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[MUSIC PLAYING] SPEAKER 1: Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of Cornell University, a world-class research and academic institution, I am delighted to announce that the academic procession is calculated to arrive in the stadium in three minutes, 25.14372 seconds-- approximately.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the first of the academic procession has arrived. Leading the procession is the University Marshal, Professor Charles Walcott. Following the University Marshal is the Banner for the Class of 2018.
The Class Banner Bearers are Flavio Umeda Pacheco and Noah Chovanec, Class Officers. The Class Marshals are [INAUDIBLE] and [? Crystal ?] [? Mae ?] [? Chow. ?] First to arrive behind the Class Banner are the PhD Candidates of the Graduate School.
The Symbol Banner is carried by Jakina Debnam. Candidates are led by Senior Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, Barbara A. Knuth and Faculty Marshals, Professor Nerissa Russell and Professor Veronica Martinez-Matsuda.
The PhD Banner Bearers are Koyuki Nakamura and Ashley Torres. The Degree Marshals are Emily Griep and Grant Thompson.
Once again, the PhD Degree Candidates from the Graduate School.
Next are the Master Degree Candidates of the Graduate School. The Master Banner Bearers are Terry Vallery Junior and Rachel Fives. The Degree Marshals are Eric Gendreau and Seth Olson.
[MUSIC - "FAR ABOVE CAYUGA'S WATERS"]
Degree Candidates from Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar participated in a separate commencement ceremony in early May. Also, Degree Candidates from the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City will participate in a commencement ceremony on May 31.
Ladies and gentlemen, once again, the Master Degree Candidates from the Graduate School.
Ladies and gentlemen, next are the Candidates from the College of Veterinary Medicine, led by Dean Lorin Warnick and College Banner Bearers Sarah McCalla and Nathaniel Violette. The Degree Marshals are Amber Harris and Monika Mostowy. The Symbol Banner Bearer is Nicholas Buscaglia.
Next is the Law School, led by Dean Eduardo Peñalver. The College Banner Bearers are Rachel Hancock and Mariah Rivera. Degree Marshals are Daniel Sperling and Ming Li. The Symbol Banner Bearer is Dara Brown.
Next, the SC Johnson College of Business, comprised of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, the School of Hotel Administration, and the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. They are led into the stadium by Dean Joe Thomas. The College Banner Bearers are Samantha Cohn and Ting Zhou.
Next, the MBA and MBS Degree Candidates from the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management are led by Dean Mark Nelson. The College Banner Bearers are Guy Taylor and Jonathan Kroll. The Degree Marshals are Kaitlin Devine and Karthika Nait. The Symbol Banner Bearer is Diem Vo.
Ladies and gentlemen, once again, the MBA and MBS Degree Candidates from the Johnson Graduate School of Management.
[MUSIC - "POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE"]
Now entering the stadium are the first of the College Degree Candidates. The School of Hotel Administration is led by Dean Kate Walsh and College Banner Bearers Michael Lee Han and Shaun [? Guangh. ?] Degree Marshals are Alexa Perrucci and Christie Choy. The Symbol Banner Bearer is Julie Mercado.
Ladies and gentlemen, once again, the Degree Candidates from the School of Hotel Administration.
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Next, the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management is led into the stadium by Dean Lynn Wooten, and College Banner Bearers Bethany Tang and Michelle Wang. The Degree Marshals are Alexander Ferreira and Betty Lazus. The Symbol Banner Bearer is Ritesh Shinde.
[MUSIC - "POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE"]
Ladies and gentlemen, now entering the stadium led by Dean Kathyrn J. Boor are the Candidates of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
[APPLAUSE]
College Banner Bearers are Alex Gordon and Minghuan Xu. Degree Marshals are Shicheng Hu and Daniel Clark. The Symbol Banner Bearer is Kelly Muller.
[MUSIC - "FAR ABOVE CAYUGA'S WATERS"]
Ladies and gentlemen, once again, the Degree Candidates from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
[APPLAUSE]
Ladies and gentlemen, next, the School of industrial and Labor Relations is led into the stadium by Dean Kevin Hallock. The College Banner Bearers are Jamie Morganstern and Kyonne Rowe. Degree Marshals are Felix Chung and Leor Ginzburg. The Symbol Banner Bearer is Katy Habr.
Ladies and gentlemen, once again, the Degree Candidates from the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
[APPLAUSE]
Ladies and gentlemen, now entering the stadium, the graduates of the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, led by Dean Kent Kleinman and College Banner Bearers Charisse Foo and Jeanette Petti. Representing the three degree programs are Justin Foo, Lauryn Smith, and Rachel Liu. The Symbol Banner Bearer is Pauline Lily Shongov.
Ladies and gentlemen, once again, the Degree Candidates from the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
[APPLAUSE]
And now entering the stadium are the Degree Candidates from the College of Human Ecology, led by Dean Alan Mathios and College Banner Bearers Mara Schein and Ava Laub. Degree Marshals are Cooper Walter and Emily Rosenthal. The Symbol Banner Bearer is Elizabeth Brewster.
[MUSIC - "POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE"]
Ladies and gentlemen, once again, the Degree Candidates from the College of Human Ecology.
[APPLAUSE]
Ladies and gentlemen, now entering the stadium, the graduates from the College of Engineering, led by Dean Lance Collins and College Banner Bearers Karun Singh and Cristian Alonso. The Degree Marshals are Shruthi Puranik and Wan Qing Melissa Tan. The Symbol Banner Bearer is Emily Lederman.
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[MUSIC - "FAR ABOVE CAYUGA'S WATERS"]
Ladies and gentlemen, once again, the Degree Candidates from the College of Engineering.
[APPLAUSE]
[MUSIC - "FAR ABOVE CAYUGA'S WATERS"]
Ladies and gentlemen, now entering the stadium are the Degree Candidates from the College of Arts and Sciences. They are led by Dean Gretchen Ritter and College Banner Bearers Emily Friedman and Linfeng Shen. Degree Marshals are Claire Hacker and Ming Zhe Choong. The Symbol Banner Bearer is Robin Wang.
Ladies and gentlemen, there appears to be a bit of a drizzle, but otherwise, it's a beautiful day.
[APPLAUSE]
Ladies and gentlemen, if you could move to the center section of each row to allow other people to be seated, that would be terrific. Thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen, once again, the Degree Candidates from the College of Arts and Sciences.
[APPLAUSE]
Ladies and gentlemen, next, the Senior Class Council Banner is being carried by Pooja Maheshwari and Hannah Mackey, followed by Daniel Engleson and members of the Senior Class Council.
Ladies and gentlemen, now entering are members of the University Faculty. They are led by the Dean of the University Faculty, Charles Van Loan. The Faculty Marshals are Professor Steve Carvell, Professor Linda Mizer, and Professor Drew Noden.
Following the Dean of the Faculty is Professor Antonio Di Tommaso, this year's Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, an award given each year to distinguished scholars among the tenured faculty who have sustained a career of effective and inspiring teaching of undergraduate students.
Joining him is Senior Lecturer Bruce Monger, recipient of the Weiss Provost's Teaching Fellowship for Extraordinary Teacher. The Weiss Fellows are joined by their colleagues of the Cornell University faculty.
Ladies and gentlemen, this time we acknowledge and thank the Cornell University faculty.
[APPLAUSE]
Ladies and gentlemen, the members of the Administrative staff of the University are next, led by Faculty Marshals Professor Jintu Fan and Professor David Gries.
Next in the procession are members of the University's Board of Trustees. The Trustees are led by Chairman Robert S. Harrison. The Trustee Marshals are Professor Fred Schneider and Professor Donald Viands.
And now, will everyone please stand? At this time, the University Marshal, Charles Walcott, will escort the Mace Bearer, Mariana Wolfner, and Cornell University's President, Martha E. Pollack, to their places on the platform.
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CHARLES WALCOTT: President Pollack, for the 150th time, candidates for degrees from Cornell University have gathered for the conferral of degrees and to celebrate this commencement. Members of the Board of Trustees, the faculty, administrative staff, degree candidates, and guests are in their places. The assembly is hereby called to order.
[APPLAUSE]
Will you please rise and join the Cornell University Glee Club and Chorus, accompanied by the Cornell University Wind Symphony, in singing the "Star-Spangled Banner?"
[MUSIC - "THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER"]
O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hail 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. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave, o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
[APPLAUSE]
CHARLES WALCOTT: Will everyone please be seated?
MARTHA POLLACK: Good morning. Good morning, everyone. Good morning, everybody.
SPEAKER 2: Good morning.
MARTHA POLLACK: Welcome to the 150th commencement at Cornell University.
[APPLAUSE]
Now, the Class of 2018, we're not going to let a little rain spoil this, are we?
CLASS: No.
MARTHA POLLACK: OK. So when you look back on today, I want you to think of it as if it were a sunny day, OK? And therefore, I am going to wear my preferred commencement eye wear-- my shades.
[APPLAUSE]
Commencement is always a very special day for University, but today is a particularly special one because it's our sesquicentennial-- our 150th graduation. So graduates, today you're not only making your own history, you're making history for Cornell. Give yourselves a round of applause.
[APPLAUSE]
I've spoken of literally dozens of commencements over the years. I've never spoken at one where it's raining this hard, but that's OK.
I've spoken at literally dozens, and I always wake up on commencement morning profoundly happy, with a deep sense of excitement. After all, it's my last chance to offer advice to the students before they go off and become alumni.
I realize though, that not everyone may be as excited about the prospect of a commencement speech as I am. Last month, I was walking through the lobby of the Statler Hotel on my way--
[STUDENTS CHEERING]
--on my way to-- yeah, hotelies. [LAUGHING]
I was-- no, you've got to wait and hear the story. I was on my way to give some comments at the Senior Gala, which is a dance organized by members of our graduating class, and I passed by one of the students. He had his back to me.
He's with two friends, and I clearly heard him say to them, "Let's go get a drink. I'd rather do that than listen to President Pollack give a--" and I'm paraphrasing here-- "gosh darn speech."
[LAUGHTER]
His friends were facing me. They just cracked up, and when he turned around and saw me, it was a completely priceless moment. I hope that despite the rain, you're not feeling that way, but I will try to be brief and limit myself to just one piece of advice.
But first, again, let me congratulate you, Class of 2018 and Candidates for advanced degrees. You deserve to be so proud of yourselves. Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
And you would not have gotten here without the love, support, and encouragement of your family and friends, both those who are gathered here in Schoellkopf Stadium and the smart ones who are sitting inside somewhere watching this on a screen. We should really acknowledge them.
Please, if you know your family is, stand up and wave to them, and if not just stand up and wave. But thank your parents and your families.
[APPLAUSE]
Now onto that one piece of advice. It has to do with heroes and heroism. We live in tumultuous times. We live in wet times, and in such times, it's very important to have heroes. I'm not thinking of Iron Man and his friends in the latest Avengers movie, but of something more personal-- real people who have stood fast and taken difficult actions in the face of enormous challenges.
My office here at Cornell is decorated with many things-- large oil paintings that were loaned to me from the Johnson Museum, a 3D replica of the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft given to me by the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and the Planetary Science and Department of Astronomy, which memorializes Cornell's participation in the spacecraft's amazing journey.
There's a clock I treasure, which was given to me by the faculty of the school where I was dean, and on and on.
But what I perhaps value the most is a large photo I have of Nelson Mandela taken and given to me by the great photojournalist David Turnley. You probably know the photo. Mandela is in his 70s. He's wearing a white button-down shirt. He's standing in the prison cell he had once occupied at Robben Island, his arm extended to the barred window, a pensive expression on his face.
I've often asked myself what he was thinking about as that photo was taken. Was he thinking about the 27 years he spent in prison for actions he had taken to rid his nation of apartheid? Was he thinking about all he'd accomplished since then? Or perhaps was he thinking about what he hadn't accomplished? About all the work that remained for South Africa to become the kind of society he envisioned?
I keep that photo on my wall because Nelson Mandela is one of my heroes. He's a hero to me because of his beliefs and because of his actions. He stood for equality and for the essential dignity of all human beings, and he took courageous steps to move his nation towards one that reflected those principles.
Importantly, he also believed in forgiveness and reconciliation as essential to progress. It's always seemed remarkable to me that after he was released from prison and became president of South Africa, he invited his white jailer to his inauguration ceremony.
He did that because he understood that as a leader, he needed to demonstrate clearly the level of grace-- and my notes are stuck together-- level of grace his countries needed in order to move forward.
Nelson Mandela is also a hero to me personally because of his deep respect for and understanding of the value of education. As he once said, education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world. Now Mandela may be a hero, but he was not a super hero. He certainly made mistakes in both his professional and personal life, ranging from his approach to the AIDS crisis in South Africa to his relationship with his wife.
I recognize that, but he remains a hero to me made of flesh and blood, and thus imperfect, unlike super heroes who are mere cartoon characters.
And one more thing about Mandela, which is obvious but bears noting-- in so many ways, he was not like me. He's not the same sex or nationality or race or religion. To my mind, it's important to have heroes who are like us, but there's nothing wrong with also having heroes who are different.
I have other heroes, of course. I was going to tell you about Louisa Erdrich, the author, but in the interest of not having you totally soaked, I instead am just going to go out and urge you to read her books and read her biography.
But let me tell you about Frank. Frank-- I'll use that name to protect his identity-- was a student I met many years ago when he was a sophomore in the discrete math course I was teaching. Frank couldn't seem to sit still and he often shouted out comments at inappropriate moments.
You see, Frank struggled with autism spectrum disorder. But Frank was smart, and he was determined, and when he enrolled in my artificial intelligence class a few years later, it was clear that he had worked extremely hard to position himself to be an effective part of collaborative teams, something that would be important in his planned career in software engineering.
Frank went on to get a Master's in Information Science, and when he crossed the stage and gave me a hug, his mother in the audience was in tears. He got a good job locally, and then a few years after graduation, came to my office to tell me that he'd found another job and was moving across the country to California to take it.
This was a huge and brave step forward-- a step towards independence by a young man who had always so far lived at home with his parents. Frank is a hero to me for his refusal to be held to limits and for his willingness to act courageously in taking steps to achieve his goal.
Three very different people, but all to me heroes. And why does that matter? Why am I talking to you about heroes? First, because heroes can provide you with hope. In those moments when it feels like the world is filled with people who are behaving badly, calling to mind your heroes can remind you that there are also people who demonstrate what it means to live as one's best self, and who demonstrate that doing so really matters.
And second, having heroes can provide you a source of courage. You can remind yourself of what your heroes have been able to do and use that recollection as a way to bolster yourself. Surely, you tell yourself, if he or she or ze has done x, then I can do y.
I turn to that photo of Mandela on my wall and I think, if he could withstand 27 years of imprisonment in order to improve conditions for the minorities in South Africa, then for sure I can put up with whatever is blowing my way as I try to do what's best for Cornell.
So find yourself some heroes. They can be people you know or people you admire from afar. They can be like you or different from you. But find them, and when you're faced with challenges, use the hope and courage that your heroes inspire in you to be your best self.
As is so often true, the deceptively simple poetry of Emily Dickinson says this all so well. "We never know how high we are till we are asked to rise, and then, if we are true to plan, our statures touch the skies. The Heroism we recite would be a normal thing, did not ourselves the Cubits warp, for fear to be a King."
Don't fear. Find yourself heroes. Be a hero. Your Cornell education has provided you the foundation on which to do this. And finally, to the student at the Statler who wanted to get that drink, I don't know your name, but I expect that you're here today. And so quite seriously, I want to thank you. After all, you gave me the hook to start my commencement comments, so I'd say we're even.
[LAUGHTER]
Please find me after the ceremonies and even in the rain, we'll take a selfie together, and then come back in five years and I'll buy you that drink. In fact, I very much want all of you, Class of 2018, to come back and visit frequently. Cornell will always be a part of you, and you will always be a part of Cornell. Members of Cornell's 150th graduating class, congratulations to you all.
[APPLAUSE]
[CHORUS SINGING]
[CHEERING]
CHARLES WALCOTT: We will now proceed to the conferring of degrees granted in course.
[CHEERING]
The first groups to be presented to the President for conferral of degrees are the graduate candidates who have completed work in the Graduate School or in one of the professional schools. Will the Senior Vise Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Barbara A Knuth please step forward. And will the candidates for the doctoral degree from the Graduate School please rise and the Degree Marshals come up onto the platform.
[CHEERING]
I wondered how it had suddenly gotten that much drier.
SPEAKER 3: The mikes not on.
SPEAKER 4: The mike.
SPEAKER 3: The mikes not on.
SPEAKER 4: Barb. Barb, your mike--
SPEAKER 3: Barb, the mike's not--
SPEAKER 4: --isn't on.
SPEAKER 3: --on. The mike's not on for Barbara Knuth. Try now.
BARBARA A KNUTH: President Pollack, I have the honor to present these candidates who have fulfilled the requirements and are duly recommended by the faculty of the Graduate School for the appropriate degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Musical Arts, and Doctor of the Science of Law.
MARTHA POLLACK: Thank you Senior Vise Provost and Dean Knuth. On the recommendation of the faculty and by the authority vested in me by the trustees of Cornell University, I hereby confer upon each of you the doctoral degree appropriate to your field of advanced study and research with all the rights, privileges, honors, and responsibilities pertaining thereto.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
CHARLES WALCOTT: Cornell University welcomes the new Doctors of Philosophy to the ancient and universal company of scholars. Will the doctors please be seated?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
Will the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine Lorin Warnick--
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
--please step forward? And will the candidates for the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine please rise--
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
--and the degree marshals come to the platform?
LORIN WARNICK: President Pollack, I have the honor to present these candidates who have fulfilled the requirements and have been duly recommended by the faculty of the College of Veterinary Medicine for the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
MARTHA POLLACK: Thank you, Dean Warnick. Upon the recommendation of the faculty and by the authority vested in me by the trustees of Cornell University, I hereby confer upon each of you the degree Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with all the rights, privileges, honors, and responsibilities pertaining thereto.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
CHARLES WALCOTT: Will the doctors of veterinary medicine please be seated? Will the Dean of a Law School Eduardo Peñalver please step forward? And will the candidates for the degree of Doctor of Law and Master of Laws please rise and the Degree Marshals come up onto the platform?
EDUARDO PEÑALVER: President Pollack, I have the honor to present these soggy candidates who have fulfilled the requirements and have been duly recommended by the faculty of the Law School for the degrees of Doctor of Law and Master of Laws.
MARTHA POLLACK: Thank you, Dean Peñalver. Upon the recommendation of the faculty and by the authority vested in me by the trustees of Cornell University, I hereby confer on each of your soggy candidates the degree Doctor of Law and Master of Laws with all the rights, privileges, honors, and responsibilities pertaining thereto.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
CHARLES WALCOTT: Will the soggy Doctors of Law and Master of Laws please be seated? Will the Senior Vise Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Barbara A Knuth please return to the microphone? Will the candidates for the master degree in studies that have been directed by the Graduate School please rise? And will the degree marshals please come up onto the platform?
BARBARA A KNUTH: President Pollack, I have the honor to present these candidates who have fulfilled the requirements and are duly recommended by the faculty of the Graduate School for the master degree, be it Master of Architecture, Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Health Administration, Master of Industrial and Labor Relations, Master of Landscape Architecture, Master of Professional Studies, Master of Public Administration, Master of Public Health, Master of Regional Planning, Master of Science.
[CHEERING]
MARTHA POLLACK: Dean Knuth, I think you forgot Master of Meteorology? Where are they?
[LAUGHTER]
Upon the recommendation of the faculty and by the authority vested in me by the trustees of Cornell University, I hereby confer upon each of you the master degree to which you are entitled, with all the rights, privileges, and responsibilities pertaining thereto.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
CHARLES WALCOTT: Will the master graduates please be seated? Will the Dean of the SC Johnson College of Business Joe Thomas please come forward?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
Will the Dean of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management Mark Nelson please come forward?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
And will the excellent candidates for the degrees of Master of Business Administration and Master of Professional Studies from the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management please rise? And will the degree marshals come up onto the stage with me?
[HORN]
Congratulations.
MARK NELSON: President Pollack, I have the honor to present these excellent candidates who have fulfilled the requirements and who are duly recommended by the faculty of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management for the degrees of Master of Business Administration and Master of Professional Studies.
MARTHA POLLACK: Thank you, Dean Nelson. Upon the recommendation of the faculty and by the authority vested in me by the trustees of Cornell University, I hereby confer upon each of you the Master of Business Administration and the Masters of Professional Studies degrees with all the rights, privileges, honors, and responsibilities pertaining thereto.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
CHARLES WALCOTT: Will of the Masters of Business Administration graduates and the Master of Professional Studies please be seated? Included among the graduates upon whom we have just conferred advanced degrees are those who have carried out their studies at Cornell Tech. Will the degree recipients who have earned degrees at Cornell Tech and Dan Huttenlocher, founding Dean and Vise Provost of Cornell Tech, please stand?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
You may be seated. Also included among the graduates upon whom we have just conferred advanced degrees and also among the undergraduate students soon to be recognized, are those who completed their studies through the Faculty of Computing and Information Science. Will the degree recipients and degree candidates in Computing and Information and the Dean of Faculty of Computing and Information Science Greg Morrisett please stand?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
You may be seated. The next groups to be admitted to the fellowship of educated men and women are the candidates for Cornell degrees. Will the two class marshals representing the entire Cornell University Senior Class please come up onto the platform?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
In a moment, each college group will be called to rise for presentation to the President and then ask to be seated. After all the college degree groups have been presented to the President, all the groups will be asked to rise again for the awarding of the degrees. The degree marshals for the college degree groups will come forward to the base of the platform as each is called. Will the Dean of the SC Johnson College of Business Joe Thomas please come forward?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
JOE THOMAS: Will the Dean of the School of Hotel Administration--
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
--Kate Walsh please come forward? And will the excellent candidates for the degree of Master of Management and Hospitality and Bachelor of Science from the SC Johnson College of Business and the School of Hotel Administration please rise? And will the degree marshals please--
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
--come to the front of the platform? Front, front--
KATE WALSH: [INAUDIBLE]
JOE THOMAS: Sorry.
KATE WALSH: President Pollack, I have the honor to present these sunny spectacular candidates who have fulfilled the requirements and who are duly recommended by the faculty of the School of Hotel Administration for the degree of Master of Management and Hospitality and Bachelor of Science.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
MARTHA POLLACK: Thank you, Dean Walsh.
CHARLES WALCOTT: Will the candidates please be seated? Will the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Kathryn J Boor please come forward and join Dean Thomas in recognizing the graduates of the Charles AH Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. The Dyson School is a shared program of the SC Johnson College of Business and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
DEAN THOMAS: Will the Dean of the Charles H Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management Lynn Wooten please come forward? And will the candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science from the Charles H Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management please rise?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
And will the degree marshals please come to the front of the podium?
LYNN WOOTEN: President Pollack, I have the honor to present these diligent and dedicated candidates who have fulfilled the requirements and who are duly recommended by the faculty of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the Charles H Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and then manage SC Johnson College of Business for the degree a Bachelor of Science.
MARTHA POLLACK: Thank you, Dean Wooten.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
CHARLES WALCOTT: Will the candidates please be seated? Will the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Kathryn J Boor please come forward?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
And will the candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Science from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences please rise? And will the degree marshals--
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
--come to the front of the platform?
KATHRYN J BOOR: President Pollack, I have the honor to present these unsinkable candidates--
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
--who have fulfilled the requirements and who are duly recommended by the faculty of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for the degree of Bachelor of Science.
MARTHA POLLACK: Thank you, Dean Boor.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
CHARLES WALCOTT: Will the candidates please be seated? And will the Dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations Kevin Hallock please come forward?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
Will and the candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Science from the School of Industrial and Labor Relations please rise?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
And will the degree marshals please come to the front of the platform?
KEVIN HALLOCK: President Pollack, I have the honor to present these candidates who have fulfilled their requirements and who are duly recommended by the faculty of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations for the degree of Bachelor of Science.
MARTHA POLLACK: Thank you, Dean Hallock.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
CHARLES WALCOTT: Will the candidates please be seated? Will the Dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning Kent Kleinman please come forward?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
And will the candidates for the degree of Master of Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and Bachelor of Science from the College of Architecture, Art and Planning please rise?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
And will the degree marshals please come to the front of the platform?
KENT KLEINMAN: Present Pollack, I have the honor to present these buoyant candidates who have fulfilled their requirements and are duly recommended by the faculty of the College of Architecture, Art And Planning for the degrees of Master of Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and Bachelor of Science.
MARTHA POLLACK: Thank you Dean Kleinman.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
CHARLES WALCOTT: Will the candidates please be seated? And will the candi-- Dean of the College of Human Ecology Alan Mathios please come forward? And will the candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science from the College of Human Ecology please rise? And will the degree marshals please come to the front of the platform?
ALAN MATHIOS: President Pollack, I have the honor to present these candidates who have fulfilled the requirements and who are duly recommended by the faculty of the College of Human Ecology for the degree of Bachelor of Science.
MARTHA POLLACK: Thank you, Dean Mathios.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
CHARLES WALCOTT: Will the candidates please be seated? Will the Dean of the College of Engineering Lance Collins please come forward?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
And will the candidates for the degree of Master of Engineering and Bachelor of Science from the College of Engineering please rise? And will the degree marshals come to the front of the platform?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
LANCE COLLINS: President Pollack, I have the honor to present these outstanding candidates who have fulfilled the requirements and who are duly recommended by the faculty of the College of Engineering for the degree of Master of Engineering and Bachelor of Science.
MARTHA POLLACK: Thank you, Dean Collins.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
CHARLES WALCOTT: Will the candidates please be seated? And will the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Gretchen Ritter--
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
--please come forward? And will the candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the College of Arts and Sciences please rise?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
And will the degree marshals please come to the front of the platform?
GRETCHEN RITTER: President Pollack, I have the distinct honor to present these wet, wonderful candidates who have fulfilled the requirements and are duly recommended by the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences for the degree Bachelor of Arts.
MARTHA POLLACK: Thank you, Dean Ritter.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
CHARLES WALCOTT: Will all our college degree candidates please rise at this time?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
MARTHA POLLACK: It is my privilege to recognize these soggy, soaked, buoyant, but outstanding candidates, recommended by the deans and faculties of the several schools and colleges, for the appropriate college degrees. By the authority vested in me in the-- by the authority vested in me by the trustees of Cornell University, I hereby confer upon each of you the college degree appropriate to your field of study with all its rights, privileges, honors, and responsibilities pertaining thereto.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
CHARLES WALCOTT: Will all the college degree marshals please come up onto the stage and shake hands with President Pollack?
MARTHA POLLACK: Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
CHARLES WALCOTT: Will the assembly please stand for the singing of the evening song and the Alma Mater?
[CHEERING]
CHORUS: (SINGING) When the sun fades far away, in the crimson of the west, and the voices of the day murmur low and sink to rest, music with the twilight falls o'er the dreaming lake and dell. 'Tis an echo from the walls of our own, our fair Cornell. Welcome night and welcome rest, fading music fare the well. Joy to all we love the best, love to thee, our fair Cornell. Music with the twilight falls, o'er the dreaming lake and dell. 'Tis an echo from the walls of our own, our fair Cornell.
Far above Cayuga's waters with its waves of blue stands our noble Alma Mater, glorious to view. Lift the chorus, speed it onward, loud her praises tell, hail to thee our Alma Mater, hail, all hail, Cornell. Far above the busy humming of the bustling town, reared against the arch of heaven, looks she proudly down. Lift the chorus, speed it onward, loud her praises tell. Hail to thee, our Alma Mater. Hail, all hail, Cornell.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
CHARLES WALCOTT: This concludes the 150th Cornell University Commencement. Thank you for being with us. And congratulate our new graduates. Please remain standing during the recessional until the faculty have left the field. Thank you.
[APPLAUSE]
[MUSIC - "NEW CORNELL FIGHT SONG"]
BAND: C-O-R-N-E-double-L, win the game and then ring the bell. What's the big intrigue? You're the best in the Ivy League. Rah! Rah! Rah! Score the point that puts us ahead. Knock 'em dead Big Red! One, two, three, four, who are we for? Can't you tell? Old Cornell! Go, red!
[CHEERING]
[MUSIC - "GIVE MY REGARDS TO DAVY"]
Give my regards to Davy, remember me to Teefy Cane. Tell all the pikers on the hill that I'll be back again. Tell them just how I-- oh-- busted for lapping up the high, high ball. We'll all have drinks at Theodore Zinck's when I get back next fall.
Commencement procession and ceremony for Class of 2018 undergraduate and graduate students on Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Schoellkopf Stadium.
