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DR. CECILIA GIACHELLI:
Hello, everyone.
My name is CC
Giachelli, and I am
professor and chair of the
bioengineering department.
On behalf of the
entire department,
it's my great honor
to welcome all of you
to the 2020 bioengineering
graduation ceremony.
Graduation is really
the proudest moment
of the year for all of us
here in bioengineering.
It's really been a
privilege and honor
to spend time with these
remarkable and resilient
students.
They have made us laugh,
smile, sing, and sometimes cry,
but above all else,
they have made
the bioengineering
department a better place
by allowing us to share in
their educational experience.
This has truly been
an outstanding group.
I congratulate each
and every one of you
for successfully
completing your degrees.
You all should be very proud of
your amazing accomplishments.
I don't have time to list
all of the many achievements
our trainees have
accomplished this past year.
And believe me.
There are many.
But I'd like to recognize a
few of those individuals who
have received
college- university-
and national-level recognition.
Eight of our
undergraduate students
won Husky 100 awards for
making the most of their time
at the University of Washington.
These were Anna Craig, Caleb
Ellington, Sofia Jepson,
Amanda Nguyen, Parker Ruth,
Vidhi Sing, Sarah Slack,
and Eric Yang.
Additionally, Vidhi and Sarah
are 2020 Fulbright finalists,
hoping to pursue research in
India and Brazil, respectively.
And Parker is a 2020
Goldwater scholar.
MAB students-- Peter
Beidler, Sebastian Bibat,
Nicholas Opalski,
and Sarp Orgul--
were all part of the concentric
entrepreneurial team that
won the WRF Capital second prize
at the 2020 Hollomon Health
Innovation Challenge.
Master's student Alyssa Schul
won the Premera Grand Prize
at UW's 2020 Science
and Technology Showcase
for developing the CREST
Urethral Catheter Simulator.
PhD student, Christian
Mandrycky was
nominated by his PI
and the department
for the Graduate School
Distinguished Dissertation
Award and the WAGS/UMI
Innovation and Technology
Award.
And now, all of the
undergraduate and graduate
student candidates, get
ready to be recognized.
Everyone, please join
me in congratulating
all of our students for their
many academic, as well as
personal achievements,
while in our program.
Congratulations to you all.
As you know getting to
this stage of your career
has taken lots of hard work,
dedication, and perseverance,
along with a little help from
our talented faculty and staff.
But of course, our
graduates would not
be here without the unfailing
support of their families
and friends.
So now, we'd like to take a
minute for a bioengineering
graduation tradition.
All students, please turn, and
face your family and friends,
and give them a huge round
of applause for all they
have done for you.
Esteemed faculty, reliable
staff, cherished guests,
and graduates at all levels,
I am humbled and honored
at your invitation to
speak into my computer
at this auspicious and
novel corona event.
This graduation comes at a time
when the country is addressing
more than 400 years of racial
inequality and oppression,
both through words and actions.
The amount that I could
say about the subject
could fill a lecture
hour, and the amount
that I don't know or
haven't experienced
is so vast that I don't
feel like the right person
for the task.
Therefore, I suspect that
the senior class did not
invite me to talk about
the injustice which
we vote sometimes
together before we
risk consigned to the matrix.
When I first realized we would
deliver spring quarter online,
I was severely
disappointed, but also,
inspired by the many
YouTube episodes
that my kids and I have watched.
If they can captivate us
with nonsense and cats,
how much more captivating
would knowledge and CAT scans
be for an audience?
However, I was soon
reminded of The Simpsons
movie in which the assistant
to EPA secretary Russ Cargill
said, Sir, you've gone mad
with power," with the reply,
"Of course I have.
Have you ever tried to
go mad without power?
It's boring."
Going remote without a
studio or production crew--
it's not boring, but it
didn't match my imagination.
University instructors
provide sophisticated content
aimed at your future
career, while Rhett and Link
are taste-testing charcoal
doughnuts on Good Mythical
Morning and guess which one
gets viewed at 1.5 speed?
I personally am best served
at one-and-a-quarter speed.
The last time I gave
a graduation address,
back before the previous
great recession,
Professor [? Yager ?] no--
a veteran colleague-- you
have to balance anonymity
and attribution--
remarked that I drew
heavily on humor
at the intersection of
engineering and medicine,
perhaps making it less
accessible to a diverse range
of guests.
So in order to avoid
that inside nature
during today's presentation,
I will offer some explanations
and try to give our guests
a better sense of what
the undergraduates, at
least, have experienced
in the past few years.
First I will condense
a 14-minute talk,
which we call the
"semester system,"
into a 10-minute talk, which
we call the "quarter system."
Second, our department
practices aggressive continuous
improvement for each
course and the curriculum
as a whole, hence the notepad
in which I can edit and improve
my script.
For me, this ACI meant seldom
delivering a class the same way
twice.
And during some lectures,
I have expected the student
to stand up and say, he's
making it up as he goes along.
However, the students
were, and continue to be,
patient and polite.
Third, I tell the
sophomores what
I expect them to
know before starting
my course so we can address
gaps before setting off.
For example, for our
guests who are out of town,
you might want to know
that over here is Seattle.
We have a very responsible young
man named "Russell Wilson,"
who leads a football team
called the "Seattle Seahawks."
Over here, this is New England.
And they have a man
named "Tom Brady,"
who has his own football team.
Now, Tom Brady is hot, but
a lot of people around here
are angry at him for
a few games that were
played about five years ago.
So, now you've had your review.
As students in this major,
you've likely been told,
you're in bioengineering?
You must be really smart.
And that is undeniable.
You are graduating from what is
arguably the most challenging
major in a school
that isn't easy to get
into in the first place.
So when you meet someone
from MIT or from Harv--
[COUGHING] Harv-- oh, excuse me.
It's OK.
It was just the name.
You can both bow
down, which is good,
because you're not supposed to
shake hands these days anyway.
And the graduate students,
you rocked just to get here
and are rolling on your way out.
And trust me.
Your advisors didn't get
together and think, yes,
a virus.
That will keep them at home
writing their dissertations.
Didn't happen.
Of course, the true
benefit of self-confidence
is not self-aggrandizement,
but rather the willingness
to take intellectual risks.
The particular way occurs
to me in asking questions.
Sometimes, when you
ask a silly question,
you don't get a silly answer.
So this is for the youngsters.
Around 2002, the Secretary
of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld,
gave an infamous speech
trying to justify
the search for weapons of
mass destruction in Iraq.
And he referred to
known knowns, known
unknowns, and unknown unknowns.
This last category is
important because it's
asking about things
you really don't know.
It might provide an answer
to a question you didn't even
know was a question.
Sometimes the pan
will come up empty,
but sometimes it will come
up with the glitter of gold.
Now, there are two caveats
regarding self-confidence--
safety and humility.
Before you get into an
experiment or prototyping
project, run through the
steps in your mind's eye
for feasibility and risks.
I was taught, as
an office scholar--
and that's one boat, two
oars going backwards so you
can't see where you're going--
that when you turn to look,
don't look for the open water.
Look for the other boats.
The open water will
always be there,
but the boats will set your
course and keep you safe.
The second caveat is that if
you act as if you know it all,
others won't try to
teach you, and that's
why humility is important.
Have you ever enjoyed
an art-history trip
so much that you forget to
leave the comment museum,
and you can see the exit through
the Sumerian figurine exhibit,
but you can't get there
through the glass doors?
And when you finally
find an emergency exit
and step out into the
snow, you discover
that the museum is in the
shape of a square with a fully
enclosed courtyard, and the
doors locked for the night?
I have.
And it's events like that,
plus academic confidence,
that allow me to wear
a fez in lecture,
or mangle signals as
the evil comparator,
or to wear the
Coulter Memorial hat.
On I did this all for the
juniors, and I thought
the seniors deserved
to see it too.
So none of us are, perfect
with the possible exceptions
of Professor Wendy
Thomas, Professor Murray--
either one--
Professor Gia Kelly--
ooh, we will have a
new chair as of July 1.
So Michael Rainier-- sorry, CC.
So Engineering Dean,
Nancy Allbritton,
closes out that list.
Even Parker Ruth had room
for improvement once.
But in fairness, he
did have one hand fixed
to the table with EMG electrodes
while explaining his project
and clicking the mouse
with the other hand.
Oh, and bioengineering is also
in the School of Medicine,
so I should say good things
about Dean Paul Ramsey, who,
as CEO of UW Medicine,
has a tough job ahead,
leading the hospital out
of the corona pandemic.
Now, if you own a body shop,
and there's a severe hailstorm,
business is great.
But it hasn't worked out that
way for the medical system.
Health-care providers put
in a tremendous effort
to save many lives over
the past three months,
but because they had to
cut elective procedures,
and buy additional
protective equipment,
the system actually lost
money, with the result
that many of those same
individuals who worked so hard
have now been furloughed.
That's not fair.
And India, which made
some tough decisions
to control the
epidemic there, has
been hit with both a hurricane
and a locust invasion.
Locusts-- are you
[INAUDIBLE] serious?
A lot of life isn't fair.
There is vast inequality in
our city, country, nation,
and the world.
But it is OK to be financially
successful in your career
if you make wealth
and not take wealth.
And if you are successful,
however you get there,
then share.
Even if you don't have wealth
to share, you can share respect.
Who deserves more respect--
the student who managed to
be the first in their family
to earn a college degree,
let alone a doctorate,
or the parent, who has
only a high school diploma,
but who has worked
tirelessly to put
that student through school?
The great thing is
that, unlike a budget
or Super Bowl between the
Seattle Seahawks and the New
England Pa--
oh, sorry-- just a
little bradycardia there.
Well, unlike a budget
or championship,
respect is not a zero-sum game.
You can serve up as much as you
want and still have plenty left
for yourself.
So thank you for all the
haikus, and diatom sketches
on the board, ideas,
questions, hikes in Nepal--
next time, I'll
catch you, Tashi--
energy, and concern for others.
Go out, and do great things.
And if you do end up
getting that medical degree
and help an elderly
museum curator or two,
remind them that college
students are good kids who
sometimes just needed some
additional assistance making it
out into the world.
Thank you, and congratulations.
DAVID PEELER: I'm grateful
for the opportunity
to speak to you all,
however many of you
there are out there, on this
meaningfully symbolic day
devoted to reflection
and celebration.
Other graduations serve as a
bittersweet time of goodbye.
I'm hoping to use the space
of the next few minutes
to dwell on what
I learned from you
all over these wonderful
transformative years
now behind us, with the
hopes of encouraging us
all for a future when time
resumes its more typically
rapid pace.
Indeed, most of
the understanding
we're able to gain
during grad school
comes in waves of realization
during reflection,
waves that break, shockingly,
through the perpetual hum of,
wow, I have no idea
what I'm doing.
The most important
things I learned at UW
were character traits modeled
by my peers, and by our mentors,
and by those we mentored.
And I find it hard
to differentiate
between the lessons which made
me a better scientist and those
which made me a better person.
With the help of a few
exceptional authors of fiction,
I want to emphasize the
connection between imagination
and responsibility
and reflect on how
I've watched that responsibility
take the form of courage,
repeated as perseverance in
your science and in your lives.
John Keats wrote that, in
dreams begin responsibilities,
paraphrased by Haruki Murakami
as, "Our responsibility begins
with the power to imagine."
Bioengineers I've met during
my time in grad school
were bursting with passionate
imagination, especially
first-years.
But this was always uniquely
grounded by the assumption
that their life's purpose
came from and with
humanistic responsibility.
With every new grant application
that a grad student--
I mean professor
writes, we undertake
a creative effort in which
we imagine a healthier,
or, at least, a
better-understood world.
And we assume the responsibility
of bringing that about.
It's something we
all take for granted,
but it's worth
celebrating that you've
devoted your lives to
improving the human condition.
At the risk of boring you to
tears with virtue signaling,
I want to point out that
this sense of responsibility
isn't effortlessly
generated or maintained.
The existential weights
of doing good science
or living a meaningful
life are rooted
in constant intentional
commitment and self-evaluation,
an emotionally potent cycle
that all grad students
are intimately familiar with.
We ask ourselves, as one of
Samuel Beckett's characters
in Waiting For Godot,
"Was I sleeping
while the others suffered?
Am I sleeping now?
Tomorrow, when I wake,
or think I do, what shall
I say of today"?
Making peace with
the days you've lived
and then setting out again
to live for both yourself
and others on balance
is no easy task,
and yet, we ask it
of ourselves daily.
As academics, we
address this by choosing
to live life in pursuit of
truth that is worth sharing,
confident that the
cost of the pursuit
pales in comparison
to the price.
Simone de Beauvoir
recognized this,
proclaiming, "I tore myself
away from the save comfort
of certainties through
my love for the truth,
and truth rewarded me."
I'm so grateful for the mentors
and peers in this department
who model of the
fearless pursuit of ideas
and for the mentees who
give us the opportunity
to experience the
rewards of passing
on a passion for the same.
Mercifully, the sum
of our contribution
to this earth and this
program is much greater
than that of the hard
facts we uncover about it
while we're here.
Of course, the vast
majority of PhD work
takes place outside of the
traditional pedagogical
apprenticeship that is
nice to think about.
Vast stores of
self-determination and adept
self-teaching are the definitive
job requirements of the degree,
and I want to congratulate
and celebrate the graduates
for finding the courage
to turn fear and doubt,
that I know we all feel, into
action and new knowledge, day
after night after day.
I personally love and relate
to the moment in Waiting
for Godot when Estragon sighs,
"I can't go on like this,"
and Vladimir replies,
"That's what you think."
Graduation represents
a wide diversity
of personal challenges,
but also, therefore,
a wide diversity
of accomplishments.
Maybe you struggle with
mental health, as I do,
or maybe your challenges
are among those
that [INAUDIBLE] white-male
privilege largely shields me
from that are so visible
in today's society.
Today, you have all
proved that you're
capable of, even talented
at, facing challenges
with determination.
You've inspired
others to do the same,
whether you realize it or not.
Perseverance has never
been more highly praised
in public discourse
than it is right now,
but I want to thank
you for years.
I ask you to continue
to courageously imagine
a better world with all the
responsibility that entails.
Thanks.
GILAD TOUBOUL: Congratulations
to the class of 2020,
and good morning,
evening, or night,
depending on where you are.
My name is Gilad
Touboul, and I'm
one of the students
graduating today
from the masters of applied
bioengineering program.
First and foremost,
thank you to everyone
that has made this day
possible for each student here.
While higher education is
a path you take yourself,
it is not one you have to take
just for yourself or alone
by herself.
Thank you to the parents,
siblings, grandparents,
and pets who embarked with us,
even though many don't quite
understand what
bioengineering is.
Thank you to the friends,
classmates, and co-workers
that have shared with us
countless fond memories,
late nights, and warm meals.
Thank you to the
teachers and faculty
who have mentored us
for a term or more
and shown their patience
and willingness to adapt.
Least of all, a special
thank you on our behalf
to the goPuff driver, who
brings a cup of ramen at 2:00
in the morning with no judgment.
Together, we have
had the fortune
of attending the University
of Washington, a place that
has facilitated
both our education
and our personal growth.
How many of us can say
that we are the same person
today as we were when
we started our degree?
Probably none.
Coming into the MAB
program last August,
I was not too sure what
to expect of my cohort.
Much to my delight, upon the
first day of orientation,
I was greeted by a
room full of smiles
from quirky strangers
that have since
shown me the meaning of hard
work, kindness, and creativity.
By the end of the first day,
we were eating and laughing
together.
By the end of the
first term, we had
gone on two weekend retreats
and were planning a third.
We quickly began calling
ourselves mobsters
and continued on a path
of humor and friendship,
teaching one another, and
an odd amount of bowling.
Over the course
of this past year,
we've come very
familiar with two words
that are composed of four
syllables and 14 letters.
That's right.
You guessed it--
"progress report"--
one of the assignments we
never seem to shake that
would keep finding
its way back to us.
Ironically, reflecting
on this year,
I stumbled on more
of their value--
the first word-- progress.
What does it mean to you?
It's a word we
consider so often,
one that holds with the
determination to advance,
move forward, and accomplish.
It is not bound
to a single thing
not a class, not a
job, or an activity.
Progress is the long-term
trend of improving,
despite setbacks that
arise along the way.
It is something each of
us wishes for ourselves,
and today, each of us
has clearly achieved.
Take a moment, and appreciate
all the progress you have made.
It may be in
mastering a subject,
learning new ways of
working as a team,
speaking your mind
when others are louder,
or gaining confidence
in your own capabilities
as you discover them.
The second half of the
recurring assignment is report.
As those of us in
MAB know well, report
is not solely an organized
list of what we have finished.
It is a chance to reflect
on the highs of our progress
and understand how we overcame
unforeseen challenges as they
arose.
By bouncing ideas off of
friends, engaging with
and challenging
what we're taught,
and communicating
with others, we
gain a unique type
of depth and insight.
Through the progress of
reflecting on our journeys
and on our
achievements, we better
understand both our
work and ourselves.
This ability to
reflect and understand
is something of great
value that will continue
with us throughout life.
Each of you has done
it on a regular basis
and should be proud of it.
While we all have a
different string of decisions
that brought us
here today, we have
one thing in common right now.
We are all graduating.
We are all closing one chapter
of our lives to begin the next.
Each of us is moving
forward, progressing
onto a bright future filled
with possibility and surprise.
Part of what makes
us scientists is
that we have an innate desire to
make our world a better place,
be it through creating a
revolutionary advancement
in health care, leading
a team of innovators,
we're listening to the
needs of those around us.
We have the power
to better ourselves
and the lives of others.
We can draw upon the experiences
that built to this day
and have confidence that we can
overcome any challenge thrown
at us with an open mind,
perseverance, and optimism.
As we go into the next
parts of our lives,
I want to leave all of you with
one last exciting assignment--
a progress report.
Whatever you do and
wherever you go,
keep in mind that you
can always succeed,
regardless of setbacks,
to take the time
to reflect on the things you've
achieved and are grateful for,
and to surround yourself
with people who support you.
Congratulations, class of 2020,
on all of our achievements
that we celebrate today.
MINGMA TASHI SHERPA:
Hi, everyone.
Can you believe
we're finally here?
So many emotions-- reminiscent,
contentment, nervous,
most importantly, a strong
feeling of gratitude.
First, I'm thankful for the
valuable experiences which
have reshaped my perspective.
I may not have mastered
MATLAB, but I have
gained more self-awareness.
Through my time in
Thailand, and now,
in the study-abroad program
in my home country, Nepal,
I came to the
dreaded realization
that I have a savior complex.
I had ignorantly thought
that I was immune to it
just because I'm an immigrant.
Obviously, this realization
was a hard blow,
but the healing
process was beautiful.
I remember when
one of you told me,
it is good to feel
sad sometimes.
At the time, I thought
you were delusional,
but I think I get a sense
of what you mean now.
Thank you for
validating my emotions
and for letting me take the
time to feel and process them,
and not trying to
goodify the situation.
These difficult times
make space for reflection.
And hopefully, we can come
out healed and transformed,
with a better understanding
of ourselves and others.
After deep self-reflection
and some tearful conversations
with some of you, I began to
revise my perspective in how I
viewed developing communities.
Rather than being
blinded by pity
and seeing only
deprivation, I began
to see the admirable strengths,
wisdom, and improvisation
of these communities, and how
the limitations in resources
do not prevent them from
smiling and thriving.
I hope this evolving and
ongoing change in perspective
will guide me to become not a
helper and savior, but a better
learner and ally when connecting
with these communities
as I pursue rural medicine.
The journey here had some
sleep-deprived hair-shedding
moments.
There were times when I
compared myself to you
and questioned my
place in the cohort.
To the graduates,
I want to thank you
for showing your
vulnerability and sharing
your personal
stories of not just
success, but also, of
struggle and perseverance.
It really made these challenging
times more manageable,
and even embraceable.
By looking only at
your achievements,
I was reducing you to a
flat, robotic character,
and disregarding the complexity
and depth that make each of you
so special, so diverse
in our experiences
that it does not
make sense to compare
one another in the future.
Through our stories, including
Facebook and Instagram Stories,
I was reminded that,
at the end of the day,
we are more than just
bioengineering students.
Amongst us, we have
chefs and bakers
who can make Gordon
Ramsay drool;
rock climbers who are basically
mountain goats in disguise;
calligraphy artists
whose [INAUDIBLE]
would rock the runway if
only it could grow legs;
talented pianist guitarist,
and music composer
whose wistful songs you can
find on Spotify and YouTube.
There's even someone who makes
didgeridoo from agave trees.
I know.
You can look that up later.
And we also have
people who don't
let depression and loss
stop them from seeing
the little wonders of life.
Thank you for helping me
view your accomplishments
as a reason to feel
motivated and inspired
rather than dragging myself
down through comparison.
Talking about
accomplishments-- eight
of the Husky 100 recipients
are from my cohort.
Yes, 8.
I feel so proud.
Next, I not only want
to thank my parents,
but I also want to
congratulate them.
This cap and gown
belongs to them as well.
I graduate today
because my [INAUDIBLE]
and mama provided me with
the privilege of education
and a safe, loving home.
This is a privilege that some
people, including my parents,
didn't have, and which I have,
at times, taken for granted
and failed to recognize.
Likewise, I would like
to thank all the loved
ones of today's
remarkable graduates
and the bio-e faculty
for supporting us
as we navigate
through adulthood.
Let's continue to
stand by each other
during times of
difficulty and celebrate
each other's accomplishments,
no matter how big or small
they may seem.
Let's reflect on our
journey and ask ourselves
what we learned from
the complicated emotions
we allowed ourselves
to feel and explore.
How have we broadened
our view of the world
by challenging our inner flaws
and examining our privileges,
like sexual orientation,
socioeconomic status,
and the color of our skin?
And how will you use these
to become better listeners,
and more responsible
human beings,
and bring necessary
change, even when it
seems like the problem does
not directly apply to us?
I'm so grateful to be part
of this diverse cohort.
I hope you all realize
how deserving you all are
on this major accomplishment.
With that, I cheer to us,
the University of Washington
bioengineering class of 2020.
Please give yourselves a
warm, standing ovation.
Thank you.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Leandra Brettner, Hannah
Frizzell, Yang Jiang,
Christian J. Mandrycky,
David J. Peeler, Kamal Shah,
Nisa Williams, Colin Eckhoff,
Zirui Fu, Ryan Hammond,
Joyce Huang, Dylan Cole Jensen,
Henry Lee, Fariha Rahman,
Adiya Rakymzhan, Alyssa Schul,
Patrick Slogic, Brenden Wong,
Feiran Yang, Xiao Zhou, Yunshi
Zhou, Bita Asadnejad Seysan,
Thomas Butterweck, Jeffrey Chu,
Kristen Dick, Blake Engelbert,
Kristen Fetchko, Brandon R.
Galan, Alexis Householder,
Stephanie D. Jeanbaptiste,
Elaine Kim, Sean Malone,
Colleen E. Moore.
Eyasu Adebo, Hazem Alharthi,
Christopher H. Allan,
Joaquin Enrique Batista, Peter
Beidler, Sebastian Bibat,
Samuel Mun-Yut Broadwell,
Kevin Burgett, Angana Deb,
Anais Jade Eugenie Emelie,
Joseph Galeno, Xuyang Guo,
Sophia He.
Swetha Kunnavakkam Vinjimoor,
Yi-Cheng Lu, Jennifer Luviano,
Sandra Oluoch, Nicholas
Edward Opalski, Sarp Orgul,
Maxwell Benjamin Fumaner,
Jordan Smithline,
Mohammed Mushtak
Talib, Tania To,
Gilad Daniel Touboul, Regina
Tuey, Kelvin Joseph Anderson,
Andrew Asakawa, Krithi
Basu, Basazin Belhu,
Sierra Michelle Bonilla.
Analise Burko, Jayleen Ceja,
Janae Chan, Emily Chun,
Mason Caldwell Clugston,
David James Cooper,
Kali Morgan Coubrough,
Joshua Coyle, Anna M. Craig,
Piper Sean Cramer, Levi
Davis, Kara Celestine
Salle De Leon, Asialee Judith
Donnelly, Mitchell Anthony
Ekdahl, Caleb Ellington, Jason
Fox, Charles Denton Glaser,
Lahari Gorantla, Parker Lewis
Grosjean, Seong Hyun Han,
Joseph David Henthron,
Arielle Howell,
Frances Victoria Ingram-Bate,
Taylor Kimiko-Ha Ishida,
Sofia Zaiga Jepson,
Ankita Joshi, Grace Jun,
Dana Shauna Kamenz, Eric
Christopher Katzung, June Kim,
Meriam Lahrichi, Nathaniel
James Linden, Adam Little.
William Leh-Shan Liu,
Ethan Jeffrey Lockhart,
Katriel Marie
Looney, Neona Momoko
Ren Fong Lowe, Wenbo Lu, Kelsey
Tran Luu, Rosemichelle Marzan,
Noah Kintaro Matsuyoshi, Thomas
Mcllwain, Robert Minneker,
Olesya Mironchukm Arman Reza
Naderi, Brandon Marc Nelsen,
Amanda Nguyen, Richard Alejandro
Parra, Hyae Won Kim Redden,
Ming Ren, Gabriel Rush, Parker
Ruth, Tanmay Rajendra Sapre,
Cameron Schloss, Mingma
Tashi Sherpa, Janis E. Shin,
Vidhi Singh, Sarah Danielle
Slack, Nicholas Thomas.
Luke C. Thurber, Dorsa Toghani,
Cameron David Trader, Ethan Vo,
Maximilian Alexander Walter,
Tian Wang, Yihan Wang,
Ellise Rene Ward, Taylor K.
Watson, Maxwell Stuart Weil,
Joshua Gibson Whalen,
Angel Tan Wong, Eric Yang.
DR. CECILIA GIACHELLI:
Hello again.
As we've come to the
end of our ceremony,
I want to congratulate
you all again
on your many achievements
and your graduation
from our program.
Thanks also to all
your friends and family
who joined us for this
wonderful celebration today.
You're also invited to attend
the 2021 bioengineering
graduation ceremony so that
we can honor you in person.
Now that you are UW
bioengineering alumni,
I also want to
invite you to stay
connected with the department.
You can do that by
tuning in to our Facebook
or our LinkedIn site.
And there, you'll find the
latest departmental news,
as well as any upcoming
alumni activities.
Once again, congratulations,
and I wish you
all success and happiness
in all your future goals
and endeavors.
You did it.
