2022 Spring Commencement - Wall College of Business
[Music] foreign [Music] uh [Music] welcome to coastal carolina university as we celebrate this occasion we would like to ask that you silence all mobile phones and other electronic devices for the safety of all please do not block the aisles and please remain in your seats until the conclusion of the ceremony so that the final graduate receives the same acknowledgement as the first thank you family members friends and esteemed guests please stand if you are able for the class of 2022 [Applause] the class of 2022 is led by raleigh cook carrying the university banner graduate degree candidates are led by maeve brady so undergraduate degree candidates of the htc honors college are led by taylor moore undergraduate degree candidates of the e craig wall senior college of business administration are led by nathan koch students so so so so so so so so so so ladies and gentlemen the faculty of the e craig wall senior college of business administration today's platform party is comprised of members of the wall college board of visitors college and university leaders retiring faculty members commencement speakers and special guests um oh please remain standing for the presentation of colors by the coastal carolina university army rotc chanticleer company and the national anthem led by jordan taylor with accompaniment by d scott ferguson oh say can you see [Music] who's brought stripes and bright stars [Music] oh [Music] know [Music] coming to the lectern is erica small dean of the e craig wall senior college of business administration good afternoon everyone welcome to coastal carolina university's commencement ceremony honoring the e craig wall senior college of business administration spring class of 2022. you can all be seated as we move forward with today's ceremony i would like to take a moment to introduce the end of individuals joining me on stage today i would like like to ask each of them to stand and remain standing as their name is called michael t benson president of coastal carolina university daniel ennis provost and executive vice president for academic affairs gene spivey member of the coastal carolina university board of trustees and wall college class of 1991. orrin smith member of the coastal carolina university board of trustees jason repack member of the coastal carolina university board of trustees and wall college class of 2007. lee brown dean of the college of graduate and continuing studies sarah hodinger dean of the htc honors college monica fine associate dean and professor of marketing mark mitchell associate dean and professor of marketing wayne suggs member of the wall college board of visitors keenan walker member of the wall college board of visitors jared dillion today's keynote speaker melanie james associate professor and chair of the d wyatt henderson department of accounting mitchell church associate professor and chair of the department of management and decision sciences jerome christian professor professor and chair of the department of marketing hospitality resort and tourism management dennis edwards professor and chair of the department of finance and economics and today's announcer of names k keels distinguished professor emeritus from the department of management and decision sciences zachary reddick student presenter and member of the class of 2022 madison vanderlip reception speaker and member of the class of 2022 and tamara white today's student speaker and member of the class of 2022 welcome thank you you can be seated i am also honored to have with me on stage today the faculty of the wall college of business graduates this dedicated group of teachers advisors and academic mentors have accompanied your path here at coastal carolina university from the first day you set foot in the wall building and they are happy to share in this celebration with you today i would like to ask our faculty to please stand if able so that we can thank you for your continued dedication and support of our students and this university thank you i would also like to take a moment to recognize the individuals from throughout the institution who have worked for months to plan and prepare for this celebration of your accomplishments these individuals are working in various locations throughout the htc center and across campus today and even though they may not be able to stand in recognition they deserve gracious applause for making today a memorable and special occasion so please join me in recognizing these individuals and last but far from least will all of the mothers fathers family members and caregivers who have shared this journey with your students please stand if you're able to receive some well-deserved thanks from our graduates [Applause] today we celebrate not only the achievements of our graduates but also the achievements of our dedicated faculty during the university ceremony qualified retiring faculty members are recognized with the title of distinguished professor emeritus emeritus professor or distinguished lecturer these titles acknowledge the value of an accumulated record of teaching research and community service we ask that our faculty member who has attained this remarkable achievement to please stand when her name is called kate keels distinguished professor emeritus from the department of management and decision sciences dr kiels joined the college in 2005 as an assistant professor of management she earned tenure in promotion to associate professor in 2008 and was promoted to professor in 2012. she has taught the strategic management capstone course throughout her tenure in the wall college and was instrumental in its development over the years many students perhaps many in this room have been delighted to complete their final semester by taking strategic management with dr kiels as her teaching career has been characterized by her devotion to student learning and success as well as her encouragement and individualized attention in the classroom thank you dr keels for your dedication to our students learning we truly appreciate the years of service and dedication you have given to your students the wall college of business and coastal carolina university and we look forward to seeing your full recognition take place during the university ceremony tomorrow also recognized during the university ceremony are graduating students whose stellar academic work has qualified them for the president's award for academic achievement award recipients must have successfully completed all of their collegiate work with a perfect 4.0 grade point average earning them the highest academic distinction summa laude we would also like to recognize these individuals by asking them to stand when their name is called gregory sean brown from conway south carolina is graduating with a bachelor of science in business administration and management morgan ann burdett from honea path south carolina is an honors graduate graduating with a bachelor of science in business administration and hospitality resort and tourism management with a minor in marketing cameron l kershaw from myrtle beach south carolina is graduating with a bachelor of science in business administration and economics with a minor in hospitality resort and tourism management natalie morgan morris from apex north carolina is an honors graduate graduating with a bachelor of science in business administration and marketing with a minor in graphic design and olivia morgan stringfield from aitkin south carolina is also an honors graduate with a bachelor of science in business administration in marketing with a minor in french congratulations on this outstanding achievement as part of our ceremony we will have the pleasure of hearing an address from a graduate student i would like to welcome to the podium zachary reddick to introduce our student speaker zack is also a member of the graduating class of 2022 he is a business management major from charleston south carolina and a recipient of the spirit of the chanticleer award and the chick-fil-a true inspiration scholarship zachary reddick [Applause] thank you dean small tamare white is a graduating marketing major from greenville south carolina during her time at ccu she was involved in various programs on campus including the honors program honors research fellows prince fellows student executive leaders phi eta honor society beta gamma sigma honor society the phi alpha theta honor society and she is also a member of the wall fellows program and completed a nine month international consulting project she gained experience in marketing sales business law and supply chains through her four successfully completed internships during her college career including one for michelin north america tomorrow was named to the president's list for six semesters and the dean's list for two semesters she is a recipient of the ec wall endowed scholarship and the wall college of business dean's excellence scholarship please join me in welcoming tamara white to the podium for today's student address [Applause] well thank you zach and thank you to all of you for attending this ceremony without your never-ending love and support this class of 2022 would not be graduating from coastal carolina university the past four years have certainly been some of the most fulfilling yet challenging throughout our time here we've made and outgrown friends failed exams dropped classes changed our majors and if you're like me you cried in the shower a few times from the stress of being a college student we thought we would not make it to the end and there were times that we wanted to give up and we did not despite our college experience being sometimes overwhelming we are leaving coastal educated wiser and looking forward to our futures in my case i'm leaving coastal dreaming bigger with a better understanding of my own why and ready to conquer the world i grew up in a small town in upstate south carolina during my life up until i graduated from high school my family experienced continuous poverty with poverty comes fear frustration and loss i was one of the few students for my graduating high school class who attended college and graduated being admitted to coastal carolina university was the happiest day of my entire life i was excited and i was optimistic about venturing out into the world yet i was also afraid of it as most of us probably were however i considered coming to this remarkable institution a privilege and an opportunity to start a new chapter in my life my mother always told me that it takes a village to raise a child and i have personally found this to be true during my time at coastal i made new friends got to know professors and advisors who eventually became mentors and i surrounded myself with the with people who were going to help me have the best college experience specifically one of the most important reasons i fell in love with this university is because i had i was fortunate enough to meet and work with the dedicated faculty and staff our village of support for the last four years has included everyone from classroom professors to the servers at hicks dining hall and they have all displayed nothing less than passion genuineness and deep care for the well-being of the students the wall college of business faculty has gone above and beyond to transition this class of 2022 from inexperienced young adults to confident individuals ready to enter the workforce they have used their resources to help us acquire internships introduce us to experiential learning opportunities develop our professionalism grow our networks and most importantly provide us with the knowledge needed to be competitive job-seeking professionals they have gone out of their way to include adulting concepts into their curriculums such as growing wealth the work-life balance marketing ourselves and helping us discover our true career aspirations to the wall college of business community thank you for preparing us to be the next generation of business leaders by educating us leading by example and inspiring us outside of the classroom although today we are celebrating what will be one of the biggest milestones of our entire lives we still do not have life completely figured out and that's okay if i were asked at this very moment what my dream job would be my answer would be i don't know however what i do know is that myself and my fellow graduates will take the lessons that we learned at chanticleers to the next chapter in our lives and for years to come class of 2022 we made it this far and we have a lot farther to go as you journey out into this world remember a college education is something no one can ever take away from you and most importantly remember where it all began from one proud and relieved chanticleer to another we did it congratulations thank you tamara and you should be very proud that was amazing please join me in welcoming dennis edwards professor and chair of the department of finance and economics to the podium to introduce our keynote commencement speaker [Applause] thank you dean small jared dillion is the editor of the daily dirt nap a daily market newsletter for investment professionals can uh continuously publish since 2008. he
graduated from the united states coast guard academy in 1996 with a bs in mathematics and computer science and from the university of san francisco in 2001 with a master's in business administration concentration and finance jared worked for a small floor market maker on the pacific options exchange from 1999 to 2000 and was a trader for lehman brothers from 2001 to 2008 specializing in index arbitrage and etf trading he is also the author of street freak money and madness at lehman brothers which was named businessweek's number one general business book of 2011 as well as the novel all the evil of this world published in 2016. additionally jared was an adjunct professor in both graduate and undergraduate courses in the wall college at coastal carolina university jared is also a regular contributor at mullin economics and a columnist at bloomberg opinion and previously contributed to forbes and the street.com his media appearances include msnbc fox business bloomberg tv bnn the new york times l.a times business insider market watch yahoo finance and dozens of local and syndicated radio programs from 2019 to 2021 he was the host of the jared dillion show a nationally syndicated radio show on personal finance and is now the host of the be smart podcast in his spare time jared is progressive house dj and speaks frequently on mental health issues at financial institutions please welcome my friend jared dillion awesome thank you oh yeah it's great to be here uh when professor edwards asked me to give the commencement speech at coastal i said i would do so under two conditions number one when i die i want my remains scattered across ccu's campus number two i do not want to be cremated anyway uh this is an exciting day i remember when i graduated from the coast guard academy back in 1996 and it felt like i was getting out of jail i was glad to get out of that place i hope your experience here was a little more pleasant i think you did a lot less push-ups but you did it i taught here coastal from 2013 to 2018 and i hope to do it again pretty pretty soon my students have gone on to have all different kinds of careers they've been accountants traders bankers investment advisors pharmaceutical sales reps and even pilots they've gone on to do all kinds of incredible things and so can you there is literally nothing stopping you but even though this is an exciting day for you i hope that it is the least exciting day of your life what i mean by that what i mean by that is i hope you go on to even bigger accomplishments which will make graduating from college look small in comparison if graduating from ccu ends up being your highest achievement i would actually be pretty sad i hope you go on to start businesses write books become millionaires go to grad school and maybe give a commencement speech of your own someday i hope you live a full and happy life with lots of professional achievements if you ask me in 1996 what i thought i would be doing in 25 years i'd probably say that i just have a nice coast guard career and retire if you told me that i'd have two award-winning books a nationally syndicated radio show numerous tv exp appearances a huge financial publishing business and that i'd be a famous dj i would have punched you in the neck god had a bigger imagination than i did and god has a big imagination for you too now as much as this is a commencement speech it's also an anti-commencement speech because all commencement speeches are generally the same what do commencement speakers tell you to do go out and change the world change the world that is garbage advice and the reason it is garbage advice is because if you spend your time trying to change the world you will be a very unhappy person because the world doesn't change and people don't do what you want them to do and you will be frustrated look at the people who get into politics they don't look like happy people to me the goal is not to sacrifice your happiness for a cause greater than yourself the goal is to be happy so i would say instead of focusing on changing the world you should instead focus on changing yourself if there is a person place or thing that you find unacceptable you should accept that person place or thing as exactly as it is supposed to be at that moment in time trying to change the world is a pit of despair and if you do end up changing the world it should be incidental to gratifying yourself get a job make some money buy a house get promoted make some more money start a business have a family in other words mind your own business the world becomes a better place through each of our collective efforts while working for individual benefit when you start a business you are paying employees paying taxes and you're satisfying customers by doing these things getting a job and making money you are actually making the world a better place it is when we intervene in situations that we don't fully understand that we make the world the worst place the other thing that commencement speakers will usually tell you is that money does not matter and you should pursue your dreams instead pursue your dreams i'm here to tell you that money actually does matter that material things bring us happiness and that it is very important to have creature comforts and for our material needs to be met it is nice to have a big house it's nice to have a car it's nice to have a big pile of cash in the bank for your retirement yes you should pursue your dreams but i hope that by pursuing your dreams you will also be meeting your material needs in my case my dream is to be the best financial writer in the world i also make money being a financial writer my avocation is my vocation which is another way of saying that what i do is really fun and i make money in the process which is all you can hope for out of life money is important and the amazing thing about money is that we get to choose how much money we have i'm being serious if you want to make a little money you will make a little money if you want to make a lot of money you will make a lot of money jeff bezos chose how much money he has mother teresa chose how much money she had and everyone in between i chose how much money i have i did not grow up with a lot of money i grew up in a 1200 square foot house in a depressed town in eastern connecticut and sometime around age 24 i decided that i wanted to make money now the path to making money at the time was to work in an investment bank so i spent two years of my life working twenty hour days sleeping two to three hours a night this is a true story in order to get hired on wall street even now there are things that i could be doing to make more money but i choose not to do them because maybe they're too hard or i would compromise my ethics once you come to this realization then you have to ask yourself do i want money now this is the business school commencement so presumably you are here because you want money and the question is how much because the possibilities are limitless the united states of america is flawed in many ways but the one reason we continue to attract the best most talented people from around the world is because there is no limit to how successful you can be america is one of the few places in the world where you can drive a ferrari down the street and someone won't throw a rock at it so if you want to succeed there is no limit to your success and hopefully you learned something here at coastal that gives you the theoretical basis to be successful in the future but part of being successful is taking risks when i was 34 years old i walked away from that job on wall street that would pay me seven figures in order to start my own business and i did that in the middle of the financial crisis i started a financial business in the middle of the financial crisis that does not seem too smart and it was not going well i would come in the office every morning and the first thing i would do every morning when i walked into the office is i would puke in the trash can every single morning i would puke in the trash can because i felt so sick that i walked away from all that money to start this stupid business but i kept at it and guess what over the course of fourteen years it has grown to be one of the biggest most well-known financial publications in the world i bet everything on myself everything i had in the middle of the worst economy in the last 80 years and it paid off huge and if you start a business you will have those days where you ask yourself why the hell did i do this then you solve one problem and another problem in another problem and at the end you get to have some money because that's all business is is solving problems i've worked for the government i've worked in big business and i've worked in small business and i can tell you that being an entrepreneur has been the most fun by far there's nothing like building something creating something and being your own boss you take credit for all the successes and you take blame for all the failures most of you are probably going to work for organizations of various shapes and sizes but i hope at some point in the future you will get an idea and that idea will grow into an obsession and you will take the risk and you will bet it all on yourself and even if it is a failure you will have so much fun and you will learn lessons for the next time you want to take a risk i'm also here to tell you that things won't always be wonderful life throws some curveballs at you sometime divorces addiction mental illness sick children losing your job i've been through it all i'm a 9 11 survivor i've been through so much trauma and come out the other side that everything that has happened to me has only made me stronger the one gift we have is that we can choose our response to any situation you will fail and how you handle failure is important but you also succeed in how you handle success is just as important now back to the regularly scheduled commencement speech the work you've done over the last four years is very important graduating from ccu is a big accomplishment you've jumped through a lot of hoops but this was the easy part now comes the hard part but for today let's celebrate the first of many wonderful accomplishments you will have in your life today you graduate we are all very proud of you congratulations now go out there and be an explosive success [Applause] thank you mr dillion and yes indeed let's celebrate these graduates this is the part you've been waiting for we would like to personally congratulate each of you by inviting you to the stage to be individually recognized for your accomplishments parents get out your cameras i will ask monica fine associate dean of the wall college to join me to present the candidates for degrees while dennis edwards department chair for finance and economics announced the graduates names students who are graduating with academic honors summa laude magna laude and cumulati are noted in the program as well as those who have achieved multiple degrees students who are eligible for graduation with honors wear the embroidered official white stole the university seal at graduation also students who are members of the htc honors college the wall fellows the jackson scholars the dyer fellows and other selected university honors programs are eligible to wear the university stole students wearing the teal and black cords have earned the trustee award at this time i asked the first row of candidates to stand and proceed to the stage dean lee brown joins president michael benson and dean erica small in congratulating graduate degree candidates from the college of graduate and continuing studies and the e craig wall senior college of business administration earning the degrees masters of accountancy or masters of business administration reed christian deford [Applause] neil jacob enger [Applause] christian alexis hannah [Applause] grace etta nobles [Applause] bailey olivia bargeron [Applause] ashley louise barnett [Applause] blake michael brandt [Applause] jordan orlando donald lauren melissa eckersley [Applause] christy nicole evans kelly joe freck [Applause] savannah elizabeth graham [Applause] brittany rosemary hall [Applause] kyle j holt [Applause] lauren alexis james [Applause] gay yvette jefferson [Applause] angel joni tierra johnson [Applause] cheyenne darlene jones [Applause] alyssa marie kowalski [Music] [Applause] lionel jay martin ii [Applause] michael martino [Applause] logan james miller [Applause] matthew randy milligan [Applause] dylan james menahan [Applause] taylor deanne moon [Applause] douglas patrick mullen [Applause] sarah morgan newcomb [Applause] d paul you pirek [Applause] grayson james ritz [Applause] [Music] caitlin roche [Applause] alexander robert rose rachel sharon russo shelly elizabeth sasser [Applause] jonathan ryan slater [Applause] on [Applause] brielle lexing stevens jason todd tyler clayton thurman [Applause] janna margaret wilson [Music] [Applause] sarah hunter wood [Applause] rashad young [Applause] dean sarah huttinger joins president benson and dean small and the congratulating undergraduate degree candidates from both the htc honors college and the e-craig wall senior college of business administration earning the degrees bachelor's of arts or bachelor's of science in business administration justin michael barbato magna laude seth brock bauer laude [Applause] morgan ann burdette summa laude [Applause] mackenzie lee eramo laude [Applause] selena brittany hughes summa laude [Applause] natalie morgan morris summa laude caitlin grace muellen camp laude [Music] [Applause] sarah grace nemo laude [Applause] bailey ann rue magna [Applause] renee laude summa camlaodi [Applause] robert shimoni summa laude [Applause] lily christine schaefer laude [Applause] olivia morgan stringfield summa laude [Applause] joshua caleb vincent magna laude [Applause] yvonne white magna laude president vincent and dean small congratulate the degree candidates from the e-craig wall senior college of business administration earning the degree bachelors of arts and bachelors of science and business administration noah c afonso [Applause] alethea mia avalotus magna laude [Applause] bay wesley t alexander laude [Applause] summer and alpaca [Applause] brian anthony arteen laude [Applause] regan rebecca ellsworth [Applause] andrew donovan bach [Applause] jessica marie baginski laudi [Applause] jillian baylor magna laude [Applause] christopher tyler valentine rebecca lynn bain magna laude amanda grace barth [Applause] patrick anthony bartlett christopher david becker [Applause] [Applause] justin william best laude mark jeffrey beutel connor richard blair magna laude [Applause] [Applause] zachary michael bogle laude [Applause] [Music] catherine barbara bond summa laude [Applause] maria bortic magna laude christopher john brady matthew breslin [Applause] catherine brito [Music] ryan alexander brockman [Applause] william david brockway gregory sean brown jr summa laude nolan thomas brown [Applause] marvin tyrell brown simmons laude [Applause] alexander bruno magna laude christopher isaiah bryant [Applause] siana m buchanan [Applause] brandon budd [Applause] cameron jesus burke [Applause] jamie taylor burr [Applause] tobias james butler magna laude [Applause] jackson frederick craftery [Applause] [Applause] janelle rose caposi [Applause] andrew bennett clark magna laude [Applause] mackenzie anna klauser magna laude [Applause] [Music] john dalton collins magna laude [Music] [Applause] spencer lee collins laude zachary charles cooper [Music] [Applause] caitlyn core laude [Applause] ross v coyle [Applause] vincent john cringoli [Applause] virginia l cope [Applause] hattie e dalton laude [Applause] idris jamar darbo [Applause] alexis jordan darchicord [Applause] jacob andrew delardi laude [Applause] joshua daling magna laude [Applause] [Applause] [Music] gianna marie di lorenzo [Applause] michael ryan dohanic laude [Applause] douglas magna laude [Applause] caitlyn emily dowden brianna aaliyah drayton magna [Applause] ryan michael duda magna laude [Applause] tanner m dunn tauren durrette [Applause] tyrell leon earls [Applause] bryce matthew eaton [Applause] brendan alec ing tao laude [Applause] daniel william erker [Applause] lindsey stephanie irwin magna laude julian evans [Applause] noelani figueroa suma laude [Applause] parker brooks iceman laude [Applause] joseph p faletto jr [Applause] daniel frank exel [Applause] [Music] cameron michael fagan [Music] [Applause] caitlin mary fitzsimmons [Applause] sage amber flowers ulnowicz magna david leon foy the third laude kyle s franks magna laude [Applause] caitlyn bradley joanne thunderberg laude [Applause] carly michael gant [Applause] robert quincy gantt laude [Applause] joel andre giermann leah bourgeois [Applause] gendron james joseph genthner [Applause] tyler evan gornack michelle christine gracer [Applause] shakeem marquez graham [Applause] noah matthew greenwood [Applause] evan grossman [Applause] samuel adam grover magna laude [Music] [Applause] luca vincent hagen laude [Applause] [Music] dennis j hanahan [Applause] [Music] alexa brook hawkeye [Music] [Applause] andrew stephen healey brianna e heller [Applause] [Applause] sean hennessey [Applause] joshua s hester luke daniel hill [Music] ashley christine hiltz [Applause] shelby alexa height [Music] maddie renee hodge braxton keyshawn holmes [Applause] [Music] [Applause] talathia holmes [Applause] kylie grace hudson summa laude [Applause] trenton wayne hudson jordan richard hughes [Applause] [Music] amaya michaela jackson casara rumen ivanov zoe jam laude jordan tyler james [Applause] logan shaw jennis laude [Applause] connor scott johnson [Applause] eric darrell johnson [Applause] [Music] morgan ashland johnson magna laude [Applause] queson zachel johnson [Applause] jeffrey n johnston [Applause] christopher gwen carnazis julia coffeld laude [Music] nicholas kaufman [Music] thomas scott kecker cameron l kershaw summa laude nicholas scott [Music] [Applause] marie close [Applause] christian thomas koch laude [Music] kenzie marie koontz martine cragholm [Music] [Applause] clarissa jane cutney [Applause] [Music] colin langan [Applause] dalton thomas drake latham [Applause] cambria lewis [Applause] jacelyn nicole lillabridge magna laude [Applause] gabrielle nicole livingston [Applause] dominic thomas lafredo [Applause] allen kendarius lowry [Applause] matthias alberto luna is [Music] mark anthony [Applause] casey elizabeth lynch laude [Music] [Applause] caroline nicole madden [Applause] christian deshawn malloy lilly gail manning [Applause] [Music] [Applause] sarah elizabeth marini laude jacob nathaniel mccutchen [Applause] [Music] john dustin mcdonald laude lauren ann mcdonald [Music] [Applause] matthew thomas mcglory [Music] carson banks mckissick kevin thaddeus meadows jr [Music] madison taylor meadows laude [Applause] brandon sutterby meeks [Applause] margaret susan mercic [Music] brittany r miller laude [Applause] paris roland miller magna laude sean edward miller [Applause] benjamin james mitchell iii jamia moore megan moretti laude jared ray mozingo summa [Applause] cameron thomas myers [Applause] connor joseph nejade [Applause] patrick william nestlin joseph michael nicoletti olivia marie nolan laude [Applause] matthew paul no tarnicola [Applause] patrick ryan nugent laude [Applause] luke francis nessline laude matthew phillip oakley [Applause] destiny and ortega [Applause] jack charles ouellette magna laude emma margrit overbeak summa laude amanda paselli [Applause] mauricio pacheco laude judson matthew painter peter anthony patrici [Applause] [Music] [Applause] graham christian peckle [Music] [Applause] madison [Applause] emmett lancaster peoples laude brian david perry [Applause] [Music] deonte emmanuel perry [Applause] william landon perry [Applause] jack riley pierce [Applause] emma leif pilkington [Music] jalen cornell pinson [Applause] karen d polidoro laude trevor david poor ashley ronitra pratt [Applause] [Music] alfonso quiller ii [Applause] stephanie maria duarte raimondo [Applause] spencer armand ramos [Applause] zachary andrew reddick magna laude [Applause] austin mitchell reeves justin davis justin davis reyes [Applause] logan walker rhodes laude [Music] [Applause] meredith k rice iii [Applause] walton thomas richardson [Music] [Applause] lauren e reiter laude justin alexander rischer [Music] chance james roberts magna laude kennedy roberts [Music] joey rodriguez [Applause] matthew edward rowan [Applause] [Music] rachel monet sampson [Applause] nicholas luigi santora [Applause] camden daniel satisfy laude [Applause] zachary alexander satisfy [Applause] kelsey lynn savoya [Applause] joshua coat schneider [Applause] jack cover schwartz [Applause] nicholas tyler shannon magna laude [Applause] brittany elizabeth shelley magna laude paul wilson shared danielle marie zaczynski laude damon simon [Applause] jamar carnan simon [Applause] eric scott smith magna laude [Applause] gracie catherine smith joshua sanders smith magna laude [Applause] kayla marie sosa [Applause] benjamin james sousa [Applause] peter james spiliotis [Applause] aaron matthew staley summa laude mercedes stand back laude [Applause] monet stevenson [Music] katarina accurzia stratos [Music] [Applause] sierra catherine tata laude [Music] gerald spencer talley the third nicholas m tartamela [Applause] taylor zachary c thornton [Music] elizabeth nolan turner laude [Applause] phillip joseph yuva the third [Applause] madison victoria vanderlip magna laude [Applause] [Music] athena elizabeth vereen [Applause] seraphina francine marie varuso caitlin elizabeth wargo xavier j watson [Applause] alexander j wellman magna laude [Applause] john joseph wheeler blake alan wisman [Applause] [Music] [Applause] nyquaja white [Applause] vanisha patricia white [Applause] jayla devon whitfield [Applause] robert jackson wiggins jr [Applause] [Music] antavius miguel williams [Applause] dionne williams [Music] kelsey g wolford [Applause] [Music] crystal lynn wolek [Applause] morgan kayla woodruff laude [Applause] joshua hamilton wooten laude [Applause] [Music] [Applause] christopher wright john robert lucco [Applause] graduates would you please rise at this time i ask that all members of the coastal carolina university class of 2022 move your tassels from the right side to the left to signify your status as a graduate [Music] [Music] [Applause] thank you very much congratulations graduates at this time it is my pleasure to introduce our guests representing the alumni today jason repack is not only a member of ccu's class of 2007 but he is also a current member of the university's board of trustees we feel extremely honored to have him joining us today please join me in welcoming trustee repack to the podium to address our alumni [Applause] yes please graduates i'm excited to be the first one to say to you good afternoon alumni it is an honor to be with you on this monumental occasion uh on this monumental daniel excuse me more than 38 000 alumni from all 50 states and from countries around the world join me in congratulating you on your hard-earned achievement some of them may even be in this room today i would like to ask any ccu alumni who are with us today to please stand and be recognized [Applause] welcome back fellow alumni thank you and you can be seated graduates you too are now members of this exclusive group we proudly call alumni of coastal carolina university you join this family which includes emmy winners industry leading entrepreneurs and a u.s olympian just to name a few we look forward to following your rise to greatness as well in the years to come through the alumni association you will discover many opportunities to stay involved with your alma mater i'm proud to have been able to be to be connected through the wall college after my graduation and now as a member of the university's board of trustees i hope you will stay connected as well as alumni as volunteers and as ambassadors and proud supporters of university by continuing to engage with ccu you will pave the way for those who come after you your active participation will strengthen an already thriving college and university as an alumni or as alum you are an important part of this ccu family that we call teal nation you represent the value of a degree from coastal carolina university be proud and celebrate this day and all of your accomplishments to come and while you're out there achieving your dreams lean on us use us as a resource let us help you find your way and then when you do i hope you will share your journey with the next generation of students like i am today come back to visit the place where your journey started and share your pride for ccu wherever life takes you and remember you are forever a shauna clear and a member of teal nation thank you [Applause] thank you trustee repack and thank uh thank you to all of today's speakers and presenters graduates i want to call your attention to a gift you may have noticed in your seat this is just a small token of congratulations from the wall college faculty and staff to you our graduates as you close this chapter of your lives and begin writing the next i hope you will also look back fondly on the memories and experiences you created here at the wall college at this time will everyone please stand if you're able and join us in singing the alma mater the words are printed on the back cover of your program [Music] reach beyond [Music] ourselves to [Music] in nature [Music] [Music] may we return [Music] i sing our praise [Music] it's been a while since we've been able to do it but at ccu we have long followed a tradition that takes place as graduates leave commencement faculty members will line each side of the exit to congratulate the graduates as they leave the arena after the recessional we invite our graduates and their guests to enjoy a reception in front of the wall building where madison vanderlip class of 22 will lead us in a celebratory toast to you the graduates in just a moment the chanticleer regiment drumline will join us and they have kindly agreed to lead us to the reception so please follow the music introduce your guests to your favorite faculty members and pose for pictures in front of your favorite campus building the wall building we look forward to greeting you and congratulating each of you personally at the reception and it is my distinct pleasure to introduce the chanticleer regiment drumline whose brings with them a special guest today congratulations class of 22 no shots [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] do [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] hello [Music] hey [Music] you
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