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WELCOME TO THE MONTCLAIR STATE
UNIVERSITY 2020 COMMENCEMENT
CEREMONIES
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WELCOME TO THE MONTCLAIR STATE
UNIVERSITY 2020 COMMENCEMENT
CEREMONIES
≫ GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME TO
THE 2020 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
FOR THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND
MATHEMATICS AT MONTCLAIR STATE
UNIVERSITY.
FOR YOUR SAFETY, WE ASK THAT YOU
PLEASE WEAR FACE COVERINGS AT
ALL TIMES, STAY 6 FEET AWAY FROM
THOSE NOT IN YOUR GROUP AND
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM OUR
EVENT STAFF.
PLEASE REMAIN IN YOUR PLACES
UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF OUR
BRIEF CEREMONY.
WHEN THE CEREMONY IS OVER, OUR
EVENT STAFF WILL RELEASE YOU BY
SECTIONS IN ORDER TO ENSURE
SOCIAL DISTANCING, SO PLEASE
FOLLOW THEIR INSTRUCTIONS.
WE WANT YOU TO ENJOY THIS
EXPERIENCE, SO WE ALSO ASK YOU
TO PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC
DEVICES.
AND NOW WILL YOU PLEASE WELCOME
THE CLASS OF 2020 GRADUATES FROM
THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND
MATHEMATICS.
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["TRIUMPHAL MARCH"]
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["POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE"]
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≫ GRADUATES, PLEASE RISE AS THE
ACADEMIC PROCESSIONAL WILL NOW
BEGIN.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE PRESENT
THE PRESIDENT OF MONTCLAIR STATE
UNIVERSITY, THE PROVOST AND VICE
PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS,
THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF
SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS, AND
DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY FACULTY
AND STAFF.
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["TRIUMPHAL MARCH"]
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≫ WELCOME.
PLEASE BE SEATED.
I'M DR. LORA BILLINGS, DEAN OF
THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND
MATHEMATICS, AND IT IS MY GREAT
PLEASURE TO WELCOME TO THE
PODIUM THE PRESIDENT OF
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY,
DR. SUSAN A. COLE.
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≫ GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
WELCOME.
GRADUATES, GUESTS,
FACULTY AND STAFF TO THE 2020
UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES FOR THE COLLEGE OF
SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS AT
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY.
PLEASE RISE FOR THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM, WHICH WAS RECORDED AT
LAST YEAR'S
COMMENCEMENT BY
LISBELKIS SANTANA,
A MONTCLAIR STATE GRADUATE LAST
YEAR.
PLEASE RISE.
[SINGING] O 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 FREE
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AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE.
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≫ PLEASE BE SEATED.
GRADUATES,
IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU IN
PERSON HERE.
IT'S AN ENORMOUS PLEASURE FOR
US.
WE PROMISED WE WOULD CELEBRATE
YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AS SOON AS THE
GOVERNOR SAID IT WAS SAFE ENOUGH
TO GATHER IN PERSON, AND HERE WE
ARE!
THESE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS HAVE
BEEN A DIFFICULT TIME FOR YOU
AND FOR US.
WE HAVE MARVELED AT YOUR
TENACITY AND RESILIENCE IN THE
FACE OF ADVERSITY, AND WE ARE
PROUD OF ALL THAT YOU HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED IN YOUR TIME AT
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY,
INCLUDING THIS LAST SEMESTER,
WHICH OFFERED VERY SPECIAL
CHALLENGES TO STUDENTS IN THE
SCIENCES, BUT YOU DID NOT LET
THE PANDEMIC KEEP YOU FROM
REACHING YOUR GOAL.
[APPLAUSE]
AS WE GATHER FOR THIS MOST
UNUSUAL COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY,
WE ARE BUOYED BY THE BOUNTIFUL
ENERGY AND POTENTIAL OF THE
GRADUATES WHOSE ACHIEVEMENTS
WILL BE MARKED BY THE CONFERRAL
OF DEGREES.
AS EVENTS OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS
HAVE SHOWN, YOU ARE ENTERING A
WORLD THAT HAS MANY IMPORTANT
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL,
GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSUES IN URGENT NEED OF
ATTENTION.
AND, TODAY, YOU JOIN THE NEXT
CLASS OF CITIZENS, PREPARED BY
YOUR EDUCATION TO MAKE A
MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE
HARD WORK IT TAKES TO BUILD A
PEACEFUL, PROSPEROUS, EQUITABLE
AND JUST SOCIETY.
A SOCIETY THAT
UNDERSTANDS SCIENCE AND ITS
IMPORTANCE IN SHAPING THE
POLICIES THAT IMPACT LIVES NOW
AND IN THE FUTURE.
THE EDUCATION YOU HAVE ACQUIRED
HAS BEEN IN PART TO ENABLE YOU
TO BECOME THE PERSON YOU WANT TO
BE IN THIS WORLD BUT ONLY IN
PART.
ITS PURPOSE HAS ALSO BEEN TO
ENABLE YOU TO BECOME THE KIND OF
CITIZEN THAT OUR NATION AND THE
WORLD NEEDS.
ONE WHO WILL CREATE
AND APPLY NEW KNOWLEDGE TO
USEFUL ENDS.
THE ROLE OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES,
SUCH AS MONTCLAIR STATE, IS
CRITICAL TO SUSTAINING A FREE
AND DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, FOR TO
BE A RESPONSIBLE AND
CONTRIBUTING CITIZEN IN A
DEMOCRACY TAKES PREPARATION AND
IT TAKES EDUCATION.
YOU HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
THAT EDUCATION, AND MANY PEOPLE
HAVE WORKED HARD TO MAKE THAT
PRIVILEGE POSSIBLE FOR YOU,
INCLUDING FACULTY AND ADVISERS
AT THE UNIVERSITY, YOUR FAMILY
AND FRIENDS, WHO ARE SO PROUD OF
YOU, AND MANY PEOPLE WHO YOU
WILL NEVER KNOW, YOUR
FELLOW
CITIZENS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED
THEIR TAXES TO SUPPORT YOUR
EDUCATION, AND MANY, MANY
GENEROUS ALUMNI AND DONORS WHO
HAVE GIVEN OF WHAT THEY HAVE TO
HELP YOU WITH SCHOLARSHIPS AND
TO HELP US PROVIDE RESOURCES TO
YOU.
AND NOW IT'S UP TO YOU, AND YOU
MUST LET NOTHING STAND BETWEEN
YOU AND YOUR FUTURE.
THIS IS NOW AN AGE OF FEAR.
PEOPLE HAVE FEAR.
AND WHAT THEY NEED IS SCIENCE
AND COURAGE, AND YOU WILL BRING
THEM BOTH SCIENCE AND COURAGE.
NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAM.
AT THIS MOMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO
PAUSE AND REMEMBER TOGETHER
FELLOW STUDENTS WHOSE LIVES HAVE
BEEN CUT SHORT AND WHO WILL
NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE THAT YOU
HAVE.
LET US REMEMBER TOGETHER
JOSE FERNANDEZ,
PIERRE PUENTE de le VEGA,
QURAN GWALTNEY,
JULIANNA LEE KESSLER,
GRIFFIN KLAUS,
CHRISTIAN NILES,
MICHAELA POWELL,
AND JEREMY THOMPSON.
AND LET US ALSO SEND OUR
COLLECTIVE BEST
WISHES TO 16 OF
YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS WHO WERE
CALLED AWAY FROM THEIR STUDIES
AND THEIR FAMILIES THIS YEAR TO
SERVE ON THE FRONT LINES IN THE
NATIONAL GUARD'S COVID-19
RESPONSE.
THESE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SERVING
IN HOSPITALS, NURSING HOMES,
TESTING CENTERS AND HELPING TO
BUILD FIELD HOSPITALS.
THEY ARE DEREK ALACORN,
EDITH ARGUETA,
MELISSA CASTELLY,
MARCOS DE LEON,
MERCEDES FLORES,
DANIEL HERRERA,
ALEX JANIERO,
CHRISTOPHER LANGILL,
LUCIENE LLOYD,
NOLAN MUGANDA,
ALYSHA PIERRE,
NICHOLAS RITTER,
ANTHONY STEINER,
JAMES SUAREZ,
DIEGO TANAKA,
AND VICTORIA VALLEJO.
LET US THANK THOSE FELLOW
REDHAWKS FOR THEIR SERVICE TO
THE NATION.
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AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL SEE THEM
SAFELY BACK ON CAMPUS SOON.
CLASS OF 2020, YOU HAVE BEEN
CALLED THE CLASS OF COVID.
BUT AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, YOU
ARE NOT THE VIRUS!
YOU ARE THE CURE!
YOU ARE THE CURE!
YOU IN PARTICULAR --
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-- SCIENCE AND MATH STUDENTS,
YOU ARE THE CURE!
NOW MORE THAN EVER, GRADUATES,
THE WORLD NEEDS BRIGHT,
COMMITTED, WELL-PREPARED PEOPLE
WHO CAN TAKE ON THE IMMENSE
CHALLENGES WE ARE FACING.
AND YOUR EDUCATION AT MONTCLAIR
STATE HAS PREPARED YOU FOR THIS
MOMENT.
I HAVE WATCHED YOU WITH PRIDE
THIS YEAR AND HAVE SEEN THAT YOU
HAVE NOT BEEN BROUGHT DOWN BY
THIS CRISIS.
ON THE CONTRARY, YOU HAVE BEEN
STRENGTHENED BY IT.
YOU HAVE BEEN TOUGHENED BY IT.
YOU HAVE BEEN EDUCATED BY IT.
AND YOU ARE READIER THAN EVER TO
GO OUT AND MAKE YOUR WAY IN THIS
WORLD AND TO FULFILL YOUR HOPES
AND YOUR DREAMS
AND OUR HOPES AND DREAMS FOR YOU
RIGHT NOW I WOULD JUST LIKE TO
TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK ALL OF
THE MONTCLAIR STATE FACULTY AND
STAFF AND STUDENTS WHO HAVE
HELPED US PUT THIS CEREMONY
TOGETHER FOR YOU SO THAT IT
COULD BE DONE SAFELY.
WEEKS AND WEEKS AND WEEKS OF
PLANNING WENT INTO IT, AND MANY
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OUT HERE IN THE
HOT SUN TO MAKE SURE IT ALL WENT
PERFECTLY.
SO, LET US THANK ALL THOSE
USHERS AND GREETERS AND
COORDINATORS.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING
THIS POSSIBLE FOR US.
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO TURN OUR
CEREMONY OVER TO DR. LORI
BILLINGS,
DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
AND MATHEMATICS,.
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≫ THANK YOU, DR. COLE.
COLE.GRADUATES, ALL OF US IN THE
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND
MATHEMATICS, OR CSAM, ARE SO
HAPPY TO SEE YOU SITTING HERE
SOCIALLY DISTANCED AND YET VERY
MUCH TOGETHER.
OUR DISTINGUISHED CLASSROOM
PARTY HAVE JOINED US TO
CELEBRATE THE DAY.
I ASK THE MEMBERS THE PLATFORM
PARTY TO STAND BRIEFLY AS THEY
ARE INTRODUCED.
DR. STEPHANIE, ASSOCIATE DEAN
FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND
RESEARCH.
DR. SCOTT KIGHT, ASSOCIATE DEAN
FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS.
AND FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOL,
DR. DIRK VANDERKLEIN, CHAIR.
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DR. SANDRA ADAMS, DR. PAUL
BOLOGNA, DR. JULIAN.
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AND FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
CHEMISTRY
AND BIOCHEMISTRY, DR. 
DR. DESILVA, CHAIR.
DR. CATALANO,.
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THANK YOU, ALL, FOR INNING US
TODAY.
-- THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US
TODAY.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL DAY, A
JOYOUS OCCASION, A TIME FOR
CELEBRATION.
A TIME FOR FOND MEMORIES.
AND A TIME TO LOOK FORWARD.
GRADUATES, YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED
EXTRAORDINARY PERSEVERANCE AND
RESILIENCE TO GET HERE TODAY.
TODAY, YOU ARE NOT ONLY GETTING
A COLLEGE DEGREE.
ARE YOU GETTING A VALUABLE
SCIENCE DEGREE, A ANDREA FROM
THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND
MATHEMATICS, THE BEST COLLEGE
WITH THE BEST GRADUATES AT
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY.
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I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE A
MOMENT AND ASK YOU TO REMEMBER
WHAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES FELT
AS YOU FIRST ARRIVED ON THIS
CAMPUS AND WHAT YOU HOPED AND
DREAMED TO DO HERE.
YOU TOOK THAT BRAVE STEP AND
STARTED YOUR JOURNEY.
I'M SURE THERE WERE CHALLENGES
ALONG THE WAY, MAYBE SOME LATE
NIGHTS WITH TOO MUCH COFFEE.
IT ALL CAME TOGETHER AND YOU
LEARNED.
YOU LEARNED HOW TO THINK ABOUT
THE WORLD IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
YOU LEARNED HOW TO THINK LIKE A
SCIENTIST~-- TO CAREFULLY GATHER
EVIDENCE AND DRAW CONCLUSIONS.
YOU ALSO LEARNED THAT NEITHER
YOU NOR ANYONE ELSE HAS ALL THE
ANSWERS.
YOU MUST CONTINUE TO LEARN AND
USE THAT KNOWLEDGE IF YOU ARE
GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I THINK WE CAN AGREE YOUR
MONTCLAIR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN
UNIQUE.
FOR SOME OF US, THE CHANGE IS
UNSETTLING, BUT IT'S HAPPENING
ALL AROUND US.
WITH THE UNPRECEDENTED SERIES OF
EVENTS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS,
THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SEIZE THE
INITIATIVE.
IF THE WORLD IS GOING TO GET
BETTER, IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO
YOU.
MORE THAN EVER, THIS IS YOUR
MOMENT, YOUR GENERATION'S WORLD
TO SHAPE.
WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO DO FROM
THIS DAY FORWARD, YOU CAN BUILD
ON YOUR EXTRAORDINARY
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT MONTCLAIR
STATE, MADE POSSIBLE BY YOUR
HARD WORK AND, OF COURSE, THE
SUPPORT OF OTHERS.
THIS SUPPORT IS A GIFT, AND I
HOPE THAT BEFORE THIS DAY IS
OUT, YOU GET THE CHANCE TO TELL
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED
YOU OVER THESE YEARS HOW
GRATEFUL YOU ARE.
GRATEFUL TO YOUR FAMILIES FOR
THE ENDLESS SUPPORT AND
GROUNDING THEY GIVE YOU.
GRATEFUL TO YOUR INSTRUCTORS AND
MENTORS FOR EDUCATING YOU IN
YOUR ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE.
GRATEFUL TO YOUR FRIENDS FOR
THOSE ESSENTIAL AND ENDURING
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.
AND GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE WAYS
IN WHICH THESE PEOPLE HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO WHAT YOU HAVE
BECOME.
THESE ARE GIFTS YOU HAVE
RECEIVED, AND NOW IT IS YOUR
TURN TO PAY IT FORWARD.
I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH ONE LAST
THING.
CARL SAGAN, A WELL-KNOWN
ASTRONOMER AND AUTHOR, ONCE
NOTED THAT "IT IS THE TENSION
BETWEEN CREATIVITY AND
SKEPTICISM THAT HAS PRODUCED THE
STUNNING AND UNEXPECTED FINDINGS
OF SCIENCE."
THAT'S THE WORLD THAT YOU ARE
GRADUATING INTO -- ONE IN WHICH
YOU ARE CALLED TO BE CREATIVE,
TO KEEP YOUR MINDS OPEN TO THE
UNEXPECTED.
TO WORK TO PUT THE PIECES
TOGETHER.
TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
AND PUSH SCIENCE FORWARD.
NOW MORE THAN EVER, SCIENCE IS
ON THE FRONT LINE, AND MANY
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO US FOR
THE ANSWERS.
GRADUATES, NO ONE CAN TELL YOU
THE PATH YOU WILL TAKE.
YOU MUST FIND THAT PATH
YOURSELF.
YOU ARE THE GRADUATES OF THE
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND
MATHEMATICS, WHICH MEANS YOU CAN
DO THIS.
CONGRATULATIONS, AND GOOD LUCK
TO THE CSAM CLASS OF 2020!
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NOW DR. SCOTT KIGHT, CSAM'S
ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR STUDENT
AFFAIRS, AS WE RECOGNIZE THE
SENIORS HERE TODAY WHO GRADUATED
WITH HONORS THIS ACADEMIC YEAR.
PLEASE STAND AS YOUR NAME IS
ANNOUNCED.
STUDENTS WITH CUMULATIVE GRADE
POINT AVERAGES BETWEEN 3.7 AND
3.79 HAVE GRADUATED CUM LAUDE,
OR WITH DISTINCTION.
≫ MOHAMMAD ALBONDOGJI,
EMERALD BOSQUE,
IAN MEAD,
ARIEL PINCHASOV,
CHRISTOPHER QUINTEROS,
BRIAN TOEDTMANN.
≫ STUDENTS WITH CUMULATIVE
GRADE POINT AVERAGES BETWEEN 3.8
AND 3.89 HAVE GRADUATED MAGNA
CUM LAUDE, OR WITH GREAT
DISTINCTION.
≫ MARC ALICEA,
NATASIA FERNANDEZ,
ALI HASAN,
JAMES LOMONTE,
YVEEKA MARCELLUS,
CHRISTIAN RACHKO,
KEVIN SAEZ,
SALLY SEDER,
ADAM ZADEH.
≫ AND STUDENTS WITH CUMULATIVE
GRADE POINT AVERAGES BETWEEN 3.9
AND 4.00 HAVE GRADUATED SUMMA
CUM LAUDE, OR WITH THE HIGHEST
DISTINCTION.
≫ AHMAD ABUROUMI,
ANGELO CIRINELLI,
ABDULKADER HALLAK,
GABRIELA HERRERA,
EDGAR MEDINA,
MICHAEL MIRMAN,
ERIN TYLL,
SAEED YASIN.
≫ CONGRATULATIONS.
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≫ THANK YOU, DEAN BILLINGS.
AND NOW I WILL TURN TO THE
PROVOST, WILLARD GINGERICH, TO
BEGIN THE CONFERMENT OF DEGREES.
≫ PRESIDENT COLE, IT IS MY
PRIVILEGE TO REPORT TO YOU THAT
THE CANDIDATES HERE ASSEMBLED
WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
THE CURRICULA OFFERED BY THE
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND
MATHEMATICS OF MONTCLAIR STATE
UNIVERSITY HAVE BEEN SO
CERTIFIED BY THE UNIVERSITY
REGISTRAR, AND THEY ARE
RECOMMENDED BY THE FACULTY TO BE
AWARDED BACHELOR'S DEGREES IN
RECOGNITION OF THEIR ACADEMIC
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT A NUMBER
OF THESE CANDIDATES HAVE ALSO
COMPLETED THEIR CERTIFICATIONS
TO TEACH.
THANK YOU.
≫ PRESIDENT COLE, IT NOW GIVES
ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE
THE MEMBERS OF THE MAY 2020
GRADUATING CLASS.
WILL THE CANDIDATES FOR THE
BACHELOR'S DEGREE PLEASE COME
FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR
INDIVIDUAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
WHILE YOU WAIT TO CROSS THE
STAGE, PLEASE KEEP AT LEAST 6
FEET OF DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND
THOSE AROUND YOU AND SLIDE YOUR
NAME CARD THROUGH THE SLOT IN
THE PLEXIGLASS BARRIER TO
OUR--
TO DR. KITE.
FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY REASONS,
WE CANNOT SHAKE HANDS THIS YEAR,
BUT WE APPLAUD YOUR
ACHIEVEMENTS.
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≫ WILL ALL THE CANDIDATES FOR
BACHELOR'S DEGREE PLEASE RISE.
WILL THE FAMILIES OF THE
BACHELOR'S CANDIDATES PLEASE
RISE WITH YOUR GRADUATES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
PRESIDENT COLE, I AM PLEASED TO
PRESENT THE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE
QUALIFIED FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE.
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≫ ARE WE READY?
ARE WE READY?
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WE'RE READY.
OKAY.
BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY
VESTED IN ME BY THE STATE OF
NEW~JERSEY AND THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF MONTCLAIR STATE
UNIVERSITY, AND IN RECOGNITION
OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENT IN
FULFILLING THE CURRICULA
PRESCRIBED, I CONFER UPON YOU,
AS EARNED, THE DESIGNATED
BACHELOR'S DEGREE WITH ALL THE
RIGHTS, DUTIES, PRIVILEGES, AND
IMMUNITIES THEREUNTO
APPERTAINING, OF WHICH THE
DIPLOMA IS THE WRITTEN WITNESS.
CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I'LL NOW ASK PROVOST GINGERICH
TO JOIN ME TO CONDUCT THE
UNDERGRADUATE TASSEL CEREMONY.
GRADUATES,
WHEN PROVOST GINGERICH SIGNALS
WITH THE MACE, YOU WILL MOVE
YOUR TASSEL FROM THE RIGHT SIDE
TO THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR
MORTARBOARD.
READY?
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AND THERE IT IS.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT, BUT
THAT'S A MAGIC THING YOU JUST
DID.
NOT SCIENCE, MAGIC.
[LAUGHTER]
SO, PLEASE BE SEATED.
GRADUATES,
THIS CONCLUDES THE MONTCLAIR
STATE UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES FOR THE COLLEGE OF
SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS.
I WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO REMAIN
SEATED UNTIL THE RECESSIONAL IS
COMPLETE.
AND, GRADUATES, WHEN IT IS TIME
FOR YOU TO RECESS, PLEASE STAY 6
FEET APART AND FOLLOW ALL STAFF
INSTRUCTIONS AS YOU EXIT SPRAGUE
FIELD.
AND REMEMBER TO KEEP THOSE FACE
COVERS ON -- COVERINGS ON.
TO OUR GUESTS, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
US HERE TODAY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I KNOW HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO
YOU, AND I WANT TO ASSURE YOU IT
MEANS A LOT TO US TOO THAT YOU
ARE HERE WITH US TODAY.
FOR YOUR SAFETY, PLEASE WAIT FOR
OUR EVENT STAFF TO RELEASE YOU
BY SECTIONS.
EVERYBODY, PLEASE STAY SAFE,
STAY WELL, STAY BRAVE, AND
CONGRATULATIONS.
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