[ APPLAUSE ]
YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO BE TO DO IN JUST A
MOMENT.
ARE YOU READY?
WE'LL DO IT AFTER THREE.
IT'S GOT TO BE IMPRESSIVE.
IT'S GOING TO COME AFTER THIS.
YOU READY?
ONE, TWO, THREE?
>> THE iSCHOOL IS MY SCHOOL!
>> WAHOO!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS,
.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO NOW IT'S UP TO ALL OF US.
PARENTS AND FRIENDS, FAMILY AND
LOVEED ONES IN THE AUDIENCE, 
IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO THIS
WITH THE GREATEST ENTHUSIASM
THAT YOU CAN MUSTER.
I KNOW IT'S -- I KNOW IT'S A HOT
DAY.
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN FANNING
YOURSELF.
I KNOW YOUR HANDS ARE NOW RAW
WITH CLAPPING.
JUST WITHIN LAST DUTY FOR THE
AFTERNOON.
GRADUATES, STAND UP.
ALL RIGHT.
IF WE DO THIS CORRECTLY, EVERY
ONE OF THOSE HATS IS GOING TO
FLY OFF.
YOU'LL BLOW THEM RIGHT OFF THEIR
HEADS OF OUR GRADUATES.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH -- I'M
GOING TO GIVE YOU THREE FOR A
COUNTING.
WE'RE GOING TO SAY "THE
ISCHOOL IS MY SCHOOL"."
WE'RE GOING TO YELL IT OUT AND
THEN WE'RE GOING TO SAY -- WHAT
WAS IT AGAIN, CAREEN?
THANK YOU.
WAHOO.
ONE.
TWO.
THREE.
THE iSCHOOL IS MY iSCHOOL!
>> WAHOOO!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
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>> PLEASE BE SEATED.
GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
MY NAME IS HARRY BRUCE, AND I
HAVE THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD.
BECAUSE I'M THE DEEP OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
INFORMATION SCHOOL OR iSCHOOL.
MANY OF YOU WERE EXPECTING THIS
THIS AFTERNOON, WE WILL DO
SOMETHING A LITTLE LIKE THAT.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD
HAD IT AT A STADIUM
.
THIS HALF ARE GOING TO SAY "GO"
."
ON MY DIRECTION.
NOT YET.
THIS SIDE ARE GOING TO SAY "
"iSCHOOL"."
WE'RE DOING THE SAME WITH THE
FACULTY ON STAGE.
STUDENTS WILL JUST HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO
DO.
AND THE BACK OF THE ROOM
OBVIOUSLY THIS SIDE IS GOING TO
GO "iSCHOOL"."
THIS IS NOT AN OCCASION TO BE
SHY.
I WANT YOU TO SHOW OFF.
BE EXTREME EXTROVERTS.
ARE YOU READY?
>> READY!
>> WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS A FEW
TIMES.
>> GO.
>> iSCHOOL!
>> GO!
>> iSCHOOL!
>> GO!
>> iSCHOOL!
>> GO!
>> iSCHOOL!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
IT JUST CAME TO ME AS I WALKED
DOWN THE STAGE, WHY DON'T WE DO
THIS.
OF COURSE, AND IT'S MY PLEASURE
TO WELCOME YOU TO THE 2016
INFORMATION SCHOOL CONVOCATION.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME
FOLKS WHO ARE JOINING US THIS
AFTERNOON VIA LIVE STREAMING
FROM LOCATIONS ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD
.
CONVOCATION IS A CELEBRATION OF
ACHIEVEMENT.
AND, CERTAINLY, WE SHOULD BEGIN
BY RECOGNIZING THE ACHIEVEMENT
AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE
GRADUATES WHO ARE RECEIVING
 THEIR DEGREES.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE.
FOR EACH OF YOU, THIS
CONVOCATION AND THE AWARDING OF
YOUR DEGREE IS EMBLEMATIC OF
YOUR ASPIRATIONS AND PERSONAL
GROWTH, A REWARD FOR YOUR HARD
WORK, AND THE RAW MATERIAL FOR
YOUR FUTURE SUCCESSES.
YOU ARE THE CENTER OF OUR
ATTENTION.
CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL OF US.
[ APPLAUSE ]
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THIS
EVENING THAT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE
AND CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT THIS
PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT IS THE
RESULT OF A GREAT DEAL OF
SUPPORT.
NO INDIVIDUAL REACHES
SIGNIFICANT GOALS IN LIFE
WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF FRIENDS
AND FAMILY.
THIS SUPPORT COMES IN MANY
FORMS:  FINANCIAL, EMOTIONAL,
ROLE MODELING, INSPIRATION,
MENTORING, ENCOURAGEMENT AND
TEACHING.
BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR CEREMONY
THIS EVENING, I WOULD LIKE TO
ASK THE GRADUATES TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE SUPPORT THAT THEY HAVE
RECEIVED FROM ISCHOOL FACULTY
AND STAFF, THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR
FAMILY, AND FROM ONE ANOTHER.
[ APPLAUSE ]
TO BEGIN OUR AWARDS CELEBRATION,
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK PAIGE
SUNDSTROM TO COME FORWARD ON
BEHALF OF OUR MLIS STUDENTS TO
PRESENT THE 21st CENTURY AWARD.
PAIGE SUNDSTROM IS THE
CO-PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION
OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION
SCIENCE STUDENTS.
HER PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
INCLUDE ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP
AND REFERENCE AND INSTRUCTION.
PAIGE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> MY NAME IS PAIGE, AND I AM
CO-PRESIDENT OF ALISS.
I AM GLAD TO BE HERE AS THE
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MLIS
STUDENT BODY AND TO INTRODUCE
THE WINNER OF THE 21ST CENTURY
AWARD.
THIS AWARD IS GIVEN TO A
GRADUATING MLIS STUDENT,
NOMINATED AND VOTED FOR BY
FELLOW CLASSMATES AND RECOGNIZED
AS SOMEONE WHO BEST EMBODIES THE
FUTURE OF THE LIBRARY AND
INFORMATION SCIENCE FIELD.
WHILE THAT FINAL PHRASE MAY SEEM
A BIT AMBIGUOUS, IT MEANS THAT
THE CRITERIA IS NOT FIXED BUT
FLUID, CHANGING AS THE
PROFESSION AND ASPIRING
INFORMATION SPECIALISTS CHANGE.
THIS PARTICULAR RECIPIENT OF
THIS AWARD HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY
THEIR PEERS AS
"SOMEONE WHO HAS SHOWN A
CONSISTENT COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL
JUSTICE ISSUES THROUGHOUT THEIR
ISCHOOL CAREER; OFTEN ENGAGING
IN ISSUES THAT ARE DIFFICULT OR
UNCOMFORTABLE TO DEAL WITH."
"A WONDERFUL ALLY AND AN
ENCOURAGING CLASSMATE."
THEY ARE COMMITTED TO "CRITICAL
LIBRARIANSHIP, WILLING TO ASK
HARD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANSHIP,
CONSIDER ISSUES OF
REPRESENTATION AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE, AND ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE
AS A REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER,"
AND THEY HAVE "WORKED TIRELESSLY
TO MAKE THE ISCHOOL IN GENERAL
AND THE MLIS PROGRAM IN
PARTICULAR A MORE JUST AND
INCLUSIVE SPACE FOR PEOPLE OF
ALL IDENTITIES.
THEIR ABILITY TO DO THIS EVEN
WHEN THEIR EXPERIENCES WERE
FRUSTRATING OR DIFFICULT IS VERY
IMPRESSIVE, AND I KNOW THEY WILL
BRING THIS MUCH-NEEDED
PERSPECTIVE TO THEIR FUTURE
CAREERS."
WITH THAT, IT GIVES ME GREAT
PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE
RECIPIENT OF 2016 21ST CENTURY
AWARD: REED GARBER-PEARSON.
[ APPLAUSE ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> I WOULD NOW LIKE TO ASK
JONATHAN LI TO COME FORWARD ON
BEHALF OF THE INFORMATICS
STUDENT BODY TO PRESENT THE
EISENBERG AWARD.
JONATHAN LI IS ENTERING HIS
SENIOR YEAR AND IS PRESIDENT OF
THE INFORMATICS UNDERGRADUATE
ASSOCIATION, IUGA.
HIS MAIN AREAS OF INTEREST ARE
INFORMATION ASSURANCE AND
CYBERSECURITY AND DATA SCIENCE.
JONATHAN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> I REMEMBER ASKING MANY OF YOU
GRADUATES IF YOU ARE READY FOR
GRADUATION.
AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS:  MOST
EVERYONE SAID JUST BECAUSE EVEN
AS YOU ARE SITTING IN YOUR SEATS
NOW IT MUST FEEL BIZARRE.
IT IS REAL.
IN A FEW MOMENTS IT WILL BE YOU
WALKING DOWN THE AISLE.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAS HAD A
SIGNIFICANT AND EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF YOU HAS HAD AN EXTRA [
INAUDIBLE ].
WHETHER IT'S PURSUEING EVEN HIGH
HIGHER EDUCATION, BACKPACKING
 [
INAUDIBLE ].
JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, HOWEVER,
NEVER FORGIVE.
THIS IS WHEN YOU BECOME --
MAINTAIN THAT PASSION FOR LIFE
AND REACH FOR THE
 [ INAUDIBLE ].
HE ALWAYS HAS A RESPONSE
.
HE'S BEEN ABLE TO INTERACT WITH
THE RECENT AWARDS
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SPEECH]
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK AMANDA
CUMMINGS TO COME FORWARD ON
BEHALF OF THE MSIM STUDENT BODY
TO PRESENT THE ARCHER AWARD.
AMANDA CUMMINGS IS A FIRST-YEAR
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT STUDENT AND IS
PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT STUDENTS,
AIMS.
AMANDA.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> EVERY YEAR THE ASSOCIATION OF
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT STUDENTS
PRESENTS THE ARCHER AWARD TO A
GRADUATING INDIVIDUAL RECOGNIZED
BY THEIR PEERS AS AN OUTSTANDING
LEADER WHO GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND
IN THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE
PROGRAM AND COMMITMENT TO
HELPING FELLOW MSIM STUDENTS.
THIS YEAR'S AWARD WAS DETERMINED
BASED ON THREE CORE TENETS OF AN
OUTSTANDING MSIM STUDENT:
DEDICATION TO THE VALUES
EMBODIED AT THE INFORMATION
SCHOOL; A COMMITMENT TO
EMPOWERING PEERS; AND DISPLAYING
VISION IN THE INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT FIELD.
I HAVE PERSONALLY HAD THE HONOR
OF WITNESSING THIS YEAR'S ARCHER
AWARD RECIPIENT LIVE THESE
VALUES IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN
THEIR WILLINGNESS TO GUIDE AND
MENTOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS IN
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PART OF THIS
ACADEMIC COMMUNITY.
I BELIEVE THEIR QUALIFICATIONS
ARE BEST ACKNOWLEDGED, HOWEVER,
THROUGH THE COMMENTS THAT WERE
SUBMITTED BY THEIR PEERS WHEN
COMPLETING THE BALLOT FOR THIS
YEAR'S AWARD.
WHILE THE QUANTITY OF PRAISE
EXCEEDS MY TIME LIMIT, I WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE JUST A FEW
TESTAMENTS TO THIS STUDENT:
A PEER WRITES: "HIS
PROFESSIONALISM AND SINCERITY IS
AN INSPIRATION TO OUR COHORT. HE
CAN ANALYZE A SITUATION CALMLY
AND ADVISE ON THE RIGHT COURSE
OF ACTION."
ANOTHER GOES ON: "HE IS AN
INDUSTRIOUS, DILIGENT
HARD-WORKER WHO EXPRESSES
GENUINE INTEREST AND KNOWLEDGE
IN ADVANCING THE INFORMATION
SECURITY PRACTICE AT UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON."
SPEAKING TO HIS LEADERSHIP, A
PEER ADDS: "HE BRINGS GREAT
DEDICATION AND ENERGY TO HIS
WORK.
HE'S BEEN AN AMBASSADOR OF
INFORMATION SECURITY AND PURSUED
HIS PASSION WHILE PROVIDING HIS
PEERS WITH ASSISTANCE AT ALL
TIMES."
AND, FINALLY, "I CANNOT THINK OF
A BETTER CANDIDATE FOR THIS
AWARD.
HE SELFLESSLY ACTS IN ENSURING
HIS PEERS ARE EXPOSED TO THE
BEST OPPORTUNITIES POSSIBLE,
BOTH WITHIN THE ISCHOOL AND
OUTSIDE."
I COULDN'T AGREE MORE, AND IT IS
MY GREAT PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT
THIS YEAR'S ARCHER AWARD TO BK
SARTHAK DAS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO ASK
PROFESSOR RICARDO GOMEZ TO COME
FORWARD ON BEHALF OF THE
INFORMATION SCHOOL FACULTY TO
PRESENT THE RUTH WORDEN AWARD
FOR STUDENT EXCELLENCE IN
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE,
THE FACULTY AWARD FOR STUDENT
EXCELLENCE IN INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT, AND THE FACULTY
AWARD FOR STUDENT EXCELLENCE IN
INFORMATICS.
PROFESSORPROFESSOR GOMEZ.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU, ALL.
THIS IS SUCH A GREAT DAY.
WE HAVE TOO MANY AWARDS.
THE FIRST ONE, THE RUTH WORDEN A
AWARD FOR
STUDENT EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARY
AND INFORMATION SCIENCE.
GOES TO ERIN ROZEWICZ.
ERIN IS AN OUTSTANDING
RESIDENTIAL STUDENT WHO HAS
PURPOSEFULLY STRETCHED HERSELF
TO TAKE ONLINE CLASSES TO
BROADEN HER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
AT THE ISCHOOL AND HAS EXCELLED
IN BOTH MODES.
MEANING RESIDENTIAL AND ONLINE.
SHE HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING
CLASS MEMBER, CONTRIBUTING TO
BOTH TO IN-CLASS AND ONLINE
DISCUSSIONS IN DEPTH.COME ON UP.
SHE ALWAYS BRINGS EXTREMELY
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES BASED ON
SOLID ACADEMIC RIGOR.YOU WROTE A
 LOT OF THINGS.
I HAVE TO READ THEM ALL.
WHILE ATTENDING SCHOOL, SHE HAS
BEEN AN INTERN WITH THE KCLS
PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM FOCUSING
ON CHILDREN/TEEN SERVICES WHERE
SHE HAS BEEN A VOLUNTEER WITH
TROUBLED YOUTH, LGBTQ+ ISSUES,
HOMELESSNESS AT VARIOUS CAMPS,
AS WELL PROVIDING FINGER PLAYS,
STORIES, AND SONGS TO PRESENT
DURING WEEKLY FOOD BANK STORY
TIME.
AS PART OF HER VOLUNTEERING AND
COMMITMENT TO YOUTH, ERIN HAS
PROVIDED READER'S ADVISORY, BOOK
TALKS, AND LIBRARY SERVICES AT
YMCA CAMP TERRY LIBRARY.
SHE IS THE ISCHOOL CAYAS,
CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT
SERVICES, REPRESENTATIVE, A
POSITION SHE HAS HELD FOR TWO
YEARS, AND AS A STUDENT SHE HAS
SERVED HER PROFESSIONAL
COMMUNITY BY PRESENTING AT THE
WASHINGTON LIBRARY ASSOCIATION,
 PRESENTING "BOOK TALKING THE
BEST" IN 2015 AND 2016.THIS IS 
GOES ON.
ERIN IS ALSO A RECIPIENT OF
BELLEVUE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN LIBRARY
AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND
GENEVIEVE COBB SCHOLARSHIP IN
LIBRARIANSHIP.
SHE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE THIS
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY AFTER
GRADUATION, TAKING ON A BOARD
POSITION FOR CAYAS AT WLA IN
2016-2017.
SHE IS A ROLE MODEL FOR OUR
STUDENTS AS SHE BEGINS HER
PROFESSIONAL CAREER.BIG HAND FOR
 ERIN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
NOW INFORMATICS, THE FACULTY A
AWARD FOR STUDENT EXCELLENCE IN
INFORMATICS.
THE RECIPIENT THIS TIME IS
VIVYAN WOODS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
VIVYAN, AS YOU COME UP, MOST
COLLEGE STUDENTS KNOW HOW
TO LEARN WHAT THEIR PROFESSORS
TEACH THEM.
SOME HAVE A VAGUE IDEA OF WHEN
TO USE WHAT THEY'RE TAUGHT.
VIVYAN IS ONE OF THOSE RARE
BREED OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE BOTH
THE INTELLIGENCE TO LEARN
QUICKLY AND THAT WISDOM THAT
SAYS WHEN TO USE WHAT THEY'VE
LEARNED.
SHE'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE
PROFESSIONALS THAT WILL NOT ONLY
BE LEADING A TEAM BEFORE LONG,
BUT ONE DAY STANDING IN FRONT OF
A ROOM OF PROFESSIONALS,
TEACHING THEM HOW IT'S DONE.
VIVYAN IS A CONSISTENT
OVER-ACHIEVING STUDENT WHO HAS
PASSION FOR LEARNING AND
ENGAGING TECHNOLOGY.
OUR FACULTY HAVE BEEN
PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH HER
ABILITY TO ABSORB COMPLEX CODING
CONCEPTS AND QUICKLY APPLY THEM
TO PROJECT DELIVERABLES WITH
AUTHORITY AND PRECISENESS.
VIVYAN.
VIVYAN WOODS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND, LASTLY, THE THIRD AWARD
FROM THE FACULTY, THE FACULTY A
AWARD FOR STUDENT EXCELLENCE IN
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT.
GOES TO KAMERON SO.
[ APPLAUSE ]
KAMERON IS HIGHLY ENGAGED IN
ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL, AND
LEADERSHIP ENDEAVORS AT THE
ISCHOOL.
HIS ACADEMIC RECORD IS STRONG.
HIS PROFESSIONAL TRAJECTORY WITH
PWC AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORK
SPEAK TO THE QUALITY OF HIS
WORK, AND THE LEVEL OF
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY.
IN HIS ROLE AS AIMS PRESIDENT HE
REPRESENTED THE PROGRAM WITH THE
HIGHEST LEVEL OF
PROFESSIONALISM.
HE IS VERY ACTIVE IN HIS ROLE.
HE DESIGNED AND EXECUTED SEVERAL
PROFESSIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL
ACTIVITIES FOR MSIM STUDENTS,
INCLUDING A ROUND TABLE WITH
BOSTON CONSULTING AND THE
DIVERSITY LUNCHEON TO INCREASE
DIVERSITY OF MSIM STUDENTS.
LASTLY, KAMERON HAS BEEN
ESPECIALLY VALUABLE DURING THIS
ACADEMIC YEAR IN COMMUNICATING
THE CHALLENGES STUDENTS FACE AND
WORK WITH THE FACULTY AND CHAIR
ON ADDRESSING THOSE CHALLENGES.
HE REPRESENTED THE STUDENTS WELL
AND HE DID SO WITH
PROFESSIONALISM.
KAMERON, THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO
INTRODUCE DR. SHAUN KANE, WHO
WILL BE PRESENTING OUR
CONVOCATION ADDRESS THIS
DR. KANE, A 2011 GRADUATE OF OUR
PH.D. PROGRAM, IS CURRENTLY AN
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
BOULDER.
DR. KANE IS THIS YEAR'S WINNER
OF THE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI
AWARD FROM OUR SCHOOL, WHICH IS
THE HIGHEST HONOR AN ALUMNUS OR
ALUMNA CAN ACHIEVE.
RECEIVING THIS AWARD MEANS YOU
HAVE EARNED THE IMMENSE RESPECT
OF YOUR FELLOW ALUMNI AND
INFORMATION PRACTITIONERS.
IT IS AWARDED IN RECOGNITION OF
ACHIEVENMENTS THAT BRING
TREMENDOUS DISTINCTION TO THE
ISCHOOL AND DEMONSTRATE HOW UW
ISCHOOL ALUMNI ARE SHAPING THE
INFORMATION FIELD AND
PROFESSIONS.
WHILE AT THE ISCHOOL, SHAUN
WORKED WITH DR. JAKE WOBBROCK ON
ACCESSIBLE TOUCH INTERFACES FOR
MOBILE COMPUTING.
FROM 2011 TO 2014, HE WAS AN
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION
SYSTEMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY,
WHERE HE INITIATED MULTIPLE
SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS AT THE
INTERSECTION OF ACCESSIBILITY
AND MOBILITY.
HE HAS WON MULTIPLE BEST PAPER
AWARDS, INCLUDING THREE FROM ACM
CHI, THE PREMIERE CONFERENCE IN
HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION.
DR. KANE RECENTLY MOVED TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER,
WHERE HE HAS WON A PRESTIGIOUS
SLOAN FELLOWSHIP.
HIS SUPERHUMAN COMPUTING LAB
EXPLORES WAYS TO MAKE MOBILE
DEVICES EASIER TO USE,
ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES OR PEOPLE IN
DISTRACTING ENVIRONMENTS.
I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH
DR. KANE'S WORK TO MAKE THE TECH
WORLD A MORE ACCESSIBLE PLACE
FOR EVERYONE.
HIS WORK DELIVERS AMAZING,
HIS WORK DELIVERS HIGH IMPACT
SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES.
HE PERSONALLY EXEMPLIFIES THE
ISCHOOL'S STRATEGIC PRIORITY OF
WORKING IN HUMAN COMPUTER
INTERACTION FOR SOCIAL GOOD.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE
THE 2016 ISCHOOL COMMENCEMENT.
CONVOCATION KEYNOTE SPEAKER, DR.
DR. SHAUN KANE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> HEY, EVERYBODY.
MAKE SOME NOISE IF YOU THINK
IT'S KIND OF HOT IN HERE.
LIKE, ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAK
SPEAKERS SAID, THIS IS REAL.
IT'S REALLY HAPPENING.
IT'S NOT A FEVER DREAM.
I HAVE ALL MY NOTES ON MY iPAD
HERE SO I DON'T MESS UP.
SO BEAR WITH ME ONE SECOND.
HI, I'M SO EXCITEED TO BE HERE
WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY.
IT'S REALLY AWESOME.
GOT TO HIT THIS BUTTON.
OKAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO START BY
CONGRATULATEING ALL OF YOU FOR
MAKING IT HERE TODAY AND ALSO
ALL OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND
FRIENDS AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO
HELPED YOU GET HERE TODAY.
I'M INCREDIBLEY PROUD TO BE HERE
TO CONGRATULATE MY COLLEAGUES IN
INFORMATICS, MLIS, MSIM AND
Ph.D. PROGRAM.
IF LIKE ME YOU ARE WALKING
BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY FINISHED
YOUR DISSERTATION OR THESIS,
JUST ACT COOL.
WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS AND YOU
WILL GET BACK TO WRITING AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE, I PROMISE.
AND YOU WILL GET IT DONE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE AT THE
ISCHOOL, HOPEFULLY NOT TOO MUCH
MUCH.
BUT I STARTED AT THE iSCHOOL
Ph.D. PROGRAM IN 2005 AND WHEN
I INTERVIEWED FOR THE Ph.D.
PROGRAM, WE HADN'T YET GRADUATE
ED
A SINGLE Ph.D. STUDENT.
AND BY THE TIME WE HAD STARTED
IN SEPTEMBER, WE HAD ONLY
GRADUATEED ONE.
HE IS UP HERE ON THIS STAGE.
THERE HE IS.
AND, YOU KNOW, NOW WHEN I LOOK
BACK AT FACULTY AND AS SOMEONE
WHO ADVISES STUDENTS ABOUT APPLY
APPLYING TO GRADUATE PROGRAMS,
IT COULD BE A LITTLE SCARY,
RIGHT?
I THINK WE'RE STILL AT THE START
OF SOMETHING WHEN I THINK OF IT
BEING PART OF iSCHOOL AS BEING
AT THE START OF SOMETHING BIGGER
BIGGER.
AND, YOU KNOW, I STILL SOMETIMES
FEEL A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS WHEN
SOMEONE ASKS.
WHAT IS THE iSCHOOL?
OR WHAT IS THE DEGREE IN
INFORMATION SCIENCE?
SOMETIMES MY FIRST ANSWER IS: 
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU HAVE?
IT CAN BE KIND OF OVERWHELMING
TO THINK THAT YOUR AREA OF
EXPERTISE IS SOMETHING AS BROAD
AS INFORMATION WHICH DESCRIBES
LITERALLY EVERYTHING IN THE
ENTIRE UNIVERSE.
INFORMATION IS EVERYWHERE.
YOU CAN'T YAWN WITHOUT GETTING A
MOUTHFUL OF INFORMATION AS MY
GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS USED TO SAY.
AND SO SAYING THAT YOU'RE A
GRADUATE OF THE iSCHOOL ISN'T
NECESSARILY BY ITSELF ALL THAT
DESCRIPTIVE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE GRADUATEING
TODAY WHO WILL GO OFF AND BE
LIBRARIANS AND TEACHERS AND
SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, PEOPLE
AMONG US WHO ARE GOING TO FUND
STARTUPS, WHO WILL DO GREAT WORK
IN PUBLIC SERVICE, AND MANY OF
YOU WILL ALSO GUIDE THE
GENERATIONS THAT FOLLOW THIS ONE
ONE.
BUT SINCE YOU'RE HERE WITH ME
TODAY, PROBABLY AGREE THAT THE
FLEXIBILITY AND THE BREADTH OF
WHAT WE TAKE ON HERE AT THE
ISCHOOL IS ONE OF THE BEST
THINGS THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED
TO US.
PART OF BEING A GRADUATE OF THE
iSCHOOL IS YOU GET TO HELP
DEFINE WHAT THAT MEANS AND THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE AND THE WORK
YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO.
AND EVEN THOUGH TODAY MARKS A
TRANSITION IN YOUR TIME AT THE
iSCHOOL, YOU'LL CONTINUE TO BE
PART OF THAT CONVERSATION OF
WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE CAN DO.
THIS ISN'T A GREAT METAPHOR, BUT
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN THINK
ABOUT YOUR DEGREE AS A BIG BOX
FULL OF LEGOS, RIGHT?
YOU HAVE GOT A LOT OF PIECES AND
TOOLS TO BUILD ANYTHING YOU CAN
AND WHETHER YOU FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTIONS LAID OUT IN SOME
CAREER PATH OR DECIDE TO MAKE
YOUR OWN DESIGNS, YOU HAVE THE
TOOLS TO DID THAT TO DO THAT 
TODAY.
I KNOW EVERYONE HERE IS CAPABLE
OF DOING AMAZING THINGS.
MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE MANY
AMAZING THINGS AND YOU'LL
CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
SO, PERSONALLY, I HAVE A LOT
MORE FUN AND I WOULD BE A LOT
LESS NERVOUS IF I COULD SIT IN
THE AUDIENCE AND LET YOU ALL
TELL YOUR STORIES.
BUT SINCE I'M THE ONE UP HERE, I
WANT TO SAY JUST A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHO I AM AND WHAT I HAVE
BEEN UP TO SINCE I GRADUATEED.
I GRADUATEED -- SO I WAS HERE,
WELL, NOT HERE, BUT AT THIS
EVENT FIVE YEARS AGO.
ANDIN MY WORK, I LOOK AT HOW WE 
CAN
DESIGN AND BUILD TECHNOLOGY TO
EMPOWER PEOPLE WHO ARE DIS
DISEMPOWERED.
THAT'S REALLY THE CORE OF WHAT
WE DO.
AND IN MY CASE, I HAVE LOOKED
PRIMARYILY AT HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN
SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
AND LIVEING AND WORKING MORE
INDEPENDENTLY.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO DO.
AS ONE EXAMPLE WITH MY ADVISEOR
JAKE WARBROOK, WE MADE A REAL
DENT IN IMPROVING THE
ACCESSIBILITY OF MODERN
TECHNOLOGY AND ESPECIALLY
SMARTPHONES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
THIS IS REALLY DIFFICULT WORK.
IT TOOK YEARS OF WORKING WITHIN
THE COMMUNITY, DESIGNING AND
TESTING PROTOTYPES, RUNNING
STUDIES TO COLLECT DATA AND
LEARN HOW WE COULD DO EVEN
BETTER.
WHEN WE STARTED THE PROJECT, WE
ACTUALLY GOT A FAIR AMOUNT OF
FEEDBACK SAYING WE SHOULDN'T
BOTHER TRYING TO TAKE TOUCH
SCREENS USABLE BY PEOPLE WHO ARE
BLIND, THAT WE SHOULD JUST DO
SOMETHING ELSE.
AND I REMEMBER PARTICULAR REVIEW
REVIEWER WHO ONCE SAID ONE OF
THE THINGS WE WERE TRYING TO DO
WERE IMPOSSIBLE.
AND THEY WERE WRONG AND I WAS
RIGHT AND HERE I AM AND THEY'RE
NOT HERE SO THEY CAN'T OFFER
THEIR OPINION ABOUT WHY THEY
SAID THAT.
BUT HISTORY WILL SHOW THAT I WAS
RIGHT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY
GRATEFUL TO JAKE AND TO THE
COMMUNITY OF THE iSCHOOL WHO
REALLY ENCOURAGEED ME TO STICK
WITH PROBLEMS THAT I THOUGHT
WERE IMPORTANT AND THOUGHT WERE
RIGHT.
WE'VE HAD SOME OTHER REALLY
GREAT SUCCESSES.
WE DESIGNED SOME REALLY COOL
TECHNOLOGY FOR PEOPLE WHO USE
POWER WHEELCHAIRS WITH THE GOAL
OF SAYING HOW CAN WE MAKE USING
A POWER WHEELCHAIR SO COOL THAT
YOU WOULD BE JEALOUS THAT YOU
DIDN'T HAVE ONE?
WE WORKED WITH HUBBLE SPACE
TELESCOPE PEOPLE ON CREATING 3D
PRINT ARE CHATS TO BLIND KIDS
COULD LEARN ABOUT OUTER SPACE.
I HAVE HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO
WORK WITH STUDENTS TO TEACH THEM
HOW TO DESIGN TECHNOLOGY THAT
CAN LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
PEOPLE OFTEN ASK, PROBABLY MORE
THAN I THINK IS NECESSARILY
SOCIALLY APPROPRIATE, WHY I WORK
WORK -- WHY I WORK IN THIS AREA.
YOU KNOW, RIGHT?
AND THERE ARE A FEW REASONS WHY
WHY -- AND I JUST WANT TO SAY A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
SO ONE REASON DOES COME FROM
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
LEARNED HERE AND THE YEARS WE
HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK IS
THAT DOING WORK THAT CONNECTS TO
SOMETHING THAT'S PERSONAL FOR
YOU OR HAS SOME POWER FOR WHO
YOU ARE DOESN'T HAVE TO DEFINE
YOU AND IT SHOULDN'T DIMINISH
THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
OFTEN IT MEANS YOU HAVE A SET OF
EXPERIENCES OR PERSPECTIVES THAT
CAN REALLY ADD VALUE TO THAT
WORK.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY
NEED TO WORK IN THOSE AREAS THAT
SPEAK TO YOUR IDENTITY DIRECTLY,
BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE A REALLY
VALUEABLE PERSPECTIVE ON THAT.
A SECOND REASON I THINK THAT
THIS WORK IS IMPORTANT IS THAT
THERE'S JUST SUCH A GREAT NEED
AND SO MANY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY IS STILL
REALLY TERRIBLE TO USE IF YOU
ARE TOO OLD OR TOO YOUNG OR
DON'T SPEAK THE RIGHT LANGUAGE
OR IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF
DISABILITY.
AND IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE THAT
WAY.
A LOT OF THE TIMES TECHNOLOGY
ISN'T ACCESSIBLE NOT BECAUSE IT
CAN'T BE ACCESSIBLE BUT JUST
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT
KNOWLEDGE OR WE DON'T INTERVENE
AT THE RIGHT TIME TO ACTUALLY
MAKE THIS CHANGE.
SO IF YOU -- COLLECTIVELY YOU
BUT ALSO EVERYBODY ELSE HERE AND
IN CYBER CYBERSPACE CAN DO A 
FAVOR FOR
ME TODAY, IT'S TO GO HOME AND
LOOK AT THE ARTIFACTS YOU ARE
BRINGING INTO THE WORLD AND MAKE
SURE YOU'RE NOT EXCLUDING PEOPLE
WHO DON'T NEED TO BE EXCLUDED.
SO WHETHER THAT'S YOUR RESUME'
OR YOUR WEB PAGE, THAT PROJECT
VIDEO YOU PUT UP ON YOUTUBE OR
WHATEVER KIND OF CREATETIVE WORK
YOU'RE DOING, THINK ABOUT
WHETHER THERE IS SOMEONE THAT
MIGHT BE EXCLUDED AND FIX IT.
ADD CAPTIONS TO YOUR VIDEO OR
TEXT DESCRIPTION TO YOUR PHOTOS.
MAKE SURE YOUR WEB PAGE IS
ACCESSIBLE TO A SCREEN READER
AND WHATEVER WORK YOU'RE DOING
WHEN YOU GO FORWARD, REMEMBER TO
MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE SO THAT
EVERYONE CAN ENJOY IT.
AND A THIRD REASON WHY I DO THIS
WORK AND WHY I'VE DONE THIS WORK
IS BECAUSE OF MY TIME AT THE
ISCHOOL.
I THINK THERE'S A CERTAIN KIND
OF WORK THAT WE DO HERE AND I
THINK WE ALL VALUE HERE WHICH IS
TO BRING TOGETHER PEOPLE AND
TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION
RESOURCES AND USE ALL THE TOOLS
THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSEAL,
WHETHER THAT'S DESIGN SKILLS,
SKILLS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES,
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT,
TECHNOLOGY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
I LEARNED HOW TO DO THIS KIND OF
WORK AT THE iSCHOOL, AND HAVING
A LOT OF FUN WITH T. I HOPE YOU
HAVE FUN WITH THE WORK THAT YOU
DO, TOO,.
SO THIS IS MY FIRST TIME GIVEING
THIS KIND OF TALK AND I THINK
I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY SOME IN
INSPIRATIONAL STUFF.
I WILL TRY DO THAT A LITTLE BIT
BUT HOPEFULLY NOT TOO MUCH.
AFTER HARRY INVITE IMMEDIATE TO
GIVE THIS TALK, THE FIRST THINK
IS I GOT NERVOUS AND SAID WHAT
DID I DO?
WHY DID I AGREE TO DO THIS?
AND THEN I GOOGLEED HOW TO GIVE 
A
COMMENCEMENT TALK AND I READ
SOME REALLY GOOD ONES.
TONY MORRISON AND DAVID FOSTER
WALLACE AND STEVE JOBS AND JAKE
KAYVERLINGER.
I THOUGHT ABOUT STEALING WHAT
THEY WROTE BUT IF SOMEBODY
LOOKED IT UP THEN WE WOULD LOOK
BAD AND IT WOULD BE EMBARRASSING
EMBARRASSING.
I THOUGHT ABOUT THE MESSAGES I
WANTED TO PASS ON TODAY FROM MY
TIME AT THE iSCHOOL THAT MIGHT
BE USEFUL TO YOU IN SOME WAY.
AND A LOT OF THESE SPEECHES
FOCUS ON GIVING KNOWLEDGE INTO
THE BRAIN -- POURING KNOWLEDGE
INTO THE BRAINS OF THE GRADUATES
AND TELLING YOU WHAT -- HOW TO
SAFER
SAVORER THIS MOMENT AND WHAT TO
THINK.
OF COURSE, I DEFINITELY
SHOULDN'T DO THAT, RIGHT?
I THINK IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY,
THEN YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED THAT
YOU HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE AND
THE PASSION TO DO AMAZING THINGS
THINGS.
YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO WORK
HARD AND SET AND ACHIEVE GOALS
THAT ARE MEANINGFUL TO YOU.
SO THE THING THAT I WILL TELL
YOU IS, GO OFF AND DO SOMETHING
THAT'S FUNDAMENTALLY YOURS, THAT
LEVERAGES YOUR SKILLS AND YOUR
PASSIONS TO HAVE SOME IMPACT ON
THE WORLD, OKAY?
AND, YOU KNOW, I LEARNED A LOT
HERE IN MY TIME AT THE iSCHOOL
ISCHOOL.
WORKING IN USER CENTERED DESIGN,
I LEARNED TO BE A BETTER AND
MORE THOUGHTFUL DESIGNER AND
ENGINEER AND CHOOSEING WHAT
THINGS TO WORK ON AND HOW TO
MAKE THINGS.
I LEARNED BY -- BY DOING 
RESEARCH,
I LEARNED TO BE MORE OBSERVANT,
TO BE BETTER AT SEEING HOW
PEOPLE ACT, TO BE A BETTER
LISTENER SO I COULD DO A BETTER
JOB IN THINKING AND WORKING
THROUGH SOLUTIONS TO PEOPLE'S
PROBLEMS.
AND I LEARNED TO BE A MORE
CAREFUL THINKER AND COMMUNICATE
OR
COMMUNICATOR.
AND I LEARNED TO THINK ABOUT
POWER DYNAMICS AND JUSTICE AND
HOW THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO
CAN LIFT PEOPLE UP TO MAKE THE
WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
AND I DO THINK THAT THESE AND
OTHERS REALLY DO HAVE SOME CORE
VALUES THAT WE SHARE AS MEMBERS
OF THE iSCHOOL COMMUNITY AND
SOME VALUES THAT ARE INHERENTLY
iSCHOOL.
SO I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THREE WAYS THAT I THINK ABOUT
SOME OF THESE VALUES AND THEN
I'LL WRAP UP.
WE CAN GO BACK TO CLAPPING.
SO THE FIRST IS OUR ABILITY AS
PEOPLE WHO IN THE iSCHOOL
COMMUNITY TO REACH ACROSS THE
AISLE AND TO COMMUNICATE TO
PEOPLE WITH VERY DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS, SKILLS, AND
EXPERIENCES.
EVEN AMONG FOLKS WHO ARE HERE
WITH US TODAY, WE ARE AN
INCREDIBLEY DIVERSE GROUP.
AND I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW, MANY
OF US WILL END UP IN JOBS WHERE
WE HAVE TO ACT AS THE GLUE
BETWEEN EVEN MORE DIVERSE
STAKEHOLDERS.
AND I SEE AS ONE OF OUR CORE
VALUES THAT WE KNOW HOW TO ENTER
INTO THESE KINDS OF ENVIRONMENTS
AND ENGAGE WITH DIVERSE GROUPS
TO ACT RESPECTFULLY AND WITH AN
OPEN MIND AND HELP PEOPLE WORK
BETTER TOGETHER.
THE SECOND VALUE THAT I TREASURE
ABOUT OUR iSCHOOL IS THAT OUR
COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT OUR
COMMITMENTS TO PERSONAL VALUES
AND THE HIGHER GOALS STRENGTHEN
THE WORK THAT WE DO RATHER THAN
WEAKEN IT.
I WORK IN AN AREA THAT EXPLORES
FUNDAMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO
RESEARCH AND HUMAN COMPUTER
INTERACTION BUT ALSO ENGAGES
WITH COMMUNITYIES TO ADDRESS 
REAL
PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR
LIVES. AND THE AREA I WORK
HAPPENS TO BE ONE THAT HAS
PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE TO ME.
THERE WE GO.
AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE WHO DON'T
KNOW BETTER THINK THAT WORKING
ON SOMETHING THAT'S BOTH
TECHNICALLY INNOVATETIVE OR
SOCIALLY IMPACTFUL MEANS THAT
THE BAR FOR EITHER ONE OR BOTH
OF THOSE IS GOING TO BE LOWER
THAN IT WOULD BE OTHERWISE.
BUT I THINK WE KNOW BETTER.
I THINK WE KNOW THAT SHOULDN'T
BE THE CASE, THAT OUR PERSONAL
VALUES CAN HELP US PUSH
OURSELVES TO DO EVEN BETTER WORK
AND TO CONNECT WHAT WE DO BACK
TO REAL PEOPLE AND TO THE WORLD.
AND THE THIRD WE MENTIONED IS
JUST OUR COMMITMENT TO FINDING
AND USING THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR
THE JOB, YOU KNOW, WHAT TOOLS DO
YOU WANT TO USE TO HAVE AN
IMPACT ON THE WORLD?
MAYBE THE LIBRARY SYSTEM.
IT MAY BE PUBLIC POLICY OR LAW.
IT MAY BE ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
OR BUILDING TECHNOLOGY, BUILDING
PROTOTYPES.
AND I THINK THAT AS MEMBERS OF
OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMITMENT IS
NOT NECESSARILY TO TECHNOLOGY X
OR RESEARCH METHOD Y BUT TO
PICKING THE RIGHT PROBLEMS AND
PROBLEMS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL TO
US AND THE WORLD AT-LARGE AND TO
FIND THE RIGHT WAY TO MOVE
THINGS FORWARD.
AND, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THERE
ARE SO MANY INTERESTING PROBLEMS
TO SOLVE IN THE WORLD.
WE LEGISLATIVE IN A TIME WHERE
TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY ARE
CHANGING SO QUICKLY AND ARE
INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER IN
WAYS THAT ARE SOMETIMES SCARY
BUT MOSTLY EXCITEING.
AND THERE ARE SO MANY
OPPORTUNITIES TO USE THE SKILLS
THAT YOU'VE GAINED HERE TO HAVE
A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE WORLD.
AND TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE
ENTIRE PLANET EARTH FOR A MOMENT
MOMENT, THE WORLD NEEDS PEOPLE
WITH YOUR SKILLS AND YOUR BELIEF
BELIEFS AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO
SOLVEING IMPORTANT PROBLEMS.
AND SO I'LL END THIS TALK BY
JUST SAYING I'M SO EXCITEED TO
SEE WHAT GREAT THINGS YOU'RE
GOING TO DO IN THE WORLD.
I'M HUMBLEED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE
THIS MOMENT AND THIS DAY WITH
ALL OF YOU AND I KNOW EVERYONE
AT THE iSCHOOL IS REALLY PROUD
OF YOU AND EXCITEED TO SEE WHAT
COMES NEXT.
YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE iSCHOOL
IS A LIFETIME COMMITMENT NOT
JUST BECAUSE THE ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION WILL NOW CALL YOU
EVERY WEEK FOR DONATIONS --
PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE A COUPLE
VOICE MAILS FROM THEM -- BUT THE
WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE
POSITIVE IMPACTS YOU HAVE ON THE
WORLD ARE PART OF THE STORY OF
THE iSCHOOL AND WE'LL BUILD
THIS COMMUNITY FURTHER AND FAR
INTO THE FUTURE.
SO THAT'S THE END OF MY TALK.
I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A REALLY
GREAT DAY.
I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE SOME TIME TO
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU LEARNED
HERE AT THE iSCHOOL AND HOW
YOUR EXPERIENCES HERE WILL HELP
YOU TAKE ON THE NEXT GREAT
CHALLENGE, WHATEVER THAT WILL BE
BE.
SO THANKS FOR LISTENING AND
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, SHAUN,
SUPPORT INSPIREING OUR STUDENTS
AND INDEED INSPIREING ALL OF US
THIS AFTERNOON.
WELL, WE'RE NOW GOING TO
RECOGNIZE OUR CANDIDATES FOR THE
SEVERAL DEGREES AWARDED BY THE
INFORMATION SCHOOL.
PROFESSOR RICARDO GOMEZ PLEASE
PRESENT OUR DOCTORAL CANDIDATES.
>> THANK YOU, HARRY.
I AM STANDING IN FOR ADAM MOORE
WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THE Ph.D.
PROGRAM.
WOULD THE CANDIDATES FOR THE
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PLEASE
RISE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
DEAN BRUCE, IT GIVES ME GREAT
PLEASE SURE ON BEHALF OF ADD DAM
TO PRESENT YOU THESE TWO
FANTASTIC CANDIDATES FOR OUR
DOCTORAL PROGRAM.
>> ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE
INFORMATION SCHOOL FAMILY, I
CONGRATULATE YOU.
WE KNOW THE YEARS OF COMMITMENT,
HARD WORK, AND SACRIFICE THAT
ARE NECESSARY TO COMPLETE A
DOCTORAL PROGRAM.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU AND
KNOW YOU'LL HAVE SUCCESSFUL
CAREERS.
WE WILL TAKE THIS MOMENT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE EACH OF YOU
INDIVIDUALLY
I WOULD ASK DR. RACHEL IVY
CLARKE AND HER ADVISOR,
PROFESSOR ALLYSON CARLYLE TO
COME FORWARD SO DR. CLARKE CAN
BE INVESTED WITH HER DOCTORAL
HOOD.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THE TITLE OF DR. CLARKE'S
DISSERTATION IS IT'S NOT ROCKET
-- STRIKE OUT THE ROCKET --
LIBRARY SCIENCE:  DESIGN
EPISTEMOLOGY AND AMERICAN
LIBRARIANSHIP.
BEFORE SHE JOINS THE FACULTY IN
HER SEAT ON STAGE, DR. CLARKE
WILL SIGN THE BOOK OF GRADUATES,
AS WILL ALL OUR CANDIDATES THIS
EVENING.
[ APPLAUSE ]
I WOULD ASK DR. PAUL LUO LI'S
ADVISOR, PROFESSOR ANDREW KO, TO
COME FORWARD.SO DR. LI CAN BE 
INVESTED WITH
HIS DOCTORAL HOOD.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THE TITLE OF DR. LI'S
DISSERTATION IS WHAT MAKES A
GREAT SOFTWARE ENGINEER.
[ APPLAUSE ]
PROFESSOR JINHA LEE PLEASE
PRESENT OUR MLIS CANDIDATES.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WOULD THE CANDIDATES FOR THE
DEGREE OF MASTER OF LIBRARY AND
INFORMATION SCIENCE PLEASE RISE.
DEAN BRUCE, IT GIVES ME GREAT
PLEASURE TO PRESENT THESE
WONDERFUL CANDIDATES.
>> ON BEHALF OF THE INFORMATION
SCHOOL, I CONGRATULATE EACH OF
YOU ON THE EFFORT AND DEDICATION
YOU HAVE SHOWN IN COMPLETING
YOUR DEGREES.
PLEASE BE SEATED UNTIL YOU ARE
CONDUCTED TO THE STAGE TO BE
HOODED AND RECOGNIZED
PERSONALLY.
[ ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES' NAMES]
>> I WILL NOW READ THE NAMES OF
THOSE ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND, BUT
ARE JOINING OUR CELEBRATION
ONLINE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND
FRIENDS ACROSS THE NATION AND
AROUND THE WORLD.
[ ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES' NAMES]
>> DR. SEAN MCGANN PLEASE
PRESENT OUR MSIM CANDIDATES.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WOULD THE CANDIDATES FOR THE
DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PLEASE
RISE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
DEAN BRUCE, IT IS MY HONOR TO
PRESENT YOU THE FUTURE
INFORMATION LEADERS OF THE WORLD
WORLD, THE MSIM CLASS OF 2016.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> ON BEHALF OF THE INFORMATION
SCHOOL, I CONGRATULATE EACH OF
YOU ON THE EFFORT AND DEDICATION
YOU HAVE SHOWN IN COMPLETING
YOUR DEGREES.
PLEASE COME FORWARD TO BE HOODED
AND RECOGNIZED PERSONALLY.
[ ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES' NAMES]
>> WOULD MR. SCOTT BARKER,
PLEASE PRESENT YOUR CANDIDATES.
>> WOULD THE CANDIDATES FOR THE
 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
INFORMATICS PLEASE RISE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
DEAN BRUCE, IT GIVES ME GREAT
PLEASURE TO PRESENT THESE
HASHTAG AWESOME CANDIDATES.
>> ON BEHALF OF THE INFORMATION
SCHOOL, I CONGRATULATE EACH OF
YOU ON THE HARD WORK AND
DEDICATION YOU HAVE SHOWN IN
COMPLETING YOUR DEGREES.
PLEASE COME FORWARD TO BE
RECOGNIZED PERSONALLY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
[ ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES' NAMES]
>> I WILL NOW READ THE NAMES OF
THOSE ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND, BUT
ARE JOINING OUR CELEBRATION
ONLINE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND
FRIENDS ACROSS THE NATION AND
AROUND THE WORLD.
[ ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES' NAMES]
>> WHY DON'T WE GIVE ALL OF OUR
GRADUATES ONE LAST ROUND OF
APPLAUSE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> WOW.
AS WE CLOSE THIS CONVOCATION, I
THINK IT'S CLEAR TO ALL OF YOU
THAT THE INFORMATION SCHOOL IS
ABOUT TAKING THE WORLD A BETTER
PLACE.
WE DO THIS THROUGH OUR ACADEMIC
AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND OUR
SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL AND
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES.
THIS COMMUNITY OF GRADUATEING
STUDENTS AND
 ALL THOSE WHOA'S
GONE BEFORE AND WILL GRADUATE IN
THE FUTURE ARE THE INSTRUMENTS
OF OUR IMPACT ON THE WORLD.
THROUGH THEIR GOOD WORK BASED
UPON WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED AND
THEIR VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE THAT WEES 
WE
ESPOUSE, THE WORLD IS MADE
BETTER.
SO THIS CONVOCATION, LIKE ALL
OTHERS, IS A SYMBOL OF HOPE AND
A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TORI
GOTTLIEB AND KARI I FOR
OVERSEEING, ORGANIZING, AND
ORCHESTRATING THE MANY DETAILS
REQUIRED.
THANK YOU, TORI AND KARI VERY
MUCH.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK
JAYSON CURRY WHO DID A LOT OF
THE EVENT PLANNING LOGISTICS,
ZACK KEYS WHO PRODUCED THE
PROGRAM, AND ALL THE STUDENT
SERVICES STAFF FOR THEIR HARD
WORK TODAY, ALONG WITH THE MANY
ISCHOOL STAFF WHO HAVE
VOLUNTEERED TO HELP US MAKE THIS
A WONDERFUL AND MEMORABLE EVENT
FOR OUR GRADUATES.THANK YOU, ALL
.
[ APPLAUSE ]
FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO GIVE MY
THANKS TO MY FACULTY COLLEAGUES
ON THE STAGE WHO WORK TIRELESSLY
TO SERVE THE
EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH MISSION
OF OUR SCHOOL.THANK YOU, FACULTY
.
[ APPLAUSE ]
SO BEFORE CLOSING OUR
CONVOCATION MY FINAL DUTY IS TO
ASK FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO REMAIN
IN THEIR SEATS UNTIL THE
RECESSIONAL IS COMPLETE, AT
WHICH TIME YOU CAN REJOIN YOUR
GRADUATES IN THE FRONT LOBBY.SO 
BEFORE WE MARCH OFF THE STAGE
STAGE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO DO.
I'D LIKE TO HONOR TWO OF MY
COLLEAGUES, ONE WHO IS RETIREING
AND THE OTHER WHO IS MOVING ON
TO WORK AT ANOTHER UNIVERSITY.
THEY ARE PROFESSOR BOB MASON AND
PROFESSOR CAREEN NGY
UAN.
WOULD THEY PLEASE STAND.
[ APPLAUSE ]
YOU CAN REMAIN STANDING.
I HAVEN'T FINISHED YET.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SO IT IS A TRADITION OF
CONVOCATIONS AND ORIENTATIONS,
INDEED IT IS THE ASSOCIATION OF
ANY EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE
iSCHOOL THAT WE CONCLUDE THE
EVENT WITH
 A ROUSEING RENDITION
OF "THE iSCHOOL IS MY SCHOOL"."
>> YES!
>> YES.
NOW, SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW
ABOUT THIS, THE UNINITIATED.
>> OH, WE KNOW.
>> THANK YOU.
THE LEADERS -- WE'RE GOING TO
START OVER HERE.
YEAH.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
SO THIS SMALL GROUP HERE ARE
GOING TO JUST DEMONSTRATE FOR
YOU.
THEY'RE GOING TO STAND UP.
ALL RIGHT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE QUITE A
VERSION OF WHAT WE'RE ULTIMATELY
GOING TO DO, ALL RIGHT?
A QUIETER VERSION.
THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT
EVEN LOUDER THAN ALL OF US COULD
DO.
AND ALL YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS
iSCHOOL IS MY SCHOOL BECAUSE
THE WAHOO PART IS GOING TO BE
COMPLETED BY PROFESSOR MASON
 AND
PROFESSOR NGYUAN.
NOW, THIS IS THEIR BIG MOMENT.
BOB, CAREEN -- ACTUALLY, I MIGHT
INVITE ANOTHER RETIREED FACULTY
MEMBER, DEAN EMERITUS MICHAEL EI
EISENBERG TO COME OUT AS WELL
JUST TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT
OF SUPPORT.
