WEBVTT 00:00:01.000 --> 00:01:06.000 MUSIC 00:04:39.000 --> 00:05:96.000 MUSIC 00:08:06.000 --> 00:09:36.000 MUSIC 00:16:45.000 --> 00:17:97.000 MUSIC 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:39.000 WELCOME AND GOOD MORNING TO ALL. 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:43.000 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MORNING AND A FITTING TRIBUTE FOR TODAY'S COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY. 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:48.000 MOST LIKELY YOU'RE ALREADY SHARING PHOTOS AND STATUS UPDATES OF THIS SPECIAL DAY 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:50.000 ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:53.000 SO WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, ADD #WOUGRAD. 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:56.000 I'M GOING TO START OFF BY TAKING A PHOTO OF ALL OF YOU 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:60.000 AND POST IT TO WESTERN'S INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, AND TWITTER ACCOUNTS. 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:03.000 SO WE NEED TO HAVE YOU ALL LOOK THIS WAY. 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:12.000 CHEERING 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:14.000 ALRIGHT. GO WOLVES. WHAT A GREAT DAY. 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:18.000 GRADUATING STUDENTS, FAMILY, AND 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:22.000 GRADUATING STUDENTS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS, HONORED GUESTS, 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:26.000 WELCOME TO THE 161st COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY OF WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY. 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:31.000 I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING THOSE WHO ARE PERFORMING THE FINE MUSICAL SELECTIONS 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:33.000 FOR TODAY'S COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:37.000 MEMBERS OF OUR WESTERN MUSIC DEPARTMENT 2018. 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:43.000 CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:48.000 THE GRADUATING CLASS AND GATORQUEST WERE BOTH DIRECTED BY DR. DIRK FREYMUTH. 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:53.000 PLEASE STAND FOR THE PRESENTATION OF COLORS AND THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:60.000 OH, SAY CAN YOU SEE 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:06.000 BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:12.000 WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:18.000 AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:26.000 WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:32.000 THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:38.000 O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:45.000 WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:52.000 AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:59.000 THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR 00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:64.000 GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:11.000 THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:24.000 O SAY DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:30.000 O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:40.000 AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE . 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:49.000 APPLAUSE 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:54.000 WE APPRECIATE DISTINGUISHED STUDENT LEADERS MADISON ADRIAN AND JESSICA FREEMAN 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:56.000 FOR POSTING THE COLORS TODAY 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:58.000 APPLAUSE 00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:61.000 AND THAT OUTSTANDING RENDITION OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:04.000 WAS PROVIDED BY 2018 GRADUATE OF MUSIC 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:09.000 AND RETIRED OREGON NATIONAL GAURD STAFF MEMBER SERGEANT MATTHEW MOORHEAD 00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:15.000 AND WAS INTERPRETED BY 2018 INTERPRETING GRADUATE MAKENNA CACCAVO. 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:21.000 AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:24.000 FOR MOST OF YOU TODAY'S CEREMONY REPRESENTS THE REALIZATION OF A DREAM. 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:29.000 THE ATTAINMENT OF A GOAL TO EARN A COLLEGE DEGREE WHICH TOOK SHAPE YEARS AGO. 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:32.000 WE ADMIRE THE HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION WHICH HAVE BROUGHT YOU THIS SUCCESS. 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:38.000 I AM PROUD TO BE PART OF A UNIVERSITY WHERE SO MANY OF YOU HAVE DISCOVERED YOURSELVES 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:41.000 AND WHERE SO MANY OF YOU ALSO HAVE APPRECIATED THE WESTERN FAMILY AND FRIENDS 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:42.000 YOU HAVE DEVELOPED WHILE HERE. 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:46.000 THAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE WILL SERVE YOU WELL FOR YOUR LIFETIME. 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:51.000 AND ALTHOUGH THESE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES MARK THE COMPLETION OF A MAJOR CHAPTER IN YOUR LIVES 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:53.000 AND CULMINATION OF YEARS OF EFFORT 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:58.000 WE BELIEVE THAT EVEN MORE CHALLENGING AND REWARDING CHAPTERS LIE AHEAD FOR YOU. 00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:61.000 WE TRUST THAT THE HIGHER LEARNING YOU HAVE GAINED ON THIS CAMPUS 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:03.000 WILL LEAD YOU TO NEW BEGINNINGS. 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:07.000 AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A FEW OF OUR HONORED GUESTS 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:08.000 AND UNIVERSITY MEMBERS. 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:11.000 FIRST I WISH TO PRESENT THE PLATFORM PARTY, 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:15.000 AND I REQUEST THAT YOU HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL ALL ARE INTRODUCED. 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:18.000 IF YOU'LL STAND AS I CALL YOUR NAME AND REMAIN STANDING, PLEASE. 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:21.000 FIRST, DR. KATHLEEN CASSITY, 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:24.000 DEAN OF COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES. 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:27.000 MR. TONY CRAWFORD, ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT. 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:30.000 DR. ANGIE DOCHERTY, CAMPUS ASSOCIATE DEAN, 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:35.000 OREGON HEALTH SCIENCE AND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING IN MONMOUTH. 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:38.000 DR. GARY DUKES, VICE-PRESIDENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS. 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:42.000 DR. MARK GIROD, DEAN OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION. 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:44.000 MR. RYAN HAGEMANN, VICE-PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL. 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:49.000 DR. DAVID JANOWIAK, PROFESSOR OF THEATER AND DANCE. 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:54.000 DR. STEPHEN SCHECK, PROVOST AND VICE-PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS. 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:57.000 OUR COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER, THE HONORABLE JACKIE WINTERS, 00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:59.000 REPRESENTING WESTERN'S BOARD OF 00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:64.000 AND REPRESENTING WESTERN'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE HONORABLE BETTY KOMP, INCOMING BOARD CHAIR FOR 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:09.000 INCOMING BOARD CHAIR FOR 2018-19, VICE-CHAIR CECELIA KOONTZ, 00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:12.000 AND DR. CORNELIA PARASKEVAS. 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:17.000 IN ADDITION WE HAVE TRUSTEE WHO'S HAVE JOINED ME IN THE AUDIENCE, 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:19.000 JAIME ARRENDONDO AND MARSHALL GUTHRIE. 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:21.000 PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING THEM ALL. 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:29.000 APPLAUSE 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:35.000 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME MEMBERS OF THE WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION BOARD 00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.000 THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:39.000 THIS IS A GROUP THAT WORKS SO HARD TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AID 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:41.000 AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OUR STUDENTS. 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:45.000 AGAIN, PLEASE HOLD YOUR GRATITUDE UNTIL I'VE COMPLETED THE INTRODUCTION. 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:48.000 TONY CRAWFORD, OUR ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT. 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:52.000 CORI FRAUENDIENER, CHAIR OF OUR BOARD, AND CARLY NEAL. 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:54.000 THEY'RE IN THE AUDIENCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:61.000 APPLAUSE 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:07.000 THIS YEAR WE ALSO WELCOME FOUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CLASS OF 1968 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:13.000 WHO LET TODAY'S STUDENT PROCESSION IN CELEBRATION OF THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR GRADUATION. 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:18.000 AS GOLDEN WOLVES, THEY SYMBOLIZE THE RICH HISTORY OF THIS INSTITUTION, 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:20.000 WHAT IT HAS DONE IN PRODUCING OUTSTANDING GRADUATES 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:24.000 AND THE ESTEEM WITH WHICH THIS UNIVERSITY HOLDS ITS ALUMNI. 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:27.000 PLEASE JOIN ME IN HONORING RON DeVOLDER, 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:29.000 WHO IS JOINED BY HIS WIFE NORMA, 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:34.000 PAT MAUSEN, AND JER AND NORAH PRATTON, 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:39.000 AND THE REST OF THE CLASS OF 1968, AS NEWLY INDUCTED GOLDEN WOLVES, 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:44.000 AND IN THANKING ALL THE ALUMNI FOR THEIR CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR THIS UNIVERSITY. 50 YEARS STRONG. 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:52.000 APPLAUSE 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:58.000 WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE WESTERN OREGON'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR FOR 2018-19, 00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:61.000 THE HONORABLE BETTY KOMP, JOINING US TODAY. 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:05.000 AT THIS TIME, SHE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS WITH YOU. 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:12.000 APPLAUSE 00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:14.000 TAKE A DEEP BREATH. 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:17.000 YOU MADE IT. 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:22.000 ON BEHALF OF THE WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:26.000 I BRING YOU OUR HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS. 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:30.000 YOUR ACHIEVEMENT TODAY IS THE RESULT OF YOUR HARD WORK 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:32.000 AND DEDICATION TO LIFELONG LEARNING. 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:38.000 I KNOW YOU WERE SUPPORTED BY THE WESTERN OREGON FACULTY AND STAFF, 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:43.000 AND THE BOARD IS HONORED TO SHARE THIS DAY OF CELEBRATION WITH YOU. 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:52.000 GRADUATES, I KNOW YOU WERE ALSO SUPPORTED IN YOUR JOURNEY BY FAMILY, FRIENDS, 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:54.000 AND MANY THAT ARE HERE TODAY. 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:59.000 PLEASE TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN ME IN THANKING THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT. 00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:66.000 CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:14.000 AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATES, THE FAMILIES, AND FRIENDS IN OUR AUDIENCE. 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:17.000 APPLAUSE 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:20.000 THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE KOMP. 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:23.000 THIS SPRING, A STAFF MEMBER AND TWO MEMBERS OF OUR FACULTY 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:28.000 HAVE BEEN NAMED RECIPIENTS OF THE MARIO AND ALMA PASTEGA AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE. 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:30.000 THESE AWARDS ARE DESCRIBED IN YOUR COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM. 00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:32.000 FIRST, WE HAVE DR. PETER CALLERO, 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:36.000 WHO HAS BEEN AWARDED THE MARIO AND ALMA PASTEGA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING. 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:40.000 APPLAUSE 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:41.000 WE HAVE DR. MARIE LeJEUNE, 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:46.000 WHO'S BEEN AWARDED THE MARIO AND ALMA PASTEGA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCHOLARSHIP. 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:51.000 APPLAUSE 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:55.000 AND MS. JEANIE STUNTZNER HAS BEEN AWARDED THE MARIO AND ALMA PASTEGA AWARD 00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:56.000 FOR STAFF EXCELLENCE. 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:61.000 APPLAUSE 00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:05.000 AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE ALL OF OUR FACULTY AND STAFF 00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:08.000 WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE, IN THE TENT AND IN THE FIELD HERE, TO STAND. 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:13.000 SO IF YOU'RE FACULTY AND STAFF, PLEASE STAND FOR A MOMENT. 00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:20.000 I WANT OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND GRADUATES TO JOIN ME IN EXPRESSING OUR APPRECIATION 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:24.000 TO THIS OUTSTANDING GROUP OF COLLEAGUES WHO MADE YOUR JOURNEY POSSIBLE. 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.000 PLEASE THANK THEM. 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:36.000 CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:39.000 GRADUATES, I'D ALSO LIKE YOU TO STAND AND TURN TO THE AUDIENCE 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:40.000 AND THANK YOUR FAMILIES. 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:44.000 SO IF YOU'LL DO THAT FOR A MOMENT, AND JUST GIVER YOUR FAMILIES A SHOUT OUT. 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:52.000 CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:55.000 ALRIGHT. GOOD. 00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:59.000 THANK YOU. 00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:63.000 THE OREGON HEALTH SCIENCE AND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING 00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:06.000 INITIATED A MONMOUTH CAMPUS HERE AT WESTERN IN 2008. 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:11.000 ITS FIRST COHORT GRADUATED IN 2011, RECEIVING A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING. 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:14.000 INNOVATION, EXCELLENCE, DIVERSITY, AND COLLABORATION 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:17.000 WERE READILY ADOPTED AS DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROGRAM. 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:22.000 WE ARE HONORED TO INCLUDE OHSU'S MONMOUTH CAMPUS SCHOOL OF NURSING GRADUATES 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:25.000 AS PART OF OUR COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY TODAY. 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:32.000 APPLAUSE 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:37.000 EACH YEAR, WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY SELECTS THE UNDERGRADUATE OUTSTANDING MAN 00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:39.000 AND OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN THE GRADUATING CLASS 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:42.000 TO RECEIVE THE DELMER DEWEY AND JULIA McCULLOCH SMITH AWARDS. 00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:47.000 IN ADDITION, A GRADUATE STUDENT IS SELECTED FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING EFFORTS. 00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:51.000 TODAY WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE DISTINGUISHED RECIPIENTS OF THESE PRESTIGIOUS HONORS, 00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:53.000 AND WILL HEAR THEIR THOUGHTS. 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:58.000 YOUR PRINTED PROGRAM INCLUDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THESE HONOREES 00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:60.000 AND THE RECOGNITION THEY ARE RECEIVING. 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:05.000 I NOW PRESENT CECILIA PEREZ, RECIPIENT OF THE KLUSH TUM TUM AWARD 00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:09.000 WHO WILL INTRODUCE THESE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS. 00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:15.000 APPLAUSE 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:19.000 THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FULLER. BUENOS DIAS A PADRES, AMIGOS Y GRADUADOS. 00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:24.000 GRACIAS POR ESTAR AQUI EN UN DIA TAN ESPECIAL. 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:27.000 GOOD MORNING FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND GRADUATES. 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:30.000 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:32.000 IT MEANS A LOT TO ALL OF US WHO ARE GRADUATING. 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:38.000 IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR AWARD-WINNING STUDENT SPEAKERS. 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:42.000 THE DELMER DEWEY AWARD, THE JULIA McCULLOCH SMITH AWARD, 00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:44.000 AND THE OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD 00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:47.000 ARE GIVEN TO EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS WITHIN OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITY. 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:52.000 THEY EXEMPLIFY DETERMINATION, STRONG ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:56.000 AND SHOW GREAT LEADERSHIP WITHIN OUR CAMPUS. 00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:62.000 THE AWARD WINNERS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY SELECTED BY A COMMITTEE OF FACULTY AND STAFF 00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:08.000 IN RECOGNITION OF ALL THEY HAVE ACHIEVED AND CONTRIBUTED TO OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITY. 00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:14.000 IT IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE DELMER DEWEY RECIPIENT CARTER CRAIG, 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:17.000 THE JULIA McCULLOCH SMITH RECIPIENT SARA MADDEN, 00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:21.000 AND THE OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT RECIPIENT, ALISSA McALPINE. 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:28.000 APPLAUSE 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:33.000 MANY PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME AND KNOW THAT I HAVE THE DUTY TO DELIVER THIS SPEECH HAVE ASKED, 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:34.000 HEY, CARTER, DO YOU HAVE ANY GOOD JOKES PREPARED? 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:37.000 AND I'VE BEEN SAYING, NO. 00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:38.000 JOKES ARE HARD. 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:40.000 BESIDES, AREN'T THESE HATS FUNNY ENOUGH? 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:44.000 SEEING AS HOW I DIDN'T TIME TO PREPARE JOKES, 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:49.000 I DECIDED I'D DO SOMETHING THAT IS MUCH EASIER. BE INSPIRING. 00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:53.000 WHEN TOLD I WOULD GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS AT GRADUATION 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:55.000 I DECIDED MY FEW WORDS WOULD BE -- MAKE IT COUNT. 00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:59.000 NOW IF I HAD A FEW MORE WORDS, I'D SAY THIS. 00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:62.000 FOR MANY OF US, COST OF ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN A MAJOR CONCERN HERE AT WOU 00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:05.000 AS IT IS AROUND THE NATION. 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:09.000 THIS HAS I BELIEVE PUSHED US INTO A COMMODITIZATION OF OUR DEGREES. 00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:11.000 MONEY DRIVES OUR EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS. 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:15.000 JUST LIKE I MIGHT NEED TO BUY A CAR TO GET A JOB, 00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:17.000 I NEED TO BUY A DEGREE TO GET A JOB. 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:20.000 MAYBE WE HEAR THIS FROM OUR FAMILIES, AND THAT'S FINE, 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:23.000 THEY HAVE GOOD REASONS FOR HAVING TO THINK IN ECONOMIC TERMS. 00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:27.000 BUT LET'S JUST FOR ONE MOMENT TALK LIKE THEY AREN'T WATCHING OVER US, 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:31.000 EVEN THOUGH MANY OF THEM ARE LITERALLY IN THE STADIUM WATCHING OVER US. 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:38.000 WE NEED TO MAKE OUR DEGREES COUNT IN MORE WAYS THAN A BIGGER PAYCHECK 00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:41.000 THERE ARE REAL CRISES AND REAL INJUSTICES IN OUR WORLD. 00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:45.000 THESE ARE CRISES AND INJUSTICES WHICH, TO SOME EXTENT, 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:47.000 WE MAY BE ABLE TO SHIELD OURSELVES FROM WITH THESE DEGREES. 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:50.000 IN THE PAST THIS HAS CERTAINLY HAPPENED. 00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:54.000 AND EVERY YEAR, EVERY GENERATION, SOMEONE STANDS UP ON A PODIUM 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:56.000 AND SAYS EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE SAID. 00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:59.000 AND EVERY YEAR, EVERY GENERATION, WE HAVE FALLEN SHORT. 00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:61.000 EVENTUALLY WE COULD RUN OUT OF CHANCES. 00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:05.000 THAT'S WHY WE MUST MAKE IT COUNT BY SERVING OTHERS FIRST. 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:09.000 THAT'S WHY WE MUST MAKE IT COUNT BY ENGAGING AND INCLUDING ALL PEOPLE. 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:12.000 THAT'S WHY WE MUST MAKE IT COUNT BY TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:16.000 SO THAT IT CONTINUES TO COUNT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:19.000 I HOPE YOU COUNT YOURSELF INTO THE NEW GREATEST GENERATION. 00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:20.000 THANK YOU. 00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:30.000 CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:34.000 HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS THAT PERCHES IN THE SOUL, 00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:37.000 AND SINCE THE TUNE WITHOUT THE WORDS AND NEVER STOPS AT ALL. 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:43.000 EMILY DICKINSON'S "HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS" EMBODIES THE MEANING OF LIFE FOR ME. 00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:48.000 I AM NOT HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU THAT LIFE AFTER GRADUATION IS GOING TO BE EASY. 00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:52.000 EACH OF US HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED TREMENDOUS HARDSHIPS. 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:54.000 AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. 00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:58.000 WE CAN EXPECT TO BE BROKEN DOWN AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. 00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:62.000 BUT WE CAN HAVE HOPE, AND THAT IS ENOUGH TO RISE UP 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:03.000 AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:07.000 JYN ORSO FROM "STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE" SAID WITH INSPIRATION, 00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:09.000 REBELLIONS ARE BUILT ON HOPE. 00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:12.000 IT IS THE ANCHOR FOR THE SOUL, 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:16.000 EMPOWERING US AGAINST THE WAVES OF EVIL, DOUBT, AND MISFORTUNE. 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:18.000 WE ALL WORK HARD TO SURVIVE, 00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:21.000 THRIVE, AND CLIMB THE LADDER OF SUCCESS. 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:25.000 LIFE ISN'T EASY, BUT OUR HARDSHIPS ARE NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:30.000 WE DEVELOP HUMILITY BY RISING ABOVE THE DEPTHS OF OUR LIVES, 00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:33.000 AND COME OUT STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE. 00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:37.000 EVERYONE EXPERIENCES THIS PROCESS DIFFERENTLY AND REPEATEDLY. 00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:39.000 SOME OF US ARE STRUGGLING NOW, 00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:41.000 BUT WE WILL RISE UP. 00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:43.000 IN THE RESEARCH FOR MY HONORS THESIS, 00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:48.000 I DISCOVERED JEWISH RESISTORS DURING THE HOLOCAUST DID NOT LOSE HOPE. 00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:50.000 INSTEAD, THEY CHOSE TO FIGHT THE NAZIS. 00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:54.000 IN THE FACE OF ONE OF THE DARKEST TRIALS, HOPE REMAINED, 00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:58.000 IT INSPIRED REBELLION AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY. 00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:63.000 EVERY DAY, WE SEEK TO THRIVE AMONG LIFE'S KALEIDOSCOPE OF COLORS, 00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:06.000 AND EVERY DAY WE LOOK FOR OUR PLACE WITHIN ITS PIGMENTS. 00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:10.000 EVERYONE EXPERIENCES THE DARKNESS OF LIFE AT SOME POINT, 00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:14.000 BUT HOPE KEEPS US ALIVE AND PUSHES US THROUGH THE PAIN. 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:19.000 WE MUST NEVER LOSE HOPE, BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR GREATNESS INSIDE OF US. 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:22.000 ONCE WE REALIZE THIS POTENTIAL, 00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:24.000 HOPE CAN IMPACT OTHERS. 00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:26.000 WE ARE THE SALT AND LIGHT OF THE WORLD, 00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:30.000 AND IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BRING FLAVOR TO BLAND PLACES, 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:33.000 TO SHINE OUR LIGHT IN THE DARKEST CORNERS. 00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:38.000 IT IS UP TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TO MAKE THE WORLD BRIGHT AND COLORFUL, 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:41.000 FOR IF NOT YOU, THEN WHO ELSE? 00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:45.000 AS YOU LEAVE THIS STADIUM, YOU WILL EMERGE BACK INTO REALITY. 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:50.000 EACH ONE OF US WILL HAVE TRIBULATIONS WAITING AROUND EVERY CORNER OF OUR LIVES. 00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:54.000 WE WILL BE FACED WITH HARDSHIPS AS AN INEVITABLE PART OF LIFE. 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:57.000 SO THE QUESTION IS NOT WILL YOU FALL, 00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:59.000 BUT RATHER, WHEN YOU DO FALL, 00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:65.000 HOW, AND TO WHAT END WILL YOU DECIDE TO RISE UP? 00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:08.000 HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS THAT PERCHES IN THE SOUL. 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:12.000 AND SINCE THE TUNE WITHOUT THE WORDS 00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:14.000 AND NEVER STOPS AT ALL. 00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:27.000 APPLAUSE 00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:34.000 WHEN I WAS LITTLE, MY FAVORITE WORD WAS "BOTH." 00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:38.000 THERE'S A PICTURE OF ME AT ABOUT FOUR 00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:42.000 WEARING HEELS AND A HOT PINK FEATHER BOA 00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:45.000 AS I SHOT MY NERF BOW AND ARROW. 00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:48.000 AFTER ALL, WHY COULDN'T I BE BOTH? 00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:52.000 BOTH A PRINCESS AND ROBIN HOOD? 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:56.000 AS I GREW UP, MY CHOICES OF ATTIRE HAVE CHANGED, 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:59.000 BUT I KEPT MY DRIVE FOR BOTH. 00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:62.000 MY SECOND WEEK AT WESTERN, 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:04.000 I WENT TO MY ADVISOR AND SAID, 00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:09.000 HEY, CAN I DO BOTH A DEGREE IN INTERPRETING AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES, 00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:12.000 AND A MINOR OR TWO? 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:18.000 MY BOTH HAD CHANGED FROM CREATIVE AMBITION 00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:23.000 TO AN ANXIOUS NEED FOR A BACKUP PLAN. OR THREE. 00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:27.000 THOSE OF YOU WHO ALSO STRIVE FOR BOTH 00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:31.000 MAY HAVE BEEN VEXED BY THE QUESTION -- WHAT'S NEXT? 00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:35.000 BECAUSE AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE WHATS NEXT, 00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:40.000 WE FEAR THAT WE MAY REACH A POINT WHERE BOTH MAY NOT BE AN OPTION. 00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:47.000 SO WE CAME TO WOU IN SEARCH OF THE EMPHATIC YES THAT CAN REPLACE OUR BOTH. 00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:49.000 AND SOME MAY HAVE FOUND IT. 00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:52.000 OTHERS MAY STILL BE LOOKING. 00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:55.000 STILL OTHERS, LIKE ME, MAY BE HOLDING ON TO BOTH 00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:57.000 LIKE LINUS CLINGS TO HIS BLANKET, 00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:62.000 INSISTING HE WILL TURN IT INTO A SPORT COAT WHEN HE GROWS UP. 00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:05.000 BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON. 00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:11.000 FOCUSING ON WHAT'S NEXT MEANS WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING TO THE FUTURE. 00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:14.000 AND IN SOME WAYS, THAT'S GOOD. 00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:18.000 IT GIVES US THE DRIVE TO GO OUT AND DISRUPT THE WORLD. 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:20.000 BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM. 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:26.000 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN SO BURNED OUT 00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:32.000 THAT TRYING TO EVEN GLANCE AT WHAT'S NEXT SHUT YOU DOWN COMPLETELY? 00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:38.000 YEAH. 00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:44.000 IN THE TIMES WHEN WE MAY BE JUST BARELY GETTING THROUGH, 00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:46.000 AND EVEN IN TIMES OF CELEBRATION, 00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:50.000 WHAT'S NEXT FAILS TO HONOR WHERE WE ARE. 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:54.000 SO LET'S TAKE A MOMENT ON THIS DAY OF WHAT'S NEXT 00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:56.000 TO LOOK AT RIGHT NOW. 00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:59.000 WHETHER YOU'LL BE WALKING ACROSS THE STAGE TODAY, 00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:62.000 OR CHEERING FOR SOMEONE WHO DOES, 00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:05.000 EACH AND EVERY PERSON HERE TODAY CARRIES THEIR OWN BOTH. 00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:09.000 BOTH TRIUMPH AND STRUGGLE. 00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:11.000 AND IN SPITE OF THAT STRUGGLE, 00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:14.000 YOU ARE ENOUGH. 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:17.000 IN ALL YOUR STRIVING THAT HAS LED UP TO THIS MOMENT, 00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:20.000 YOU HAVE BEEN ENOUGH. 00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:24.000 AND AS YOU LEAVE THIS FIELD TODAY, CELEBRATE, 00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:27.000 THEN GO OFF TO PURSUE YOUR YES, 00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:30.000 OR GRAB YOUR BOW AND ARROW AND JOIN ME ON THE QUEST FOR BOTH. 00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:34.000 YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE ENOUGH. 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:36.000 THANK YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS, CLASS OF 2018. 00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:50.000 APPLAUSE 00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:53.000 OHSU ASSOCIATE CAMPUS DEAN, DR. ANGIE DOCHERTY 00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:56.000 WILL NOW INTRODUCE ONE OF THEIR OUTSTANDING NURSING STUDENTS 00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:60.000 WHO WILL SHARE SOME THOUGHTS WITH US. 00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:10.000 THE GOLDEN LAMP AWARD IS BASED ON THE AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION 00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:15.000 CODE FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSES AND THE FLORENCE NIGHTENGALE PLEDGE 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:21.000 AND IS GIVEN IN RECOGNITION OF DEMONSTRATION OF SCHOLARSHIP, 00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:26.000 LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT, INNOVATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS, 00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:29.000 AND HUMANITARIAN IDEALS. 00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:36.000 THE MONMOUTH CAMPUS RECIPIENT OF THIS AWARD FOR 2018 IS JANINE EAGAN. 00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:44.000 APPLAUSE 00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:46.000 GOOD MORNING. 00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:47.000 WELCOME FRIENDS AND FAMILY. 00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:49.000 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY 00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:51.000 TO CELEBRATE THIS IMPORTANT ACCOMPLISHMENT IN EACH OF OUR LIVES. 00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:54.000 THANK YOU TO THE FACULTY FOR BEING HERE. 00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:58.000 YOU HAVE STOOD BY US WITH UNWAVERING SUPPORT, 00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:61.000 AND IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO US FOR YOU TO BE HERE TODAY 00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:04.000 TO SEE US WALK ACROSS THIS STAGE. 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:07.000 AND FINALLY, CONGRATULATIONS FELLOW GRADUATES. 00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:09.000 I AM HONORED TO SPEAK TODAY 00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:14.000 IN REPRESENTING THE OHSU SCHOOL OF NURSING, MONMOUTH CAMPUS, CLASS OF 2018. 00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:17.000 WHEN I WAS ACCEPTED INTO NURSING SCHOOL, 00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:23.000 A DEAR FAMILY FRIEND, SWAMI SHANTARUPANANDA, CONGRATULATED ME. 00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:27.000 NURSING IS SERVICE, HE SAID, SERVICE IS BEAUTIFUL. 00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:30.000 SWAMI PASSED AWAY SEVERAL DAYS LATER, 00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:33.000 BUT HIS ENCOURAGEMENT FOR PEOPLE TO OPEN THEIR HEARTS 00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:35.000 AND OFFER WHAT THEY CAN TO THE WORLD 00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:36.000 HAS STAYED WITH ME. 00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:40.000 OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, MY CLASSMATES AND I HAVE SUPPORTED EACH OTHER 00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:43.000 IN DEVELOPING OUR NURSING PRACTICE. 00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:48.000 AS ONE, WE WERE DEDICATED TO HELPING OTHERS LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES. 00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:51.000 AS ONE, WE WERE DEDICATED TO SERVE. 00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:55.000 AS NURSING STUDENTS, WE HAVE SERVED OUR PROFESSION. 00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:59.000 WE VISITED THE STATE CAPITOL TO ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC POLICY 00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:62.000 SUPPORTING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. 00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:05.000 AS NURSING STUDENTS, WE HAVE SERVED OUR COMMUNITY. 00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:11.000 WE WORKED WITH COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN THE REGION TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE, 00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:14.000 TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO TOBACCO CESSATION RESOURCES, 00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:18.000 AND TO PROMOTE HEALTH SCREENINGS. 00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:20.000 AS NURSING STUDENTS, WE HAVE SERVED OUR PATIENTS. 00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:23.000 WE SUPPORTED OUR PATIENTS 00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:27.000 AND WALKED ALONGSIDE THEM AS THEY LEARNED TO LIVE WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS. 00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:30.000 WE STOPPED IN THE CHAOS OF THE BUSY HOSPITAL TO SIT DOWN 00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:32.000 AND LISTEN TO OUR PATIENTS. 00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:36.000 WE CHEERED THEM ON AS THEY MOVED TOWARDS ACHIEVING THEIR HEALTH GOALS. 00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:39.000 WE HELD THEIR HANDS IN DIFFICULT TIMES, 00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:43.000 AND WE EMBRACED THEIR FAMILIES IN TIMES OF LOSS. 00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:48.000 WHILE SERVICE IS THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH THE NURSING PROFESSION STANDS, 00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:51.000 WE DON'T SERVE BECAUSE WE'RE NURSES. 00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:55.000 WE SERVE BECAUSE WE'RE HUMAN. 00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:58.000 WE SERVE BECAUSE WE CARE. 00:42:58.000 --> 00:42:60.000 WE SERVE BECAUSE WE LOVE. 00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:03.000 WE SERVE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE EVERYONE 00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:08.000 EVERYONE HAS THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO LIVE HEALTHY LIVES IN SAFE COMMUNITIES. 00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:12.000 TO ALL GRADUATES WHO WALK ACROSS THIS STAGE TODAY, 00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:14.000 AS YOU COLLECT YOUR DIPLOMA, 00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:18.000 I INVITE YOU TO REFLECT UPON ALL THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AS A STUDENT. 00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:21.000 BECAUSE WE LEAVE HERE TODAY NOT AS STUDENTS, 00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:23.000 BUT AS COLLEGE GRADUATES, 00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:27.000 AND OUR EDUCATION IS A POWERFUL TOOL THAT CAN BE USED TO HELP OTHERS. 00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:31.000 IT IS UP TO US TO DECIDE WHAT MARK WE WILL LEAVE ON THIS WORLD. 00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:34.000 AND SWAMI WAS RIGHT -- SERVICE IS BEAUTIFUL. 00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:36.000 THANK YOU. 00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:41.000 APPLAUSE 00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:45.000 PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING ALL OF OUR GRADUATING SPEAKERS. 00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:52.000 APPLAUSE 00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:56.000 AT THIS TIME, WOULD I LIKE TO ASK ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT MR. TONY CRAWFORD 00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:61.000 TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND ANNOUNCE THE ALUMNI OF EXCELLENCE AWARD. 00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:10.000 GOOD MORNING, GRADUATES, FAMILIES, FACULTY, STAFF, AND GUESTS. 00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:16.000 MY NAME IS TONY CRAWFORD, AS PRESIDENT OF THE WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, 00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:22.000 I CONGRATULATE YOU, THE CLASS OF 2018, ON YOUR COMMENCEMENT. 00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:27.000 AS A GRADUATE OF WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY, YOU ARE NOW A MEMBER 00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:31.000 OF WHAT I CALL THE GREATEST GROUP ON EARTH. 00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:33.000 THE WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. 00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:35.000 APPLAUSE 00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:40.000 LET ME BE THE FIRST TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR PROUD FAMILY OF WOU ALUMNI. 00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:44.000 TAKE A MOMENT AND LET THIS SINK IN. 00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:47.000 BEING ALUMNI OF WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY 00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:52.000 IS SOMETHING YOU WILL CARRY WITH YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES. 00:44:52.000 --> 00:44:56.000 AND LET'S NEVER FORGET, WE ARE WOLVES. 00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:60.000 NOW -- THIS IS WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HOWL. 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:02.000 OKAY, ENOUGH. 00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:06.000 NOW THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IS PROUD OF YOU. 00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:08.000 YOU HAVE ALREADY FOUND YOUR FIRST ALUMNI GIFT, 00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:10.000 WAITING FOR YOU IN YOUR SEAT TODAY. 00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:14.000 YOU WILL BE SURE TO LOOK INSIDE THE BAG TO FIND A WATER BOTTLE, 00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:17.000 THE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM, YOUR ALUMNI MEMBERSHIP CARD, 00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:20.000 GOOD FOR DISCOUNTS AT THE WESTERN OREGON BOOKSTORE, 00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:22.000 AND OTHER IMPORTANT ITEMS. 00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:26.000 AFTER COMMENCEMENT, BE SURE TO STOP BY THE ALUMNI TENT 00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:27.000 LOCATED IN THE GROVE 00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:31.000 TO MEET MEMBERS OF THE ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS 00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:35.000 AND PICK UP FREE ALUMNI SWAG. 00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:37.000 WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU 00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:41.000 AND WELCOME YOU TO THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. 00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:45.000 EACH YEAR AT COMMENCEMENT, THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:48.000 PRESENTS OUR MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, 00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:51.000 THE ALUMNI AWARD OF EXCELLENCE. 00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:53.000 THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED TO AN ALUMNUS 00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:57.000 WHO HAS ACHIEVED DISTINCTION IN THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL 00:45:57.000 --> 00:45:60.000 WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY, 00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:05.000 AND WHOSE INTEGRITY AND STATURE ARE SUCH THAT FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS, 00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:08.000 AND ALUMNI OF WESTERN OREGON 00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:10.000 CAN RIGHTFULLY TAKE PRIDE. 00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:16.000 THE WINNER OF THIS YEAR'S ALUMNI AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IS LYNN HAMERSLY. 00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:23.000 THE LIFE AND CAREER OF LYNN HAMERSLY IS ONE THAT DISTINGUISHED HER FAMILY, 00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:27.000 HER COMMUNITY, AND HER ALMA MATER. 00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:31.000 LYNN HAMERSLY ESTABLISHED A WONDERFUL TRACK RECORD OF POSITIVE INFLUENCE 00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:34.000 EVERYWHERE SHE HAD BEEN. 00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:38.000 STUDENTS AT WESTERN OREGON MAKE DAILY USE OF THE LIBRARY 00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:40.000 THAT BEARS THE HAMERSLY NAME. 00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:44.000 LYNN HAMERSLY'S PASSION FOR READING AND LEARNING 00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:47.000 IS WHAT LED TO THE BUILDING OF THE WOU LIBRARY. 00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:55.000 FURTHERMORE, THE WOU LIBRARY WAS THE THIRD LIBRARY LYNN HAMERSLY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING. 00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:62.000 LYNN HAMERSLY USED HER DEGREE TO SUPPORT HER PRIORITY OF HELPING OTHER PEOPLE. 00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:06.000 FOR EXAMPLE, HAMERSLY WAS A FOUNDING BOARD DIRECTOR 00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:10.000 ESTABLISHING THE NORTHWEST AUTISM FOUNDATION. 00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:16.000 IN ADDITION, HAMERSLY'S SELFLESS SERVICE TO OTHERS WAS DEMONSTRATED 00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:19.000 BY HER COMMITMENT TO THE STEPS FOR SUCCESS PROGRAM, 00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:24.000 HELPING WOMEN EARN THEIR GED TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. 00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:29.000 HAMERSLY HELPED ESTABLISH THE WOMEN IN TRANSITION SCHOLARSHIP FUND 00:47:29.000 --> 00:47:31.000 AT MULTIPLE COMMUNITY COLLEGES, 00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:36.000 MAKING THIS EDUCATION POSSIBLE FOR WOMEN WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD SCHOOL. 00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:43.000 ONE MORE RECOGNITION OF LYNN HAMERSLY IS HER ROLE AS A POSITIVE INFLUENCE 00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:47.000 PROVIDING GIFTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY. 00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:53.000 THE HAMERSLY NAME IS SYNONYMOUS WITH GENEROSITY IN THE WOU COMMUNITY. 00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:60.000 THE WIND BENEATH THE WINGS OF THIS GENEROSITY WAS LYNN HAMERSLY'S INFLUENCE 00:48:00.000 --> 00:48:03.000 AND GUIDANCE FROM BEHIND THE SCENES. 00:48:03.000 --> 00:48:07.000 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS WITH A HEAVY HEART 00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:13.000 THAT I SHARE WITH YOU WE LOST LYNN HAMERSLY THREE WEEKS AGO 00:48:13.000 --> 00:48:15.000 AFTER A COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH BRAIN CANCER. 00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:22.000 LYNN KNEW OF HER SELECTION FOR THIS AWARD, AND AS IT TURNS OUT, 00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:24.000 BECAME THE FINAL RECOGNITION SHE RECEIVED. 00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:30.000 THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IS PROUD TO HONOR THE LIFE OF LYNN HAMERSLY 00:48:30.000 --> 00:48:35.000 WITH THE 2018 ALUMNI AWARD OF EXCELLENCE. 00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:44.000 APPLAUSE 00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:49.000 AT THIS TIME, I WISH TO ASK A FAVOR OF YOU. 00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:55.000 I AM AWARE THAT MEMBERS OF THE HAMERSLY FAMILY ARE WATCHING THE LIVE ONLINE BROADCAST 00:48:55.000 --> 00:48:58.000 OF TODAY'S COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY. 00:48:58.000 --> 00:48:63.000 CAN YOU HELP ME SHOW A DEMONSTRATION OF OUR SUPPORT FOR THEM 00:49:03.000 --> 00:49:05.000 WITH A TRIBUTE TO LYNN HAMERSLY? 00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:29.000 APPLAUSE 00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:32.000 THANK YOU. 00:49:38.000 --> 00:49:43.000 IT IS BOTH A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO HAVE OREGON SENATOR JACKIE WINTERS 00:49:43.000 --> 00:49:45.000 AS OUR COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER TODAY. 00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:48.000 SENATOR WINTERS REPRESENTS DISTRICT 10 IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE, 00:49:48.000 --> 00:49:53.000 AN AREA THAT INCLUDES MONMOUTH AND INDEPENDENCE, AS WELL AS A LARGE PORTION OF SALEM. 00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:60.000 SHE WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE SENATE IN 2002 AFTER SERVING FOUR YEARS AS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE. 00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:02.000 SHE IS AN OUTSTANDING LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY, 00:50:02.000 --> 00:50:05.000 AND HAS SUPPORTED WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY 00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:07.000 DURING HER TENURE IN THE LEGISLATURE. 00:50:07.000 --> 00:50:09.000 SENATOR WINTERS HAS TAKEN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS 00:50:09.000 --> 00:50:11.000 THAT PROMOTE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OREGONIANS, 00:50:11.000 --> 00:50:15.000 AND HER RECENT ELECTION AS SENATE MINORITY LEADER 00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:18.000 IS EVIDENCE OF THE RESPECT SHE HAS EARNED FROM HER COLLEAGUES. 00:50:18.000 --> 00:50:22.000 PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING SENATOR JACKIE WINTERS. 00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:30.000 APPLAUSE 00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:39.000 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO SHARE IN YOUR COMMENCEMENT, 00:50:39.000 --> 00:50:47.000 AND YOUR DAY OF CELEBRATION AND YOUR SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY. 00:50:47.000 --> 00:50:53.000 THERE ARE SOME SPECIAL PEOPLE THAT PERSONALLY YOU WILL WANT TO THANK, 00:50:53.000 --> 00:50:58.000 THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED YOU ALONG THIS JOURNEY AS YOU HAVE 00:50:58.000 --> 00:50:65.000 AS YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE MANY MILESTONES AND BENCHMARKS. 00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:10.000 YOUR PARENTS, THAT'S OKAY. 00:51:10.000 --> 00:51:12.000 YOUR PARENTS 00:51:12.000 --> 00:51:16.000 CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 00:51:16.000 --> 00:51:17.000 MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY 00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:19.000 APPLAUSE 00:51:19.000 --> 00:51:21.000 YOUR TEACHERS 00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:23.000 APPLAUSE 00:51:23.000 --> 00:51:25.000 THOSE IN FORMAL CLASSROOMS, 00:51:25.000 --> 00:51:29.000 AND THOSE IN OTHER PLACES IN YOUR LIFE 00:51:29.000 --> 00:51:31.000 APPLAUSE 00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:36.000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN YOU THE STRENGTH, INSPIRATION, 00:51:36.000 --> 00:51:42.000 AND YOU KNOW EACH ONE WHO MATTERS IN YOUR JOURNEY. 00:51:42.000 --> 00:51:52.000 AND YOU WILL RECALL THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND IN YOUR PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING. 00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:58.000 YOU KNOW, I'M VERY, VERY HONORED TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU TODAY, 00:51:58.000 --> 00:51:65.000 AND I REALLY DO PROMISE NOT TO TAKE TOO LONG, 00:52:05.000 --> 00:52:11.000 OR BECOME TOO POLITICAL IN MY REMARKS, 00:52:11.000 --> 00:52:16.000 ALTHOUGH WE ALL KNOW THAT ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL, 00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:21.000 AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU 00:52:21.000 --> 00:52:24.000 OF LESSONS THAT I HAVE LEARNED, 00:52:24.000 --> 00:52:28.000 AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I HAVE TWO HOURS AND 15 MINUTES TO SHARE. 00:52:28.000 --> 00:52:31.000 LAUGHTER 00:52:31.000 --> 00:52:34.000 SO LET'S BEGIN. 00:52:34.000 --> 00:52:38.000 I AM AN AMERICAN. 00:52:38.000 --> 00:52:43.000 I WAS BORN 81 YEARS AGO. 00:52:43.000 --> 00:52:47.000 CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 00:52:47.000 --> 00:52:53.000 IN TOPEKA, KANSAS, THAT'S OKAY, MIDWEST IS GOOD. 00:52:53.000 --> 00:52:60.000 TO WONDERFUL, LOVING, NURTURING PARENTS. 00:53:00.000 --> 00:53:05.000 I AM THE YOUNGEST MUCH SIX. 00:53:05.000 --> 00:53:14.000 AND THROUGH MY YEARS, SOCIETY HAS LABELED ME NEGRO, COLORED, 00:53:14.000 --> 00:53:20.000 THE N-WORD, MULATTO, BIRACIAL, BLACK, 00:53:20.000 --> 00:53:23.000 AND NOWADAYS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN. 00:53:23.000 --> 00:53:27.000 HOW CONFUSING THESE NAMES BECOME 00:53:27.000 --> 00:53:34.000 OVER TIME TO ANY AVERAGE AMERICAN, LET ALONE TO ME. 00:53:34.000 --> 00:53:38.000 BUT THANKFUL, I KNOW WHO AM. 00:53:38.000 --> 00:53:44.000 AND I AM VERY, VERY, VERY COMFORTABLE IN MY SKIN. 00:53:44.000 --> 00:53:49.000 APPLAUSE 00:53:49.000 --> 00:53:55.000 OUR FAMILY ARRIVED IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IN THE EARLY 1940s 00:53:55.000 --> 00:53:58.000 AT THE BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR II, 00:53:58.000 --> 00:53:65.000 AND FOUND A HOME IN A NEW COMMUNITY CALLED VANPORT. 00:54:05.000 --> 00:54:10.000 VANPORT WAS SYNONYMOUS WITH DIVERSITY. 00:54:10.000 --> 00:54:17.000 THERE WERE STORES, MOVIE THEATERS, SCHOOLS, THAT WERE OPEN TO ALL. 00:54:17.000 --> 00:54:23.000 WE HAD DAY CARE 24/7, BY THE WAY. 00:54:23.000 --> 00:54:26.000 NEIGHBORS WHO WATCHED OVER US, 00:54:26.000 --> 00:54:32.000 TEACHERS THAT CARED THAT WE LEARNED OUR LESSONS, 00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:35.000 PARKS TO PLAY IN. 00:54:35.000 --> 00:54:40.000 WHILE THE ADULTS IN FAMILIES WERE THERE BUILDING WARSHIPS 00:54:40.000 --> 00:54:44.000 AS A PART OF THE WAR EFFORT. 00:54:44.000 --> 00:54:49.000 THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY, OUR FRIENDSHIPS AND CARING 00:54:49.000 --> 00:54:56.000 PROVIDED SUCH STRENGTH FOR EACH OF US. 00:54:56.000 --> 00:54:62.000 WE FOUND OUR HOME IN VANPORT. 00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:10.000 BUT LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT WE WOULD SOON LOSE COMMUNITY 00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:14.000 AND WOULD BECOME HOMELESS. 00:55:14.000 --> 00:55:21.000 MEMORIAL DAY 1948, VANPORT WAS SUDDENLY TOTALLY FLOODED. 00:55:21.000 --> 00:55:27.000 VANPORT WAS THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE OF OREGON. 00:55:27.000 --> 00:55:34.000 AND AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE OVER 19,000 PEOPLE WHO LOST EVERYTHING. 00:55:34.000 --> 00:55:39.000 CLOTHING, FURNITURE, HOUSEHOLD GOODS. 00:55:39.000 --> 00:55:44.000 AND EVERYTHING WAS GONE. 00:55:44.000 --> 00:55:54.000 EVEN THAT BICYCLE THAT I HAD RECEIVED ONLY FIVE MONTHS EARLIER FOR CHRISTMAS 00:55:54.000 --> 00:55:60.000 THAT MY DAD HAD WORKED SO HARD FOR TO GET FOR ME. 00:56:00.000 --> 00:56:06.000 MY MOM SAVED THE POT ROAST THAT DAY, AS MOMS WOULD DO. 00:56:06.000 --> 00:56:11.000 SHE WAS COOKING IT FOR OUR DINNER THAT SUNDAY, 00:56:11.000 --> 00:56:18.000 AND WE SAVED MY DOG TIPPY, AND MY DOLL. 00:56:18.000 --> 00:56:23.000 BUT ALL ELSE WAS LOST. 00:56:23.000 --> 00:56:26.000 THE WATER ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER 00:56:26.000 --> 00:56:30.000 HAD LEFT US ALL HOMELESS. 00:56:30.000 --> 00:56:33.000 OUR COMMUNITY WAS UNDER WATER. 00:56:33.000 --> 00:56:37.000 I CRIED OVER THE LOSS OF MY BICYCLE, 00:56:37.000 --> 00:56:46.000 AND I THINK TODAY ABOUT HOW LONG MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER 00:56:46.000 --> 00:56:51.000 HAD SAVED TO BUY IT FOR ME IN 1947. 00:56:51.000 --> 00:56:59.000 I REALIZE NOW HOW MUCH THEY HAD SACRIFICED TO GET THAT BICYCLE. 00:56:59.000 --> 00:56:64.000 BUT I ALSO REALIZE THE MORE IMPORTANT LESSON 00:57:04.000 --> 00:57:10.000 THAT WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT I HAD MY FAMILY. 00:57:10.000 --> 00:57:15.000 AND THAT WE STILL HAD EACH OTHER. 00:57:15.000 --> 00:57:18.000 WE HAD SURVIVED. 00:57:18.000 --> 00:57:21.000 WE COULD REBUILD. 00:57:21.000 --> 00:57:26.000 WE COULD LIVE, AND WE HAD EACH OTHER. 00:57:26.000 --> 00:57:35.000 TO EARN OUR SCHOOL CLOTHES AND TO HELP DAD AND MOM WITH EXPENSES, 00:57:35.000 --> 00:57:41.000 PICKED BEANS, STRAWBERRIES, CUCUMBERS, WHICH I DID NOT LIKE, 00:57:41.000 --> 00:57:46.000 AND CHERRIES IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY. 00:57:46.000 --> 00:57:51.000 THERE WAS VERY LITTLE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THEN. 00:57:51.000 --> 00:57:56.000 WE WERE SENT TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, WITH DIFFERENT FRIENDS, 00:57:56.000 --> 00:57:64.000 DIFFERENT CHALLENGES, NEW AND DIFFERENT JOBS, AND EMPLOYMENT. 00:58:04.000 --> 00:58:07.000 EVERYTHING WAS DIFFERENT. 00:58:07.000 --> 00:58:13.000 I WENT TO HOLLADAY SCHOOL AND FOUND ONE OF THOSE TEACHERS 00:58:13.000 --> 00:58:23.000 WHO WORKED TO PROVIDE A BROADER EXPOSURE TO US STUDENTS. 00:58:23.000 --> 00:58:37.000 THAT RARE TEACHER, MR. FORD, WHO KNEW WE FACED OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY DIFFERENT CHALLENGES. 00:58:37.000 --> 00:58:43.000 FROM HIM, WE LEARNED THE WORLD. 00:58:43.000 --> 00:58:51.000 I WENT ON TO USE SOME OF THOSE LEARNINGS AND TALENTS 00:58:51.000 --> 00:58:54.000 TO BECOME A YOUNG PERFORMER, 00:58:54.000 --> 00:58:61.000 AND JOINED A TROUPE WHERE WE PERFORMED ALL OVER THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY 00:59:01.000 --> 00:59:06.000 IN GRANGE HALLS, AND OUT OF THE PORTLAND METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY. 00:59:06.000 --> 00:59:14.000 AND THIS EXPERIENCE HELPED BUILD MY CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM. 00:59:14.000 --> 00:59:19.000 LATER AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I LEARNED THAT IN THOSE DAYS, 00:59:19.000 --> 00:59:25.000 AND WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE EARLY '50s, 00:59:25.000 --> 00:59:29.000 THERE WERE NO COLLEGE TUITIONS FOR ME. 00:59:29.000 --> 00:59:31.000 THERE WERE NO LOANS. 00:59:31.000 --> 00:59:34.000 THERE WERE NO SUCH THINGS CALLED PELL GRANTS. 00:59:34.000 --> 00:59:41.000 AND THERE WERE ONLY REALLY TWO OPTIONS OF EMPLOYMENT THAT WERE AVAILABLE. 00:59:41.000 --> 00:59:46.000 ONE WAS FOR ME TO ACTUALLY DO DOMESTIC, 00:59:46.000 --> 00:59:48.000 NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. 00:59:48.000 --> 00:59:54.000 TWO, AND I ACTUALLY PROBABLY KNOW THAT I'M VERY HIGH ON THE NURSING PROGRAM HERE, 00:59:54.000 --> 00:59:59.000 AND THAT WAS TO ACTUALLY DO BROOMS, MOPS, AND BED PANS. 00:59:59.000 --> 00:59:64.000 THOSE WERE MY OPTIONS. 01:00:04.000 --> 01:00:07.000 I SPENT SOME TIME LATER IN NEW YORK CITY, 01:00:07.000 --> 01:00:11.000 WHERE THERE I LEARNED THAT THERE WERE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME 01:00:11.000 --> 01:00:15.000 AND THAT I COULD APPLY WHAT I LEARNED, 01:00:15.000 --> 01:00:18.000 MY SECRETARIAL SCIENCES, 01:00:18.000 --> 01:00:22.000 BUT I'M FROM OREGON, SO I WANTED TO RETURN HOME. 01:00:22.000 --> 01:00:31.000 AND WHEN I RETURNED HOME, I GOT BUSY TO APPLY FOR BUSINESS SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES. 01:00:31.000 --> 01:00:33.000 BUT DURING THAT TIME IN HISTORY, 01:00:33.000 --> 01:00:37.000 I WAS DENIED BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF MY SKIN. 01:00:37.000 --> 01:00:46.000 UNDAUNTED, I DECIDED TO PUT THOSE HIGH SCHOOL SECRETARIAL SCIENCE SKILLS TO USE 01:00:46.000 --> 01:00:53.000 AND AT THAT TIME I PROCEEDED TO GO UP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON MEDICAL SCHOOL, 01:00:53.000 --> 01:00:56.000 WHICH IS NOW YOUR SCHOOL OF OHSU, 01:00:56.000 --> 01:00:61.000 WITH THE GOAL OF BECOMING A MEDICAL RECORD LIBRARIAN. 01:01:01.000 --> 01:01:07.000 AND THERE I MET ONE OF THOSE TEACHERS. 01:01:07.000 --> 01:01:17.000 NOT IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT SOMEONE WHO WOULD CHANGE MY THINKING ABOUT EMPLOYMENT 01:01:17.000 --> 01:01:24.000 AND HOW TO APPROACH THE WORLD. 01:01:24.000 --> 01:01:30.000 I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER, LAURA P. MARTIN. 01:01:30.000 --> 01:01:36.000 SHE INTRODUCED ME TO THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM 01:01:36.000 --> 01:01:45.000 AND HELPED ME LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE THE ROAD OF EMPLOYMENT. 01:01:45.000 --> 01:01:54.000 LAURA P. MARTIN KNEW I WAS EAGER TO LEARN AND TO STRETCH MYSELF AND GROW. 01:01:54.000 --> 01:01:62.000 I KNEW THAT I HAD A FRIEND AND A SUPPORTER IN LAURA P. MARTIN. 01:02:02.000 --> 01:02:06.000 AND AT THIS TIME IN HISTORY 01:02:06.000 --> 01:02:12.000 NEW FEDERAL LAWS WERE CHANGING ACROSS AMERICA. 01:02:12.000 --> 01:02:23.000 AND I WAS ASKED TO BECOME A VOLUNTEER TO HELP WITH THE WAR ON POVERTY EFFORT IN PORTLAND. 01:02:23.000 --> 01:02:30.000 AS I THINK ABOUT IT LOOKING BACK OVER MY LIFE 01:02:30.000 --> 01:02:32.000 THAT I WAS ASKED TO SHARE WITH YOU 01:02:32.000 --> 01:02:39.000 DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME TO BE ASKED TO WORK WITH THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS AND OTHERS 01:02:39.000 --> 01:02:44.000 IN ORDER TO CONVENE AN ELECTION IN THE CITY OF PORTLAND 01:02:44.000 --> 01:02:49.000 TO DEVELOP A BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE WAR ON POVERTY EFFORT, 01:02:49.000 --> 01:02:52.000 I WAS EAGER TO DO SO. 01:02:52.000 --> 01:02:55.000 AND AS A RESULT, WE DID GET THE BOARD ELECTED, 01:02:55.000 --> 01:02:58.000 AND AS A RESULT OF MY WORK WITH THE BOARD, 01:02:58.000 --> 01:02:60.000 THEY ALSO ASKED ME TO JOIN THEM. 01:03:00.000 --> 01:03:03.000 SO THEY HIRED ME. THAT'S A GOOD THING. 01:03:03.000 --> 01:03:07.000 FOLLOWING MY YEARS WITH MODEL CITIES, 01:03:07.000 --> 01:03:12.000 I WAS RECRUITED TO JOIN THE STAFF OF GOVERNOR TOM MCCALL 01:03:12.000 --> 01:03:18.000 TO CONTINUE MY WORK WITH THE WAR ON POVERTY EFFORT. 01:03:18.000 --> 01:03:25.000 AND IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING WHEN I WAS ASKED TO JOIN, 01:03:25.000 --> 01:03:31.000 THE INDIVIDUAL WHO HIRED ME AND INTERVIEWED ME THOUGHT IT WOULD BE DISARMING, 01:03:31.000 --> 01:03:34.000 AND WE'RE TALKING NOW ABOUT EARLY '60 YEARS, 01:03:34.000 --> 01:03:39.000 HOW DISARMING IT WOULD BE FOR THIS BLACK FEMALE TO SHOW UP IN RURAL PARTS OF OREGON 01:03:39.000 --> 01:03:45.000 AROUND THE STATE TO HELP OTHERS. 01:03:45.000 --> 01:03:48.000 I'M SO GLAD WE DON'T HAVE THAT TODAY. 01:03:48.000 --> 01:03:54.000 AS PART OF THE STAFF TEAM, WE WORKED TOGETHER, 01:03:54.000 --> 01:03:57.000 WE WOULD WORK IN NEW AREAS. 01:03:57.000 --> 01:03:61.000 WE WERE BOUND BY BRINGING COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE TOGETHER. 01:04:01.000 --> 01:04:06.000 WE HELPED PEOPLE IN LOCAL AREAS 01:04:06.000 --> 01:04:11.000 TO COOPERATE, COLLABORATE, 01:04:11.000 --> 01:04:17.000 BECOME A LOT MORE DIVERSE, AND TO PROVIDE A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES. 01:04:17.000 --> 01:04:22.000 MY YEAR IN SERVICE STRETCHED, 01:04:22.000 --> 01:04:28.000 AND WHEN GOVERNOR VICTOR ATIYEH BECAME GOVERNOR, HE ASKED ME TO 01:04:28.000 --> 01:04:33.000 HE ASKED ME TO BECOME HIS OMBUDSMAN. 01:04:33.000 --> 01:04:42.000 THIS COUNTRY AT THAT TIME WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A HARD ECONOMIC RECESSION, 01:04:42.000 --> 01:04:52.000 BUT WITH FAITH AND COMMUNITY, FAITH AND COMMUNITY BUILDING, 01:04:52.000 --> 01:04:60.000 WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH AND START THE STATEWIDE NETWORK OF THE OREGON FOOD SHARE, 01:05:00.000 --> 01:05:07.000 WHICH TODAY PROVIDES PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST EXPANSIVE NETWORKS OF FOOD SHARING FOR THE NEEDY 01:05:07.000 --> 01:05:09.000 ACROSS THIS STATE. 01:05:09.000 --> 01:05:16.000 APPLAUSE 01:05:16.000 --> 01:05:24.000 IN 1996 I WAS ENCOURAGED TO RUN FOR THE OREGON HOUSE, 01:05:24.000 --> 01:05:28.000 AND I DECIDED TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE. 01:05:28.000 --> 01:05:33.000 I'VE NEVER BEEN SHY OF TAKING ON CHALLENGES. 01:05:33.000 --> 01:05:36.000 AND WHEN I TOOK ON THAT CHALLENGE, I LOST. 01:05:36.000 --> 01:05:42.000 BUT IT WAS SUCH A CLOSE RACE THAT I DECIDED TO TRY IT AGAIN, 01:05:42.000 --> 01:05:45.000 AND THAT TIME I WON. 01:05:45.000 --> 01:05:48.000 THAT'S OKAY. 01:05:48.000 --> 01:05:51.000 APPLAUSE 01:05:51.000 --> 01:05:59.000 IN 1998, I BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN REPUBLICAN WOMAN 01:05:59.000 --> 01:05:65.000 APPLAUSE 01:06:05.000 --> 01:06:08.000 ELECTED TO THE HOUSE IN OREGON. 01:06:08.000 --> 01:06:14.000 FOUR YEARS LATER, I DECIDED TO RUN FOR THE SENATE, 01:06:14.000 --> 01:06:19.000 BUT I WAS DRAWN OUT OF THE DISTRICT. 01:06:19.000 --> 01:06:26.000 BUT I WAS DETERMINED THAT I WAS GOING TO RUN, 01:06:26.000 --> 01:06:35.000 SO I SPOKE WITH ONE OF MY SONS AND HIS WIFE AND I ASKED THEM TO TRADE HOUSES WITH US. 01:06:35.000 --> 01:06:40.000 THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A CAT. 01:06:40.000 --> 01:06:47.000 AND THEY AGREED, AND SO TED AND I, WE MOVED. 01:06:47.000 --> 01:06:52.000 AND WHEN WE MOVED, I WON THAT RACE. 01:06:52.000 --> 01:06:55.000 APPLAUSE 01:06:55.000 --> 01:06:59.000 AND AGAIN THAT MADE HISTORY 01:06:59.000 --> 01:06:67.000 AS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR IN OREGON. 01:07:07.000 --> 01:07:12.000 APPLAUSE 01:07:12.000 --> 01:07:16.000 I CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO SERVE YOU 01:07:16.000 --> 01:07:22.000 AND WAS PROUD ONCE AGAIN 01:07:22.000 --> 01:07:26.000 AND THIS WAS REALLY TO CREATE HISTORY 01:07:26.000 --> 01:07:36.000 WHEN I WAS RECENTLY ELECTED AS SENATE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS LEADER. 01:07:36.000 --> 01:07:38.000 THAT MEANS THE GUYS AGREED TOO. 01:07:38.000 --> 01:07:40.000 LAUGHTER 01:07:40.000 --> 01:07:42.000 APPLAUSE 01:07:42.000 --> 01:07:49.000 AND YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE ANYONE CAN BE A TRAIL BLAZER. 01:07:49.000 --> 01:07:52.000 GO AHEAD, YOU CAN APPLAUD. 01:07:52.000 --> 01:07:55.000 APPLAUSE 01:07:55.000 --> 01:07:61.000 MY LIFE IS RICH BECAUSE OF THE MANY, MANY PEOPLE 01:08:01.000 --> 01:08:04.000 WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT. 01:08:04.000 --> 01:08:07.000 FROM GOVERNOR TOM MCCALL AND HIS STAFF 01:08:07.000 --> 01:08:12.000 WHO HAVE TAUGHT ME, YES, YOU CAN. 01:08:12.000 --> 01:08:15.000 IT IS OUR RIGHT TO TRY. 01:08:15.000 --> 01:08:18.000 IT IS OUR RIGHT, YES, TO TRY, 01:08:18.000 --> 01:08:23.000 AND, YES, IT IS OUR RIGHT TO FAIL. 01:08:23.000 --> 01:08:28.000 GOVERNOR ATIYEH AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE DOLORES, 01:08:28.000 --> 01:08:34.000 WHO TAUGHT ME THE RICHNESS OF ETHNIC DIVERSITY, 01:08:34.000 --> 01:08:42.000 I WANT TO YOU LOOK UP GOVERNOR ATIYEH'S ETHNIC BACKGROUND. 01:08:42.000 --> 01:08:52.000 PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, WHOSE LOVE OF BARBECUE IS SO LIKE MINE 01:08:52.000 --> 01:08:57.000 THAT WE COULD CONNECT POLITICALLY, JACKIE'S RIBS. 01:08:57.000 --> 01:08:67.000 AND WHO HONORED ME WITH AN APPOINTMENT TO THE U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY'S BOARD OF VISITORS. 01:09:07.000 --> 01:09:16.000 THE HIGHLIGHT WAS HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLY IN A GLIDER 01:09:16.000 --> 01:09:20.000 OVER THE HEAVENLIES AT THE AGE OF 70. 01:09:20.000 --> 01:09:31.000 AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE GLIDING OVER THE HEAVENLIES, 01:09:31.000 --> 01:09:35.000 AND TO BE ABLE TO LOOK TO THE VALLEY. 01:09:35.000 --> 01:09:42.000 I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO MEET MANY, MANY PEOPLE NOT JUST IN OREGON, 01:09:42.000 --> 01:09:49.000 BUT FROM AROUND THE WORLD THAT HAVE ENRICHED MY LIFE. 01:09:49.000 --> 01:09:52.000 LIKE THE LITTLE LADY IN AFRICA 01:09:52.000 --> 01:09:58.000 WHO WAS LOSING HER VISION, BUT WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SEE ME, 01:09:58.000 --> 01:09:64.000 AND THAT WAS ON THE TRIP WHERE I TOOK I BELIEVE IT WAS 13 WESTERN OREGON STUDENTS TO TANZANIA. 01:10:04.000 --> 01:10:07.000 OR ELSE THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 01:10:07.000 --> 01:10:10.000 OR ELSE THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 01:10:10.000 --> 01:10:16.000 WHO WAS DYING AND WANTED TO HOLD MY HAND BEFORE HE DIED 01:10:16.000 --> 01:10:22.000 IN A KEROSENE, SMOKE-FILLED HUT IN THE MASAI VILLAGE. 01:10:22.000 --> 01:10:27.000 I WAS ABLE TO GIVE THEM BOTH THEIR WISH. 01:10:27.000 --> 01:10:37.000 AND TODAY I ENCOURAGE YOU TO EMBRACE THOSE SEEMINGLY RANDOM EXPERIENCES 01:10:37.000 --> 01:10:42.000 THAT YOU WILL ENCOUNTER IN YOUR LIFE THAT WILL COME INTO YOUR LIFE. 01:10:42.000 --> 01:10:46.000 AND THAT WILL TOUCH YOUR HEART. 01:10:46.000 --> 01:10:56.000 AND NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGET TO THANK THE FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND THE TEACHERS 01:10:56.000 --> 01:10:62.000 THAT HAVE SUPPORTED AND LOVED YOU ALONG THIS JOURNEY, 01:11:02.000 --> 01:11:08.000 WHO HAVE HELPED YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL. 01:11:08.000 --> 01:11:14.000 I AM SO VERY, VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR THE LOVE OF MY LIFE 01:11:14.000 --> 01:11:19.000 MY FOUR SONS, MY GRANDCHILDREN, AND MY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN 01:11:19.000 --> 01:11:23.000 WHO HAVE BRIGHTENED UP MY DAYS, 01:11:23.000 --> 01:11:26.000 AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT 01:11:26.000 --> 01:11:30.000 TO HONOR MY BELOVED LATE HUSBAND, TED WINTERS, 01:11:30.000 --> 01:11:34.000 WHO HAS A BUILDING HERE ON THE CAMPUS GROUNDS NAMED AFTER HIM. 01:11:34.000 --> 01:11:40.000 APPLAUSE 01:11:40.000 --> 01:11:46.000 HE ALWAYS SUPPORTED AND HELPED ME CHASE MY DREAMS, 01:11:46.000 --> 01:11:49.000 INCLUDING THE DREAMS, AS I SAID EARLIER, 01:11:49.000 --> 01:11:51.000 OF OPENING JACKIE'S RIBS. 01:11:51.000 --> 01:11:54.000 JACKIE'S RIBS WAS A TRIBUTE TO MY MOTHER WHO LOVED BARBECUE. 01:11:54.000 --> 01:11:58.000 SHE DIDN'T COOK IT, BUT SHE LOVED BARBECUE. 01:11:58.000 --> 01:11:65.000 BUT WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THIS LITTLE GIRL WHO SURVIVED THE FLOOD, 01:12:05.000 --> 01:12:13.000 AND WHO LEARNED LESSONS FROM SO MANY, WOULD BECOME YOUR STATE SENATOR? 01:12:13.000 --> 01:12:19.000 APPLAUSE 01:12:19.000 --> 01:12:25.000 AND I AM HUMBLED EVEN TO THIS DAY TO CALL OREGON 01:12:25.000 --> 01:12:27.000 OREGON MY HOME. 01:12:27.000 --> 01:12:31.000 APPLAUSE 01:12:31.000 --> 01:12:36.000 LIFE IS OUT THERE FOR YOU, WAITING. 01:12:36.000 --> 01:12:39.000 IT'S WAITING NOW FOR YOU. 01:12:39.000 --> 01:12:45.000 YOU JUST NEED TO BEGIN TO PREPARE FOR WHAT IT BRINGS. 01:12:45.000 --> 01:12:53.000 WHAT IT BRINGS FOR YOU, SO THAT YOU CAN WRITE YOUR OWN HISTORY. 01:12:53.000 --> 01:12:60.000 DO NOT EVEN LET SOCIETY TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE, 01:13:00.000 --> 01:13:04.000 WHO YOU CAN BE, AND WHO YOU WILL BE. 01:13:04.000 --> 01:13:11.000 APPLAUSE 01:13:11.000 --> 01:13:16.000 IF HAD LISTENED TO WHAT THE WORLD WAS TELLING ME 01:13:16.000 --> 01:13:19.000 OF WHO I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 01:13:19.000 --> 01:13:24.000 AND WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO ACHIEVE AS A BLACK FEMALE, 01:13:24.000 --> 01:13:28.000 I WOULD HAVE NEVER REACHED MY GOALS. 01:13:28.000 --> 01:13:32.000 I WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN STANDING HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY. 01:13:32.000 --> 01:13:37.000 ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE FREE, 01:13:37.000 --> 01:13:41.000 ELIMINATE SELF-DOUBT. 01:13:41.000 --> 01:13:49.000 YOU WILL FACE CHALLENGES, OBSTACLES, THIS IS UNDENIABLE. 01:13:49.000 --> 01:13:55.000 BUT WHAT IT WILL ALLOW YOU, IT WILL ALLOW YOU SUCCESS 01:13:55.000 --> 01:13:62.000 AND TO THRIVE, IT WILL ALLOW YOU TO DRIVE YOUR OWN PASSION 01:14:02.000 --> 01:14:07.000 TO DO GOOD IN THIS WORLD. 01:14:07.000 --> 01:14:13.000 AND YOU -- YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 01:14:13.000 --> 01:14:23.000 STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF, BLAZE YOUR OWN TRAIL, MAKE YOUR OWN HISTORY, 01:14:23.000 --> 01:14:30.000 AND REMEMBER, IF YOU DO NOT CARE WHO GETS THE CREDIT, 01:14:30.000 --> 01:14:35.000 YOU CAN CHANGE A LOT. 01:14:35.000 --> 01:14:42.000 APPLAUSE 01:14:42.000 --> 01:14:46.000 I HAVE LEARNED THAT SUCCESS IS A TEAM SPORT. 01:14:46.000 --> 01:14:52.000 AND IF YOU DON'T CARE AND YOU'RE NOT A PART OF THAT TEAM SPORT, 01:14:52.000 --> 01:14:54.000 YOU WON'T REACH THAT GOAL LINE. 01:14:54.000 --> 01:14:59.000 SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM. 01:14:59.000 --> 01:14:64.000 I ENCOURAGE YOU TO WORK WITH OTHERS 01:15:04.000 --> 01:15:07.000 AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REMEMBER, 01:15:07.000 --> 01:15:13.000 IF YOU DON'T CARE WHO GETS THE CREDIT, YOU CAN CHANGE A LOT. 01:15:13.000 --> 01:15:21.000 APPLAUSE 01:15:21.000 --> 01:15:25.000 AND IF YOU DON'T CARE WHOSE NAME IS ON A DOCUMENT, 01:15:25.000 --> 01:15:30.000 YOU TOO WILL ACHIEVE A LOT. 01:15:30.000 --> 01:15:38.000 SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH FOR INVITING ME THIS MORNING TO BE WITH YOU. 01:15:38.000 --> 01:15:44.000 AND I ALSO HOPE THAT YOU REMEMBER, 01:15:44.000 --> 01:15:48.000 AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS WITH THE MCCALL ADMINISTRATION, 01:15:48.000 --> 01:15:50.000 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE EMPHASIZED, 01:15:50.000 --> 01:15:53.000 WE DID NOT HAVE "CAN'T" IN OUR VOCABULARY. 01:15:53.000 --> 01:15:55.000 WIPE IT OUT. 01:15:55.000 --> 01:15:58.000 AND THANK YOU. 01:15:58.000 --> 01:15:76.000 APPLAUSE 01:16:16.000 --> 01:16:19.000 THANK YOU, SENATOR WINTERS. 01:16:19.000 --> 01:16:24.000 I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CLASS OF 2018. 01:16:24.000 --> 01:16:30.000 THE GRADUATING CLASS TOTALS 1753 PEOPLE 01:16:30.000 --> 01:16:36.000 WHO HAVE EARNED A TOTAL OF 1767 DEGREES. 01:16:36.000 --> 01:16:41.000 AND JUST OVER A THOUSAND OF THESE STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING TODAY'S COMMENCEMENT. 01:16:45.000 --> 01:16:48.000 AND 14% ARE RECEIVING GRADUATE DEGREES. 01:16:48.000 --> 01:16:54.000 OUR YOUNGEST STUDENT RECEIVING A DEGREE IS 18 YEARS OLD. 01:16:54.000 --> 01:16:57.000 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 01:16:57.000 --> 01:16:61.000 OUR YOUNGEST STUDENT RECEIVING A MASTER'S DEGREE IS 22. 01:17:01.000 --> 01:17:07.000 AND OUR MOST EXPERIENCED GRADUATE RECEIVING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IS 69 YEARS YOUNG. 01:17:07.000 --> 01:17:15.000 CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 01:17:15.000 --> 01:17:20.000 AND WE HAVE TWO GRADUATES IN THE MASTER'S PROGRAMS RECEIVING THEIR DEGREES 01:17:20.000 --> 01:17:22.000 WHO ARE 64 YEARS YOUNG. 01:17:22.000 --> 01:17:26.000 APPLAUSE 01:17:26.000 --> 01:17:31.000 WE EVEN HAVE A FATHER AND DAUGHTER GRADUATING TOGETHER TODAY. 01:17:31.000 --> 01:17:34.000 AND I SAW THEM TAKING A PHOTO AT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING YESTERDAY. 01:17:34.000 --> 01:17:39.000 CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 01:17:39.000 --> 01:17:44.000 OUR GRADUATES TODAY REPRESENT 34 OF 36 COUNTIES IN OREGON. 01:17:44.000 --> 01:17:49.000 THE STATES OF ALASKA, ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, FLORIDA, 01:17:49.000 --> 01:17:53.000 GEORGIA, GUAM, HAWAII, IDAHO, 01:17:53.000 --> 01:17:56.000 ILLINOIS, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, 01:17:56.000 --> 01:17:59.000 MONTANA, NEVADA, NORTH CAROLINA, 01:17:59.000 --> 01:17:66.000 OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, UTAH, AND WASHINGTON. 01:18:06.000 --> 01:18:10.000 APPLAUSE 01:18:10.000 --> 01:18:13.000 WE HAVE NINE COUNTRIES HERE TODAY, 01:18:13.000 --> 01:18:17.000 REPRESENTING BANGLADESH, CHINA, GHANA, INDIA, LIBYA, 01:18:17.000 --> 01:18:23.000 MEXICO, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, AND TAIWAN. 01:18:23.000 --> 01:18:27.000 APPLAUSE 01:18:27.000 --> 01:18:31.000 AND WE HAVE 14 STUDENTS WHO ARE COMPLETING TWO BACHELOR'S DEGREES. 01:18:31.000 --> 01:18:33.000 THAT'S THE ANSWER OF BOTH, 01:18:33.000 --> 01:18:38.000 RIGHT? 24 STUDENTS RECEIVING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE HAVE A 4.0 GPA. 01:18:38.000 --> 01:18:42.000 APPLAUSE 01:18:42.000 --> 01:18:45.000 AND 64 STUDENTS AT THE MASTER'S LEVEL ALSO HAVE A 4.0 GPA. 01:18:45.000 --> 01:18:48.000 APPLAUSE 01:18:48.000 --> 01:18:51.000 WHEN ADMITTED TO WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY, 01:18:51.000 --> 01:18:55.000 SELECT STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN A CHALLENGING HONORS PROGRAM 01:18:55.000 --> 01:18:61.000 THAT INCLUDES AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM AND ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS, 01:19:01.000 --> 01:19:03.000 AS WELL AS A SENIOR THESIS. 01:19:03.000 --> 01:19:06.000 WE COMMEND THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE PERSISTED 01:19:06.000 --> 01:19:08.000 IN MEETING THE EXTRA DEMANDS OF OUR HONORS PROGRAM. 01:19:08.000 --> 01:19:12.000 INCLUDED IN YOUR PROGRAM YOU WILL FIND THE TOPICS OF THE HONORS THESES 01:19:12.000 --> 01:19:14.000 COMPLETED BY THESE IMPRESSIVE SCHOLARS. 01:19:14.000 --> 01:19:19.000 HONORS PROGRAM GRADUATES, PLEASE STAND AND LET US CONGRATULATE YOU. 01:19:19.000 --> 01:19:27.000 APPLAUSE 01:19:27.000 --> 01:19:29.000 THANK YOU. 01:19:29.000 --> 01:19:35.000 THE TIME HAS COME TO RECOGNIZE STUDENTS WHO ARE GRADUATING WITH ACADEMIC HONORS 01:19:35.000 --> 01:19:37.000 AND TO PRESENT THE CANDIDATES FOR THE CONFERRAL OF THEIR DEGREES. 01:19:37.000 --> 01:19:41.000 I WILL NOW ASK PROVOST SCHECK TO DESCRIBE THE ATTAINMENT OF THOSE STUDENTS 01:19:41.000 --> 01:19:45.000 WHO ARE GRADUATING WITH HONORS AND TO PRESENT THE CANDIDATES. 01:19:45.000 --> 01:19:48.000 THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FULLER. 01:19:48.000 --> 01:19:54.000 STUDENTS WHO ACHIEVE A GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 3.5 OR BETTER GRADUATE WITH HONORS. 01:19:54.000 --> 01:19:58.000 AS NOTED IN YOUR PROGRAMS, STUDENTS WITH A GRADE POINT AVERAGE 01:19:58.000 --> 01:19:63.000 OF 3.5 TO 3.64 GRADUATE CUM LAUDE. 01:20:03.000 --> 01:20:09.000 TODAY, 130 STUDENTS ARE GRADUATING WITH CUM LAUDE HONORS. 01:20:09.000 --> 01:20:10.000 APPLAUSE 01:20:10.000 --> 01:20:18.000 THOSE WITH AVERAGES FROM 3.65 TO 3.79 GRADUATE MAGNA CUM LAUDE. 01:20:18.000 --> 01:20:23.000 AND 126 STUDENTS ARE GRADUATING WITH THIS HONOR TODAY. 01:20:23.000 --> 01:20:25.000 APPLAUSE 01:20:25.000 --> 01:20:33.000 AND FINALLY, THOSE WITH A GRADE POINT AVERAGE FROM 3.8 TO 4.0 GRADUATE SUMA CUM LAUDE. 01:20:33.000 --> 01:20:41.000 WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE 155 STUDENTS GRADUATING WITH SUMA CUM LAUDE HONORS TODAY. 01:20:41.000 --> 01:20:43.000 APPLAUSE 01:20:43.000 --> 01:20:47.000 THOSE DESIGNATIONS REPRESENT IMPRESSIVE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS. 01:20:47.000 --> 01:20:54.000 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE GRADUATING WITH THESE HONORS TO PLEASE STAND. 01:20:54.000 --> 01:20:61.000 APPLAUSE 01:21:01.000 --> 01:21:07.000 CUM LAUDE GRADUATES ONLY, PLEASE BE SEATED. 01:21:07.000 --> 01:21:12.000 MAGNA CUM LAUDE STUDENTS ONLY, PLEASE BE SEATED. 01:21:12.000 --> 01:21:18.000 THOSE GRADUATES STILL STANDING ARE WESTERN'S 2018 SUMA CUM LAUDE GRADUATES, 01:21:18.000 --> 01:21:23.000 OR THOSE WITH A GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF AT LEAST 3.8. 01:21:23.000 --> 01:21:26.000 APPLAUSE 01:21:26.000 --> 01:21:28.000 YOU MAY BE SEATED. 01:21:28.000 --> 01:21:34.000 AND NOW WILL CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER'S DEGREE PLEASE STAND. 01:21:34.000 --> 01:21:42.000 APPLAUSE 01:21:42.000 --> 01:21:47.000 BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 01:21:47.000 --> 01:21:52.000 AND UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FACULTY OF WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY, 01:21:52.000 --> 01:21:57.000 I HEREBY CONFER UPON EACH OF YOU THE MASTER'S DEGREE TO WHICH YOU ARE ENTITLED, 01:21:57.000 --> 01:21:62.000 WITH ALL OF THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES PERTAINING THERETO. 01:22:02.000 --> 01:22:04.000 CONGRATULATIONS. 01:22:04.000 --> 01:22:06.000 PLEASE BE SEATED. 01:22:06.000 --> 01:22:10.000 APPLAUSE 01:22:10.000 --> 01:22:15.000 WILL THE CANDIDATES FOR BACHELOR'S DEGREES PLEASE STAND. 01:22:15.000 --> 01:22:22.000 CHEERING 01:22:22.000 --> 01:22:28.000 BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 01:22:28.000 --> 01:22:32.000 AND UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FACULTY OF WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY, 01:22:32.000 --> 01:22:34.000 AND ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT ROBERTSON 01:22:34.000 --> 01:22:38.000 OF OREGON HEALTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING MONMOUTH, 01:22:38.000 --> 01:22:42.000 I HEREBY CONFER UPON EACH OF YOU THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE TO WHICH YOU ARE ENTITLED, 01:22:42.000 --> 01:22:46.000 WITH ALL RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES PERTAINING THERETO. 01:22:46.000 --> 01:22:51.000 APPLAUSE 01:22:51.000 --> 01:22:53.000 WILL ALL BUT THE FIRST ROW PLEASE BE SEATED. 01:22:53.000 --> 01:22:57.000 I NOW INVITE THE FIRST ROW TO COME FORWARD. 01:23:02.000 --> 01:23:06.000 RECEIVING THE MASTER OF ARTS IN INTERPRETING STUDIES 01:23:09.000 --> 01:23:12.000 APPLAUSE 01:23:16.000 --> 01:23:20.000 RECEIVING THE MASTER OF ARTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE 01:23:31.000 --> 01:23:35.000 RECEIVING THE MASTER OF ARTS IN INTERPRETING STUDIES 01:24:23.000 --> 01:24:27.000 RECEIVING THE MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING 01:26:20.000 --> 01:26:26.000 RECEIVING THE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION 01:29:51.000 --> 01:29:57.000 RECEIVING THE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS 01:30:34.000 --> 01:30:40.000 RECEIVING THE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN REHABILITATION COUNSELING 01:30:59.000 --> 01:30:62.000 MASTER OF MUSIC CONTEMPORARY MUSIC 01:31:08.000 --> 01:31:12.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE WITH AN EMPHASIS IN NURSING 01:31:12.000 --> 01:31:17.000 FROM THE OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING MONMOUTH CAMPUS 01:31:25.000 --> 01:31:28.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE WITH AN EMPHASIS IN NURSING 01:31:28.000 --> 01:31:34.000 FROM THE OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING MONMOUTH CAMPUS 01:32:07.000 --> 01:32:14.000 ANNA IS ALSO RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. 01:32:38.000 --> 01:32:43.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION STUDIES 01:32:48.000 --> 01:32:51.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES 01:33:18.000 --> 01:33:23.000 SEAN IS ALSO RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. 01:33:36.000 --> 01:33:41.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE ENGLISH INTERPRETING 01:34:34.000 --> 01:34:41.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION 01:34:48.000 --> 01:34:53.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION 01:35:13.000 --> 01:35:17.000 ALSO RECEIVING THE B.S. IN BIOLOGY. 01:37:04.000 --> 01:37:08.000 GABRIELLE IS ALSO RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY. 01:37:13.000 --> 01:37:18.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIES 01:39:32.000 --> 01:39:36.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN EDUCATION 01:41:44.000 --> 01:41:48.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION 01:46:20.000 --> 01:46:25.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN EDUCATION STUDIES 01:46:30.000 --> 01:46:34.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION STUDIES 01:46:50.000 --> 01:46:54.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN EXERCISE SCIENCE 01:47:07.000 --> 01:47:11.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EXERCISE SCIENCE 01:50:26.000 --> 01:50:30.000 RECEIVING MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING 01:50:32.000 --> 01:50:35.000 RECEIVING MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING 01:50:37.000 --> 01:50:41.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EXERCISE SCIENCE 01:50:43.000 --> 01:50:46.000 B.S. IN EXERCISE SCIENCE. 01:50:48.000 --> 01:50:51.000 RECEIVING BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EXERCISE SCIENCE 01:50:54.000 --> 01:50:57.000 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION STUDIES 01:51:00.000 --> 01:51:04.000 RECEIVING THE DEGREE OF MASTERS IN REHABILITATION COUNSELING 01:51:05.000 --> 01:51:09.000 EARNING A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EXERCISE SCIENCE 01:51:11.000 --> 01:51:15.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIES 01:51:17.000 --> 01:51:21.000 RECEIVING THE B.S. IN EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIES 01:51:23.000 --> 01:51:27.000 RECEIVING THE B.S. IN EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIES 01:51:33.000 --> 01:51:36.000 RECEIVING THE B.S. IN EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIES 01:52:19.000 --> 01:52:24.000 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION 01:52:27.000 --> 01:52:30.000 WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE 01:52:33.000 --> 01:52:36.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN HISTORY 01:52:38.000 --> 01:52:42.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN SOCIAL SCIENCE 01:52:46.000 --> 01:52:49.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ANTHROPOLOGY 01:52:52.000 --> 01:52:56.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ANTHROPOLOGY 01:53:21.000 --> 01:53:26.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ART 01:53:35.000 --> 01:53:39.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN ART 01:53:52.000 --> 01:53:55.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ART 01:53:59.000 --> 01:53:63.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN BIOLOGY 01:54:06.000 --> 01:54:10.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY 01:55:24.000 --> 01:55:28.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN BUSINESS 01:55:42.000 --> 01:55:46.000 DAMARIS IS ALSO RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN SPANISH 01:55:48.000 --> 01:55:51.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS 02:02:41.000 --> 02:02:45.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY 02:02:55.000 --> 02:02:59.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES 02:03:30.000 --> 02:03:35.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES 02:04:48.000 --> 02:04:51.000 RECEIVING THE APPLIED BACCALAUREATE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE 02:04:55.000 --> 02:04:59.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE 02:05:04.000 --> 02:05:08.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE 02:05:39.000 --> 02:05:43.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS 02:06:00.000 --> 02:06:04.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF MUSIC IN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC 02:06:22.000 --> 02:06:25.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE 02:07:10.000 --> 02:07:13.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE 02:11:13.000 --> 02:11:16.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN DANCE 02:11:25.000 --> 02:11:28.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN DANCE 02:11:34.000 --> 02:11:37.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EARTH SCIENCE 02:11:52.000 --> 02:11:56.000 CONNOR IS ALSO RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE 02:12:04.000 --> 02:12:07.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ECONOMICS 02:12:45.000 --> 02:12:49.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH 02:13:12.000 --> 02:13:17.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN GEOGRAPHY 02:13:24.000 --> 02:13:26.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN GERMAN STUDIES 02:13:33.000 --> 02:13:38.000 SIERRA IS ALSO RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PSYCHOLOGY 02:13:43.000 --> 02:13:48.000 RECEIVING THE APPLIED BACCALAUREATE IN GERONTOLOGY 02:13:57.000 --> 02:13:61.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN GERONTOLOGY 02:14:27.000 --> 02:14:30.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN HISTORY 02:14:37.000 --> 02:14:40.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HISTORY 02:14:51.000 --> 02:14:54.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN HUMANITIES 02:14:57.000 --> 02:14:60.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HUMANITIES 02:15:15.000 --> 02:15:18.000 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES 02:15:21.000 --> 02:15:25.000 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS 02:15:25.000 --> 02:15:29.000 RECEIVING THE APPLIED BACCALAUREATE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS 02:15:36.000 --> 02:15:39.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS 02:16:09.000 --> 02:16:12.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES 02:17:08.000 --> 02:17:12.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES 02:19:23.000 --> 02:19:27.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 02:19:35.000 --> 02:19:39.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MATHEMATICS 02:19:50.000 --> 02:19:53.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PHILOSOPHY 02:20:01.000 --> 02:20:05.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE 02:20:15.000 --> 02:20:19.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE 02:20:38.000 --> 02:20:40.000 RECEIVING THE APPLIED BACCALAUREATE IN PSYCHOLOGY 02:21:04.000 --> 02:21:08.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PSYCHOLOGY 02:21:41.000 --> 02:21:45.000 BRITTANY IS ALSO RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE 02:22:05.000 --> 02:22:08.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY 02:23:16.000 --> 02:23:22.000 ANAMERCEDES IS ALSO RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE 02:25:44.000 --> 02:25:50.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 02:25:52.000 --> 02:25:56.000 BRENDA IS ALSO RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN SPANISH 02:26:00.000 --> 02:26:05.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 02:26:34.000 --> 02:26:39.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE 02:27:10.000 --> 02:27:14.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN SOCIAL SCIENCE 02:27:51.000 --> 02:27:55.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN SOCIOLOGY 02:28:01.000 --> 02:28:05.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN SPANISH 02:28:40.000 --> 02:28:45.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN THEATER 02:29:13.000 --> 02:29:18.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN THEATER 02:29:34.000 --> 02:29:39.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN THEATRE ARTS 02:29:46.000 --> 02:29:51.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN 02:30:44.000 --> 02:30:48.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN 02:31:07.000 --> 02:31:12.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN ART 02:31:14.000 --> 02:31:19.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE 02:31:21.000 --> 02:31:25.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS 02:31:28.000 --> 02:31:32.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES 02:31:35.000 --> 02:31:38.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN SOCIOLOGY 02:31:40.000 --> 02:31:43.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY 02:31:44.000 --> 02:31:47.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EARTH SCIENCE 02:31:50.000 --> 02:31:53.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS 02:31:56.000 --> 02:31:59.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS 02:32:00.000 --> 02:32:04.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES 02:32:06.000 --> 02:32:09.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE 02:32:14.000 --> 02:32:17.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES 02:32:19.000 --> 02:32:22.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE 02:32:24.000 --> 02:32:27.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE 02:32:30.000 --> 02:32:34.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES 02:32:36.000 --> 02:32:39.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY 02:32:41.000 --> 02:32:44.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS 02:32:47.000 --> 02:32:50.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE 02:32:52.000 --> 02:32:56.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES 02:32:58.000 --> 02:32:60.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS 02:33:03.000 --> 02:33:06.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS 02:33:08.000 --> 02:33:11.000 THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES 02:33:13.000 --> 02:33:16.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY 02:33:21.000 --> 02:33:24.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS 02:33:27.000 --> 02:33:30.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE 02:33:30.000 --> 02:33:33.000 AND THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS 02:33:37.000 --> 02:33:41.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN COMMUNICATIONS 02:33:51.000 --> 02:33:54.000 RECEIVING THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY 02:33:56.000 --> 02:33:62.000 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I PRESENT THE 2018 GRADUATES OF WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY 02:34:02.000 --> 02:34:05.000 THE GRADUATES OF OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY. 02:34:05.000 --> 02:34:08.000 APPLAUSE 02:34:08.000 --> 02:34:09.000 GRADUATES, CONGRATULATIONS. 02:34:09.000 --> 02:34:11.000 WE WILL FOLLOW YOU WITH PRIDE. 02:34:11.000 --> 02:34:13.000 YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT YOU HAVE EXCEPTIONAL QUALITIES AND ABILITIES. 02:34:13.000 --> 02:34:15.000 GREAT THINGS ARE AHEAD FOR YOU. 02:34:15.000 --> 02:34:18.000 AND ALTHOUGH YOU MAY BE LEAVING AS STUDENTS, 02:34:18.000 --> 02:34:20.000 WE WELCOME YOU AS NEW MEMBERS OF OUR ALUMNI. 02:34:20.000 --> 02:34:22.000 PLEASE KEEP IN CONTACT WITH US. 02:34:22.000 --> 02:34:24.000 AS THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY CLOSES, 02:34:24.000 --> 02:34:26.000 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COMMENCEMENT COMMITTEE 02:34:26.000 --> 02:34:29.000 AND THE FACULTY STAFF AND STAFF MARSHALS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE. 02:34:29.000 --> 02:34:33.000 I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE, FACILITIES SERVICES, 02:34:33.000 --> 02:34:36.000 CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY, AND ALL THE OTHERS INVOLVED. 02:34:36.000 --> 02:34:39.000 SPECIAL THANKS FOR THE EXCELLENT WORK OF OUR INTERPRETERS, 02:34:39.000 --> 02:34:46.000 CHRISTYN BURCHAM, ALYSSA HOOVER, AUDREY LOUDENBACK, STACEY RAINEY, 02:34:46.000 --> 02:34:49.000 MICHAEL ROSE, AND STACEY STEVENS. 02:34:49.000 --> 02:34:52.000 AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TODAY 02:34:52.000 --> 02:34:54.000 FOR CELEBRATING THESE GRADUATES. 02:34:54.000 --> 02:34:56.000 FOLLOWING TODAY'S CEREMONY WE'LL GATHER IN THE GROVE 02:34:56.000 --> 02:34:60.000 AND INVITE ALL FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS AND GUESTS TO JOIN US. 02:35:00.000 --> 02:35:04.000 WE ASK THAT YOU REMAIN SEATED UNTIL THE PLATFORM PARTY EXITS THE AREA 02:35:04.000 --> 02:35:07.000 AT WHICH TIME OUR CEREMONY CONCLUDES. 02:35:07.000 --> 02:35:09.000 AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS! 02:35:09.000 --> 02:35:16.000 CHEERS AND APPLAUSE 02:35:16.000 --> 02:36:54.000 MUSIC