsworthy colby rivas escorted by benjamin runkle sajeeb roy escorted by alan mantooth nicholas j shall cross escorted by gregory s parnell young jie wong escorted by yan huang [Music] jessica adac white escorted by alan elstrond baska zia escorted by ainongshi hater parker salman tyler burgess ellis mcvoy flynn riley little logan scott quiring michaela dietz kenneth buck matt cole mary elizabeth day cammy marie farmer robert sidney fuller caitlyn garton carly elizabeth godwin kaelin horde carla horsefall alden neal hotz heather jackson wingo [Music] michael johnson kelly m litursky benjamin moore kimberly blake oliver katie riggan shannon malia smith carly diane stringer jerry allen walzell ii isabelle wuerl lydia catherine huck rogelio garcia fernandez caleb ward chestnut christina childress wesley james keys sri harini surash nathan w davis michael farr talk on fam daniel j frisella jorge galaraga michael grimmie boris habemara jerry wayne harness jr wesley rogenteen rosten sweeting third jeffrey wong david gabrielle bella kevin matthew black patrick j fine samantha patron douglas smith swifton stephen yael raphael and urbano brandon fangio kayla mckeon corey pierce bailly stole drake zachary vineyard lucas paul bartman connor he oh reese landon wit ted liggin blacksheer steven paul bothy jr emily chan manavong kuspu chowdhury it's aria cleary [Music] shane clennan jerry crews kennedy parker goins lauren v graves samir ibrahim hassnu lucas shane howell brett hughes michael thomas jagger mark allen johnson brenton avery jones daniel patrick kelly jorge lopez taylor mallam greg newton charles d oaks vishnavi nagi reddy olu yinka joan [Music] dylan pitman madison page pool brock randalls elliott m rutledge iv sarah timothy lee thornton hayley van falsen amara tukutosi jonathan white travis prescott williams dean dq fields will now present the degrees for the dale bumpers college of agricultural food and life sciences caleb dalton hutcherson elsbeth hamilton with high distinction chandra j wiley megan abernathy garrett adams zachary shaw andrews chandler michael arrell magna laude honors with distinction christian arnold walker thomas ashcraft molly b wagoner neil scott benson kelby jade biswell with high distinction jenner william brown with distinction grayson burt john andrew calvert with distinction brantley clark rachel clark trevor christian diaz jacob atchison samuel owens iselle savannah kate fields [Music] shea and fitzgerald seth gadberry thai matthew garlington nicholas gatti grant shannon glenn samantha haley john hardin gabriel buck henderson [Music] jack lee herman emilia hetrick zachary hellopack lindsey holloway carson hopkins [Music] spencer horner with distinction blithe howard catherine huck lorena caitlin huff [Music] brandon yatto colton matthew jones samantha jones dylan lake maddie leach austin lindquist with high distinction zebediah lineburger jackson logan mcmahon logan moss robert pack justin paul with high distinction christian nicholas pierce hadley keith balami rachel province catherine redden with distinction ian riley with distinction shannon rosing with highest distinction jared allen rough magna laude honors with distinction lane michael shatley ashley smith jacob e lee smith colton robert smith riley smith logan snell spencer stone lucas bellas ocampo dean whitmire garrett williams with distinction ashton jacob wolff with distinction justin david younes with distinction skyler ann alderson rice arroyos olivia ashley alicia ahman with distinction madeline claire bergaman sydney jewell bright ellie ray caudell with high distinction maggie sibohar with distinction carly ann cook with high distinction mackenzie kreger with distinction abigail cross kelsey marriott qbs with distinction sebastian diaz shannon drake brooklyn eller with distinction sydney ferris with distinction katie denise falcons magna laude honors with distinction lauren renee frela audrey may friend with high distinction claudia fuller with distinction nair omarion gaines gist lizette gonzalez with distinction ashley hill ashley isaacs with high distinction mackenzie johnson with highest distinction sophia leon with distinction kendall leroy with distinction gina lore sarah michelle mcinnes lauren madeline miller stella mutoni with high distinction kinley nelly with high distinction golda grace nunley magna laude honors with distinction logan connor o'hara laude honors with distinction brooke parlor rainey anne rice with highest distinction emma roadie with high distinction samuel tadios jennifer tao summa laude honors with distinction piper marie tracy with high distinction hannah evelyn watson lauren winum with distinction elizabeth marlene wolff madison wright with distinction morgan blaine freeman dean kim needy will now present the degrees for the college of engineering [Music] sarah elizabeth hendrick c with highest distinction riley natawadney tristan newsom jackie perakusam angela k thompson with distinction adam wilson carina arellano juan a argue ryan sklar zane blackwell magna laude natalie rocio cedeno de gracia with distinction kayla and hannes with high distinction alex pemberton laude abigail rose with highest distinction with highest distinction ziad mansour al-kasumi talal nasser al-rawali elisaveta bachinska jacob archer barrows anna grace dear brandon dyer with highest distinction elizabeth gomez mayani hernandez gonzalez carter howie [Music] alex cynthia ineza karangwa tyler konigsfeld with high distinction sheets summa laude melanie clarice smith jackson waldrom john allen zimmerman laude jalani's aranda vega umberto basera nicholas matthew boning anthony no francovillia [Music] with distinction antonio ortega perez william c cora jonathan stonestreet benjamin vaughn ever villalobos l.j williams gary baldy delgado landry emery is ronald uh fernando arreola garcia kayla boyd carter buckner alec bernworth jack coleman chalmers kim marie counts rachel culbertson with highest distinction aaron fabian joshua n francis victor halter with high distinction benjamin hudson scott jackson watching june with high distinction carrie lawrence with distinction rylan mcallister jackson tyler mccauley with distinction bertrand munihusi kalisa akilah parvathanini jayru luis pinzon escobar [Applause] christina trexler summa laude honors with highest distinction zankari tyler with high distinction yoo dong wang noah thomas wayne elena aurora cashieres caldera with high distinction logan michael green curtis hannah her your deji orlan ray waju with highest distinction willie piggies ganesh sajun john banker chad workman with highest distinction cameron todd bland jun wu chang garrett michael clark nicholas jayco grayson lee jacob pannell deja porsche dania rosemarie quintero sarad suli samudio ortega [Music] t thornley xavier desean wills abdul joheb ansari john bardsley jacob bird aiden cagg clay kerrigan with distinction cody cottle hein nguyen no with highest distinction timothy conteveros with high distinction dylan anthony calmer [Applause] john tyler davidson jake daniel dietrich haley falcons parrik flanagan derrick german lazaro j gonzalez nathan goodwin harrison w hodges joshua hoffman john thomas holloman nicholas jordan kevin kaijukai maya kadeem garrett kennemur king [Music] jenna pogue darius popa francisco souza naji ian stubbs thomas townsend with highest distinction kevin velasquez brandon wallace laude jonathan clark wallace dean matt waller will now present the degrees for the sam m walton college of business logan aaron louise aguilar laude christopher francisco alanis margarita alde brandon m atchison emily bedine peter t bannon tyler beasley david austin biscaglia luke anthony blackman [Music] ashton blumenthroth lauren bocniak andrew booth brooke malone bowie jared bowman [Music] marlon boyle destiny malone bracey [Music] connor shepard brandon [Music] kayla bray laude katie brown [Music] matt runner kelly bryant colton burns [Music] jenna nicole byram [Music] blake campbell andres campos arouse [Music] leticia carricher [Music] willie alexander chapel jr savannah tuning alexis chick shannon nicole chisholm cole kristen [Music] column clampett john chilton clark brandon chase clements mary s colorado anna cannell sydney earl cook iii chandler blake copeland kobe crimings jack cunningham matthew sabolsky kaylee damora catherine daniel robert de la iglesia lydia pemberton david thomas deluca gabrielle de toro sawyer dixon abigail rose riley catherine dobbs daniel douglas bayley eaton ryan enos lakeland farmer lainey rylan fenner jordan fridosian cameron m ferguson jeannette t ferguson clay allen fiddler grayson finch caitlyn nicole foster noah fowler tyler wilson fowler james lathan fox anna catherine frederick hagen from carlos garcia efrain octavio garcia israel garcia campos rhys gatman shea geezleman michelle gifford kimberly jane gerdner [Music] roderick go forth efrain gonzalez pineda osmar granados austin d greek hadley gregg flavia ines gutierrez franco conrie michael guy trevor jackson hampton yanghong william harding james joseph haas andrew helsley vicente hernandez liam hessing chad darryl hessen erica leanne hughes michael hickey alexander james hixson [Music] philip r holland clay holt gavin hoemeyer andrew ria griffin hunt howard jacoby hearst lauren ismert dylan kanoa eisen beauchamp raymond janssen sophia bayari jay jayla leanne jefferson brody tate jennings laude elijah johnson zane johnson brandon johnston madison c johnston abigail grace jolly blake [Music] jones ryan jones carson ryan key taylor kelly nadia campbell khan john kiefner jessica d kilgore kim grant king dylan matthew kurgis michaela grace kissalack david mitchell kletz jacob cranbull angela lammy seth mackenzie lane brooke lawson lon on lee nicholas lee grant legrow nathan litweiler laude [Applause] dane locklear zachary looper nehemiah nathaniel lopez viadares madeleine k lewis alexander lult frank william lumen [Music] kale lushbo charles mcgill luciano mancini [Music] blake martin zara maxwell chloe ann mayfield ashlynn mccarty levy mccreary chance mccune brady mcginley ally mcmurray allison kathleen meisinger laude noel lauren miller bradley mills lorianne miravamba usa martin cole morin rebecca moss alyssa gloria muller liam murray margaret murray vincent myers macy netherton eric no that's cal nguyen dominique nunez patrick ogboy kailyn olsen abby altman edgar manuel pacheco cameron perro bhavya patel mccain martin christopher pendergraft ashley nicole perrone cecily parrott grant peters diploma presented by dr gary peters kristen petty lacey ann picarski kelly pilkington bumper pool [Applause] daniel poquette kinley post dawson scantling brooklyn prize nico pro cos dominic morseville cole pryor hunter rainey james logan reader austin reisdarf laude christopher remembershide logan rich madeleine risky charles richeson juan rodriguez harrison rogowsky jade cherry romaine carly madison roth eric salas jackson sally daisy angelica sandoval mason saunders jordan cole schmidt brook schultz corey schultz kendra lee shelton seth holland shirey alexander v stonyuk simeon stunak jacob skaggs brennan smith ian sparks emily sperry cesar moridel grand sprull joseph stephens [Music] kailyn nicole stewart grant harrison sumner masako suzuki westin tate summa laude amanda thadanakam madison thompson tanner james thompson cesar torres seth torres esmeralda torres nuan to tau tran blake mcdonald tyler [Music] eduardo ustares sean valenta santiago vallejo jason colton vaught ruben derek vega joshua d wallace samantha walsh andrew weaver landon webb samantha michelle weber joseph weinsinger iv kiefer wiser corey whitby madison whiteley kyle wiggers ashley christine wilson adam witty mason ross walford andrew young samuel young jake yurichak cassandra zulkey taylor cottle laude warner fields summa laude kiara lozano santiago [Music] matthew marcianti colby martinez blace edward tipton laude that concludes the presentation of candidates [Applause] again congratulations to each of our graduates graduates we're extremely proud of you and finally i also want to recognize our graduates parents and spouses and partners and family members whose patience and support have brought you to this point graduates please show your love for these very special people there's another group of people who i'd like to recognize congratulate for helping you earn your degrees and that's our outstanding faculty i know they made a difference in your lives they made your lives a little harder at times but they were good people may i ask the faculty of the university of arkansas to stand and be recognized thank you on behalf of the arkansas alumni association i congratulate you on joining the ranks of more than 156 000 living arkansas alumni around the world as your time as students comes to a close your time as alumni is just beginning and you are forever a part of the university of arkansas there are important opportunities as alumni i'd like to for you to embrace stay connected to the university of arkansas wherever you go there are alumni chapters throughout the united states alumni societies and international alumni groups that offer events and programming to help you engage with each other and the university stay involved with this great community you joined today connect with the alumni association online or through the arkansas alumni act as you leave today pick up your alumni pin i think you're starting to get my point we want you to join finally your name will soon be etched on senior walk congratulations alumni we look forward to your continued involvement with the university of arkansas before i close i would like to thank the faculty staff volunteers and musicians who had a role in today's ceremony including the university wind symphony directed by christopher knighton and the scola cantorum directed by dr stephanie caldwell may i ask them everyone to please stand for our alma mater and recessional march for our faculty and graduates please do not leave until escorted by the marshall again heartfelt congratulations to our graduates undergraduate students now is the time to officially move your tassels from right to left parents and guests please meet your students outside the south interest entrance of the arena thank you for joining us today and go hogs [Applause] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] oh [Music] r [Music] is [Music] sauce [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you

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Published: Sat Dec 18 2021