("Claremont Graduate University Fanfare")
("Grand March")
(crowd cheering)
- Welcome.
My name is Donald Baker,
I serve as Past Chair over the Board of Trustees
at Claremont Graduate University.
On behalf of the Board,
it is my pleasure to welcome you
to CGU's 90th Annual Commencement.
If the audience would please stand,
I would like to call upon
the Dean of the School of Arts and Humanity's
Patrick Mason to give the invocation.
- We're gathered here today
to commemorate and celebrate this tremendous achievement.
Let us offer a thanks to those who have made it possible
for us to be here.
Let us offer thanks to the students who have worked
so hard in the pursuit of knowledge.
Let us offer thanks to the faculty
who have applied their expertise
in the training and mentoring of students.
Let us offer thanks to the parents and grandparents
and spouses and siblings and children
who supported students along the way.
Now as we go forth,
let us offer our knowledge in the service
of our communities, of our nation, and the world.
Let us offer our knowledge and the service
of the benefit of all humankind,
that we may achieve a world of greater justice,
and peace, and compassion.
Now let us celebrate today
in kinship and friendship,
and go forward to serve the world.
We offer this in the name of all that is good,
and true, and beautiful.
Thank you.
- It is now my great pleasure to introduce the
Interim President of Claremont Graduate University,
Jacob Adams, he will conduct the commencement ceremony.
- Thank you Mr. Baker, everyone please sit down.
Good morning everyone.
On behalf of the Board of Trustees, faculty, staff,
and students of Claremont Graduate University,
it is my pleasure to welcome the candidates we honor today
as the graduating class of 2017.
It is exciting to be here with you today,
and it's a particular pleasure
to welcome your families and friends.
There is no prouder day for a president, a provost,
faculty advisor, or support staff than commencement,
when we celebrate the remarkable achievements
of our graduating students.
With your graduate degrees,
you represent the power and potential of intellect,
passion, and discipline to advance knowledge
and improve the world.
Congratulations from all of us,
who have supported you in this journey,
and who applaud and support your hopes today.
One more time.
As we get underway,
I want to acknowledge the platform party,
which includes Claremont Graduate University's trustees,
deans, and directors, faculty, and senior staff,
who are listed in the commencement program.
We are here today in part because of their contributions
to making this university the outstanding research
and learning environment that brought you
to this special moment.
I also wish to recognize our honored guests,
whom you will meet later in the ceremony.
Steven Koblik, Lisa Seacat DeLuca,
Barbara Semans, and Oliver Semans,
these exceptional individuals are well known
for their many accomplishments.
They stand as a beacon for those who want
to understand better how the world works,
and to use that knowledge to make the world a better place.
I am delighted that they are with us today.
At the end of today's ceremony,
those of you graduating will become members
of CGU's alumni community.
It is a distinguished group you join.
For example, last night,
Gloria Willingham-Toure and Jack Cuzick
received CGU's Distinguished Alumni Awards.
You may read in your programs about their outstanding
contributions, and you will hear from them later,
during today's ceremony.
Now it is time for a very special award
and, frankly, a big surprise,
because the winner has no clue what's about to happen here.
17 years ago, Pamela Mullin and her children created
the Pamela M. Mullin Dream and Believe Award
with an endowment gift to the University.
The award provides a generous stipend that enables
a continuing doctoral student to follow his or her
dream to make the world a better place.
Tim and Becky Mullin will now present
the Pamela M. Mullin Award on behalf of the Mullin Family.
- As some of you may know,
this is the first year that my wife Rebecca and I
have given this award on our own without my mother here.
It's with mixed feelings that we accept this responsibility.
It's sad because of my mother's knack for giving eloquent,
heartfelt speeches about the emotional decision
of choosing today's winner,
yet somehow happy because we get to stand here
and take the credit ourselves.
When Rebecca and I reviewed the candidates,
we both quickly came to the same conclusion.
The winner showed the same perseverance
that my mother did throughout her life,
and which inspired the Dream and Believe Award.
I will turn it over to my wife Rebecca
to announce the winner,
and we would also like to present this award in
loving memory of my sister Courtney Mullin,
who was one of the world's great dreamers.
- Hi.
Elwing Gonzales, in recognition of your exceptional
commitment to improving the wellbeing of all people,
your belief in the power of education to transform lives,
your ambition to foster a better understanding
of the conflicts affecting local communities,
your dream to leave a significant mark on this world,
even as you touch the hearts of many people,
and for the inspiration you provide to us all,
Claremont Graduate University is pleased and honored
to present you with the 2017 Pamela M. Mullin
Dream and Believe Award,
an award recognizing that dreams, in addition to learning,
knowledge, and wisdom, truly matter.
- [Woman] You go, girl!
(all laughing)
(audience applauding)
- I'm betting those won't be the only tears we see today.
(chuckling)
It is now my pleasure to introduce our commencement speaker,
Jack Cuzick, an individual of many talents,
who wears many hats,
as a pioneer in cancer researcher,
as Commander of the Order of the British Empire,
so honored by Queen Elizabeth II,
and as one of our own,
a graduate of CGU's doctoral program in mathematics.
For many years, Jack has served on the front lines
of cancer research and prevention.
He is today the Director of the Wolfson Institute
of Preventative Medicine,
and the Head of the Center For Cancer Prevention,
as well as the John Snow Professor of Epidemiology
at Queen Mary University of London.
Honored graduates, family, friends, and guests,
please join me in welcoming Jack Cuzick.
- President Adams, trustees,
distinguished graduates and their guests,
I'm delighted to be back in Claremont
to accept this wonderful award.
I was graduated in the first class that did mathematics here
in 1974, and it's great to see the place is still
vibrant and alive and kicking.
Now what can I actually say to a class of graduates
that have done so many, have so many different interests?
Well, my own personal
voyage has really been one of,
I think, studies of discovery and trying to find
the boundaries between different subjects,
where I think most of the action is.
Personally, I started off as a mathematician,
was trained in mathematics here,
I did, became a professor at Columbia,
and Oxford before I then really took up medical things,
reasons for that are really, are complicated,
I won't go into all of those,
but I've always found that the excitement and the place
to be is between the boundary of two subjects,
and the boundary between medicine and mathematics
is very much clinical trials,
learning how to evaluate how their new treatments work,
and then a subsequent boundary that I spent
most of my time in is recognizing that epidemiology
tries to figure out what causes diseases, including cancer,
clinical trials are mostly focused on the treatment
of those diseases, and the boundary which nobody had really
spent very much time on is how do we prevent disease,
and how do we find new treatments and approaches that
will actually prevent cancer and other diseases,
and this a mixture of the mathematical skills
of actually running clinical trials plus the medical
knowledge of knowing how to put these things together,
and that's served me very, very well.
We've continued to do new things,
and I continue to be excited about that.
One of our more recent discoveries,
which I think is going to change things enormously,
is one of the new approaches to cancer prevention.
I think everybody knows the single most important thing
to avoid to not get cancer, I'm sure everybody knows that,
it's obviously avoiding smoking.
But what's emerging now is the second most important thing,
which probably nobody knows,
is to take a low dose aspirin for about 10 years
between 50, 65 and 70,
and the evidence from these trials,
it's really quite interesting,
is that these trials were mostly done to look at the role
of low dose aspirin on preventing heart disease,
for which it is effective,
and for which the trial showed clear answers
in about five years.
Nothing happens in terms of cancer in those first
five years, but after that, there's a huge thing that,
a huge benefit that actually occurs.
So by going back to those trials and looking
at the long term follow up,
we actually found that there's a 1/3 reduction in
colorectal cancer, stomach cancer, and esophageal cancer,
plus small benefits for breast, colon, and prostate cancer.
If you put that all together, a low dose,
a simple low dose aspirin can prevent 10% of all cancers,
which is the second most important thing you can do,
and I'm very excited about trying to make that something
that everybody knows and does.
My newest adventure, which I'm taking up at my,
at my age, is we're just setting up a center
for the prevention of chronic neurologic diseases,
this is Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's,
and all of these areas.
(crowd cheering)
Thank you.
I'm pleased to see your excitement in this area,
this is an area that's understudied.
We know a lot about how to prevent heart disease now,
we're learning about how to prevent cancer,
but the challenge of our generation is to do something
about Alzheimer's disease,
other dementias and Parkinson's disease,
and we're just undertaking, just beginning that,
it's a whole new area for me, I'm not a neurologist,
so, I've got a lot to learn and I look forward to that.
So, my charge is to you is,
your degree is a great start,
but see that as the beginning, go out and use that.
In my particular field,
I changed and took my mathematical skills
and applied them to medicine.
Find an area which is underdeveloped,
that's a boundary between what you know and what you'd
like to know, and go for that with all your heart.
So, best wishes to you all,
I'm delighted to be here and back in Claremont,
and all best wishes to you graduates.
Thank you very much.
- It is now my pleasure to introduce our student speaker,
an individual who has spent a career working
on the front lines in education.
During 27 years in the Pomona Unified School District,
Krystana Walks-Harper has served children,
their families and community, in many roles,
currently as the Associate Director
for Pupil and Community Services.
For Krystana, the success of every child
rests upon the power of community.
That community encompasses each child's potential,
each parent's advocacy,
and each teacher's daily obligation
to create high quality classroom experiences.
Among her many credentials,
Krystana holds a Master of Arts degree in education
from CGU, and today we will confer upon her
the Doctor of Philosophy degree in education.
Please join me in welcoming Krystana Walks-Harper.
- Thank you.
Good morning distinguished guests, faculty, staff,
families, and graduates.
My mother was born five years after
Claremont Graduate University celebrated
its first commencement.
She was the oldest of four siblings,
and lived with her parents in Guyana, South America.
Her mother, my grandmother,
became ill with what we would now describe as
postpartum depression shortly after the birth
of my mother's younger sister.
The family unit disintegrated,
and my grandmother took her four children back
to live with her mother and an aunt in a one room house.
The family sank into abject poverty.
The only source of income came from the items that
my mother's aunt knitted and sold to tourists.
During those days,
schoolchildren were sent home to eat lunch.
My mother recalls so many days when there was nothing
to eat at home for breakfast, lunch, and sometimes dinner.
She and her brothers and sister just walked back
to school for the afternoon session.
It was on one of those school days that a secretary
noticed that they were hungry.
She connected the family to a local food pantry,
and although they were still poor,
life got a little bit better.
My mother was eventually able to earn a scholarship
to a private girls' school in Guyana.
This led to a scholarship at the University
of Southern California, and later,
a fellowship here at Claremont Graduate School,
as it was known at the time.
My mother earned a master's degree in education,
and went on to teach, and later became a principal.
She also taught classes here at CGU
in the Teacher Education Program.
My father also graduated from USC,
earned his master's degree here at the School of Theology,
and became a Presbyterian minister.
We often say that education changes lives.
In my family, education saved lives, too.
My mother and her siblings became citizens,
and have contributed to the strength of this great nation.
We are immigrants,
and as so many who have come before and since.
(audience cheering)
As so many who have come before and since, we work hard,
and are proud of this country that we call home.
We raise our children with a value system,
which at its core, is about earning, not taking,
and serving, not standing by.
Immigrants are a significant part
of the strength of this nation,
and in these troubling times,
all of us have a duty to lift up and encourage our
young people, who are working so hard for the education
that can not only change their lives,
but may indeed save their lives.
Education also reaches forward.
We celebrate this 90th Commencement today,
and in a few days my mother will celebrate
her 85th birthday.
I know I'm in trouble for telling everyone how old she is.
(audience laughing)
She was married for over 50 years to her loving husband
and our amazing dad.
We are seven siblings, 17 grandchildren,
and 7 great grandchildren.
All seven siblings are college graduates,
and three of us served our country in the military.
Four of us have master's degrees,
and I am now the second one to be called doctor.
All of our adult children are college educated,
to include bachelor's degrees, master's degrees,
medical doctor, and attorney.
This is the American dream that calls so many
to these United States.
We, all of us, have an obligation to answer with empathy,
understanding, courage, and respect.
Thank you.
- Thank you, Krystana.
This morning, in the great traditions of the University,
we confer honorary degrees upon four individuals
whose achievements inspire and guide us.
Three of these individuals will receive the degree
Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa,
in recognition of their significant and lasting
accomplishments in the areas of creativity and innovation,
and one of these individuals will receive the degree
Doctor of Science, honoris causa,
in recognition of her significant
and lasting accomplishments in the area
of technological innovation.
To present the honorary degree recipients
is Professor Joshua Goode, Chair of the Faculty.
- Thank you President Adams.
By vote of the faculty of Claremont Graduate University,
and with the approval of the Board of Trustees,
I am pleased to present the following individuals
for the degree Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa.
I present Steven S. Koblik, Barbara R. Semans,
and Oliver J. Semans, Sr.
For the degree Doctor of Science, honoris causa,
I present Lisa Seacat DeLuca.
- Thank you, Professor Goode.
We will now recognize these candidates individually.
Past Board Chair Don Baker
and Provost Patrica Easton will assist.
Will Steven Koblik please step forward
for conferral of the honorary degree.
- [Goode] Steven S. Koblik.
For more than four decades,
you have served as a steadfast guardian
of humanity's highest aspirations in education,
art, and culture.
As a Professor of History at Pomona College,
and at Claremont Graduate University,
you taught and inspired generations of students.
As Dean of the Faculty at Scripps College,
you secured the highest standards of academic achievement.
As President of Reed College,
you tripled that school's endowment,
empowered its community,
and advanced the ideals and benefits of liberal education.
For most, that record of achievement
would be more than enough,
but you accepted an additional role as President of the
Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens.
And in that capacity, during your 15 year tenure,
you led that institution into an era of prosperity
and scholarly and popular enrichment.
Steven S. Koblik, because of your accomplishments
and devotion to higher education,
because each institution you shepherded grew and thrived,
because your service to one of civilization's richest
artistic heritages stands as a beacon for all those
who follow, upon the recommendation of the faculty,
and with approval of the Board of Trustees
of Claremont Graduate University,
we confer upon you the degree
of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa,
with all the rights and privileges appertaining thereto.
- Will Barbara and Oliver Semans please step forward
for conferral of the honorary degrees.
- Oliver and Barbara Semans.
In our democracy, to cast a vote is to use one's voice.
Together, you have expanded the voice of Native nations
by protecting their right to vote.
As co-Executive Directors of the organization
Four Directions,
you created a focus and developed a platform
for voting rights from South and North Dakota,
to Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, Minnesota, and beyond.
Four Directions takes its name from the Lakota culture's
vision of life as a sacred circle.
Your work helping Native communities to preserve their
cultures, hence their futures,
ensures that voting rights are a part of that,
of this sacred circle.
As members of the Rosebud Sioux,
your joint leadership in Native voter engagement started
during the 2002 South Dakota US Senate race,
for which you received the 2003
Paul Wellstone Grassroots Award.
Your work also includes O.J.'s many editorials and
speaking engagements, his testimony before the
National Commission on the Voting Rights Act,
and his election as Chair of the Coalition of Large Tribes.
O.J. and Barb Semans,
because of your faithful efforts to ensure a voice
for Native communities,
because you found in each other the ideal partner
to sustain this challenging journey,
because of your success in court cases,
such as Poor Bear v. Jackson County in South Dakota,
Sanchez v. Cegavske in Nevada,
and Wandering Medicine v. Linda McCulloch, Custer
in Montana, because your work inspires CGU's graduates
to make the world a better place.
Upon the recommendation of the faculty,
and with the approval of the Board of Trustees
of Claremont Graduate University,
we confer upon you the degrees
of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa,
with all of the rights and privileges appertaining thereto.
- Will Lisa Seacat DeLuca please step forward
for conferral of the honorary degree.
- Lisa Seacat DeLuca.
You exemplify what is possible when individuals
defy limits and pursue passions.
At the age of 34, you have reached a major milestone at IBM,
the 100th Invention Plateau Award,
which IBM gives to honor its brightest innovators.
You are one of the company's youngest inventors,
and its most prolific female inventor.
Your patents and inventions include technologies
ranging from cloud and mobile to commerce and IOT.
What's more, your accomplishments as a technology strategist
reach far beyond the walls of any one company.
You found new audiences and shaped their thinking
as a TED speaker, as the author of two children's books,
and as one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative
People in the Business.
You extended your influence as one of Network World's
50 Most Fascinating People in the World,
as IBM's Working Mother of the Year,
and as one of MIT's 35 Innovators Under 35,
among other honors.
Next month you will be inducted into the
Women In Technology Hall of Fame.
Lisa Seacat DeLuca,
because you shine a bright light of imagination
on the fields of technology,
because your work demonstrates the power
of creative thinking coupled with technological fluency,
because your work places technology and service
to human needs and produces great social benefit,
upon the recommendation of the faculty,
and with the approval of the Board of Trustees
of Claremont Graduate University,
we confer upon you the degree
of Doctor of Science, honoris causa,
with all of the rights and privileges appertaining thereto.
- Congratulations Doctors Koblik, Semans,
Semans, and DeLuca.
We now come to the time when we celebrate those members
of our community who have completed their courses
of study and other requirements to receive their degrees.
To all of you graduating here today,
I offer my wholehearted congratulations.
To award the degrees you have earned,
we shall proceed in the following way.
First, we will present candidates for the degrees
as a group and confer all the doctoral and masters degrees.
Then we will ask each graduate to come forward
to the stage to be recognized individually.
May I ask Provost Easton to present the candidates
for the various degrees.
- Will the candidates for the
Doctor of Musical Arts and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees
please rise and remain standing.
Mr. President,
I present the candidates for the doctoral degree,
the highest earned degree of Claremont Graduate University.
- By granting you this degree,
the University signifies its confidence
that you have made an original and important contribution
to human knowledge and its hope that you will continue
a life of scholarship with its many benefits to humankind.
Upon the recommendation of the faculty,
and with the approval of the Board of Trustees
of Claremont Graduate University,
it is my privilege to confer upon you
the doctoral degree with all the rights and privileges
appertaining thereto, and to welcome you
to the ancient and venerable community of scholars.
Congratulations to all of you.
- Will the candidates for the doctoral degree
please be seated until we call you to come forward
to be recognized individually.
Will the candidates for the master's degree
please rise and remain standing.
Mr. President,
I present the candidates for the master's degrees.
- Upon the recommendation of the faculty,
and with the approval of the Board of Trustees
of Claremont Graduate University,
it is my privilege to confer upon you
the appropriate master's degree
with all the rights and privileges appertaining thereto.
Congratulations to you all.
- Will the candidates for the master's degree
please be seated until we call you to come forward
to be recognized individually.
At this time, we would like to honor the
individual degree recipients.
Will the faculty from the School of Educational Studies
please come forward and be prepared to hood your students
as they approach the podium.
As the Marshal directs,
will the candidates for the degrees Doctor of Philosophy
and Doctor of Musical Arts please come forward
to be recognized individually.
A special note this year,
husband and wife Drew and Jennifer Clinkenbeard,
both School of Educational Studies doctoral candidates,
are graduating today.
(audience cheering)
Jennifer's father, Marty Bonsangue,
is a CGU alumnus with a doctorate in education,
and currently a Professor of Mathematics at CSU Fullerton.
Okay, I think we're ready.
Manuel Diaz.
- [Woman] Go Manny!
- [Easton] Stephanie Renee Ankle.
Megan Chen.
Jennifer Clinkenbeard.
Drew Clinkenbeard.
(Easton laughing)
Kevin Collins.
Thomas De La Garza.
Eric Ditwiler.
Maray Dohn.
Jonquette Domas.
Delia Estrada.
- [Woman] You go girl!
- Malvea Gadston.
Luis Janiero-Garcia.
Janice Nicole Gahdon-Ellis, Gordon-Ellis, sorry.
Nancy Garonis.
Oh, gotcha.
Kim Hall.
And look.
Melinda Harrowman.
Rebecca Hopkins.
Shaun Johnson.
Mona Kanashiro.
Kalista Kelly.
Maritza Keppin.
Leesha Longoria.
Alejandro Benjamin Lopez.
Stacy Ma.
Jennifer Anne Humenez-Mariona.
Deborah Marzing.
David Martin.
Congratulations.
Gloria Montielle.
Gina Nelson-Newton.
Jessica O'Hanion-Perez.
Laura Lizette Kintanya.
Mandy Redfern.
Paul Robinson.
- [Man] Go, Paul!
- Penny Schwinn.
Iesha Smith-Thompson.
Carol Stellino-Smith.
David Tarazone.
Cassandra Viya.
Louise Joho.
So, information,
okay.
Charles, oh, I'm sorry,
will the faculty of the Information Systems and Technology
please come forward.
Pardon?
- She was in education.
(faint speaking)
- Oh, I didn't get your cards.
One more from the School of Educational Studies.
Krystana Irma Alexander Walks-Harper.
(audience cheering)
Don't be shy.
Charles Chad Taylor.
Allah Seylah Delfulah Alhanian.
Omar Ibrium Abullalah.
Abdullah Algozon.
Oleyan Alharbie.
Mohammed L. Saghere.
Osama Altamahmie.
Abdul Kareem Alsudeus.
Tae Yin Shi.
Quinn Leio.
There will be.
(faint speaking)
Will faculty from the Drucker School please come forward.
Well, I guess we better wait, then.
I said, I guess we better wait, then.
(chuckling)
Christina Wassanar.
Will the faculty from the School
of Community and Global Health please come forward.
Hillary Tenenbaum.
April Marino Ariyano.
Will the faculty from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences
please come forward.
Tina Michelle Wolfe.
Monirah Allazahri.
Cameron Dinero.
(audience screaming)
(Easton chuckling)
Saravanna Rahman.
Will the faculty from the
Behavioral and Organizational Sciences please come forward.
Alejandro Torres.
Sylvanna Beyanlochevitz.
Margaret Berkhardt.
Elena Lerentiz.
Molly Maguire.
Mario Navarro.
Josh Villanova.
Christine Winehauf-Duranzo.
Will the faculty of Politics and Economics
please come forward.
Dun Wuk Lee.
Isha Ahmed.
Hatim Ahkell.
Jordan Bradley.
Careful, thank you.
Andrew Carraco.
Peter Ted Gover.
Haggiagi.
John Haggiagi.
Jinok Cheng, Keng, sorry.
Hattam Couge.
Kenneth Kim.
Abir Turkey Elmandil.
Jacob Mir.
Navapol Inyoanan Tapong.
Esan Zuul Karnyon.
Will the faculty of the School of Arts and Humanities
please come forward.
Matthew Schwartz.
Are you DNA?
Are you, no, no.
Bernice Runiez-Alstash.
Fidel Arnasio.
Adrianne Banaley.
Maria Lenore Calina.
Benjamin Conrad.
Benjamin Cowen.
Timothy DeLay.
Tony Dariem.
Brennan Doyle.
David Golding.
Jason Hebert.
Withers Brant Horner II.
Pamela Hubble.
I'm coming to this one.
- [Woman] You're doing this one?
- [Easton] Steven Halbert.
Julianna Kirshner.
Christina Kester.
Patricia Gaio Lopez-Valesquez.
Timothy Hossada.
Mary Powell.
Martha Rapp.
John Mark Grobeck.
Tawnilynn Rutherford.
Maureen Solsits.
I think I can handle that.
Congratulations.
William Andrew Schwartz.
Donald Charles Smith.
Matthew Thompson.
Erica Travis.
Marcus Weekly.
Thank you.
Okay, good.
C. Travis Webb.
Billy Williams.
Four more.
Scott Anderson.
Grayson Choi.
Pardon?
We will now recognize the recipients
of the Master of Fine Arts degree.
Megan Augustine.
Dixie Lynn Boswell.
Diana Camposano.
Rachel Carson.
Adrienne Divine.
Zack Ju.
Tony Larson.
Denise Lijong Lu.
Lee Chan Lu.
Maya Lukei.
Alana Medina.
Thomas Ian Myurad.
Laura Minty.
Dakota Newt.
Raphaela Suarez.
Laura Wilde.
Chaw Ye Wu.
Jenny Ziomeck.
These are master's, okay, so.
The Art faculty may be seated.
At this time, we would like to honor the individual
master's degree recipients.
Will the Chair of the Faculty, Joshua Goode,
please come forward.
When the Marshal instructs you to do so,
the candidates for the master's degree
will please come forward to be recognized individually.
Elena Renee Woktel.
- Cynthia Gavado.
- [Easton] Lee Lu.
- Elizabeth Sombrano Caderra.
- [Easton] Amanda Roachum.
- Catherine McGee.
- [Easton] Anwer Alhazmee.
- Robin Fleming.
- [Easton] Kevin Caughtney.
- Guadalupe Munoz.
- [Easton] Rojan Saiwant.
- [Goode] Brenda Paris.
- [Easton] Hadille Barahim.
- Alice Disney Fulscamp.
- [Easton] Steven Michael Yas, Jr.
- Jeremiah Hernandez.
- [Easton] Ming Ting.
- Erica Samano.
- [Easton] Oran Yu.
- Jason Cheng.
- [Easton] Morah L. Amari.
- Feda Manasra.
- [Easton] Nora L. Arabi.
- [Goode] Wesley Lamb.
- [Easton] Adille Alrhey Rushriab.
- Alexander Rectra.
- [Easton] Sibbartha S. J. B. Rhanna.
- Sondra Tapia.
- [Easton] Joshua Harvey.
- Alyssa Lefridge.
- [Easton] Leonard Cruz.
- Ruth Alvarez.
- [Easton] Hammad Elyaha.
- Rebecca Reysa.
- [Easton] Atim Aljahani.
- Crystal Gavada.
- [Easton] Gollet Abawahli.
- Brittney Gutierrez.
- [Easton] Larissa Petrespor.
- Adam Williams.
- [Easton] Rhi Ji Yu.
- Paige Sturgeous.
- [Easton] Shang Gran Wong.
Thank you.
- James. - Iris.
- Oh, sorry.
James Granger.
- [Easton] Iris Garcia.
- Natalie Howard.
- [Easton] Viola Vahn.
- Andrea Kern.
- [Easton] Aaron Fong.
- Diana Bustos.
- [Easton] Christie Tan.
- Tricia Morgan.
- [Easton] Amar Fukori.
- Catalina Rodriguez.
- [Easton] Lehan Nikow.
- Annette Garrion.
- [Easton] Vermerit Rhanda Rhandula.
- Jessica Itzel Valenzuela-Ramirez.
- [Easton] Skylar Hanson.
- Tzaoyung Chen.
- [Easton] Jacquelin Samano.
- Michael Van Harkensvelt.
- [Easton] Dimitriana Ufurey.
- John Machado.
- [Easton] Shaomon Ley.
- Leslie Matamorous.
- [Easton] Patrick Mamuda.
Manudu.
- Rebecca Ackley.
- [Easton] Seyoun Ilhafmanafi.
- Deborah Cantwell.
- [Easton] Neil Mortay.
- Estelle Campbell.
- [Easton] Bianca Martinez.
- [Goode] Deborah Reed.
- [Easton] Jesus Marcus.
- Hazmin Morales.
- [Easton] Michael Kempt.
- Wynona Becktel.
- [Easton] Ashley Johnson-Engells.
- [Goode] Michael Fritzen.
- [Easton] Piper Watkins.
- Inez Familiar Miller.
- [Easton] Larissa Galvez.
- Dong Shi Chey.
- [Easton] Jason Hiller.
- [Goode] Jin Shu Hongye, Jing.
Moo Tong.
- [Easton] Christina Estrella Limousse.
- [Goode] E. Yu.
- [Easton] Hannah Blythe.
- Uching Shen.
- [Easton] Nicole Crook.
- Lisa Castillo.
- [Easton] Sophia Collin.
- James Pike.
- [Easton] Sarah Chetney.
- James Chu.
- [Easton] Leona Chen.
- Christina Martins.
- [Easton] Ricardo Aponte.
- Titina Fogiello.
- [Easton] Edward Sermon.
- Maurice Yu.
- [Easton] Andrew Cravig.
- Russell Ragsdale.
- [Easton] Hillary Bloom.
- [Goode] Soychiro Inagaki.
- [Easton] Rachel Wilson.
- Deepananthan Donasecaran.
- [Easton] Anita Bishop.
- Lang Ting Jong.
- [Easton] Jasmine Cunningham.
- Jing Shu.
- [Easton] Ashley Call.
- Yeping Lang.
- [Easton] Robert McCloud.
- Alexandra Ramirez.
- [Easton] Grayson Huff.
- Kevin Mantseya.
- [Easton] Robert Sillivan.
- Chuang Wu.
- [Easton] Brigid Winifred O'Reilly.
- Gary Bookman.
- [Easton] Morgan Marendich.
- Andrew Hoover Smith.
- [Easton] Kathleen Dahl.
- John Ding.
- [Easton] Andrea Schimmel.
- Yung Fe Chow.
- [Easton] Rebecca Engle.
- Jara Davis.
- [Easton] Joscelyn Courtney.
- Ching Yang.
- [Easton] Anika Einsberg.
- Nicole Leshino.
- [Easton] Brianna Josarro.
- Susanne Obulnaso.
- [Easton] Aaron Tucker.
- Kasumasa Padama.
- [Easton] Antoinette Monique Spillers.
- Jay Yo.
- [Easton] Kawen Amantrical.
- Pohyen Quo.
- [Easton] Yi Long Win.
- Yung Fong Cho.
- [Easton] Victor Haines.
- Shi Feng.
- [Easton] Fred Dipsyen.
- Bencion Prugliatt.
- [Easton] Trevor Manyon.
- Shigeki Oki.
- [Easton] Ian Bryant.
- Yen Shi Tzang.
- [Easton] Nari Emerkanyon Bagazahrian.
- [Goode] Hahlie Alaqui.
- [Easton] Shyen Oh.
- Panjiro Nymoto.
- [Easton] Diskarha Jey.
- Shuey Yaow.
- [Easton] Casey Savage.
- Huey Ti Wen.
- [Easton] Stephanie Reynolds.
- Jessica Hartana.
- [Easton] Shenelle Murphy.
- Sarah Ahlmadi.
- [Easton] Lillian Butte.
- Hasmin Emenez.
- [Easton] Connie Lo.
- Fadah Aldavahn.
- [Easton] Rochelle Webb.
- Ju Yu.
- Aforvah Rajan.
- Han Dagnon.
- [Easton] Megan Mansfield.
- Quey Tzai.
- [Easton] Timothy Zilba.
- Matt Clark.
- [Easton] Angelica Bowers.
- Kevin Howard.
- Kathleen Trong.
Raqui Pandwani.
- Aresh Naterwala.
- [Easton] Sherri Borders.
- Nayef Amanseur.
- [Easton] Pamela Ortiz.
- Tamim Atar.
- [Easton] Emerald Travino.
- Nuchen Sun.
- [Easton] Janet Dunlop.
- Cansaco Hundar.
- [Easton] Alice Uni Ahn.
- Sophia Speedu.
- [Easton] Sophia Kahn.
- Meng Ren.
- [Easton] Nisha Dulotte.
- Elene Yang.
- [Easton] Jay Kim.
- [Goode] Kristiana Flaherty.
- [Easton] Ryan Chyong Min.
- Segundo Pangang.
- [Easton] Din Yu Seoul.
- Taylor Bythwood-Porter.
- [Easton] Chen Ling Chong.
- Darlene Savala.
- [Easton] Leslie Caroline Akunya.
- Sadie Wong.
- [Easton] Aguniska Riskachuskya.
- [Goode] Hand Flores.
- [Easton] Mina Nequelle.
- [Goode] Anna Yakolavla.
- [Easton] Adam Wyeland.
- [Goode] Seng Chen Li.
- [Easton] Ju Si Tzaota.
- [Goode] Leyka Oonopono.
- [Easton] Sam Mehulk.
- [Goode] Jongje Srisong Burananoos.
- [Easton] Hahn How.
- Donjung Park.
- [Easton] Adam Marqui.
- Alison Shumaker.
- [Easton] Rachel Pearlman.
- [Goode] Nicoletta Balaro.
- [Easton] Brittany Height.
- [Goode] Alysia Alex.
- [Easton] Nicki Meir.
- Lauren Cooke.
- [Easton] Annie Arkuri.
- Lauren Corrio.
- [Easton] Justin Hall.
- Lauren Rios.
- [Easton] Andrea Sergeant.
- Alexandra Ofstedahl.
- [Easton] Deanna Permar.
- Arianna Inez Browne.
- Victoria DeValentine-Myra.
- Margaret Casey.
- [Easton] Omar Turner.
- Nuri Richards-Nurelle.
Navi Argmandi.
Urell Hall.
Samill Dahnkar.
Tin Shun Pong.
Tetzuyuki Ohashi.
Shiwen Tung.
Ejo Sheng.
Shu Ming Li.
Pengyu Chen.
Jong Chun Ku.
Abigail Myungia.
Apichaya Jipata Nyodung.
Adrian Miranda.
Hanatosh Barya.
- Everyone please, a round of applause
for all of our graduates.
It is now my pleasure to reintroduce
Dr. Gloria Willingham-Toure,
who will provide the charge to the graduates.
Dr. Willingham-Toure, we are proud you are a CGU graduate,
and we are thankful for your many contributions
to the University.
Will you please step forward to deliver your remarks.
- Wow, graduates, congratulations.
(chuckling)
So, come on, graduates, you know the story,
let's tell the whole wide world
we're from Claremont territory.
You've reached a milestone in your life,
there lies behind you, but still with you, your past,
there lies beside you your present,
and there lies ahead of you your future.
Now, these three socially constructed dimensions
of your life are interconnected in ways
that we still do not really understand,
but what we do understand,
is that because your past, your present,
and your future have now become intertwined with CGU,
CGU is now a part of you, tell the story.
Ready or not, we are now like family,
and you will feel our presence in your life
when you least expect it.
The world will see us through you.
I must remind you that to the rest of the world,
beyond the walls of CGU,
you are a reflection of what is perceived
as higher education.
Many will look to you as the expert,
even in areas that you may know less about
than you care to admit.
In the words of my ancestors, be careful,
so you're not perceived as an educated fool.
There will be times when you will feel empowered
by the degree that you hold,
and there will be other times when you will feel
inadequate to address some of the most obvious problems.
Just know that, and keep on learning.
There will be times when you will be challenged
to find your place in today's world,
to find your world,
and for many of you the challenge will be
to bring your world into the full view
of the world of others.
Through it all, remember that to many,
you are the voice of educated reasoning.
That reasoning must be continuously moved forward.
There is so much more to learn.
Always remember that there are those who will not have
the privilege of moving forward unless you move forward.
In the paraphrased words of renowned poet Dr. Maya Angelou,
you are the rainbow in someone's cloud.
I challenge you as members of this CGU family
to climb to your greatest heights.
Some of you will climb by leaps and bounds,
and others will have a slower, more measured journey,
but you will climb.
You have an obligation now well beyond yourself,
and that obligation is my charge to you.
Always find a way to lift others as you climb.
Congratulations, and welcome to the CGU family,
God bless you.
Now go out there and show them what you got.
Thank you.
- Thank you, Gloria.
Will the banner carriers from each school please
come forward and retrieve your school's banner
if you have not done so.
You've done so, okay!
(audience laughing)
Members of the class of 2017,
your involvement with CGU does not end today.
Rather, today we start a new chapter together.
You remain part of our community,
and we invite you to join with us
and with the alumni who have gone before you
in building a university that continues
to make the world a better place
through research, teaching, and practice.
The audience is cordially invited to participate in the
receptions provided for our graduates and their guests
that will be held at the various schools
as listed in the commencement program.
Please keep the aisles clear so the graduates may exit,
and meet you at the school's reception.
Thank you for attending.
The 90th Annual Commencement for the Awarding
of Higher Degrees at Claremont Graduate University
is now officially closed.
("Suite de Symphonies: Fanfare-Rondeau")
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