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GREETINGS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS. PLEASE CLOSE YOUR UMBRELLAS FOR THE COURTESY OF THOSE AROUND YOU . PLEASE WELCOME OUR CLASS OF 2022 GRADUATES. ♫ ♫ GRADUATES, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO RISE AT CERTAIN TIMES DURING THE CEREMONY. WE RESPECT AND RECOGNIZE THAT
THERE ARE SOME GRADUATES WITH MOBILITY ISSUES WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO STAND. NOW ENTERING THE FIELD, OUR UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION. FACULTY ARE WEARING ACADEMIC REGALIA, A TRADITION THAT BEGAN IN THE 12TH CENTURY, WHEN ROBES WERE THE STANDARD GARMENTS OF THE DAY. THE TYPE OF GOWN AND THE COLOR OF THE HOOD DESIGNATE THE FIELD IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVED HIS OR HER HIGHEST DEGREE. BACHELOR'S GOWNS HAVE POINTED SLEEVES, WHILE THE MASTER'S SLEEVES HAVE SQUARED ENDS. DOCTORAL GOWNS HAVE ROUNDED, OPEN SLEEVES AND ARE TRIMMED ON THE FRONT IN BLACK VELVET WITH THREE VELVET BARS ACROSS THE SLEEVE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN ACKNOWLEDGING OUR FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION. ♫ GRADUATES AND HONORED GUESTS, I HEREBY DECLARE THE 62ND ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES FOR CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, EAST BAY, OFFICIALLY CONVENED. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT DR. ROBERT WILLIAMS,
DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED STUDIES. HEY, HEY, HEY. I LIKE THAT RESPONSE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. ON BEHALF OF THE FACULTY FROM
THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED STUDIES, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME FAMILY, FRIENDS AND GUESTS OF OUR GRADUATING CLASS. WOO-HOO . WILL YOU PLEASE RISE, IF ABLE, AND JOIN JAMES PEREZ IN THE SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. ♫ OH, 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] PLEASE BE SEATED. THANK YOU, JAMES, FOR A BEAUTIFUL RENDITION OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
GRADUATES, YOUR FACULTY HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR TIME HERE TO THINK BROADER AND DEEPER, TO SOLVE PROBLEMS, TO BECOME WHO YOU ARE MEANT TO BE. THE ABILITY TO RISE TO A CHALLENGE IS IN YOU AS A CAL STATE EAST BAY STUDENT, SOMEONE WHO PERSISTS AND TAKES THE LEAD. ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US AT CAL STATE EAST BAY, WE CHALLENGE YOU TO MAKE A PATH FOR THOSE WHO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS. MANY OF YOU ARE THE FIRST IN
YOUR FAMILIES TO OBTAIN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND/OR A MASTER'S DEGREE. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT . BEING FIRST PUTS THE RESPONSIBILITY ON YOU TO HELP OTHERS ALONG THE SAME JOURNEY. RISE TO THE CHALLENGE TO HELP OTHERS. COMMENCEMENT PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THE FACULTY, STAFF, AND MANY OTHERS TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE CULMINATING ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR GRADUATES. ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY, I EXTEND A WARM AND HEARTFELT WELCOME TO FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF OUR STUDENTS, THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2022. SOUNDS GOOD, DOESN'T IT?
[APPLAUSE] LET US ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACULTY, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND ARE PARTICIPATING IN THESE CEREMONIES. WOULD ALL FACULTY, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS PLEASE RISE. STUDENTS, PLEASE HELP ME THANK THESE INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU . I AM NOW PLEASED TO INTRODUCE JUSTIN WITHERS, REPRESENTING THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS, INC. I INVITE JUSTIN WITHERS TO THE PODIUM TO BRING GREETINGS ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AT CAL STATE EAST BAY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN . GOOD EVENING, CLASS OF 2022, GRADUATES OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED STUDIES. MY NAME IS JUSTIN WITHERS, AND IT IS AN HONOR TO BE ON STAGE AS YOUR CURRENT ASI SENATOR OF CEAS. IF YOU ARE LIKE ME,
YOU CAN PROBABLY REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST STEPPED ON CAMPUS AND REALIZED THAT YOU HAD TO NOT ONLY NAVIGATE YOURSELF AROUND CAMPUS, BUT THROUGH THE NEXT STAGE OF OUR LIFE. I TOOK THE CHANCE TO MOVE AWAY FROM HOME AND FAMILY, AND WAS NOT READY FOR WHAT THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS WOULD HAVE IN STORE FOR ME. WHAT I WAS NOT EXPECTING WAS TO MEET NEW AMAZING PEOPLE, FRIENDS FOR LIFE, AND TO BE ON THIS STAGE TODAY. THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE PROBABLY TAUGHT EVERYONE SO MUCH. EVERYONE HAS HAD THEIR OWN OBSTACLES ALONG THIS JOURNEY, AND WE STILL HAVE SO MANY AHEAD OF US.
BUT FOR NOW, LET'S JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND LOOK AROUND AT YOUR PEERS, FRIENDS, MENTORS, AND FAMILY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THIS GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. I AM THE FIRST IN MY FAMILY TO GRADUATE FROM A FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY, SO I WOULD NOT BE UP ON THIS STAGE WITHOUT THE CONSTANT SUPPORT FROM FRIENDS, FAMILY, MY FRATERNITY, FACULTY AND STAFF. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, BECAUSE I AM ALSO TRYING TO ENJOY THIS COMMENCEMENT, SO I WILL WRAP THIS UP WITH A COUPLE OF SHOUT OUTS. SHOUT OUT TO ASI FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THIS STAGE. SHOUT OUT TO THE RAW FOR PROVIDING ME WITH SO MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES AND BEING ONE OF THE BEST PLACES I GOT TO WORK AT, TO MY BROTHERS OF TAU KAPPA EPSILON FOR INSPIRING ME TO BE A BETTER MAN FOR A BETTER WORLD. A BIG, BIG SHOUT OUT TO MY MOM FOR RAISING THREE KIDS ALL BY HERSELF AND BEING MY BIGGEST MOTIVATION, AND I HOPE I CONTINUE TO MAKE HER PROUD.
AND A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE HERE WITH A CAP AND GOWN BECAUSE, NO MATTER HOW MANY MAJOR CHANGES, HOW LONG IT MIGHT'VE TAKEN YOU, ENDLESS SLEEP-DEPRIVED NIGHTS, OR EVEN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, YOU ARE HERE CELEBRATING A GREAT PERSONAL MILESTONE. AND FINALLY, A BIG THANK YOU TO CAL STATE EAST BAY FOR ALLOWING US TO ALL BE HERE TODAY WITH SMILES ON OUR FACES, READY TO TAKE ON WHATEVER LIES AHEAD OF US. THANK YOU ALL, AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL DAY. AND SAFE TRAVELS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE COME ALL THE WAY OUT HERE TODAY TO JOIN US IN CELEBRATION. THANK YOU, JUSTIN. I AM NOW PLEASED TO INTRODUCE DR. CATHY SANDEEN, PRESIDENT OF
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, EAST BAY. HELLO. I WISH YOU COULD BE STANDING WHERE I AM STANDING. IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THIS DAY WOULD COME AND WE'D SO SO MANY HAPPY PEOPLE WITH SMILES IN 3D, IN REAL LIFE , IRL, AS DEAN WILLIAMS TAUGHT ME. THIS SETTING IS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL. I CAN SEE A LITTLE PEEK OF THE BAY, WE SEE THE REDWOOD TREES , OUR BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, MAYBE A LITTLE TOO BEAUTIFUL RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS QUICKLY FOR YOU. THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE. I GREW UP HERE. GOOGLE MAPS TELL ME MY NEIGHBORHOOD WAS 6. 8 MILES
FROM WHERE WE ARE STANDING NOW. THIS AREA IS VERY DEEP AND SPIRITUAL AND SPECIAL TO ME, AS A CHILD, I RAN AROUND THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS. BUT I WANT US TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE ARE NOT THE FIRST PEOPLE TO BE ON THIS LAND. THIS IS THE ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF THE MUWEKMA OHLONE PEOPLE, AND THAT LAND WAS TAKEN FROM THEM. WE NEED TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT HOW WE USE THIS LAND, STEWARD THIS LAND, AND I'M HAPPY WE ARE USING IT FOR SUCH POSITIVE PURPOSES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT,
MY NECK PIECE I'M WEARING TODAY. IT IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL FOR A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT TO WEAR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT THIS WAS A GIFT TO OUR UNIVERSITY FROM THE TRIBAL COUNCIL OF THE MUWEKMA OHLONE TRIBE. IT IS MADE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL METHODS, MADE OUT OF ABALONE SHELL AND MEANT TO BE WORN AT IMPORTANT CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS, SO I AM WEARING IT IN HONOR OF THEM AND OF YOU TODAY. IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THEM WHEN I WAS WALKING IN , THIS SIDE TOO, SPARKLY SNEAKERS, BECAUSE WE ARE DOING MANY OF THESE CEREMONIES AND I'M RUNNING FROM ONE TO ANOTHER.
BUT OF COURSE I GOT RED SPARKLY ONES BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE EAST BAY. THAT'S HOW I FEEL, ANY WAIVE. HOPE YOU DO TOO. HERE, REGARDLESS OF THE DEGREE OR PROGRAM THAT YOU WERE IN, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR HANDS-ON PROJECT-BASED INTERACTIVE LEARNING METHODS. IN THAT SPIRIT, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL HELP ME OUT WITH ONE LAST REAL-WORLD EXPERIMENT. I PROMISE, IT IS NOT TOO HARD. AS I READ THROUGH THIS BRIEF LIST OF CHARACTERISTICS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN STANDING UNTIL THE END, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO STAND. HERE WE GO. IF YOU ARE THE FIRST IN YOUR FAMILY TO EARN A DEGREE, PLEASE STAND .
[APPLAUSE] THERE ARE A LOT OF YOU TODAY. IF YOU WORKED FULL-TIME WHILE YOU WERE EARNING YOUR DEGREE, PLEASE STAND. IF YOU WORKED PART-TIME WHILE EARNING YOUR DEGREE, PLEASE STAND. IF YOU TOOK CARE OF CHILDREN OR OLDER FAMILY MEMBERS WHILE YOU WERE EARNING YOUR DEGREE, PLEASE STAND . REMAIN STANDING. IF YOU SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN OR IN ADDITION TO ENGLISH, PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE ALREADY STANDING. IF YOU ARE A VETERAN OR ACTIVE SERVICE MEMBER, PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE ALREADY STANDING. AND THANK YOU. IF
YOU ARE A STUDENT-ATHLETE, PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE ALREADY STANDING. IF YOU VOLUNTEERED IN THE COMMUNITY OR PARTICIPATED IN A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT, PLEASE STAND . FINALLY, IF YOU EARNED A DEGREE DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, PLEASE STAND. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, WE ARE DONE WITH OUR EXPERIMENT. YOU CAN SIT NOW. I THANK YOU, BUT I THINK I MADE MY POINT , AND HERE IS THE POINT. ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, OVER THE NEXT FULL WEEKS, MILLIONS OF STUDENTS LIKE YOU WILL BE EARNING DEGREES. DESPITE THE PANDEMIC PART, NOT
ALL OF THEM OR VERY FEW OF THEM EARNED DEGREES WHILE THEY ACCOMPLISHED ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU HAD GOING ON IN YOUR LIVES. THIS MAKES YOU VERY SPECIAL. YOU ARE A SPECIAL BREED HERE AT CAL STATE EAST BAY. IT
MAKES YOU MORE SPECIAL, MORE FOCUSED, MORE PERSISTENT, JUST PLAIN TOUGHER, AND BECAUSE I HAVE MET MANY OF YOU, JUST PLAIN NICER THAN A LOT OF THE COLLEGE GRADUATES IN THIS COUNTRY. SO YOU CAN BE VERY PROUD OF THAT. WEAR THAT PROUDLY. VERY SOON, ON TOP OF ALL THIS, ALL THESE WONDERFUL CHARACTERISTICS THAT YOU BRING HERE AND YOU WILL BRING TO YOUR WORK AND OTHER ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE, PRETTY SOON ON TOP OF THAT, YOU WILL ALSO HAVE A DEGREE IN HAND . I WILL CLOSE
WITH A FINAL STORY, A PERSONAL STORY. WHEN MY MOTHER DIED, IT FELL TO MY SISTER AND ME TO CLEAN OUT HER HOME. DURING THAT TIME, WE CAME ACROSS HER WALLET. IN HER WALLET WERE THE USUAL THINGS YOU WOULD FIND, DRIVER'S LICENSE, SOME CASH, CREDIT CARDS, INSURANCE CARD. BUT
ALSO IN THAT WALLET TUCKED AWAY IN A SPECIAL PLACE WERE THREE BUSINESS CARDS, AND ONLY THREE. ONE OF THEM WAS MINE. I WAS A DEAN AT UCLA AT THE TIME. THE SECOND ONE WAS MY SISTER, SHARON'S. SHE WAS AND IS A PROFESSOR AT A LAW SCHOOL IN MINNESOTA. THE THIRD ONE WAS MY DAUGHTER'S.
SHE JUST EARNED HER DEGREE AND HAD HER FIRST PROFESSIONAL JOB WHERE SHE GOT A BUSINESS CARD. MY MOTHER NEVER WENT TO COLLEGE AND NEITHER DID MY FATHER. I'M A FIRST-GEN TOO. SHE WAS PROUD OF ME. I THINK THOSE BUSINESS CARDS WERE A SYMBOL OF THAT. IT KEPT US CLOSE TO HER. IT WAS A SYMBOL OF PRIDE FOR HER, THAT HER CHILDREN AND GRANDDAUGHTER WERE ABLE TO DO THIS. AS I REFLECTED ON IT MORE, I
REALIZED THOSE CARDS MEANT SOMETHING EVEN DEEPER. I THINK THEY SYMBOLIZE WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN ONE FAMILY N A GENERATION OR TWO. WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN ONE FAMILY, THROUGH EDUCATION. THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY AS WELL. I AM LIVING PROOF THIS WILL CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF YOUR LIFE. I
NEVER DREAMT I COULD BE A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT JOB WAS AT THE TIME, BUT HERE I AM. THINGS, GREAT THINGS WILL HAPPEN TO YOU . THE PROSPERITY OF THE
BAY AREA REGION IS TRULY AWE- INSPIRING AND STUNNING. ONE OF THE MAJOR GOALS OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE STAGE AND ALL THE FACULTY AND STAFF AT CAL STATE EAST BAY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ENTIRE POPULATION HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE MEANINGFULLY IN THIS ECONOMY. YOU GET TO DO THAT BY EARNING YOUR DEGREE THAT GETS YOU A WELL-PAYING JOB THAT WILL SUPPORT YOU FOR A LIFETIME. 80% OF OUR GRADS, THAT'S YOU, WILL LIVE AND WORK IN THE REGION. HISTORY SHOWS THE DEGREE THAT
YOU WILL EARN TODAY, YOUR MASTER'S OR BACHELOR'S , IS A BIG STEP ON THE LADDER TO ECONOMIC STABILITY. SURE, WE HAVE LOTS OF WORK TO DO AS A SOCIETY. WE HAVE THIS PANDEMIC, SYSTEMIC RACISM, CLIMATE CHANGE, A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT YOU, WITH ALL YOUR UNIQUE STRENGTHS, YOU, WITH THE CULTURAL VALUES FROM YOUR COMMUNITIES AND YOUR FAMILIES, AND YOU, WITH YOUR DEEP-LIVED EXPERIENCE, YOU WILL REWRITE THE HISTORY OF THIS REGION. PERSONALLY, AGAIN, AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP HERE, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO. CLASS OF 2022, STEP INTO YOUR FUTURE AND THRIVE. THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING THIS
UNIVERSITY, CAL STATE EAST BAY, TRUSTING US TO BE PART OF YOUR STORY. CONGRATULATIONS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SANDEEN. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE MS. PAIGE LUBEN, PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND CLASS OF 2009 TO THE PODIUM FOR THE FOREVER PIONEER PINNING CEREMONY. [APPLAUSE]
GREETINGS, GRADUATES. CONGRATULATIONS. SORRY. IT IS NOW MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO PRESENT EACH OF YOU WITH AN EXCLUSIVE CAL STATE EAST BAY CLASS OF 2022 PIN. SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON YOUR SEATS WHEN YOU ARRIVED . AS YOU EMBARK ON YOUR NEXT JOURNEY, WE ARE REMINDED AS CAL STATE EAST BAY ALUMNI THAT THIS IS YOUR ALMA MATER, WHICH TRANSLATES FROM THE LATIN TO "NOURISHING MOTHER. "
THIS CAMPUS WILL FOREVER BE YOUR HOME. REACH OUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. YOUR PROFESSORS WANT TO HEAR ABOUT HOW YOU ARE DOING AND ALSO YOUR ADVISORS. WE CAN SHARE YOUR STORIES WITH THE NEXT GENERATION OF PIONEERS . AND IN THE TRADITION OF A PIONEER, TAKE WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM CAL STATE EAST BAY AND CREATE, DEVELOP AND INSPIRE NEW IDEAS THAT WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOUR COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD. AND REMEMBER, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND EACH OTHER .
GRADUATES, PLEASE TAKE YOUR CLASS OF 2022 PIN AND ASSIST IN PINNING YOUR FELLOW GRADUATE SEATED NEXT YOU. I PROMISE, THIS WILL BE YOUR LAST GROUP PROJECT . [LAUGHTER] YOU CAN PUT IT ON YOUR GOWN , ON A SASH, ANYWHERE YOU WANT . AS YOU FINISH UP YOUR PINNING, CONGRATULATIONS, CLASS OF 2022. AND GO, PIONEERS. [APPLAUSE]
YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL MOVE TO THE PORTION OF THE PROGRAM I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR . THE PRESENTATION AND CONFERRING OF DEGREES FOR THE BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE RECIPIENTS OF 2022. CAN I GET A WOO-HOO ? I NOW INVITE DR. KIMBERLY GREER, INTERIM PROVOST AND VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS TO THE PODIUM. [APPLAUSE] GOOD AFTERNOON. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF RECOGNIZING THE
HIGH SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MANY OF THE UNDERGRADUATE MEMBERS OF THIS GRADUATING CLASS. YOU WILL NOTE IN YOUR PROGRAMS THAT MANY BACHELOR'S DEGREE CANDIDATES' NAMES ARE FOLLOWED BY ONE, TWO, OR THREE ASTERISKS. THESE UNDERGRADUATES, SO DESIGNATED, HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES BY HIGH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THEIR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAREERS. LAST SATURDAY, WE HELD A SPECIAL CEREMONY TO RECOGNIZE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WHO HAVE ACHIEVED LATIN HONORS DISTINCTION OF SUMMA CUM LAUDE, MAGNA CUM LAUDE AND CUM LAUDE. DEGREE CANDIDATES WHO GRADUATE IN THE TOP 8% OF THEIR CLASS ARE DESIGNATED CUM LAUDE, WITH HONOR. CANDIDATES WHO GRADUATE IN THE TOP 3% ARE DESIGNATED MAGNA CUM LAUDE, WITH GREAT HONOR.
AND CANDIDATES WHO GRADUATE IN THE TOP 1% OF THEIR CLASS ARE DESIGNATED SUMMA CUM LAUDE, WITH HIGHEST HONOR. AT THAT CEREMONY, EACH SENIOR GRADUATING WITH HONORS WAS PRESENTED WITH A MEDALLION TO BE WORN TODAY AT COMMENCEMENT. THIS MEDALLION SERVES AS A SYMBOL OF THE PRIDE THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY FEELS IN THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AT THIS TIME, I ASK DEGREE CANDIDATES WHO WILL RECEIVE DESIGNATIONS OF HONOR ON THEIR DIPLOMAS TO STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS, AND WELL DONE. YOU MAY BE SEATED.
DEAN WILLIAMS, INTERIM ASSOCIATE DEAN, AND DR. PAUL CARPENTER, CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF KINESIOLOGY, WILL NOW PRESENT TO YOU THE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE COMPLETED ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR DEGREES, OR WILL DO SO BY THE END OF THE SUMMER TERM AND HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE FACULTY FOR CONFERRAL OF THEIR DEGREES. DEAN WILLIAMS. NOW, WILL ALL THE CANDIDATES
FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM AND BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN RECREATION PLEASE RISE. WILL ALL THE CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S DEGREE IN HOSPITALITY, RECREATION AND TOURISM PLEASE RISE. DR. WILLIAMS, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FACULTY
IN THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND ALLIES STUDIES AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, EAST BAY, I PRESENT TO YOU OUR 2022 BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE CANDIDATES. [APPLAUSE] CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE, UPON SATISFACTION OF ALL REQUIREMENTS AND ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FACULTY OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, EAST BAY, BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, I CONFER UPON YOU THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE OR MASTER OF SCIENCE WITH ALL THE RIGHTS, DISTINCTIONS AND, ABOVE ALL, THE RESPONSIBILITIES THEREUNTO PERTAINING. I INVITE THE AUDIENCE TO HELP US CONGRATULATE ALL BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE RECIPIENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOSPITALITY, RECREATION AND TOURISM. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] A LITTLE BIT MORE. COME ON. GIVE THEM THEIR DUE. GIVE THEM THEIR DUE. ALL RIGHT. NOW YOU CAN
SIT DOWN. PLEASE BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. NOW, WILL ALL THE CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN KINESIOLOGY PLEASE RISE. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WILL ALL THE CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S DEGREE IN KINESIOLOGY PLEASE RISE. DR. WILLIAMS, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FACULTY
IN THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED STUDIES AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, EAST BAY, I PRESENT TO YOU OUR 2022 BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE CANDIDATES FROM KINESIOLOGY. [APPLAUSE] CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE, UPON SATISFACTION OF ALL REQUIREMENTS AND ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FACULTY OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, EAST BAY, BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, I CONFER UPON YOU THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE OR MASTER OF SCIENCE IN KINESIOLOGY WITH ALL THE RIGHTS, DISTINCTIONS AND, ABOVE ALL, THE RESPONSIBILITIES THEREUNTO PERTAINING. I INVITE THE AUDIENCE TO HELP US CONGRATULATE THE BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S DEGREE RECIPIENTS.
LET'S DOT IT. YES. CONGRATULATIONS. GO AHEAD, GET IT OUT. PLEASE BE SEATED. THANK YOU. IN JUST A MOMENT, WE WILL INVITE EACH GRADUATE TO JOIN US ON STAGE FOR INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION AND CONGRATULATIONS. BEFORE WE DO SO, WE ENGAGE IN A RITUAL SHARED AT UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE WORLD, THE MOVING OF THE TASSEL. TRADITIONALLY, THE TASSEL IS
WORN ON THE RIGHT SIDE UNTIL GRADUATION, WHEN IT CAN BE MOVED TO THE LEFT SIDE, SIGNIFYING THAT THE DEGREE HAS BEEN COMPLETED. TO THE RIGHT, TO THE RIGHT. SOME OF YOU ARE PICKING UP ON MY INSIDE JOKES. WE INVITE EVERYONE TO MOVE YOUR TASSEL FROM THE RIGHT TO THE LEFT. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]
WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS ORDERLY . WE NOW INVITE EACH GRADUATE TO JOIN US ON STAGE FOR INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION AND CONGRATULATIONS. STUDENT MARSHALS, PLEASE BRING THE GRADUATES FORWARD.
CONGRATULATIONS. [READING NAMES] [READING NAMES] FIRST OF ALL, I AM IMPRESSED FOR YOU GOING BACK TO YOUR SEATS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE? THIS COMPLETES THE RECOGNITION OF THE CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES FROM THE DEPARTMENTS OF HOSPITALITY, RECREATION AND TOURISM AND KINESIOLOGY. LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND. GRADUATES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ONE MORE. CAN I GET A WOO-HOO ? CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES .
YOU ARE NOW THE NEWEST CAL STATE EAST BAY ALUMNI. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS CEREMONY. WE HOPE IT HAS REFLECTED OUR PRIDE AND YOURS IN THESE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS. FACULTY MARSHAL MENDOZA, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD. AND
SHUT US DOWN DOWN. ALL RIGHT. I NOW PRONOUNCE THESE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OFFICIALLY CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH. PLEASE REMAIN SEATED UNTIL THE RECESSIONAL IS COMPLETED. ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS .
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