'S SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE YANKEES ORGANIZATION, WHEN I WELCOME THE GRADUATES AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR NYU'S COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. IT WILL CELEBRATE THEIR DEGREES IN MANY ACADEMIC FIELDS TODAY. AS ONE FIELD YOU HAVE TO STAY OFF OF HIM AND THAT THE PLAYING FIELD. NEW YORK ALWAYS RECOGNIZES A WINNER. WE ARE PROUD OF ALL OF YOU. ENJOY YOUR GRADUATION. ENJOY IT FROM YOUR SEAT AND STAY OFF THE FIELD. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NYU'S GRADUATES. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> I'M COMING IN EARLY. >> DOES THE KEY MATTER? >> I'M JUST PRACTICING. ♪ ♪ >> SO YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING, WHAT IS IN ALMA MATER? >> ACE -- GALVANIZE STUDENTS AND ALUMNI. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NYU HAS IN ALMA MATER. IT'S CALLED "THE PALISADES." >> IT WAS WRITTEN IN 1900. DUNCAN WAS FROM BROOKLYN. >> THE MUSIC WAS ARRANGED BY CLEVELAND VERNON CHILDS. HE'S A NEW JERSEY MAN JUST LIKE ME. >> THE ORIGINAL LYRICS OF OUR ALMA MATER DESCRIBES NYU'S CAMPUS WHICH OPENED IN THE BRONX IN 1894. 63 YEARS AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY. >> IT IS CALLED "THE PALISADES" BECAUSE THE HEIGHTS OVERLOOKS THE PALISADES CLIFFS THAT RUN ON THE NEW JERSEY SIDE OF THE HUDSON RIVER. >> THE NYU ALMA MATER WAS PERFORMED FOR DECADES AT CONCERTS AND COMMITMENTS. >> IT WAS SO POPULAR IN 1944 DURING HER FRESHMAN ORIENTATION, THAT SHARE OF THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT CHALLENGED TO WRITE THEIR OWN LYRICS ABOUT WASHINGTON SQUARE. >> ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE ANDUN NEW LYRICS MAKING IT CLEAR THAT WASHINGTON SQUARE IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF NYU. >> TO ONE OTHER CLASSES OF 2022, 2021, AND 20/20, THE ORCHESTRA PERFORMED A NEW MODERN VERSION OF NYU'S ALMA MATER, ARRANGED IN ORGANIZED BY RICHARD JABARI. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE COMMENCEMENT PRESHOW. WELCOME TO YANKEE STADIUM RED [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU IN PERSON. I SEE YOU. THE SCHOOLS ARE DOWN HERE. I THINK, ARE THOSE THE FAMILY GUESTS UP THERE? SO GOOD TO SEE YOU IN PERSON. AND ALSO ONLINE. SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF YOU ARE TUNING INTO THE LIVE STREAM RIGHT NOW. WE ARE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM LOVE FIELD HE ATHIS ICONIC NEW YORK CITY LOCATION. HOME OF THE NEW YORK YANKEES SINCE 2009 HERE IN THE STADIUM. AND WE WILL OF COURSE HAVE A FORMAL LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT JUST A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE CEREMONY. IN THE MEANTIME, IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AS YOU ARE MAKING YOUR WAY DOWN TO YOUR SEATS. I SEE THAT SO MANY OF YOU ARE HERE. YOU'VE GOT SOME GOOD SEATS MAY BE BECAUSE YOU ARE EXCITED TO SEE A CERTAIN 11-TIME GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ARTIST SPEAKING JUST A LITTLE BIT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT JUST A LITTLE BI FOR THAT. BUT IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU, JERRICK. FOR THE NEXT HALF HOUR OR SO, HOPE YOU WILL HANG OUT WITH US. WE ARE CELEBRATING STUDENT STORIES. STUDENTS HAVE RISEN ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THE AREAS OF SERVICE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ENDEAVORS AND OF COURSE, ARTISTIC AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. STARTING WITH JERRICK. ARE YOU FEELING TODAY? >> I'M FEELING GREAT. BEAUTIFUL WEATHER WE ARE HAVING. >> JERRICK WAS ON NATIONAL TELEVISION AS A CONTESTANT ON "JEOPARDY!." >> YES, I WAS. I PARTICIPATED IN THE "JEOPARDY!" NATIONAL COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP THAT AIRED THIS PAST FEBRUARY. >> I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW HARD IT IS TO GET ON THE NATIONAL COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP OF "JEOPARDY!." THERE WERE ONLY 36 COLLEGE STUDENT SELECTED OUT OF 26,000 APPLICANTS I THINK. AND AGAIN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS, THE AUDITION PROCESS? WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? WE WENT FROM START TO FINISH GO AFTER THE FIRST ONLINE TEST IN OCTOBER 2020. I DIDN'T AUDITION OVER ZOOM IN JANUARY 2021. I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING FOR EIGHT MONTHS LAST SEPTEMBER, PRODUCER CONTACTED ME AND SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. NOVEMBER DURING THANKSGIVING CAN WITH THE WEEKEND BEFORE THANKSGIVING BREAK, WE TAPED TO THE SHOW. LIKE I SAID, THE TOURNAMENT AIRED THIS PAST FEBRUARY. >> A LONG PROCESS. THE QUESTIONS AREN'T EVEN MULTIPLE CHOICE. YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY BUILD A MED WHICH IS JUST CRAZY TO ME. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE BUZZER REALLY QUICK? I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW CHALLENGING AND HOW CRUCIAL THAT BUZZER IS. YOU CAN JUST KEEP PRESSING IT. >> WHEN YOU ARE OUT THERE ON STAGE PLAYING "JEOPARDY!," YOU CAN'T SPAM THE BUZZER. YOU DON'T SEE THIS AT HOME BUT THEY WERE WHITE LIGHTS THAT ILLUMINATE THE GLUE BOARD THAT SIGNALED FOR THE CONTEST IS THE BUZZ IN. IF YOU BUZZ INTO EARLY, YOU ARE LOCKED OUT FOR A COURT OF A SECOND WHICH DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A BIG DEAL BUT IT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS. IF YOUR REFLEXES ARE NOT THE PARK, IT WILL BE FACING AN UPHILL BATTLE FOR SURE. >> WE HAVE A QUICK NAP TO SHOW YOU. YOU CAN SAVE YOURSELF HOW AWESOME JERRICK WAS. THERE WAS ONE QUESTION IN PARTICULAR YOU HAD EVERYONE HOLDING THEIR BREATH. >> JERRICK. JERRICK. >> WHAT IS BIOLUMINESCENCE? >> JERRICK. >> WHAT IS "THE JUNGLE BOOK?" >> JERRICK. >> WHAT IS "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS?" >> A PINOY IS A PERSON OF THIS ETHNIC HERITAGE. >> WHAT IS FILIPINO? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >>E ARE ALL GLAD YOU GOT IT RIGHT. >> ARCHIBALD THAT HE GOT THAT RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT TO REPRESENT THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY. >> THE REASON I NEARLY KILLED OVER THERE. NOT ONLY AM I A FILIPINO, BUT I'M PART OF NYU'S FILIPINO ASSOCIATION. THEY GAVE ME A HOME HERE AT NYU WHEN I WAS FEELING KIND OF LOSS DURING THE FALL OF MY SOPHOMORE YEAR. I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR ALL THEY HAVE DONE FOR ME. SHUT OUT ALL THE FILIPINO GRADS IN THE STADIUM TODAY. >> NOBODY WOULD'VE LET ME LIVE TH DOWN IF I GOT THAT WRONG OR DIDN'T ANSWER IN TIME. >> THAT IS GREAT. REALLY QUICK, I KNOW YOU'RE LAUNCHING -- JERRICK, YOU DIDN'T WIN THAT EPISODE. TO US, YOU'RE DEFINITELY A WINNER EVEN THOUGH I KNOW YOU DIDN'T GET TO TAKE ON THE CASH FOR THAT. ARE THERE ANY LESSONS THAT YOU LEARNED FROM THAT? >> NOT PARTICULARLY, BUT LAST WEEK, I TALKED TO A FORMER "JEOPARDY!" ALUMNI. HE QUOTED ANOTHER "JEOPARDY!" CHAMPION WHO SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF, "I DON'T KNOW THINGS BECAUSE I ONCE FELT MIGHT WANT TO KNOW THEM. I JUST KNOW THEM." CUINATION IN CELEBRATION OF ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE I'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS. IT WAS VALIDATING THE SENSE THAT ALL THIS USELESS INFORMATION ON THIS TRIP YOU DIDN'T GO TO WASTE. I THINK COMING OUT OF THAT NOVEMBER TAPING WEEKEND, I FELT EMPOWERED KNOWING THAT I PUT MY UNIQUE SKILL TO GOOD USE. >> I LOVE IT. JERRICK, WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR YOU. WE ARE HOPE YOUR BACK ON THE SHOW AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE YOU COME BACK ON AND JUST A LITTLE BIT. NEXT WE HAVE MA. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU. >> NICE TO SEE YOU TOO. >> SHE IS NOT ONLY A SUSTAINABILITY LEADER. SHE'S A FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR. >> YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YOUR PART OF THE FIRST GENERATION YOUR FAMILY TO GO TO COLLEGE. WHAT IS THIS LIKE FOR YOU? >> I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY BECAUSE MY MOM COULD BE HERE. THIS IS MUCH OF HER DAY AS IT IS MINE. >> YES, SHOUT OUT ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS. AND I KNOW I REALLY QUICK WENT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR NIGERIAN RIDGE THAT YOU HAVE SHARED WITH ME. I KNOW WE QUITE CAN'T SEE WHAT YOU AREEARING UNDER YOUR ROBE. CAN YOU TALK THAT? >> IT'S REALLY JUST TRADITIONAL NIGERIAN/WEST AFRICAN. I'M JUST HAPPY THAT I CAN REPRESENT. TO ALL THE SINGLE PARENTS, IT'S ALL THE NIGERIAN AMERICANS, ALL OF WEST AFRICANS, THIS IS FOR Y'ALL. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT, YOUR PEERS HAVE NAMED YOU ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SUSTAINABILITY LEADERS ON CAMPUS. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU DO? >> FOR ME, ENVIRONMENTALISM THE WAY I WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE WAS THROUGH WORKING WITH MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. AND SO I REALLY TRIED TO DO THAT BY FIRST WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INCARCERATED. AND THEN MOVING INTO MY OWN SPACES. SO WOMEN OF COLOR AND REALLY TRYING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SEE THE WAYS THAT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE AS WELL. SO NOT JUST BIG JUST PAGANISM, YOU KNOW? IT GOES BEYOND THAT >> TELL US ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT. YOU'RE BLENDING ALL YOUR MAJORS AND MINORS TODAY OTHER. WHAT'S NEXT? >> ME, I'M AN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES STUDENT. I WANT TO WORK AND DIPLOMACY. I'M GOING TO BE DOING AN INTERNSHIP WITH THE EMBASSY IN HANOI, VIETNAM, THIS SUMMER. I'M GOING TO GO INTO MY FULBRIGHT IN ROMANIA. AND WHEN I GO TO SCHOOL AND BECOME A DIPLOMAT AFTERWARDS. >> CONGRATULATIONS. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND WHEN I HAVE YOU GO RIGHT OVER THERE BUT DON'T GO FAR BECAUSE YOU GONNA COME BACK IN END. WHAT'S UP? IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL. IT'S NE TO SEE EVERYBODY IN PERSON. >> BEAUTIFUL DAY IN PERSON. THERE IS AN ECHO OUT HERE. IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU COFOUNDED WITH SOME OTHER STUDENTS THAT COMPANY "COSTUDY" WHICH LAUNCHED IN 2020. IT'S BEEN USED BY MORE THAN 8,000 STUDENTS. IN EIGHT UNIVERSITIES. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COSTUDY? >> ABSOLUTELY. COSTUDY IS AN EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY VENTURE. WE WORK WITH COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. BUT WE HAVE BUILT AS THAT. SELF-REVIEW PLATFORM TO ENHANCE THE GROUP PROJECT EXPERIENCE AND BUILD ON STUDENT SOFT SKILLS. >> 'S INTERPERSONAL SKILLS. GROUP PROJECTS ARE THE WORST. YOU CAN'T TELL WHO'S DOING WHAT, WHO'S DOING ALL THE WORK. WHAT ARE THOSE SKILLS? >> WE FOCUS ON THE OUTSIDE OF CONTENT LEARNING AND SKILLS LIKE COMMUNICATION ENGAGEMENT, TEAM DYNAMICS, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, GIVING EACH OTHER FEEDBACK. SETTING EXPECTATIONS AND AMONG OTHERS. SO WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT THESE ARE ALL VERY CRUCIAL F OUTF COLLEGE CAREERS. AND OF THE WORD COMMUNICATION IS THE MOST COMMON WORD IN JOB POSTINGS ACROSS INDUSTRIES. SO WE CREATED A FORMAL SETTING FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT AND LEARN THESE SKILLS. >> ANNOYS LIFE SKILLS. THAT IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE. PLUS EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU LEARNED OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AT NYU. REALLY QUICK, YOU TRANSFER TO NYU IN JANUARY OF 2020 RIGHT BEFORE THE WORLD WENT DOWN THE TOILET. BUT YOU HAD A GREAT SENIOR YEAR. AND I KNOW YOU HAD SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE LAB. >> I OWE ALLOTS ALL THE COACHES AND THE MENTORS I HAVE. I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THEIR PROGRAMS TO START A BOOT CAMP TO START UP SPRINT. IGNITE FELLOWSHIPS, THE FIRST FOUNDERS FELLOWSHIP. I'VE SPENT THE NIGHT THERE LAST SEMESTER. I HAVE REALLY, REALLY BENEFITED FROM ALL THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US AT THE LAB. >> I'M SURE THEY WILL BE THRILLED TO KNOW THAT SHE IS THAT THEY ARE TOO. I'M SURE YOU'RE NOT AVERSE FOR THE LAST TWO WILL SLEEP AT THE LEG. WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK. KEEP YOUR EYES RIGHT UP HERE ON THE JUMBOTRON. LOOK AROUND FOR A CAMERA PERSON. YOU MIGHT JUST SEE YOURSELF UP THERE ON THE SCREEN. ♪ ♪ >> WELCOME BACK TO THE COMMENCEMENT PRESHOW. I'M HERE WITH SEBASTIAN. SEBASTIAN, HOW'S IT GOING? >> I FEEL AMAZING RIGHT NOW. I'M SUPER EXCITED. >> SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE BEHIND US. HOW'S EVERYONE DOING? ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU AND ASK YOU THAT AGAIN. WE ARE GOING TO TRY THAT AGAIN. SEBASTIAN COMMITTED SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. SEBASTIAN IS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER MAJOR ENDS CALL BACK. HE HAS A PASSION FOR ALL THINGS OUTER SPACE OUT OF THIS WORLD. ROCKETS, CUBE SATELLITES, DR DRONES. HE HAS ACTUALLY ONE OF HIS CUBE SATELLITES HERE WITH THEM. WHAT EXACTLY IS A CUBE SATELLITES? >> THIS IS A SMALL PROTOTYPE OF A SATELLITE THAT WE MADE WITH A NONPROFIT CALLED ISOMER SPACE PROGRAM. AND OUR GOAL IS TO LAUNCH THIS NEXT YEAR. THISMALLITTLE PIECE OF METAL JUNK. >> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHY THAT IS SO IMPORTANT? >> YOU KNOW, WHEN I TELL PEOPLE ABOUT SATELLITES, THEY THINK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS SUPER BIG AND SUPER ADVANCED IN EVERYTHING. IN THE FUTURE, IT WILL BE WAY MORE EFFICIENT TO MAKE SOMETHING SMALLER AND WITH FASTER PROTOTYPING SO THAT WE COULD ADVANCE RESEARCH IN SCIENCE. >> YOU CAN COLLECT THAT DATA. YOU'VE GOT TO CALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHICH PLANTED THIS IDEA TO LAUNCH IT. IT GOES UP AND WHAT YOU CALL FOR ACE. AT DOES THAT MEAN? >> WE WERE TALKING TO A FEW LAUNCH PROVIDERS. THEY'RE GOING TO WORK WITH "JEOPARDY!." WE HAVE TO FINALIZE CONTRACT TALKS AND EVERYTHING. BASICALLY, THEY HAVE AN ORBITER. THEY WILL PUT IT ON IT. IT WILL GO ON TOP OF SPACEX THE ROCKET. HE GOES TO SPACE AND ORBITER BASICALLY DROPS US OFF IN ALTITUDE AND LOW EARTH ORBIT ANY PURCHASES OUT THERE. >> WE HAVE SOME VIDEO OF SOME OF THE OTHER CREATIONS YOU AND YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS HAVE MADE DURING YOUR TIME AT NYU STARTING WITH THE ROCK WHICH WAS ALSO OUT OF THIS WORLD. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE ROCKETS THAT I SAID ONE MAXIM OF THE NATIONAL COMPETITIONS. >> LAST YEAR WE PARTICIPATED IN THE NASA UNIVERSITY STUDENT LAUNCH INITIATIVE. AND WE DID REALLY WELL. WE WON REWARDS. THOSE AWARDS INCLUDE BEST OVERALL IN THE DESIGN DIVISION. WE WON FIRST PLACE IN THE PROJECT REVIEW. WE GOT SECOND-PLACE RICKY AWARD. >> I KNOW THAT ECHO WAS A LITTLE HARD. YOU'RE DOING SO GREAT. CAN YOU TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR LOVE OF OUTER SPACE BEGAN. YOU HAVE BEEN REALLY INTERESTED WERE A LONG TIME. >> I DON'T KNOW IF MY PARENTS DID THIS ON PURPOSE. WHEN I WAS A KID I STARTED WATCHING DISCOVERY CHANNEL AND THE "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC" AND THE SCIENCE CHANNEL INSTEAD OF WATCHING SPONGEBOB. I GREW UP WATCHING ANY AND ALL THINGS SPACE. IT WAS REALLY INTRIGUING. MY DAD BOUGHT ME A TELESCOPE. THAT'S HOW I GOT INTERESTED WITH SPACE, ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE. I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT. >> WHERE WOULD YOU BE TODAY IF THEY MADE YOU WATCH SPONGEBOB? 'S THE ONE I HAVE NO IDEA. NOT HERE. >> WHAT ABOUT YOUR DREAM FOR WHAT'S NEXT FOR SPACE? YOUR GOALS. >> YOU KNOW HOW EVERYONE COULD GO ON A PLANE RIGHT NOW. I WANT THAT FOR SPACE. ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GO TO SPACE TO GO. IT WILL BE REALLY GOOD TO PUSH IN ADVANCE FUTURE SCIENCE. A SCIENTIST COULD GO UP TO THE MOON FOR A FEW DAYS AND COME BACK AND LOOK AT THE DATA COLLECTED UP THERE. I WANT TO BE A VERY FLUID AND DYNAMIC. THAT WILL BE USED FOR HUMANITY. >> CAN WE GET TICKETS? >> I WILL GIVE YOU ONE PERSONALLY. >> WHO WANTS A NYU DISCOUNT TO GO TO OUTER SPACE? >> A LOT OF PEOPLE DO. >> I KNOW YOU HAVE A NEW CO COMPANY. I LOVE IT. WHO NEEDS SPACEX? WE HAVE ISOMERS SPACE PROGRAM. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER QUICK BREAK. WE HAVE A MESSAGE FOR YOU FROM THE NEW YORK YANKEES. >> ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE YANKEES ORGIZATN GOVERNMENT WOULD WELCOME THE GRADUATES AND THEIR FAMILIES THE YANKEE STADIUM FOR NYU'S COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. >> GRADUATES WILL CELEBRATE THEIR DEGREES IN MANY ACADEMIC FIELDS TODAY. THERE'S ONE FEEL THEY'VE GOT TO STAY OFF OF. THAT'S THE PLAYING FIELD. >> NEW YORK ALWAYS RECOGNIZES A WINNER. WE ARE PROUD OF ALL OF YOU. ENJOY YOUR GRADUATION. ENJOY IT FROM YOUR SEAT AND STAMP THE FIELD. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO CLASS OF 2022. IS IT THE MUSICAL ♪ ♪ >> WELCOME BACK TO THE COMMENCEMENT PRESHOW. I AM HERE WITH THREE CAPTAINS OF THE NYU BASKETBALL TEAM. HELLO. THIS IS A LIST. HAVE MEGAN. ARE YOU FEELING TODAY? >> I FEEL GREAT. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE. >> WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. YOU ALL THEM AS IT'S A GREAT SEASON AND YOU ENDED ON A REALLY HIGH NOTE. YOU ARE RANK 7 IN THE NATION I THINK AMONG DIVISION III TEAM IS. IS RIGHT? CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SEASON YOU'VE HAD? >> WE ALSO WON OUR LEAGUE. THAT WAS REALLY COOL. THE TOUGHEST THING -- EVERYONE IS REALLY PROUD THAT WE CAME BACK FROM COVID. EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT YEAR. I KNOW THIS ECHO IS REALLY HARD. >> IT'S REALLY TOUGH. TALKING TO YOURSELF, BEING TALKED BACK AT IT. YOU ARE DOING GREAT. CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS GREAT SEASON. ALL OF NYU ATHLETICS HAVE EXEMPLIFIED SUCH RESILIENCE. WE LOST AN ENTIRE SEASON DURING LOCKDOWN. YOU THEN HAD TO COME BACK. YOU ARE TRAINING AT HOME. I WENT TO COME TO YOU. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL HAD TO DO DURING THIS TIME? >> DURING OUR JUNIOR YEAR, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE A SEASON. THAT WAS REALLY HARD. WE HAD TO MAKE CONNECTIONS OFF THE COURT AND REALLY BRING THE TEAM TOGETHER. THE HARDEST PART WAS WORKING ON OUR OWN AND WE COULD NEVER PRACTICE. >> YOU ARE DOING GREAT. THEY GET TO THE ECHO WAS TO IGNORE IT. RIGHT THROUGH THE ECHO. KNOW YOU ALL CAME BACK. HE CAME BACK STRONGER THAN EVER. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT AS LEADERS WHICH YOU DID TO BRING YOUR TEAM BACK TOGETHER? >> IT REALLY STARTED OFF THE COURT JUST BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO DO. HE REALLY TRANSLATED TO THE COURT WHEN WE GOT CLOSER AS A GROUP FOR SURE. >> I THINK YOU HAD A SPECIAL GUEST OR CAME TO ONE OF YOUR GAMES. >> SHE ACTUALLY IS FROM NEW YORK AND CAME TO ONE OF OUR GAMES AND SURPRISE US AND GAVE US A LITTLE POSTGAME TALK. THAT WAS AMAZING AND REALLY COOL TO MEET SOMEONE SO FAMOUS. WE ARE GOING TO MEET SOMEONE FAMOUS TODAY. WE ARE ALL REALLY EXCITED. >> YOU GUYS ARE MAKING FUN OF ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHO SUE BIRDWELL'S. MAYBE JUST FOR ANYBODY ELSE WHO DOESN'T. >> SHE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE FAMOUS WNBA PLAYERS. NOT TOO FAR AWAY. SHE IS A REALLY GOOD POINT GUARD AND IT WAS AWESOME TO MEET HER. >> I KNOW ALL OF YOU STARTED PLAYING AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. EITHER AT FOUR YEARS OLD OR ONE OF YOU IN THE FOURTH GRADE. FOURTH GRADE. WHEN YOU WEREOUR YEARS OLD AND ALL OF YOUR MOVING ON, THEY'VE GOT TO SEE THEIR JERSEYS. YOU'VE BEEN HOLDING YOUR JERSEYS THIS ENTIRE TIME. SHOUT OUT TO THE ENTIRE NYU BASKETBALL TEAM. WHAT IS NEXT? WHAT IS NEXT FOR YOU? >> I AM IN GRAD SCHOOL CURRENTLY. I'M GETTING MY MASTERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH. IT'S EXCITING. PUBLIC HEALTH. AND THAT HAS BEEN GOOD SO FAR. SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT >> I LOVE IT. HAVE A MASTERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH TOO. >> I'M GOING TO COLUMBIA TO GET A MASTERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN BASKETBALL. >> I'M WORKING FOR THE P.R. F FIRM. >> I'M SO EXCITED. I HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE PLAYING BASKETBALL IN SOME WAY. WHO IS THE TAYLOR SWIFT MAN? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] OH, YEAH. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SONG? >> DEFINITELY, "WELCOME TO NEW YORK." WE MIGHT HAVE A SURPRISE SONG FOR YOU. NOT THAT ONE BUT A DIFFERENT ONE IS JUST LITTLE BIT. DON'T GO FAR BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO COME BACK. YOU CAN JUST HEAD RIGHT OVER THERE. ONCE AGAIN AND WHEN THE CAPTAINS OF THE NYU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM. THIS IS ERIC. HELLO. >> HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? >> WE HAVE TO SAY HELLO TO ALL THESE PEOPLE BEHIND US. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? THIS IS SPS, I THINK. SHOUT OUT TO SPS. THIS IS THE FESTIVE SECTION. ALL RIGHT. I LOVE IT. THANK YOU FOR HANGING OUT HERE BEHIND US. ERIC, YOU ARE BOTH A PHOTOGRAPHER AND AN ARTIST. FEATURED AS ONE OF FORBES 30 UNDER 30 FOR ART AND STYLE. YOUR WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED IN "ROLLING STONE" MAGAZINE ON HBO AND IN "NEW YORK MAGAZINE." HOW EXCITED WHERE YOU? WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GET THAT? >> IT WAS CRAZY. ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN IN MY DORM ROOM SO I PUT UP THESE BIG VISION BOARDS. THAT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE. >> WE HAVE SOME OF YOUR WORK. I KNOW YOU SAID YOU ARE A PHOTOGRAPHY EXPLORES BLACK HOWEVER, BLACK BEAUTY. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOUR WORK IS ABOUT? >> I FEEL LIKE PHOTOGRAPHY IS MY MISSION TO REFRAME, RETHINK SOME OF THE NEGATIVE NOTIONS THAT I HAVE LEARNED GROWING UP ABOUT BEING A MAN, BEING A BLACK MAN IN AMERICA. UNITY, THOSE ARE THEMES THAT TURN UP IN MY WORK. >> WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF YOUR WORK RIGHT NOW. I KNOW THE NAILS HAVE BEEN THE MOTIVE THROUGHOUT YOUR WORK. ALSO I KNOW YOUAVE DONE SOME CELEBRITY WORK. COMING UP, WE ARE GOING TO SEE SPIKE LEE? >> SPIKE WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. THAT WAS FOR HIS EPICENTERS DOCUMENTARY. AND ACTUALLY HAPPEN THROUGH THE PROGRAM. I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NAILS REALLY QUICK. I KNOW YOU GOT THEM. >> I KEEP MY NAILS. I DID SOME RESEARCH RECENTLY. I FOUND OUT THAT WOMEN IN THE MAIN DYNASTYN ANENT EGYPT WOULD GET THESE NAILS EXTENSIONS FOR STATUS TO SHOW THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO WORK. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS, LIKE, IF I ATTACH THIS TO MEN, WE CAN REFRAME THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT MASCULINITY AND POWER AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. >> I'VE GOT MY PURPLE NAILS TODAY. YOU KNOW, I KNOW ONE OF THE EXCITING MOMENTS THAT YOU HAD WAS WHEN YOU HEARD FROM BEYONCE AND BEYONCE'S TEAM. CAN YOU TELL US HOW THAT HAPPENED? >> I TK SEMAGES OF MY GRANDPARENTS WEARING THE BRAND DURING THE COVID QUARANTINE PERIOD. THEY GOT SOME TENSION ONLINE, YOU KNOW. IT'S KIND OF VIRAL. SHE SAW THEM AND WROTE ME A LETTER. IT WAS REALLY EXCITING. >> THAT IS EXCITING TO HEAR FROM BEYONCE. HE CAME TO NEW YORK CITY AND NYU. THAT IS OPENED A LOT OF DOORS FOR YOU. THIS IS WHAT I FEEL LIKE NEW YORK IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO PURSUE AN ART CAREER. I LOVE GEORGIA. I LOVE TO GIVE THAT WITHIN MY WORK, MY SOUTHERN UPBRINGING. IT'S A GOOD THING TO EXPAND. >> YOUR WORK IS INCREDIBLE. YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER PROJECT COMING UP THAT YOU CAN'T TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT. >> I'M WORKING ON SOMETHING WITH DORITOS. THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. I CAN'T SAY TOO MUCH. >> THAT'S ALL WE NEED TO KNOW. IT DORITOS. IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. STAY RIGHT HERE. GOING TO HAVE ALL OF YOU COME BACK ON. WE'RE JUST ABOUT OUT OF TIME. THE PROCESSION IS JUST A FEW MOMENTS AWAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES. CAN YOU ALL SEE? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES. SHOUT OUT TO MY CREW HERE OUT ON THE FIELD ON THE TRUCK. I WANT TO FEEL YOUR ENERGY. HOW IS EVERYBODY FEELING? >> FANTASTIC. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ONE MORE TIME. HOW IS EVERYBODY FEELING? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I KNOW. WE HAVE SOME FANS OUT THERE. 11-TIME GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING ARTIST. WHERE ARE YOU? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I CAN'T HEAR YOU. WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE SONG FOR YOU COMING UP IN JUST A MOMENT. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? ARE YOU FEELING HAPPY, PRETTY, CONFUSED, AND LONELY AT THE SAME TIME? I HOPE YOU'RE EXCITED. A LITTLE LATER THIS MORNING IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING MUSICIANS OF ALL TIME, SHE APPEARS ADVOCATE FOR QUALITY OF THE RIGHTS OF ARTISTS. THE ONE AND ONLY TAYLOR SWIFT! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: GRADUATES, FAMILIES, FRIENDS, PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. IN A FEW MOMENTS THE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY FACULTY WILL ENTER THE STADIUM. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ACCESS TO THE FIELD IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED AT ALL TIMES. THANK YOU. ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: PLEASE WELCOME MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY FACULTY. ["POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE"] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> Announcer: PLEASE, WELCOME REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL, STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSEMBLY, 1831 FUND, AND SENIOR CLASS ACTIVITIES BOARD CARRYING THE UNIVERSITY COLORS AND LEADING THE 188TH COMMENCEMENT PLATFORM PARTY INTO THE STADIUM. ♪ ♪ ["POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE"] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: FELLOW VIOLETS, PLEASE GIVE A HEARTY WELCOME TO MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND TO MEMBERS OF OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY CLASS WHO JOIN US TODAY TO CELEBRATE THIS YEAR'S GRADUATES. [APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Announcer: PLEASE WELCOME NEW YORK UNIVERSITY'S 2022 SCHOOL BAS REPRESENTATIVES, MARCHING IN FOUNDING ORDER. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] SCHOOL OF LAW, ♪ ♪ GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, ♪ ♪ TANDON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, ♪ ♪ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY. ♪ ♪ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ STEINHARDT SCHOOL OF CULTURE, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, ♪ ♪ LEONARD N. STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, ♪ ♪ RORY MEYERS COLLEGE OF NURSING, ♪ ♪ SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES, ♪ ♪ ROBERT F. WAGNER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE, ♪ ♪ SILVER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, ♪ ♪ TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, ♪ ♪ GALLATIN SCHOOL OF INDIVIDUALIZED STUDY, ♪ ♪ LIBERAL STUDIES, ♪ ♪ NYU ABU DHABI, ♪ ♪ NYU SHANGHAI, ♪ ♪ SCHOOLF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH, ♪ ♪ LONG ISLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. ♪ ♪ NOW ENTERING T STAUM ARE UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP AND HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS, LED BY OUR CHIEF MARSHAL. ♪ ♪ ESTEEMED GUESTS, THE PROVOST OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, KATHERINE FLEMING. >> FLEMING: HERE NOW, IN THE PRESENCE OF CANDIDATES FOR ACADEMIC RECOGNITION, MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION, ALUMNI, TRUSTEES, HONORED GUESTS AND FRIENDS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY'S ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHTH COMMENCEMENT IS HEREBY CONVENED. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ANNOUNCER: PLEASE WELCOME LISA COLEMAN, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR GLOBAL INCLUSION AND STRATEGIC INNOVATION, AND CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER. >> COLEMAN: HELLO, I'M DR. LISA COLEMAN AND MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE AND HER. IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY CELEBRATING THE CLASS OF 2022! LET US TAKE THIS MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHOSE LANDS WE OCCUPY. AS WE GATHER HERE IN NYC, ACROSS OUR VARIOUS SITES, AND VIRTUALLY, NYU ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE UNIVERSITY, AS A GLOBAL INSTITUTION, IS LOCATED ON UNCEDED LANDS AND WAS FOUNDED UPON THE EXCLUSIONS AND ERASURES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES GLOBALLY, AS WELL AS THE DISCOUNTED LABOR OF MANY. AS A COMMUNITY WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE LEGACIES OF SETTLER COLONIALISM AND WORK TO BOTH RECOGNIZE AND DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC EXCLUSIONS AND SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION. I ASK YOU TO JOIN ME IN ACKNOWLEDGING ELDERS AND THOSE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US, THE ANCESTORS, AS WELL AS CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO CONTINUE TO PAVE THE WAY FOR US TO HERTODA THOSE WHO ARE KNOWN TO US, AS WELL AS THOSE WHOSE LABOR AND INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE GONE UNACKNOWLEDGED. WITHOUT THESE CRUCIAL GLOBAL CONTRIBUTIONS, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TO BUILD ON NOR CONTINUE THIS WORK. WE ARE APPRECIATIVE AND RESPECTFUL OF THESE FOUNDATIONS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A FIVE-SECOND MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. >> ANNOUNCER: AND NOW, PLEASE RISE FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM LED BY NAIMA ALAKHAM WHO RECEIVES A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE TODAY FROM THE TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. ♪ 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 ROCKETS' 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 ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ANNOUNCER: DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WILLIAM R. BERKLEY. >> BERKLEY: HELLO, CLASS OF 2022! I'M BILL BERKLEY, CHAIR OF NYU'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND A PROUD 1966 GRADUATE OF THE STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO YANKEE STADIUM FOR TODAY'S VERY SPECIAL OCCASION. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1972, WHO RETURN TO THE NYU COMMUNITY TODAY FOR THEIR 50TH REUNION. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] TIMES WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN I WAS AN NYU STUDENT. THE UNIVERSITY HAD FIVE FEWER SCHOOLS, JUST ONE STUDY-AWAY SITE, AND NO CENTRAL LIBRARY, NO BOBST. EVEN THOUGH MANY THINGS HAVE CHANGED YOU AND I SHARE ONE THING IN COMMON, OUR CONNECTION THAT NYU CEMENTED AT THIS VERY MOMENT OF GRADUATION. YOU ARE ABOUT TO JOIN IN THE ILLUSTRIOUS GROUP NYU ALUMNI! NUMBERING 600,000 WORLDWIDE, NYU'S NETWORK OF GRADUATES CAN BE A WONDERFUL SOURCE OF SUPPORT AND CONNECTION THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE. SO THINK OF THIS NOT JUST AS THE CULMINATION OF YOU TIME AT NYU, BUT ALSO AS THE BEGINNING OF A LIFELONG RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR ALMA MATER. CLASS OF 2022, TODAY MARKS A SIGNIFICANT, HARD-EARNED MILESTONE IN YOUR LIVES. THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING GLOWED VIOLET IN YOUR SYMBOL OF OUR ENORMOUS PRIDE IN YOU. AND WE ARE JOINED TODAY BY THREE DISTINGUISHED HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS, EACH OF WHOM HAS LEFT AN INDELIBLE IMPRINT IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS. WHAT THEY SHARE IN COMMON IS THAT THEY BROKE THROUGH BARRIERS AND CHARTED WHOLE NEW TERRITORIES, IN SCIENCE, IN ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP, IN MUSIC. THEY STAND BEFORE YOU AS MODELS EVEN AS THE BOARD IS CONFIDENT YOU, THE CLASS OF '22, WILL SIMILARLY LEAVE YOUR MARK ON THE WORLD. CONGRATULATIONS, WARMEST WISHES, AND WELCOME TO THE NYU ALUMNI FAMILY! >> ANNOUNCER: WE NOW PRESENT A VIDEO TRIBUTE TO THE CLASS OF 2022, FEATURING GRADUATING STUDENTS FROM EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS. ♪ ♪ >> I'M GRADUATING FROM NYU COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY. >> TM GRADUATED FROM RORY MYERS COLLEGE OF NURSING. >> AND I'M GRADUATING FROM THE STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS. BECAUSE I'M GRADUATING FROM WEGNER SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE. BECAUSE I'M GRADUATING FROM THE NYU LONG ISLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. I'M GRADUATING SCHOOL OF AN ALLEGED STUDY. >> IT FEELS GREAT TO BE GRADUATING. >> IT FEELS LIKE A LONG TIME COMING. >> I'M GOING TO BE PART OF THE NYU COMMUNITY. >> WE'VE BEEN SO MUC TO GET UP AT A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE, THERE'S NOTHING THE WORLD CAN THROW AT US NOW THAT WE CAN'T HANDLE. >> LET'S GET IT. WE ARE NYU GRADUATES. >> MY FIRST DAY AT NYU WAS WILD. I FELT SUPER LOST. I HAD A ROOT HERD REALLY SCARY THINGS ABOUT LAW SCHOOL. I JUST MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY. I DID KNOW HOW TO GET AROUND NEW YORK. >> I WAS OVERWHELMED BY THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, NOISES. >> YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT THE SIREN IN THE VIDEO? IF SO NEW YORK. >> I FEEL NERVOUS, I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN SPOILED BY SUCH A DIVERSE, WARM, LOVING COMMUNITY. >> THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF I'M GONNA MESS. >> DID I MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SIT AT THE PARK AND ENJOY THE SUN, OR ENJOY SOME MUSIC. >> YOU NYU HAS PREPARED ME VERY WELL TO START THIS NEXT JOURNEY. I'VE GROWN INTO A CONFIDENT RSON >> I FEEL LIKE I HAVE THINGO SAY AND THINGS TO SHARE. I FEEL LIKE A DIFFERENT PERSON. >> I THINK I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT MYSELF. >> I FOUND MY STRENGTH AND MY WEAKNESSES. >> THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING IN NY YOU STUDENT IS -- THE CITY, THE FRIENDS. BEING IN NEW YORK'S -- I WAS ABLE TO BUILD MY STRONG OWN COMMUNITY HERE IN NYU. CLASSMATES CHANGING EIR COMMUNITY FOR THE BET APPEARED ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT BEING AN NYU STUDENT WAS ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE GOT IT WE GOT TO GO TO SHOWS, WE GOT TO PARTICIPATE AND STUFF IN THE CITY. WHAT CAN YOU NOT DO IN NEW YORK? EVERY DOOR IS OPEN FOR US HERE. I NEVER THOUGHT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN NOTHING WOULD DONE. >> I WAS PART OF A -- I WAS ALSO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HACKETT KNOW YOU. I WAS ABLE TO SPEND AN ENTIRE ACADEMIC YEAR IN PARIS WHERE I WAS FULLY IMMERSED IN CULTURE AND THEN DURING THE PANDEMIC I WAS IN ABU DHABI FOR TWO WEEKS. WE GOT TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE PARTS OF THAT CITY, LIKE THIS EXPERIENCE -- I STUDIED ABROAD AT NYU AND APPEARED TO BE IN ANOTHER CITY COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO ME AND ACTUALLY HAVE THE NYU ENDORSEMENT BEHIND MAN EVER THOUGHT I WAS ALONE. >> MY FIRST TIME GOING TO, WE WENT WITH A GROUP OF COMMUNITY PROVIDERS AND THEY CAME WIT A RESEARCH PROJECT TO BETTER EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT STROKE PREVENTION. >> THE ACADEMICS HERE AT NYU ARE TOUGH. IT DOES MATTER WHAT SCHOOL WERE IN. >> OF THE LATE NIGHTS AT THE LIBRARY. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS WE GET ADEQUATE SUPPORT TO CARRY US THROUGH. >> ALL OF THE FACULTY MEMBERS ALWAYS WANTED TO HELP AND SUPPORT YOU. ANYWAY THEYAN. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. THAT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME TO BE IN HEALTH CARE. IT JUST TO BE STRONG MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY. IT'S A TESTAMENT THAT WE CAN MAKE IT HERE IN YANKEE STADIUM TODAY TO BE WITH OUR LOVED ONES TO CELEBRATE THIS TREND CAN TAKE MILESTONE IN OUR LIVES. >> WE MADE IT AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL REST -- I WANT TO THANK MY TALENTED CLASSMATES WHO NEVER CEASE INSPIRE ME. >> GO FAR AWAY AND CONTINUED THIS BRIGHT OUR NETWORK BUT DON'T BE A STRANGER. >> LET'S STAY CONNECTED. >> YOU CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING. AS WE LOOK BACK AT ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING DAYS OF OUR LIVES I WANT TO WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR FUTURE END ENDEAVORS. CONGRATULATIONS, CLASS OF 2022. >> CONGRATULATIONS, CLASS OF 2022. >> CONGRATULATIONS, CLASS OF 2022. WE DID IT. FROM ALL OF US GRADUATING FROM NYU NEW YORK, FOR ALL OF US GRADUATING AT NYU ABU DHABI. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATES. WE DID IT. [APPLAUSE] >> ANNOUNCER: PLEASE WELCOME RODNEY ANDERSON WHO WILL RECEIVE A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS FROM THE TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND WHO WILL NOW ADDRESS HIS FELLOW GRADUATES! >> ANDERSON: GOOD EVENING, I FIRST WANT TO BEGIN BY ASKING THE CLASS OF 2022 TO JUST TAKE IN THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW. LOOK AROUND AND SEE ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN PERSON HERE TO SUPPORT YOU ON THIS SPECIAL DAY. AND CAN WE MAKE SOME NOISE FOR MAKING IT THIS FAR. MY NAME IS RODNEY ANDERSON, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ME BY MY ARTIST NAME “RODNEY CHROME.” BUT TODAY I WANT YOU SEE AND HEAR SOMETHING MUCH MORE THAN MY NAME. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT ME AND WITNESS THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. THAT YOU CAN BE BLACK, GAY, FROM THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, CHASING A DREAM THAT MANY PEOPLE TOLD YOU THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE. BUT YET HERE IM, LITTLE OLE ME, GRADUATING WITH THE CLASS OF 2022 FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE SMALL TOWN OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. AS A BLACK MALE GROWING UP IN THE HOOD I DID NOT SEE POSSIBILITIES OUTSIDE OF POVERTY. I DIDN'T SEE SOMEONE WHO WAS CREATIVE AND INSTEAD OF SELLING DRUGS THEY WERE SELLING ART. I DIDN'T SEE SOMEONE IN MY COMMUNITY WHO WAS SURVIVING AND TRYING TO MAKE A CHANGE, I ONLY SAW PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE AND MAKE A LITTLE CHANGE. I DIDN'T SEE SOMEONE WHO WAS BLACK AND GAY AND UNAFRAID OF ANY OPINION THAT'S FORMED AGAINST THEM. SO YOU KNOW WHAT I DID, SINCE DIDN'T SEE THAT IMAGE, I CREATED IT FOR MYSELF. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AFTER BECOMING SOMETHING THAT I DID NOT SEE WITHIN MY COMMUNITY, I REALIZED THAT I COULD NOT DO THIS ALL ALONE. GROWING UP MY MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD. AS A KID I DIDN'T PAY ANY MIND TO WHAT SHE WAS SAYING. BUT WHEN I CAME TO NYU I FINALLY UNDERSTOOD HOW MUCH THAT STATEMENT ACTUALLY MEANT. DAYS WHEN I WAS OVERWHELMED WITH ASSIGNMENTS, RAN OUT OF MEAL SWIPES SO I'M ASKING MY FRIENDS TO BORROW SOME OF THEIRS, THEN TO ALSO EXPERIENCE A GLOBAL PANDEMIC IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE. I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO LEAN ON MY VILLAGE. I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE SITTING IN THIS AUDIENCE THINKING I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY NEXT MOVE IS, OR WHAT JOB I'M ABOUT TO RECEIVE, OR WHAT CITY OR COUNTRY I'M GONNA LIVE IN. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IT IS OKAY TO NOT KNOW THE NEXT STEP LIFE HAS SET OUT FOR Y. WE ALL HAVE WITNESSED HOW EASILY OUR LIVES CAN BE ALTERED IN THE MATTER OF SECONDS. BUT I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE A VILLAGE OF INDIVIDUALS SITTING IN THIS VERY AUDIENCE, SITTING RIGHT BEHIND ME, AND ALSO MYSELF READY TO SUPPORT YOU IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. GRADUATING CAN FEEL LIKE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BUT ALSO TERRIFYING MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE. BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE FOUND A VILLAGE WITHIN NYU THAT WILL NOT LET YOU FAIL. BEFORE I LEAVE WANT YOU TO TAKE ONE FINAL LOOK AROUND YOU. WITNESS THE MANY DIFFERENT JOURNEYS THAT ALL OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED WITHIN THESE LAST FOUR YEARS. THAT YOU AND I, MY VILLAGE, THE CLASS OF 2022, [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE MADE IT. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ANNOUNCER: THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREES WILL NOW BE PRESENTED. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT LYNNE BROWN WILL CALL UPON DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY TO PRESENT THE HONORARY DEGREE CANDIDATES. ASSISTING WITH THE INVESTITURES WILL BE PROVOST KATHERINE FLEMING. >> BROWN: MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE LYNNE KIORPES, DEAN OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, COLLEGIATE PROFESSOR; PROFESSOR OF NEURAL SCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY IN THE CENTER FOR NEURAL SCIENCE, AND PROFESSOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, WHO WILL PRESENT THE CANDIDATE FOR DOCTOR OF SCIENCE. WILL TRUSTEE MARC BELL PLEASE ESCORT THE CANDIDATE TO THE LECTERN? >> KIORPES: SUSAN HOCKFIELD, DISTINGUISHED NEUROBIOLOGIST, FIRST WOMAN AND FIRST LIFE SCIENTIST TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, YOU HAVE FOCUSED YOUR RESEARCH, ARTICLES, BOOKS, AND PATENTS ON IDENTIFYING CHANGES IN THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF THE BRAIN AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVASTATING DISEASE. YOU HAVE PIONEERED THE USE OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TECHNOLOGY IN BRAIN RESEARCH, IDENTIFYING PROTEINS THROUGH WHICH NEURAL ACTIVITY EARLY IN LIFE AFFECTS BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. A STRONG, INNOVATIVE, ESTEEMED LEADER AT YALE AND MIT, YOU HAVE SHAPED MORE INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND CITIZENS, WHILE DEEPENING GLOBAL ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT. BY INFLUENCING NATIONAL POLICY ON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY AND NEXT-GENERATION MANUFACTURING, YOU HAVE MODELED THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC LIFE, CHAMPIONING ADVANCES IN THE CONVERGENCE OF THE LIFE SCIENCES WITH THE ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES. YOU HAVE FOUNDED NEW INSTITUTIONS THAT ACCELERATE RESEARCH, POLICY, AND EDUCATION TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE, BRINGING TOGETHER THE EMERGING FRONTIERS OF BIOTECH, IT, AND ENERGY. IN YOUR LEADERSHIP AT MIT, YOU INVESTED IN TALENT, BROADENING THE PIPELINE FOR WOMEN AND UNDERREPRESENTED SCHOLARS TO FOSTER A SCINTILLATING CULTURE BOTH RIGOROUS AND MORE GENEROUS. >> HAMILTON: SUSAN HOCKFIELD, YOUR GROUNDBREAKING PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND COMMITMENTS CROSS DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES, CREATING CONTEXTS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS AMONG THE MOST SIGNIFICANT GLAL PROBLEMS WE FACE. BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, I AM PLEASED TO CONFER UPON YOU THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF SCIENCE HONORIS CAUSA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> KAMATH: FÉLIX V. MATOS RODRÍGUEZ, HISTORIAN, PROFESSOR, AUTHOR, AND FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OFU ARE THE EIGHTH CHANCELLOR OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (CUNY), THE LARGEST URBAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES. YOU HAVE BROKEN GROUND AT CUNY AS ITS FIRST EDUCATOR OF COLOR AND THE FIRST LATINO IN YOUR DISTINGUISHED ROLE, WITH A CAREER THAT SPANS BOTH ACADEMIA AND GOVERNMENT. A DEDICATED CHAMPION OF ACCESSIBILITY AND EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION, YOU ARE AMONG THE SELECT FEW AMERICAN EDUCATORS TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF BOTH COMMUNITY AND FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES. DURING YOUR TENURE AT CUNY'S EUGENIO MARÍA DE HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THE BRONX, YOU DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED THE COLLEGE'S RETENTION AND GRADUATION RATE FOR STUDENTS WHO HAD NOT BEEN WELL SERVED BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. YOUR LEGACY AS PRESIDENT OF QUEENS COLLEGE INCLUDES EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS IN ADVANCING DIVERSITY. AS PUERTO RICO'S CABINET SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY SERVICES, YOU HELPED PROTECT CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND THE ELDERLY. YOUR EXTENSIVE SCHOLARSHIP HAS CONTRIBUTED TO SEVERAL FIELDS - WOMEN'S STUDIES, PUTO RICAN, CARIBBEAN, AND LATINO STUDIES, AND MIGRATION STUDIES. SINCE 2015, YOU HAVE ALSO SERVED ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE RESEARCH ALLIANCE FOR NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS, HOUSED AT NYU STEINHARDT. >> HAMILTON: FÉLIX V. MATOS RODRÍGUEZ, IN YOUR LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION WITHOUT BARRIERS, YOU DEMONSTRATE THE IMPLICATIONS OF YOUR RESEARCH BY OPENING DOORS FOR MILLIONS OF LIVES. BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, I AM PLEASED TO CONFER UPON YOU THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS HONORIS CAUSA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> BROWN: I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE JASON KING, CHAIR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF THE CLIVE DAVIS INSTITUTE OF RECORDED MUSIC, TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, WHO WILL PRESENT THE CANDIDATE FOR DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS. WILL TRUSTEE BRETT ROCHKIND PLEASE ESCORT THE CANDIDATE TO THE LECTERN? >> KING: TAYLOR SWIFT, BLAZING SINGER-SONGWRITER, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, ACTRESS, PIONEERING AND INFLUENTIAL ADVOCATE FOR ARTISTS' RIGHTS, AND PHILANTHROPIST, YOU HAVE BROUGHT JOY AND RESOLVE TO YOUR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF FANS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. ONE OF THE BESTSELLING MUSIC ARTISTS IN HISTORY, YOU HAVE CROSSED GENRES, DEMOGRAPHICS, AGE GROUPS, AND BORDERS OF ALL KINDS TO TOUCH LIVES AROUND THE GLOBE. WITH NINE ORIGINAL STUDIO ALBUMS, TWO RERECORDED STUDIO ALBUMS, FIVE EXTENDED PLAYS, THREE LIVE ALBUMS, AND 14 COMPILATIONS, YOU HAVE SOLD WELL OVER 100 MILLION ALBUM UNITS, EARNING AWARDS AND HONORS IN EVERY CATEGORY. YOU HAVE USED THE REMARKABLE PLATFORM YOU EARNED TO GALVANIZE SUPPORT FOR THE EQUALITY ACT, TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY; AND HAVE SPOKEN OUT AND SUPPORTED INITIATIVES TO PROTECT WOMEN AND GIRLS FROM HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. YOU HAVE DONATED SIGNIFICANTLY TO VICTIMS OF FLOODS AND TORNADOES, FOR CANCER RESEARCH, LITERACY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. YOU HAVE FEARLESSLY CHALLENGED THE EXPLOITATION OF MUSIC ARTISTS AND SUCCESSFULLY CHAMPIONED THEIR RIGHT TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR WORK. >> HAMILTON: TAYLOR SWIFT, YOU ARE A ROLE MODEL ACROSS THE WORLD FOR YOUR UNPRECEDENTED TALENT AND ACCOMPLISHMENT, YOUR FIERCE ADVOCACY FOR PROTECTION OF THOSE FACING DISCRIMINATION, AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO SPEAKING OUT FORCEFULLY, ELOQUENTLY, AND EFFECTIVELY ON BEHALF OF ALL ARTISTS. BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, I AM PLEASED TO CONFER UPON YOU THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS HONORIS CAUSA. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> HAMILTON: I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE TAYLOR SWIFT, WHO WILL RESPOND ON BEHALF OF THE HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS. >> HI, I'M TAYLOR. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] LAST TIME I WAS IN THE STADIUM THE SIZE I WAS DANCING AND HEELS AND WEARING A GLITTERY LEOTARD. THIS OUTFIT IS MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO NYU'S CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BILL BERKLEY, AND ALL THE TRUSTEES AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. NYU'S PRESIDENT, ANDREW HAM HAMILTON, PROVOST CATHERINE FLEMING, AND THE FACULTY AND ALUMNI HERE TODAY WHO HAVE MADE THIS DAY POSSIBLE. I FEEL SO PROUD TO SHARE THIS DAY WITH MY FELLOW HONOREES, SUSAN HOCK FIELD AND SUIT FEEL IT MAKES RODRIGUEZ WHO HUMBLED ME WITH THE WASTE THEY ILUENCE THE WORLD WITH THEIR WORK. [APPLAUSE] AS FOR ME, I AM 90% SURE THE MAIN REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE I HAVE A SONG CALLED 22. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND LET ME JUST SAY, I AM ELATED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE AND GRADUATE NEW YORK IVERSITY'S CLASS OF 2022. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] NOT A SINGLE ONE OF US HERE TODAY HAS DONE IT ALONE. WE ARE EACH A PATCHWORK QUILT OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOVED US, THOSE WHO HAVE BELIEVED IN OUR FUT FUTURES, THOSE WHO SHOWED US EMPATHY AND KINDNESS, OR TOLD US THE TRUTH EVEN WHEN IT WASN'T EASY TO HEAR. THOSE WHO TOLD US WE COULD DO IT WHEN THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO PROOF OF THAT SOMEONE READ STORIES TO YOU AND TAUGHT YOU TO DREAM AND OFFERED UP SOME MORAL CODE OF RIGHT AND WRONG FOR YOU TO TRY AND LIVE BY. SOMEONE TRIED THEIR BEST TO EXPLAIN THAT VERY CONCEPT IN THIS INSANELY COMPLEX WORLD TO THE CHILD THAT WAS YOU AS YOU ASKED A BAZILLION QUESTIONS LIKE HOW DOES THE MOON WORK? AND WHY CAN WE EAT SALAD BUT NOT GRASS? MAYBE THEY DN'T DO IT PERFECTLY. NO ONE EVER CAN. MAYBE THEY ARE NOT WITH US ANYMORE. IN THAT CASE I HOPE THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER THEM TODAY. IF THEY ARE IN THE STADIUM I HOPE YOU WILL FIND YOUR OWN WAY TO EXPRESS YOUR GRATITUDE FOR ALL OF THE STEPS AND MISSTEPS THAT HAVE LED US TO THIS COMMON DESTINATION. [APPLAUSE] I KNOW THE WORDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MY THING, BUT IILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FIND THE WORDS TO THANK MY MOM AND DAD, MY BROTHER AUSTIN, FOR THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE EVERY DAY SO I COULD GO FROM SINGING IN COFFEE HOUSES FOR STANDING UP HERE WITH YOU ALL TODAY BECAUSE NO WORDS WOULD EVER BE ENOUGH. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] TO ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE PARENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS, MENTORS, TEACHERS, ALLIES, FRIENDS, AND LOVED ONES HERE TODAY WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE STUDENTS IN THEIR PURSUIT OF EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT, LET ME SAY TO YOU NOW, WELCOME TO NEW YORK. IT HAS BEEN WAITING FOR YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I'D LIKE TO THANK NYU FOR MAKING ME TECHNICALLY ON PAPER, AT LEAST, A DOCTOR. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] T THE TYPE OF DOCTOR YOU WOULD WANT AROUND IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. UNLESS YOUR SPECIFIC EMERGENCY WAS THAT YOU DESPERATELY NEEDED TO HEAR A SONG WITH A CATCHY HOOK AND IN AN INTENSELY BRIDGE SECTION. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] OR IF YOU'RE EMERGENCY WAS THAT YOU NEEDED A PERSON WHO CAN NAME OVER 50 BREEDS OF CATS IN ONE MINUTE. I NEVER GOTO HAVE A NORMAL COLLEGE EXPERIENCE PER SE. I WENT TO PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL TENTH GRADE, THEN FINISHED MY EDUCATION DOING HOMESCHOOL WORK ON THE FLOORS OF AIRPORT TERMINALS. THEN I WENT OUT ON THE ROAD FOR A RADIO TOUR, WHICH SOUNDS INCREDIBLY GLAMOROUS, BUT IN REALITY IT CONSISTED OF A RENTAL CAR, MOTELS, AND MY MOM AND I ARE ATTENDING TO HAVE LOUD MOTHER DAUGHTER FIGHTS DURING BOARDING SO NOBODY WOULD WANT THE EMPTY SEAT BETWEEN US ON SOUTHWEST. AS A KID I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WOULD GO AWAY TO COLLEGE IMAGINING THE POSTERS I WOULD HANG ON THE WALL OF MY FRESHMAN DORM. I EVEN SET THE HAPPENING OF MY MUSIC VIDEO, LOVE STORY, AT MY FANTASY IMAGINARY COLLEGE, WHERE I MEET A MALE MODEL READING A BOOK ON THE GRASS AND WITH ONE SINGLE GLANCE WE REALIZE WE HAD BEEN IN LOVE IN OUR PAST LIVES. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU GUYS ALL EXPERIENCED AT SOME POINT IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, RIGHT? BUT I REALLY CANNOT COMPLAIN ABOUT NOT HAVING THE NORMAL COLLEGE EXPERIENCE TO YOU, BECAUSE YOU WENT TO NYU DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. BEING ESSENTIALLY LOCKED INTO YOUR DORMS AND HAVING TO DO CLASSES OF RESUME. EVERYONE IN COLLEGE AT NORMAL TIMES OF STRESS ABOUT TEST SCORES. BUT ON TOP OF THAT YOU ALSO HAD TO PASS LIKE A THOUSAND COVID TESTS. I IMAGINE THE IDEA OF A NORMAL COLLEGE EXPERIENCE WAS ALL YOU WANTED TOO. BUT IN THIS CASE YOU AND I BOTH LEARNED THAT YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET ALL OF THE THINGS IN THE BAG THAT YOU SELECTED FROM THE MENU IN THE DELIVERY SURFACE THAT IS LIFE. YOU GET WHAT YOU GET. AND AS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY, YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH IT. TODAY YOU LEAVE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY AND GO OUT INTO THE WORLD SEARCHING WHAT'S NEXT. AND SO WILL I. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] SO WAS A RULE I TRY NOT TO GIVE ANYONE UNSOLICITED ADVICE UNLESS THEY ASK FOR IT. I'LL GO INTO THIS MORE LATER. I GUESS I HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY SOLICITED IN THIS LOCATION TO IMPART WHATEVER WISDOM I MIGHT HAVE TO TELL YOU THINGS THAT HAVE HELPED ME SO FAR IN MY LIFE. PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT I IN NO WAY FEEL QUALIFIED TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO. YOU WORKED, AND STRUGGLED, AND SACRIFICED, AND STUDIED, AND DREAMED YOUR WAY HERE TODAY. SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. YOU'LL DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN I DID THEM. AND FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. SO I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT TO DO, BECAUSE NOBODY LIKES THAT. I WILL, HOWEVER, GIVE YOU SOME LIFE FACTS THAT I WISH I KNEW WHEN I WAS STARTING OUT MY DREAMS OF A CAREER AND NAVIGATING LIFE, LOVE, PRESSURE, CHOICES, SHAME, HOPE, AND FRIENDSHIP. THE FIRST OF WHICH IS LIFE CAN BE HEAVY. ESPECIALLY IF YOU TRY TO CARRY IT ALL AT ONCE. PART OF GROWING UP AND MOVING INTO NEW CHAPTERS OF YOUR LIFE IS ABOUT CATCH AND RELEASE. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS KNOWING WHAT THINGS TO KEEP AND WHAT THINGS TO RELEASE. YOU CAN'T CARRY ALL THINGS, ALL GARAGES, ALL UPDATES ON YOUR ACTS, ALL ENVIABLE PROMOTIONS HERE SCHOOL BULLY GOT AT THE HEDGE FUND HIS UNCLE STARTED. DECIDE WHAT IS YOURS TO HOLD, AND LET THE REST GO. OFTEN TIMES THE GOOD THINGS IN YOUR LIFE ARE LHTER ANYWAY, SO THERE'S MORE ROOM FOR THEM. ONE TOXIC RELATIONSHIP CAN OUTWEIGH SO MANY WONDERFUL, SIMPLE CHOICE. YOU GET TO PICK WHAT YOUR LIFE AS TIME AND ROOM FOR. BE DISCERNING. SECONDLY, LEARN TO LIVE ALONGSIDE CRINGE. NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY TO AVOID BEING CRINGE, YOU WILL LOOK BACK AT YOUR LIFE AND CRINGE RETROSPECTIVELY. [APPLAUSE] CRINGE IS UNAVOIDABLE OVER A LIFETIME. EVEN THE TERM CRINGE MIGHT SOMEDAY BE DEEMED CRINGE. I PROMISE YOU, YOU'RE PROBABLY DOING OR WEARING SOMETHING RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WILL LOOK BACK ON LATER AND FIND REVOLTING AND HILARIOUS. WE CAN'T AVOID IT, SO DON'T TRY TO. FOR EXAMPLE, I HAD A PHASE WHERE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF 2012 I DRESSED LIKE A 1950s HOUSEWIFE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I WAS HAVING FUN. TRIMS AND FACES ARE FUN. LOOKING BACK AND LAUGHING AS FUN. AND WHILE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT MAKE US SQUIRM BUT REALLY SHOULD NOT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A BIG ADVOCATE FOR NOT HIDING YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR THINGS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS A FALSE STIGMA AROUND EAGERNESS IN OUR CULTURE OF UNBOTHERED AMBIVALENCE. THIS OUTLOOK PERPETUATES THE IDEA THAT IT'S NOT COOL TO WANT IT, THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T TRY ARE FUNDAMENTALLY MORE CHIC THAN THE PEOPLE THAT DO. I WOULD KNOW BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN IN AN EXPERT ON CHIC. BUT I'M THENE TT'S UP HERE SO YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME WHEN I SAY THIS. NEVER BE ASHAMED OF TRYING. EFFORTLESSNESS IS A MYTH. THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED IT THE LEAST WERE THE ONES I WANTED TO DATE AND BE FRIENDS WITH IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE PEOPLE THAT WANTED THE MOST ARE THE PEOPLE I NOW HIRED TO WORK FOR MY COMPANY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I STARTED WRITING SONGS WHEN I WAS 12. SINCE THEN IT'S BEEN THE COMPASS GUIDING MY LIFE. AND IN TURN, MY LIFE GUIDED MY WRITING. EVERYTHING I DO IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF MY WRITING. WHETHER IT'S DIRECTING VIDEOS, A SHORT FILM, CREATING THE VISUALS FOR A TOUR, OR STANDING ON THE STAGE PERFORMING. EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED BY MY LOVE OF THE CRAFT. THE THRILL OF WORKING THROUGH IDEAS AND NARROWING THEM DOWN, POLISHING IT ALL UP IN THE END, EDITING, WAKING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, THROWING OUT THE OLD IDEA BECAUSE YOU JUST THOUGHT OF A NEWER BETTER ONE. THERE'S A REASON THEY CALL IT A HOOK. SOMETIMES A STRING OF WORDS JUST ENSNARES ME AND I CAN'T FOCUS ON ANYTHING UNTIL IT'S BEEN RECORDED OR WRITTEN DOWN. AS A SONGWRITER I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SIT STILL OR STAY IN ONE CREATIVE PLACE FOR TOO LONG. I'VE MADE AND RELEASED 11 ALBUMS. IN T PROCESS I'VE SWITCHED GENRE FROM COUNTRY, TO POP, TO ALTERNATIVE, TO FOLK. AND THIS MIGHT SOUND LIKE A VERY STRONG WRITER CENTRIC LINE OF DISCUSSION, BUT IN NO WAY I REALLY DO THINK WE ARE ALL WRITERS. MOST OF US RIGHT IN THE DIFFERENT VOICE CHRIS DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. YOU'RE RIGHT DIFFERENTLY AND DIFFERENTLY NEAR INSTAGRAM STORIES THAN YOU DO IN YOUR SENIOR THESIS. YOU SEND A DIFFERENT TYPE OF EMAIL TO YOUR BOSS THAN YOU DO YOUR BEST FRIEND FROM HOME. FOR ALL LITERARY CHAMELEONS. I THINK IT'S FASCINATING. IT'S JUST A CONTINUATION OF THE IDEA THAT WE ARE SO MANY THINGS ALL THE TIME. AND I KNOW IT CAN BE REALLY OVERWHELMING FIGURING OUT WHO TO BE AND WHEN, WHO YOU ARE NOW, AND HOW TO ACT IN ORDER TO GET WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS. IT'S TOTALLY UP TO YOU. I HAVE SOME TERRIFYING NEWS. IT'S TOTALLY UP TO YOU. I SAID TO YOU EARLIER THAT I DON'T EVER OFFER ADVICE UNLESS SOMEONE ASKS ME FOR IT. I'LL TELL YOU WHY. AS A PERSON WHO STARTED MY VERY PUBLIC CAREER AT THE AGE OF 15, IT CAME WITH A PRICE. THAT PRICE WAS YEARS OF UNSOLICITED ADVICE. BEING THE YOUNGEST PERSON IN EVERY ROOM FOR OVER A DECADE MEANT THAT I WAS CONSTANTLY BEING ISSUED WARNINGS FROM OLDER MEMBERS OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, MEDIA, INTERVIEWERS, EXECUTIVES. THIS ADVICE OFTEN PRESENTED ITSELF AS THINLY VEILED WARNINGS. I WAS A TEENAGER AT A TIME WHEN OUR SOCIETY WAS ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED WITH THE IDEA OF HAVING PERFECT YOUNG FEMALE ROLE ROLE MODELS. IT FELT LIKE EVERY INTERVIEW THAT I DID INCLUDED SLIGHT BARBS BY THE INTERVIEWER ABOUT ME ONE DAY RUNNING OFF THE RAILS, AND THAT MEANT A DIFFERENT THING TO EVERY PERSON THAT SET IT TO ME. SO I BECAME A YOUNG ADULT WHILE BEING FED THE MESSAGE THAT IF I DIDN'T MAKE ANY MISTAKES, ALL THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA WOULD GROW UP TO BE PERFECT ANGELS. HOWEVER, IF I DID SLIP UP, THE ENTIRE EARTH WOULD FALL OFF ITS ACCESS, IT WOULD BE ENTIRELY MY FAULT, AND I WOULD GO TO POP STAR JAIL FOREVER AND EVER. IT WAS ALL CENTERED AROUND THE IDEA THAT MISTAKES EQUAL FAILURE. AND ULTIMATELY THE LOSS OF ANY CHANCE AT A HAPPY OR REWARDING LIFE. THIS HAS NOT BEEN MY EXPERIENCE. MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT MY MISTAKES LEAD TO THE BEST THINGS IN MY LIFE. AND BEING EMBARRASSED WHEN YOU MESS UP IS PART OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE. GETTING BACK UP, DUSTING YOURSELF OFF, AND SEEING WHO STILL WANTS TO HANG OUT WITH YOU AFTERWARDS AND LAUGH ABOUT IT, THAT IT'S A GIFT. THE TIMES THAT I WAS TOLD NO OR WASN'T INCLUDED, WASN'T CHOSEN, DIDN'T WIN, DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT, LOOKING BACK IT REALLY FEELS LIKE THOSE MOMENTS WERE AS IMPORTANT, IF NOT CRUCIAL IN THE MOMENTS I WAS TOLD YES. NOT BEING INVITED TO THE PARTIES AND SLEEPOVERS IN MY HOMETOWN MADE ME FEEL HOPELESSLY LONELY. BUT BECAUSE I FELT ALONE, I WOULD SIT IN MY ROOM AND WRITE THE SONGS THAT WOULD GIVE ME A TICKET TO SOMEWHERE ELSE. HAVING LABEL EXECUTIVES IN NASHVILLE TELL ME THAT ONLY 35-YEAR-OLD HOUSEWIVES LISTEN TO COUNTRY MUSIC, AND THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR A 13-YEAR-OLD ON THE ROSTER MADE ME CRY IN THE CAR IN THE WAY HOME. BUT THEN I WOULD POST MY SONGS ON MY MYSPACE AND -- YES, MYSPE, AND I WOULD MESSAGE WITH OTHER TEENAGERS LIKE ME WHO LOVED COUNTRY MUSIC BUT JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE SPEAKING FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE. HAVING JOURNALISTS WRITE IN-DEPTH, OFTEN CRITICAL PIECES ABOUT WHO THEY PERCEIVE ME TO BE MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS LIVING IN SOME WEIRD SIMULATION. BUT IT ALSO MADE ME LOOK INWARD, TO LEARN ABOUT WHO I ACTUALLY, HAVING THE WORD WORLD TREAT MY LOVE LIFE LIKE A SPECTATOR SPORT IN WHICH I LOSE EVERY SINGLE GAME WAS NOT A GREAT WAY TO DAT IN MY TEENS AND 20s. BUT IT TAUGHT ME TO PROTECT MY PRIVATE LIFE FIERCELY. BEING PUBLICLY HUMILIATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT A YOUNG AGE WAS AGE WAS EXCRUCIATINGLY PAINFUL. BUT IT FORCED ME TO DEVALUE THE RIDICULOUS NOTIONS OF MINUTE-BY-MINUTE EVER FLUCTUATING SOCIAL RELEVANCE AND LIKABILITY. [APPLAUSE] GETTING CANCELED ON THE INTERNET AND NEARLY LOSING MY CAREER GAVE ME AN EXCELLENT KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THE TYPES OF WINE. [LAUGHTER] I KNOW I SOUND LIKE A CONSUMMATE OPTIMIST, BUT I'M REALLY NOT. I LOSE PERSPECTIVE ALL THE TIME. SOMETIMES EVERYTHING JUST FEELS COMPLETELY POINTLESS. I KNOW THE PRESSURE OF LIVING YOUR LIFE THROUGH THE LENS OF PERFECTIONISM. AND I KNOW THAT I'M TALKING TO A GROUP OF PERFECTIONISTS BECAUSE YOU ARE HERE TODAY GRADUATING FROM NYU. [APPLAUSE] SO THIS MIGHT BE HARD FOR YOU TO HEAR. IN YOUR LIFE, YOU WILL INEVITABLY MISSPEAK, TRUST THE WRONG PERSON, UNDER REACT, OVERREACT, HURT THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T DESERVE IT. OVER THING, NOT THINK IT ALL, SELF SABOTAGE. CREATE A REALITY WERE ONLY YOUR EXPERIENCE EXISTS, WILL RUIN PERFECTLY GOOD MOMENTS FOR YOURSELVES AND OTHERS, DENY ANY WRONGDOING, NOT MAKE ANY STEPS TO MAKE IT RIGHT, I FEEL VERY GUILTY, LET THE GUILT EAT AT YOU, HIT ROCK BOTTOM, FINALLY ADDRESS THE PAIN YOU CAUSED, TRY TO DO BETTER NEXT TIME, RINSE REPEAT. [APPLAUSE] AND I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, THESE MISTAKES WILL CAUSE YOU TO LOSE THINGS. I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU THAT LOSING THINGS DOESN'T JUST MEAN LOSING. A LOT OF THE TIME WHEN WE LOSE THINGS WE GAIN THINGS TOO. NOW YOU LEAVE THE STRUCTURE AND FRAMEWORK OF SCHOOL AND CHART YOUR OWN PATH. EVERY CHOICE THAT YOU MAKE LEADS TO THE NEXT CHOICE WHICH NEAT LEADS TO THE NEXT, AND I KNOW IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHICH PATH TO TAKE. THERE WILL BE TIMES IN LIFE WE NEED TO STAND UP FOR YOURSELF. TIMES WHEN THE RIGHT THING IS ACTUALLY TO BACK DOWN AND APOLOGIZE. TIMES AND THE RIGHT THING IS TO FIGHT. TIME WHEN THE RIGHT THING IS TO TURN AND RUN. TIMES TO HOLD ON WITH ALL THAT YOU HAVE. TIMES TO LET GO WITH GRACE. SOMETIMES THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS TO THROW OUT THE OLD SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS AND REFORM. SOMETIMES THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS TO SIT AND LISTEN TO THE WISDOM OF THOSE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US. HOW WILL YOU KNOW WITH THE RIGHT CHOICES CRUCIAL MOMENTS? YOU WILL NOT. HOW DO I GIVE ADVICE TO THIS MANY PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR LIFE CHOICES, I WILL NOT. THE SCARY NEWS HAS YOUR ON YOUR OWN NOW. BUT THE COOL NEWS IS YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN NOW. [APPLAUSE] I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS, WE ARE LED BY OUR GUT INSTINCTS, OUR INTUITION, OUR DESIRES AND FEARS, OUR SCHOLARS IN OUR DREAMS. YOU'LL SCREW IT UP SOMETIMES. SO WILL I. AND WHEN I DO YOU WILL MOST LIKELY READ ABOUT IT ON THE INNER WAY INTERNET. ANYWAY, HARD THINGS WILL HAPPEN TO US. WE'LL RECOVER. WILL LEARN FROM IT, WILL GROW MORE RESILIENT BECAUSE OF IT. AND AS LONG AS WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE BREATHING WE WILL BREATHE IN, BREATHE THROUGH, BREATHE DEEP, BREATHE OUT. I'M A DOCTOR NOW, SO I KNOW HOW BREATHING WORKS. [LAUGHTER] I HOPE YOU KNOW HOW PROUD I AM TO SHARE THIS DAY WITH YOU. WERE DOING THIS TOGETHER, SO LET'S JUST KEEP DANCING LIKE WE'RE THE CLASS OF 22. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> PLEASE WELCOME THE STEINHARDT SINGERS WITH A TRIBUTE TO NEW YORK CITY IN THE CLASS OF 2022. DOMINANT ♪ I'LL MAKE A BRAND NEW START OF IT ♪ ♪ IN OLD NEW YORK ♪ ♪ IF I CAN MAKE IT THERE ♪ ♪ I'LL MAKE IT ANYWHERE ♪ ♪ NEW YORK, NEW YORK ♪ ♪ NEW YORK ♪ >> ANNOUNCER: DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, THE PRESIDENT OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, ANDREW HAMILTON. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY IT IS. IT'S TRUE THE SUN SHINES AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. WELCOME, WELCOME EVERYONE AND ESPECIALLY WELCOME TO OUR CLASS OF 2022 GRADUATES. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] AND TO FAMILIES, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES THINK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR NEW YORK UNIVERSITY'S 188 COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. NOW I HAVE TO ADMIT, THAT IN MY CAREER AS AN ACADEMIC SCIENTIST I NEVER THOUGHT THAT ONE DAY I WOULD BE AT YANKEE STADIUM FOLLOWING TAYLOR SWIFT ON STAGE. WHAT AN HONOR IT IS. I COULD NOT BE MORE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME HER AND OUR OTHER DISTINGUISHED HONOREES WHO ARE WITH US TODAY. PRESIDENT AMERICA HOT FIELD AND CHANCELLOR RODRIGUEZ. WELCOME TO ALL THREE OF YOU. AND TODAY IS ALSO A SPECIAL DAY FOR ONE OF NYU SCHOOLS. IT IS THE INAUGURAL COMMENCE FOR OUR NEWEST SCHOOL, THE NYU LONG ISLAND COOL OF MEDICINE. AND A WARM WELCOME TO DEAN SHALL LOVE AND OUR FIRST CLASS OF NEWLY MINTED PHYSICIANS. CONGRATULATIONS. IT IS SUCH AN EXCITING MORNING. IT'S EXCITING TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU, BUT IT'S ESPECIALLY EXCITING PERSON CELEBRATING. AS I STAND HERE ON SECOND BASE AND LOOK OUT AT THIS STUNNING SEA OF VIOLET, THERE'S ONE THING THAT COMES TO MIND, AS IT DOES SO OFTEN AT THIS REMARKABLE UNIVERSITY. ONLY AT NYU. SO LET ME THROW OUT THE FIRST PITCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FRIENDS, FAMILY, COLLEAGUES, WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING OUR GRADUATES ON THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND, CLASS OF 2022, I KNOW THA YOUR PATH TO THIS DAY HAS NOT BEEN THE PREDICTABLE ONE, NOR HAS IT BEEN EASY. AND I WANT AGAIN AND AGAIN CONGRATULATE YOU FOR MAKING IT HERE TODAY. BUT YOU WILL HAVE ARRIVED HERE THROUGH HARD WORK AND PERSEVERANCE, BUT YOU'VE ALSO HAD THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF MANY. I WANT YOU ALL, GRADUATES OF THE CLASS OF 22, TEN NOW TRY AND FIND YOUR LOV ONES IN THE CROWD. IF YOU CAN'T FIND YOUR OWN LOVED ONES, FIND SOMEBODY ELSE'S. AND I WANT YOU TO SHOW YOUR THANKS TO THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED YOU TO THIS PLACE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] NOW WHEN I THINK OF THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND HERE, I'M REMINDED OF THE WORDS OF THE SPANISH POET, ANTONIO MACHADO. HE WROTE A POEM, A VERY SPECIAL POEM CALLED TRAVELER THERE IS NO ROAD. I WANT TO SHARE AN EXCERPT FROM THAT POEM THIS MORNING. TRAVELER, YOUR FOOTPRINTS ARE THE ONLY ROAD. NOTHING ELSE. TRAVELER, THERE IS NO ROAD, YOU MAKE YOUR OWN PATH AS YOU WALK. THESE WORDS RESONATED WITH ME WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT TO SAY TO YOU TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE YOUR TIME AT NYU AND LOOK TO AN UNKNOWN FUTURE THAT LIES AHEAD. IN MANY WAYS YOU HAVE ALREADY HAD TO MAKE YOUR OWN PATH AS STUDENTS DURING THE PERIOD DESCRIBED BY THAT NOW DREADED WORD UNPRECEDENTED. AND GLOBAL PANDEMIC NOTWITHSTANDING, YOU CREATED OR YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN EXACTLY WHERE YOU WERE GOING BUT YOU DID IT. DURING YOUR TIME HERE YOU COME I GRADUATES OF THE CLASS OF 2022, YOU EXPLORE NEW IDEAS IN YOUR CLASSROOMS AND SEMINARS, YOU BROKE NEW GROUND IN YOUR STUDIES AND RESEARCH. YOU DEVISE NEW THEORIES AND HYPOTHESES IN YOUR LAB. YOU EXPLORE NEW INTERPRETATIONS OF FOUNDATIONAL WORKS. CRAFTED NEW STORIES THROUGH FRESH POINTS OF VIEW ON THE PAGE. THIS STAGE, OR THE SCREEN, YOU CAME UP WITH NEW WAYS TO SELL PROBLEMS IN YOUR START-UPS. YOU MET PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES FROM YOURSELF. YOU DISCOVER NEW ACTIVITIES, AND YOU EXPLORED DIFFERENT, OFTEN OPPOSING PERSPECTIVES ON THE ISSUES OF THE DAY. IN ADDITION TO YOUR TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF STUDENTS, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GAVE YOUR ALL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. AMONG YOUR CLASSMATES TODAY ARE RESIDENTS AND ADVISORS WHO FOUND TO BUILD COMMUNITY VIRTUALLY, THOSE ANALYSTS ZOOM MEETINGS. BUT THAT COMMUNITY WAS FORGED IN SPITE OF COVID RESTRICTIONS. AMONG YOUR ALSO PUBLIC HEALTH AMBASSADORS WHO WERE THE FIRST TO HOLD THIS ROLE AND SHEPHERD YOUR CLASSMATES TO A SAFE WAY OF DAILY LIFE AMID EVER-CHANGING PROTOCOLS. AMONG YOU ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE GLOBAL SPIRITUAL LIFE MULTIFAITH ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHO LENT YOUR CLASSMATES A STEADY HAND DURING A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY. BUT DURING YOUR TIME HERE THE WORLD WAS ALSO TRANSFORMED. AND THEY ARE TOO YOU CARVED OUT A PATH. YOU PROTESTED FOR SOCIAL JUS JUSTICE, OR GLOBAL PEACE, AND FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD, YOU PROTECTED ONE ANOTHER, SPOKE UP FOR A QUALITY, AND UP AS ALLIES. NOT ONLY HAVE YOU MADE A PATH WHERE THERE WAS NO ROAD, BUT YOU DID SO WITH A REMARKABLE DEGREE OF GENEROSITY EN WHILE FACING YOUR OWN PERSONAL CHALLENGES AND THE UNKNOWN. NOW NEARLY 19,000 OF YOU ARE GRADUATING TODAY, AND I AM IMMENSELY PROUD OF WHAT YOU WILL TAKE FROM WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED AT NYU. I'M HOW YOU WILL APPLY IT AS YOU FIND YOUR PURPOSE IN THE WORLD. CLASS OF 2022, AS YOU FOLLOW YOUR CALLING, REMEMBER THAT YOUR TIME AT NYU HAS CULTIVATED YOUR STRENGTH AND PREPARED YOU FOR A FUTURE WITH NO CLEAR ROAD. WHEREVER YOU A CAREER AND LIFE LEAD YOU, YOU HAVE PROVEN THAT YOU CAN MAKE HER OWN PATH WHERE THERE WAS NOT ONE. AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS YOU TRAVEL ALONG YOUR UNIQUE JOURNEYS TO THE PARENTS AND THE LOVED ONES HERE TODAY THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US WITH YOUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. TO THE CLASS OF 2022, YOUR EXPERIENCE AT NYU HAS BEEN LIKE NO OTHER. LET US NEVER FORGET WHAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH TOGETHER. COME BACK AND SEE US OFTEN. AND FROM EVERYONE AT NYU CONGRATULATIONS, CLASS OF 2022. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> A NOW MESSAGE TO A GRADUATES FOR OUR ALUMNI. ♪ ♪ >> CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES. TODAY'S YOUR DAY. I'M OF THE GRADUATE OF INDIVIDUALIZED STUDIES CLASS OF 2014. NYU ALUMNI TRUSTEE AND PRESIDENT OF YOUR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. TODAY YOU JOIN OVER 600,000 NYU ALUMNI AROUND THE WORLD. WERE READY TO GO AND SUPPORT YOUR NEXT JOURNEY AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONNECTING WITH YOUTH FOR UPCOMING EVENTS AND PROGRAMS. AND NOW HERE ARE JUST A FEW ALUMNI WHO WANT TO WISH YOU CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SPECIAL DAY. >> CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES COME YOU DID IT. NOW THE REAL ADVENTURE BEGINS. SO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND BE YOURSELF. PLEASE DON'T TRY TO BE ANYBODY ELSE BUT YOU. >> CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATE, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN CHOPPED, YOU'VE MADE IT. BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE YOU'VE ACHIEVED THAT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY IS NOW USED TOO FOR A CHAIR WITH THE WORLD ALONG WITH THOSE TERRIFIC MENTORS YOU LEARNED. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF NYU, TODAY'S YOUR BIG DAY AND IT'S THE NEXT STEP TO SUCH A BRIGHT FUTURE. DON'T FORGET US BACK AT NYU, WE LOVE YOU, WE SEND YOU LOVE COME I HOPE THAT YOU TAKE ALL OF OUR WISDOM, THE STRENGTH AND THE TALENT AND THE JOY THAT YOU ADHERE AND INSPIRE US IN THE REAL WORLD. >> NYU GRADS, CONGRATULATIONS. DO GREAT THINGS WITH YOUR EDUCATION. CHANGE THE WORLD COMU. >> IT'S MY HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS ANOINTING WITH THE EMINENT GRADUATES OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. UBUNTU. UBUNTU MEANS I AM BECAUSE YOU ARE. CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE THIS BLESSING. >> GRADUATES, YOU'VE WORKED SO HARD TO GET TO THIS MOMENT. BUT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF YOUR BIG LIFE ON YOUR OWN TERMS. LET GO OF ALL OF THE SHEDS. LET GO OF EVERYONE ELSE'S IDEAS OF WHAT YOU SHOULD DO WITH YOUR LIFE AND WHAT SHOULD MATTER TO YOU. BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR LIFE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE BIG. >> I SPENT A GOOD PART OF MY LIFE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE GET PLACES. BUT I'VE DONE NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT ED WILL YOU POST ON TO PREPARE YOU TO GO THE WORLD. YOU'RE READY TO MAKE AN IMPACT. GOOD LUCK AND CONGRATULATIONS. I'VE BEEN BOTH AT NYU AS A STUDENT I COULD'VE BEEN THAT I EARNED MY DEGREE FROM THIS AMAZING UNIVERSITY. AS A PARENT I REMEMBER SITTING AT GRADUATION JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU TODAY WATCHING MY CHILD GRADUATE AND THINKING MY SAINT THING. THINK I DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR COLLEGE ANYMORE. NT'S STUDENTS, THE DOORS OPEN FOR ALL OF YOU, THE FUTURE IS YOURS COMEAU ARE WAITING FOR Y YOU. >> THE DEANS OF EACH SCHOOL WILL NOT PRESENT THEIR CLASS REPRESENTATIVES. CANDIDATES SHOULD STAND WHEN THEIR DEAN'S NAME IS CALLED. THE OFFICIAL REFERRAL OF ALL DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER ALL OF THE DEANS HAVE PRESENTED TO IT. PRESENTED TO IT. I MOVE THE SIGN OF RESPECT FOR YOUR FELLOW GRADUATES WE ASKED ABOUT CANDIDATES AND THEIR GUESTS TO REMAIN IN THEIR SEATS UNTIL ALL OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED. ♪ ♪ >> ANNOUNCER: ANTONIO M. MERLO, DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE. >> MERLO: MR. PRESIDE, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT SOPHIA EVANGELINE GUMBS WHO WILL RECEIVE HER DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ANNOUNCER: TREVOR MORRISON, DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF LAW >> MORRISON: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM THE SCHOOL OF LAW WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT BRIAN CROSS WHO WILL RECEIVE HIS DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES. [APPLAUSE] >> ANNOUNCER: LINDA TEWKSBURY, ASSOCIATE DEAN OF THE GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. >> TEWKSBURY: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM THE GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT MICHAEL BRADLEYITCH WHO WILL RECEIVE HIS DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES. >> ANNOUNCER: JELENA KOVACEVIC, DEAN OF THE TANDON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING. >> KOVACEVIC: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM THE TANDON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT DUARDO OLUTOMI AKERELE WHO WILL RECEIVE HIS DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE, AND CAMILA SAAVEDRA LOZANO WHO WILL RECEIVE HER DEGREE ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES. >> ANNOUNCER: CHARLES N. [APPLAUSE] >> ANNOUNCER: CHARLES N. BERTOLAMI, DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY. >> BERTOLAMI: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM THE COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT PAOLA ANDREA GIL-VERASTEGUI WHO WILL RECEIVE HER DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE ASSOCIATE'S AND BACHELOR'S DEGREES, AND SEO HYUN PARK WHO WILL RECEIVE HER DEGREE ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES. [APPLAUSE] >> ANNOUNCER: LYNNE KIORPES, DEAN OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE. >> KIORPES: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT NINA GRAF WHO WILL RECEIVE HER DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ANNOUNCER: JACK H. KNOTT, DEAN OF THE STEINHARDT SCHOOL OF CULTURE, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. >> KNOTT: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM THE STEINHARDT SCHOOL OF CULTURE, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT CALEB IMMANUEL WILLIAMS WHO WILL RECEIVE HER DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE, AND JAVONNE JAHNAY ALONZO WHO WILL RECEIVE HER DEGREE ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES. >> ANNOUNCER: RAGHU SUNDARAM, DEAN OF THE LEONARD N. STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS. >> SUNDARAM: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM THE LEONARD N. STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT MATEO GRAZIOSI WHO WILL RECEIVE HIS DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE, AND DAVID EDWARD KALAN WHO WILL RECEIVE HIS DEGREE ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES. >> ANNOUNCER: EILEEN SULLIVAN-MARX, DEAN OF THE RORY MEYERS COLLEGE OF NURSING. >> SULLIVAN-MARX: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM THE RORY MEYERS COLLEGE OF NURSING WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT ATHENA LIM WHO WILL RECEIVE HER DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE, AND SHANE GLAGHER WHO WILL RECEIVE HIS DEGREE ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES. [APPLAUSE] >> ANNOUNCER: ANGIE KAMATH, DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES. >> KAMATH: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM THE SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TIEN NHAT NGUYEN WHO WILL RECEIVE HIS DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE ASSOCIATE'S AND BACHELOR'S DEGREES, AND JESSICA BLODGETT WHO WILL RECEIVE HER DEGREE ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES. >> ANNOUNCER: SHERRY GLIED DEAN OF THE ROBERT F. WAGNER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE. >> GLIED: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM THE ROBERT F. WAGNER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC SERVICE WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT MAHIMA SR WHO WILL RECEIVE HER DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES. >> ANNOUNCER: NEIL GUTERMAN DEAN OF THE SILVER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK. >> GUTERMAN: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM THE SILVER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT ABIGAIL MCCONNELL WHO WILL RECEIVE HER DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE, AND JOCELYNN MIA MARMOLEJOS WHO WILL RECEIVE HER DEGREE ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES. >> ANNOUNCER: ALLYSON GREEN, DEAN OF THE TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. >> GREEN: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM THE TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT EMMETTIA ALISE HENDERSON WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE, AND MATT AHL WHO WILL RECEIVE HIS DEGREE ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES. ANNOUNCER: SUSANNE L. WOFFORD, DEAN OF THE GALLATIN SCHOOL OF INDIVIDUALIZED STUDY. >> WOFFORD: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM THE GALLATIN SCHOOL OF INDIVIDUALIZED STUDY WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. THESE STUDENTS HAVE STEPPED OUTSIDE COMMONLY DEFINED FIELDS OF STUDY WHEN THEY CHOSE TO UNDERTAKE AN INDIVIDUALIZED COURSE OF STUDY. THEY ARE BORED ACROSS ERRORS, AND BOUNDARY QUESTIONNAIRES. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT JULES TALBOT WHO WILL RECEIVE HER DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE, AND ALEX ATES WHO WILL RECEIVE HIS DEGREE ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S AND DOCRAL GREE [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ANNOUNCER: JULIE MOSTOV, DEAN OF LIBERAL STUDIES. >> MOSTOV: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM LIBERAL STUDIES WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT RACHEL MOORMAN-MINTON WHO WILL RECEIVE HER DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ANNOUNCER: MARIËT WESTERMANN VICE CHANCELLOR OF NYU ABU DHABI. >> WESTERMANN: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM NYU ABU DHABI WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT AAYUSH AAYRON DEO WHO WILL REIVE S DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE, AND WAEL SAID ABDRABOU WHO WILL RECEIVE HIS DEGREE ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES. [APPLAUSE] >> ANNOUNCER: MARIA MONTOYA, DEAN OF ARTS AND SCIENCES OF NYU SHANGHAI. >> MONTOYA: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM NYU SHANGHAI WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT MATTHEW FERTIG WHO WILL RECEIVE HIS DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE. >> ANNOUNCER: CHERYL G. HEALTON, DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH. >> HEALTON: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM THE SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH WHO WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT JIANAN ZHU WHO WILL RECEIVE HER DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES. >> ANNOUNCER: STEVEN SHELOV, DEAN OF THE LONG ISLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. >> SHELOV: MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES FROM THE LONG ISLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT ERIC BURDGE WHO WILL RECEIVE HIS DIPLOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE DOCTORAL DEGREE. >> ANNOUNCER: AND NOW, PROVOST KATHERINE FLEMING. >> FLEMING: WE NOW PROCEED TO THE FORMAL CONFERRAL OF DEGREES. IN KEEPING WITH UNIVERSITY TRADITION, WE HIGHLIGHT THIS IMPORTANT MOMENT BY PASSING THE UNIVERSITY TORCH ━ THE SYMBOL OF LEARNING ━ FROM A SENIOR MEMBER OF OUR ACADEMIC COMMUNITY TO THE MOST JUNIOR. HOLDING THE UNIVERSITY TORCH IS NIYATI PAREKH, PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION, SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH. WHEN PRESIDENT HAMILTON CONFERS YOUR DEGREES, PROFESSOR PAREKH WILL PASS THE TORCH TO THE YOUNGEST BACCALAUREATE MEMBER OF THE GRADUATING CLASS ━ EVELYN HSIN-I TSAI, 19 YEARS OLD, GRADUATING FROM THE SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES. WILL ALL THE CANDIDATES PLEASE NOW RISE. >> HAMILTON: MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2022, THROUGH YOUR SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS, AS CERTIFIED BY THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF YOUR DEANS, YOU DESERVE TO RECEIVE THIS HALLMARK OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE TRUSTEES, I ADMIT YOU TO THE DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES FOR WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED. IT'S OFFICIAL! CONGRATULATIONS, NYU GRADUATES! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ GRADUATES, YOU HAVE NOW JOINED THE RANKS OF NYU ALUMNI WHO, SINCE 1831, HAVE SHARED THEIR KNOWLEDGE, AND USED THEIR TALENTS TO BENEFIT HUMANITY. CONTINUE THIS TRADITION. EMBODYING THE WORDS OF OUR MO MOTTO, PERSTARE ET PRAESTARE ━ PERSEVERE AND EXCEL. CONGRATULATIONS! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> ANNOUNCER: GRADUATES, FAMILIES, AND FRIENDS, THIS CONCLUDES THESE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. THE PLATFORM PARTY WILL NOW RECESS. CONGRATULATIONS, CLASS OF 2022! THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. HAVE A WONDERFUL AFTERNOON. WILL
