["On, Wisconsin!" playing]
["Hey Look Ma, I Made It" by Panic! At The Disco playing]
["Build Me Up Buttercup" by The Foundations playing]
Good afternoon, everybody.
Welcome to our celebration on behalf
of our Wisconsin School of Business BBA graduates.
Let's give them all a round of applause.
My name is Jim Franzone,
I'm Assistant Dean for the undergraduate program here,
and I'm really, really
thankful for all of you joining us.
And Bucky, I'm very thankful
for you leaving everybody in.
Thank you so much. We appreciate your time.
We know it's very busy for Bucky this time of year.
Graduates, you can all be seated.
So two years ago,
we planned to have an in-person celebration like this.
And that didn't work out everybody...for reasons.
And that's part of the why I'm
so ecstatic that we can be here with
you and celebrating today in
celebrating all of your accomplishments,
your perseverance, and your graduation.
So our program this afternoon is a pretty simple one.
You're going to hear from several speakers,
including our Associate Dean Brian Mayhew,
BBA student Bryson Williams,
and our Dean Sambamurthy.
We're going to recognize some accomplishments from folks,
And then of course we're going to read
your names as you cross the stage and receive
your diploma covers. Tomorrow at Camp Randall,
Chancellor Blank, in her last graduation,
will confer your degrees to you officially.
So we're very excited, and to start,
I want to welcome the Arthur Andersen Alumni Professor of
Accounting and our Associate Dean for
the Undergraduate Program, Brian Mayhew.
Welcome everybody, how are ya?
Before I get going too much,
I just want to say I'm an alum of this program.
I was you in the 80s. Wasn't that long ago.
Anyway. I'm super excited to have you all here.
I'm super excited to be up here
to talk to you for just a few minutes.
Let me start out by saying this is
my fifth year as associate dean.
So I've been with you the whole way.
You came and visited me in high school.
And the first thing I did during the admissions process,
I said to your parents,
my goal is these kids don't live in
your basement when we're done.
Okay. That was goal number one.
Now, if you are planning on living in the basement,
number one, I still have a career team ready to help you.
Career coaches will get you a job.
So mom, dad, aunts, uncles,
anybody of influence, if they don't have a job, call us.
The e-mail address is
(sic) wsbcareers@wsb.wisc.edu
Second of all, that whole basement thing.
I heard there's a lot of this virtual working going on.
If the kids are stuck in the basement,
maybe you can help them remodel.
Kids, throw in a few bucks,
get that perfect bar or work office
mom and dad always wanted,
It's the least you can do if you've got
to work there for awhile.
Students,
I met you first of all at a thing called Convocation.
I still don't really know what that word means.
But it was that week of
your freshman year when you came
in or maybe your sophomore in Pre-Bus,
where we sort of got you oriented.
And the big thing I said there is show up.
Congratulations, you showed up today.
I'm excited. You've, you've,
you've learned another important lesson.
Now.
Since then you've been doing things with us.
Many of these things we'd call signature experiences.
You don't need to really think about this too much,
but keep that word in your mind
when you fill out forms later.
Anyway, signature experiences.
How many of you studied abroad?
A few. You had you had a tough thing.
Yeah. It's a sore subject.
Yeah. Well, come back
for a master's degree and we'll send you abroad. Okay.
How about case competitions?
Anybody do any of those? There we go.
A little bit of experiential learning.
Yeah, Some employers come and talk to you in class.
Consulting for a local company at
all or anybody who did a little of that? Come on, come on.
All right, we've got to work on that.
Alright, That's how I learn.
And then I know that really big
signature experience we all threw for you,
the whole virtual learning thing. Wasn't that awesome?
Yeah, Yeah.
You know, I don't want to talk about
the pandemic much, just for a second though.
You guys did a great job.
You adjusted to a very challenging situation.
So, that
shows your adaptability, your resiliency.
Unfortunately, you're just gonna have to keep doing
that as you go through life.
And so maybe a little bit harder way
to learn than we would have liked,
but again, congratulations on navigating that.
So, I want to talk just a little bit
about your career and where you're going from here.
We learned something about data in the school.
I hope you all have some notion of data.
This can be a little bit of a theme here.
But so far, 72% of
you have told us what you're doing next.
The other 28%, I'm going to talk to you in a minute.
Those of you who told us 70% of you have jobs lined up,
you're going to work, Congratulations.
15% of you are going to graduate school.
So congratulations to that.
15% are still seeking,
again, (sic) wsbcareers@wisc.edu, yeah.
So we can still help you.
I really mean that I
want to talk to you a little bit about those.
You do have your career outcomes, I need your help.
So, you know this thing called rankings.
They are actually a little bit of a thorn in my side as
Associate Dean, where we're trying to be a top ten school.
We need you to tell us if you have a job,
It's important, and it counts toward our rankings.
Like, how many of you get jobs, please tell us.
If you have a job, don't make us go
looking for you on LinkedIn and all that jazz.
And then tell us your salary.
And I know you're like, why,
why do you need to know that?
Because it affects our rankings
and because we live in a data age.
Do you remember GB 306/307, data analytics.
Where do you think that data comes from?
You, it's all of you!
I need you to share the data with us.
So , if you would,
I would really appreciate you doing that.
One last thing on that.
Every year, my career team can vouch for this,
students, get offers from
the many great partners we have.
And they come to us to say,
is this a good offer?
Do you know how we know if it's a good offer?
You guys are graduated before tell
us so that we know and we can say,
"yeah, that's a good offer" or "yeah, not so much".
So you need to help me pay that forward.
Just a, just a little bit.
We do focus a lot about careers and jobs here.
But I want to remind you you're more than your career.
You can do a lot with your skills.
You can engage that in your life and a lot of
different ways besides just making money.
I want you to just take a minute and
reflect about your time here at WSB.
What did you learn?
What did you take away?
How did, how did you grow in this time?
If you can't think about it right now,
there's too much excitement and take a few moments and
the next day or two and just kinda reflect on that.
We really hope we gave you
the skills to be who you want to be.
Not, not who I think you should be,
not who Samba thinks you should be or your parents.
Who do you want to be?
Keep asking yourself that every
day and you'll be doing right by yourself and by us.
So, you know we're a secular university,
we don't have religious ties.
But I like to think if you
UW and the school of business had a religion,
there'd be two fundamental principles to that.
The first comes from a plaque sitting on
Bascom Hall from the late 1800s
called sifting and winnowing.
And so I'm just going to read that to you for a second.
"Whatever maybe the limitations
which travel inquiry elsewhere.
We believe that the great
State University of Wisconsin should
ever encourage that continually and fearless
sifting and winnowing by alone,
truth can be found."
Let me try to say that in modern words,
at UW Madison were not afraid to ask hard questions.
We're not afraid to listen.
We're not afraid to debate,
and we're not afraid to revise our beliefs as
evidence is brought forward that
challenge our existing beliefs.
I hope that you'll leave here today
with that same spirit in your heart,
that you will always challenge your beliefs,
that you won't be afraid to evaluate things.
You won't be afraid to call things wrong that you think
are wrong and call things right that you think are right.
And look for the truth.
The second thing is something we call the Wisconsin Idea.
And this is a little harder sometimes to explain,
but the gist of it goes something like this.
That the influence and service of
this university goes beyond ourselves here in Madison,
but to the boundaries of the state.
We hope even further than that.
And so I want you to
take that away as individuals as well.
You serve more than just yourself.
You have a broader impact,
you're part of the bigger world around you.
I encourage you to engage it,
to inform it, to learn from it.
But I also want you to remember to be
you. Take time for yourself,
make sure that you're doing alright,
and keep going. With that,
let me say it's been a tremendous honor to have you
here with us at UW,
and I hope you never fully leave.
I want to say congratulations to you,
my fellow alumni, and On, Wisconsin.
Thank you very much Brian.
So, we had multiple students
apply to be our student speaker.
Each of them had valuable things they wanted to share.
And valuable experiences to learn from.
Those experiences were impacted by huge events, right?
The pandemic, protests for
racial justice across the country,
presidential elections and of course,
personal triumph and adversity.
The applicants who sent in
there 300 word summary
of what they wanted to speak about,
they told us that they made lifelong friends,
they were first-generation students,
the first to graduate in their families.
They told us that the pandemic forced them out of
their residence hall while also not
having flights back home to their home countries.
So they didn't have anywhere to live.
They talked about creating new organizations such as
"Diverse Leaders for Tomorrow" to make
the WSB a better place.
About being resilient.
They wanted to share that it is vital to remember
businesses are no longer about just making profit,
they are there to make change
and make the world a better place.
Our fellow graduates also wanted us to
remember that each and every one
of you are worthy of
occupying every space that you enter into.
One of the students who was not chosen,
but did in fact have my favorite quote, simply wrote,
"I made some mistakes.
I did some things well.
I broke my nose.
I made lifelong friends and countless memories.
I'm not particularly special,
but I cherished my time here."
I just want to say to that student
and to all of you graduating,
I think you are all particularly special.
And that includes our chosen
students speaker, Bryson Williams.
Bryson is a Finance, Investment and Banking major.
Bryson was a member of the Sales,
Trading, and Asset Management Club,
Delta Sigma Pi and,
shout out to Delta Sigma Pi,
the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
and the Diversity and Inclusion Council.
Bryson interned at Morgan Stanley
in the institutional equity division
and will be joining Morgan Stanley in
New York City full-time post graduation.
Bryson also played
four seasons with the UW football team,
earning academic All Big Ten Honors in '19, '20, and '21.
Bryson is originally from Lincoln, Nebraska,
and I am delighted to welcome to our stage.
Let's have a round of applause for Bryson.
Hello. You guys can hear me, alright. Alright. Awesome.
Awesome.
Thank you. Thank you all so much for being here today.
The opportunity to be up here and speak to you all.
It's extremely humbling and I want it to sincerely
thank and congratulate everybody for being here,
especially my fellow graduating
class of 2022. Give it up for yourselves.
Right?
I have a confession I need to make.
A few of you know this.
Well, most of you probably don't.
But on June 6, 2019,
I received an email from the admissions office that I had
been denied from the Wisconsin School of Business.
Thanks for that, by the way.
I haven't forgotten about that.
I read the e-mail over and
over again just to make sure what I was reading,
what's correct and I could not believe it.
Now, I have failed at plenty of things in my life before,
trust me, plenty, plenty of things.
But this time, This time it was different.
Our business school was one of
the main reasons that I chose to come to Wisconsin.
I understood the longevity of
success that came along
with graduating from this institution.
I understood that to be where I wanted to
be and to do the things that I promised myself I would,
This is where I needed to be.
And with one e-mail,
I felt it all fading away.
So many different emotions
and thoughts are running through my head.
Do I cry? Do I yell?
Should I start looking for new majors?
But the question that impacted me the most was
how how am I going to tell my mom?
Growing up? My mom was always there for me.
She never missed the game,
never missed a concert.
My mom never missed a moment in all my life,
no matter what I was doing,
was all in an effort to make her proud
and show her how grateful I truly was.
After receiving that rejection email,
I knew I had to make a correction to the life I was living.
And I told myself right then and there,
we are going to fix this. From that moment on.
I made the adjustments and
improvements to make sure that the next
time this application came around, I would be ready.
So no more sitting on my phone
watching TikToks in the back of class.
No more waiting for
somebody else to raise their hand first.
I was going to do whatever it took to get to
the position that I sought after my first day on campus.
And following that rejection,
I achieved an A in
my first business class that summer and
eventually made Dean's list
the next two following semesters.
And this was all about developing a genuine network of
highly motivated people who are focused
on a similar career path to myself.
And when the next opportunity
came from me to apply again,
I knew I was ready in
one whole year of late nights and early mornings later,
I had finally received the email I'd been waiting for.
I was accepted into the Wisconsin School of Business.
The point I'm trying to make is failure
is something that we could easily let overcome us.
But failing in itself,
It's usually just a course correction to success.
Success that depends on the consistency of your effort.
Just as much it does the quality of your work,
success that depends on the person
you are trying to become,
not the person you once were.
As we move on to this next chapter,
there will no doubt be times that things
don't go our way or we don't get the credit.
We believe we truly deserve.
But reflecting, adjusting and developing,
that's what ultimately makes all the difference.
The last two years of our college careers
have been anything but simple.
What is so unique about our class is we were
able to get a full year-and-a-half of
normal college before having
our entire world flipped upside down,
we now had to face challenges that
nobody could have prepared us for.
The restrictions and lock downs,
separation from our families,
dealing with the future of uncertainty.
And for some of us, we had to
face the death of loved ones.
And this was all during a
time when the country seemed to be
splitting farther and farther apart.
Issues dealing with racial and social injustice
came to the forefront.
People were finally becoming aware of
the things that had been hidden for too long.
And from this, we heard voices from the inaudible.
We saw action by those previously still.
We came together as a university and as a city.
And we saw firsthand how much more powerful we
are when we do things together.
Right now, we live in the world that tells
you to hate those you disagree with,
rather than listen and try to understand them.
Where two sides can't be right and the
other is always wrong.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said quote,
We must learn to live together as brothers and
sisters or perish together as fools.
You see the ultimate purpose of
a bridge is to be able to get across
any obstacle and perform
effective communication between two destinations.
And Class of 2022,
I'm challenging you and everybody
else in here to be that bridge that the world
needs now more than ever to
overcome the obstacles that lie in front of us.
My fellow graduates, we cannot
forget the importance of acknowledging
the fact that despite everything
that's happened over the last couple of years,
we have made it this far,
which is an extraordinary achievement in itself and
something that each one of us should be proud of.
I ask you all that as we move on to
the next chapter to remember two things.
First, we have the opportunity
of a lifetime right in front of us,
and we cannot let that go to waste.
We will have to navigate the challenges of
being in a new place and with new people.
So don't waste this opportunity
doing a job that you don't want to do.
And don't waste your time around people who do not enjoy.
It's so critical to remember that at the end of the day,
we really only do get one chance at
this life. And it truly is
up to us to make the most out of it.
When you're doing something that you love,
that you enjoy, you inspire others to do what they love.
And you will create this rippling effect that goes
above and beyond what you or I
could ever imagine.
The second thing I want you all to
remember is what it truly means to be a Badger.
Being a Badger isn't about the flair,
It isn't about the dazzle.
It's about the work and effort that we give day-in and
day-out and making sure to
have a hell of a time while doing it.
Coming from Wisconsin means we
don't get things handed to us.
We have to go out and we have to work for them.
And quite honestly, we don't want it any other way.
It means that, yeah, you know what?
We may work all night during
the week on a project, studying, homework,
but I guarantee you when Saturday comes,
and it's time to jump around again,
We will all be ready for the occasion.
Being a Badger means that no
matter where we are in this world,
we will always have a place to call home.
Before I end this speech,
I would like to thank everyone in
my life that's helped me get to this position.
I want to thank my family for sticking by
my side through all the ups and downs.
Specifically, I want to thank my mom.
Oh, boy.
Alright. For other sacrifices that you've
made, for all the hours
that you traveled just for me to get to this position,
that I'm at right now, I can't cry because I'll look at you, mom.
I love you though. I want to thank you for instilling
the spirit of determination and
excellence in me at a young age.
I plan on living life the same way I always have.
And that is to continue to make you proud.
I want to thank my friends and classmates.
As without all of you,
this journey would not have been the same.
I'm leaving this university with memories of
late nights, of long days.
The tough, tough Friday and
Sunday mornings after night at
the KK, Listen, we've all been there.
Okay. Gotta do it.
And with friends that I will now call family.
And on behalf of all the Business Badgers in attendance,
I would like to thank the Wisconsin School of Business.
This school has changed my life and the trajectory of
my family's life in a way I could have never
imagined. You brought me opportunities
I never dreamed of, brought me friendships.
I would have never otherwise had.
But most importantly, you gave me and
every other graduate in here
an experience of a lifetime.
And we will never forget that.
And for that, I am forever grateful.
And I'm forever thankful.
Thank you all so much, and On, Wisconsin.
Thank you so much, Bryson.
So at this time, we want to recognize
individuals and groups within our graduating class.
So as I make these recognitions
stand up briefly and we'll applaud,
and then you can sit back down.
So we first want to acknowledge
our WSB graduates with
distinctive scholastic achievement.
You have the red stoles on and you are in the top
20% of your class, please stand.
Excellent, You can sit.
So. Next, I'd like all of
our presidents of student organizations to stand.
Thank you all for your leadership.
And then anyone else who held
a leadership position in a student org, please stand up.
Our student organizations are
such an important part of
the Wisconsin School of Business,
experience, and we truly
appreciate everything you've done
to make those orgs happen.
We'd also like to acknowledge
any Student-Athletes who are graduating.
If you'd stand, I know we have one, awesome thank you all.
All of our international students
who have had to deal with a lot of
difficulty with COVID and travel and visas. Please stand.
Any students who served or are serving in
the military or ROTC, please stand up.
I was the first person to be able to go to
college in my family.
And it was a hard process because I didn't
always know exactly what school meant.
And so recognizing those
of you who are first-generation students,
would you please stand up?
So we have a group of students whose experience with
the Wisconsin School of Business actually
started seven years ago when they were in high school.
And if all my Wisconsin
Business Emerging Leaders students
would stand up who are graduating today.
Congratulations to you all.
Then we have folks who can't get enough of
the Wisconsin School of Business and
so they're going to keep going.
So anyone joining our IMAcc programs,
Finance and Applied Security Program or any
of our other masters programs, please stand up.
Awesome.
And then, is there anyone else,
Anyone else going into graduate school who
also just wants to go right back
into books as soon as possible
if you're going to grad school
after this or law school or med, please stand up.
So graduates, I'd actually
like all of you to stand up now.
Thank you. No, you don't need to applaud them
because what I'd like you to do is
turn and please applaud your families.
Your parents got guardians, brothers,
sisters, moms, dads, aunts,
uncles, all those who have supported you
over the last four to five, six, years.
Truly, everyone in this room,
they could not have done that without you.
So our final speaker is celebrating
the completion of his third year at the WSB.
So he's not a graduate yet.
But this is also his first completely in-person year.
Dean Sambamurthy is an Albert O. Nicholas
Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business.
He's recognized as
an impactful administrator, attentive leader,
and preeminent scholar in
the areas of innovation and digital strategy.
Prior to his current role,
Dr. Sambamurthy served on the Eli Broad
Professor and Associate Dean of the MBA
and Professional Master's program at Michigan State,
a leading expert on how businesses
compete in the Digital Academy,
Dr. Sambamurthy's work
has been featured in leading academic journals,
working with executive clients,
Fortune 500 companies and
academic colleagues in China, Taiwan, Singapore,
India, and Hong Kong,
he has focused on digital business transformations,
strategic alignment, governance, and innovation,
and has co-authored several books
on digital transformation.
Please welcome our dean, Dean Samba.
Class of 2022.
You've done it. What's more important is I've done it.
It's taken me three years to have this party.
When I came here in July 2019,
I said to Jim,
Jim, why don't we have a party?
And who knew about the pandemic?
But here we are.
And congratulations.
What a great moment this is because you earned it.
And we are here to celebrate you.
Thank you Bryson for those inspirational words
and thank you mom for sending Bryson to us.
Your journey at the Wisconsin School of Business
began a year before I arrived here.
So I can't pretend to claim
that I know everything about you,
but I know some about you because at some point I had to
go behind the Zoom screen and not necessarily by choice.
But here we are face to face.
During this four years,
regardless of what surprises and
challenges have been thrown at you,
you have been steadfast.
You've been engaged, you've been
passionate about your education, friendships, and growth.
That's the spirit of a true badger.
I've heard of your accomplishments.
There are many, many,
but here are some examples.
Many of you have been involved in
volunteer service in our local community.
You've taken on roles in student organizations and clubs.
You acted as a mentor or a tutor to others.
You've even worked directly in
the school to shape this very own program.
One of you started for a petition for what's now
our Multicultural Student Center. Thank you, Nalah.
One of you
lead the UW student association
as president. Thank you, Pranav.
one of your
created a new student organization,
the Diverse Leaders for Tomorrow.
Thank you, Jordan. You started
your own undergraduate affinity group.
Thank you, Lilly. You have
among you a two time women's hockey national champion.
Congratulations, Grace Bowlby.
The collegiate DECA,
the UW Madison chapter, has been
breaking records every year for
the number of members selected for
the international career development
conference and competition.
I'm so proud of the fact that at the 2022 ICDC,
competitive events,
our chapter had five top-three winners
in the various categories,
plus 16 top-ten finalists.
Thank you for leaving something for the others,
but congratulations. Two BBA graduates
were first place winners for
the UW Madison student employee of the year.
Congratulations, Madeline Mortell, 2020-2021.
And Dakota Roettger. Having a name like mine,
I'm very conscious of spoiling others' names.
21-22.
Congratulations to both of you.
You have interned
at numerous companies across the breadth of the country.
You are headed to rewarding jobs 72%.
And if you're in the basement,
it's only because you're
redecorating your parents' basement
with your new-found wealth.
You are headed for rewarding careers,
both in the new economy as well as in the old economy.
The world is just waiting to
discover your talent across the globe.
Congratulations for marking your time here
with your success and impact. We are proud of you.
There's no doubt that you have left
an indelible mark on the Wisconsin School of Business.
It is not surprising.
When I first came here three years ago,
I asked the following question.
What makes Business Badgers special?
Not that I didn't know,
otherwise, I would not have taken this job.
What makes Business Badgers special?
I heard tales of grit.
I heard that Badgers dig in.
I heard that Badgers are smart, can't deny that.
Badgers build a place,
they don't start from the top,
unlike that other school that I
used to look at when I was in Michigan.
And I don't mean Michigan State.
Badgers are humble.
They are tenacious.
In my three years I found all of these are true,
but above all, what I
learned is badgers are Trusted to Lead.
What does that mean?
Badgers do business differently.
Badgers chase dreams that don't come easy.
Badgers pursue ideas that just won't quit.
I think there's a song like that somewhere.
They have the confidence to create the unexpected.
They find ways,
when there is no clear path,
there's no blueprint, because they build one.
Badger leaders know that we are stronger
when we move forward together.
We grow, we move ideas,
people, and vision forward.
During my travels for
the six months that I could actually travel,
I went across the country
to discover what makes Badgers great.
I met Jake Wood,
a fellow Business Badger,
who also played football,
who launched Team Rubicon and Groundswell,
and created a bold new model for
charitable giving so that
others can have an everlasting impact on the world.
I met Cynthia Chu,
whose journey started in Asia.
And she came through Madison to
her current role as
the Chief Financial Officer of Audible.
Many of you probably listened to
Audible books, and it was a great pleasure to meet
Cynthia. And find out
how her journey took her to unexpected places.
I met Reena Vokoun, who merged
her passion for wellness with
her entrepreneurial instincts shaped in Madison
and polished her instincts
through a career at Google
to start her own company today.
These are only a few examples
of business badgers who have
excelled in defining the purpose of business.
It's not just to create industry leadership,
but it is to influence lives,
make the world a better place and improve society.
Among you, the next generation of Business Badgers,
I see the next Reena Vokoun.
I see the next Jake Wood.
I see the next Cynthia Chu and I see many others.
You will leave Madison to shape your own destiny.
You will marry the knowledge, skills,
and experiences that you have acquired here.
And marry that with your own passion,
with your life dreams, your aspirations.
We know that your path will be paved with challenges.
There will be unexpected moments
where you will be tested.
But your persistence will
be tempered with moments of joy and pride.
When you succeed. You will find what truly motivates you,
And you will have the power to
affect meaningful change for the rest of your career.
We know it because you've already done it.
You know that the only thing
constant in the world you go out to is change.
And, you are the ones who drive the change.
I know however, that you will endure
the highs and lows in your career,
with the true badger spirit,
with grace, with humility, and with companionship.
Along with your professors, teachers,
staff in the BBA program who
enable your journey and numerous others.
We can't wait to hear the stories of
your success and impact and how you are trusted to lead.
On this day.
In this moment.
Let us join in
thanking your families who are here with you.
They were there with you at the magical moment
when you found out that your path heads to Wisconsin.
And maybe immediately first try,
second try, immediately,
eventually to the Wisconsin School of Business.
They were there to celebrate
every moment to ask you to hang in there and to
tell you that there is a light
no matter how faint it looks today.
So thank you, families.
Let us not forget the staff in
the BBA Program Office
who've been your biggest advocates.
And I know it because Jim is in my office.
Mentors and guides throughout your journey.
I see many of our staff here.
Jim, thank you to your entire team
for bringing this cohort to graduation,
but also for organizing
today's event as a grand celebration.
Special thanks to Jenny for taking
our dream and making it
a real vision. Thank you everyone.
Finally, Business Badgers,
As you graduate and enter
the vast community of alumni,
I remind you, what makes this place great,
Beyond the faculty, beyond the instructors,
beyond the staff, beyond the students, are the alumni.
I have never found alumni who are more loyal,
who are more passionate, and so proud.
Badger alumni give back in all ways.
Your success is in a small way
because of those who have continued to give back.
In a way,
you are riding on the shoulders of
those angels who have gone through this place
before you and what a great community you
will be entering in tomorrow at your graduation.
So be those angels from tomorrow.
Be proud of being a Business Badger.
Be our ambassadors and advocates,
come back often to
mentor the next generation of Business Badgers.
Come back to say hello to your professors, teachers,
career advisors, academic tutors,
and numerous others who influenced you.
Come and see me, wherever
you are because I will be traveling.
So class of 2022, take out your shades because
your future is so bright
that this is the only way to look ahead. Congratulations!
Thank you, Dean Samba.
So at this time we are gonna get
ready to read the names of
our graduates and have them cross
the stage and receive their diploma cover.
Guests, we ask that you please stay
seated and away from the professional photographers who
are capturing graduates as they walk across the stage.
And we ask our graduates to return to their seats after
receiving their diploma covers and pictures here.
On the end of the stage.
We're going to start in a few minutes.
We'll let our ushers get into place
and they will guide you through everything.
But otherwise,
Yeah, this is the part where we get to
acknowledge you individually, every one of you.
So we're excited.
["Pomp and Circumstance" playing]
Bryson Williams, Adam Roitstein,
Elena Hill, Amy Weyers,
Isabelle Rimalovsky,
Ryan Unruh,
Molly Laube,
Sydney Shortreed,
Olivia Schoessler, Kate Price,
Kalvin Horejs, Caroline Iausly,
Ellie Stoffel,
Cindy Ramirez Garcia,
Nicolas Flores-Sanchez,
Kaela Esperanza Daichendt, Lily Gullickson,
Laura Hartman,
Igor Marjanovic, Claire Brauer,
Drew Shrader, Brock Kelly,
Balin Welch,
Brandon Chicz, Anna Grutzner,
Abby Shaffer, Mason Skaja,
Nicole Madden, Lucas Leijon,
Andrew Hamm, Nathan Cotter,
Jack Maude, Ethan Ellerbrock,
Troy Sorensen,
Adam Sadoff, Jack Gewurz,
Carson Kunkel,
Jackson Gray, Michelle Perry,
Alexis Chervinko, Cali Geschke,
Melissa Bacal, Barry Boyarsky,
Jessie Hoffberger,
Brandon Freedman, Gabrielle Svec,
Kezia Douglas, Sydney Stern,
Ryan Cohen, Maxwell Haufschild,
Tyler Kiser, Jaeger Hoang,
Bayne Basche, Michael Davy,
Katherine Reitz,
Lakshya Pokhrel,
Lindsey Coleman,
Sara Haas, Alina Xiong,
Lam Nguyen, Riya Kaul,
John Hewitt, Bridget Marie Horvath,
Mary Josephine Shults,
Anna Brenny, Francis Ann Ferolo,
Hailey Laubscher,
Melissa Okus, Sydney Schuyler,
Ian Bould, Lizbeth Huertas,
Nalah McWhorter, Mikol Tsopnang,
Madeline Mortell, Jessica O'Donnell,
Julia Chelak, Lindsey Ginsburg,
Margaret Carol Riceman,
Eunjee Song,
Olivia Ann Schauer,
Alexandra Julie Rossano,
Eli Louis Winter,
Andrew Warner,
Sam Heydt, Jordan Levy,
Jenna Story,
Kayla Wagner,
Ryan Severson, Sofie Tesch,
Kyra Coubal,
Hannah Antczak, Kinsey Baber,
Jack Pawlak, Brytton Goymerac,
Samuel Smith,
Daniel Ibric, Logan Davis,
Conrad Dudenhoefer,
Cassandra Berg, Griffin Corbett,
Annie Claypool,
Isabelle Stengel,
John Murin Roenitz,
Michelle Strodthoff,
Danielle Lacke, Megan Pierce, Simon Fan,
Jacquelyn Plantier, Olympia Wundrock,
Annika Strand, Claudia Strand,
Casey VanSpankeren,
Thomas Mengwasser,
Dylan Olson, Christopher Mueller, Ian Melnick,
Richard Shi, Andrew Tai,
Brendan Rehborg,
Luke Nicholson,
Josie Hansen, Parker Vande Hey,
Tanya Ramesh, Taylor Conley, Kennedy Peters,
Zachary Hanson,
Tanner Wagner-Durr,
Benjamin Sheres,
George Baldassano,
Zach McDonnell,
Riley Cooper, Alli Kelley,
Nicole Wegner,
Spencer David Hikade,
Stefan Theiss,
Eric Hovila, Parker Knope, Kyle Moriarty,
Emily Catherine Garber,
Kaitlyn Grace Rubin,
David Menichini, Mason Vaughn,
Kristopher Cisek,
Micheal Henry, John Reardon,
Ryan Liebergen,
Jasmin Kiani, Caden Benson,
Chris Bierman, Theodore Miller,
Samantha Statz,
Taylor Gilmore, Jakob Czupek,
Joe Beste, Kalevi Breckterfield,
Stephanie Maluso, Carly Seidl,
Grace Plunkett, Kayla Zimdars, Kiley Gustafson,
Katherine Chafoulias, Corinne Bialo,
Michael Miksic, Jacob Lebowitz, Roth Mizell,
Josh Kritzer, Abbi Bressers, Paige Thrana,
Caroline Eno, Ellen Noeh,
Alexandra Petrova, Sarah Nelson,
Katherine Krska, Keely Tess,
Kathryn Madigan,
Emily Nelson, Gabija Ulcinate,
Stacey Amaya Bueno Teodoro,
LaToya Wilson,
Monica Murphy,
Jadyn Syverson,
Kelcy Lawrence, Alex Paprocki,
Dakota Roettger, George Rouman,
Tanishka Jain,
Ben Lewer, Lauren De La Rosa,
Julia Pletta,
Shwetha Nagarajan,
Sonia Mehra,
Mitchell Harold, Alexander Fisher,
James Kielczewski, Gabriella Freking,
Kayla Jean Glatzmaier,
Rachel Braun,
Anna Christine Evans,
Ethan Rodgers,
Ellis Gray Greenstein
Charles Woodcock O'Brien, Connor Granberg,
Drake Pawlak, Zachary Davis,
Joshua Rowinski,
Abi Schumacher,
Jillian Glyzewski,
Adeline Siepmann,
Christina Keirmis, Anna Kloehn,
Catherine Peterson, Anne Walsh,
Emma Graves,
Laura Mueller, Anna Hughes,
Elizabeth Peterson, Natalie Brekken,
Erin Lohr, Mckenna Ruppert,
Margaret Krolczyk,
Jace Hipp, Eric Miller, Mason Batchelor,
Nicholas Loberger,
Jacob LeBeau,
Andrew Doyle,
John Grossardt,
Benjamin Brandenburg,
Nicolas Marchan, Christian Spencer,
Max Schieble,
Kait Walesh,
Michael Furtney, Jordan Kennedy,
Nicholas Siepmann,
Kieran Talley,
Pranav Srivastava, Michael Treadwell,
John Richter, Zachary Heckman,
Tyler Wallen, Hannah Elizabeth Cottrill,
Sara Zaidan, Bryce Waggoner,
Kylee Larson,
Michael Tarczynski,
Rebecca Meltz, A.J. Remus,
Nicolas Ishizaki,
Trevor Hammen, Kara Dunton,
Nicole Pink,
Kate Jarchow, Adam Frelka,
Daniel Leitner, Sydney Port,
Emma Escaldi,
Amanda Bushman,
Aditi Mehra,
Ellie Pramenko,
Marie Downey, Noah Lamkins,
Jeffrey Fraus, Mitchell Kastanek,
Josh Leland,
Morgan Cox, Mirnaly Veguilla, Zach Ruder,
Andrew Danks, Sam Johnson, Sek Teng Leong,
Rhyon Lu, Vychel Pusparajah,
Noel Kieran Yang,
Michael Patrick Tuffy,
Cade Edward Peterson,
Ishan Patel,
Landon Tselepis, William Klos, Dustin Luke Duffy,
Nathaniel Rehm,
Jenna Pawlowski, Alexis Goetsch, Williams Zordani,
Nathan Artenian,
Adam Neuberger,
Matthew Prondzinski,
Matthew Parma, Nathan Radtke,
Andrew Manderfeld,
Zachary Bradbury,
Ryan Tully, Patrick Conta,
Wylie Boelter,
Andrew DesMarais, CJ Adourian,
Jack Curcio,
Patrick Sullivan,
Daniel Francis Grubb Ratoni,
Kristyn Arends, Ellie Bruess,
Mason Guell,
Madelyne Ann Krueger,
Abigail Gilman,
Emily Chermak, Cassidy Sanchez,
Brennan Bauer, Susan Dawood,
Hannah Joyce, Zoe Hermberg,
Riley O'Connell, Corinne Etzelmueller, Victor Nelson,
Matthew Drastal,
Kush Dani, Reynolds Pire,
Christian Galvan, Theodore Schmitt,
Evan Dahl, Declan Donovan, Nicholas Krueger,
Thomas Anderson,
Bryce Morgan,
Ethan Csapo,
Jack Kraay, Dominic Scola,
Nick Pauley, George Jamison,
Michael Montalbano,
Buddy Ladwig,
Carter L. Higginbottom, Isabel Cortina,
Holly Stoll,
Margaret Guanci, Nicole Stark,
Cameron Frazier, Will Koehler,
Caleb Ziebell, Scott Hall,
Quiyan Zhai,
John Andrew Polick,
Dylan Alexander DeMuth, Cooper Edward Healy,
Ben Kopnick, Austin Heimerl,
Andrew Cohen, Felix Liu,
Karina Gao,
Cade Geldreich,
Kayla Lorenz, Emilia Taylor Victoria,
Samantha Deakin,
Alyssa Wulf, Carson Olk, Andre Vandlik,
Brandon Mikes, Xinying Chen, Yang Shen, Yuchi Dong,
Danielle Kristen Stecyna, Claire Elise Pieper,
Denise Antonela Stoica,
Stephanie Luce,
Madeline Martin, Camilo Ferreira,
Jackson Pagel, Henry Mitchell Gruen,
Charles Langhoff,
Madaline Hughes, Caroline Boynton, Elise Calzaretta,
Holly Brinkman, Peter Ackerman,
Nicholas Kaye, Jake Gammon,
Elijah Smith, Jackson Arms,
Ryan Zickwolff,
Mahee Patel, Rachel Manier, Brianne Connors,
Marcus Lanser,
Olivia Douglass,
Margaux Boyer,
Audrey Reus, Grace Feitel,
Maia Levy, Caterina Jacobs,
Arin Pieramici, Jenna Safier,
Travis Katzenberger,
Bennett Peterson Huber, Drew Gorski,
Lauren Foster,
Anne Martin, Briggs Hamor,
Noah Zenker, Nicholas Lischka,
Andrew Li, John Park,
Declan Nashold,
Iliana Chevrez,
Melissa Le, Megan Ngo,
Sarah Park, Allie Weber,
Jadalyn Chalone Eagens,
Sarah Lauren Stadler,
Chloe Cole, Jason Bergstein,
Ethan Edelman, Coby Kamhi,
Dylan Shapiro,
Jason Schwartzberg,
Zach Hazen, Josh Russ,
Zach Hoffman, Austin Rispler,
Ethan Weksler, Matthew Shupack,
Hannah Bounds, Alyssa Odau,
Andrew Praml, Benjamin Wetherby,
Justin Anderson,
Mallory Ellis, Lauren Taylor Knutson,
Nicole Warren, Grace Elizabeth Colvin, Raegan Hyzer,
Alyssa Fontaine, Grace Orella,
Stephanie Golla, Reilly Lamirande,
Katherine Murphy, Marissa Elaine Mongoven,
Brett Grulkowski, Emily Tully,
Miranda Prahl, Lauren Mudlaff,
Carlie Leanne Smith,
Paige Elizabeth Herzog, Amanda Janae Mitchell,
Karlie Christine Kotel, Marlena Marie Schliesmann,
Maddie Olton,
Mary Kathleen Feldsott,
Sofia Isabella Broucek,
Olivia Stack,
Tucker Remmers, Tara Rosacker,
Emma DuBois, Morgan Karger,
Sophia Wallach,
Samuel Herbst, Jake Ward,
Matthew Wolf, Carter Allen,
Trevor Allen,
Logan Cole,
James Stephen Domach,
Maya Herr, Katrina Phillips,
Chris Waite, Trevor Michael Millhouse,
Katherine Miller,
Jessica Fonte,
Samantha Carroll,
Karly Thoe, Megan Waldvogel,
Lily Deprey, Katherine Reeder,
Teran Katta, Austin Ellis, Ryan Hurwitz,
Jason Knoop, David Love, Gabe Katselnik,
Garrett Sprouse,
Chitchaya Chimantoo,
Catherine Marie Cleveland, Claire Liu, Clare Stumpf,
Carly Rose Delforge, Madison Polack,
Alexandra Rebholz, Morgan Rebholz,
Sarah LaBorde, Trevin Kroichick, Evan Simon,
Elena Wallenfang, Michael Block,
Akarsh Vasisht,
Charlie Grey, Burke Himmelberg,
Ryan Steven Cummings, Aaron Joseph Shapiro,
Ani Venkateshwaran, Connor Mennig,
Andrew Giniger, Conor McGrory,
Matthew Barba, Jake Liggett,
Jovaughn Bowen, Sam Goldman,
Jack Seffinger, Nicole Ni Tang, Elva Ng Xin Ying,
Amanda Gudowitz, Kasey Santoro,
Lizzy Kaplan,
Isabel Schwartzapfel,
Alexa Rosen,
Christopher Constantine Kondoleon,
Max Serpe, Max Gantman,
Marcel Siger, Jake Rosenberg,
Noah Bleustein,
Sam Han, Fauzan Pasaribu,
Andrea Francesca, Megan Winarta,
Timothy Devin Sutiono,
Emma Lee Wudi, Gabby Nguyen, Katie Wu Haghighi,
Sarah Anderson, Harper Xiong, Joycee Wang,
Murphy Zhang, Quinn Kettering,
Taylor Laufenberg,
Zijan Zhang, Winnie Xie,
Anna Levy, Marie Mayers,
Deirdre Kelly, Hallie Greenberg, Morgan Kamholz,
Sarah Schultz, Charley Miller,
Anna Jo, Seungyup Kwag,
Kyle Gross, Zach Lansburgh, Alexander Vaupen,
Jason Janpanah, Aaron Dinkin,
Jacob Wolk, William Richman,
Adi Paret, Alex Handwerker,
Sasha Michael Tsirlin,
Noah Parker Spitz,
Sam Waldman, Itamar Oron,
Jonas Monieson,
Luke Frishman,
Michael Soetijono,
Khloe Yee Tung Ding,
Maurice Lim, Catherine Slingerland,
Josh Berman, Jessica Feriancek,
Elizabeth Capperella, Beau La Du,
Hannah Northfell, Caroline Iserloth,
Harry Porter, Lindsey Grinspoon,
Isabella Sahmkow,
Lily Hoelscher,
Corey Zimmerman,
Alex Lefkowitz,
Charlie Wadler, Jillian Wedin, Navya Narendra,
Katie Hise, Lindsey Cwik, Brooke Ament,
Tia Forsyth,
Keith Hansford,
Andre Dyslin, Connor Grady Fixel,
Samuel Tallmadge,
Thomas John Killian Driver,
Christopher Otten-Romero,
Spencer Blume, Muriel Goldfarb,
Justin Houdek, Chase Scandalios, Jack Lilly, Tate Sundberg,
Amit Kumra, John Krueger,
Andrew Behrenfeld, Tommy McGuire.
BBA students,
You have worked very,
very hard to earn one of
the finest business educations in the world from,
let's just call it what it is,
the best university in the world.
And we're all tremendously proud of you.
Tomorrow you will be officially become graduates of
the Wisconsin School of Business and
the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
And on behalf of the business school
and everyone in attendance today,
I wish you all the very best in
your very, very bright futures.
I truly encourage you to stay
connected to us, to your departments,
to your faculty, into the friends you've
made here throughout your education.
And if we could give our graduates a round of
applause one more time, congratulations.
Dean Samba asked me to remind you to do
one thing for him tomorrow and
to bring these to Camp Randall,
if you are going, He would like you to have
these and so do that as a favor to the dean.
And so now as we conclude guests,
we'd asked you to stay in
your seats so that our graduates can
exit through the middle aisle and then
you can meet your graduates out in the lobby.
Thank you all for being with us here today, and On, Wisconsin!