 Today, we're gathered in formal convocation to celebrate the 242nd Commencement Exercises of Purdue University. Please join in singing our national anthem, followed by the invocation, offered today by Rabbi Michael Harvey of Temple Israel. Flexion or Meditation? Awesome and compassionate God, as we gather here together this morning, our hearts are filled with gratitude at reaching this sacred moment. From the time these precious students were entrusted to our care, we have prayed to see this day. We thank you for inspiring them with the value of learning and for blessing us with the opportunity to share their accomplishment. We sense the caring spirit of those parents and loved ones who are not able to be with us in person to experience our pride and joy. We give thanks for the commitment and dedication of the faculty and administration of Purdue University, which has served the academic community for generations. Please continue to be with them in their holy work. We pause to reflect on the troubled world these graduates inherit, grant them the vision and resources to be your hands and your hearts in our troubled world, to be agents of healing. May they always be cognizant of their responsibilities as leaders, bless them with health and wholeness in body, mind and spirit. May they go from strength to strength. And let us say, Amen. For the third time in this unprecedented year, we're welcoming the latest Purdue graduates to a virtual commencement ceremony. Of all the events we've had to cancel or postpone or move to the virtual environment, this one, to me, is by far the most disappointing, and it's my fondest hope that we'll be able to resume our incomparable commencement tradition soon. Today, despite the different delivery method, our pride in your achievement and our belief in your ability to accomplish your dreams is as strong as ever. It's my pleasure to introduce today's guest speaker, John A. Edwardson. John is one of our nation's most successful business people and among the College of Engineering's most celebrated graduates. In the nearly four decades since his graduation from Purdue, John has distinguished himself in growing and managing large organizations, including Fortune 500 companies Ameritech, United Airlines Corporation and CDW Corporation, leaving a lasting impact on the global industrial landscape. He's also a devoted altruist and supporter of organizations and causes ranging from Habitat for Humanity, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Advancement of Women in Stam and, of course, our own Purdue University College of Engineering. John earned a Purdue Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, served as a Purdue trustee from 1995 to 2005, and has received from Purdue the Outstanding Industrial Engineering Award, the Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award, and in 2006 an honorary doctorate. Please join me in welcoming our distinguished alumnus, John Edwardson. Mitch, thank you for your kind and most generous introduction. Last January, when you invited me to give this commencement address, COVID had not yet arrived in the United States, or at least we didn't know that it had, and we certainly didn't know how long it would be with us. I had looked forward to greeting each of you in the Hall of Music. I had attended many events there as a student and as a Purdue trustee. I'd sat on this stage for 10 years of commencement ceremonies, but I never imagined I would be dressed up in a cap and a gown with nowhere to go. So welcome to my home in Florida that with the magic of technology makes it look like I'm on the stage at the Elliott Hall of Music. Congratulations on this most happy of days to you Purdue's newest alumni. And also to your parents, your siblings, your grandparents, and those gathered around you to celebrate this day. This day is a most unusual graduation at a most unusual time in the history of our country. You should be proud to receive your Purdue diploma, and I applaud you for the years of work it took for you to be here today. And as you know full well, this day would not have happened without the help of those gathered around you. I hope you have said thank you to each of them. So what is next for you? Given the economic difficulties we are in as a result of the COVID pandemic, it's likely a number of you don't yet know what is next for you. For those of you who don't, you have something that gives you an edge in this very competitive world, your Purdue degree. Employers around the globe know the value of a Purdue education, and what you learned here will be a value for you for the rest of your life. I don't want to diminish in any way what this pandemic has done to the families of many in our country, but this will not be your last major challenge, or likely even your most difficult one. By the time I graduated from Purdue, five of my high school classmates had been killed in the Vietnam War. Life is difficult. But Mitch asked me to discuss with you today some lessons I've learned that I thought might be helpful to you as you start your careers. So let's begin. Many of you will likely end up in jobs that have seemingly little to do with what you study at Purdue. However, if you are a STEM major, you now understand and have often used the scientific method of problem solving. And guess what? It isn't just for scientists or engineers, but is applicable to many problems you will encounter for the rest of your years. And if you are not a STEM major, you surely had a philosophy course or two where the art of problem solving was discussed. But regardless of what you studied, it's unlikely that you took a course in listening or collaborative leadership, both of which are now offered at Purdue. However, listening may be the most important skill you'll need to learn to be successful. Most of us in our first full-time job have been trained to be an individual performer, even though most work in the world is done by teams. The transformation from individual performer to team player to manager and then leader was a hard one for me. At age 34, I was named the Chief Financial Officer of Northwest Airlines. I was the youngest CFO of any Fortune 500 company in America. And I was pretty full of myself. After a few months on the job, the CEO of Northwest walked into my office, closed the door, and sat down. This was most unusual because every meeting we'd had before was either in his office or his conference room. So I wondered what he wanted to talk about. He got right to the point. He said, John, I know you want to be a head coach someday. He had played fullback at Notre Dame, and he liked the term head coach better than CEO. He went on to say that I was giving my direct reports too much direction, too quickly, and listening too little to what they had to say. He said it wasn't my job to solve their problems, but to listen, to nudge, and to explore with them what the best solutions might be. I took his coaching to heart, but it was not easy for me to change as I'd always been that person in the classroom that all of you know who wanted to come up with the answer first. Fast forward 10 more years to 1994. I was then President of United Airlines. In that job, I typically travel around 80 to 90 nights each year. And for those of you who have traveled that much, you and your family know how difficult it is to reenter family life after having been gone so often. One night, having just come back from an overseas trip, I was having dinner with my family at home. After receiving some solicited advice from me, my oldest daughter blurted out saying, Dad, just because you tell people what to do all day long at work doesn't mean that when you get home, you get to tell us what to do. I responded to her and her sisters that I hardly ever told anybody what to do at work. And that was why when I got home from the office, I was ready to tell them what to do. My three daughters were puzzled by that statement, so I explained to them that if I told people what to do all day long at work, then no one would want to work with me, let alone for me. My oldest daughter's response was something like, well, Dad, I then went on to explain that parenting was quite different from being a company president. She now understands that a little better as she has a 12-year-old at home. Experience, though, taught me and research has shown that most decisions reached by a group are better than those reached by one individual. Input from others helps. Listening to others helps. And brainstorming about options helps. Sometimes one person does have to make the decision, but I usually thought that a decision reached by a consensus turned out to be the better one. Before I close, I want to add one final thought about listening. It's likely, and I hope true, that many of you will have very successful careers. Most of my childhood was spent in a small town, and like many of you, I am also a first-generation college grad. Sometimes with some success, it begins to become easy to forget where you came from and what life is like for most of the world. You've forgotten that many others have worked just as hard as you have and are just as smart and capable as you are. And you don't acknowledge that timing, luck, or maybe a mentor someone else didn't have might have been big factors in your success. But most dangerous of all is that you might begin to believe you deserve the good things that happen to you. I've watched this happen to many people over my 50-year career. Thankfulness, humility, and awareness of how difficult life is for many people are important to be a good leader. From my standpoint, the best way for me to keep in touch with what I call the real world and to understand what life is like for many was by doing hands-on work with them in the community where they lived, where they worked, listening to their life stories, and understanding what their struggles were. For me, this has included such things as building habitat for humanity homes while working side-by-side with the prospective owners or serving as a night-shipped supervisor, really a bouncer in an overnight homeless shelter in Evanston, Illinois. And for 10 years driving the children of two families to visit their mothers, both of whom were in prison for murder, these and other volunteer activities helped remind me to be thankful and appreciative of my situation in life. Wanting my children to understand the world better, I often ask them to accompany me in many of these activities except for one experience, which I'll close with. One of the boys I had been driving to prison lived with his grandmother. She called me one day to let me know that her grandson had joined a gang, moved out, and was selling drugs on the street in Chicago, and that his best friend, they were both 16, had been stabbed to death. He now wanted to get out of the gang he had joined, and she asked for my help. I was still then the president of United Airlines and had many contacts in the city of Chicago. In a few days, I was able to make contact with a law firm that represented the gang he belonged to. They arranged a meeting for me with a leader of the Black Pistone Nation, at that time the largest and most fierce African American gang in Chicago. He and I met in the stairwell of an apartment complex, and after a 30-minute discussion, he agreed to let the young boy out of the gang but said that he would have to go through a severe de-initiation ritual. Several days later, a gaunt, 16-year-old reappeared. He had a rough time for a number of years and even spent five years in prison. However, at age 40 now, he is married, off of hard drugs, and has held the same job as an auto mechanic for over 10 years. We had a reunion dinner just a few weeks ago, and as we were leaving the restaurant where we had first had dinner when he was 10 years old, I reached out my elbow to give him a COVID elbow bump, but he threw his arms around me and gave me a wonderful hug. I cried much of the way home. There is a world not too far from where I live in a Chicago suburb and likely not too far from where many of you live and possibly right where some of you are now watching this video that is a world that is tough and difficult beyond the knowledge that most of us have. All of us need to understand the lack of hope, the desperation, and even the physical hunger that many children experience while growing up in this, the most prosperous country in the world. It takes a lot more than any government can do. It takes committed people like each of you to lend a helping hand, to have an open ear, to have an understanding heart, and to give some words of kindness and support to help change these difficult situations. And doing that will help keep you grounded, thankful, and help you be a better leader. So congratulations to each of you and hail Purdue. Mr. President, the candidates for the Doctor of Philosophy degrees will be presented by Linda J. Mason, Dean of the Graduate School. Mr. President, these students have successfully fulfilled the requirements of the Graduate School. With the approval of the faculty, they are now presented to you to receive the Doctor of Philosophy degree. Exercising the authority of the trustees of Purdue University, legally vested by the people of the state of Indiana, and upon the recommendation of the faculty of Purdue, I now confer upon you who have fulfilled the highest requirements of this university, the Doctor of Philosophy degree, with all the rights, privileges, duties, and responsibilities of that degree. As evidence of this tremendous achievement, you will be vested with the hood of the Doctor of Philosophy and receive an appropriately inscribed diploma. I now invite our orators to read aloud the names of all students who are earning Doctors of Philosophy degrees. Graduates, I invite you to have your special designee, hood you, and present you your diploma cover now. Be sure to capture a photo of this to share with us. Doctor of Philosophy, Ahmed Abda Hamid, Nader Shaki Abu-Talab, Temitope Ancabi, Hilary Andalus Aguilar, Brandon Anson, Jun Hoon Bai, Jing Chen Bai, Tanya Beretto, Sayon Basak, Jenny L. Beal, Jessica Ann Beck, Miranda Ray Belcher, Tung Biyin, Priyam Bishwash, Sarah E. Brooks, Robert J. Cassell, Andrea M. Chambers, Jianyu Chen, Tang Chi, Hei Young Cho, Travis Klein, Kelly N. Cole, Rachel Coleman, Michelle E. Coverdale, Daniel M. Crimmins, Sendai, Renu Dalai, Hali Yandong, Monica Delpillardiaz Beltran, Alexandra M. Dieterly, Jiu Ting Do, Will A. Egan, Huan Fang, Hayden W. Fennell, Victor Charles Ferguson, Brian M. Fields, Rachel M. Fogeth, DDM Frederick, Amadrensa Gamangor Gachani, Jason A. Goble, Mahit Goendasi, Shivram Gupta, Christian D. Hagney, Henry J. Hammond, Emily X. Han, Jang Ho Han, Avril M. Harder, Tyler R. Hayes, Marie Julia Barish Henderson, Tianxing Hu, Akshay Jeju, Yusak Jian, Andrew T. Kanash, Caroline W. Karanja, Alariza Karbish Ravari, Violet Abragil Kisil, Heijin Kim, Daniel S. Lee, Aitah Lee, Kenneth W. Lee, James A. Lemke, Chang Lee, Jia Ping Liu, Wei Chuan Luo, Xin Ma, Antoine Pierrick-Martin, Brandon L. Mash, Samarth Mathur, Joseph D. McConaughey, Kelly A. McFall, William W. McNaught, Mohamed Mohsen Meneh Biggoli, Lakshya Middle, Dana Moses-On, Aaron George Mosey, Ryan L. Murphy, Jacqueline Renee Meyers, Patrick J. Newman, Mary L. Needrower, Panay Numuna, William E. Odom, Yonnel Weiss, Alexander Pak, Tyler John Peat, Fei Peng, Hwe Peng, Manoy Penmecha, Diana C. Pita, Joan L. Ponce, Marlin Promen, Vatsal Parohit, Amelia A. Putnam, Kaitlyn E. Randolph, Austin Riecksecker, Tatiana Renee Ringenberg, Victor A. Roman, Carla Ann Rosenfield, Robert Thomas Ryan, Hoda Salsabili, Troy A. Seberson, Tingting Zhang, Hannah M. Simpson, Yu Yingzong, Pei Su, Craig J. Sweet, Hasini T. Irala Liyanaj Dona Guna Singhhe, Peter F. Wagner, Tyrell A. Wagner, Jocelyn Walsh, Cheng Wang, Ji Wang, Tian Tian Wang, Xin Yue Wang, Rada Wadarshiya, Alina Wilde, Chloe C. Wires, Zichuang Wu, Ranxin Xia, Lan Xu, Zhenyu Xu, Yousing Ye, Yongyu, Ji Hyun-yong, Zhao Fengzhong. Mr. President, the candidates for the master's degrees will be presented by Linda J. Mason, Dean of the Graduate School. Mr. President, these students have successfully fulfilled the requirements of the graduate school. With the approval of the faculty, they are now presented to you to receive the master's degree. Exercising the authority of the trustees of Purdue University, legally vested by the people of the state of Indiana, and upon the recommendation of the Purdue faculty, I now confer upon you the master's degree with all the rights, privileges, duties and responsibilities of that degree. As evidence of this achievement, you will receive an appropriately inscribed diploma. I now invite our orators to read aloud the names of students who are earning master's degrees. Graduates, I invite you to have your special designee present your diploma cover to you now. Be sure to capture a photo of this to share with us. Master's. Shashwet Agrawal. Sumaya Ajimera. Ray Khan Al-Anazi. Elise Marie Alred. Asaya Oqab Al-Salam. David Altern. Ali Amir. Vashivesh Amanagota Shivakumar. Creighton Anderson. John Anelo. Amano Rora. Roberto Baramande. Joseph Balaz. Cassidy Bousyunas. Akhil Barda-Uphole. Shrey Bansal. Roman Benjamin. Chloe Benzer. Jessica Blum. Grace Boone. Casey Burke. Cody Butler. Annalisa Butts. Joseph Byerly. Go Euncha. Jorge Chamorro-Correa. Cecilia Chapin. Jingying Chen. Bo Yan Chen. Tianyu Chen. Yuchuan Chen. Abby Colglazer. Adrian Cologne. Donovan Colquitt. Vincent Coelino. Timothy Cotton. Jordan Crafts. Christine Cullen. Michael Dahlgren. Tien Dai. Jill Decker. Richard DeMarco. Kyle DeMotto. Penghao Deng. Smith Dixit. Ziming Dong. Karen Vipol Dolshi. Pungdu. Zeyu Du. Anisha Dutta. Jason Ensley. Sangjung Ion. Sophia Espinel Gonzalez. Jake Fidler. Christopher Fortunato. Dalton Freeman. David Fry. Andrew Gabbat. Angela Gallup. Michael Graff. Si Huang Guo. Puja Gupta. Simran Gordesani. Christopher Hawk. Shannon Hadley. Tian Feng Han. Hannah Harper. Elijah Harrington. Robert Heights. Katen Helfter. Maximiliana Harida. Jonathan Hilleman. Himanshu Himanshu. Shupam Hire. Thomas Herlovix. Yifei Hu. Yuan Yuan Hu. Xuomu Huang. Jingming Huang. Yutsu Huang. Brittany Huff. Rishabh Jain. Utkarsh Jayeshwal. Victoria Jackasick. Akash Jhangar. Claire Jarvi. Kenneth Jay. Wunchan Jiang. Alexandra John. Sakshi Kala. Rustam Kalamjavo. Gathir Kamachi. Rebecca Kimplen. Brandon Gio. Nishay Kona. Wangbei Kim. Sewei Kong. Kali Krishnamurti. Demetrius Chromidus. Yori Kuleshoff. Akul Madhaj Kumar. Nagendra Kumar. Allison Kurupp. Hawaii Le. E.U. Lai. Jennifer Leird. Qingli Lei. Qingyu Lei. Sharon Li. Tianrong Li. Xinwen Li. Yan Li. Zhen Li. Zhixian Li. Lixian Lim. Mengji Lin. Zihan Lin. Lu Band. Qiyao Liu. Ziyu Liu. Akraf Lakmani. Xiaotian Lu. Yancai Liu. David Magnus. Rajuta Mamadipur. Avnika Manaktala. Karan Manikoth. Jennifer Marie Matthews. Sylvia Meolo. Jeffrey Meek. Meika Meika. Nikhil Mehta. Jiaying Mei. Binghang Miao. Jennifer Mickels. Samara Miller. Antoine Meneer. Richa Mishra. Kanishka Mishra. Jamie Garcia. Sagar Mottwani. Jennifer Allen Moomin. Evan Murphy. Rachel Nellett. Wei Xiang Niu. Erin Newstetter. Darshan Parsuvanathan Chandrasek. Frances Pongo. Anna Powers. Jeff Pressler. Suba Darsini Prosti. Yu Hongchu. Hirsh Rai. Shubin Kumar Rajamani Vimalarani. Prateek Ramprasad. Glenda Ramejo-Saul. Rayhua Wen. Crystal Reyes. Christopher Rhee. Lindsey Roberts. Siney Robles. Jordan Roseman. Marcos Ruiz. Myung Han Diao. Samuel Sacks. Zara Sajedinia. Sarah Sams. Makayla Shlomer. Matthew Schnell. Alexander Zito. Karun Shah. Smit Shah. Donvy Shah. Meng Chanshan. Carl Kuangyu Shi. Li Feng Shi. Meng Yuan Shi. Xu Bing Shi. Senali Shrijan. Milo Stankovic. Zoe Starky. Hannah Stillman. Annie Stout. Mark Suarez. Brian Sumpreur. Vijaragavan Sundarajan. Arasasana Sutalam. Yu Jing Tao. Duwei Tao. Patrick Teal. Kari Tawilagar. Jan Thompson. Dong Tran. Gabrielle Truett. Krasimir Tetshtanov. Leslie Vargas Silva. Richard Vogel. Bush Voitz. William Walls. Hizhen Wang. Jia Sun Wang. Qingyi Wang. Wei Nan Wang. Wenyi Qing Wang. Xiaojian Wang. Zi Wang. Zi Yi Wang. Elizabeth Weren. Dylan Welsh. Jun Wen. Matthew White. Andy Wilby. Matthew Wright. Han Rewu. Pingyu Shao. Hong Ling Xu. Lu Xu. Ji Xuan Yao. Wei Ka Ye. Hao Ying Ying. Sheng Yu. Yuan Yuan. Bo Xingzhai. Qi Zhang. Peng Zhang. Wen Yu Zhang. Xin Zhang. Yi Zhou Zhang. Yu Cheng Zhang. Yuan Ke Zhou. Lucia Zuniga. Mr. President, the candidate for the Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree will be presented by Marion K. Underwood, Dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences. Mr. President, this student has successfully fulfilled the requirements of the professional curriculum of the College of Health and Human Sciences. With the approval of the faculty, she is now presented to you to receive the Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree. Exercising the authority of the trustees of Purdue University, legally vested by the people of the state of Indiana, and upon the recommendation of the Purdue faculty, I now confer upon you the Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree, with all rights, privileges, duties, and responsibilities of that degree. As evidence of this achievement, you will now be vested with the hood of the Doctor of Nursing Practice and receive an appropriately inscribed diploma. I now invite our order to read aloud the name of the student who is earning a Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree. Graduate, I invite you to have your special designee hood you and present your diploma cover now. Be sure to capture a photo of this to share with us. Doctor of Nursing, Lisa Marie Hollister, Laura Marie Moffatt. Mr. President, the candidates for the Doctor of Pharmacy Degree will be presented by Eric L. Barker, Dean of the College of Pharmacy. Mr. President, these students have successfully fulfilled the requirements of the professional curriculum of the College of Pharmacy. With the approval of the faculty, they are now presented to you to receive the Doctor of Pharmacy Degree. Exercising the authority of the trustees of Purdue University, legally vested by the people of the state of Indiana, and upon the recommendation of the faculty, I now confer upon you the Doctor of Pharmacy Degree with all rights, privileges, duties, and responsibilities of that degree. As evidence of this achievement, you'll now be vested with the hood of the Doctor of Pharmacy and receive an appropriately inscribed diploma. I now invite our orator to read aloud the names of all students who are earning Doctors of Pharmacy Degrees. Graduates, I invite you to have your special designee hood you and present your diploma cover now. Be sure to capture a photo of this moment to share with us. Doctor of Pharmacy, Sulanxi Tekla Wold, Jessica Chenyuan Zhao. Mr. President, the candidate for the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree will be presented by Willie M. Reed, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. Mr. President, this student has successfully fulfilled the requirements of the professional curriculum of the College of Veterinary Medicine. With the approval of the faculty, she is now presented to you to receive the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree. Exercising the authority of the trustees of Purdue University legally vested by the people of the state of Indiana and upon the recommendation of the faculty, I now confer upon you the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree with all rights, privileges, duties and responsibilities of that degree. As evidence of this achievement, you'll now be vested with the hood of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and receive an appropriately inscribed diploma. I now invite our order to read aloud the name of the student who is earning the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Graduate, I invite you to have your special designee hood you and present your diploma cover now. Be sure to capture a photo of this to share with us. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Emily Catherine Hess. It's appropriate at this time that we give special recognition to those graduates who have demonstrated outstanding scholastic achievement, leadership and service to the university community. You can review the recipients of these achievements in your commencement program. On behalf of the trustees and the faculty, congratulations on your accomplishments. We're counting on you to continue making exceptional contributions in all your future endeavors. Some of our graduates are wearing red, white and blue cords, signifying that they are veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to those servicemen and women for their patriotism. Mr. President, I am pleased to present the candidates for the baccalaureate and associate degrees, College of Health and Human Sciences, School of Management, College of Pharmacy, Polytechnic Institute, College of Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mr. President, these students has successfully fulfilled the requirements of the undergraduate curricula in their respective college or school. With the approval of the faculty, they are now presented to you to receive the appropriate degree. Exercising the authority of the trustees of Purdue University, legally vested by the people of the state of Indiana and upon the recommendation of the Purdue faculty, I now confer upon each of you who have fulfilled the stated requirements, the appropriate baccalaureate and associate degree with all the rights, privileges, duties and responsibilities of that degree. As evidence of this achievement, you will now receive an appropriately inscribed diploma. I now invite our orders to read aloud the names of students who are earning baccalaureate and associate degrees. Graduates, I invite you to have your special designee present your diploma cover to you now. Be sure to capture a photo of this to share with us. College of Health and Human Sciences, Sarah Elbin Saad, Vincent Allarding, Zoe Anderson, Maria Andrade, Jacob Andrews, Josephine Andrews, Jackson Anthrop, Joshua Arias, Nicola Armour-Smith, Levon Artyaga, Jennifer Barr, Emily Baird, Lauren Ball, Tanner Balsamo, Derek Barnes, Kelsey Bassley, Ethan Beatty, J. Brio Benesh, Grace Berry, George Bison, Breanne Blandford, Melissa Bull, Riley Bolan, Samuel Bondi, Aaron Bowers, Jordan Bradley, Lea Bridgewater, Joshua Broadbent, Lucas Broughton, Kelly Brown, Haley Buchanan, Simone Bush, Allie Muzkowitz, Taylor Coltrane, Peter Celeste, Nicole Charleboy, Commedia Cecca, Howen Chen, Kyle Schiskelke, Cassandra Clem, Sydney Cochran, Zachary Collins, Krista Combs, Sarah Cook, Nicole Cortes, Bryce Crook, Alicia Cutler, Sarah Davenport, Christina Davidson, Courtney Davis, Megan Decker, Madeline Dullemarter, Madison Donnelly, Emerson Douglas, Aaron Dubin, Quentin Duquette, Dawson Dwyer, Alexis Edgerson, Skyler Englund, Christina Erickson, Sheila Evans, Ian Fichter, Elias Figueroa, Lilligan Fellenworth, Abigail Fisher, Rayse Fisher, Kimberly Fu, Yuli Fu, Matthew Funderberg, Lauren Gattis, Angel Gaines, Caitlin Gall, Abigail Gaseor, Zachary Gerhardt, Laura Gansi-Orowski, Kristen Goats, Madison Graham, Kelly Gray, Adagiana Gunn, Grant Hawkinson, Desha Hall, Savannah Hall, Devon Hamilton, Jenna Hancock, Christian Harbert, Lauren Harlow, Kayla Herettas, Angela Harrington, LaCiana Harris, Alexandra Heady, Kylie Hevlin, Emma Heinhold, Lorena Hernandez, Seth Hurnley, Christina Hevel, Levana Hiva Atapadag, Jameel Hilao, Ashley Hogan, Caroline Hopsonberger, Mary Houston, Destiny House, Salma Monica Huerta, Kiara Hughes, Ashlyn Hurrich, Travis Houston, Vincent E. Yu, Allison Jeffries, Alexis Jennings, Elsa Johnson, Lauren Johnson, Ellery Jones, Brittany Judge, Kaitlyn Kane, Melanie Kaplan, Matthew Kelly, Mamie Kunar, McKenna Kepler, Chelsea Kim, Haeson Kim, Thomas Kim, Catriona King, Travis Kirby, Kami Coors, Will Kretzer, Deja Lakour, Alexandra Lansley, Adam Lukowitz, Victoria Legeer, Joshua Leisure, Rachel Lindner, Nicole Lindsay, Hanna Leipofsky, Matthew Liu, Samuel Lobig, Jessica Melo Lopez, Carly Lucasic, Zidane Lu, Blake Mackey, Megan Matagro, David Maniglia, J. Ed Martin, Kelsey Martin, Alexa Mason, Diana Micken, Tyler McEvoy, Carissa McLaughlin, Ian McMahon, Brittany McVicker, Kaitlyn Merker, Brooke Michael, Remington Mikkel, Nikita Miller, Abigail Mills, Chloe Mills, Kelsey Maneer, Carlton Moldenhauer, Morgan Maloney, Alexis Moody, Riley Moody, Rondale Moore, Brenna Morgan, Maryann Mundaya, Emily New, Kaitlyn Newton, Lindsey Ngoh, Van Minh Cong Nguyen, Kennedy Nibelsky, Sabrina Noon, Robert Norman, Colin O'Connor, Yongjin Oh, Juhee Juliet Oh, Jingtong Rosalind Ong, Rosalio Ornelas, Elizabeth Palazzo, Claire Pardo, Yongtae Park, Mary Parkman, Theodoro Partica Valencia, Eris Xiaowei Pe, Daniela Pazulo, Adrian Phillips, Lydia Pickering, Joseph Femento, Paige Pitcock, Colin Plinovich, Joshua Plu, Haley Podimski, Orianna Pol, Mation Podomani, Mackenzie Potter, Madison Powell, Eleni Price, Zhilong Qi, Abigail Rardon, Cristiana Reems, Carson Rigrith, Sarah Randolds, Ahola Obama, Ricardo Martinez, Megan Ricks, Cecilia Ringer, Blake Roberts, Zoe Roberts, Brianna Robison, Eliza Ross, Rebecca Ruhman, Ashton Runner, Montserrat Salazar, Cassidy Samson, Danielle Serrazino, Noah Scheller, Elizabeth Scott, Shannon Sears, Chelsea Schaefer, Reagan Sherrick, Benjamin Schietz, Hal Yu Shen, Jiali Shen, Avery Shoemaker, Arden Seidel, Kuzayice Shichibo, Abigail Smith, Ann Smith, Eleanor Snyder, Nicole Snyder, Samuel Snyder, Ciara Snyder, Jianyan Song, Yongyu Song, Xinyu Song, Jared Sparks, Emily Staley, Ashley Stallworth, Jacob Stimley, Amy Stivers, James Sullivan, Garrett Suter, Trevor Thompson, Blaine Tonaki, Kyla Townsend, Catherine Tui, Courtney Lynn Turref, Aubrey Vachon, Madison Van Hornebeck, John Vasquez, Tiffany Vado, Audrey Virk, Samantha Villagomez, Diego Valenda Maduro, Andrewy Vashlin, Joseph Voight, Alyssa Wagner, John Walton, Isabel Ward, Ali Wilfong, Benjamin Withers, Alexiath Wodarski, Nicole Wollachuk, Kaylee Reitzman, Qian Wu, Haiyan Xiao, Yoshaya Yamakawa, Jia Yi Yang, Jing Yang, Siqi Yang, K-U-N, Taylor Yoder, Kara Zaikow, Alisson Zajikala, Jingyi Zhang. 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Alessia, Brian Alexander, Hunter Amato, Darren Anderson, William Anderson, Gabriel Araneda, Mitchell Arga-Masilla, Brianna Arms, Dalton Armstrong, Saad Ahsen, Anat Ottoman, Wesley Babylonia, Zhao Bai, Kyle Baldwin, Caleb Balicicon, Simran Bunsell, Elliot Barber, Everett Berry, Elizabeth Bartley, Max Justin Bauer, Milo Beam, Adal Becker, Maxwell Stephen Becker, Mason Beggs, William Birkenbush, David Berthum, Dhruv Bargava, Connor Blackburn, Owen Blum, Andrew Bohm, Mitchell Boulda, Eric Samuel Borders, Michael Borders, Daniel Borey, Curtis Boucher, Zikeya Satya Ivan Bracey, Emma Brocker, Taylor Breel, Ian Brooks, David Brotten, Ty Brassard, Ash Brown, Lexan Brunner, Gary Bush, Brandon Butram, Kelly Caldwell, Matthew Carlin, Justin Cassidy, Ernesto Castanares, Kelly Costello, Haley Cervone, Zahesh Chandok, Alyssa Charles, Richard Cherry, Youngjeon Choi, Brandon Christensen, Nicholas Clark, Lucas Clifford, Elise Kohn, Jacob Connor, David Conrad Snyder, Makayla Crawford, Nathan Criswell, 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Owens, Hongxin Pai, Alexa Parker, Punit Patel, Kieran Payne, Chaohan Peng, Colton Peterson, Johanna Phillips, Andrew Plank, Avinash Purili, Priyan Prabhakar, Suget Pradhan, Navit Rangarajan, Krithik Rao, Nicholas Raphael, Dhanashika Ravachandran, Ian Raidenbach, Bailey Rourke, Jasmine Rodney, Raul Rodriguez-Barahona, Christopher Rosenblatt, Luka Rulander, Riti Suchdeva, Irbisaha, Alisa Santiago, Sterling Sardina, Bailey Scott, James Shea, Devon Shook, Travis Simons, Ghazal Singh, Harstib Singh, Ashtha Sinha, Ayushi Sinha, Hunter Small, Harris Shaw, Miher Somani, Royu Song, Yanlu Song, Niko Spaniel, Alexander Spector, Jacqueline Stanley, Nathan Stelflug, Aditya Subramanian, David Sun, Shin Lu Sun, Brandon Song, Krishna Suresh, Riley Teg, Kevin Taha, Hal Han Tan, F.A. Toss, Vikas Tantanini, Pujitawari, Jagat Thunker, Drew Tennis, Anthony Thomas, Theodore Tobias, Abigail Ernest, Elnard Nucci Auschwitz, Amanwali, Andy Wong, Hangan Wong, Shi Wong, Yuchen Wong, Yushan Wong, Melody Weber, Kyle Weisel, Ian Wilson, Brandon Wood, Heiyang Wu, Minhao Xu, Shrikari Yakamanini, Tanu Jadev, Xuan Yang, Kevin Yin, Zheng Chen, Jianying Yuan, Mao Yung Yuan, Christopher Zikos, Adil Zhikapek, Kwan Xiaojong, Michael Zhang, Roy John, Joshua Zhao, Kayang Zhao, Jin Yu Zhao, Kiyi Zhu, Liana Zogby, College of Veterinary Medicine, Emma Dulce Kurol, Gene Marie Hoek, Paige Rogers, Destiny Ulrich, Erin Wooden. Okay, it's official. You are now graduates of Purdue University. It's time for you to observe tradition by moving your tassel from the right side of the mortar board to the left, signifying your new status. Congratulations to all our new alums. We honored these graduates for their hard work and accomplishments, but they would be the first to tell us they did not make the journey alone. Will the graduates please take this moment to offer thanks and appreciation to your parents, grandparents, spouses, brothers, sisters, and other family members and friends for their long and loving support that brought you to this moment. The audience is invited to sing the Purdue hymn. The words are located inside the front cover of the program. I'm pleased to introduce today's responder, Simran Bunsell. Simran is receiving a Bachelor of Science in User Experience Design, and while at Purdue has been active in the student entrepreneurial community, serving as a leader in the Delta Mu Kappa Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fraternity, and as founder of the Entrepreneur Campus Event. Please welcome Simran Bunsell. Thank you President Daniels for the introduction and know that I'm humbled and honored to be the student responder for this division. I'm sure the graduates will join me in thanking the family members, friends, staff, faculty, administrators, and the Board of Trustees for the support and encouragement that allowed for this amazing experience. Whether you're watching this on campus, in your pajamas, at home on the couch surrounded by loved ones or somewhere else, I would like to begin by saying congratulations, we did it. We are officially able to say we are Purdue alumni. Many people told me that college would be the best years of my life that could not be more of an understatement, not just because of the friends we have made as Boilermakers, but because of the amount of self growth and realization we have had in this nurturing Purdue environment. In preparation for these remarks, I begin to reflect on my time as a Purdue student and three key takeaways surface as I close this chapter and open the next one. Life is not a linear path and not everything needs to be planned out. This is laughable to those that know me because I'm extremely organized and create weekly spreadsheets for literally everything. Entering college, I thought I was going to major in supply chain management, graduate and find employment in the world of business. However, after taking one Purdue math class, I realized that was not the path for me. I spent my first year making memories with friends, but also creating very steady plans, exploring different areas of interest before electing to major in user experience design, which combined my interest in people and technology. I experienced many moments that felt as though I was just at Purdue taking classes and aimlessly wandering through Memorial Mall. I can now truly say as I look back on my past years that I am so grateful for having taken the time to explore my options and in fine and pursue my passion. I learned that sometimes you have to go off-roading and take that detour to find your new path. So as Dory the fish from Finding Nemo would say, just keep swimming. My second lesson learned is this, giant leaps lead to new experiences. One thing Dory was able to successfully do was swim confidently throughout the sea into new situations. As we enter college, everyone is eager to make friends and join clubs or organizations. Many of us have come from different states or countries and maybe knew a few people, if any, going into college. If there's anything I can truly emphasize from college, it is to never let nervousness about a new opportunity hinder you from participating. With every experience that presents itself, if even slightly interested, take a leap to participate. And if you do and didn't enjoy it, well, that was just part of the experience of learning, what you don't enjoy. From our time as incoming first year students fearing eating alone in a dining court to now, look at how much we have stepped out of our comfort zones and become comfortable with ourselves. By doing so, it has led to a variety of awesome new experiences and opportunities. This brings me to my last point. Though we cannot control the circumstances that we face, we can control our response to it. These past two-ish semesters have definitely been different than previous semesters. Some of us have had the opportunity to spend more time with their family, whether we liked it or not, while others of us have been apart from them since last year's winter break. Sure, we can use the pandemic as an excuse for why we can't move forward in life or we can use it as a motivator to find our purpose. Our Boilermaker community is rooting for us to succeed. Even though our graduation looks a little different than what we imagined when we began at Purdue a few years ago, we join with others as we graduate and step into the real world with more purpose, passion, and potential. Let us remember that tough times don't last, but tough people do. It's pretty amazing how much we have all changed since we stepped foot onto campus. On my first day here, I had no idea what Bloop or Sloop were. I remember thinking most of the senior football players were at least 25 years old, and sadly, I used Google Maps walking directions to tell me how to get from my dorm to the ECE building. Today, I'm proud to report that I know what Bloop and Sloop are and how to ride them. The football players don't look older than I do, and I can find any building on campus, well, for the most part. And if all that's true, just imagine how different we will all be in two, five, or 10 years from now. As we move into our next phase of life, remember to enjoy the detours, have no regrets, and remain resilient. To the class of 2020, welcome to being a grown-up. Boiler up. And now, Rabbi Michael Harvey will offer the benediction. Please join us again in prayer, reflection, or meditation. We offer thanks and gratitude at this time of celebration and transition. This ceremony has acknowledged the great effort by teachers who shared wisdom and insight, and students who came with open minds and creative thoughts. We pray that these students will take their enhanced skills of critical thinking, innovative processes, and enhanced curiosity to apply these skills towards building a stronger, healthier, and more just nation and world. We also pray that the family members and instructors who guided these graduates will continue their vital work in the future. Dear friends, may God bless you and keep you. May God's face shine upon you and be gracious to you. May God bestow countenance upon you and grant you peace. And let us say, amen. And so we conclude our commencement convocation. Thank you for joining us during these most unusual circumstances and sharing with us in your celebration, acknowledging your achievements as Boilermakers. We are making it through together. On behalf of the trustees, faculty, and all the Purdue family, I bid you farewell, Godspeed, Hail Purdue.