BGSU Commencement Summer 2024 - Saturday, Aug. 3, 9 a.m.

[Music] for e [Music] [Music] [Music] family friends and guests welcome to the 310th commencement exercises of Bowling Green State University let the ceremony begin [Music] where for [Music] [Music] time [Music] [Applause] our commencement tradition is to begin and end each ceremony with sounds of the Centennial an original musical composition written by BGSU alumnus Lieutenant Colonel Ryan Nolan director of the president's own United States Marine band this piece was commissioned to celebrate the Centennial of Bowling Green State University please rise and join us in honoring our summer graduates led by The deans of the academic colleges in order of their founding at the University [Music] for [Music] oh [Music] sh [Music] a [Music] oh [Music] a [Music] w [Music] n [Music] in keeping with the significance of this momentous occasion we ask today's attendees to observe several courtesies to our audience and guests please do not enter the commencement area or obstruct the mov movement of today's participants a professional photographer will be taking pictures of our graduates in honor of our graduates please silence your cell phones in addition we ask our audience and guest to remain seated at the end of the ceremony for the recessional while the platform participants faculty staff and our newest alumni recess once the graduates leave the seating area at the conclusion of our commencement exercise you may join them at a reception tent near the northeast corner of the Bowen Thompson quad rangle Le by Mosley Hall upon leaving you are invited to explore campus with your graduate to our graduates please follow the directions of the commencement Marshals ushers and staff following the ceremony you are invited to visit bgsu.edu commencement for a website that highlights today's commencement and your time at BGSU please join us in welcoming representatives of the faculty of Bowling Green State University [Music] [Music] please welcome the president's platform party Board of Trustees member Paul J hooker Academic Deans and our fac senate representative Provost and Senior vice president Dr Joe Whitehead and the 12th President of Bowling Green State University and aless Dr Rodney Rogers [Music] n [Music] please remain standing for the national anthem under the leadership of vocalist Emma Clark and alumna from the College of musical arts Gentlemen please remove your hat oh say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we held at the twilight's last gleaming whose Brad stripes and bright stars through the par fight or the ramp parts we watch were so gly streaming and the rocket red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say do that star spangled wave or the land of the free and the home of the [Applause] brave good morning I am Andrew Curts professor of humanities at BGSU Firelands and I have the honor of serving as University Marshall for today's ceremony I want to thank Miss Clark for her performance of our national anthem please be seated it is my pleasure on behalf of the faculty to officially welcome you to the 3 and 10th commencement exercise at Bowling Green State University this occasion offers an opportunity to come together as a community of Learners to both celebrate and reflect upon our graduates many accomplishments for each graduate and for all of us this is a significant day it is now my pleasure to introduce the 12th President of Bowling Green State University Dr Rodney [Applause] Rogers Dr Curts thank you very much so good morning summer 2024 graduates and their parents and families and spouses and partners and friends and special guests welcome to Bowling Green State University you know today we are here to celebrate a very momentous occasion in the lives of 91 graduates and it's my privilege to begin uh today's address by recognizing those who provide the leadership of Bowling Green so first let me introduce the platform party and as I announce their names I would ask them to stand or remain standing and I would ask you to hold your applause until all the introductions are completed Board of trusty member and alumnist Paul J hooker Joe Whitehead Pro host and Senior vice president Alan regel faculty Senate chair I would also like to introduce the Deans of our various academic colleges some of whom have led their participating colleges into the ceremony Ali escandarian interim dean of the graduate college Don shenu dean of the College of Education and human development Ellen shandelle dean of the College of Arts and Science Jennifer perel Dean of the Allen W and Carol M Schmid horse College of Business Jim cesla Dean of the College of Health and Human Services Bill matthys Dean of the College of musical arts W mokar dean of the College of Technology architecture and applied engineering Aaliyah Carter dean of the Firelands College Simon Morgan Russell dean of the Honors College and Sarah Bashon dean of University libraries and our vice probos for faculty Affairs please join me in a round of Applause for these individuals so great universities are comprised of great faculty they are absolutely at the heart of any uh of any University and certainly at the heart of our academic Mission their teaching skills their research creative activities academic expertise their engagement and involvement in our students education are the Hallmark of a Bowling Green Experience and so I would ask uh our faculty and staff that are here today representing all of our faculty and staff would you please stand and allow us to recognize you for your work thank [Applause] you so as we begin our ceremony uh I certainly want to recognize uh our graduates of the class of 2024 uh we have both graduate and undergraduate students here today of course and I know for our undergraduate students many of you were once also members of the class of 2020 uh so spring of your senior year of high school wasn't maybe what you thought it was in terms of celebrations and traditions you perhaps simply missed and so I have heard from many of our undergraduate students especially that this is actually your first official in-person graduation ceremony so um if today is actually your first in-person graduation ceremony would you please stand and allow us to recognize you [Applause] so thank you so you know we don't talk much about covid anymore and I'm certainly not going to dwell on it but I want to acknowledge you our graduates and their families and friends and supporters you know in 2020 um you faced we all faced difficult choices to go to college or maybe wait and see what would happen and Bowling Green was uh one of the first universities in Ohio to return to in-person classes and return turn to having students living in our res halls and there were a lot of questions I want to acknowledge that you know could we do it could we find a way um how confident were we but you all we all took a chance on each other and we found that way forward um we learned a lot along the way and we did it you did it [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] so I like that video because it certainly shows and demonstrated certainly Global pandemic but throughout your colle experience all of your actions the boldness your willingness to take action your willingness to find a way and and these attributes will absolutely absolutely help you into the future and so you know you are a special class and and i' I'd like to share though a few statistics and facts about our summer 24 graduates so I am pleased to report that our graduates and their classmates spent a great deal of time studying and we know that studying takes fuel and Bowling Green dining tells me our graduates ate a lot the Starship robots have had 51,470 deliveries and I understand one of you one member of this class actually had 896 deliveries while they were at Bowling Green so no wonder who that was any ideas any suggestions uh and and Starbucks BGSU dining tells me they served 640,000 drinks over the last 4 years that's a lot of time in the Starbucks line um so you might have seen me there a few times too of course but I hope you spent your time in that line productively now now you endured the Bowling Green wind as well and maybe we wish we had a little bit of wind today but but the Bowling Green wind Bowling Green let's hear about that so our faculty in our school of Earth environment and science have told me that these last four years our highest wind gust recorded was 64 mph and in the last 2 years the highest winds recorded came in January and February tying at 56 miles per hour so thank you for going to class during those days you did right you did go to class okay good now our Chief Information officer who's sitting right down here tells me that you consumed 325 987 thousands of terabytes of data on our WiFi and that was before the release of EA Sports college football 25 so now I'm sure you spent most of that time on canvas right wasn't Netflix okay good um so in fact we are celebrating the accomplishments of a great group of graduates this weekend and as a public university for the public good you have already created public good by recognizing the importance of paying it forward uh those involved in student life and in our signature co-curricular activities averaged 94,6 community service hours each year each year and in this past year alone our students here at this institution raised more than a half a million dollars to support a variety of nonprofit organizations that is pretty impressive in terms of paying it forward I thank you for that you know the value of a Bowling Green degree that you are about to receive though has never been higher we continue to be ranked a tier 1 University by US News and World Report and according to the Wall Street Journal for the fourth year in a row our students overwhelmingly said that they would choose their University our University they would choose this University again ranking us as the number one Public University in the Midwest and tied for the number one university in the United States I thank you for that vote of [Applause] confidence and more importantly in my mind in those rankings last year for the first time the Wall Street Journal recognized something that quite honestly we already know the experience the student experience the academic and student life experience at this University is unparalleled they ranked us as the number one University in Ohio public or private big or small for the student experience number one in the state tied for one of the best in the entire country among all public universities so our experiences here are meaningful and bold both inside and outside the classroom we strive to make sure our students have worldclass opportunities and know that they are empowered to do good and that is simply More Than Just Words or a tag line it is our Mantra and it is absolutely our promise and this graduating class embodies that promise as as I mentioned in total they're uh 91 graduates 17.8% of our graduates are students of color 62.2% are women there are 70 International students representing 23 different uh countries throughout the world of those students receiving associates degree the youngest is 18 the oldest is 39 of those receiving a bachelor's degree the youngest is 18 the oldest is 60 and the youngest graduate degree recipient is 20 and the oldest is 82 wow so as you can see our graduates include both The Young and the young at heart you are diverse you come from small towns suburbs big cities you are from different parts of Ohio all over the United States and all over the world some of you may have completed your degree completely online and I know that this may be the first time you are physically here on this campus and you're meeting your colleagues and classmates in person for the first time however each of you each of you have one thing in common you have found a university where you can belong you found your place at Bowling Green in the classroom or in the Laboratories in the res halls in your clubs and student organizations in Greek life or on the athletic fields you made Bowling Green your community and your home and graduate students you have found your place in this community as well you've worked with faculty and mentors you've conducted original research you created and taught and guided our undergraduate students you have contributed greatly to our Learning Community thank you so in in recognition though of these many accomplish accomplishment ments uh I would now like to ask a number of students to stand and be recognized so many of you have grown through experi experiential learning and co-curricular involvement and so I would ask that if you have studied abroad during your four years or any time here at the institution participated in a learning community completed an internship or Co-op got involved in maybe Service Learning conducted a original or any type of research or creative activities you've taken part in an opportunity perhaps that provided you leadership uh experience such as student organizations honoraries advisory boards if you've been involved in athletics or club sports residence education student government or a teaching or research assistantship um any of those experiences if you've had those would you please stand and let us recognize that engagement [Applause] That's The Power of a Bowling Green education thank you for your active involvement and engagement you can please have a seat it's why we're number one in the state and one of the best in the country because of your active engagement in this community and so finally uh I would ALS o like to recognize the heroic service of our United States veterans active and Roc members of the Armed Forces who are graduating today would you please stand and allow us to recognize your service thank you so earning your degree today places you in a very select group of people less than 7% of the entire world's population has a bachelor's degree or higher less than 7% so you have clearly earned it but with your degree in our opinion comes immense responsibility you see not only have you invested in your your education not only has your family invested in your education uh but by attending a public university the citizens residents and taxpayers of the state of Ohio and the nation have invested in you and and you know investing in education has been built into the foundation of this nation from the very beginning I'm reminded of of a a text from the northwest or Ordinance of 1787 which was written for any of those history Buffs out there was written as the framework for admitting new States into the Union Ohio being one of those states that were admitted and that text says knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of humankind schools and the means of Education shall be forever encouraged and you know I read that quote nearly every day because it is inscribed in one of the buildings that sits behind you at McFall Center in the heart of our campus and just outside of my office as I walk in I read that every day knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of humankind schools and the means of Education shall be forever encouraged and that same sentiment is in the Ohio Constitution the importance of Education to our State and to our nation and why why why is that true well certainly we know on average college graduates uh they earn more money you will earn more money over your lifetime uh there's all sorts of studies to show that college graduates are are happier and more satisfied with their life they tend to be more adaptable in the workplace and in life even college graduates on average live longer and and those are great personal benefit that you're going to have but with this degree with this Bowling Green degree comes a responsibility to contribute in our opinion to the greater good not only in being successful in your career and life but in contributing intentionally to your community you know we share this world with one another and you have the power to make it even better and you know it starts with in v in voting so engage with democracy be active in your communities get involved volunteer you and if you're able give maybe even to Bowling Green okay maybe too soon okay never mind I I'll pull that back uh but you have the opportunity to make a real difference um so engage with your time and your talents be generous you're going to create a lot of great good it's an immense responsibility and we are counting on you now we also know that none of us have gotten to any place in our life any kind of success we've had it it is because of the support of others certainly hard work yes but the support of others as well and for our graduates I'm sure a lot of people have helped you during your time here at Bowling Green and it is now uh our pleasure to be able to honor them and so I would ask the parents spouses Partners children grandparents family members friends or anyone else anyone else who has helped these graduates be successful and be here today would you please stand and allow us to recognize you [Applause] thank you and after the ceremony give them a hug as well would you do that so to thank them gratefulness is so important and so you will soon be graduates of Bowling Green and we absolutely want you to go out and create public good be successful in your careers go out and make a real difference and you know it it starts with each one of us the the attributes that each one of us makes sure that we we continue continue to do and and so if you will allow me I I'm going to ask three things I'm going to ask you three things first I hope you will always remain curious right education is about curiosity um so and while you've received a great education don't assume you know all the answers or assume the learning ends today continue to ask questions and be curious especially ask questions before you judge others or a certain situation put yourself um in a position to understanding maybe opposing views uh Nelson Mandela was quoted as saying I like friends who have independent Minds because they tend to make me see problems from all angles so have some independent Minds in your your community curiosity in short never ever stop learning be curious all right be curious second I ask you to remain bold and take action don't be afraid to tackle messy challenges the world needs more problem solvers and doers curiosity you can understand some issues but we we need doers problem solvers and doers so be bold take action you know remember it's not the sound of the flock but the movement that causes the flock to take flight so talk is cheap be bold take action so be curious be bold and finally I hope this is something you have found at this University and that you will carry this on through the rest of your life because you allowed this to be created here I ask and finally I ask you to always be kind the world needs more kindness curious bold kind if you do these things you will absolutely do well but you will also do good congratulations graduates of Bowling Green State University [Applause] in closing and before I invite our Provost and our senior vice president Dr Joe Whitehead to the podium to recommend our candidates for their degrees I'd like to share a few words um you're graduating from Bowling Green at a time of amazing momentum at this University our enrollment is growing year over-year defying National trends we are seeing historic record levels of Student Success rates we are introducing new academic programs growing portfolio of our research and creative activities launching new Partnerships creating public good this is a vibrant thriving growing Public University and it takes all of us working together to create that kind of momentum today though I want to acknowledge a member of our Learning Community whose work you may not be aware of on a day-to-day basis and that work is that of our Provost Dr Joe Whitehead uh Dr whad arrived at Bowling Green in January of 2019 he has been instrumental in shifting our academic portfolio to meet the evolving needs of our region and state elevating our academic offerings in stem fields and healthc care he led the creation and restructuring uh across our campus with our deans of course including and our faculty of course including uh the development of our School of Engineering our school of nursing our school of physical therapy and our school of aviation he's LED National searches for key leadership positions welcoming new Deans and academic leaders and was deeply involved in the launch of Life design our effort to continue to redefine Student Success you know this morning uh this morning's commencement will be Dr Whitehead's final official Duty as Pro bo uh Dr White had has an extensive background in applied sciences and research he's a physicist specializing in liquid crystals and polymer materials and after today he will be leading our efforts our regional strategy in The Sciences which is a critical component of our impact and relevancy here to the public and will continue to serve of course as a professor of physics and on a personal note I am certainly most grateful uh to Dr Whitehead for his Council over the last five plus years these are some of the more challenging years in higher ed um and uh it is true none of us get to where we are without the support of others and uh while you may not have met Dr Whitehead uh every one of you I know many of you have but you may not have met him as a student I can assure you he is absolutely played a role in the success at Bowling Green and your success at Bowling Green and I am certain his impact will be felt long after his time is Provost I am deeply appreciative of his unwavering commitment to our students faculty and staff so would you please join me in recognizing our Provost senior vice president Dr Joe [Applause] Whitehead and now I would like to invite to the stage for the conferring of the degrees Dr Joe Whitehead provos [Applause] Whitehead thank you president Rogers good morning everyone good morning everyone as provos and chief academic officer of Bowling Green State University I have the honor to recommend our graduates for their degrees yesterday our doctoral candidates were escorted by our faculty mentors and advisers and were hooded at a special ceremony to per to personally celebrate their accomplishments some of them are also here this morning I now call upon interam dean of the graduate college Dr Ali escandarian to present our doctoral master's degree candidates good morning I'm Ali escandarian interim dean of the graduate college uh president Rogers members of the Board of Trustees on behalf of the faculty of the graduate college I'm pleased and honored to present these candidates and recommend them for degrees Sylvia Iran sha Pablo Osio Gomez Estes Claudia Daniela isaga Chavez sha Ben D Eric Matthew hibbits Brian Charles Kon Alexis Nicole hervo Sida fun udari desha Pria Desmond o Emily F NWI Spencer philli Meyers Jared Michael Mariani Edward Chavez Jr Grayson delmare Sturgis Taisha Cynthia Val Valenzuela Savannah Jade spit nail Zachary Steven Schmidt Eva mour sakshi Gupta Andrew Victor proster Lauren Marie Hune Katarina Elizabeth kefir bana Lee Ellis Madison hope nauy chenel men Lions Brandy Miller Anna Marie n Emily Nicole shaver K Peter Christopher stempa Joseph Charles Griffith Lee Alexander Brady Elizabeth a zeber Anastasia Evelyn debottis thigh Riley Elizabeth Post Joshua wagawa muuu Sylvia EA obida Kayla Lippert Minier Adam Ross comit Laura an figurki Kyle Bradley Watson Mitchell Lewis McDaniel Ibraham mohammd Alice Wang wasia hamba simui abadio a forby David uku or lend aidu Ola Alex marangi mayor MD tusen Alum Asia babat tundi ISAT janob Dixon obang Rachel Lynn Anderson Don Marie bers James Levi dos hakee Ali IAT abumi achuu ADI Devin Michael Caldwell Francis Vasquez sharit Zachary Francis neport Jacob Leonard bargie Victoria Nicole Kowski Lindsay Ray Darby Malia Malia Ray worker Sylvia EA obida McKenna and strer just Luke David dhouse Emma Marie Eller Brock Allison Paige coats CA mcgau Martin Logan Keith Hamilton Florence M Hayes Lauren M gronky Joan Marie Hallet Alexander Lee Collins Samuel Lindsay Moon Connor Allan Osborne Logan Matthew Newman Grady Adam cadle Nathan J fosk Alexander Thomas barie Daniel Thomas capar Samantha Lynn seder Megan Katherine Merrick Madison margarite McGary Aldo Reyes Gomez Connor James bragan Megan Alexis Bagan Victoria K Robbins Paige Marie freeworth Pierre Cortez Tanner Alina J km Dylan r g Savannah Nicole Wyrick Allison Sandra kovich McKenzie Morgan Ortman Juliana Petra Zachary Wells gasan Zach's diploma is being presented to him by his father Brady Gaskins academic adviser and planner Schmid horse College of [Applause] Business hope McKenzie chaen Megan crany Emily Simmons Danielle cizo Kisco Hannah Rose best Reagan Alexandra emberton Ryan Timothy Whitman Francis an Krauss Aiden Clark Smith Zachary saie Sarah Ali Mahammad quen Heen Chev Lee Isabella Marie Smith Nathaniel James Rothman Christopher oyama aarrai Jr Dustin Larry Briggs Savannah Nicole Cox Heather n parcel David Wayne Cook III Justin Lauren Miller Samantha Nicole sendell love you Katherine Smith cydney Nicole Joseph meline Elizabeth lamb Janai abriella pit Olivia Jean Peterson Lily chaa Lee Mack Charmaine Nicole Sparks Abby hesik rothy Matthews beu Elias Samantha Anne Williams Gavin cage vote Kelly Elizabeth grui storm R Lutz Marley Lyn McCartney jimie Anderson Erica and orand Allison omara Emily Nicole Rickett Lauren paage King Bria Nicole Jennings Emily Katherine Ortman Hillary Anderson Hillary's diploma is being presented to her by her husband Eric Anderson assistant professor School of inclusive teacher education Jamie Marie Hines mateline June Carpenter Boyd Kirsten Grace Riley Alec Jeffrey utterbach Caitlyn Jolie swier Katherine Judith barate Victoria Lynn Santiago Sunita ARL chetry Natalie Ray digna pamero massen gambi Abdullah bashiru jacqulyn Marie LEF Fountain Jeffrey John Wagner Kaden Sneed Hannah Lyn grua Miranda Diane WS meline Elizabeth Wimmer Kelsey Jordan Wickman Carrie Nicole Tannon lis Nicole Taylor Scott Harold Morgan Lynn McCracken lilan Grace keckler Stephanie Darlene Hastings kiman Yin Brown Ryan Logan grimer Steven Jeffrey Louie Jordan Noel Evans Tibbits Nicole Anne wild Charles C cash Brittany pepy Sydney Elizabeth Beal Aaron Suzanne mckelroy Katherine Joyce Jenkins ranata kaper Kurt Renata's diploma being presented to her by her Father Andrew CTS associate professor Humanities Department BGSU firlands oh okay Allison Ray [Music] Scott blessing neosi Ino aaen Sarah animut Derek cuamo Mumbo Kira Jana Williams Davis liia Pauline Ellinger Lydia's diploma being presented to her by her Father John Ellinger Chief Information officer Caitlyn Marie Tellus Caitlyn Rachel Beldon Mia Faith Johnson McKenzie Katherine quarter Lindsay Anne Kinowski Caitlyn Marie Romanowski Edgar Taylor Carlson Richard F Jurgens Courtney me McHugh Chelsea an gear Sandy hasb kareim Grace Marie Wadsworth cydney Alise Jackson sheriden Rose Clark Khloe Neeve Becket Lily a Collins Stephanie Marie jaqua Masa porma hamadi Harold Eugene Hayes III Robert John Sebert III Nathan W ker Sierra railin cooler Kelly e case Brett Douglas benzen Joel Elliot Logan Francis Reed canth demitria T Porter Graham naven Kumar Banda wara Gad SRI harisha mati Samuel guabina aoi arzu B throwi Aisha mendar and this concludes the recognition of the doctoral and Master's candidates [Applause] thank you Dean escandarian before I call up on our Deans to present our undergraduate candidates I would like to recognize those students who have excelled in their academic Endeavors and are graduating an academic distinction and honors this is indeed a great achievement for these graduates and their families Bowling Green State University contribute congratulates you for your commitment and for your success and so I recognize to follow following students there're 114 students receiving degrees with Latin honors this commencement at Bowling Green to graduate kumot a student must have a c cumulative grade point average of 3.5 with those graduating with the distinction of Kum please stand and be recognized thank you to graduate magn Kum l a student must have a grade point average of at least 3 3.75 with those graduating with the distinction of Magnum L please stand and be [Applause] recognized thank you and finally to graduate with the distinction of sumacum Li requires a 3.9 grade point average with those graduating with distinction of suum L please stand and be recognized [Applause] thank you Bowling Green is proud to recognize graduates to complete their entire Collegiate academic experience with a perfect 4.0 grade point average a select group of 15 students have received this honor and are wearing a special Medallion and an orange graduation cap and recognition of this award with those graduating with the distinction of the president's award please stand to be [Applause] recognized thank you it is now my pleasure to introduce ad de de Honors College Dr Simon Morgan Russell to share a few comments thank you Provost Whitehead I am pleased to recognize the outstanding achievement of our students who have been honored through F Beta Kappa F Kappa and who are in the Honors College F Beta Kappa and F Kappa f are each one of the world's leading academic honor societies only about 10% of higher education institutions in the world have F Beta Kappa and F Kappa five chapters and Bowling Green State University is proud to be one such institution in addition we have eight students from our Honors College who are graduating this weekend the Honors University honors program was established in 1978 and it was designated as the Honors College in 2013 this community of Scholars completes designated coursework and an honors project which includes independent research these students must maintain a 3.5 gray point average or higher in all of their coursework they are wearing the honors Medallion a symbol of their academic success would our F Beta Kappa fi Kappa F and Honors College candidates please stand and be recognized [Applause] thank you please be seated before we present the candidates for undergraduate degrees I asked our graduates to think of your journey at BGSU from your acceptance to your last final exam or project as a student you've experienced much during your time here earlier president Rogers mentioned BGSU is ranked number one the number one University in Ohio for a student experience by The Wall Street Journal you've embraced all BG has to offer and you have made it your on what does a student experience look like at BG exactly let's watch [Music] [Music] a [Music] [Music] [Music] la [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] PG issue was founded 1910 as a normal school focusing on teaching and education more than 114 years later we have have significantly grown to nine academic colleges to honor where we began we represent our undergraduate candidates by the order in which our colleges were formed I now call upon Dean Don chinu to repres to present the candidates for boric degrees from the College of Education and human development thank you provos Whitehead good morning my name is Don Chu and I'm proud to serve as the dean of the College of Education and human development founded in 1914 president Rogers members of the Board of Trustees on behalf of the faculty of the College of Education and human development I am pleased and honored to present these candidates and recommend them for degrees Kylie an Roberts Lova Sophie Fitzgerald Ashton Taylor buers Emily biggie Savannah Grace cast Dominic Frank code Megan Molly Anton Benjamin gger Trey Michael sigura sorry Kaylee c Andress cuml Logan Brown Nolan Matthew Schaefer sumacum L president's award recipient Samuel H Hughes kumlade Kendra harelson sha guy Joseph Valentino Ashley Marie molar Abby Marie clz Magda kumot Paige Marie Krill Emily Elizabeth Barry cydney Claire Travino Dean pedri Costello Logan Anthony merski harabo Alvarez Jr Benjamin Robert vassel Alexandra J Schultz Angelina F Gonzalez Suma kumla Kyla Bellamy Laura rendes Lydia Reynolds Kum Annabella Elizabeth reisterer Ari Gupta kumlade [Music] this concludes the recognition of the candidates of the bachelor's candidates in the College of Education and human [Applause] development good morning I'm Ellen chandelle and I'm proud to serve as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences which was founded in 1929 president Rogers and members of the Board of Trustees on behalf of the faculty and the College of Arts and Sciences I'm pleased and honored to present these candidates and recommend them for degrees Alexis an Boyer McKenna Flores Magna kumau Blake o Pierce Laura Marie Fu Molly oday Benson Jenna filus William Matthew Smith sumoku president's award recipient Bryson Hunley Caitlyn hope Elkins Magna kumau Hannah Lee gmar Justin Michael hup Magna kumala Zane Spencer hariston Destiny Autumn gar SE kinin Katan Ryan Jeffrey Turner Sarah Michelle Stanger Ashley Morgan chisnell Margaret reik Magna kumau University honors Marisol Juliana Melo Nicholas James Walker Brett G ve McKenzie Lynn Grove sumuk Kum La president's award recipient Emily Elizabeth Zenda Magna kumau Kirsten Jade Marshall kumau Trinity Marie Fields Noah Isaiah Miller Riley Elizabeth saterfield cuml saram Gamel Isabelle BN Kum laau Emma Grace Davis Natasha Eve lowski Kyrie Tyrell Parker star dreamer Mackey Ethan Joseph kamsky Kaylee R Mercer cuml University honors Riley a Kibler Magna kumau University honors Allan sole krya Summa Kum Carson Michael Miller Shan Anthony Reams Jordan Xavier Romney Madison klouse Adrien e Murphy Jessica Fric Ethan Xavier border Omar Alejandro amelo Lucero Nathan Allan Clark cuml Alec dekoven Dolan Magna kumau Shelby n Brooks Tom M panis Ruth Helen Matthews Alexis Renea Brun Lindsay an oranus dvana Gilliam Michaela Brienne Hammet Carissa Ray zerbo Carissa's diploma has been presented to her by her father Craig zerel professor in the department of ma of mathematics and statistics she is also graduating sumuka M president's award recipient Dorian M Walton summer Suzanne schmidley Kobe Michael Richie Justin Wayne Meyer David pascali William oxler Rippy Williams aom is being presented to him by his father Theodore Rippy associate Dean College of Arts and Sciences Jacqueline claudet pasano fana Michelle preno Elena Lords Tidmore Valenzuela Kelsey Williams this concludes the recognition of the bachelor's candidates for the College of Arts and [Applause] Sciences good morning my name is Dr Jennifer persal and I'm proud to serve as the dean of the Allen W and Carol M Schmid hor College of Business founded in 1935 president Rogers members of the Board of Trustees on behalf of the faculty of the Schmid horse College of Business I am pleased and honored to present these candidates and recommend them for degrees Mary Elizabeth nollie Brian Austin thieves Jesse Andrew Rose Nicholas D Notch kumau Vincent Rees fiori Jack S Richardson Gabriel asso Aguila Ann Thomas thanu kumla Aaliyah Samantha Baker Selena Destiny Ruth Hernandez Selena's diploma is being presented to her by her mother Amy Hernandez Senor Zone building supervisor Noah Bradley kefir Carson Thomas Sager Adam Joseph tiven Joseph William Buko Suma kumala hope Isabella Schwarz Cole Murphy Bellinger Maya Joe Evans Lauren McKenzie MacGyver Samantha Al Elizabeth Rogers Lindsay Nicole leenta Summa kumud University honors Nicholas Todd Wilson Nathaniel I kuster Magna kumau Rocco Justin Hicks Sheldon chap kumau Lauren Soco Morgan l faner Zachary Brian Huggins cuml meline Caris Downey Audrey Anna Lutz Vincent Anthony Morales Zachary Robert Stein jayen Douglas Donald Cameron Matthew Anderson [Music] again Cameron Matthew Anderson Margaret northcut Elizabeth Jane otney rajish yel Al cassim James Theodore passion Melissa Rose Martin Blake Canon montain Cory Allan spitler Seth Michael Campbell Seth diploma is being presented him by his father Mike Campbell BGSU director of Public Safety and chief of police [Music] [Applause] this concludes the recognition of the bastor candidates for the Schmid horse College of [Music] Business good morning I'm Jim cesla and I'm proud to serve as a dean of the College of Health and Human Services founded in 1973 president Rogers and members of the Board of Trustees on behalf of the faculty of the College of Health and Human Services I am pleased and honored to present these candidates and recommend them for degrees Riley J Hull summum L Lauren Arlene Oakley Danielle Elizabeth Mitchell cuml Grace M gamble Magna Kum Brennan M gray Duval Nicole Danielle Bowden Zachariah James Sarah Marie Hofer Shaina Lee D Suma kumlati Bianca an reams kumla Madison Marie saterfield Carson D wall kumot Hunter Cole deerman Celeste Lynn wein Miller Macy Kathleen Costco kumot Caitlyn luzer sumauma president's award recipient amyra Willcox Molly andne wetstone Suma Kum president's award recipient Piper Grace Nelson Magna kumot Alysa may sell Emma Sky Jones Magna Kum Lai Brianna Lyn Gillum Madison L Smith Kum Madison Angel Lee Suma kumlati Natalie Lynn Ellis Kaylee meland Emily Elizabeth wishart Morgan Elizabeth Pharaoh Alexandra Lynn stepanick Hannah Marie Sue turpening Lauren Elizabeth Miller Parker Miley Smith Carter Allan fry kumlade danaka Cruz Kirsten g grenis Ryland Renee cagis Summa Kum LTI president's award recipient Ryan M Brady cuml AA Michelle Atkins Michaela Isabel Diaz Shelly Anne Curr Rachel Sue Nichols Madison Kyla peler Sydney Katherine mlan Sydney marie green Nina Francis ctsw Frances Marie Amato Andrew Francis Warner Justin L Butler Suma kumlade president's award recipient Rebecca Lynn folta Rachel Marie sterac Emma Grace padet Bria Bumgarner this concludes the recognition of the bachelor's candidates for the College of Health and Human Services good morning I am Bill matthys and am proud to serve as the dean of the College of musical arts founded in 1975 president Rogers and members of the Board of Trustees on behalf of the faculty of the College of musical arts I am pleased and honored to present this candidate and recommend to her for the degree Elizabeth Emma mat sumuk Kum La University honors president award [Applause] recipient and ladies and gentlemen that concludes the recognition of the bachelor's candidate for the College of musical arts [Applause] good morning my name is W MTAR I'm proud to serve as the dean of College of Technology architecture and applied engineering president Roger and members of the trust the Board of Trustees it is my pleasure to present the faculty of the College of Technology architecture and applied engineering and I'm pleased and honor to present these candidates and recommend them for the degrees Tommy J Dinger sumuk kumala Dana Rose sumuk kumala University honors president award recipient Alexander Michael Strunk Payton Charles Hillen sumacum La president's award recipient Ethan Michael Spence Dominic John Hughes Bennett Joseph Roberts Joshua Richard Thompson Samuel Brennan roach Owen Schlagel Robert Lee Curry III David Austin Cox Jeremy Andrew gesin jwi Lewis Richardson Jr Malachi Keith Freedom RADS Kum La Andrew Timothy Brown Cody a Gilbert Magna Kum laau Kevin [Applause] Duke Devin Paige Marshall sumuk Kum la Elizabeth an Vil Suma [Music] cuml Joshua an Aaron men boink Duncan Pik Scott kumau Don Elizabeth Peterson Lindsay and an roach sadal s Dion Edward Conor Shard Cortez cargle Olivia Grace [Music] stall I got it Michael C Sanders II Magna kumau John Thomas Casey Magna kumau Autumn Lynn Spears NAA Tiara hega Kum La Jamal Omari Brown Tina marcusen Carolyn m lore Travis Michael sain kumau Chelsea gwendelyn [Music] [Applause] [Music] Lee this concludes the recognition of the bachelor's candidates for the College of Technology architecture and applied engineering [Music] [Applause] good morning I'm Aaliyah Carter and I'm the dean of the firland college which was established in 1965 president Rogers and members of the Board of Trustees on behalf of the faculty at firlands I am pleased and honored to present these candidates and I recommend them for degrees thank you Lauren Genevie green Preston T Watson Kenneth Cruz Williams Garrett go Isaac Pastor Panetta Michaela Fay Mera Brianna Elizabeth Norris Hannah Marie Brooke re Alise McKenna Payne Justin Todd greenle Zoey n Baker Amber Jessica Stewart Aaron Terrell bollock Malai Keith freedom rhs [Music] this concludes the recognition of the bachelors and Associates candidates for Firelands College [Applause] [Applause] thank you Dean Carter will all to the gree candidates please rise trustee hooker it is my privilege to present these candidates to you on behalf of their faculty advisers and Deans I hereby recommend that their degrees be conferred upon them as indicated in the official program thank you proost White House Whitehead excuse me on the recommendation of The Faculty by the virtue of the authority vested in me as Trustee of the Board of Trustees I hereby confer upon each of you the appropriate degree as listed in the official program with all the rights Privileges and responsibilities appertaining there too doctoral and master's degree graduates congratulations Balor and Associate Degree graduates this is the appropriate moment for the symbolic change of the tassel from right to [Applause] left to our newest alumni let me be the first to welcome you to one of the most valuable perks a supportive network of more than 200,000 alumni around the world I hope all of you have had the experience that will Empower you to tell the BG story as you begin your next Journey welcome to the Alumni Association of Bowling Green State University we hope to see you back on campus soon our 20124 homecoming is this September 26 29 and now for the first time as alumni of Bowling Green State University please stand and join in the singing of the alma moer performed by members of The Men's Chorus the words may be found in page 23 of your program and on the screen behind [Music] me Us Praise thy make us worthy sons and daughter [Music] to will treat [Music] you dear to our hearts our [Music] un from the of to [Music] thear all as th name we [Applause] pra hello oh excuse me alumni please be seated president Rogers will now make final remarks after the president's closing remarks we ask our audience and guest to remain seated for the recessional while the platform participants faculty staff and our newest alumni recess so thank you trusty hooker and I'm going off script but I just want to make sure we thank all of the individuals that helped prepare for this ceremony all of our grounds operations folks our faculty our staff we have a beautiful campus would you give them a shout out please please thank you [Applause] they were up really early this morning wiping off these seats from the rain last night and it is indeed a beautiful day so graduates today is your day it's a pinnacle of your academic Journey here at Bowling Green and you should absolutely be proud of all of your accomplishments and certainly the challenges that you have overcome to achieve this success and of course you know this next Journey you are prepared for this next Journey you will have more success and you will also have more challenges that is part of life that is part of the human condition that is the history of humankind in 170 ad Marcus Aurelius wrote there is no impeding our intentions the impediment to action advances action what stands in the way becomes the way and you you are absolutely prepared absolutely prepared to find that way forward with curiosity curiosity to learn boldness to take action and kindness always moving forward and so as we close our 310th commencement exercise please remember please remember that Bowling Green will always be one of your homes and I ask that each of you will be forever uh welcomed you know you will be welcomed here as a member of the Falcon family and I ask you to stay engaged stay engaged with your classmates and with this University a university that you have enriched a university that is far better because you chose to study here you know on these occasions I'm reminded of a quote from Ralph McDonald which was bowling Green's fourth president it's in described on the stonework of the Bowen Thompson Student Union you'll see it when you walk in to get Starbucks we are linked to this institution by invisible bonds that do not wither or dissolve we are forever linked to this institution by these invisible bonds that do not wither or dissolve you see your success is our success and the success that we have at this University is your success we are forever linked to this institution and so as I look out to each of you our newest alumni I see the next generation of thought leaders of of Risk Takers of Visionaries and I hope big dreamers you are graduates of a public university ready to create public good by making a difference in your career in your family in your alma mater in your community in your nation and and in the world that is what you do and are capable of doing that is what we do that is who we are you are entering the next chapter of your life and this next chapter is yours to write we can not wait to see what you accomplish next it will be nothing left than extraordinary I Ziggy Zumba congratulations [Music] [Music] for [Music] [Music] [Music] la for [Music] the [Music] the [Music]