Michigan State University Commencement Spring 2020
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COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES SPRING 2020 “Go forth with Spartan pride and confidence, and never lose the love for learning and the drive to make a difference that brought you to MSU.” Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D. President Michigan State University Photo above: an MSU entrance marker of brick and limestone, displaying our proud history as the nation’s pioneer land-grant university. On this—and other markers—is a band of alternating samara and acorns derived from maple and oak trees commonly found on campus. This pattern is repeated on the University Mace (see page 10). Inside Cover: Pattern of alternating samara and acorns. Michigan State University photos provided by University Communications. ENVIRONMENTAL TABLE OF CONTENTS STEWARDSHIP Mock Diplomas and the COMMENCEMENT Commencement Program Booklet 3 Commencement Ceremonies Commencement mock diplomas, 4 The Michigan State University Board of Trustees which are presented to degree 5 Michigan State University Mission Statement candidates at their commencement 6–7 Congratulatory Letters from the President and the Interim Provost ceremonies, are 30% post-consumer 8 Michigan State University recycled content. The Commencement 9 Ceremony Lyrics program booklet is 100% post- 10 University Mace consumer recycled content. 11 Academic Attire Caps and Gowns BACCALAUREATE DEGREES Graduating seniors’ caps and gowns 13 Honors and master’s degrees’ caps and 14–16 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources gowns are made of post-consumer 17 Residential College in the Arts and Humanities recycled content; each cap and 18–19 College of Arts and Letters gown is made of a minimum of 20–24 The Eli Broad College of Business 23 plastic bottles. 25–28 College of Communication Arts and Sciences 29–31 College of Education Recycle Your Cap and Gown 32–35 College of Engineering Once all of your favorite photos are 36 James Madison College taken on campus, please recycle 37–38 Lyman Briggs College your gown at the MSU Union 39 College of Music Spartan Spirit Shop. 40–43 College of Natural Science 44 College of Nursing For additional information about 45–50 College of Social Science environmental stewardship at MSU, 51 College of Veterinary Medicine please visit Be Spartan Green at bespartangreen.msu.edu RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) DEGREES 52 Reserve Officers Training Corps GRADUATING CLASS GRADUATE AND GRADUATE PROFESSIONAL DEGREES MSU Alumni Association ADVANCED DEGREES For information, please visit 54–58 Doctoral Degrees alumni.msu.edu 59 Educational Specialist Degrees 60–76 Master’s Degrees Senior Class Campaign Information is available at MEDICAL DEGREES givingto.msu.edu/senior-gift.cfm 77 Doctor of Medicine 78–79 Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine 80 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine LAW DEGREES 81 The Michigan State University College of Law Board of Trustees and Trustees Emeriti 2 82 Juris Doctor 83 Master of Jurisprudence 83 Master of Laws COMMENCEMENT 84 Commencement Committee COMMENCEMENT SPRING 2018 SPRING 2018 COMMENCEMENT COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES BACCALAUREATE DEGREES Agriculture and Natural Resources Saturday, May 2 7:30 p.m. Spring Convocation Breslin Center Friday, May 1 1:00 p.m. Breslin Center Arts and Letters Sunday, May 3 9:30 a.m. Veterinary Technology Breslin Center Friday, May 1 4:00 p.m. Pasant Theatre Engineering Wharton Center Sunday, May 3 12:30 p.m. Breslin Center Communication Arts and Sciences Friday, May 1 7:00 p.m. Education Breslin Center Sunday, May 3 4:00 p.m. Breslin Center Social Science Saturday, May 2 8:30 a.m. Breslin Center ADVANCED DEGREES Nursing Master's and Educational Specialists Saturday, May 2 9:00 a.m. Friday, May 1 9:00 a.m. Great Hall Breslin Center Wharton Center Doctoral Lyman Briggs Friday, May 1 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2 10:00 a.m. Breslin Center MSU Auditorium Natural Science MEDICAL DEGREES Saturday, May 2 12:30 p.m. Breslin Center Osteopathic Medicine Thursday, April 30 7:00 p.m. James Madison Breslin Center Saturday, May 2 12:30 p.m. Great Hall Veterinary Medicine Wharton Center Friday, May 1 12:30 p.m. Great Hall Broad College of Business Wharton Center Saturday, May 2 4:00 p.m. Breslin Center Human Medicine Saturday, May 9 3:00 p.m. Music Breslin Center Saturday, May 2 4:00 p.m. Great Hall Wharton Center LAW DEGREES Residential Arts and Humanities Law Saturday, May 2 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 8 11:00 a.m. Great Hall Breslin Center 3 Wharton Center Diplomas will be mailed to degree recipients approximately one month after the end of the semester. Photo above: One of many lanterns seen on campus—the original design dates back to the late 1920s. SPRING 2020 COMMENCEMENT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Honorable Dianne Byrum, Chairperson Onondaga Township The Honorable Dan Kelly, Vice Chairperson Clarkston The Honorable Joel I. Ferguson Lansing The Honorable Melanie Foster East Lansing The Honorable Renee Knake East Lansing The Honorable Brian Mosallam Dearborn The Honorable Brianna T. Scott Muskegon The Honorable Kelly Tebay Pittsfield Township Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D. Ex Officio, President East Lansing Teresa A. Sullivan Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs East Lansing Nakia White Barr Secretary of the Board of Trustees East Lansing 4 COMMENCEMENT SPRING 2020 COMMENCEMENT MISSION STATEMENT Michigan State University, a member of the Association of American Universities and one of the top 100 research universities in the world, was founded in 1855. We are an inclusive, academic community known for our traditionally strong academic disciplines and professional programs, and our liberal arts foundation. Our cross and interdisciplinary enterprises connect the sciences, humanities, and professions in practical, sustainable, and innovative ways to address society’s rapidly changing needs. As a public, research-intensive, land-grant university funded in part by the state of Michigan, our mission is to advance knowledge and transform lives by: • providing outstanding undergraduate, graduate, and professional education to promising, qualified students in order to prepare them to contribute fully to soci- ety as globally engaged citizen leaders • conducting research of the highest caliber that seeks to answer questions and create solutions to expand human understanding and make a positive difference, both locally and globally • advancing outreach, engagement, and economic development activities that are innovative, research-driven, and lead to a better quality of life for individuals and communities, at home and around the world. 5 The Mission Statement was approved by the Board of Trustees on April 18, 2008. SPRING 2020 COMMENCEMENT May 2020 President CONGRATULATORY LETTER DEAR SPARTAN GRADUATES: All of us would have preferred an uninterrupted time of personal growth and Although we can’t be in the same physical accomplishment surrounded by the entire space this spring for a commencement academic community. But circumstances ceremony, please accept my congratulations dictated otherwise, and you completed your upon your graduation. The satisfaction I feel final semester separated from your classmates, in your accomplishment is shared by all at friends and campus community in the midst of Michigan State University who have supported a worldwide pandemic. As a university leader, you in your journey here. as a parent and as a fellow scholar, I share In my first year serving as president of MSU, your disappointment and I appreciate your among my warmest memories are those of the understanding. interactions with you and your fellow students. The circumstances that impacted this year’s In formal meetings and gatherings, at sporting graduation season need not define your MSU and other events, over meals and at brief experience. I hope you always feel welcome meetings around campus, these encounters here on the banks of the Red Cedar and that were rewarding. I have been most impressed you can and will return often. You now join the with your dedication to your studies, your care ranks of more than 600,000 living Spartan for the welfare of others and your embrace of alumni worldwide, and I encourage you to Spartan values such as diversity, engagement continue your participation in the life of the and excellence. university through MSU Alumni and other You may now depart a degreed Spartan activities. with the confidence that you possess a solid Please accept my very best wishes to you as foundation of knowledge and skills from which you go forth, go confidently and Go Green! to proceed throughout your life. Thus equipped, you are ready to make a positive difference for Sincerely, yourself and the world around you. As my last counsel to you as your president, I would remind you that it is but a foundation for a life structure that will require the ongoing Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D. investment of your attention. For this, I urge you President to continue to engage in the joys and challenges Michigan State University of life and to creatively apply your growing experience and wisdom to each new day. I am aware your years here have seen more than their share of institutional and societal challenges. I want to recognize the many ways you have responded to these challenges with a shared sense of purpose, even optimism, as your generation joins those obliged too soon to help carry society’s burdens in extraordinarily challenging times. 6 COMMENCEMENT SPRING 2020 COMMENCEMENT May 2020 Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs CONGRATULATORY LETTER DEAR GRADUATES: solutions to the world’s most pressing Congratulations to you and your families on problems. I am confident your degrees will the successful completion of your studies and serve you well as you take on the many the conferral of your degrees. challenges and opportunities that await you. As Michigan State University students, you As you and your families celebrate your have been part of our vibrant community, accomplishments at Michigan State University, united by the values and goals we share as I wish you the very best in your personal and scholars eager to make a positive difference professional pursuits.