- [Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome your Spring 2019
Georgia Tech Graduates.
("Pomp and Circumstance")
(light piano music)
("Canon in D")
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("Pomp and Circumstance")
(light orchestral music)
- Well good morning and welcome.
Please rise and remain standing
for the posting of the
colors and the singing
of the national anthem by
Sympathetic Vibrations.
♪ 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 rocket's red glare ♪
♪ the bombs bursting in air ♪
♪ Gave proof through the night ♪
♪ that our flag was still there ♪
♪ Oh, say does that star-spangled ♪
♪ banner yet wave ♪
♪ O'er the land of the free ♪
♪ and the home of the brave ♪
(applause)
- Please be seated.
Well good morning.
In addition to our
students that are preparing
for military service,
I'd like for us to take just a moment
to recognize the veterans
and active service members
that are in the audience with us today.
If you have served or
are currently serving
in any branch of the US Military,
please rise and let us
show our appreciation.
(applause)
Thank you.
At this time I'm pleased to
introduce Deb Kumar Banerji,
a candidate for the
Bachelor of Science Degree
in Computer Science who
will give us our reflection.
Deb.
(applause)
- My first day at Georgia
Tech was terrifying.
I walked into my first class
and was met with a short introduction
followed by a 45 minute whirlwind
of strange Greek symbols, squiggly lines
and linear algebra I
couldn't hope to understand.
Naturally I panicked, struggling
to write everything down.
And as I was flailing about,
the people around me noticed.
After lecture, a helpful fourth year
walked me through the notes she had taken.
And another asked if I wanted
to join his study group.
Even the professor took notice
and gave me some advice on how to approach
the rest of the course.
Even though I would soon come to learn
that I had walked into the
wrong linear algebra class,
(laughter)
I knew without a shadow of a doubt
that I had walked into the right school.
It's no secret that we have achieved
the amazing things we have by standing
on the shoulders of giants.
People who not only make great strides
in their respective fields,
but also share their knowledge
so that others may do the same.
What makes Georgia Tech different
is that these giants aren't confined
to the textbooks in front of you.
They're standing in front of you.
They're teaching you.
They're inspiring you.
They're also sitting next to you.
They're designing dynamic
programming algorithms with you.
And the amazing thing is,
they're learning from you as well.
For every time the intelligent, unique,
incredible people next to
you helped you be better,
you helped them too.
It's so easy to suffer
from imposter syndrome
at Georgia Tech.
Feeling like you can't hope to keep up
with all the incredible people around you.
And it's a fact that you
wouldn't be here today
if not for all of the people who inspire
and supported you.
But never forget just how
many people wouldn't be here
if you hadn't supported them.
No one can be perfect all
the time and that's okay.
It's hard to believe but the
incredible people around us
aren't born incredible.
They're made incredible by the people
who inspire and support them.
People like you.
Whether it's by fixing
your friend's 3D printer,
helping a complete
stranger install Matlab,
or sharing your second
course senior Algebra notes
with a freshman who looks
like he's about to throw up.
(laughter)
So look to your left
and look to your right.
Today you're standing among giants
and today you're standing just as tall.
Thank you and congratulations,
class of 2019.
(applause)
- Thank you Deb, and good luck
as you go into the world
to do great things.
Congratulations.
- Thank you so much.
(applause)
- Graduates, members of faculty and staff,
distinguished guests,
families and friends,
it's my great pleasure to welcome you
to the 257th Commencement Exercises
here at the Georgia
Institute of Technology.
(applause)
This weekend's activities recognizes
the Spring Commencement participants.
Today we celebrate the graduation
of 2,230 undergraduate degrees
and students that join more than 1,570
graduate degree recipients yesterday.
As is the case for them
and the case for you,
the success of our institute
is seldom a one person effort.
As we celebrate the successful conclusion
of one chapter of your lifelong education,
it's important to acknowledge
that you've not done so alone.
With us today are many
families, friends and colleagues
whose love and support have helped
to make this day possible.
For some parents that are here today,
it's not your first Georgia
Tech graduation ceremony.
If you're a parent of more than one
proud Georgia Tech
graduate through the years
or if you're a Georgia Tech alumnus,
please stand, wave and be recognized.
(applause)
Congratulations.
At this time I'd like to
introduce several members
of the stage party.
And I ask that you hold your applause
as they stand when I call their names
and wait until I've introduced them all
to recognize them.
First, Dr. David McDowell,
Georgia Tech's 2019
distinguished professor
and today's mace bearer.
Good, good.
(laughter)
I thought we had it.
Dr. Chaouki Abdallah, Executive
Vice President for Research,
Ms. Lynn Durham, Associate Vice President
and Chief of Staff,
Dr. Archie Ervin, Executive Vice President
for Institute Diversity,
Dr. Bonnie Ferri, Vice
Provost for Graduate Education
and Faculty Development,
Dr. Colin Potts, Vice Provost
for Undergraduate Education,
Mr. Dene Sheheane,
Vice President for Government
and Community Relations,
Mr. John Stein, Vice
President of Student Life
and Dean of Students,
Dr. Steven Girardot,
Associate Vice Provost
for Undergraduate Education,
Dr. Jennifer Herazy, Chief
Administrative Officer
for Academic and Research Administration,
Mr. Paul Kohn, Vice Provost
for Enrollment Services
Dr. Nelson Baker, Dean of
Professional Education,
Mr. Jeffrey Caricio,
Associate Dean of the Library,
and Miss Rita Pecowski, librarian.
I'm sorry, Registrar.
(applause)
This is a momentous day
for you as graduates
and for your family and friends
who are sharing in the celebration
of your many accomplishments.
You've worked hard to earn your degree
from one of the best
institutions in the country.
And in some disciplines, one
of the best in the world.
Each of you has a story of how you reached
your educational goals.
But I'd like to share
just a couple of stories
from some of your classmates.
First, Miss Caroline Jones
from Madison, Georgia
is earning a Bachelor's
in Aerospace Engineering.
She says she's gone from being
a Georgia Tech cheerleader
to being a rocket scientist.
Both of Caroline's parents
are Georgia Tech graduates.
Her sister graduated from Georgia Tech
and her younger brother
is currently working
on his degree here.
This is indeed a Georgia Tech family.
Next is Jordan Harvey Morgan,
who's earning a dual degree with Spelman.
In Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech,
in Mathematics at Spelman.
While at Georgia Tech, she was active
in the student-run HackGT,
working to develop hackathons
for Atlanta Public Schools to inspire them
to enter stem fields.
She interned with the New York Times
and helped do the coding
for the Olympics coverage.
As you reflect on your
own accomplishments,
I'm reminded that all of you were touched
in one way or another by the investments
of our alumni, our supporters, our donors,
the students that came before you,
and the many alumni from Georgia Tech.
They've touched your
lives through fellowships,
scholarships, faculty
chairs, and facilities.
And for that we're enormously grateful.
Here at Georgia Tech we pride ourselves
on being trailblazers
who drive real world change
by embracing challenges,
thinking critically and
developing innovative solutions
to some of the world's
most pressing problems.
We continue to work towards our goal
of making our Georgia Tech education
within reach of every
qualified Georgia resident
regardless of their family income.
We're proud to say that
among our graduates today
are 15 G. Wayne Clough
Georgia Tech Promise Scholars.
Because of Tech Promise,
qualified Georgia residents
with the greatest financial need
are able to earn a Georgia
Tech education debt-free.
Through their hard work and
Georgia Tech's commitment,
not only will their lives be changed
but also those of generations to come.
(applause)
For those of you graduating today,
your Georgia Tech
education has been designed
to prepare you to work collaboratively
to identify challenges
and create solutions.
And to be a leader in business, industry,
government, and the communities
in which you will live, work and play.
Georgia Tech is in the
business of creating the next,
the next idea, the next technology
and the next innovators and entrepreneurs.
We're empowering the next generation
of scientists, engineers,
business men and women,
architects and so many others,
engendering in each of
them the passion and skills
they'll need to design our future.
Each of you will be forever linked
to this great institution.
And we're looking forward to great things
from each of you.
(applause)
We're fortunate this morning to have
as our commencement speaker, Jeff Duncan.
A Georgia Tech alumnus who
was elected as Georgia's
12th Lieutenant Governor
in November of 2018.
Lieutenant Governor Duncan is a former
professional baseball player
and successful entrepreneur.
He graduated from Chattahoochee
High School in Alpharetta
where he met his future wife Brooke.
Jeff and Brooke both attended Georgia Tech
where Jeff was a pitcher
on the baseball team
for the Yellow Jackets.
And after a successful
career at Georgia Tech
he was drafted by the
Florida Marlins organization
where he spent six seasons
playing minor league baseball
advancing as high as AAA,
one step below Major League baseball
before a shoulder injury
forced his retirement
in the early 2000s.
After his retirement from baseball,
Jeff and Brooke started
a small marketing firm
in their living room.
The company experienced tremendous success
which allowed them to sell the business
and move to other
entrepreneurial ventures.
He most recently served as the CEO
of a health technology startup.
Jeff's faith inspired him
to a life of leadership
and prompted him to run
for political office.
In 2012 he was elected to the Georgia
House of Representatives where
during his time in office
he authored several important
pieces of legislation.
These included House Bill
749, the Cargo Theft Act,
House Bill 152, Michael's Law,
and most recently, SB258, the
Rural Hospital tax credit.
Jeff and Brooke have three sons,
Parker, Baylor and Ryder,
and he's coached youth sports for 23 years
and leads a weekly
bible study with Brooke.
The Duncans attend Brown's
Bridge Community Church,
and affiliate of North
Point Community Church.
Lieutenant Governor Duncan was right here
in McCamish Pavilion on January 14th
when he was inaugurated
Lieutenant Governor.
And we are honored to have him back.
Please join me in welcoming
Lieutenant Governor Jeff Duncan.
(applause)
- Thank you so much President Peterson
and thank you for the
legacy that you have built
and the legacy that you have allowed us
to continue to achieve.
Thank you so much.
To the Executive Vice Presidents,
members of the President's Cabinet
including my, specially including
my friend Dean Sheheane,
Deans, faculty, alumni,
friends, parents and spouses
including my bride Brooke
who's joined us here today,
thank you so much.
(applause)
I want everyone to know
that if you don't hear
anything else in this speech
know that this is truly an honor for me
and it is something that
is extremely special.
And the preparation to do this
has been an absolute pleasure
for myself to be a part of.
All right, let's get started.
Good morning Georgia Tech graduates.
- [Man] Good morning.
- Good morning Georgia Tech
graduates, let's hear you.
There you go.
In full disclosure,
this is only the second
Georgia Tech graduation ceremony
that I've ever been a part of.
My wife graduated from
Georgia Tech in 1997 cum laude
and we talk about her degree often.
It comes up virtually every single day
in our house and all around the state.
That degree's allowed us to
do a lot of amazing things
as a family.
But here's how that
degree typically comes up.
"Jeff, you went to Georgia Tech.
"What year did you graduate?"
And that's when I say, "Well
I'm still working on that.
"But my wife graduated from
Georgia Tech cum laude."
And I start to talk about
all of her accolades.
My story's got a couple
of asterisk marks to it.
I came here to play baseball in 1993.
And in 1996 I got drafted
by the Florida Marlins
and signed my first professional contract.
With that being said, I've
also invited my mom and dad
to be here with me today.
And mom, dad, I apologize,
it's taken 23 years
to get to a graduation
ceremony that I was a part of.
(laughter)
I know this wasn't exactly
what you had in mind
but hopefully you can cut me some slack.
It's hard for me to
believe 23 years has passed
since I was here taking classes.
A lot hasn't changed.
As I've traveled around the campus,
my freshman dorms,
Woodruff are still here.
The eighth street
apartments are still here.
And the Skiles building
actually looks better now
than it did when I was here.
But a bit has changed since I was here
23 years ago.
This whole internet thing has seemed
to work out pretty well.
Emails are officially a thing
and cellphones absolutely rule the world.
But other than that, everything else
is virtually the same.
The fact that I'm standing here today
giving this commencement address
in front of an arena full of absolutely
the best and brightest
from around the world
can be translated in
virtually every language,
every religion, every culture
is nothing short of a miracle.
I would venture to guess
that not a single person
on this campus when I
was going to school here,
not a single person on campus including me
would have believed that on May 4th, 2019
I would be standing here with a microphone
in front of my face.
In fact my roommates if they were here
would have been talking about some story
about blind squirrels finding a nut.
Everyone in this arena has
a unique story to tell.
A story that explains where you've been
and where you're going.
A story that only you can truly tell
and only a story that
you can truly understand.
And the older and more
mature that I've gotten
I realize that if I want to
achieve my full potential,
I've got to be willing to share my story
with those around me.
And not just the highlights.
And if you're anything like me,
that's not very easy
to do every single day.
See on the surface,
my life looks like all
unicorns and rainbows,
and with a few keystrokes and hashtags,
I can make everything looks like
it comes perfectly natural.
I met my wife 22 years ago in high school.
I got to play baseball
on a scholarship here
at one of the greatest
schools in this country.
I got to go to the College World Series.
I got drafted by the Florida Marlins.
I started a successful business.
I sold it, I've got three great kids.
And at the ripe young age of 43 I stood
just a few feet from here a few months ago
and got sworn in as Georgia's
12th Lieutenant Governor.
There's enough good stuff in my life
that if I just get up
and with minimal effort
rotate and recycle my life story everyday
it looks like it all comes really easy.
And if I'm being honest,
I did a really good job
of rotating and recycling
over the first part of my life.
But then something happened
a few years ago to me
that caused my entire approach
to sharing my life story to change.
And thankfully this wasn't the result
of some sort of tragic family event
or a nasty divorce or bankruptcy
or at the end of an
expensive therapy session.
It happened at an intersection in my life
between strengthening faith,
a healthy dose of maturity
and an unquenchable thirst
to be part of something
much bigger than myself.
Standing at that intersection I realized
that up until that point
I was only comfortable
sharing my accomplishments
and telling the world
about my accomplishments,
but not about my struggles getting there.
See I've been an underdog my entire life.
And I was embarrassed to admit it
to anybody in my life,
even those closest to me.
My parents, my wife, my teammates,
my business partners, my coworkers.
Because let's be honest, it is a blast
to root for the underdog.
But it stinks actually being the underdog.
I went through the first
35 years of my life
never admitting, not one single time
to my recollection that
I was the underdog.
I moved nine times and
lived in seven states
before I was 17 years old
because of my dad's job.
I never found myself
at the lunchroom table
telling anybody that story.
I never wanted anyone to know
that I was the absolute last person
on the Georgia Tech baseball
team to get a scholarship
my senior in high school.
I never want anyone to know
that I struggled academically
every single day I was here.
I later diagnosed that as
a little bit of lazyitis.
I never wanted anyone to
know that I got drafted
in the 69th round of
the Major League draft,
and if you know anything about baseball,
they don't even have 69 rounds anymore.
I got a thousand dollars and a bus ticket
to Utica, New York.
I certainly never wanted anybody to know
that I had to beg a bank to
give me a home equity line
to start my first business.
I thought when I got into politics
the whole underdog story would subside.
Instead it intensified.
I woke up one day a year and a half ago
to see a headline about this
big in the front of the paper.
They called me, guess what?
The underdog.
If you can keep a secret, I'd
like to tell you something.
I absolutely hate being the underdog.
But for some reason I
seem to be good at it.
My instincts tell me that many of you
in this room here today are really good
at being the underdog.
See I always thought, much like others,
that if you're the
underdog, you can't win.
You can't come in first place,
you can't be successful.
That's not the case.
It just means you've
gotta outwork, outsmart,
outlast the competition.
I now realize that every
single room I walk into
in this role as Lieutenant Governor,
I get to share with
people and encourage them
about being the underdog.
See there's only one smartest
person in every room.
There's only one strongest
person in every room.
There's only one fastest
person in every room.
And there's only one wealthiest
person in every room.
The rest of us are just underdogs
whether we want to admit it or not.
Once I started to accept the fact
that I wasn't gonna really
be the best at anything,
that's when I started to let life
become a whole lot more enjoyable.
I started to enjoy my family,
I started to enjoy my career,
I started to enjoy my faith.
And I started to enjoy
chasing crazy dreams
like running for Lieutenant
Governor against all odds.
So here's my big takeaway.
I encourage you to make
every part of your life
about the journey and not the trophy.
My life experiences tell
me that when I focus
on the journey and not the trophy,
that my successes just seem
to mean so much more to me
and my failures seem to be
so much more instructive.
When you make life about the
journey and not the trophy
I can assure you that those
around you will recognize
and notice that outward style of living.
Those that you work
with will trust you more
and be more productive around you.
Your spouse and kids will respect you more
and love you more.
And last but not least you will notice
because every single
day will seem to matter,
not just the days that you win a trophy.
If you're anything like me,
when you start paying
attention to the journey
and not just the trophy,
you'll start to pick
up some very impactful
life lessons along the way.
And here's a couple that
I picked up in my life.
I never seem to regret
giving somebody a compliment.
I never seem to regret
canceling a business meeting
so I can spend more time with my family.
It is shockingly unforgettable
how good I feel inside
after I help someone in need
specially when it's not convenient.
I now recognize how much
easier my life would have been
if I would have just
walked into that church
instead of drive by it
for 10 straight years.
I now realize that no
matter how much I worry
about a difficult situation,
it doesn't change the outcome.
You're gonna have to trust me on this one.
I've realized that being wealthy
has very little to
nothing to do about money.
And it seems like the most
effective times in my life
have been the most
humbling times in my life.
And last but not least, I now
know that being the underdog
is actually my greatest asset,
and not my greatest liability.
It's amazing how much cumulative
and individual potential
is sitting here in this arena today.
Potential that will
help the next generation
communicate all over the universe.
Potential that will come up
with some of the greatest
innovations of this century.
Potential that will help
shape entire industries
around the globe.
Potential that will no doubt solve
some of the most complex
riddles of our time.
In closing, being a Georgia Tech graduate
doesn't mean you're not
gonna be an underdog.
It just means you're gonna
be the smartest underdog.
Together we swarm, and
God bless this group.
Thank you.
(applause)
- Thank you Governor Duncan.
I wanna assure you, you
were our first choice
for commencement speaker this morning.
(laughter)
(applause)
We now come to the time that all of you
have been waiting for.
The conferring of your degrees.
The moment of walking across the stage
represents the culmination
of much work and achievement
for each of our graduates.
I'd ask that after you receive
your onstage recognition,
you return to your seat and
show your fellow students
the same respect that they've given you
as you cross the stage.
At this time I'm pleased to welcome
Dr. Rafael Bras, Provost
and Executive Vice President
for Academic Affairs to the podium.
Dr. Bras will now introduce
the Academic Deans by college
and then present the candidates
for the Bachelor's Degree.
(applause)
- Good morning.
- [Audience] Good morning.
- Louder.
- [Audience] Good morning.
- Very good.
It's a pleasure to be here.
Let me begin by introducing Dean Zvi Galil
who will present the
undergraduate candidates
for the degrees in the
College of Computing.
(applause)
- Candidates for the
Bachelor of Science Degree
in the College of Computing,
please rise and remain standing.
(applause)
Mr. President.
I have the honor of presenting to you
those sleepless candidates
for the Bachelor of Science Degree
including the hackers,
the nerds, and the geeks
(laughter)
who have completed the
requirement for this degree
and as you see,
computing graduates are the largest major
in Georgia Tech for the last three years.
(applause)
(light music)
- [Announcer] From the
College of Computing
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.
Naoto Abe,
Neil Acharya,
Vamshi Krishna Adimulam,
Abhinav R. Agarwal,
Aman Aggarwal,
Shaurye Aggarwal,
Jeremy Arthur Cendana Aguilon,
Rahul Ajmera,
Michael Aki,
David Alejandro Alanis Cavazos,
Saqib Ali,
Tristen Graylin Allen,
Ryan D. Anderson,
Nick Angalet,
Osvaldo A. Armas,
Sahil Raman Arora,
Kyne Forfungtu Atekwana,
Timothy James Aveni,
Valerie Elizabeth Avva,
Haoping Bai,
Shivani Bandaru,
Deb Banerji,
Omar Ma Baradei,
Austin Christopher Bayon,
Laser Revilla Bayudan,
Hemanth Kumar Reddy Bellala,
Kristaps Berzinch,
Raghav S. Bhat,
Sri Sukratha Bhat,
Deven Bhuva,
Caleb Michael Boerner,
Ravindranadh Bolla,
Caitlyn De'Aja Britt,
Maxwell Doorley Broom,
Kevin Matthew Brown,
Jacob Butler,
Alex Cabrera,
Kevin Cai,
Corey R. Caskey,
Alex Chan,
Kevin Chan,
Matthew Eric Chan,
Andrew Hui Chang,
Haofeng Chen,
Jessica Chen,
Kelly Chen,
Victor Long Chen,
Xuran Chen,
William Hon Cheng,
Wesley E. Cheung,
also receiving a Bachelor
of Science in Mathematics.
Aishwarya Sagar Chitnis,
Awnish Priyam Choudhary,
Isaac Khai Ren Chua,
Joonhyuk Chun,
Woongjin B. Chun,
Lucien Samuel Cook,
Elizabeth Erin Cooper,
Robert Samuel Costley,
Katie Elizabeth Cox,
Mylon Craig,
Samuel Bruce Crane,
Ethan Dam,
Brett Bernard Davis,
Nichole Lynn Deeb,
Soham A. Deval,
Elie Ricardo Diaz,
Naren Dikkala,
Michael V. Disabatino,
Peter Joseph Drum,
Justin Yujie Duan,
Josephine D. Duda,
Austin Daniel Dunn,
Avik Dureja,
Akshay Easwaran,
Zach Edmands,
Kijana Ralston Effs,
Emma Kaitlyn Eggleston,
Frederic S. Faulkner,
Tomonari Feehan,
also receiving a Bachelor
of Science in Mathematics.
Christine Feng,
Alon Fischer,
Matthew Sean Fraschilla,
John David Frederick Jr.,
Lorita Ella Freeman,
Thatcher Freeman,
Kasper Lorens Gammeltoft,
Mitchell Nelson Gant,
Dhurv Garg,
Ashima Gauba,
Matthieu Jean Henri Gay-Bellile,
Faisal Ismail Gedi,
Nicholas Michael Giammanco,
Christian A. Girala,
Varun Giridhar,
Madeleine Elizabeth Goebel,
Kaan Goksal,
James Matthew Gormley,
Douglas G. Gresham II,
Alec Gretta,
Hank Grogan,
Yue Gu,
also receiving a Bachelor of Science
in Industrial Engineering.
Jessica Y. Guan,
Sruti B. Guhathakurta,
Sai S. Gundlapalli,
Ambika Gupta,
Ananya Gupta,
Varun Gupta,
Derian Jacob Haas,
Irtiza Hafiz,
Micah Elliot Halter,
David Jung Hee Han,
Xiaochuang Han,
Noah McGregor Harper,
James Alexander Harris,
Taylor G. Hearn,
Alexander Hennie-Roed,
Alonzo Hernandez,
Caleb Benjamin Hess,
John M. Hess,
Alexander Hirschberg
John Ho,
Sung Jae Hong,
Young Ki Hong,
Emily Austin Horton,
Kyle Duncan Hosford,
(laughter)
(cheering)
Yili Hui,
Vy Huynh,
Edward Joseph Jackson,
Christopher Kevin Jacobs,
Abigail Marie James,
Jonathan Jiang,
Caden Jiang,
Sujeeth Jinesh,
Micah Jo,
Min Kyung Jo,
James Byron Johnson II,
Miles David Johnson II,
Blake Andrew Jones,
Avanti Joshi,
Fayaz Ahmad Josufi,
Ji-Won Jung,
Woradorn Kamolpornwijit,
Manoaj Kandiakounder,
Geetika Kapoor,
Talib Mohammad Kateeb,
Joel Alexander Katz,
Matthew Josef Kaufer,
Rishab Kaup,
Lauren Tatiana Kearley,
Stephen Peter Kelly-Bazan Jr.,
Asher L. Kenerly,
Avdallah Khan,
Ritvik Khanna,
Joonyoung Kim,
Sang-Chan Kim,
Sunpil Kim,
Jonathan William King,
Ji Han Ko,
Jason J. Koo,
Kirill Alexandrovich Korygin,
Kevin Matthew Kreulen,
Kavin Krishnan,
Aayush Kumar,
Meenal Brajesh Kumar,
Valentin Kusto,
Nathan Lai,
Arsène Casimir Lakpa,
Vaishak N. Lalsangi,
Andrew Thanh-An Le,
Eun Bin Lee,
James Seokwon Lee,
Johnny Lee,
Michael Chanyoung Lee,
Michael John Lee,
Matthew Lemons,
Alice Lew,
Chase Lewis,
Linhan Li,
Sarah Li,
Yi Li,
Jonathan Lian,
Kevin Nguyen Lieu,
William Lim,
Sae Buck Lim Won,
Georgianna Enwei Lin,
Jason Lin,
John Lin,
Kendal Michele Lin,
Milind Lingineni,
Benjamin Lloyd,
Marcus Loo,
James M. Lord,
Rudy Matthew Lowenstein,
Jeffrey Ma,
Brendon Machado,
Shreya Magesh,
Ridoy Majumdar,
Baria Sameen Manahill,
Yeshwant Manoharan,
Daniel Marcos Schwaycer,
Emily Margaret Marin,
Orestis Markozanes,
Theresa Elizabeth Mayo,
Nicole Andrea McLeish,
Satwik Mekala,
Diana Cecilia Milton,
Chaewon L. Min,
Theresa Anne Ming,
Joseph Daniel Minieri,
Samuel John Mohr,
Alex T. Moon,
Yamin Mousselli,
Thushara Mudireddy,
Saniya Siraj Mukhida,
Kelsey Elizabeth Murdock,
Matthew Murley,
Michael Christopher Mutkoski,
Rahul Nambiar,
Tejasvi R. Nareddy,
Wiqas Nassar,
Ashwin Natarajan,
Jason Ngor,
Steve Nkuranga,
Guillaume Noziere,
Spencer L. Obsitnik,
Dana Celeste Ochs,
Wesley Korin Ogata,
Daniel Oh,
Obinna C. Onyeije,
Alexander Oshin,
Daniel Pagan,
Jessica Pan,
Mihir Parshionikar,
Luke Austin La'akea Castillo Passmore,
Aakanksha Patel,
Kashyap M. Patel,
Kavish Patel,
Reema Patel,
Arda Pekis,
Elizabeth Elsa Perakis,
Joshua Perry,
Jeremy Peterson,
Lucas Couto Phillips,
Zachary Myles Phillips,
Tommaso Pieroncini,
Deepa Pillalamarri,
Isabella Rose Plonk,
Alen Polakof Fernandez,
Ishtyaq Azam Ponir,
Brian J. Posadas,
Olivia Nicole Powell,
Martin Alexander Prammer,
Bill Pratt,
Mary Elizabeth Prouty,
Sahithi Puligundla,
Thomas Franklin Quinn,
Erica G. Rabinovich,
Nathaniel L. Rabinovich,
Pragya Reddy Rachur,
Nikhil Ramanan,
Ragavi Ramesh,
Jerod Scott Ray,
Leonie Reif,
Noah Rickles,
Manuel Rojas-Romero,
D'arcy Roper,
Da In Ryoo,
Henry Saba,
Sidra A. Sakhi,
Erik Andre Sampayo,
Devany Susel Sandoval,
Zachary P. Schlesinger,
Brandon Kyle Seal,
Luke Michael Senseney,
Max Eugene Seo,
Alejandro Serna,
Prateek Shah,
Sanket Shah,
also receiving a Bachelor of Science
in Business Administration.
Chetanya Sharma,
Eric Sheen,
Donald Conrad Shoaf Jr.,
William Peter Simon,
Shourya Singh,
James Andrew Smith,
Matthew David Snyder,
Hongsik Edward Son,
Trevor Edward Sorrells,
Austin Christian Spalding,
Sanjana Sridhar,
Shobhit Srivastava,
Jennifer Stark,
Cal Stephens,
Joseph Lloyd Sterling,
Karli Stites,
Sarah A. Storer,
William M. Stuckey,
Andrew Suh,
also receiving a Bachelor
of Science in Mathematics,
Jayden Sun,
Jiahong Sun,
Ruixuan Sun,
Tony Sun,
Yuanjie Sun,
Noah James Sutter,
David Wheeler Sutton,
Zohra Tabassum,
Brittany Nicole Tan,
Karen Taub Krivoy,
David Nelson Taylor,
Alexander Matthew Teichner,
Thomas Mathew Thachil,
Arav K. Thadani,
Anh Thai,
Pranshav Thakkar,
Thomas Virgil Thole III,
Kevin Tian,
Ethan Tien,
Peter Jordan Toms,
Joseph Vincent Torraca,
David Joseph Tran,
Quyen T. Tran,
Vinh Dai Tran,
Darren CheeSan Trementozzi,
Dong Son Trinh,
Alok Tripathy,
Yash Tulsiani,
Abhishek Tumuluru,
Shivani Upadhayay,
Joshua Samuel Valdez,
Ethan Thomas Vargas,
also receiving a Bachelor of Science
in Computer Engineering,
Eduardo Andres Vargas Torres,
Lisna Ookken Vargheese,
Vinutna Sravya Veeragandham,
Anish Visaria,
August Wagner,
Christopher Andrew Waites,
Jake William Waldner,
Cameron Wesley Walker,
Stuart Wallace,
Nicholas See Wan,
Lucille Jiayu Wang,
Richard Wang,
Younggwang Joshua Wang,
Bryce T. Watson,
Jack Weinkselbaum,
Brandon Michael Wilde,
Andrew J. Wireman,
Jinni S. Xia,
Gonghan Xu,
also receiving a Bachelor
of Science in Physics,
Hrushikesh Yemme,
Luming Yin,
Bryan Zhang,
Danny Zhang,
Jiaxi Zhang,
Lillian C. Zhang,
Edwin Zhao,
Congyao Zheng,
Tiffany R. Zhou.
Bachelor of Science in Computational Media
and Interdisciplinary with
the Ivan Allen College
of Liberal Arts.
Stephanie Rose Baione,
Chloe Elise Belangia,
Madeline Ben-Yoseph,
Evan Z. Brook,
Christina Nguyen Bui,
Lauren Douglas,
Lian Wang Feng,
Mirina Garoufalidis,
Paige Greenfield,
Melanie Lynn Hall,
Benjamin Philip Hepburn,
Samantha Hudock,
Samuel John Jenkins,
Lindsay Carole Knapp,
Vikram Kumar,
Minju Kwon,
Julie J. Lee,
Jonathan Brantley Long,
Sean Michael McManus,
Cassandra L. Mullins,
Michelle Ni,
Brent Carswell Peterson,
Bang Pham,
Julie Pierides,
Cesar Porcayo-Martinez,
Nikhil Roshan Sethi,
Sharence Rojas Solomero,
Christopher Sun,
Kevin X. Tang,
Jackson Arie Vance,
Denali Eilin Villanueva,
Tori Mikaela Walker,
Alexander B. Wilkins,
Connor E. Wyckoff,
Jolena Yao.
- If I may I wanna take a few minutes
and the opportunity to
recognize Dean Zvi Galil,
after 10 years of wonderful
service is stepping down
so let's recognize his service.
(applause)
Dean Steven French will present
the undergraduate candidates
for degrees in the College of Design.
(applause)
- Candidates for the
Bachelor of Science degree
in the College of Design,
please rise and remain standing.
(applause)
Mr. President, I have the
honor of presenting to you
those candidates for the
Bachelor of Science degree
who have completed the
requirements for that degree
including the first four students to earn
the Bachelor of Science
in Music Technology.
(applause)
(light music)
- [Announcer] From the College of Design.
Bachelor of Science in Music Technology.
Jonathan Thomas Brown,
John Connor Greene,
James Howard Pinder.
Bachelor of Science in Architecture.
Astha Bhavsar,
Tiffany Leigh Bouquet,
Rachael Carstens,
Andrew Joseph Colturi,
Charles Llewellyn Dilcher Jr.,
Abigail Gatlin Dillon,
Helen Fialkowski,
Hannah Nicole Goldstein,
Sydnee Noelle Danielle Henry,
Jane Ilyasova,
Younsuk. Im,
Mykala L. Jones,
Savanna Marie Jones,
Yenny Yengo Kayamba,
Nina Marie Kelsey,
Blayke M. Kortman,
Robert Louis Leising,
Hoang M. Nguyen,
Candice Michelle Oh,
Joshua Putrasahan,
Anya Rose Ray,
R. Noah Lee Sannes,
Claudia Alexandra Tansey,
Benjamin Alexis Tasistro-Hart,
Adeline Victoria Thomason,
Christopher Ryan Tromp,
Motuma Tefera Tulu.
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design.
Kristin Nicole Andreassen,
Nate G. Baker,
Daniel Jacob Charanis,
Cameron Robert Chartier,
Garrett Thomas Fritz,
Christopher Allen Harwell,
also receiving a Bachelor of Science
in International Affairs
and Modern Languages.
Andrea Maria Herrera,
Jenna Clare Hollington,
Meha Iyer,
Joshua Z. Madwed,
Abigail Elizabeth Maeder,
Anisha Singh Matharu,
Nisha N. Naik,
Ariana Olalde,
Dana Marie Palacio,
Paige Elizabeth Reynolds,
Jordan Sidney Rich,
Shawn Maurice Roberts Jr.,
Matthew Robert Schoonover,
Laura Sierra Otalvaro,
Clara Sparkman,
Sze-Yee Abigail Tan,
Anna Theresa Taute,
Kelsie Aline Thomas,
Amy Hui Virasak,
Haibing Wang.
- Associate Dean Matthew
Baker will present
the undergraduate candidates for degrees
in the College of Sciences.
(applause)
Candidates for the
Bachelor of Science degree
in the College of Sciences
please rise and remain standing.
(applause)
Mr. President, I have the
honor of presenting to you
those candidates for the
Bachelor of Science degree
who have completed the
requirements for this degree.
(light music)
- [Announcer] From the
Scheller College of Business
Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration.
Justin Micah Carpenter,
Diana Michelle Winecoff.
From the College of Sciences,
Bachelor of Science in
Discrete Mathematics.
Dhamma Kimpara.
Bachelor of Science in Earth
and Atmospheric Sciences.
Kayla Danielle Duarte,
Xinyi Liu,
Galen Alexander Raney.
Bachelor of Science in Biology.
Natalia Aristizabal,
Michael Essuman Assan,
Kira Alina Combs,
Kaleigh Elisabeth Coon,
Kamaria Akilah Dansby,
Helena Elizabeth DeGrazia,
Julia Marie Denniss,
Aditya K. Devarakonda,
Harper Doherty,
Jacob Lim Greenspan,
Molly C. Guthrie,
Prachi Jain,
Simone Jarvis,
Jenifer Kang,
Jessica Kim,
Shannon Rose King,
Kristine Anna Lacek,
Ben Jamin Long,
Joseph Lukemire,
Paula Martinez-Feduchi Guijo,
Amanda Elizabeth Meadows,
Amelia Veloutho Melas,
Catherine Abigail Nelson,
Holly Lynn Nichols,
John Nguyen,
Kelly O'Shaughnessy,
Tessa Julia Paget-Brown,
Ruta Dharmesh Panchal,
Juanita Pardo-Sanchez,
Trupti Dinesh Patel,
Jessica Mae Pfliger,
Laura Elise Schulz,
Mary Frances Skibiel,
Joseph Ives Stockert,
Kristen Cline Vossler,
Alice Wang,
Ifrah Waris,
Katherine Yuci Wei,
Evan Dane Woodard,
Stephanie Nicole Wyman,
Minami Kai Lisa Yamada,
Brady Marie Young.
Bachelor of Science in Psychology.
Robert William Bishop,
Taylor Ruth Carter,
Caroline Dalluge,
Elizabeth L. Katafias,
Rachel I. Morochnik,
Madison Ford Puhy,
Cady Joyce Sikes,
Molly Song.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.
James Martin Anderson,
Maxwell Hayden Bach,
Austin Craig Bryan,
Andrew Lei Fu,
also receiving a Bachelor
of Science in Economics.
Shaiv Sandeep Gandhi,
also receiving a Bachelor of Science
in Industrial Engineering.
Kevaghn David Hinckley,
also receiving a Bachelor
of Science in Psychology.
Emma Clair Horsma,
Haider Jamal,
also receiving a Bachelor of Science
in Mechanical Engineering.
Xiaokun Jia,
Bryson G. Kagy,
also receiving a Bachelor
of Science in Physics.
Jong Rak Koh,
Julian Nicholas Leary,
Wilson Ly,
Joseph M. McMahon,
Megan Lee Thoreson,
Hunter Andres Vallejos,
Yue Zheng.
- So do we have time for
the College of Engineering?
(laughter)
(applause)
Dean Steve McLaughlin will present
the undergraduate
candidates for the degrees
of the College of Engineering.
(applause)
- Are there any engineers out there?
(cheering)
Yeah, a few.
Candidates for the
Bachelor of Science degree
in the largest, most diverse
and best college of
engineering in America,
please rise and remain standing.
(cheering)
Mr. President, I have the
honor of presenting to you
those candidates for the
Bachelor of Science degree
who have completed the
requirements for this degree.
(light music)
- [Announcer] From the
College of Engineering,
Bachelor of Science in
Environmental Engineering.
Claire Elise Anderson,
Bailey Elizabeth Arnett,
Alexis Aylesworth,
Ryan Michael Falk,
Charles Z. Gan,
Madison Taylor Jones,
Roderick Nicholas Jones,
Blake Greer Lindner,
Mason Roman Manos,
Spencer Ryan Nelson,
Brandon Sanford,
Sela Virginia Sarkisian,
also receiving a Bachelor of Science
in Business Administration.
Jaeiza A. Smith,
Madison Renee Smith,
Micah Jan Goessler Taylor,
Eleanor M. Thomas,
Alexis Lauren Wileman.
Bachelor of Science in
Biomedical Engineering.
Layla Bassam Abdullatif,
Luke J. Bumgardner,
Matthew Thomas Adams,
Philip Robert Aden,
Muhammed Subhi Ayman Al Jabi,
Yahia Ali,
Ahmad Amer,
Sehyeong An,
Varsha Anbil,
Danae Argyropoulou,
Ashley Grant,
Shehab W. Attia,
Anneke M. Augenbroe,
Yara Yasmin Bauer,
Katherine Lou Blackmon,
Tajinique Dekya Bottom,
Rachel Boutom,
Shuangyi Cai,
Matthew Chan,
Noah J. Cho,
Matthew G. Clark,
Sierra Elizabeth Copner,
Justin Daniel Cornelius,
Alexandra Rose Crowley,
Anthony De Filippo,
Amit Dommeti,
Pranav Dorbala,
Griffin Austin Dufek,
Emily Rose Dunford,
Gabriella Dweck,
Thomas Andres Sanchez Evans,
Kaela Patrice Fennell-Chin,
Andrew Richard Forero,
Landon Chase Foster,
Edmon Ryan Fox,
Rucha Gadre,
Paulamy Ganguly,
Elisa Garcia Gomez,
Hannah Grace Gersch,
Seraj Grimes,
Peyton Andrew Grisso,
Alan Lawrence Grothues,
Lana M. Hanlon,
Kyle Francis Hanson,
Becky Hardie,
William Connor Henderson,
Brianna Nicole Henthorn,
Lauren Elizabeth Hessler,
Alan Hoang,
Jonathan Ross Holbrook,
Thomas Dale Jahde,
Samuel James,
Angelique Michele Cool Johnson,
Ethan Edgar Jordan,
Justin Abraham Kahla,
Mark Stratton Kale Jr.,
Candice Yang Kaminski,
Rebecca Lynn Keate,
Sara E. Keesee,
Abrar Khaja,
Nishad Rajesh Khamankar,
Nabilah Khanam,
Hye Ryong Kim,
Kijoon Kim,
Sir Woo Kim,
Victoria Grace Kravets,
Hannah Rose Kriscovich,
Anagha Y. Krishnan,
Brandon R. Krupczak,
Michael Anthony Kurtz,
Makenna Kristine Laffey,
Leyla Sophie Larsson,
Sabrina Hannah Lee,
Julia Alexa Leonard,
Julie Marie Leonard-Duke,
Haoxin Li,
Siyi Sophie Li,
William Li,
Nolan Mallet,
Rachel Galvin Mann,
Arielle S. Margulies,
Caitlyn Elizabeth May,
Ashleigh Elizabeth McNaboe,
Navid Mikail,
Brooklynn Milone,
Kenzy Michelle Mina,
Jonathan Evan Mitchel,
Bryan Joseph Moore,
Quintin Daniel Murphy,
Kailash Nagapudi,
Ramya Natarajan,
Catriana Choon-Hee Nations,
Thanh Nguyen,
Janna Lauren O'Halloran,
Dong Gun Oh,
Nicholas Herrmann Olczak,
Elianna Maria Paljug,
Joshua Joseph Pataky,
Nathanael T. Pate,
Arjun Patel,
Krina Mahendra Patel,
Parth Patel,
Noah Perry,
Ninad Prashant Prasade,
Archana Premkumar,
Athena Michelle Prine,
Sahil M. Pujara,
Suraj Puvvada,
Varun Rajagopal,
Vindhyasree Rapolu,
Benjamin David Rapsas,
Sarvgna Raval,
Mary Victoria Raynes,
Kayla Suzanne Reiniche,
Christian Rivera,
Ryan Andrew Rudy,
Seba Saeb,
Olivia Gabrielle Sergent,
Moses Rushdi Sghayyer,
Shaily Sanjay Shah,
Kushal Shankar,
Lauren Christine Sullivan,
Jere Nicole Tan,
Isak Jens Thomas,
Linda Tian,
Julie Thi Tran,
Khue Tran,
Vikram Varadarajan,
Alice Shannon Win,
Allison Julie Wong,
Cody Austin Worthy,
Caroline Maggie Wu,
Yiqiao Wu,
Alan Chun-Pong Yeh,
Yunshu Zhang,
Leo Zheng.
Bachelor of Science in Materials
Science and Engineering.
Pardis Ahmadi ,
Jack David Amling,
Sarah Marie Blust,
Galvin Vincent Brady,
Jonas Braun,
Christine Brodrick,
Alyssa Jo Bronson,
Charles Michael Caliendo Jr.,
Cassiopeia Victoria Leigh Cartwright,
Scott Nicholas Claudon,
Devon Keith Coffman,
also receiving a Bachelor
of Science in Physics.
Dillan Aaron Cothran,
Ashton Taylor Cowart,
Emily Eastburn,
Eric Braxton Fitzgerald,
Kaela Nicole Frazier,
Jamie J. Freeland,
Emmanuel Taiwo Fregene,
Anne Marie Hutchinson,
Minsoo Kang,
Hannah Noelle Keatley,
Parmiss Khosravi,
Christian Marton Kozma,
Eniola Lawal,
Seung Min Lee,
Rachel Lane McFry,
Brendan Casey Miles,
Malak Muhammed,
Juan Alejandro Muñoz,
Madison Nisi,
Matthew O'Brien,
Srikar Vijaya Karthik Pamidimukkala,
Xiaojun Pan,
Samuel Mark Pennell,
Willow Lynn Peterson,
Robert Wayne Peugh,
John Henry Peurifoy,
Mary Pickens,
Heyinn Jean Rho,
Andreas E. Robertson,
Evan Thomas Robinson,
Claire Renee Rohrer,
Michael Christopher Rupinen Jr.,
Marlee Rose Senderowitz,
Andrew C. Slembarski,
Joshua Curt Spaeth,
Bryston D. Spivock,
Carolyn Eva Stanek,
Scott Stearns,
Jessica Stelzel,
Samuel D. Stewart,
Jacob Nicholas Vagott,
Logan Reid Vaupel,
Maxwell F. Walde,
Yiteng Wang,
Ryan Wong,
Trevor James Worthy,
Michael Xu,
Lina Marija Zikas.
Bachelor of Science in
Industrial Engineering.
Ayush Agrawal,
Karan Agrawal,
Kelsie Lynne Akin,
Karima Alkhalid,
Rana Hamdi Alkhshali,
Luke Ryan Allegood,
Haval Amedi,
Lucy Yoo Jung An,
Robert Alexander Annen,
Sophie Kathryn Jinyou Archer,
Abigail Claire Atkins,
Lillie Katherine Baker,
Vivi Banh,
Zachary John Basel,
Nicholas Nathan Bell,
Jose Alejandro Berlingeri Negron,
Sadik Utku Beskonakli,
Daniel Bethancourt Jimenez,
Arohi Bhakhri,
Alexander Biester,
James Walter Bland IV,
Connor Jeffrey Brogan,
Halle Bryan,
Blake Andrew Bunnell,
Alonso Cacho Sousa Valdizan,
Ingrid Cai,
Virgilio Capriles Prosperi,
Sarah Kathryn Carpenter,
Shelby Madeline Carswell,
Niveditha A. Chalam,
Jose Agustin Chan,
Eileen Rou Chen,
Weichao Chen,
Connor William Childers,
Suyoun Choi,
Trishla Alkesh Chokshi,
Ryan Alexander Ciez,
Stephen Alexander Coterillo,
Nyya De'Vai Cox,
Rajat Hemant Dashrath,
Andrea Sofia De Luca,
Madeleine Jane Dickerson,
Yesol Do,
Rebecca Rose Dow,
William Long Economy,
Ooha Edupuganti,
Somto Samuel Egbuna,
Lexy Ellingwood,
Patricia Estrada Garcia,
Sheridan Elaine Evarts,
Ronald Falzone,
Madison Elaine French,
Anjani Swaminathan Ganapathy,
Camille Marie George Suarez,
John Giordano,
Mary Hannah Hale,
Mallory Ann Herrmann,
Robert Benjamin Hester,
Nicholas Carl Hoover,
Matthew Jacob Huntt,
Fernando Icaza,
Guergana Plamenova Ilieva,
Kristen Olivia Ingram,
Bryan M. Jackisch,
Camilo Jaimes,
Shefali Priya Jain,
Shreya Jain,
Timothy Alan Jaudon Jr.,
Brett Christopher Kalpakjian,
Amulya Krishna Kanchibhatla,
Nallammai Kannan,
Miwa Christine Katamura,
Emily Rose Kaukol,
Thamara Clelma Kernagis,
Alexandra Jane Kerrison,
Shamsya Unissa Khan,
Nehir Kilavuz,
Chanyang Kevin Kim,
Jin Soo Kim,
Matthew Joseph Kinnison,
Andrew W. Klassen,
Lillian Tiffany Ko,
Nineesha Koshy,
Pratyush N. Kothiyal,
Sieun Lee,
Jared William Lefbom,
Sarah Belle Lehmann,
Jenny Li,
Julia Marie Livingston,
Mario Lopez,
Joseph Malecki,
Rohan Umesh Manathkar,
Nicya Manocchio,
Mary Alyce Martin,
Caroline Marie McCall,
Morgan Jane McCombs,
Radhika Deepak Modi,
Joshua Edward Morgan,
Ian Michael Mortensen,
Maryam Amanda Moshrefi,
Sunil Mutyala,
Keertana Nair,
Mirna Nath,
Cindy Nguyen,
Jacob Thomas Padden,
Matheus Padron da Silveira,
Daiven Dhruv Patel,
Shyam Patel,
Arjun Patra,
Hipolito Perez,
Scott B. Pergament,
Chad Pollitt,
Nivedita Prasad,
Kayla Christine Raabe,
Noelle Rajiv,
Vishesh Ramesh,
Deepak Rao,
Woojong Rim,
Noah Louis Rittenberg,
Jakob Josef Joachim Robinson,
Ruben Marcelo Romero Villarreal,
Joshua Aaron Rubin,
Ryan Charles Sanders,
Aparajita Satapathy,
James Donald Sawyer,
Jack Howard Schlumper,
Pavlos Sepetas,
Karnavv Shah,
Preet Shah,
Rohil Shah,
Nicholas Ziqian She,
Matthew S. Sheldon,
Lauren Christianna Siegmann,
Rahul R. Singi,
Monica Soraney,
Dylan Stephens,
Jenna Stephenson,
Conor Kinsella Stewart,
Keertana Subramani,
Ananya Sundararaghavan,
Stephanie Tang,
Michael John Devitt Taylor,
Chelsea Rose Thompson,
Curren Tipnis,
Milan Toolsidas,
Makayla Michelle Underwood,
Adam Vincent Valletutti,
Andrea Milagros Vargas,
Daksh Varyani,
Ryan Kikeri Vaskov,
Mahati Vavilala,
Valeria Vega-Torres,
Parth I. Viswanathan,
Michael Zhongyu Wang,
also receiving a Bachelor of
Science in Computer Science.
Ishan Mandar Waykul,
also receiving a Bachelor of
Science in Computer Science.
Joseph Leland Welch,
Olivia Regina Wells,
Gregory Stephen Wilkes Jr.,
Allison Elizabeth Wilkinson,
Kyle Patrick Williams,
Nicholas Michael Williams,
Oliver Scott Williams,
Sze Ting Wong Valerie,
Xiaofan Wu,
Bonnie Yang,
Yi Yao,
Gideon Yuwono,
Victor Qiaozhou Zhang.
Bachelor of Science in
Aerospace Engineering.
Andrew Alarcon,
Spencer F. Bard,
Michael Robert Beck,
Jacob Randolph Bishop,
Robert T. Blickenstaff II,
Allen Christopher Boehmig,
Lane Bramblett,
Jake Andrew Burgholzer,
Steven Burrell,
Cason Nicholas Butler,
Miguel Calleja Erdmann,
Michael Paul Castelein D,
Michael Cole,
Morgan Christopher Cook,
Nicholas Campbell Dawe,
Carlos De Inza Niemeijer,
Anthony De Santiago,
Connor James DePeter,
Elliot Thomas Dowd,
Camilo Andres Duarte,
Anthony Sean Dupre,
Devon Edwards Lambourne,
Muhannad Mohamed Eladl,
Lucile Marie Hélène Feron,
Carson Thomas Fletcher,
Carson Thomas Fletcher,
Andrew Michael Fluevog,
Avery McFadden Gaxha,
Tristan Patrick Gibbo,
Sean Robert Gilfether,
Sachit Daniel Gowda,
Mitchell David Graves,
Alaric Christophe Gregoire,
Bryce Corey Gregory,
Katherine Gross,
Abhijit Harathi,
Norman Lee Harris II,
Khaled Ahmed Hassan,
Dennis Yanez Hernandez,
Karen Herrera Teague,
Cameron Hiens,
David Jakub Hoskyn,
Matthew Daniel Houghton,
Grayson Michael Huggins,
Erica Camille Hulette,
Loren J. Isakson,
Nitin Kumar Jain,
Ayush Jha,
Caroline Lilly Jones,
Yusuf Ogun Kargin,
Graham Kelly,
Ryne Jacob Knecht,
Frank Kilty Kozel,
Stefan Proudfit Kranenburg,
Katherine Paulina Kwasniak,
Darya Kyrychenko,
Nicholas Charles Lanford,
Savannah Langer,
Jarrad Lehrer,
Eddie Li,
Bryan R. Liberman,
Jeffrey Dawei Lin,
Michael Lu,
Jordan Marshall,
Mitchell Augustus Mazzoni,
Jason McCrady,
Keegan Patrick McGarry,
Jared Michael Mehnert,
David A. Mercker,
Alexandra Elizabeth Miner,
Chukwudera Mojekwu,
Sarah Grace Moore,
Oleg Moroz,
John Harold Morrison III,
Julia Alexandra Muller,
Daniel Jeffrey Mulligan,
Scott Robert Nealon,
Kyle Cameron Neville,
Caroline Rebecca Nordt,
Ivan Ognev,
Rotimi Williams Olotu,
Nadir Ougazzaden,
Utkarsh Pandey,
Akash Mehul Patel,
Emily Paxton,
Kelsey Sabrina Wing-Yun Pepper,
Darian Perez,
Charles Andrew Loch Person,
Victor Lucien Roch Petitgenet,
Macon Thomas Pharr,
Calvin David Phillips Jr.,
Kaushik Reddy,
Molly Elise Riebling,
Megan Elizabeth Robbett,
Rachel Ann Rogers,
Alexander Keys Roman,
Mitchell Sanders,
Christopher Warren Scank,
Sara E. Schmidheiser,
David Alexander Shalat,
Firas Sheikh,
Anish A. Shenoy,
Madeleine Anne Sibilia,
John Eli Sockwell,
Ankita Sowdas,
Andrew Hartman Speirs,
Ethan Spessert,
Mahalakshmi Srinivasan,
Nathan John Stallworth,
Madison Aurora Stein,
Nathan Scott Stephens,
William Stock,
Ali Talaksi,
Quentin Scott Talley,
Rohan Thatavarthi,
Dylan Samuel Ivan Thomson,
Akshay Umashankar,
Nathan J. Wang,
Kyle Bradley Watson,
Collin B. Whittaker,
Christopher D. Williamson,
Thomas C. Wilson,
Danielle Lea Winecoff,
Carlton Charles Winstead,
Noah Andrew Wolfert,
Nina Yang,
Matthew Ryan Yates,
Allan Zhang,
Daniel Zhang,
Tony S. Zhou,
also receiving a Bachelor of Science
in Material Sciences and Engineering.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.
Naz Akkurt,
Thabet Hassan Barghout,
John Ashley Barre Jr.,
Samuel William Boyce,
Stevee Bree Boyd,
Abigail Lee Bruning,
Emily June Bunce,
Corey Nicholas Burke,
April Brooke Campbell,
Colin Matthew Cook,
Robin Maria Cornel,
William Richard Crimmins,
Alexander Joseph D'Amico,
Hannah Marie Davis,
Alexandra Diabre,
Madison Nicole Dorminey,
Daniel Parker Dowe,
Jacob Otto Esch,
Owen Esposito,
Laura Fagan,
Katherine Changlin Fan,
Tamera Crystal Flowers,
Dennis Scott Frank,
Emily Morgan Golden,
Daniel Aragorn Gretsch,
Michelle Silva Henriques,
Conor Pierce Hill,
Landon Barrett Hopf,
Griffin Brant Howard,
Andres Felipe Insignares,
Tait Steven Jacobsen,
Maimuna Jallow,
Manuela Jimenez Munoz,
Kathryn Taylor Kassouf,
Justin Randall Lawrence,
Andrew Kevin Lewis,
David Z. Logan,
Sarah Jane Lowentritt,
Spencer Andrew Maddox,
Natalie Kivoi Maina,
Armaan Keval Malde,
Ian Jeffrey-Scott Mathison,
Brita Louise McAuliffe,
Liston Joseph Mehserle,
Goran Milivojevic,
Lynseay Mullis,
Seth Robert Nicholson,
Temiloluwa Olugbenga,
William Robert Ortiz,
Melissa Ann Osgoodby,
Glenn Harrison Panter,
Taylor Gregory Rapp,
Christopher James Pease,
Pierre Rouaud,
Matthew Sharpe,
John Nicesse Simoneaux,
Jarupa Sodwatana,
Giuliana Rose Stovall,
Caroline Cooper Suess,
Evangelia Dimitra Tripolitis,
Jose Juan Trujillo Mendez,
Kailee Amber Unangst,
Kylie Elizabeth Vacko,
Edwin Vazquez,
Dane David Viker,
Matthew Spencer Williams,
Kaitlyn Zhi Qing Wong,
Takahiro Yoshimoto,
Emily Zaruvinsky.
(applause)
- Will all the candidates please rise.
(applause)
Upon the recommendation of the faculty
of the Georgia Institute of Technology
and by the authority
of the board of regents
of the University System of Georgia,
I confer upon each of
you the Bachelor's Degree
with all the rights,
privileges and responsibilities
there and to appertaining.
Congratulations.
(applause)
Graduates, to symbolize your achievement,
you may now move the
tassel on your mortar board
from the right to the left.
Congratulations.
(applause)
Please be seated.
At this time I'd like to introduce
Captain Daniel Brand,
Operations Flight Commander
from the Air Force ROTC
to recognize those graduates
who are commissioned
to serve in the United
States Armed Forces.
(applause)
- Good morning.
Today I have the privilege of honoring
a special group of students
in the graduating class of 2019.
Will the graduates of the
army, navy, air force,
and marine corps ROTC
programs please stand
and be recognized?
(applause)
Mr. President, in addition
to their academic degrees,
these students completed
a rigorous program
focusing on physical conditioning,
academics and leadership
to become officers in the
United States Armed Forces.
For their outstanding
accomplishments and patriotism,
please show your appreciation
and congratulate these graduates.
Thank you very much.
(applause)
- Thank you Captain Brand.
You know, Georgia Tech alumni
are an extraordinary group
of high achievers.
To welcome the members
of this graduating class
into the fellowship of Tech,
I'm pleased to introduce Mr. Bird Blitch,
class of 1997, Industrial
and Systems Engineering,
and chair of the Board of Trustees
for the Georgia Tech Alumni Association.
Bird?
(applause)
- All right.
First of all, where are my
people, Industrial Engineers?
(cheering)
Yes, all right.
And to everyone here it is my pleasure
to welcome you for the very first time
as alumni of the Georgia
Institute of Technology.
Congratulations!
(applause)
I wanna take a second
to share what it means
to be an alumnus.
The who, the what and the
why is very important here.
So who are Georgia Tech alumni?
Alumni include Olympic Athletes,
two Nobel Prize winners,
top military officials,
astronauts, CEOs,
Presidents of two countries,
proving that Georgia Tech is
at the forefront of the future
and the new ideas that change the world.
In public service, Shirley Newburn,
who graduated 1956 with a
degree in Electrical Engineering
is one of the first two women
to receive a Georgia Tech diploma.
Jimmy Carter, 39th President
of the United States,
Juan Carlos Varela, current
President of Panama.
They're all alumni.
CEOs, CEOs of Walmart, AT&T, and of course
our beloved Waffle House.
(cheering)
Yeah?
Too many CEOs to name
but they are all alumni.
Science and technology.
Shane Kimbrough, Astronaut
and former commander
of the International Space Station.
Kary Mullis, 1993 Nobel
Prize winner in Chemistry,
and Sandy Magnus, former NASA Astronaut,
they are all alumni.
When you think about it,
engineers, Nobel Laureates,
business executives,
mathematicians, chemists,
these are all people who used
what they learned at Georgia Tech
to change the world.
We stand on the shoulders of giants.
Of giants.
And of course we can't forget
our most famous alumni,
George P. Burdell.
Yes.
(applause)
But like them, now you are all alumni.
You've graduated into the special forum.
Take a moment to appreciate
where you are today
and like you, all these
individuals started right here
sitting right here in these chairs
walking across this stage,
in the same place as you are.
Congratulations.
(applause)
Now what do Georgia Tech alumni do?
In one word, it's philanthropy.
Giving back, making things
better for future generations.
The Georgia Tech Alumni Association
which you are now part of
doesn't require a membership fee.
It exists to serve you, to promote you,
to help you, to help your future.
It's a true service organization.
And I'm living proof that the
Tech alumni network works.
I've launched two
companies out of the ATDC,
the Advanced Technology Development Center
right here on campus,
and could not have done so
without the powerful network
of Georgia Tech graduates here in Atlanta.
They give to each other
in a philanthropic way.
You've worked really hard to achieve
this Georgia Tech degree.
Don't forget to take advantage
of this powerful Georgia
Tech alumni network
that you're now a part of.
Now why is it important?
Georgia Tech's alumni have
proven time and time again
to be among the most
generous in the world.
Our alumni give back more than
double the national average
and this tradition is being passed on
to current Yellow Jackets
with Tech also boasting the largest number
of student donors of any public research
university in the United States.
(applause)
It's very impressive.
The fundraising in the name of role call
also known as Georgia
Tech's fund for excellence
is intended to promote
education to Georgia Tech
by providing unrestricted funds,
unrestricted funds for people.
And that means student scholarships,
recruitment and retention of top faculty
and support of key new academic programs.
Now students and alumni,
we all share a passion
for Georgia Tech.
We have a real bond, a
real common commitment.
Because we all wanna
make Georgia Tech better
tomorrow than we got here yesterday.
And so when you choose to give back,
you're gonna be able to
fund solutions to problems.
You're gonna be able to impact
future students' experiences
and change the world.
Speaking of changing the world
and making Georgia Tech better,
here's another trivia fact.
You are part of a very unique group
that will have the very last
signature in your diploma
of our great 11th President Bud Peterson.
And his tremendous service
all around has increased
the value of all our Georgia Tech degrees
for everyone here.
Please join me in a very special thank you
to President Peterson and
his wife, the Queen Bee.
(applause)
We're pretty lucky.
Now, what's next?
I want everybody to take out their phone.
If you're not already
texting on it already, okay.
We've launched a new alumni app
to keep you connected and engaged.
Yup, all you gotta do to download this app
is go to your app store
and search for GTAlumni.
You log in as your usual
user name and password.
The first one to log
in gets 10,000 dollars.
I'm just joking, I'm just joking.
(laughter)
Look, as I wrap this thing up
I do wanna say on a very serious note,
thank you for all your contributions
as a student here on this
campus wherever you were.
But now it's time.
Go create the future.
Change this world for the better.
And most of all, have
a lot of fun doing it.
Congratulations.
(applause)
- Thank you Bird.
At this time, the Sympathetic Vibrations
will lead us in the Alma Mater
followed immediately by
the faculty recessional.
The graduates and the
audience are requested
to remain standing as the
platform party recesses.
Then I invite all of you
to join in the singing
of the nation's best fight song,
Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech.
For our newest Georgia Tech graduates
we have a special treat.
As you exit the McCamish Pavilion,
the whistle will blow
several times in your honor.
Thank you for your attendance this morning
and have a wonderful day.
(applause)
♪ Oh, we of Tech, arise, behold ♪
♪ The Banner as it reigns supreme ♪
♪ For from on high the White and Gold ♪
♪ Waves in its triumphant gleam ♪
♪ The spirit of the cheering throng ♪
♪ Resounds with joy revealing ♪
♪ A neighborhood in praise and song ♪
♪ In memory of the days gone by ♪
♪ Oh Scion of the Southland ♪
♪ In our hearts you shall forever fly ♪
(applause)
(energetic orchestral music)
♪ I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech ♪
♪ and a hell of an engineer ♪
♪ A helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva ♪
♪ hell of an engineer ♪
♪ Like all the jolly good fellows ♪
♪ I drink my whiskey clear ♪
♪ I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech ♪
♪ and a hell of an engineer ♪
♪ Oh If I had a daughter, sir ♪
♪ I'd dress her in white and gold ♪
♪ And put her on the campus ♪
♪ to cheer the brave and bold ♪
♪ But if I had a son, sir ♪
♪ I'll tell you what he'd do ♪
♪ He would yell To Hell with Georgia ♪
♪ like his daddy used to do. ♪
♪ Oh I wish I had a barrel of rum ♪
♪ and sugar three thousand pounds ♪
♪ A college bell to put it in ♪
♪ and a clapper to stir it 'round ♪
♪ I'd drink to all good fellows ♪
♪ who come from far and near ♪
♪ I'm a Ramblin', Gamblin' ♪
♪ hell of an engineer, hey ♪
(applause and cheering)
(whistle blowing)
(""Ramblin' Wreck")
♪ Go Jackets ♪
♪ Go Jackets ♪
♪ Go Jackets ♪
♪ Go Jackets, fight, win ♪
("Ramblin' Wreck")
