 and chair of the Department of Romance Languages. We are really honored today to welcome home Gail Sheevy back to her alma mater to speak to us today at this celebratory moment. Would you all please join me in a very warm return for Gail Sheevy. Good morning. I want to, before I begin, I want to take a picture of the most important people here. President Sullivan, trustees, board chair David Dagle, Governor Peter Schoenland, Senator Patrick Leahy, members of the faculty, proud parents, and above all, lucky graduates of this great university, my alma mater. Are you ready to go out and change the world? Power to you. But can you put it off for just about another 20 minutes or so? Because I have a few things I want to tell you. And you pretty much have to listen to me because I could be older than your grandmother. Thank you for the honor of this platform to offer some parting words about what really matters out there in that world you are about to disrupt. I'd like to begin by offering my congratulations to the nearly 500 graduate students who received their master's and doctoral degrees at the graduate college commencement ceremony yesterday. Later this afternoon, President Sullivan will confer degrees at the College of Medicine Commencement Ceremony. So at this time, I'd like to ask all students who are receiving the distinction of Latin honors, summa cum laude, magna cum laude, and cum laude, noted by the medallion they wear today, to stand and be recognized by their faculty, peers, and family. We are very proud of you and congratulate you on receiving this honor. So this is the time you've been waiting for, mom and dad, family, graduates, members of the class of 2016. Through your successful efforts, satisfied by the recommendations of your deans, you have met the requirements of your respective schools and thus deserve to receive the hallmark of the University of Vermont. By the virtue of the authority vested in me by the Board of Trustees of the University of Vermont, I admit you to the degrees for which you have been recommended. Graduates, please rise and in recognition of your new well-earned academic status, please remove that tassel from the right to the left. It's official. Congratulations.