0:00:00.820,0:01:01.577 ["On, Wisconsin!" playing] 0:01:02.000,0:02:57.334 ["Hey Look Ma, I Made It" by Panic! At The Disco playing] 0:02:58.846,0:04:16.874 ["Build Me Up Buttercup" by The Foundations playing] 0:04:17.470,0:04:20.879 Good afternoon, everybody. 0:04:20.980,0:04:25.114 Welcome to our[br]celebration on behalf 0:04:25.114,0:04:28.594 of our Wisconsin School of[br]Business BBA graduates. 0:04:28.594,0:04:31.229 Let's give them all[br]a round of applause. 0:04:41.560,0:04:43.910 My name is Jim Franzone, 0:04:43.910,0:04:46.519 I'm Assistant Dean for the[br]undergraduate program here, 0:04:46.519,0:04:47.570 and I'm really, really 0:04:47.570,0:04:49.354 thankful for all[br]of you joining us. 0:04:49.354,0:04:50.900 And Bucky, I'm very thankful 0:04:50.900,0:04:52.684 for you leaving everybody in. 0:04:52.684,0:04:54.800 Thank you so much. We[br]appreciate your time. 0:04:54.800,0:04:56.819 We know it's very busy for Bucky this time of year. 0:04:57.540,0:05:01.129 Graduates, you can[br]all be seated. 0:05:04.440,0:05:08.124 So two years ago, 0:05:08.124,0:05:11.695 we planned to have an in-person[br]celebration like this. 0:05:11.695,0:05:16.070 And that didn't work out[br]everybody...for reasons. 0:05:16.260,0:05:18.729 And that's part of the why I'm 0:05:18.729,0:05:20.619 so ecstatic that we[br]can be here with 0:05:20.619,0:05:22.540 you and celebrating today in 0:05:22.540,0:05:24.700 celebrating all of[br]your accomplishments, 0:05:24.700,0:05:26.920 your perseverance,[br]and your graduation. 0:05:26.920,0:05:29.589 So our program this afternoon[br]is a pretty simple one. 0:05:29.589,0:05:31.300 You're going to hear[br]from several speakers, 0:05:31.300,0:05:33.790 including our Associate[br]Dean Brian Mayhew, 0:05:33.790,0:05:35.980 BBA student Bryson Williams, 0:05:35.980,0:05:38.804 and our Dean Sambamurthy. 0:05:38.804,0:05:41.405 We're going to recognize some[br]accomplishments from folks, 0:05:41.405,0:05:42.679 And then of course[br]we're going to read 0:05:42.679,0:05:44.900 your names as you cross[br]the stage and receive 0:05:44.900,0:05:48.290 your diploma covers.[br]Tomorrow at Camp Randall, 0:05:48.290,0:05:50.945 Chancellor Blank, in[br]her last graduation, 0:05:50.945,0:05:53.645 will confer your degrees[br]to you officially. 0:05:53.645,0:05:56.405 So we're very excited,[br]and to start, 0:05:56.405,0:06:00.140 I want to welcome the Arthur[br]Andersen Alumni Professor of 0:06:00.140,0:06:02.000 Accounting and our[br]Associate Dean for 0:06:02.000,0:06:05.310 the Undergraduate[br]Program, Brian Mayhew. 0:06:13.270,0:06:16.590 Welcome everybody, how are ya? 0:06:18.940,0:06:21.139 Before I get going too much, 0:06:21.139,0:06:23.615 I just want to say I'm[br]an alum of this program. 0:06:23.615,0:06:28.880 I was you in the 80s.[br]Wasn't that long ago. 0:06:28.880,0:06:32.239 Anyway. I'm super excited[br]to have you all here. 0:06:32.239,0:06:33.649 I'm super excited to be up here 0:06:33.649,0:06:36.005 to talk to you for[br]just a few minutes. 0:06:36.005,0:06:38.539 Let me start out[br]by saying this is 0:06:38.539,0:06:40.325 my fifth year as associate dean. 0:06:40.325,0:06:42.889 So I've been with[br]you the whole way. 0:06:42.889,0:06:46.144 You came and visited[br]me in high school. 0:06:46.144,0:06:49.399 And the first thing I did[br]during the admissions process, 0:06:49.399,0:06:50.989 I said to your parents, 0:06:50.989,0:06:53.449 my goal is these[br]kids don't live in 0:06:53.449,0:06:56.489 your basement when we're done. 0:06:56.800,0:07:04.639 Okay. That was goal number one. 0:07:04.639,0:07:08.840 Now, if you are planning[br]on living in the basement, 0:07:08.840,0:07:13.234 number one, I still have a[br]career team ready to help you. 0:07:13.234,0:07:15.320 Career coaches will[br]get you a job. 0:07:15.320,0:07:17.495 So mom, dad, aunts, uncles, 0:07:17.495,0:07:20.914 anybody of influence, if they[br]don't have a job, call us. 0:07:20.914,0:07:22.520 The e-mail address is 0:07:22.520,0:07:27.859 (sic) wsbcareers@wsb.wisc.edu 0:07:27.859,0:07:30.755 Second of all, that[br]whole basement thing. 0:07:30.755,0:07:35.030 I heard there's a lot of this[br]virtual working going on. 0:07:35.030,0:07:37.489 If the kids are stuck[br]in the basement, 0:07:37.489,0:07:39.605 maybe you can help them remodel. 0:07:39.605,0:07:41.705 Kids, throw in a few bucks, 0:07:41.705,0:07:43.850 get that perfect bar or work office 0:07:43.850,0:07:46.129 mom and dad always wanted, 0:07:46.129,0:07:47.059 It's the least you can[br]do if you've got 0:07:47.059,0:07:48.454 to work there for awhile. 0:07:48.454,0:07:49.834 Students, 0:07:49.834,0:07:52.955 I met you first of all at a[br]thing called Convocation. 0:07:52.955,0:07:55.805 I still don't really know[br]what that word means. 0:07:55.805,0:07:58.640 But it was that week of 0:07:58.640,0:08:00.319 your freshman year when you came 0:08:00.319,0:08:02.554 in or maybe your[br]sophomore in Pre-Bus, 0:08:02.554,0:08:05.239 where we sort of[br]got you oriented. 0:08:05.239,0:08:09.694 And the big thing I[br]said there is show up. 0:08:09.694,0:08:12.229 Congratulations, you[br]showed up today. 0:08:12.229,0:08:13.564 I'm excited. You've, you've, 0:08:13.564,0:08:16.499 you've learned another[br]important lesson. 0:08:18.910,0:08:20.764 Now. 0:08:20.764,0:08:23.164 Since then you've been[br]doing things with us. 0:08:23.164,0:08:27.229 Many of these things we'd[br]call signature experiences. 0:08:27.229,0:08:29.000 You don't need to really[br]think about this too much, 0:08:29.000,0:08:30.274 but keep that word in your mind 0:08:30.274,0:08:31.849 when you fill out forms later. 0:08:31.849,0:08:33.424 Anyway, signature experiences. 0:08:33.424,0:08:35.524 How many of you studied abroad? 0:08:35.524,0:08:38.720 A few. You had you[br]had a tough thing. 0:08:38.720,0:08:40.760 Yeah. It's a sore subject. 0:08:40.760,0:08:46.160 Yeah. Well, come back 0:08:46.160,0:08:49.679 for a master's degree and[br]we'll send you abroad. Okay. 0:08:49.870,0:08:52.069 How about case competitions? 0:08:52.069,0:08:55.130 Anybody do any of[br]those? There we go. 0:08:55.130,0:08:58.054 A little bit of[br]experiential learning. 0:08:58.054,0:09:02.149 Yeah, Some employers come[br]and talk to you in class. 0:09:02.149,0:09:04.520 Consulting for a[br]local company at 0:09:04.520,0:09:07.564 all or anybody who did a little of that? Come on, come on. 0:09:07.564,0:09:09.154 All right, we've got[br]to work on that. 0:09:09.154,0:09:11.330 Alright, That's how I learn. 0:09:11.330,0:09:13.144 And then I know that really big 0:09:13.144,0:09:15.019 signature experience we[br]all threw for you, 0:09:15.019,0:09:18.004 the whole virtual learning[br]thing. Wasn't that awesome? 0:09:18.004,0:09:19.954 Yeah, Yeah. 0:09:19.954,0:09:21.529 You know, I don't want to talk about 0:09:21.529,0:09:24.619 the pandemic much, just[br]for a second though. 0:09:24.619,0:09:26.165 You guys did a great job. 0:09:26.165,0:09:30.469 You adjusted to a very[br]challenging situation. 0:09:30.469,0:09:38.780 So, that 0:09:38.780,0:09:42.019 shows your adaptability, your resiliency. 0:09:42.019,0:09:44.209 Unfortunately, you're just[br]gonna have to keep doing 0:09:44.209,0:09:46.115 that as you go through life. 0:09:46.115,0:09:48.169 And so maybe a little[br]bit harder way 0:09:48.169,0:09:49.430 to learn than we[br]would have liked, 0:09:49.430,0:09:53.104 but again, congratulations[br]on navigating that. 0:09:53.104,0:09:54.815 So, I want to talk just a little bit 0:09:54.815,0:09:57.380 about your career and where[br]you're going from here. 0:09:57.380,0:10:00.170 We learned something[br]about data in the school. 0:10:00.170,0:10:02.300 I hope you all have[br]some notion of data. 0:10:02.300,0:10:04.010 This can be a little[br]bit of a theme here. 0:10:04.010,0:10:07.190 But so far, 72% of 0:10:07.190,0:10:10.655 you have told us what[br]you're doing next. 0:10:10.655,0:10:13.670 The other 28%, I'm going to[br]talk to you in a minute. 0:10:13.670,0:10:18.739 Those of you who told us 70%[br]of you have jobs lined up, 0:10:18.739,0:10:21.509 you're going to work,[br]Congratulations. 0:10:25.860,0:10:30.294 15% of you are going[br]to graduate school. 0:10:30.294,0:10:33.349 So congratulations to that. 0:10:35.220,0:10:38.094 15% are still seeking, 0:10:38.094,0:10:43.389 again, (sic) wsbcareers@wisc.edu, yeah. 0:10:43.389,0:10:45.310 So we can still help you. 0:10:45.310,0:10:46.539 I really mean that I 0:10:46.539,0:10:47.830 want to talk to you a[br]little bit about those. 0:10:47.830,0:10:50.769 You do have your career[br]outcomes, I need your help. 0:10:50.769,0:10:54.715 So, you know this[br]thing called rankings. 0:10:54.715,0:10:57.340 They are actually a little[br]bit of a thorn in my side as 0:10:57.340,0:11:00.445 Associate Dean, where we're[br]trying to be a top ten school. 0:11:00.445,0:11:03.190 We need you to tell[br]us if you have a job, 0:11:03.190,0:11:05.830 It's important, and it[br]counts toward our rankings. 0:11:05.830,0:11:08.219 Like, how many of you get[br]jobs, please tell us. 0:11:08.219,0:11:09.995 If you have a job,[br]don't make us go 0:11:09.995,0:11:12.485 looking for you on LinkedIn[br]and all that jazz. 0:11:12.485,0:11:14.344 And then tell us your salary. 0:11:14.344,0:11:15.700 And I know you're like, why, 0:11:15.700,0:11:16.999 why do you need to know that? 0:11:16.999,0:11:19.205 Because it affects our rankings 0:11:19.205,0:11:22.400 and because we live[br]in a data age. 0:11:22.400,0:11:25.220 Do you remember GB[br]306/307, data analytics. 0:11:25.220,0:11:26.825 Where do you think[br]that data comes from? 0:11:26.825,0:11:28.415 You, it's all of you! 0:11:28.415,0:11:32.300 I need you to share[br]the data with us. 0:11:32.300,0:11:33.904 So , if you would, 0:11:33.904,0:11:36.350 I would really appreciate[br]you doing that. 0:11:36.350,0:11:37.895 One last thing on that. 0:11:37.895,0:11:40.954 Every year, my career[br]team can vouch for this, 0:11:40.954,0:11:42.995 students, get offers from 0:11:42.995,0:11:44.810 the many great partners we have. 0:11:44.810,0:11:45.979 And they come to us to say, 0:11:45.979,0:11:47.450 is this a good offer? 0:11:47.450,0:11:49.655 Do you know how we know[br]if it's a good offer? 0:11:49.655,0:11:51.590 You guys are graduated[br]before tell 0:11:51.590,0:11:53.239 us so that we know[br]and we can say, 0:11:53.239,0:11:55.760 "yeah, that's a good[br]offer" or "yeah, not so much". 0:11:55.760,0:11:57.710 So you need to help[br]me pay that forward. 0:11:57.710,0:12:00.360 Just a, just a little bit. 0:12:00.730,0:12:04.880 We do focus a lot about[br]careers and jobs here. 0:12:04.880,0:12:08.269 But I want to remind you[br]you're more than your career. 0:12:08.269,0:12:10.805 You can do a lot[br]with your skills. 0:12:10.805,0:12:13.579 You can engage that in[br]your life and a lot of 0:12:13.579,0:12:16.819 different ways besides[br]just making money. 0:12:16.819,0:12:18.320 I want you to just[br]take a minute and 0:12:18.320,0:12:20.899 reflect about your[br]time here at WSB. 0:12:20.899,0:12:22.504 What did you learn? 0:12:22.504,0:12:24.304 What did you take away? 0:12:24.304,0:12:27.499 How did, how did you[br]grow in this time? 0:12:27.499,0:12:30.784 If you can't think[br]about it right now, 0:12:30.784,0:12:33.530 there's too much excitement[br]and take a few moments and 0:12:33.530,0:12:36.994 the next day or two and[br]just kinda reflect on that. 0:12:36.994,0:12:38.869 We really hope we gave you 0:12:38.869,0:12:41.974 the skills to be[br]who you want to be. 0:12:41.974,0:12:44.270 Not, not who I think[br]you should be, 0:12:44.270,0:12:47.015 not who Samba thinks you[br]should be or your parents. 0:12:47.015,0:12:48.485 Who do you want to be? 0:12:48.485,0:12:50.239 Keep asking yourself that every 0:12:50.239,0:12:54.269 day and you'll be doing[br]right by yourself and by us. 0:12:59.580,0:13:03.835 So, you know we're a[br]secular university, 0:13:03.835,0:13:05.920 we don't have religious ties. 0:13:05.920,0:13:07.299 But I like to think if you 0:13:07.299,0:13:10.104 UW and the school of[br]business had a religion, 0:13:10.104,0:13:13.885 there'd be two fundamental[br]principles to that. 0:13:13.885,0:13:17.740 The first comes from[br]a plaque sitting on 0:13:17.740,0:13:20.319 Bascom Hall from the late 1800s 0:13:20.319,0:13:21.655 called sifting and winnowing. 0:13:21.655,0:13:24.490 And so I'm just going to read[br]that to you for a second. 0:13:24.490,0:13:26.769 "Whatever maybe the limitations 0:13:26.769,0:13:29.094 which travel inquiry elsewhere. 0:13:29.094,0:13:30.489 We believe that the great 0:13:30.489,0:13:32.169 State University of[br]Wisconsin should 0:13:32.169,0:13:35.214 ever encourage that[br]continually and fearless 0:13:35.214,0:13:39.084 sifting and winnowing by alone, 0:13:39.084,0:13:41.275 truth can be found." 0:13:41.275,0:13:44.199 Let me try to say[br]that in modern words, 0:13:44.199,0:13:47.754 at UW Madison were not afraid[br]to ask hard questions. 0:13:47.754,0:13:49.225 We're not afraid to listen. 0:13:49.225,0:13:50.560 We're not afraid to debate, 0:13:50.560,0:13:52.989 and we're not afraid to[br]revise our beliefs as 0:13:52.989,0:13:54.370 evidence is brought[br]forward that 0:13:54.370,0:13:56.289 challenge our existing beliefs. 0:13:56.289,0:13:58.029 I hope that you'll[br]leave here today 0:13:58.029,0:13:59.875 with that same spirit[br]in your heart, 0:13:59.875,0:14:02.305 that you will always[br]challenge your beliefs, 0:14:02.305,0:14:04.179 that you won't be afraid[br]to evaluate things. 0:14:04.179,0:14:06.340 You won't be afraid to call[br]things wrong that you think 0:14:06.340,0:14:09.130 are wrong and call things right[br]that you think are right. 0:14:09.130,0:14:11.049 And look for the truth. 0:14:11.049,0:14:15.369 The second thing is something[br]we call the Wisconsin Idea. 0:14:15.369,0:14:18.100 And this is a little harder[br]sometimes to explain, 0:14:18.100,0:14:20.469 but the gist of it goes[br]something like this. 0:14:20.469,0:14:22.870 That the influence and service of 0:14:22.870,0:14:26.239 this university goes beyond[br]ourselves here in Madison, 0:14:26.239,0:14:28.220 but to the boundaries[br]of the state. 0:14:28.220,0:14:30.904 We hope even further than that. 0:14:30.904,0:14:33.110 And so I want you to 0:14:33.110,0:14:35.435 take that away as[br]individuals as well. 0:14:35.435,0:14:37.609 You serve more than[br]just yourself. 0:14:37.609,0:14:40.339 You have a broader impact, 0:14:40.339,0:14:42.844 you're part of the bigger[br]world around you. 0:14:42.844,0:14:44.660 I encourage you to engage it, 0:14:44.660,0:14:46.744 to inform it, to learn from it. 0:14:46.744,0:14:48.859 But I also want you[br]to remember to be 0:14:48.859,0:14:51.544 you. Take time for yourself, 0:14:51.544,0:14:53.810 make sure that you're[br]doing alright, 0:14:53.810,0:14:56.450 and keep going. With that, 0:14:56.450,0:14:58.639 let me say it's been a[br]tremendous honor to have you 0:14:58.639,0:15:01.265 here with us at UW, 0:15:01.265,0:15:03.365 and I hope you[br]never fully leave. 0:15:03.365,0:15:05.600 I want to say[br]congratulations to you, 0:15:05.600,0:15:08.999 my fellow alumni, and On, Wisconsin. 0:15:18.220,0:15:20.869 Thank you very much Brian. 0:15:20.869,0:15:24.005 So, we had multiple students 0:15:24.005,0:15:25.880 apply to be our student speaker. 0:15:25.880,0:15:28.490 Each of them had valuable[br]things they wanted to share. 0:15:28.490,0:15:30.739 And valuable experiences[br]to learn from. 0:15:30.739,0:15:33.964 Those experiences were impacted[br]by huge events, right? 0:15:33.964,0:15:35.630 The pandemic, protests for 0:15:35.630,0:15:37.310 racial justice[br]across the country, 0:15:37.310,0:15:38.989 presidential elections[br]and of course, 0:15:38.989,0:15:41.659 personal triumph and adversity. 0:15:41.659,0:15:43.969 The applicants who sent in 0:15:43.969,0:15:46.549 there 300 word summary 0:15:46.549,0:15:48.155 of what they wanted[br]to speak about, 0:15:48.155,0:15:50.539 they told us that they[br]made lifelong friends, 0:15:50.539,0:15:53.030 they were first-generation[br]students, 0:15:53.030,0:15:55.100 the first to graduate[br]in their families. 0:15:55.100,0:15:57.350 They told us that the[br]pandemic forced them out of 0:15:57.350,0:15:59.300 their residence[br]hall while also not 0:15:59.300,0:16:01.430 having flights back home[br]to their home countries. 0:16:01.430,0:16:02.840 So they didn't have[br]anywhere to live. 0:16:02.840,0:16:05.570 They talked about creating[br]new organizations such as 0:16:05.570,0:16:07.190 "Diverse Leaders for[br]Tomorrow" to make 0:16:07.190,0:16:09.139 the WSB a better place. 0:16:09.139,0:16:10.760 About being resilient. 0:16:10.760,0:16:13.459 They wanted to share that[br]it is vital to remember 0:16:13.459,0:16:16.190 businesses are no longer[br]about just making profit, 0:16:16.190,0:16:17.719 they are there to make change 0:16:17.719,0:16:19.999 and make the world[br]a better place. 0:16:19.999,0:16:22.580 Our fellow graduates[br]also wanted us to 0:16:22.580,0:16:24.499 remember that each and every one 0:16:24.499,0:16:25.849 of you are worthy of 0:16:25.849,0:16:28.924 occupying every space[br]that you enter into. 0:16:28.924,0:16:31.249 One of the students[br]who was not chosen, 0:16:31.249,0:16:34.325 but did in fact have my[br]favorite quote, simply wrote, 0:16:34.325,0:16:36.110 "I made some mistakes. 0:16:36.110,0:16:37.669 I did some things well. 0:16:37.669,0:16:39.709 I broke my nose. 0:16:39.709,0:16:43.024 I made lifelong friends[br]and countless memories. 0:16:43.024,0:16:44.764 I'm not particularly special, 0:16:44.764,0:16:46.519 but I cherished my time here." 0:16:46.519,0:16:48.080 I just want to say[br]to that student 0:16:48.080,0:16:49.309 and to all of you graduating, 0:16:49.309,0:16:51.499 I think you are all[br]particularly special. 0:16:51.499,0:16:53.059 And that includes our chosen 0:16:53.059,0:16:54.934 students speaker,[br]Bryson Williams. 0:16:54.934,0:16:58.159 Bryson is a Finance,[br]Investment and Banking major. 0:16:58.159,0:16:59.870 Bryson was a member[br]of the Sales, 0:16:59.870,0:17:01.490 Trading, and Asset[br]Management Club, 0:17:01.490,0:17:03.079 Delta Sigma Pi and, 0:17:03.079,0:17:06.185 shout out[br]to Delta Sigma Pi, 0:17:06.185,0:17:08.510 the Student-Athlete[br]Advisory Committee 0:17:08.510,0:17:10.535 and the Diversity and[br]Inclusion Council. 0:17:10.535,0:17:12.380 Bryson interned[br]at Morgan Stanley 0:17:12.380,0:17:14.240 in the institutional[br]equity division 0:17:14.240,0:17:15.829 and will be joining[br]Morgan Stanley in 0:17:15.829,0:17:18.200 New York City full-time[br]post graduation. 0:17:18.200,0:17:20.029 Bryson also played 0:17:20.029,0:17:22.009 four seasons with the[br]UW football team, 0:17:22.009,0:17:26.639 earning academic All Big[br]Ten Honors in '19, '20, and '21. 0:17:32.650,0:17:35.885 Bryson is originally[br]from Lincoln, Nebraska, 0:17:35.885,0:17:38.224 and I am delighted to[br]welcome to our stage. 0:17:38.224,0:17:40.439 Let's have a round of[br]applause for Bryson. 0:17:49.840,0:17:54.439 Hello. You guys can hear me,[br]alright. Alright. Awesome. 0:17:54.439,0:17:55.325 Awesome. 0:17:55.325,0:17:59.690 Thank you. Thank you all so[br]much for being here today. 0:17:59.690,0:18:03.289 The opportunity to be up[br]here and speak to you all. 0:18:03.289,0:18:05.840 It's extremely humbling[br]and I want it to sincerely 0:18:05.840,0:18:08.930 thank and congratulate[br]everybody for being here, 0:18:08.930,0:18:11.059 especially my fellow graduating 0:18:11.059,0:18:14.459 class of 2022. Give[br]it up for yourselves. 0:18:14.530,0:18:16.799 Right? 0:18:19.470,0:18:22.359 I have a confession[br]I need to make. 0:18:22.359,0:18:24.235 A few of you know this. 0:18:24.235,0:18:25.900 Well, most of you[br]probably don't. 0:18:25.900,0:18:28.570 But on June 6, 2019, 0:18:28.570,0:18:32.049 I received an email from the[br]admissions office that I had 0:18:32.049,0:18:35.905 been denied from the[br]Wisconsin School of Business. 0:18:35.905,0:18:38.079 Thanks for that, by the way. 0:18:38.079,0:18:41.874 I haven't[br]forgotten about that. 0:18:41.874,0:18:44.740 I read the e-mail over and 0:18:44.740,0:18:46.839 over again just to make[br]sure what I was reading, 0:18:46.839,0:18:49.810 what's correct and I[br]could not believe it. 0:18:49.810,0:18:53.634 Now, I have failed at plenty of[br]things in my life before, 0:18:53.634,0:18:56.769 trust me, plenty,[br]plenty of things. 0:18:56.769,0:19:00.304 But this time, This[br]time it was different. 0:19:00.304,0:19:02.329 Our business school was one of 0:19:02.329,0:19:05.375 the main reasons that I[br]chose to come to Wisconsin. 0:19:05.375,0:19:07.309 I understood the longevity of 0:19:07.309,0:19:08.869 success that came along 0:19:08.869,0:19:11.090 with graduating from[br]this institution. 0:19:11.090,0:19:13.279 I understood that to[br]be where I wanted to 0:19:13.279,0:19:16.820 be and to do the things that[br]I promised myself I would, 0:19:16.820,0:19:19.205 This is where I needed to be. 0:19:19.205,0:19:20.764 And with one e-mail, 0:19:20.764,0:19:23.825 I felt it all fading away. 0:19:23.825,0:19:26.045 So many different emotions 0:19:26.045,0:19:27.635 and thoughts are running[br]through my head. 0:19:27.635,0:19:29.824 Do I cry? Do I yell? 0:19:29.824,0:19:32.180 Should I start looking[br]for new majors? 0:19:32.180,0:19:34.490 But the question that[br]impacted me the most was 0:19:34.490,0:19:38.370 how how am I going[br]to tell my mom? 0:19:38.590,0:19:42.289 Growing up? My mom was[br]always there for me. 0:19:42.289,0:19:44.029 She never missed the game, 0:19:44.029,0:19:45.530 never missed a concert. 0:19:45.530,0:19:48.845 My mom never missed a[br]moment in all my life, 0:19:48.845,0:19:50.164 no matter what I was doing, 0:19:50.164,0:19:52.640 was all in an effort[br]to make her proud 0:19:52.640,0:19:55.909 and show her how[br]grateful I truly was. 0:19:55.909,0:19:58.190 After receiving that[br]rejection email, 0:19:58.190,0:20:01.144 I knew I had to make a correction[br]to the life I was living. 0:20:01.144,0:20:02.914 And I told myself[br]right then and there, 0:20:02.914,0:20:07.430 we are going to fix this.[br]From that moment on. 0:20:07.430,0:20:08.509 I made the adjustments and 0:20:08.509,0:20:10.249 improvements to make[br]sure that the next 0:20:10.249,0:20:13.535 time this application came[br]around, I would be ready. 0:20:13.535,0:20:15.769 So no more sitting on my phone 0:20:15.769,0:20:18.275 watching TikToks in the back of class. 0:20:18.275,0:20:19.879 No more waiting for 0:20:19.879,0:20:21.800 somebody else to raise[br]their hand first. 0:20:21.800,0:20:24.349 I was going to do whatever[br]it took to get to 0:20:24.349,0:20:28.385 the position that I sought[br]after my first day on campus. 0:20:28.385,0:20:30.320 And following that rejection, 0:20:30.320,0:20:31.940 I achieved an A in 0:20:31.940,0:20:33.680 my first business[br]class that summer and 0:20:33.680,0:20:35.134 eventually made Dean's list 0:20:35.134,0:20:37.354 the next two[br]following semesters. 0:20:37.354,0:20:40.400 And this was all about[br]developing a genuine network of 0:20:40.400,0:20:42.515 highly motivated[br]people who are focused 0:20:42.515,0:20:45.605 on a similar career[br]path to myself. 0:20:45.605,0:20:47.209 And when the next opportunity 0:20:47.209,0:20:48.785 came from me to apply again, 0:20:48.785,0:20:50.660 I knew I was ready in 0:20:50.660,0:20:54.590 one whole year of late nights[br]and early mornings later, 0:20:54.590,0:20:57.635 I had finally received the[br]email I'd been waiting for. 0:20:57.635,0:21:01.740 I was accepted into the[br]Wisconsin School of Business. 0:21:07.930,0:21:11.240 The point I'm trying[br]to make is failure 0:21:11.240,0:21:14.105 is something that we could[br]easily let overcome us. 0:21:14.105,0:21:16.280 But failing in itself, 0:21:16.280,0:21:19.699 It's usually just a course[br]correction to success. 0:21:19.699,0:21:23.210 Success that depends on the[br]consistency of your effort. 0:21:23.210,0:21:26.795 Just as much it does the[br]quality of your work, 0:21:26.795,0:21:28.774 success that depends[br]on the person 0:21:28.774,0:21:30.484 you are trying to become, 0:21:30.484,0:21:33.620 not the person you once were. 0:21:33.620,0:21:35.989 As we move on to[br]this next chapter, 0:21:35.989,0:21:38.269 there will no doubt[br]be times that things 0:21:38.269,0:21:40.715 don't go our way or we[br]don't get the credit. 0:21:40.715,0:21:42.529 We believe we truly deserve. 0:21:42.529,0:21:46.309 But reflecting, adjusting[br]and developing, 0:21:46.309,0:21:49.879 that's what ultimately[br]makes all the difference. 0:21:49.879,0:21:52.129 The last two years of[br]our college careers 0:21:52.129,0:21:54.394 have been anything but simple. 0:21:54.394,0:21:56.629 What is so unique about[br]our class is we were 0:21:56.629,0:21:58.580 able to get a full[br]year-and-a-half of 0:21:58.580,0:22:00.289 normal college before having 0:22:00.289,0:22:02.735 our entire world[br]flipped upside down, 0:22:02.735,0:22:04.760 we now had to face[br]challenges that 0:22:04.760,0:22:07.055 nobody could have[br]prepared us for. 0:22:07.055,0:22:10.085 The restrictions and lock downs, 0:22:10.085,0:22:12.230 separation from our families, 0:22:12.230,0:22:14.584 dealing with the[br]future of uncertainty. 0:22:14.584,0:22:16.339 And for some of us, we had to 0:22:16.339,0:22:19.219 face the death of loved ones. 0:22:19.219,0:22:20.959 And this was all during a 0:22:20.959,0:22:22.159 time when the[br]country seemed to be 0:22:22.159,0:22:25.369 splitting farther[br]and farther apart. 0:22:25.369,0:22:28.774 Issues dealing with racial[br]and social injustice 0:22:28.774,0:22:30.290 came to the forefront. 0:22:30.290,0:22:32.629 People were finally[br]becoming aware of 0:22:32.629,0:22:35.900 the things that had been[br]hidden for too long. 0:22:35.900,0:22:40.040 And from this, we heard[br]voices from the inaudible. 0:22:40.040,0:22:42.439 We saw action by[br]those previously still. 0:22:42.439,0:22:46.549 We came together as[br]a university and as a city. 0:22:46.549,0:22:49.280 And we saw firsthand how[br]much more powerful we 0:22:49.280,0:22:52.865 are when we do things together. 0:22:52.865,0:22:55.849 Right now, we live in[br]the world that tells 0:22:55.849,0:22:58.444 you to hate those[br]you disagree with, 0:22:58.444,0:23:02.239 rather than listen and[br]try to understand them. 0:23:02.239,0:23:04.714 Where two sides can't[br]be right and the 0:23:04.714,0:23:07.429 other is always wrong. 0:23:07.429,0:23:09.904 Dr. Martin Luther King[br]Jr. once said quote, 0:23:09.904,0:23:12.649 We must learn to live[br]together as brothers and 0:23:12.649,0:23:16.399 sisters or perish[br]together as fools. 0:23:16.399,0:23:18.499 You see the ultimate purpose of 0:23:18.499,0:23:20.585 a bridge is to be[br]able to get across 0:23:20.585,0:23:22.429 any obstacle and perform 0:23:22.429,0:23:26.165 effective communication[br]between two destinations. 0:23:26.165,0:23:27.874 And Class of 2022, 0:23:27.874,0:23:29.929 I'm challenging[br]you and everybody 0:23:29.929,0:23:32.269 else in here to be that[br]bridge that the world 0:23:32.269,0:23:34.399 needs now more than ever to 0:23:34.399,0:23:38.010 overcome the obstacles[br]that lie in front of us. 0:23:46.150,0:23:48.530 My fellow graduates, we cannot 0:23:48.530,0:23:50.209 forget the importance[br]of acknowledging 0:23:50.209,0:23:51.875 the fact that despite everything 0:23:51.875,0:23:53.810 that's happened over the[br]last couple of years, 0:23:53.810,0:23:55.550 we have made it this far, 0:23:55.550,0:23:58.489 which is an extraordinary[br]achievement in itself and 0:23:58.489,0:24:02.254 something that each one[br]of us should be proud of. 0:24:02.254,0:24:04.849 I ask you all that[br]as we move on to 0:24:04.849,0:24:07.535 the next chapter to[br]remember two things. 0:24:07.535,0:24:10.369 First, we have the opportunity 0:24:10.369,0:24:12.829 of a lifetime right[br]in front of us, 0:24:12.829,0:24:15.094 and we cannot let[br]that go to waste. 0:24:15.094,0:24:17.330 We will have to navigate[br]the challenges of 0:24:17.330,0:24:19.864 being in a new place[br]and with new people. 0:24:19.864,0:24:22.130 So don't waste this opportunity 0:24:22.130,0:24:24.725 doing a job that you[br]don't want to do. 0:24:24.725,0:24:28.715 And don't waste your time[br]around people who do not enjoy. 0:24:28.715,0:24:31.640 It's so critical to remember[br]that at the end of the day, 0:24:31.640,0:24:33.530 we really only do[br]get one chance at 0:24:33.530,0:24:35.630 this life. And it truly is 0:24:35.630,0:24:38.270 up to us to make[br]the most out of it. 0:24:38.270,0:24:40.669 When you're doing[br]something that you love, 0:24:40.669,0:24:44.164 that you enjoy, you inspire[br]others to do what they love. 0:24:44.164,0:24:46.730 And you will create this[br]rippling effect that goes 0:24:46.730,0:24:49.069 above and beyond what you or I 0:24:49.069,0:24:51.845 could ever imagine. 0:24:51.845,0:24:54.439 The second thing[br]I want you all to 0:24:54.439,0:24:58.880 remember is what it truly[br]means to be a Badger. 0:24:58.880,0:25:01.490 Being a Badger isn't[br]about the flair, 0:25:01.490,0:25:03.395 It isn't about the dazzle. 0:25:03.395,0:25:07.100 It's about the work and effort[br]that we give day-in and 0:25:07.100,0:25:08.869 day-out and making sure to 0:25:08.869,0:25:12.095 have a hell of a[br]time while doing it. 0:25:12.095,0:25:14.390 Coming from Wisconsin means we 0:25:14.390,0:25:16.325 don't get things handed to us. 0:25:16.325,0:25:18.695 We have to go out and we[br]have to work for them. 0:25:18.695,0:25:21.560 And quite honestly, we don't[br]want it any other way. 0:25:21.560,0:25:23.464 It means that, yeah,[br]you know what? 0:25:23.464,0:25:25.250 We may work all night during 0:25:25.250,0:25:28.025 the week on a project,[br]studying, homework, 0:25:28.025,0:25:32.060 but I guarantee you[br]when Saturday comes, 0:25:32.060,0:25:33.695 and it's time to jump around again, 0:25:33.695,0:25:37.114 We will all be ready[br]for the occasion. 0:25:37.114,0:25:39.050 Being a Badger means that no 0:25:39.050,0:25:40.940 matter where we[br]are in this world, 0:25:40.940,0:25:45.300 we will always have a[br]place to call home. 0:25:45.640,0:25:48.109 Before I end this speech, 0:25:48.109,0:25:49.399 I would like to[br]thank everyone in 0:25:49.399,0:25:52.310 my life that's helped me[br]get to this position. 0:25:52.310,0:25:55.370 I want to thank my[br]family for sticking by 0:25:55.370,0:25:58.430 my side through all[br]the ups and downs. 0:25:58.430,0:26:02.420 Specifically, I want[br]to thank my mom. 0:26:02.420,0:26:03.769 Oh, boy. 0:26:03.769,0:26:08.780 Alright. For other[br]sacrifices that you've 0:26:08.780,0:26:11.569 made, for all the hours 0:26:11.569,0:26:14.150 that you traveled just for[br]me to get to this position, 0:26:14.150,0:26:17.449 that I'm at right now,[br]I can't cry because I'll look at you, mom. 0:26:17.449,0:26:21.200 I love you though. I want[br]to thank you for instilling 0:26:21.200,0:26:23.270 the spirit of determination and 0:26:23.270,0:26:26.539 excellence in me[br]at a young age. 0:26:26.539,0:26:30.470 I plan on living life the[br]same way I always have. 0:26:30.470,0:26:33.905 And that is to continue[br]to make you proud. 0:26:33.905,0:26:36.679 I want to thank my[br]friends and classmates. 0:26:36.679,0:26:38.134 As without all of you, 0:26:38.134,0:26:40.399 this journey would not[br]have been the same. 0:26:40.399,0:26:42.889 I'm leaving this university[br]with memories of 0:26:42.889,0:26:45.515 late nights, of long days. 0:26:45.515,0:26:48.410 The tough, tough Friday and 0:26:48.410,0:26:49.879 Sunday mornings after night at 0:26:49.879,0:26:51.404 the KK, Listen,[br]we've all been there. 0:26:51.404,0:26:52.880 Okay. Gotta do it. 0:26:52.880,0:26:57.920 And with friends that I[br]will now call family. 0:26:57.920,0:27:01.175 And on behalf of all the[br]Business Badgers in attendance, 0:27:01.175,0:27:04.430 I would like to thank the[br]Wisconsin School of Business. 0:27:04.430,0:27:08.480 This school has changed my[br]life and the trajectory of 0:27:08.480,0:27:11.089 my family's life in a[br]way I could have never 0:27:11.089,0:27:14.210 imagined. You brought me opportunities 0:27:14.210,0:27:17.299 I never dreamed of,[br]brought me friendships. 0:27:17.299,0:27:19.655 I would have never[br]otherwise had. 0:27:19.655,0:27:22.819 But most importantly,[br]you gave me and 0:27:22.819,0:27:24.334 every other graduate in here 0:27:24.334,0:27:26.329 an experience of a lifetime. 0:27:26.329,0:27:28.699 And we will never forget that. 0:27:28.699,0:27:31.610 And for that, I am[br]forever grateful. 0:27:31.610,0:27:33.185 And I'm forever thankful. 0:27:33.185,0:27:36.749 Thank you all so much,[br]and On, Wisconsin. 0:27:57.990,0:28:00.669 Thank you so much, Bryson. 0:28:00.669,0:28:02.950 So at this time, we[br]want to recognize 0:28:02.950,0:28:05.649 individuals and groups[br]within our graduating class. 0:28:05.649,0:28:07.630 So as I make these recognitions 0:28:07.630,0:28:09.999 stand up briefly[br]and we'll applaud, 0:28:09.999,0:28:11.665 and then you can sit back down. 0:28:11.665,0:28:13.524 So we first want to acknowledge 0:28:13.524,0:28:14.980 our WSB graduates with 0:28:14.980,0:28:16.674 distinctive scholastic[br]achievement. 0:28:16.674,0:28:18.789 You have the red stoles[br]on and you are in the top 0:28:18.789,0:28:22.249 20% of your class, please stand. 0:28:28.060,0:28:31.290 Excellent, You can sit. 0:28:33.670,0:28:36.409 So. Next, I'd like all of 0:28:36.409,0:28:40.115 our presidents of student[br]organizations to stand. 0:28:40.115,0:28:43.379 Thank you all for[br]your leadership. 0:28:48.910,0:28:51.319 And then anyone else who held 0:28:51.319,0:28:55.080 a leadership position in a[br]student org, please stand up. 0:29:01.480,0:29:03.829 Our student organizations are 0:29:03.829,0:29:04.849 such an important part of 0:29:04.849,0:29:05.989 the Wisconsin[br]School of Business, 0:29:05.989,0:29:07.970 experience, and we truly 0:29:07.970,0:29:09.200 appreciate everything[br]you've done 0:29:09.200,0:29:11.404 to make those orgs happen. 0:29:11.404,0:29:14.000 We'd also like to acknowledge 0:29:14.000,0:29:16.189 any Student-Athletes[br]who are graduating. 0:29:16.189,0:29:21.749 If you'd stand, I know we[br]have one, awesome thank you all. 0:29:28.570,0:29:31.070 All of our[br]international students 0:29:31.070,0:29:32.569 who have had to[br]deal with a lot of 0:29:32.569,0:29:36.929 difficulty with COVID and[br]travel and visas. Please stand. 0:29:45.700,0:29:49.039 Any students who served[br]or are serving in 0:29:49.039,0:29:52.650 the military or ROTC,[br]please stand up. 0:30:02.080,0:30:04.879 I was the first person[br]to be able to go to 0:30:04.879,0:30:06.785 college in my family. 0:30:06.785,0:30:08.990 And it was a hard[br]process because I didn't 0:30:08.990,0:30:11.224 always know exactly[br]what school meant. 0:30:11.224,0:30:13.160 And so recognizing those 0:30:13.160,0:30:14.959 of you who are[br]first-generation students, 0:30:14.959,0:30:17.160 would you please stand up? 0:30:26.950,0:30:30.050 So we have a group of students[br]whose experience with 0:30:30.050,0:30:32.030 the Wisconsin School[br]of Business actually 0:30:32.030,0:30:34.865 started seven years ago when[br]they were in high school. 0:30:34.865,0:30:36.964 And if all my Wisconsin 0:30:36.964,0:30:39.214 Business Emerging Leaders students 0:30:39.214,0:30:41.435 would stand up who[br]are graduating today. 0:30:41.435,0:30:44.129 Congratulations to you all. 0:30:50.890,0:30:53.629 Then we have folks who[br]can't get enough of 0:30:53.629,0:30:55.009 the Wisconsin School[br]of Business and 0:30:55.009,0:30:56.509 so they're going to keep going. 0:30:56.509,0:30:58.970 So anyone joining[br]our IMAcc programs, 0:30:58.970,0:31:01.220 Finance and Applied[br]Security Program or any 0:31:01.220,0:31:04.589 of our other masters[br]programs, please stand up. 0:31:10.630,0:31:12.245 Awesome. 0:31:12.245,0:31:14.105 And then, is[br]there anyone else, 0:31:14.105,0:31:16.220 Anyone else going into[br]graduate school who 0:31:16.220,0:31:18.500 also just wants[br]to go right back 0:31:18.500,0:31:19.880 into books as soon as possible 0:31:19.880,0:31:20.900 if you're going to grad school 0:31:20.900,0:31:24.420 after this or law school[br]or med, please stand up. 0:31:30.580,0:31:32.749 So graduates, I'd actually 0:31:32.749,0:31:34.984 like all of you to stand up now. 0:31:34.984,0:31:38.119 Thank you. No, you don't[br]need to applaud them 0:31:38.119,0:31:39.830 because what I'd[br]like you to do is 0:31:39.830,0:31:41.719 turn and please[br]applaud your families. 0:31:41.719,0:31:43.759 Your parents got[br]guardians, brothers, 0:31:43.759,0:31:45.935 sisters, moms, dads, aunts, 0:31:45.935,0:31:48.559 uncles, all those who[br]have supported you 0:31:48.559,0:31:51.365 over the last four to five, six, years. 0:31:51.365,0:31:53.119 Truly, everyone in this room, 0:31:53.119,0:31:55.590 they could not have[br]done that without you. 0:31:55.600,0:31:58.669 So our final speaker[br]is celebrating 0:31:58.669,0:32:01.195 the completion of his[br]third year at the WSB. 0:32:01.195,0:32:02.825 So he's not a graduate yet. 0:32:02.825,0:32:06.665 But this is also his first[br]completely in-person year. 0:32:06.665,0:32:09.335 Dean Sambamurthy[br]is an Albert O. Nicholas 0:32:09.335,0:32:11.674 Dean of the[br]Wisconsin School of Business. 0:32:11.674,0:32:12.830 He's recognized as 0:32:12.830,0:32:14.929 an impactful administrator,[br]attentive leader, 0:32:14.929,0:32:16.189 and preeminent scholar in 0:32:16.189,0:32:18.499 the areas of innovation[br]and digital strategy. 0:32:18.499,0:32:19.939 Prior to his current role, 0:32:19.939,0:32:22.790 Dr. Sambamurthy served[br]on the Eli Broad 0:32:22.790,0:32:25.129 Professor and Associate[br]Dean of the MBA 0:32:25.129,0:32:27.874 and Professional Master's[br]program at Michigan State, 0:32:27.874,0:32:29.809 a leading expert[br]on how businesses 0:32:29.809,0:32:31.579 compete in the Digital Academy, 0:32:31.579,0:32:32.989 Dr. Sambamurthy's work 0:32:32.989,0:32:35.180 has been featured in[br]leading academic journals, 0:32:35.180,0:32:36.830 working with executive clients, 0:32:36.830,0:32:38.239 Fortune 500 companies and 0:32:38.239,0:32:41.224 academic colleagues in[br]China, Taiwan, Singapore, 0:32:41.224,0:32:42.395 India, and Hong Kong, 0:32:42.395,0:32:45.080 he has focused on digital[br]business transformations, 0:32:45.080,0:32:48.080 strategic alignment,[br]governance, and innovation, 0:32:48.080,0:32:49.729 and has co-authored[br]several books 0:32:49.729,0:32:51.199 on digital transformation. 0:32:51.199,0:32:54.720 Please welcome our[br]dean, Dean Samba. 0:33:05.880,0:33:08.709 Class of 2022. 0:33:08.709,0:33:13.910 You've done it. What's more[br]important is I've done it. 0:33:14.100,0:33:19.299 It's taken me three years[br]to have this party. 0:33:19.299,0:33:23.380 When I came here in July 2019, 0:33:23.380,0:33:24.909 I said to Jim, 0:33:24.909,0:33:27.549 Jim, why don't we have a party? 0:33:27.549,0:33:30.370 And who knew about the pandemic? 0:33:30.370,0:33:31.735 But here we are. 0:33:31.735,0:33:33.999 And congratulations. 0:33:33.999,0:33:38.904 What a great moment this[br]is because you earned it. 0:33:38.904,0:33:42.145 And we are here[br]to celebrate you. 0:33:42.145,0:33:45.580 Thank you Bryson for[br]those inspirational words 0:33:45.580,0:33:49.249 and thank you mom for[br]sending Bryson to us. 0:33:50.200,0:33:54.185 Your journey at the[br]Wisconsin School of Business 0:33:54.185,0:33:57.170 began a year before[br]I arrived here. 0:33:57.170,0:33:58.880 So I can't pretend to claim 0:33:58.880,0:34:00.964 that I know[br]everything about you, 0:34:00.964,0:34:05.209 but I know some about you[br]because at some point I had to 0:34:05.209,0:34:09.319 go behind the Zoom screen and[br]not necessarily by choice. 0:34:09.319,0:34:12.725 But here we are face to face. 0:34:12.725,0:34:15.305 During this four years, 0:34:15.305,0:34:17.990 regardless of what surprises and 0:34:17.990,0:34:21.215 challenges have[br]been thrown at you, 0:34:21.215,0:34:23.765 you have been steadfast. 0:34:23.765,0:34:26.659 You've been engaged, you've been 0:34:26.659,0:34:30.800 passionate about your education,[br]friendships, and growth. 0:34:30.800,0:34:33.650 That's the spirit[br]of a true badger. 0:34:33.650,0:34:36.454 I've heard of your[br]accomplishments. 0:34:36.454,0:34:38.479 There are many, many, 0:34:38.479,0:34:40.775 but here are some examples. 0:34:40.775,0:34:43.459 Many of you have[br]been involved in 0:34:43.459,0:34:47.359 volunteer service in[br]our local community. 0:34:47.359,0:34:52.220 You've taken on roles in student[br]organizations and clubs. 0:34:52.220,0:34:56.705 You acted as a mentor[br]or a tutor to others. 0:34:56.705,0:34:59.750 You've even worked directly in 0:34:59.750,0:35:03.755 the school to shape[br]this very own program. 0:35:03.755,0:35:07.925 One of you started for[br]a petition for what's now 0:35:07.925,0:35:11.404 our Multicultural Student[br]Center. Thank you, Nalah. 0:35:11.404,0:35:21.279 One of you 0:35:21.279,0:35:24.579 lead the UW student association 0:35:24.579,0:35:25.819 as president. Thank you, Pranav. 0:35:33.030,0:35:34.690 one of your 0:35:34.690,0:35:38.095 created a new student[br]organization, 0:35:38.095,0:35:40.719 the Diverse Leaders[br]for Tomorrow. 0:35:40.719,0:35:47.709 Thank you, Jordan. You started 0:35:47.709,0:35:52.179 your own undergraduate[br]affinity group. 0:35:52.179,0:35:59.844 Thank you, Lilly. You have 0:35:59.844,0:36:05.484 among you a two time women's[br]hockey national champion. 0:36:05.484,0:36:08.660 Congratulations, Grace Bowlby. 0:36:14.100,0:36:16.809 The collegiate DECA, 0:36:16.809,0:36:20.020 the UW Madison chapter, has been 0:36:20.020,0:36:23.020 breaking records every year for 0:36:23.020,0:36:25.270 the number of[br]members selected for 0:36:25.270,0:36:27.249 the international[br]career development 0:36:27.249,0:36:29.785 conference and competition. 0:36:29.785,0:36:35.500 I'm so proud of the fact[br]that at the 2022 ICDC, 0:36:35.500,0:36:38.565 competitive events, 0:36:38.565,0:36:43.159 our chapter had five[br]top-three winners 0:36:43.159,0:36:45.035 in the various categories, 0:36:45.035,0:36:48.635 plus 16 top-ten finalists. 0:36:48.635,0:36:51.334 Thank you for leaving[br]something for the others, 0:36:51.334,0:37:01.159 but congratulations.[br]Two BBA graduates 0:37:01.159,0:37:03.979 were first place winners for 0:37:03.979,0:37:07.369 the UW Madison student[br]employee of the year. 0:37:07.369,0:37:13.499 Congratulations, Madeline[br]Mortell, 2020-2021. 0:37:19.090,0:37:24.110 And Dakota Roettger. Having[br]a name like mine, 0:37:24.110,0:37:26.765 I'm very conscious of[br]spoiling others' names. 0:37:26.765,0:37:28.294 21-22. 0:37:28.294,0:37:30.929 Congratulations to both of you. 0:37:33.850,0:37:36.259 You have interned 0:37:36.259,0:37:40.340 at numerous companies across[br]the breadth of the country. 0:37:40.340,0:37:44.119 You are headed to[br]rewarding jobs 72%. 0:37:44.119,0:37:45.500 And if you're in the basement, 0:37:45.500,0:37:47.344 it's only because you're 0:37:47.344,0:37:49.924 redecorating your[br]parents' basement 0:37:49.924,0:37:52.474 with your new-found wealth. 0:37:52.474,0:37:55.909 You are headed for[br]rewarding careers, 0:37:55.909,0:38:00.139 both in the new economy as[br]well as in the old economy. 0:38:00.139,0:38:01.730 The world is just waiting to 0:38:01.730,0:38:04.624 discover your talent[br]across the globe. 0:38:04.624,0:38:08.255 Congratulations for[br]marking your time here 0:38:08.255,0:38:13.080 with your success and[br]impact. We are proud of you. 0:38:18.310,0:38:21.604 There's no doubt[br]that you have left 0:38:21.604,0:38:26.059 an indelible mark on the[br]Wisconsin School of Business. 0:38:26.059,0:38:28.880 It is not surprising. 0:38:28.880,0:38:32.510 When I first came[br]here three years ago, 0:38:32.510,0:38:34.925 I asked the following question. 0:38:34.925,0:38:38.615 What makes Business[br]Badgers special? 0:38:38.615,0:38:39.860 Not that I didn't know, 0:38:39.860,0:38:42.395 otherwise, I would not[br]have taken this job. 0:38:42.395,0:38:45.755 What makes Business[br]Badgers special? 0:38:45.755,0:38:49.430 I heard tales of grit. 0:38:49.430,0:38:53.389 I heard that Badgers dig in. 0:38:53.389,0:38:57.860 I heard that Badgers are[br]smart, can't deny that. 0:38:57.860,0:39:00.470 Badgers build a place, 0:39:00.470,0:39:02.375 they don't start from the top, 0:39:02.375,0:39:03.920 unlike that other school that I 0:39:03.920,0:39:06.739 used to look at when[br]I was in Michigan. 0:39:06.739,0:39:10.140 And I don't mean Michigan State. 0:39:12.190,0:39:14.989 Badgers are humble. 0:39:14.989,0:39:17.000 They are tenacious. 0:39:17.000,0:39:20.645 In my three years I found[br]all of these are true, 0:39:20.645,0:39:23.629 but above all, what I 0:39:23.629,0:39:28.120 learned is badgers[br]are Trusted to Lead. 0:39:28.120,0:39:30.220 What does that mean? 0:39:30.220,0:39:33.789 Badgers do business differently. 0:39:33.789,0:39:38.960 Badgers chase dreams[br]that don't come easy. 0:39:38.960,0:39:43.095 Badgers pursue ideas[br]that just won't quit. 0:39:43.095,0:39:45.569 I think there's a song[br]like that somewhere. 0:39:45.569,0:39:49.724 They have the confidence[br]to create the unexpected. 0:39:49.724,0:39:51.494 They find ways, 0:39:51.494,0:39:53.354 when there is no clear path, 0:39:53.354,0:39:55.935 there's no blueprint,[br]because they build one. 0:39:55.935,0:40:00.675 Badger leaders know[br]that we are stronger 0:40:00.675,0:40:03.389 when we move forward together. 0:40:03.389,0:40:06.705 We grow, we move ideas, 0:40:06.705,0:40:09.760 people, and vision forward. 0:40:09.830,0:40:12.899 During my travels for 0:40:12.899,0:40:15.899 the six months that I[br]could actually travel, 0:40:15.899,0:40:18.615 I went across the country 0:40:18.615,0:40:22.125 to discover what[br]makes Badgers great. 0:40:22.125,0:40:24.810 I met Jake Wood, 0:40:24.810,0:40:26.685 a fellow Business Badger, 0:40:26.685,0:40:28.379 who also played football, 0:40:28.379,0:40:32.925 who launched Team[br]Rubicon and Groundswell, 0:40:32.925,0:40:35.819 and created a bold new model for 0:40:35.819,0:40:38.414 charitable giving so that 0:40:38.414,0:40:42.399 others can have an everlasting[br]impact on the world. 0:40:42.470,0:40:45.419 I met Cynthia Chu, 0:40:45.419,0:40:48.135 whose journey started in Asia. 0:40:48.135,0:40:51.210 And she came through Madison to 0:40:51.210,0:40:52.919 her current role as 0:40:52.919,0:40:55.469 the Chief Financial[br]Officer of Audible. 0:40:55.469,0:40:57.360 Many of you probably listened to 0:40:57.360,0:41:00.029 Audible books, and it was[br]a great pleasure to meet 0:41:00.029,0:41:03.284 Cynthia. And find out 0:41:03.284,0:41:07.409 how her journey took her[br]to unexpected places. 0:41:07.409,0:41:10.920 I met Reena Vokoun, who merged 0:41:10.920,0:41:13.649 her passion[br]for wellness with 0:41:13.649,0:41:17.130 her entrepreneurial[br]instincts shaped in Madison 0:41:17.130,0:41:20.849 and polished her instincts 0:41:20.849,0:41:22.514 through a career at Google 0:41:22.514,0:41:24.779 to start her own company today. 0:41:24.779,0:41:26.744 These are only a few examples 0:41:26.744,0:41:28.695 of business badgers who have 0:41:28.695,0:41:33.044 excelled in defining the[br]purpose of business. 0:41:33.044,0:41:36.420 It's not just to create[br]industry leadership, 0:41:36.420,0:41:39.014 but it is to influence lives, 0:41:39.014,0:41:43.440 make the world a better[br]place and improve society. 0:41:43.440,0:41:47.984 Among you, the next generation[br]of Business Badgers, 0:41:47.984,0:41:51.255 I see the next Reena Vokoun. 0:41:51.255,0:41:54.375 I see the next Jake Wood. 0:41:54.375,0:41:59.669 I see the next Cynthia Chu[br]and I see many others. 0:41:59.669,0:42:03.479 You will leave Madison to[br]shape your own destiny. 0:42:03.479,0:42:05.970 You will marry the[br]knowledge, skills, 0:42:05.970,0:42:09.794 and experiences that[br]you have acquired here. 0:42:09.794,0:42:13.274 And marry that with[br]your own passion, 0:42:13.274,0:42:16.619 with your life dreams,[br]your aspirations. 0:42:16.619,0:42:21.284 We know that your path will[br]be paved with challenges. 0:42:21.284,0:42:23.835 There will be unexpected moments 0:42:23.835,0:42:25.710 where you will be tested. 0:42:25.710,0:42:29.639 But your persistence will 0:42:29.639,0:42:33.179 be tempered with moments[br]of joy and pride. 0:42:33.179,0:42:38.489 When you succeed. You will[br]find what truly motivates you, 0:42:38.489,0:42:41.489 And you will have the power to 0:42:41.489,0:42:45.405 affect meaningful change for[br]the rest of your career. 0:42:45.405,0:42:49.649 We know it because[br]you've already done it. 0:42:49.649,0:42:52.349 You know that the only thing 0:42:52.349,0:42:56.880 constant in the world you[br]go out to is change. 0:42:56.880,0:43:00.765 And, you are the ones who drive the change. 0:43:00.765,0:43:03.810 I know however, that you will endure 0:43:03.810,0:43:06.600 the highs and[br]lows in your career, 0:43:06.600,0:43:08.940 with the true badger spirit, 0:43:08.940,0:43:15.730 with grace, with humility,[br]and with companionship. 0:43:16.580,0:43:20.610 Along with your[br]professors, teachers, 0:43:20.610,0:43:23.084 staff in the BBA program who 0:43:23.084,0:43:25.694 enable your journey[br]and numerous others. 0:43:25.694,0:43:29.279 We can't wait to[br]hear the stories of 0:43:29.279,0:43:34.470 your success and impact and[br]how you are trusted to lead. 0:43:34.470,0:43:36.855 On this day. 0:43:36.855,0:43:39.074 In this moment. 0:43:39.074,0:43:41.460 Let us join in 0:43:41.460,0:43:44.769 thanking your families[br]who are here with you. 0:43:50.420,0:43:54.509 They were there with you[br]at the magical moment 0:43:54.509,0:43:58.079 when you found out that your[br]path heads to Wisconsin. 0:43:58.079,0:44:00.810 And maybe immediately[br]first try, 0:44:00.810,0:44:02.579 second try, immediately, 0:44:02.579,0:44:05.550 eventually to the Wisconsin[br]School of Business. 0:44:05.550,0:44:08.069 They were there to celebrate 0:44:08.069,0:44:12.029 every moment to ask you[br]to hang in there and to 0:44:12.029,0:44:14.985 tell you that there is a light 0:44:14.985,0:44:18.870 no matter how faint[br]it looks today. 0:44:18.870,0:44:21.400 So thank you, families. 0:44:21.880,0:44:25.849 Let us not forget the staff in 0:44:25.849,0:44:27.800 the BBA Program Office 0:44:27.800,0:44:29.810 who've been your[br]biggest advocates. 0:44:29.810,0:44:32.854 And I know it because[br]Jim is in my office. 0:44:32.854,0:44:37.234 Mentors and guides[br]throughout your journey. 0:44:37.234,0:44:40.145 I see many of our staff here. 0:44:41.585,0:44:43.924 Jim, thank you to your entire team 0:44:43.924,0:44:46.940 for bringing this[br]cohort to graduation, 0:44:46.940,0:44:48.754 but also for organizing 0:44:48.754,0:44:51.949 today's event as a[br]grand celebration. 0:44:51.949,0:44:55.354 Special thanks to[br]Jenny for taking 0:44:55.354,0:44:57.019 our dream and making it 0:44:57.019,0:44:59.820 a real vision.[br]Thank you everyone. 0:45:06.250,0:45:09.739 Finally, Business Badgers, 0:45:09.739,0:45:12.064 As you graduate and enter 0:45:12.064,0:45:15.679 the vast community of alumni, 0:45:15.679,0:45:20.435 I remind you, what[br]makes this place great, 0:45:20.435,0:45:23.570 Beyond the faculty,[br]beyond the instructors, 0:45:23.570,0:45:28.669 beyond the staff, beyond the[br]students, are the alumni. 0:45:28.669,0:45:32.750 I have never found alumni[br]who are more loyal, 0:45:32.750,0:45:36.170 who are more passionate,[br]and so proud. 0:45:36.170,0:45:40.160 Badger alumni give[br]back in all ways. 0:45:40.160,0:45:44.465 Your success is in a small way 0:45:44.465,0:45:48.069 because of those who have[br]continued to give back. 0:45:48.069,0:45:49.635 In a way, 0:45:49.635,0:45:52.709 you are riding on[br]the shoulders of 0:45:52.709,0:45:55.620 those angels who have[br]gone through this place 0:45:55.620,0:45:58.319 before you and what a[br]great community you 0:45:58.319,0:46:01.844 will be entering in[br]tomorrow at your graduation. 0:46:01.844,0:46:05.129 So be those angels[br]from tomorrow. 0:46:05.129,0:46:08.834 Be proud of being[br]a Business Badger. 0:46:08.834,0:46:12.375 Be our ambassadors[br]and advocates, 0:46:12.375,0:46:14.820 come back often to 0:46:14.820,0:46:18.480 mentor the next generation[br]of Business Badgers. 0:46:18.480,0:46:22.604 Come back to say hello to[br]your professors, teachers, 0:46:22.604,0:46:25.799 career advisors,[br]academic tutors, 0:46:25.799,0:46:28.965 and numerous others who[br]influenced you. 0:46:28.965,0:46:30.839 Come and see me, wherever 0:46:30.839,0:46:33.945 you are because I[br]will be traveling. 0:46:33.945,0:46:40.140 So class of 2022, take[br]out your shades because 0:46:40.140,0:46:42.240 your future is so bright 0:46:42.240,0:46:46.660 that this is the only[br]way to look ahead. Congratulations! 0:47:09.980,0:47:12.254 Thank you, Dean Samba. 0:47:12.254,0:47:14.159 So at this time we are gonna get 0:47:14.159,0:47:15.989 ready to read the names of 0:47:15.989,0:47:17.699 our graduates and[br]have them cross 0:47:17.699,0:47:19.859 the stage and receive[br]their diploma cover. 0:47:19.859,0:47:23.729 Guests, we ask[br]that you please stay 0:47:23.729,0:47:25.889 seated and away from the[br]professional photographers who 0:47:25.889,0:47:28.455 are capturing graduates as[br]they walk across the stage. 0:47:28.455,0:47:31.559 And we ask our graduates to[br]return to their seats after 0:47:31.559,0:47:34.694 receiving their diploma[br]covers and pictures here. 0:47:34.694,0:47:36.939 On the end of the stage. 0:47:36.950,0:47:39.359 We're going to start[br]in a few minutes. 0:47:39.359,0:47:40.965 We'll let our ushers[br]get into place 0:47:40.965,0:47:42.810 and they will guide you[br]through everything. 0:47:42.810,0:47:44.189 But otherwise, 0:47:44.189,0:47:46.725 Yeah, this is the[br]part where we get to 0:47:46.725,0:47:48.750 acknowledge you individually,[br]every one of you. 0:47:48.750,0:47:49.985 So we're excited. 0:47:52.983,0:48:00.219 ["Pomp and Circumstance" playing] 0:48:54.140,0:49:02.979 Bryson Williams,[br]Adam Roitstein, 0:49:04.400,0:49:11.799 Elena Hill,[br]Amy Weyers, 0:49:13.070,0:49:16.510 Isabelle Rimalovsky, 0:49:17.300,0:49:20.410 Ryan Unruh, 0:49:20.930,0:49:23.949 Molly Laube, 0:49:24.320,0:49:27.489 Sydney Shortreed, 0:49:28.310,0:49:34.689 Olivia Schoessler,[br]Kate Price, 0:49:35.810,0:49:41.459 Kalvin Horejs,[br]Caroline Iausly, 0:49:41.459,0:49:47.319 Ellie Stoffel, 0:49:48.080,0:49:51.700 Cindy Ramirez Garcia, 0:49:52.310,0:49:56.020 Nicolas Flores-Sanchez, 0:49:56.030,0:50:03.489 Kaela Esperanza Daichendt,[br]Lily Gullickson, 0:50:03.890,0:50:10.529 Laura Hartman, 0:50:10.529,0:50:18.820 Igor Marjanovic,[br]Claire Brauer, 0:50:19.310,0:50:23.459 Drew Shrader,[br]Brock Kelly, 0:50:23.459,0:50:26.609 Balin Welch, 0:50:26.609,0:50:31.810 Brandon Chicz,[br]Anna Grutzner, 0:50:32.360,0:50:39.069 Abby Shaffer,[br]Mason Skaja, 0:50:39.380,0:50:45.430 Nicole Madden,[br]Lucas Leijon, 0:50:46.100,0:50:53.830 Andrew Hamm,[br]Nathan Cotter, 0:50:54.500,0:51:01.779 Jack Maude,[br]Ethan Ellerbrock, 0:51:02.300,0:51:05.529 Troy Sorensen, 0:51:06.170,0:51:12.009 Adam Sadoff,[br]Jack Gewurz, 0:51:12.860,0:51:15.880 Carson Kunkel, 0:51:16.190,0:51:22.120 Jackson Gray,[br]Michelle Perry, 0:51:22.300,0:51:28.924 Alexis Chervinko,[br]Cali Geschke, 0:51:28.924,0:51:35.059 Melissa Bacal,[br]Barry Boyarsky, 0:51:35.059,0:51:38.780 Jessie Hoffberger, 0:51:38.780,0:51:45.330 Brandon Freedman,[br]Gabrielle Svec, 0:51:46.030,0:51:54.030 Kezia Douglas,[br]Sydney Stern, 0:51:54.580,0:51:58.139 Ryan Cohen,[br]Maxwell Haufschild, 0:51:58.960,0:52:05.125 Tyler Kiser,[br]Jaeger Hoang, 0:52:05.125,0:52:11.200 Bayne Basche,[br]Michael Davy, 0:52:11.240,0:52:16.469 Katherine Reitz, 0:52:16.469,0:52:18.389 Lakshya Pokhrel, 0:52:18.389,0:52:21.089 Lindsey Coleman, 0:52:21.089,0:52:28.170 Sara Haas,[br]Alina Xiong, 0:52:28.170,0:52:32.100 Lam Nguyen,[br]Riya Kaul, 0:52:32.100,0:52:37.409 John Hewitt,[br]Bridget Marie Horvath, 0:52:37.409,0:52:40.695 Mary Josephine Shults, 0:52:40.695,0:52:46.634 Anna Brenny,[br]Francis Ann Ferolo, 0:52:46.634,0:52:49.545 Hailey Laubscher, 0:52:49.545,0:52:58.060 Melissa Okus,[br]Sydney Schuyler, 0:52:58.460,0:53:01.599 Ian Bould,[br]Lizbeth Huertas, 0:53:02.390,0:53:08.474 Nalah McWhorter,[br]Mikol Tsopnang, 0:53:08.474,0:53:14.249 Madeline Mortell,[br]Jessica O'Donnell, 0:53:14.249,0:53:19.845 Julia Chelak, [br]Lindsey Ginsburg, 0:53:19.845,0:53:22.770 Margaret Carol Riceman, 0:53:22.770,0:53:25.260 Eunjee Song, 0:53:25.260,0:53:28.274 Olivia Ann Schauer, 0:53:28.274,0:53:32.229 Alexandra Julie Rossano, 0:53:32.510,0:53:35.594 Eli Louis Winter, 0:53:35.594,0:53:38.099 Andrew Warner, 0:53:38.099,0:53:42.645 Sam Heydt,[br]Jordan Levy, 0:53:42.645,0:53:45.000 Jenna Story, 0:53:45.000,0:53:47.519 Kayla Wagner, 0:53:47.519,0:53:52.589 Ryan Severson,[br]Sofie Tesch, 0:53:52.589,0:53:55.410 Kyra Coubal, 0:53:55.410,0:54:00.165 Hannah Antczak,[br]Kinsey Baber, 0:54:00.165,0:54:05.250 Jack Pawlak,[br]Brytton Goymerac, 0:54:05.250,0:54:07.739 Samuel Smith, 0:54:07.739,0:54:12.360 Daniel Ibric,[br]Logan Davis, 0:54:12.360,0:54:15.000 Conrad Dudenhoefer, 0:54:15.000,0:54:19.950 Cassandra Berg,[br]Griffin Corbett, 0:54:19.950,0:54:22.334 Annie Claypool, 0:54:22.334,0:54:24.900 Isabelle Stengel, 0:54:24.900,0:54:27.749 John Murin Roenitz, 0:54:27.749,0:54:30.435 Michelle Strodthoff, 0:54:30.435,0:54:38.700 Danielle Lacke,[br]Megan Pierce, Simon Fan, 0:54:38.700,0:54:43.799 Jacquelyn Plantier,[br]Olympia Wundrock, 0:54:43.799,0:54:50.234 Annika Strand,[br]Claudia Strand, 0:54:50.234,0:54:53.514 Casey VanSpankeren, 0:54:53.514,0:54:56.480 Thomas Mengwasser, 0:54:56.480,0:55:03.589 Dylan Olson, [br]Christopher Mueller, Ian Melnick, 0:55:03.589,0:55:08.435 Richard Shi, Andrew Tai, 0:55:08.435,0:55:11.344 Brendan Rehborg, 0:55:11.344,0:55:14.240 Luke Nicholson, 0:55:14.240,0:55:18.890 Josie Hansen, Parker Vande Hey, 0:55:18.890,0:55:27.844 Tanya Ramesh, Taylor Conley,[br]Kennedy Peters, 0:55:27.844,0:55:30.365 Zachary Hanson, 0:55:30.365,0:55:33.305 Tanner Wagner-Durr, 0:55:33.305,0:55:36.360 Benjamin Sheres, 0:55:38.000,0:55:41.219 George Baldassano, 0:55:41.219,0:55:44.159 Zach McDonnell, 0:55:44.159,0:55:50.054 Riley Cooper, [br]Alli Kelley, 0:55:50.054,0:55:52.860 Nicole Wegner, 0:55:52.860,0:55:56.189 Spencer David Hikade, 0:55:56.189,0:55:59.115 Stefan Theiss, 0:55:59.115,0:56:07.335 Eric Hovila, Parker Knope,[br]Kyle Moriarty, 0:56:07.335,0:56:10.320 Emily Catherine Garber, 0:56:10.320,0:56:13.545 Kaitlyn Grace Rubin, 0:56:13.545,0:56:18.975 David Menichini, Mason Vaughn, 0:56:18.975,0:56:21.659 Kristopher Cisek, 0:56:21.659,0:56:26.919 Micheal Henry, John Reardon, 0:56:27.320,0:56:30.224 Ryan Liebergen, 0:56:30.224,0:56:35.115 Jasmin Kiani, Caden Benson, 0:56:35.115,0:56:39.614 Chris Bierman, Theodore Miller, 0:56:39.614,0:56:42.370 Samantha Statz, 0:56:42.800,0:56:46.604 Taylor Gilmore, Jakob Czupek, 0:56:46.604,0:56:54.015 Joe Beste,[br]Kalevi Breckterfield, 0:56:54.015,0:57:01.690 Stephanie Maluso,[br]Carly Seidl, 0:57:01.820,0:57:07.275 Grace Plunkett, Kayla Zimdars,[br]Kiley Gustafson, 0:57:07.275,0:57:12.420 Katherine Chafoulias,[br]Corinne Bialo, 0:57:12.420,0:57:20.069 Michael Miksic, Jacob Lebowitz, Roth Mizell, 0:57:20.069,0:57:27.705 Josh Kritzer, Abbi Bressers,[br]Paige Thrana, 0:57:27.705,0:57:32.625 Caroline Eno, Ellen Noeh, 0:57:32.625,0:57:38.099 Alexandra Petrova,[br]Sarah Nelson, 0:57:38.099,0:57:43.740 Katherine Krska, Keely Tess, 0:57:43.740,0:57:46.109 Kathryn Madigan, 0:57:46.109,0:57:51.464 Emily Nelson,[br]Gabija Ulcinate, 0:57:51.464,0:57:54.990 Stacey Amaya Bueno Teodoro, 0:57:54.990,0:57:57.600 LaToya Wilson, 0:57:57.600,0:57:59.984 Monica Murphy, 0:57:59.984,0:58:02.549 Jadyn Syverson, 0:58:02.549,0:58:07.365 Kelcy Lawrence,[br]Alex Paprocki, 0:58:07.365,0:58:12.225 Dakota Roettger, George Rouman, 0:58:12.225,0:58:14.865 Tanishka Jain, 0:58:14.865,0:58:19.739 Ben Lewer, Lauren De La Rosa, 0:58:19.739,0:58:22.320 Julia Pletta, 0:58:22.320,0:58:25.710 Shwetha Nagarajan, 0:58:25.710,0:58:28.590 Sonia Mehra, 0:58:28.590,0:58:33.389 Mitchell Harold,[br]Alexander Fisher, 0:58:33.389,0:58:38.790 James Kielczewski,[br]Gabriella Freking, 0:58:38.790,0:58:41.909 Kayla Jean Glatzmaier, 0:58:41.909,0:58:44.264 Rachel Braun, 0:58:44.264,0:58:47.024 Anna Christine Evans, 0:58:47.024,0:58:49.650 Ethan Rodgers, 0:58:49.650,0:58:52.635 Ellis Gray Greenstein 0:58:52.635,0:58:57.854 Charles Woodcock O'Brien,[br]Connor Granberg, 0:58:57.854,0:59:02.399 Drake Pawlak, Zachary Davis, 0:59:02.399,0:59:05.294 Joshua Rowinski, 0:59:05.294,0:59:07.755 Abi Schumacher, 0:59:07.755,0:59:09.450 Jillian Glyzewski, 0:59:09.450,0:59:13.695 Adeline Siepmann, 0:59:13.695,0:59:18.720 Christina Keirmis, Anna Kloehn, 0:59:18.720,0:59:23.759 Catherine Peterson, Anne Walsh, 0:59:23.759,0:59:26.400 Emma Graves, 0:59:26.400,0:59:32.414 Laura Mueller, Anna Hughes, 0:59:32.414,0:59:37.665 Elizabeth Peterson,[br]Natalie Brekken, 0:59:37.665,0:59:42.525 Erin Lohr, Mckenna Ruppert, 0:59:42.525,0:59:45.360 Margaret Krolczyk, 0:59:45.360,0:59:51.689 Jace Hipp, Eric Miller,[br]Mason Batchelor, 0:59:53.160,0:59:55.739 Nicholas Loberger, 0:59:55.739,0:59:58.124 Jacob LeBeau, 0:59:58.124,1:00:00.494 Andrew Doyle, 1:00:00.494,1:00:02.910 John Grossardt, 1:00:02.910,1:00:05.564 Benjamin Brandenburg, 1:00:05.564,1:00:09.419 Nicolas Marchan, Christian Spencer, 1:00:09.419,1:00:11.955 Max Schieble, 1:00:11.955,1:00:15.555 Kait Walesh, 1:00:15.555,1:00:21.165 Michael Furtney,[br]Jordan Kennedy, 1:00:21.165,1:00:23.805 Nicholas Siepmann, 1:00:23.805,1:00:26.650 Kieran Talley, 1:00:27.980,1:00:32.294 Pranav Srivastava, Michael Treadwell, 1:00:32.294,1:00:38.550 John Richter,[br]Zachary Heckman, 1:00:38.550,1:00:44.624 Tyler Wallen, [br]Hannah Elizabeth Cottrill, 1:00:44.624,1:00:49.619 Sara Zaidan, Bryce Waggoner, 1:00:49.619,1:00:52.290 Kylee Larson, 1:00:52.290,1:00:55.079 Michael Tarczynski, 1:00:55.079,1:00:58.770 Rebecca Meltz, A.J. Remus, 1:01:00.060,1:01:02.160 Nicolas Ishizaki, 1:01:02.160,1:01:08.160 Trevor Hammen, Kara Dunton, 1:01:08.160,1:01:10.439 Nicole Pink, 1:01:10.439,1:01:15.504 Kate Jarchow, Adam Frelka, 1:01:15.869,1:01:20.970 Daniel Leitner, Sydney Port, 1:01:20.970,1:01:23.760 Emma Escaldi, 1:01:23.760,1:01:26.709 Amanda Bushman, 1:01:26.720,1:01:29.505 Aditi Mehra, 1:01:29.505,1:01:32.349 Ellie Pramenko, 1:01:32.900,1:01:37.709 Marie Downey, Noah Lamkins, 1:01:37.709,1:01:42.584 Jeffrey Fraus, Mitchell Kastanek, 1:01:42.584,1:01:44.969 Josh Leland, 1:01:44.969,1:01:52.680 Morgan Cox,[br]Mirnaly Veguilla, Zach Ruder, 1:01:52.680,1:02:00.405 Andrew Danks, Sam Johnson,[br]Sek Teng Leong, 1:02:00.405,1:02:06.089 Rhyon Lu,[br]Vychel Pusparajah, 1:02:06.089,1:02:09.315 Noel Kieran Yang, 1:02:09.315,1:02:12.120 Michael Patrick Tuffy, 1:02:12.120,1:02:15.045 Cade Edward Peterson, 1:02:15.045,1:02:17.460 Ishan Patel, 1:02:17.460,1:02:24.945 Landon Tselepis, William Klos,[br]Dustin Luke Duffy, 1:02:24.945,1:02:28.604 Nathaniel Rehm, 1:02:28.604,1:02:35.895 Jenna Pawlowski, [br]Alexis Goetsch, Williams Zordani, 1:02:35.895,1:02:38.534 Nathan Artenian, 1:02:38.534,1:02:41.415 Adam Neuberger, 1:02:41.415,1:02:44.400 Matthew Prondzinski, 1:02:44.400,1:02:49.184 Matthew Parma, Nathan Radtke, 1:02:49.184,1:02:51.854 Andrew Manderfeld, 1:02:51.854,1:02:54.419 Zachary Bradbury, 1:02:54.419,1:02:59.385 Ryan Tully, Patrick Conta, 1:02:59.385,1:03:02.220 Wylie Boelter, 1:03:02.220,1:03:07.180 Andrew DesMarais, CJ Adourian, 1:03:07.180,1:03:10.650 Jack Curcio, 1:03:10.650,1:03:13.779 Patrick Sullivan, 1:03:14.510,1:03:18.460 Daniel Francis Grubb Ratoni, 1:03:18.980,1:03:24.000 Kristyn Arends, Ellie Bruess, 1:03:24.000,1:03:26.715 Mason Guell, 1:03:26.715,1:03:29.580 Madelyne Ann Krueger, 1:03:29.580,1:03:32.144 Abigail Gilman, 1:03:32.144,1:03:37.154 Emily Chermak,[br]Cassidy Sanchez, 1:03:37.154,1:03:42.284 Brennan Bauer, Susan Dawood, 1:03:42.284,1:03:47.010 Hannah Joyce, Zoe Hermberg, 1:03:47.010,1:03:55.125 Riley O'Connell, Corinne Etzelmueller, [br]Victor Nelson, 1:03:55.125,1:03:57.765 Matthew Drastal, 1:03:57.765,1:04:03.070 Kush Dani, Reynolds Pire, 1:04:03.080,1:04:08.504 Christian Galvan,[br]Theodore Schmitt, 1:04:08.504,1:04:15.824 Evan Dahl, Declan Donovan, [br]Nicholas Krueger, 1:04:15.824,1:04:18.149 Thomas Anderson, 1:04:18.149,1:04:20.489 Bryce Morgan, 1:04:20.489,1:04:22.830 Ethan Csapo, 1:04:22.830,1:04:27.300 Jack Kraay, Dominic Scola, 1:04:27.300,1:04:31.980 Nick Pauley, George Jamison, 1:04:31.980,1:04:34.770 Michael Montalbano, 1:04:34.770,1:04:38.235 Buddy Ladwig, 1:04:38.235,1:04:42.974 Carter L. Higginbottom, Isabel Cortina, 1:04:42.974,1:04:45.600 Holly Stoll, 1:04:45.600,1:04:50.625 Margaret Guanci, Nicole Stark, 1:04:50.625,1:04:55.410 Cameron Frazier, Will Koehler, 1:04:55.410,1:05:00.189 Caleb Ziebell,[br]Scott Hall, 1:05:00.380,1:05:03.119 Quiyan Zhai, 1:05:03.119,1:05:05.834 John Andrew Polick, 1:05:05.834,1:05:12.120 Dylan Alexander DeMuth,[br]Cooper Edward Healy, 1:05:12.120,1:05:16.994 Ben Kopnick, Austin Heimerl, 1:05:16.994,1:05:22.035 Andrew Cohen, Felix Liu, 1:05:22.035,1:05:24.705 Karina Gao, 1:05:24.705,1:05:27.360 Cade Geldreich, 1:05:27.360,1:05:33.255 Kayla Lorenz, Emilia Taylor Victoria, 1:05:33.255,1:05:35.639 Samantha Deakin, 1:05:35.639,1:05:43.120 Alyssa Wulf, Carson Olk,[br]Andre Vandlik, 1:05:43.220,1:05:51.600 Brandon Mikes, Xinying Chen,[br]Yang Shen, Yuchi Dong, 1:05:51.600,1:05:58.170 Danielle Kristen Stecyna,[br]Claire Elise Pieper, 1:05:58.170,1:06:01.814 Denise Antonela Stoica, 1:06:01.814,1:06:04.094 Stephanie Luce, 1:06:04.094,1:06:10.075 Madeline Martin, Camilo Ferreira, 1:06:10.075,1:06:15.470 Jackson Pagel, [br]Henry Mitchell Gruen, 1:06:15.470,1:06:18.110 Charles Langhoff, 1:06:18.110,1:06:25.969 Madaline Hughes, [br]Caroline Boynton, Elise Calzaretta, 1:06:25.969,1:06:32.210 Holly Brinkman,[br]Peter Ackerman, 1:06:32.210,1:06:36.830 Nicholas Kaye, Jake Gammon, 1:06:36.830,1:06:41.614 Elijah Smith, Jackson Arms, 1:06:41.614,1:06:43.954 Ryan Zickwolff, 1:06:43.954,1:06:51.530 Mahee Patel, Rachel Manier,[br]Brianne Connors, 1:06:51.530,1:06:53.955 Marcus Lanser, 1:06:53.955,1:06:56.250 Olivia Douglass, 1:06:56.250,1:06:58.635 Margaux Boyer, 1:06:58.635,1:07:03.870 Audrey Reus, Grace Feitel, 1:07:03.870,1:07:09.480 Maia Levy, Caterina Jacobs, 1:07:09.480,1:07:15.495 Arin Pieramici,[br]Jenna Safier, 1:07:15.495,1:07:18.479 Travis Katzenberger, 1:07:18.479,1:07:23.909 Bennett Peterson Huber,[br]Drew Gorski, 1:07:23.909,1:07:26.670 Lauren Foster, 1:07:26.670,1:07:31.830 Anne Martin, Briggs Hamor, 1:07:31.830,1:07:37.420 Noah Zenker,[br]Nicholas Lischka, 1:07:39.140,1:07:44.680 Andrew Li, John Park, 1:07:44.690,1:07:47.830 Declan Nashold, 1:07:47.960,1:07:51.060 Iliana Chevrez, 1:07:51.060,1:07:55.979 Melissa Le, Megan Ngo, 1:07:55.979,1:08:00.135 Sarah Park, Allie Weber, 1:08:00.135,1:08:02.805 Jadalyn Chalone Eagens, 1:08:02.805,1:08:05.519 Sarah Lauren Stadler, 1:08:05.519,1:08:10.499 Chloe Cole, Jason Bergstein, 1:08:10.499,1:08:15.539 Ethan Edelman, Coby Kamhi, 1:08:15.539,1:08:18.134 Dylan Shapiro, 1:08:18.134,1:08:20.715 Jason Schwartzberg, 1:08:20.715,1:08:25.124 Zach Hazen, Josh Russ, 1:08:25.124,1:08:30.765 Zach Hoffman,[br]Austin Rispler, 1:08:30.765,1:08:36.699 Ethan Weksler,[br]Matthew Shupack, 1:08:38.720,1:08:41.640 Hannah Bounds, Alyssa Odau, 1:08:41.640,1:08:45.840 Andrew Praml,[br]Benjamin Wetherby, 1:08:45.840,1:08:49.635 Justin Anderson, 1:08:49.635,1:08:55.035 Mallory Ellis, [br]Lauren Taylor Knutson, 1:08:55.035,1:09:02.580 Nicole Warren, Grace Elizabeth Colvin,[br]Raegan Hyzer, 1:09:02.580,1:09:07.119 Alyssa Fontaine, Grace Orella, 1:09:07.119,1:09:12.209 Stephanie Golla,[br]Reilly Lamirande, 1:09:12.209,1:09:19.209 Katherine Murphy,[br]Marissa Elaine Mongoven, 1:09:19.209,1:09:24.029 Brett Grulkowski, Emily Tully, 1:09:24.029,1:09:28.740 Miranda Prahl, Lauren Mudlaff, 1:09:28.740,1:09:31.604 Carlie Leanne Smith, 1:09:31.604,1:09:36.719 Paige Elizabeth Herzog, Amanda Janae Mitchell, 1:09:36.719,1:09:42.535 Karlie Christine Kotel,[br]Marlena Marie Schliesmann, 1:09:42.535,1:09:45.075 Maddie Olton, 1:09:45.075,1:09:47.880 Mary Kathleen Feldsott, 1:09:47.880,1:09:50.379 Sofia Isabella Broucek, 1:09:50.379,1:09:52.770 Olivia Stack, 1:09:52.770,1:09:57.704 Tucker Remmers, Tara Rosacker, 1:09:57.704,1:10:02.879 Emma DuBois, Morgan Karger, 1:10:02.879,1:10:05.144 Sophia Wallach, 1:10:05.144,1:10:09.720 Samuel Herbst, Jake Ward, 1:10:09.720,1:10:14.459 Matthew Wolf, Carter Allen, 1:10:14.459,1:10:16.679 Trevor Allen, 1:10:16.679,1:10:19.169 Logan Cole, 1:10:19.169,1:10:22.660 James Stephen Domach, 1:10:22.700,1:10:27.300 Maya Herr, Katrina Phillips, 1:10:27.300,1:10:30.990 Chris Waite, Trevor Michael Millhouse, 1:10:30.990,1:10:34.784 Katherine Miller, 1:10:34.784,1:10:37.260 Jessica Fonte, 1:10:37.260,1:10:39.660 Samantha Carroll, 1:10:39.660,1:10:45.044 Karly Thoe, Megan Waldvogel, 1:10:45.044,1:10:49.920 Lily Deprey, Katherine Reeder, 1:10:49.920,1:10:56.595 Teran Katta, Austin Ellis,[br]Ryan Hurwitz, 1:10:56.595,1:11:03.150 Jason Knoop, David Love,[br]Gabe Katselnik, 1:11:03.150,1:11:06.690 Garrett Sprouse, 1:11:06.690,1:11:09.789 Chitchaya Chimantoo, 1:11:09.830,1:11:17.130 Catherine Marie Cleveland,[br]Claire Liu, Clare Stumpf, 1:11:17.130,1:11:22.275 Carly Rose Delforge,[br]Madison Polack, 1:11:22.275,1:11:27.134 Alexandra Rebholz,[br]Morgan Rebholz, 1:11:27.134,1:11:34.815 Sarah LaBorde, [br]Trevin Kroichick, Evan Simon, 1:11:34.815,1:11:39.704 Elena Wallenfang,[br]Michael Block, 1:11:39.704,1:11:42.284 Akarsh Vasisht, 1:11:42.284,1:11:47.115 Charlie Grey, [br]Burke Himmelberg, 1:11:47.115,1:11:52.900 Ryan Steven Cummings,[br]Aaron Joseph Shapiro, 1:11:54.170,1:11:59.294 Ani Venkateshwaran,[br]Connor Mennig, 1:11:59.294,1:12:03.809 Andrew Giniger, Conor McGrory, 1:12:03.809,1:12:08.410 Matthew Barba, Jake Liggett, 1:12:08.510,1:12:14.264 Jovaughn Bowen, Sam Goldman, 1:12:14.264,1:12:21.819 Jack Seffinger,[br]Nicole Ni Tang, Elva Ng Xin Ying, 1:12:25.360,1:12:28.444 Amanda Gudowitz, Kasey Santoro, 1:12:28.444,1:12:31.349 Lizzy Kaplan, 1:12:31.750,1:12:35.315 Isabel Schwartzapfel, 1:12:35.315,1:12:38.164 Alexa Rosen, 1:12:38.164,1:12:42.065 Christopher Constantine Kondoleon, 1:12:42.065,1:12:46.999 Max Serpe, Max Gantman, 1:12:46.999,1:12:51.965 Marcel Siger, Jake Rosenberg, 1:12:51.965,1:12:54.559 Noah Bleustein, 1:12:54.559,1:13:01.324 Sam Han, Fauzan Pasaribu, 1:13:01.324,1:13:07.015 Andrea Francesca, [br]Megan Winarta, 1:13:07.015,1:13:10.395 Timothy Devin Sutiono, 1:13:10.395,1:13:19.619 Emma Lee Wudi, Gabby Nguyen,[br]Katie Wu Haghighi, 1:13:19.619,1:13:27.255 Sarah Anderson,[br]Harper Xiong, Joycee Wang, 1:13:27.255,1:13:32.985 Murphy Zhang, Quinn Kettering, 1:13:32.985,1:13:35.729 Taylor Laufenberg, 1:13:35.729,1:13:39.690 Zijan Zhang, Winnie Xie, 1:13:39.690,1:13:47.650 Anna Levy, Marie Mayers, 1:13:48.130,1:13:55.069 Deirdre Kelly, Hallie Greenberg,[br]Morgan Kamholz, 1:13:55.069,1:14:00.005 Sarah Schultz, Charley Miller, 1:14:00.005,1:14:03.440 Anna Jo, Seungyup Kwag, 1:14:03.440,1:14:12.530 Kyle Gross, Zach Lansburgh,[br]Alexander Vaupen, 1:14:12.530,1:14:17.690 Jason Janpanah, Aaron Dinkin, 1:14:17.690,1:14:22.234 Jacob Wolk, William Richman, 1:14:22.234,1:14:27.929 Adi Paret, Alex Handwerker, 1:14:28.330,1:14:31.254 Sasha Michael Tsirlin, 1:14:31.254,1:14:33.159 Noah Parker Spitz, 1:14:33.159,1:14:38.365 Sam Waldman, Itamar Oron, 1:14:38.365,1:14:41.520 Jonas Monieson, 1:14:41.520,1:14:43.860 Luke Frishman, 1:14:43.860,1:14:46.740 Michael Soetijono, 1:14:46.740,1:14:49.919 Khloe Yee Tung Ding, 1:14:49.919,1:14:54.375 Maurice Lim, Catherine Slingerland, 1:14:54.375,1:14:58.830 Josh Berman, [br]Jessica Feriancek, 1:14:58.830,1:15:03.585 Elizabeth Capperella,[br]Beau La Du, 1:15:03.585,1:15:08.670 Hannah Northfell,[br]Caroline Iserloth, 1:15:08.670,1:15:13.709 Harry Porter,[br]Lindsey Grinspoon, 1:15:13.709,1:15:16.499 Isabella Sahmkow, 1:15:16.499,1:15:18.840 Lily Hoelscher, 1:15:18.840,1:15:21.360 Corey Zimmerman, 1:15:21.360,1:15:23.625 Alex Lefkowitz, 1:15:23.625,1:15:31.574 Charlie Wadler, Jillian Wedin,[br]Navya Narendra, 1:15:31.574,1:15:38.484 Katie Hise, Lindsey Cwik,[br]Brooke Ament, 1:15:38.484,1:15:41.529 Tia Forsyth, 1:15:41.600,1:15:44.384 Keith Hansford, 1:15:44.384,1:15:49.450 Andre Dyslin,[br]Connor Grady Fixel, 1:15:49.450,1:15:52.755 Samuel Tallmadge, 1:15:52.755,1:15:55.934 Thomas John Killian Driver, 1:15:55.934,1:15:58.860 Christopher Otten-Romero, 1:15:58.860,1:16:05.370 Spencer Blume,[br]Muriel Goldfarb, 1:16:05.370,1:16:15.854 Justin Houdek, Chase Scandalios,[br]Jack Lilly, Tate Sundberg, 1:16:15.854,1:16:20.475 Amit Kumra, John Krueger, 1:16:20.475,1:16:25.300 Andrew Behrenfeld,[br]Tommy McGuire. 1:17:18.190,1:17:20.929 BBA students, 1:17:20.929,1:17:23.279 You have worked very, 1:17:23.279,1:17:24.810 very hard to earn one of 1:17:24.810,1:17:28.469 the finest business[br]educations in the world from, 1:17:28.469,1:17:30.000 let's just call it what it is, 1:17:30.000,1:17:32.770 the best university[br]in the world. 1:17:35.750,1:17:39.179 And we're all tremendously[br]proud of you. 1:17:39.179,1:17:42.119 Tomorrow you will be[br]officially become graduates of 1:17:42.119,1:17:43.754 the Wisconsin School[br]of Business and 1:17:43.754,1:17:45.795 the University of[br]Wisconsin - Madison. 1:17:45.795,1:17:47.310 And on behalf of[br]the business school 1:17:47.310,1:17:49.140 and everyone in[br]attendance today, 1:17:49.140,1:17:50.969 I wish you all the very best in 1:17:50.969,1:17:53.084 your very, very bright futures. 1:17:53.084,1:17:54.630 I truly encourage you to stay 1:17:54.630,1:17:56.699 connected to us, to[br]your departments, 1:17:56.699,1:17:58.259 to your faculty, into[br]the friends you've 1:17:58.259,1:18:00.900 made here throughout[br]your education. 1:18:00.900,1:18:02.640 And if we could give our[br]graduates a round of 1:18:02.640,1:18:05.320 applause one more[br]time, congratulations. 1:18:14.840,1:18:18.209 Dean Samba asked me[br]to remind you to do 1:18:18.209,1:18:19.769 one thing for him tomorrow and 1:18:19.769,1:18:21.420 to bring these to Camp Randall, 1:18:21.420,1:18:23.309 if you are going, He[br]would like you to have 1:18:23.309,1:18:26.145 these and so do that as[br]a favor to the dean. 1:18:26.145,1:18:28.830 And so now as we[br]conclude guests, 1:18:28.830,1:18:30.119 we'd asked you to stay in 1:18:30.119,1:18:31.920 your seats so that[br]our graduates can 1:18:31.920,1:18:33.659 exit through the[br]middle aisle and then 1:18:33.659,1:18:35.685 you can meet your graduates[br]out in the lobby. 1:18:35.685,1:18:41.770 Thank you all for being[br]with us here today, and On, Wisconsin!