2019 Ford School Commencement

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[ APPLAUSE ]

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WELCOME BACK.

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WILL YOU PLEASE HAVE A SEAT.

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IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY

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HERE.

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WELCOME.

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I'M MICHAEL BARR.

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I'M THE PUBLIC DEAN OF THE

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GERALD FORD PUBLIC POLICY.

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IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU AT

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OUR OPEN HOUSE AND IT'S MY HONOR

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TO WELCOME YOU HERE THIS

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AFTERNOON.

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ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE FORD

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SCHOOL FOR THE 2019 COMMENCEMENT

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SPEECH.

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I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY

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INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKERS TODAY.

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WITH ME IS OUR KEY NOTE

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SPEAKER AND DISTINGUISHED

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JOURNALIST, MICHELLE NORRIS.

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WE'RE SO HONORED TO HAVE

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MICHELLE WITH US THIS EVENING

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AND THIS AFTERNOON AND LOOK

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FORWARD TO HER REMARKS.

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WE'RE HONORED TO TO BE JOINED

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BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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AMBASSADOR RYAN WEISER.

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[ APPLAUSE ]

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REGION WEISER IS A LEADER IN

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BUSINESS AND POLITICS.

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HIM AND HIS WIFE EILEEN HAVE

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BEEN SUPPORTIVE TO THE FORD

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SCHOOL OF MICHIGAN.

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RON WE'RE THANKFUL TO HAVE YOU

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HERE THIS AFTERNOON.

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I'M DELIGHTED TO INTRODUCE

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YOU TO ROB SILLER

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SELLERS.

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ROB IS THE PROVOS FOR

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PSYCHOLOGY.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE

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AND REPRESENTING THE UNIVERSITY

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OF MICHIGAN

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ANCHOR:

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TO MY RIGHT IS THE POLICY

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ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP.

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NEXT TO LIZ IS JOHN CHUCHARRI

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JOHN DIRECTS OUR NEW WEISER

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POLICY CENTER AND HE'S GOING TO

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BE READING THE NAMES OF OUR GRAD

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PROFESSOR BRIAN JACOB WHO IS

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REPRESENTING THE LEADERSHIP OF

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OUR PHD PROGRAM.

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♪

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♪AND OUR ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR

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ACADEMIC AFFAIRS PROFESSOR PAULA

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LANCE.

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AS YOU MAY BE ABLE TO TELL

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FROM THE APPLAUSE, PAULA IS ALSO

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THE ELECTED SPEAKER FROM THE

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STUDENTS ON BEHALF OF THE

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FACULTY.

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AND FINALLY ELECTED BY THEIR

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CLASSMATES ARE SOON TO BE FORD

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MPP GRADUATE JAVIER LUJANO.

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AND AS OF THIS MORNING IS THE IS

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THE GRADUATE JERYNE FISH.

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WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE OUR

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GRADUATES, SMART, DRIVEN, PUBLIC

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-- DON'T CRY YET.

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SMART, DRIVEN-MINDED PEOPLE

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WHO WILL BE LEADING IN THE NEXT

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HALF CENTURY.

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I HAVE THE HONOR OF TALKING

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ABOUT THESE STUDENTS, WHAT THEY

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LEARNED HERE, WHAT THEY BROUGHT

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TO US AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED

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FROM THEM AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

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WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO NEXT.

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LET ME SHARE IN THE MISSION

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STATE THAT THE FACULTY STUDENTS

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AND STAFF DO.

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THE FORD UNIVERSITY OF

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MICHIGAN IS DEDICATED TO DOING

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GOOD.

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WE INSPIRE LEADERSHIP.

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TRANSFER INFORMATIONAL AND WORK

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ON POLICIES TO TAKE ON

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TRAGEDIES.

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YES WE DO.

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THE WORLD INDEED FACES A

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TIME OF TRULY DAUNTING

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CHALLENGES.

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CAMPUS IS FULL OF BUDS AND

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FLOWERS AS IT SHOULD BE.

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WE DEAL WITH MANY TOUGH POLICIES

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AND WE KNOW OUR WORLD FACES MANY

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CHALLENGES.

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HERE AND AROUND THE GLOBE

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THE DEMOCRATIC WORLD ARE UNDER

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ATTACK.

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FROM ANTI-SELLISM, FROM

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CORRUPTION AND SKY RIGHT AND

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INEQUALITY.

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THE RULES BASED SYSTEM, OR

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COMMITMENT TO FIGHT BIGOTRY TO

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EMBRACE DIFFERENCE, OUR OPENNESS

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OUR VITALITY.

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OUR SHARED VALUES EMERGING FROM

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WORLD WAR II IN MANY WAYS AT

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RISK.

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GRADUATION IS NOT NEW TO YOU.

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YOU'VE INSPIRED ME WITH YOUR

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OMPATHY AND YOUR CAPACITY AND

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YOUR PREPARATION TO TAKE ON

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THOSE CHALLENGES.

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OUR SCHOOL IS NAMED FOR THE

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UNIVERSITY'S MOST DISTINGUISHED

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GRADUATES, GERALD FORD.

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IN WORLD WAR II, GERALD FORD

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FACED A REFUGEE PROCESS.

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MANY IMMIGRANTS SOUGHT ASYLUM

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IN THIS COUNTRY.

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WE WERE IN LARGE PART

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RESPONSIBILITIES FOR WHAT THEY

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HAD FLED.

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IT MEANINGED THE RESETTLEMENT

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IN THE TIGHT WINDOW OF TIME

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BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IT WAS THE

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RIGHT THING TO DO.

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COMING ON THE HEELS OF A WAR

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FORD'S POLICIES WITH REFUGEES

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WERE NOT POPULAR NOR WITH

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DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AROUND

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THE STATE HOUSE.

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IT JUST BURNS ME UP INSIDE

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TO THOSE AGAINST TO OPENING UP

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OUR DOORS.

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WE DIDN'T DO IT TO THE

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HUNGARIANS AND WE'RE NOT GOING

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TO DO IT NOW.

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TODAY ISSUES OF IMMIGRATION

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AND BUILDING WALLS ARE TOO GREAT

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ONCE AGAIN AND THEY WILL BE

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AMONG THE TOP ISSUES LEADING ON

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TO THE YEARS AND DECADES TO

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COME.

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THEY'RE ESTIMATED 12 MILLION

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REFUGEES AROUND THE WORLD AND

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MORE THAN HALF OF UNDER THE AGE

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OF 18.

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BORDER POLICY AND ASYLUM

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POLICY AND THOSE ARE IN PART

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POLITICAL ISSUES.

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THERE IS PART OF REASONABLE

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DISAGREEMENTS.

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WHAT ARE THE RIGHT POLICIES TO

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MISS AND FOR THE RIGHT EXAMPLE.

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THE BURR DENS THAT IMMIGRANTS

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COME TO OUR COMMUNITY.

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THE ROLES THAT POLICIES CAN PLAY

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IN SOCIETIES AROUND THE WORLD.

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HERE'S POLICIES THAT SHOULD

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GUIDE US.

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A FUNDAMENTIAL RESPECT FOR

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POLICIES AROUND THE WORLD.

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FIRST YOU SHOULD FEEL A PROFOUND

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SENSE OF GRATUITY AND

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RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE ASROUND

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THE COUNTRY.

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AND OUR DIFFERENCES MAKE US

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STRONG.

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YOU'VE SEE IT RIGHT HERE IN

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THE FORD SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

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WE'RE A STRONGER WISER COMMUNITY

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BECAUSE OF OUR DIFFERENCES FOR

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EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE

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COMMUNITY.

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THOSE FROM CLASSES HAIL FROM

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OVER 20,000 GRADUATES.

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THEY INCLUDE A TRULY

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BEAUTIFUL SPEECH FROM THOSE IN

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THE STATE HOUSE DECLARING

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HERSELF UNDOCUMENTED AND

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UNAFRAID.

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THEY INCLUDE ENSLAVED

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PEOPLES WHOSE UNPAID LABOR BUILT

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THIS COUNTRY WHOSE SACRIFICE

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BUILT THIS COUNTRY WHO DECADE

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AFTER DECADE WORE ON.

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THEY INCLUDE RED AND BLUE

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STATERS.

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SOUTHERNERS 
AND NON-SOUTHERNERS

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AND WHITE AND BLACK AND EVERY

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SHADE OF THE COMMUNITY OF THE

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NATION.

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A STUDENT THAT WORKED FOR

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PRESIDENT TRUMP AND A STUDENT

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THAT IS THE EGG ROLL ON THE

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WHITE HOUSE FOR EASTER ON THE

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PRESIDENT'S LAWN.

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OUR FORD SCHOOL COMMUNITY IS

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A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FACULTY

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WHO BUILT THIS SCHOOL FOR MANY

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YEARS, A STUDENT FROM FROM

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JAMAICA.

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A STAFF LEADER WHOSE FAMILY CAME

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TO THE U.S. FLEEING UNREST IN

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THE MIDDLE EAST.

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A STAFF MEMBER WHOSE FAMILY

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DEMONSTRATED A POSITIVE IMPACT

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IN REFUGEES IN THE EAST.

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MY FAMILY FLEEING FROM POLANTD

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IN THE 1930S COMING FIRST TO

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POLAND ON A BOAT FILLED WITH

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ORANGES ON THE PORT OF NEW

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ORLEANS.

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AND SO MANY MORE OF

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OUR FACULTY AND STAFF ALL

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CONTRIBUTING TO OUR STAFF.

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OUR DIFFERENCES MAKE US STRONG.

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CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS MAKE

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US STRONGER WITH THEIR TALENT

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AND DRIVE.

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THEY HELP US SUCCEED WHEN WE

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NEGOTIATE AND TRADE.

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AMONG THOSE FORD REFUGEES

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THAT WE SHOULD WELCOME IN 1975

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FOR MORE THAN 3,000 ORPHANS

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EVACUATED FROM SIGON AS THE

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MILITARY APPROACHED THAT CITY.

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JERALD AND BETTY FORD

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TRAVELLED TO MEET ONE OF THE

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CARGO PLANES TO MEET THOSE

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BABIES.

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PRESIDENT FORD CARRIED THE FIRST

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BABY HIMSELF.

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THERE'S A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIM

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SITTING ON A BUS CARRYING ONE OF

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THE BABIES BOTTLE FEEDING ONE OF

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THE ORPHANS.

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HE WAS USING THE CAPACITY FOR

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LEADERSHIP AND GENEROSITY AND

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HUMANITY.

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HE TOOK RESPONSIBILITY.

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STUDENTS IT GIVES ME GREAT

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INSPIRATION AND HOPE TO KNOW

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THAT SOON YOU, YOU WILL BE THE

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ONES OUT THAT LEADER AND THAT

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YOU'LL LEAD LIKE GERALD FORD

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WITH COMPASSION AND HEART.

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WITH ANALYTICS YES, BUT DRIVEN

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B

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BY THE UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN

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SPIRIT.

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LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT

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ABOUT THE CURRICULUM.

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FOR BOTH OUR GRADUATE AND

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UNDER-GRADUATE STUDENTS WE DEAL

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WITH FACTS.

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THEY HANDLE COMPLICATED COSTS.

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THEY KNOW THEIR STUFF.

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THAT'S A STRONG FOUNDATION TO

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BUILD ON.

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WE STRESS COMMUNICATION SKILLS

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AND SO THEY LEARN TO FIGHT

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CLEARLY

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CLEARLY

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OUR GRADUATES HAVE BEEN

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TAUGHT TO THINK AND LISTEN

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COMPASSIONATELY.

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SO LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT OUR

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OUTSTANDING STAFF.

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OUR FACULTY JOINT APPOINTED

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POLITICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

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AND SOCIOLOGY AND IN SO MANY

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MORE AREAS AROUND 
THE

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UNIVERSITY.

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THEY'RE DOING CUTTING EDGE

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RESEARCH AND WORKING WITH PUBLIC

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POLICIES HERE, ACROSS THE NATION

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AND AROUND THE WORLD.

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THE FORD STAFF IS THE SCHOOL'S

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STRENGTH AT WELL.

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LET ME ASK ALL STUDENT AND

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STAFF TO STAND AND THANK ME FOR

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ALL THAT THEY DO.

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THERE ARE OTHERS THAT

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DESERVE RECOGNITION AND THAT'S

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ALL OF YOU AND FAMILY AND

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FRIENDS THAT ARE WATCHING

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ONLINE.

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YOU RAISED THESE STUDENTS TO

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TALK ABOUT WHAT MATTERS.

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YOU'VE CANCELLED THEM AND

00:15:48.260 --> 00:15:52.630
CONSOLED THEM.

00:15:52.630 --> 00:15:53.910
GRADUATES PLEASE TAKE THIS TIME

00:15:53.910 --> 00:15:57.060
TO THANK YOUR LOVED ONES OVER

00:15:57.060 --> 00:16:01.440
THE YEARS.

00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:10.779
TODAY 91 STUDENTS HAVE

00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:18.519
EARNED MASTER'S DEGREE AND SPEAK

00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:21.560
THE SCHOOL OF INFORMATION,

00:16:21.560 --> 00:16:24.279
SOCIAL WORK, INFORMATION, THE

00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:26.900
BUSINESS SCHOOL AND MANY MORE.

00:16:26.900 --> 00:16:27.950
THEY INCLUDE THE CHAIR OF THE

00:16:27.950 --> 00:16:29.570
WASHTENAW BOARD OF COMMISSIONS

00:16:29.570 --> 00:16:34.680
AND CAPTAIN OF THE U.S. ARMY.

00:16:34.680 --> 00:16:37.070
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE SEEN

00:16:37.070 --> 00:16:39.140
THE CLASS PHOTO I FEEL LIKE I

00:16:39.140 --> 00:16:41.500
HAVE TO EXPLAIN THEY DO NOT

00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.950
ACTUALLY INCLUDE A WALKING

00:16:42.950 --> 00:16:46.530
BAGEL.

00:16:46.530 --> 00:16:50.830
MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP LEAD A

00:16:50.830 --> 00:16:53.490
SUCCESSFUL CHAIRITY OPTION FOR

00:16:53.490 --> 00:16:57.150
THE YOUTHFUL IN DETROIT AND LEAD

00:16:57.150 --> 00:17:03.440
AN ROUSING SING ALONG.

00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:04.720
THEY'VE LEAD BY ACTION BUT

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.929
PUTTING THEIR HEADS DOWN AND

00:17:05.929 --> 00:17:07.660
PUTTING TO WORK.

00:17:07.660 --> 00:17:09.420
THIS GROUP OVERCAME A LOT OF

00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:12.449
PERSONAL ADVERSITY TOOK CARE OF

00:17:12.449 --> 00:17:14.500
EACH OTHER.

00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.500
LET ME TELL YOU HOW WE'VE EARNED

00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:20.320
A GROUP IN PUBLIC POLICY.

00:17:20.320 --> 00:17:22.750
THEY'RE A SMART AND ENTHUSIASTIC

00:17:22.750 --> 00:17:23.750
GROUP.

00:17:23.750 --> 00:17:26.300
THEY'RE A PART OF THE LIBERAL

00:17:26.300 --> 00:17:27.839
ARTS TRADITIONS.

00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:31.059
IN TOP CLASS,

00:17:31.059 --> 00:17:32.730
OUR BA CURRICULUM TEACHES

00:17:32.730 --> 00:17:34.320
STUDENTS TO THINK CRITICALLY.

00:17:34.320 --> 00:17:37.380
TO UNDERSTAND POLICY CHALLENGES

00:17:37.380 --> 00:17:38.380
AND SOLUTIONS.

00:17:38.380 --> 00:17:42.520
TODAY IT INCLUDES FIVE A BETA

00:17:42.520 --> 00:17:47.090
CAPAS AND INCLUDE STUDENTS TO

00:17:47.090 --> 00:17:49.520
SPEAK AS I SAID AT THE

00:17:49.520 --> 00:17:51.809
UNIVERSITY HONORS CONVOCATION.

00:17:51.809 --> 00:17:54.340
AND OTHERS HAVE SPOKE IN THE

00:17:54.340 --> 00:17:57.400
UNIVERSITY IN THE BIG HOUSE.

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THEY WRITE FOR THE MICHIGAN

00:18:02.150 --> 00:18:05.720
DAILY AND CAMPUS LEAD

00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:08.000
GOVERNMENT, RAN TRACK.

00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:10.260
PARTICIPATED IN A MARCHING BANDS

00:18:10.260 --> 00:18:12.840
AND ADVOCATED PASSIONATELY.

00:18:12.840 --> 00:18:17.220
THEY ADVOCATED FOR THE TURNOUT

00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:20.300
IN THE ELECTION.

00:18:20.300 --> 00:18:21.520
THESE STUDENTS HAVE IMPROVED OUR

00:18:21.520 --> 00:18:23.900
SCHOOL AND THE UNIVERSITY.

00:18:23.900 --> 00:18:25.920
WHAT'S TRULY REMARKABLE TO ME IS

00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:27.890
SOME HOW THEY MANAGED TO DO ALL

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THAT WITHOUT EVER ONCE CHECKING

00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:35.549
THEIR E-MAIL.

00:18:35.549 --> 00:18:39.490
IT'S PRETTY STUNNING.

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WE CELEBRATE TWO STUDENTS

00:18:41.290 --> 00:18:43.170
THAT HAVE EARNED TWO PHDS.

00:18:43.170 --> 00:18:46.130
ONE IN SOCIOLOGY AND

00:18:46.130 --> 00:18:47.130
ECONOMICS.

00:18:47.130 --> 00:18:50.320
IT'S CRITICAL THAT WANT TO

00:18:50.320 --> 00:18:55.920
INCLUDE RESEARCH AND SCIENCE AND

00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:57.250
THEY SEE THEMSELVES AT DEEPLY

00:18:57.250 --> 00:19:01.370
COMMITTED TO THE STUDIES.

00:19:01.370 --> 00:19:02.500
TAKING TOGETHER THE CLASSES

00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:05.330
OF 2019 ARE SERIOUS STUDENTS,

00:19:05.330 --> 00:19:07.220
HARD WORKERS AND DEDICATED

00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:08.220
LEADERS.

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:09.220
GRA

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:11.270
GRADUATES, YOU ARE AMAZING.

00:19:11.270 --> 00:19:12.840
BUT LET ME GIVE YOU FIVE TIPS TO

00:19:12.840 --> 00:19:15.740
HELP YOU ON THE PATH TO HERE.

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:18.100
THE FIRST I'VE SAID ALREADY,

00:19:18.100 --> 00:19:20.320
LEAD LIKE GERALD FORD.

00:19:20.320 --> 00:19:21.730
FIND YOUR PASSION.

00:19:21.730 --> 00:19:23.231
TAKE UNPOPULAR STANDS WHEN YOU

00:19:23.231 --> 00:19:24.830
KNOW THEY'RE RIGHT.

00:19:24.830 --> 00:19:27.340
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.

00:19:27.340 --> 00:19:29.130
NUMBER TWO.

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WORK HARD, REALLY HARD.

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REALLY REALLY REALLY HARD.

00:19:36.470 --> 00:19:38.460
ANYTHING WORTH DOING REQUIRES AN

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:40.910
ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF HARD WORK.

00:19:40.910 --> 00:19:45.730
NUMBER THREE-DON'T BE A JERK.

00:19:45.730 --> 00:19:48.380
IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE SOMETHING

00:19:48.380 --> 00:19:51.549
WE'VE LOST, EMPOWER HER.

00:19:51.549 --> 00:20:00.500
YOU 
CAN DO ANYTHING.

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:02.770
DON'T TALK YOURSELF DOWN, TALK

00:20:02.770 --> 00:20:04.730
YOURSELF UP.

00:20:04.730 --> 00:20:05.730
WE'RE FACING ENORMOUS

00:20:05.730 --> 00:20:08.140
CHALLENGES AND WE CAN MAKE THE

00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:10.110
DIFFERENCE.

00:20:10.110 --> 00:20:12.201
LASTLY AND NUMBER FIVE, LOVE

00:20:12.201 --> 00:20:15.610
YOUR TEAM, YOU CAN'T DO IT ALONE

00:20:15.610 --> 00:20:17.340
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

00:20:17.340 --> 00:20:18.559
BUILD A TEAM AROUND YOU THAT

00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:20.320
WOULD HELP YOU SOLVE THE MOST

00:20:20.320 --> 00:20:23.400
PRESSING CHALLENGES TOGETHER.

00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:25.670
AS OUR TIME DRAWS TO A CLOSE, I

00:20:25.670 --> 00:20:28.240
KNOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:29.809
CLASSES YOU'VE STUDIES AND

00:20:29.809 --> 00:20:32.110
BECOME LIFELONG FRIENDS.

00:20:32.110 --> 00:20:34.050
YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT YOUR NEW

00:20:34.050 --> 00:20:37.660
CLASSMATES BUT I KNOW YOU'RE

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:45.860
EXCITED ABOUT YOUR LIFE IN ANN

00:20:45.860 --> 00:20:47.920
HARBOR.

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:51.990
YOU'LL MISS CALCULUS WITH JOHN

00:20:51.990 --> 00:20:58.470
SIMON AND STATISTICS AND THE

00:20:58.470 --> 00:21:02.830
WATCHFUL GUIDE OF OUR BELOVED

00:21:02.830 --> 00:21:05.660
TEACHERS.

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:10.900
YOU WON'T MISS THE TEACHER'S

00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:18.900
LOUNGE, THE EXPLODING PIPES IN

00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:26.370
THE LADY ROOM AND THE WINDCHILL.

00:21:26.370 --> 00:21:27.850
OF COURSE FOR EACH OTHER, YOU

00:21:27.850 --> 00:21:30.630
MIGHT MISS EACH OTHER MOST.

00:21:30.630 --> 00:21:31.980
YOUR FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:33.960
WON'T BE DOWN THE STREET.

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:38.900
BUT I PROMISE YOU THE TIES HERE

00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:40.980
IN MUTUAL AND HARD WORK WILL

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:45.559
PROPEL AND SUSTAIN YOU.

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:48.320
GRADUATES, WE'RE PROUD OF YOU

00:21:48.320 --> 00:21:52.130
AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.

00:21:52.130 --> 00:21:53.130
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASSES

00:21:53.130 --> 00:21:54.310
OF 2019, GO BLUE.

00:21:54.310 --> 00:22:11.450
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

00:22:11.450 --> 00:22:12.760
THANK YOU.

00:22:12.760 --> 00:22:14.980
NOW I'M DELIGHTED TO

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:18.820
INTRODUCE OUR KEY NOTE SPEAKER,

00:22:18.820 --> 00:22:20.309
MICHELLE NORRIS.

00:22:20.309 --> 00:22:26.660
MICHELLE -- AN EXTRA APPLAUSE IS

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:29.730
ALWAYS GOOD.

00:22:29.730 --> 00:22:33.240
MICHELLE IS ONE OF THE LATEST

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:36.250
WRITERS ON IDENTITY AND RACE.

00:22:36.250 --> 00:22:37.460
YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN HER SPEAK

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:39.750
IN PERSON BEFORE BUT YOU KNOW

00:22:39.750 --> 00:22:40.750
HER VOICE.

00:22:40.750 --> 00:22:43.760
MICHELLE SHARED AS THE HOST OF

00:22:43.760 --> 00:22:45.390
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED FOR A

00:22:45.390 --> 00:22:47.700
DECADE PROVIDING CLEAR RATIONAL

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:49.201
CONTEXT FOR ALL OF THE NEWS OF

00:22:49.201 --> 00:22:50.201
THE DAY.

00:22:50.201 --> 00:22:51.201
AG

00:22:51.201 --> 00:22:52.201
AGREE.

00:22:52.201 --> 00:22:56.610
DURING HIS TIME HERE SHE

00:22:56.610 --> 00:23:00.360
FOUNDED A RACE CARD PROJECT AND

00:23:00.360 --> 00:23:02.650
SHARED A DESCRIPTION OF RACE AND

00:23:02.650 --> 00:23:03.650
IDENTITY.

00:23:03.650 --> 00:23:07.770
HER AND HER COLLABORATORS WON AN

00:23:07.770 --> 00:23:19.410
A WORK OF PEABODY FOR 
THE L.A.

00:23:19.410 --> 00:23:21.210
TIMES.

00:23:21.210 --> 00:23:26.429
IN 2010, MICHELLE PUBLISHED

00:23:26.429 --> 00:23:30.590
THE ERA OF WAR.

00:23:30.590 --> 00:23:32.810
WE WERE PUBLISHED THE HONORARY

00:23:32.810 --> 00:23:36.500
DOCUMENT IN 2017, THE

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:38.550
UNIVERSITY'S HIGHEST HONOR.

00:23:38.550 --> 00:23:39.880
MICHELLE IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:41.900
WELCOME YOU BACK TO THE

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:43.549
UNIVERSITY, BACK TO THE

00:23:43.549 --> 00:23:45.470
UNIVERSITY OF ANN HARBOR AND

00:23:45.470 --> 00:23:47.049
BACK TO THE FORD SCHOOL, THANK

00:23:47.049 --> 00:23:55.260
YOU.

00:23:55.260 --> 00:24:03.470
>

00:24:03.470 --> 00:24:04.470
HELLO EVERYONE AND

00:24:04.470 --> 00:24:06.970
CONGRATULATIONS.

00:24:06.970 --> 00:24:07.970
DEAN BARR THANK YOU SO MUCH

00:24:07.970 --> 00:24:09.470
FOR THAT WONDERFUL INTRO TWO

00:24:09.470 --> 00:24:14.400
INTRODUCTION.

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:16.880
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE AT THE

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:20.440
UNIVERSITIES OF MICHIGAN.

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:27.940
GOOD EVENING TO THE ALUMS

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:33.720
AND MOST ESPECIALLY THE

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.720
GRADUATES.

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:36.010
YOU DID THIS AND THIS IS YOUR

00:24:36.010 --> 00:24:42.390
DAY.

00:24:42.390 --> 00:24:43.910
IT'S SPECIAL FOR ME TO BE

00:24:43.910 --> 00:24:45.570
BACK HERE BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY

00:24:45.570 --> 00:24:48.730
MEANS SOMETHING SPECIAL TO ME

00:24:48.730 --> 00:24:51.300
BECAUSE I FOUNDED THE RACE CARD

00:24:51.300 --> 00:25:00.380
PROJECT.

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:03.740
AND IT'S IN THE BLOOD OF MY

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:05.650
FAMILY TREE.

00:25:05.650 --> 00:25:07.070
MY HUSBAND ROBERT JOHNSON IS

00:25:07.070 --> 00:25:08.980
HERE WHO GRADUATED FROM THE

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:10.010
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW

00:25:10.010 --> 00:25:12.679
SCHOOL AND YOU WILL DISCOVER YOU

00:25:12.679 --> 00:25:14.309
LEAVE THIS PLACE BUT IT DOESN'T

00:25:14.309 --> 00:25:20.010
LEAVE YOU.

00:25:20.010 --> 00:25:21.669
IF MY HOUSEHOLD IS ANY

00:25:21.669 --> 00:25:23.350
INDICATION, YOU WILL SPEND

00:25:23.350 --> 00:25:25.530
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN YOUR

00:25:25.530 --> 00:25:29.150
CAREER AT THE M-DON.

00:25:29.150 --> 00:25:31.680
YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GET

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.680
CATALOGS.

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.680
YOU WILL MYSTERIOUSLY PAINT

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:35.790
ROOMS IN YOUR HOME MAZE AND

00:25:35.790 --> 00:25:41.990
BLUE.

00:25:41.990 --> 00:25:43.451
YOU WILL PERHAPS HAVE CHILDREN

00:25:43.451 --> 00:25:48.280
AND ATTACH THINGS TO THEIR CRIBS

00:25:48.280 --> 00:25:49.700
THAT DOESN'T PLAY TRADITIONAL

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:53.179
LULLABY SONGS BUT PLAY HAIL TO

00:25:53.179 --> 00:25:56.310
THE VICTORS.

00:25:56.310 --> 00:26:01.120
MY DAUGHTER USED TO SAY HAM

00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:08.080
TO THE VICTORS.

00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:13.360
IT MEANS YOU'RE PART OF THIS

00:26:13.360 --> 00:26:16.170
GREAT FAMILY.

00:26:16.170 --> 00:26:17.950
PEOPLE LOVE THIS PLACE BECAUSE

00:26:17.950 --> 00:26:21.630
IT IS SO SPECIAL.

00:26:21.630 --> 00:26:25.250
PEOPLE FROM MICHIGAN, THEY LOVE

00:26:25.250 --> 00:26:26.570
THAT STUFF.

00:26:26.570 --> 00:26:28.880
THEY'RE ALWAYS WEARING THAT

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:30.160
-- RAISE YOUR HAT.

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:32.560
WEARING THE HAT INDOORS AND

00:26:32.560 --> 00:26:39.750
THAT'S OKAY.

00:26:39.750 --> 00:26:41.241
SOMEONE WAS VIETNAM IS LIKE

00:26:41.241 --> 00:26:46.290
WAY TO GO.

00:26:46.290 --> 00:26:50.770
WE WILL TAKE THIS WITH YOU.

00:26:50.770 --> 00:26:51.770
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I

00:26:51.770 --> 00:26:53.730
LOVE SO MUCH IS THAT THE DAY IS

00:26:53.730 --> 00:26:54.880
FILLED WITH POSSIBILITY.

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:57.559
WE HAVE THIS BIG RUNWAY AHEAD OF

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.559
YOU AND WHAT WILL YOU DO THAT

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.559
WITH YOU?

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.559
A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE YOU

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:03.720
GRADUATED FROM THE FORD SCHOOL.

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:07.130
WE'RE RELYING ON YOU TO TAKE ALL

00:27:07.130 --> 00:27:11.430
OF THE WISDOM.

00:27:11.430 --> 00:27:14.580
YOU CHEERED FOR STATISTICS.

00:27:14.580 --> 00:27:18.179
I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE ALL OF

00:27:18.179 --> 00:27:22.620
THAT IN THE WORLD WITH YOU AND

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:24.091
YOU ALL MADE IT BECAUSE YOU

00:27:24.091 --> 00:27:29.409
DIDN'T GET HERE BY YOURSELF,

00:27:29.409 --> 00:27:31.539
FINANCIALLY, SPIRITUALLY.

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:35.150
I'M GOING TO CELEBRATE YOU.

00:27:35.150 --> 00:27:38.170
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO TAKE A

00:27:38.170 --> 00:27:40.041
MOMENT -- I KNOW THAT YOU WERE

00:27:40.041 --> 00:27:46.440
ASKED TO STAND BUT I WANT YOU TO

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.602
LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT AND TO YOUR

00:27:47.602 --> 00:27:51.419
LEFT AND GIVE A HARDY APPLAUSE

00:27:51.419 --> 00:28:00.450
TO ALL OF THE FAMILY THAT

00:28:00.450 --> 00:28:14.450
SUPPORTED YOU.

00:28:14.450 --> 00:28:15.450
THANK YOU.

00:28:15.450 --> 00:28:16.490
BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF THEIR DAY

00:28:16.490 --> 00:28:18.130
TOO.

00:28:18.130 --> 00:28:20.690
AND WHEREVER YOU'RE GOING OUT TO

00:28:20.690 --> 00:28:24.179
CELEBRATE, THEY'RE GOING TO PICK

00:28:24.179 --> 00:28:25.250
UP THE TAB.

00:28:25.250 --> 00:28:26.250
THE DREAMS THAT YOU GET TODAY

00:28:26.250 --> 00:28:34.909
ARE IMPORTANT.

00:28:34.909 --> 00:28:36.370
AND HOW WILL YOU USE THAT

00:28:36.370 --> 00:28:39.120
KNOWLEDGE IN YOUR PURSUIT OF THE

00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:40.120
DEGREE?

00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:41.120
HOW WILL YOU HARNESS THAT

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:43.710
KNOWLEDGE IN OUR CULTURE, OUR

00:28:43.710 --> 00:28:48.710
POLITICS AND OUR MORAL COMPASS,

00:28:48.710 --> 00:28:53.950
OUR NATIONAL CU CULTURE?

00:28:53.950 --> 00:28:58.070
IN A WHOLE LOT OF AREAS THE

00:28:58.070 --> 00:29:00.520
CARETAKERS HAVE LEFT BEHIND A

00:29:00.520 --> 00:29:03.670
BIT OF A MESS.

00:29:03.670 --> 00:29:04.670
WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU TO

00:29:04.670 --> 00:29:05.929
SOLVE THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS AND

00:29:05.929 --> 00:29:08.820
LIGHT A CANDLE WITH THE POWER OF

00:29:08.820 --> 00:29:10.610
YOUR MIND AND THE STRENGTH OF

00:29:10.610 --> 00:29:12.110
THE IDEAS.

00:29:12.110 --> 00:29:14.120
AND AT THIS TIME, IT'S COMMON

00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:15.220
FOR PEOPLE TO CIRCULATE

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.789
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES THAT HAVE

00:29:16.789 --> 00:29:20.360
STOOD THE TEST OF TIME AND I NOT

00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:22.929
LONG AGO CAME ACROSS A FELLOW

00:29:22.929 --> 00:29:25.289
NAME VERNON JORDAN AND HE SAID

00:29:25.289 --> 00:29:28.770
SOMETHING HERE IN THIS

00:29:28.770 --> 00:29:32.220
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AND I KNOW

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:34.750
MY HUSBAND DOESN'T TALK ABOUT IT

00:29:34.750 --> 00:29:36.620
AS MUCH.

00:29:36.620 --> 00:29:38.150
VERNON JORDAN HAS SAID IT'S BEEN

00:29:38.150 --> 00:29:47.000
A DECADE OF MINORITIES AND THE

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:50.900
PROMISE IS ULTIMATELY PUT OFF BY

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:56.720
RECONSTRUCTION BY THE FACT THAT

00:29:56.720 --> 00:30:04.070
THIS LAND WAS NOT WRITTEN ON

00:30:04.070 --> 00:30:11.200
FICTION BUT FACT.

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:12.790
THIS WAS TEN YEARS AFTER IT WAS

00:30:12.790 --> 00:30:15.919
REPORTED ON THE DEEP RACIAL

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:17.940
DIVIDE AFTER THE ASSASSINATION

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:19.550
OF DR.

00:30:19.550 --> 00:30:20.550
KING.

00:30:20.550 --> 00:30:22.289
IT WAS A PERIOD THAT HAD MUCH

00:30:22.289 --> 00:30:24.450
RIOTING AND I DON'T HAVE TO TELL

00:30:24.450 --> 00:30:25.450
YOU THAT.

00:30:25.450 --> 00:30:31.600
MUCH OF IT HAPPENED TODAY.

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:36.450
THE COUNTRY HAS MUCH MORE TO

00:30:36.450 --> 00:30:40.100
ACCOMPLISH IN A PROMISE IN OUR

00:30:40.100 --> 00:30:43.570
FOUNDING DOCUMENTS THAT ALL MEN

00:30:43.570 --> 00:30:45.530
ARE CREATED EQUAL.

00:30:45.530 --> 00:30:49.460
AND NOT JUST ALL MEN BECAUSE WE

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:53.659
NOW KNOW THAT.

00:30:53.659 --> 00:30:56.309
ALL HUMANS ARE CREATED EQUAL.

00:30:56.309 --> 00:30:58.890
40 YEARS AGO THOSE WORDS FEEL

00:30:58.890 --> 00:31:00.060
LIKE THEY'RE WRITTEN FOR THIS

00:31:00.060 --> 00:31:02.669
MOMENT.

00:31:02.669 --> 00:31:06.900
WE'VE SEEN SO MUCH PROMISE,

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:09.059
TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND THE

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:10.830
NARROWING ON OUR ORIGINAL DIVIDE

00:31:10.830 --> 00:31:14.340
AND THE HEALING THAT WAS FOU

00:31:14.340 --> 00:31:15.340
FOUNDED.

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:26.730
AND CUSTOMS AND IT WAS NOT

00:31:26.730 --> 00:31:32.669
FAIR, IT'S JUST THE WAY IT WAS.

00:31:32.669 --> 00:31:34.650
AND IN THOSE TIMES PEOPLE FELT

00:31:34.650 --> 00:31:37.059
LIKE THAT WAS THE WAY IT WAS TO

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:41.200
BE AND THEN THINGS CHANGECHANGED, A

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:46.179
LOT OF THINGS CHANGED.

00:31:46.179 --> 00:31:50.380
THE COLOR LINE THAT ONCE

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:52.480
SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A HUNDRED

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.850
MILES LONG AND A HUNDRED MILES

00:31:53.850 --> 00:31:57.279
HIGH HAS SEEMINGLY FALLEN.

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:58.630
I'VE SEEN THAT WITHIN MY

00:31:58.630 --> 00:31:59.630
LIFETIME.

00:31:59.630 --> 00:32:00.630
I'M NOT AFRAID TO TELL YOU HOW

00:32:00.630 --> 00:32:01.630
OLD I AM.

00:32:01.630 --> 00:32:03.030
I WAS BORN IN 1961 WHICH MEANS

00:32:03.030 --> 00:32:06.230
THERE WERE PLACES THAT I COULD

00:32:06.230 --> 00:32:11.690
NOT STAND AND DELIVER A

00:32:11.690 --> 00:32:13.600
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS.

00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:18.720
BUT CHANGE IS A BIAS THING.

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:20.071
FOR SO MANY DECADES HAVE

00:32:20.071 --> 00:32:22.850
BEEN ATTACHED TO COLOR AND

00:32:22.850 --> 00:32:24.549
CHANGE IS SOMETHING WE ALL

00:32:24.549 --> 00:32:25.549
EXPERIENCE.

00:32:25.549 --> 00:32:33.830
AND WE NOW KNOW WE ALL HAVE

00:32:33.830 --> 00:32:37.260
EXPERIENCE AND WHITE AMERICANS

00:32:37.260 --> 00:32:41.929
STILL HOLD TO HAVE PRIVILEGE AND

00:32:41.929 --> 00:32:43.430
WHITE AMERICANS SAY DISTION

00:32:43.430 --> 00:32:44.430
CRIMTION

00:32:44.430 --> 00:32:46.670
DISCRIMINATION EXISTS TODAY FOR

00:32:46.670 --> 00:32:47.670
THEM.

00:32:47.670 --> 00:32:54.850
AND EVERY TIME I SAY THAT PEOPLE

00:32:54.850 --> 00:33:01.690
SAY HOW CAN THIS BE TRUE?

00:33:01.690 --> 00:33:04.230
WELL, MORE THAN 50% PEOPLE FEEL

00:33:04.230 --> 00:33:06.780
THAT IS THERE IS DISCRIMINATION

00:33:06.780 --> 00:33:13.809
TOWARDS WHITE PEOPLE.

00:33:13.809 --> 00:33:19.610
THAT AMERICA HAS BECOME LESS

00:33:19.610 --> 00:33:22.950
HOSPITABLE AND LESS PRIVILEGED

00:33:22.950 --> 00:33:24.779
FOR WHITE AMERICANS.

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:28.120
AND THOSE RECENTLY ARRIVED FROM

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:32.100
AMERICA GET MORE HEALTH IN

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:34.330
PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS AND THEY

00:33:34.330 --> 00:33:36.900
FEEL LIKE THEY'RE CUTTING THE

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:38.070
LINES.

00:33:38.070 --> 00:33:39.340
ACTUAL STATISTICS DON'T BEAR

00:33:39.340 --> 00:33:42.530
THAT OUT BUT PERCEPTION IS IN

00:33:42.530 --> 00:33:44.460
ERA WHERE IT FEELS SO DIVIDED

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:48.070
WHERE THEY LISTEN TO NEWS

00:33:48.070 --> 00:33:49.221
PROSPECTIVE WHERE PEOPLE COME

00:33:49.221 --> 00:33:54.190
FROM THEIR ETHNIC TRIBE WHERE SO

00:33:54.190 --> 00:33:59.130
MANY PEOPLE CONFIRMED OR AFFIRMS

00:33:59.130 --> 00:34:01.789
WHAT YOU ALREADY BELIEVE.

00:34:01.789 --> 00:34:02.840
THE STORIES THAT WE TELL

00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:04.950
OURSELVES, THE TALES THAT WE

00:34:04.950 --> 00:34:06.720
ADOPT CAN DEFINE US.

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:11.330
WE SET THE TEMPLATE FOR

00:34:11.330 --> 00:34:14.520
AMBITION AND CONTRITION FOR WHO

00:34:14.520 --> 00:34:17.899
WE CELEBRATE AND WHAT CELEBRATE.

00:34:17.899 --> 00:34:20.100
REPORTING IS THE CURRENCY OF

00:34:20.100 --> 00:34:23.679
OUR WORK.

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:27.261
WRITING, REPORTING, AND

00:34:27.261 --> 00:34:29.100
LISTENING.

00:34:29.100 --> 00:34:31.830
I WANT TO SPEND TIME TALKING

00:34:31.830 --> 00:34:42.730
ABOUT IN A.

00:34:42.730 --> 00:34:44.270
YOU ALL HAVE DEVICES IN YOUR

00:34:44.270 --> 00:34:51.760
POCKETS THAT YOU HAVE SILENCED.

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:54.040
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS

00:34:54.040 --> 00:34:55.040
HEARD.

00:34:55.040 --> 00:34:56.330
PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT THE

00:34:56.330 --> 00:34:57.890
STORIES THAT I HAVE DONE IN IN

00:34:57.890 --> 00:35:00.070
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.

00:35:00.070 --> 00:35:01.210
THEY EXPECT ME TO TALK ABOUT

00:35:01.210 --> 00:35:04.609
OSCAR WINNERS AND PEOPLE WITH

00:35:04.609 --> 00:35:05.830
BIG TITLES THAT I HAVE

00:35:05.830 --> 00:35:06.830
INTERVIEWED.

00:35:06.830 --> 00:35:08.740
AND I'LL TELL YOU, THE STORIES

00:35:08.740 --> 00:35:10.240
THAT I REALLY LOVE WERE REALLY

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:12.280
CLOSE TO THE GROUND.

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:13.590
THEY WERE STORIES FROM EVERY DAY

00:35:13.590 --> 00:35:14.780
PEOPLE.

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:17.690
YES, I'VE INTERVIEWED SEVERAL

00:35:17.690 --> 00:35:20.880
PRESIDENTS AND I'M NOT SAYING

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:23.070
THAT SMELL ME.

00:35:23.070 --> 00:35:27.430
YOU'RE INTERVIEWED MOVIE STARS.

00:35:27.430 --> 00:35:29.970
I ONCE INTERVIEWED ASTRONAUTS

00:35:29.970 --> 00:35:35.830
WHILE THEY WERE TRAVELLING AND I

00:35:35.830 --> 00:35:41.670
SAID WOW, THAT WAS COOL.

00:35:41.670 --> 00:35:46.470
WE HAVE A QUIET OFFICE WHICH

00:35:46.470 --> 00:35:50.830
IS WHAT IS CALLED THE BIRD'S

00:35:50.830 --> 00:35:53.690
NEST.

00:35:53.690 --> 00:35:54.720
AND I REMEMBER I HAD TO DO IT

00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:55.740
DURING A REALLY DARK HOUR

00:35:55.740 --> 00:36:02.200
BECAUSE OF THE TIME CHANGE.

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:04.440
AND I WAS SMELLING MYSELF

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:12.200
BECAUSE I WAS PROUD OF MYSELF.

00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:17.210
BUT THE STORIES THAT I LOVE ARE

00:36:17.210 --> 00:36:19.339
SIMPLER AND ALMOST REVERED BY

00:36:19.339 --> 00:36:23.010
JOURNALISM IS A SHOW YOU CAN DO

00:36:23.010 --> 00:36:24.710
WHEN YOU DO A SHOW CALLED ALL

00:36:24.710 --> 00:36:26.200
THINGS CONSIDERED.

00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:33.210
I DID A SHOW CALLED THE AMERICAN

00:36:33.210 --> 00:36:36.830
PORCH AND WHAT PORCHES DO FOR

00:36:36.830 --> 00:36:37.840
US.

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:42.810
AND I RELIED ON THE DEAN OF

00:36:42.810 --> 00:36:43.810
COLLEGE PLANNING.

00:36:43.810 --> 00:36:48.570
I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS STILL

00:36:48.570 --> 00:36:49.570
HERE.

00:36:49.570 --> 00:36:51.520
HE HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THAT

00:36:51.520 --> 00:36:53.400
PORCHES ARE A UNIQUELY AMERICAN

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:56.830
PHENOMENON.

00:36:56.830 --> 00:36:59.930
IT WAS PORCHES THAT REALLY

00:36:59.930 --> 00:37:00.930
MOVED ME.

00:37:00.930 --> 00:37:02.490
IT WAS PORCHES THAT HELPED CLEAN

00:37:02.490 --> 00:37:06.510
UP A NEIGHBORHOOD.

00:37:06.510 --> 00:37:09.820
THEY DECIDED TO CLEAN UP PORCHES

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:14.630
AND THEY COULD TELL PEOPLE THAT

00:37:14.630 --> 00:37:15.710
SOMETHING WAS GOING ON.

00:37:15.710 --> 00:37:16.920
PEOPLE DECIDED TO DECORATE THEIR

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:22.910
HORSES.

00:37:22.910 --> 00:37:25.270
IT CHANGED NEIGHBORHOOD AND

00:37:25.270 --> 00:37:26.830
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY

00:37:26.830 --> 00:37:30.780
EMULATED FROM ACROSS THE

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:33.280
COUNTRY.

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:34.990
HOMEOWNERS GOT TO KNOW THE

00:37:34.990 --> 00:37:39.800
OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:43.780
SEEING THINGS WHERE YUPPIES

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:49.040
INVADED.

00:37:49.040 --> 00:37:58.400
PORCHES INVADED TO GET TO KNOW

00:37:58.400 --> 00:37:59.869
THE PEOPLE THAT SIT OUT ON THEIR

00:37:59.869 --> 00:38:01.290
PORCHES LATER ON.

00:38:01.290 --> 00:38:04.520
TO GET TO KNOW AND CHERISH THE

00:38:04.520 --> 00:38:05.650
OTHER NEIGHBORS AND WORKING

00:38:05.650 --> 00:38:08.991
CLASS FAMILIES TO SIT AND PLAY

00:38:08.991 --> 00:38:11.970
CARDS AND SWAP STORIES.

00:38:11.970 --> 00:38:16.660
PORCHES ALLOWED A KID WHO WERE

00:38:16.660 --> 00:38:21.650
TOO BIG FOR SOME TO ENCOURAGE

00:38:21.650 --> 00:38:23.202
HIM WHEN HE PASSED PORCHES THAT

00:38:23.202 --> 00:38:31.570
THERE WERE WOMEN THAT HAD TO

00:38:31.570 --> 00:38:39.109
SNAP PEAS.

00:38:39.109 --> 00:38:41.070
ESTELLA THAT MADE SPECIAL

00:38:41.070 --> 00:38:45.730
HATS TO HOUSE BOUND THAT

00:38:45.730 --> 00:38:46.730
PERHPERHAPS

00:38:46.730 --> 00:38:53.359
GOT TO PLAY AND THEY GOT TO PLAY

00:38:53.359 --> 00:38:57.550
IN THEIR SUNDAY EVENING ROOM.

00:38:57.550 --> 00:39:01.369
THE MAN THAT PLACED AN AD IN THE

00:39:01.369 --> 00:39:03.869
NEWSPAPER SO HE COULD SHARE

00:39:03.869 --> 00:39:07.710
THANKSGIVING WITH THEM.

00:39:07.710 --> 00:39:13.030
HE WAS LONELY.

00:39:13.030 --> 00:39:17.430
SO I DID THIS WITH CHILDREN'S

00:39:17.430 --> 00:39:20.700
BOOKS WHO WAS A YOUNG KID WHOSE

00:39:20.700 --> 00:39:23.160
MOTHER WAS A HEROINE ADDICT.

00:39:23.160 --> 00:39:32.000
AND THE AUTHOR WAS WALKING

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:37.170
UP AND DOWN THE CLASSROOM AND HE

00:39:37.170 --> 00:39:43.240
SAID NICE CAT.

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:44.400
AND GERALD SAID HIS HEART GREW

00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:45.740
SEVERAL SIZES BIGGER.

00:39:45.740 --> 00:39:47.910
AND HE KEPT DRAWING AND KEPT

00:39:47.910 --> 00:39:55.640
DRAWING AND HE SAID THAT WAS THE

00:39:55.640 --> 00:39:58.400
MOMENT HE ACTUALLY TRIED TO

00:39:58.400 --> 00:40:00.260
APPLY THEMSELVES IN SCHOOL

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:02.350
SIMILARLY IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS.

00:40:02.350 --> 00:40:04.530
THEY'RE REALLY DEEP.

00:40:04.530 --> 00:40:05.530
THEY'RE WRITTEN NOT JUST FOR THE

00:40:05.530 --> 00:40:07.020
KIDS BUT FOR THE PARENTS THAT

00:40:07.020 --> 00:40:10.740
ARE AT NIGHT AND AUTHOR GARY D.

00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:12.240
SCHMIDT.

00:40:12.240 --> 00:40:15.190
AND DESCRIBES THE MOMENT WHERE

00:40:15.190 --> 00:40:17.780
HE'S IN HIS SCHOOL AND I'M OLD

00:40:17.780 --> 00:40:19.020
ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE TRACKING

00:40:19.020 --> 00:40:21.660
WHEN YOU WERE IN DIFFERENT

00:40:21.660 --> 00:40:22.660
GROUPS.

00:40:22.660 --> 00:40:28.280
I REMEMBER THERE WERE THE

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:32.630
ROBINS, THE BLUE BIRDS AND THE

00:40:32.630 --> 00:40:33.910
CROWS.

00:40:33.910 --> 00:40:34.910
THEY WERE NOT EVEN SUBTLE

00:40:34.910 --> 00:40:42.089
ABOUT IT.

00:40:42.089 --> 00:40:48.510
AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE

00:40:48.510 --> 00:40:55.359
KIDS IN THE BOTTOM GROUP FROM

00:40:55.359 --> 00:40:56.700
DESTINED TO SERVE FRENCH FRIES

00:40:56.700 --> 00:41:04.950
AND THEY WERE LUCKY TO DO THAT.

00:41:04.950 --> 00:41:07.470
HE SAID HE FELT THEY WOULD BE

00:41:07.470 --> 00:41:08.470
DISCARDED.

00:41:08.470 --> 00:41:11.280
SHE SAID A TEACHER HAD TAKEN A

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:13.430
LIKING TO HIM AND SHE BWALKED

00:41:13.430 --> 00:41:19.530
INTO THE CLASSROOM AND TOOK HIM

00:41:19.530 --> 00:41:21.800
OUT.

00:41:21.800 --> 00:41:22.990
SHE FILLED THE DESK UP WITH

00:41:22.990 --> 00:41:27.480
GOLDEN BOOKS.

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:28.599
AND THEY WERE

00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:32.100
WELL BELOW HIS READING LEVEL BUT

00:41:32.100 --> 00:41:33.730
HE STILL COULD NOT READ THEM

00:41:33.730 --> 00:41:37.190
BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN IN GROUP

00:41:37.190 --> 00:41:38.190
THREE.

00:41:38.190 --> 00:41:39.830
AND SO THEY SAID JUST KEEP

00:41:39.830 --> 00:41:40.830
READING THEM.

00:41:40.830 --> 00:41:43.250
AND A LITTLE MORE TIME AND A

00:41:43.250 --> 00:41:44.250
LITTLE MORE TIME.

00:41:44.250 --> 00:41:45.250
AND EVENTUALLY HE LEARNED TO

00:41:45.250 --> 00:41:46.250
READ.

00:41:46.250 --> 00:41:47.619
THAT YOUNG WOMAN MADE A

00:41:47.619 --> 00:41:48.920
DIFFERENCE IN HIS TIME.

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:52.740
I ASKED HIM WHAT WAS HIS

00:41:52.740 --> 00:41:54.670
FAVORITE BOOK.

00:41:54.670 --> 00:41:58.750
AND HE SAID HIS BOOK WAS THE BIG

00:41:58.750 --> 00:42:01.470
JUMP.

00:42:01.470 --> 00:42:11.780
HE SAID IT WAS THE BIG JUMP IN

00:42:11.780 --> 00:42:15.599
THE SERIES OF THE DR.

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:16.599
SEUSS

00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:17.599
BOOKS.

00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:24.109
STATISTICS IS NOT JUST ABOUT

00:42:24.109 --> 00:42:26.910
CHANGING PEOPLE'S LIVES,

00:42:26.910 --> 00:42:28.540
PROTECTING THEIR DIGNITY,

00:42:28.540 --> 00:42:29.740
HONORING THEIR HUMANITY.

00:42:29.740 --> 00:42:31.820
THESE ALL FEEL LIKE FUTURE

00:42:31.820 --> 00:42:32.820
STORIES.

00:42:32.820 --> 00:42:33.820
YES, THEY WERE QUORKEY

00:42:33.820 --> 00:42:36.040
AND EVERY SINGLE

00:42:36.040 --> 00:42:38.470
QIRKEY BUT AND EVERY SINGLE ONE

00:42:38.470 --> 00:42:52.510
FOCUSES ON HOW YOU TREAT 
PEOPLE

00:42:52.510 --> 00:42:54.570
BASED ON FHE POLICY.

00:42:54.570 --> 00:42:56.630
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THROUGH

00:42:56.630 --> 00:42:59.520
OSMOSIS BUT IT'S BASED ON

00:42:59.520 --> 00:43:01.040
POLICY.

00:43:01.040 --> 00:43:02.609
YOU FILLED YOUR BRAIN AND

00:43:02.609 --> 00:43:04.940
HOPE THAT YOU FILL YOUR HEART IN

00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:07.320
YOUR WORK AND THAT YOU HOLD ON

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:10.380
TO THE WORLD YOU'RE ABOUT TO

00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:12.740
INHERIT WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE AND

00:43:12.740 --> 00:43:13.840
MAKE THE BIG JUMP.

00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:19.579
YOU WERE LEAVING THIS CAMPUS OF

00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:21.170
AMBASSADORS AND YOU'RE

00:43:21.170 --> 00:43:23.810
DEMONSTRATING THIS FOR A HUNGER

00:43:23.810 --> 00:43:27.570
FOR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

00:43:27.570 --> 00:43:28.570
AMERICA AND NEVER

00:43:28.570 --> 00:43:31.180
UNDERESTIMATING THAT AMERICA.

00:43:31.180 --> 00:43:32.450
SO I WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE

00:43:32.450 --> 00:43:42.560
BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT A DO,

00:43:42.560 --> 00:43:49.970
A DON'T, AND A DARE.

00:43:49.970 --> 00:43:59.369
DARE TO SOMEONE YOU 
YOU DO

00:43:59.369 --> 00:44:00.570
NOT AGREE WITH AND AT THIS

00:44:00.570 --> 00:44:02.210
MOMENT IN AMERICA, THAT PERSON

00:44:02.210 --> 00:44:05.109
MIGHT BE IN YOUR FAMILY.

00:44:05.109 --> 00:44:08.440
THAT PERSON MIGHT BE IN YOUR JOB

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:10.680
AND IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT

00:44:10.680 --> 00:44:12.700
SOMEONE WHO SPENDS SO MUCH TIME

00:44:12.700 --> 00:44:14.430
IN RADIO THAT WE WILL GET YOU TO

00:44:14.430 --> 00:44:15.940
LISTEN, BUT THIS IS SO

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.940
IMPORTANT.

00:44:16.940 --> 00:44:19.060
WE'RE LOSING THE WAY TO ACTIVELY

00:44:19.060 --> 00:44:21.130
LISTEN AND ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL

00:44:21.130 --> 00:44:22.130
COMPETITION.

00:44:22.130 --> 00:44:24.020
I JUST LEARNED THAT STUDENTS

00:44:24.020 --> 00:44:26.650
ON THIS CAMPUS CREATED JUST

00:44:26.650 --> 00:44:28.970
THAT, COMING TOGETHER AND

00:44:28.970 --> 00:44:30.570
LEARNING TOGETHER.

00:44:30.570 --> 00:44:32.690
IT'S IMPORTANT TO LISTEN TO

00:44:32.690 --> 00:44:34.320
THE THINGS OF THE PEOPLE THAT

00:44:34.320 --> 00:44:35.410
YOU MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE SHUT

00:44:35.410 --> 00:44:36.910
OUT.

00:44:36.910 --> 00:44:37.980
WE'RE LIVING IN A TIME WHERE

00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:40.910
PEOPLE DON'T SEE A COMMON SET OF

00:44:40.910 --> 00:44:44.440
FACTS AND COME AWAY WITH TOTALLY

00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:46.110
DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS.

00:44:46.110 --> 00:44:47.890
MAKE AMERICA GREAT.

00:44:47.890 --> 00:44:50.440
TO OTHERS A CAMPAIGN OFFENSIVE

00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:53.599
AND TO SOME OF CURIOUSITY.

00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:57.110
BLACK LIVES MATTER.

00:44:57.110 --> 00:45:00.849
ALL LIVES MATTER.

00:45:00.849 --> 00:45:02.339
HISTORY SHOWS THAT BLACK LIVES

00:45:02.339 --> 00:45:06.520
ARE OFTEN VALUED LESS.

00:45:06.520 --> 00:45:10.270
CLIMATE CHANGE, A DISTRACTION TO

00:45:10.270 --> 00:45:11.270
OTHERS.

00:45:11.270 --> 00:45:13.119
I THINK QUITE A BIT ABOUT

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:15.400
REACHING ACROSS BECAUSE OF THE

00:45:15.400 --> 00:45:16.980
WORK I DO AT THE RACE CARD

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:17.980
PROJECT.

00:45:17.980 --> 00:45:20.770
I KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT

00:45:20.770 --> 00:45:23.160
NECESSARILY REACH COMMON GROUND

00:45:23.160 --> 00:45:25.380
BUT YOU CAN USE DIALOGUE TO

00:45:25.380 --> 00:45:29.690
CREATE AN EFFECTIVE BRIDGE AND

00:45:29.690 --> 00:45:31.520
THE BRIDGE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE

00:45:31.520 --> 00:45:32.630
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE BRIDGES

00:45:32.630 --> 00:45:33.960
THAT YOU CROSS EVERY DAY IN YOUR

00:45:33.960 --> 00:45:35.810
LIFE, WHAT ALLOWS THAT BRIDGE TO

00:45:35.810 --> 00:45:39.130
REMAIN STANDING, OPERATIONAL

00:45:39.130 --> 00:45:40.430
FORCE.

00:45:40.430 --> 00:45:44.140
SO I'M HERE TO BASICALLY PROVIDE

00:45:44.140 --> 00:45:46.570
THE EXCLAIMATION POINT BEHIND

00:45:46.570 --> 00:45:48.770
WHAT DEAN BARR SAID TODAY, YOU

00:45:48.770 --> 00:45:51.200
ARE STRONG BECAUSE OF YOUR

00:45:51.200 --> 00:45:53.290
DIFFERENCES BUT YOU'RE ONLY

00:45:53.290 --> 00:45:57.810
STRONG IF YOU ARE WILLING TO

00:45:57.810 --> 00:46:01.220
REACH ACROSS THE IDEOLOGICAL C

00:46:01.220 --> 00:46:13.760
CHASMS AND SOMEONE 
THAT HOLDS

00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:15.200
BELIEFS THAT YOU MIGHT FIND

00:46:15.200 --> 00:46:16.910
OFFENSIVE.

00:46:16.910 --> 00:46:18.320
SOMEONE WHO HOLDS BELIEFS THAT

00:46:18.320 --> 00:46:20.640
MIGHT MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE OR

00:46:20.640 --> 00:46:23.950
EVEN UNAFRAID.

00:46:23.950 --> 00:46:26.970
YOU WILL BE STRONGER.

00:46:26.970 --> 00:46:29.380
THEY WILL BE STRONGER AND I

00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:31.610
PROMISE YOU THAT.

00:46:31.610 --> 00:46:36.300
TWO, DON'T QUANTIFY EFFECTS.

00:46:36.300 --> 00:46:39.369
THAT CAN START EARLY ESPECIALLY

00:46:39.369 --> 00:46:41.010
IN A PLACE WHERE YOU CHEER FOR

00:46:41.010 --> 00:46:43.620
STATISTICS.

00:46:43.620 --> 00:46:46.230
HOW MUCH CANDY DID YOU GET IN

00:46:46.230 --> 00:46:47.920
HALLOWEEN?

00:46:47.920 --> 00:46:52.030
WE'RE CONDITIONED TO RANK

00:46:52.030 --> 00:46:53.030
THINGS.

00:46:53.030 --> 00:46:57.660
HOW MANY FRIENDS OR FOLLOWERS

00:46:57.660 --> 00:46:59.190
ADMIT IT.

00:46:59.190 --> 00:47:00.210
YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL ME HOW

00:47:00.210 --> 00:47:06.290
MANY LIKES YOU ARE.

00:47:06.290 --> 00:47:08.210
AND THEN SHE UNFOLLOWED ME,

00:47:08.210 --> 00:47:10.050
THAT'S ALL ABOUT.

00:47:10.050 --> 00:47:14.980
THAT'S PART OF OUR MEDIA POST.

00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:16.570
IT CONTINUES INTO OUR ADULTHOOD

00:47:16.570 --> 00:47:18.510
WITH SALARIES AND PROMOTIONS IN

00:47:18.510 --> 00:47:20.470
IN THE COST OF ONES HOME AND THE

00:47:20.470 --> 00:47:24.490
EXOTIC NATURE OF ONE'S VACATION.

00:47:24.490 --> 00:47:25.490
SUCCESS BY THE NUMBERS IS ALL

00:47:25.490 --> 00:47:27.970
AROUND US.

00:47:27.970 --> 00:47:29.550
THE SIZE OF THE DRESS WHICH

00:47:29.550 --> 00:47:31.040
IS SMALL AND UNREALISTIC FOR

00:47:31.040 --> 00:47:32.970
SOME OF US.

00:47:32.970 --> 00:47:35.579
AND LARGE IS PREFERABLE AND

00:47:35.579 --> 00:47:38.790
UNREALISTIC FOR SOME OF US.

00:47:38.790 --> 00:47:41.380
NUMBERS CAN DEFINE SUCCESS.

00:47:41.380 --> 00:47:42.700
THE ZIP CODE, THE FLOOR WHERE

00:47:42.700 --> 00:47:49.940
YOUR OFFICE IS LOCATED.

00:47:49.940 --> 00:47:51.480
AND SOMETIMES WHERE WE A

00:47:51.480 --> 00:47:54.480
AUTOMATICALLY SEE THESE

00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:59.210
DIFFERENT KINDS OF ACCESS.

00:47:59.210 --> 00:48:01.410
BUT I WANT THOSE THAT HOLD THE

00:48:01.410 --> 00:48:04.690
DEGREE TO HOLD THE PROMISE IN

00:48:04.690 --> 00:48:07.780
THE CAPS AND GOWNS AND PERHAPS

00:48:07.780 --> 00:48:10.010
THAT YOU WILL NOT MEASURE YOUR

00:48:10.010 --> 00:48:13.520
LIFE SOLEY IN TERMS OF NUMBERS.

00:48:13.520 --> 00:48:17.010
IS IT A LEADER NOT A LEADERSHIP

00:48:17.010 --> 00:48:19.790
COACH THAT FINDS TIME TO SPEND

00:48:19.790 --> 00:48:26.430
TIME WITH A RAGTAG GROUP OF

00:48:26.430 --> 00:48:28.520
HOLDS TWO JOBS.

00:48:28.520 --> 00:48:30.160
IS THE WOMAN WHO DAZZLES

00:48:30.160 --> 00:48:32.460
EVERYONE THEY LOVE IS A POET

00:48:32.460 --> 00:48:53.160
VERSUS THE STAY AT HOME MOM.

00:48:53.160 --> 00:49:01.720
IS 
THE ELEMENTARY TEACHER

00:49:01.720 --> 00:49:07.369
THAT DOES FAMINE RELIEF AND THE

00:49:07.369 --> 00:49:08.990
ELDERLY MAN THAT HAS MEMORIZED

00:49:08.990 --> 00:49:11.720
THE DIETARY RESTRICTIONS OF

00:49:11.720 --> 00:49:15.541
EVERY ONE THAT IS ROLLED THROUGH

00:49:15.541 --> 00:49:18.430
THE FRONT DOOR.

00:49:18.430 --> 00:49:19.700
OR THE PERSON THAT WILL CLEAN UP

00:49:19.700 --> 00:49:22.430
THIS BEAUTIFUL ROOM WHEN YOU

00:49:22.430 --> 00:49:25.859
LEAVE AND GO OFF TO CELEBRATE.

00:49:25.859 --> 00:49:27.260
THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE IF YOU'RE

00:49:27.260 --> 00:49:29.160
ONLY LOOKING AT NUMBERS.

00:49:29.160 --> 00:49:30.390
BUT IT'S NOT SO SIMPLE WHEN

00:49:30.390 --> 00:49:34.079
YOU'RE LOOKING AT EXCELLENCE.

00:49:34.079 --> 00:49:39.260
OTHERS ARE IN CONTROL.

00:49:39.260 --> 00:49:41.340
YOU CAN BE BORN INTO SUCCESS IF

00:49:41.340 --> 00:49:42.869
YOU'RE FORTUNATE AND YOU'RE ONLY

00:49:42.869 --> 00:49:44.849
LOOKING INTO NUMBERS.

00:49:44.849 --> 00:49:46.370
NO ONE IS BORN INTO EXCELLENCE

00:49:46.370 --> 00:49:54.109
AND YOU CAN ONLY ACHIEVE

00:49:54.109 --> 00:49:55.609
EXCELLENCE THROUGH HARD WORK.

00:49:55.609 --> 00:49:57.099
REMEMBER YOU WERE TOLD TO WORK

00:49:57.099 --> 00:50:00.280
HARD AND YOU NEED TO.

00:50:00.280 --> 00:50:03.069
YOU NEED TO CONTAIN A MIND SPACE

00:50:03.069 --> 00:50:05.599
WITH A STRONG ETHICAL COMPASS.

00:50:05.599 --> 00:50:11.350
EXCELLENCE WILL ALLOW US TO

00:50:11.350 --> 00:50:13.670
BLOOM WHERE WE'RE PLANTED AND

00:50:13.670 --> 00:50:18.310
FIND OUR OWN ECONOMIC SUCCESS

00:50:18.310 --> 00:50:22.510
AND THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE TO

00:50:22.510 --> 00:50:23.510
SEE THOSE THAT ARE DOING THEIR

00:50:23.510 --> 00:50:27.640
BEST EVEN IN SIMPLE THINGS.

00:50:27.640 --> 00:50:31.410
THE BAURISTA THAT CHURNS OUT A

00:50:31.410 --> 00:50:32.410
WORK OF ART.

00:50:32.410 --> 00:50:40.500
AND THE SCHOOL COACH THAT

00:50:40.500 --> 00:50:42.310
CAN MOVE EVEN THE SCARIEST KID

00:50:42.310 --> 00:50:43.490
TO VENTURE OUT INTO THE DEEP END

00:50:43.490 --> 00:50:44.670
OF THE POOL.

00:50:44.670 --> 00:50:48.099
I HAD ONE OF THOSE COACHES.

00:50:48.099 --> 00:50:54.550
THEY GIVE YOU THE SEEDS, I CAN

00:50:54.550 --> 00:50:55.670
TELL YOU THAT.

00:50:55.670 --> 00:50:58.670
THEY GIVE YOU THE SIMPLE TASKS

00:50:58.670 --> 00:51:01.470
THAT EXHUDE ALL OF US.

00:51:01.470 --> 00:51:09.819
HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE SO

00:51:09.819 --> 00:51:11.410
EXCELLENT AND EXCELLENT BUT NOT

00:51:11.410 --> 00:51:12.410
SO EXCELLENT AT PROVIDING AN

00:51:12.410 --> 00:51:13.410
AT-A-GIRL.

00:51:13.410 --> 00:51:20.690
AND WE ALL NEED THE OCCASIONAL

00:51:20.690 --> 00:51:24.260
NOTE IN OUR LUNCH BOX.

00:51:24.260 --> 00:51:26.319
I WISH SUCCESS FOR EVERYONE

00:51:26.319 --> 00:51:30.660
AND THE GREATER CLASS IS THAT

00:51:30.660 --> 00:51:32.360
YOU THINK LONG AND HARD IN HOW

00:51:32.360 --> 00:51:34.930
YOU MEASURE SUCCESS.

00:51:34.930 --> 00:51:35.930
AND THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE

00:51:35.930 --> 00:51:37.600
SATISFACTION AND THE

00:51:37.600 --> 00:51:38.940
SELF-CONFIDENCE AND THE

00:51:38.940 --> 00:51:41.109
SELF-WORTH FROM THE PURSUIT OF

00:51:41.109 --> 00:51:46.180
EXCELLENCE ON ONE OWNS TERMS.

00:51:46.180 --> 00:51:49.109
IT'S LIVING LIFE ON A WORK ETHIC

00:51:49.109 --> 00:51:51.780
BUT A WORTH ETHIC.

00:51:51.780 --> 00:51:55.079
SO I'VE SHARED A DARE AND A

00:51:55.079 --> 00:51:56.079
DON'T.

00:51:56.079 --> 00:52:00.001
SO IN CLOSING I HOPE YOU WILL DO

00:52:00.001 --> 00:52:01.001
THIS.

00:52:01.001 --> 00:52:02.760
DO LISTEN TO THE VOICE IN YOUR

00:52:02.760 --> 00:52:03.910
HEAD.

00:52:03.910 --> 00:52:06.900
DO LISTEN TO THE VOICE IN IN

00:52:06.900 --> 00:52:07.900
YOUR HEAD.

00:52:07.900 --> 00:52:09.920
IT'S THE WISEST COUNCIL YOU WILL

00:52:09.920 --> 00:52:13.339
ALWAYS RECEIVE.

00:52:13.339 --> 00:52:15.160
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A

00:52:15.160 --> 00:52:16.570
CONVERSATION WITH THE LITTLE

00:52:16.570 --> 00:52:18.550
VOICE IN YOUR HEAD.

00:52:18.550 --> 00:52:19.560
SOMETIMES YOU DO IT STYLE

00:52:19.560 --> 00:52:20.560
SILENTLY.

00:52:20.560 --> 00:52:21.560
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE LONG

00:52:21.560 --> 00:52:24.480
CONVERSATIONS IN THE SHOWER.

00:52:24.480 --> 00:52:29.370
IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, I THINK OF

00:52:29.370 --> 00:52:31.120
ALL THE THINGS AND ANOTHER

00:52:31.120 --> 00:52:32.210
THING.

00:52:32.210 --> 00:52:33.210
I THINK OF ALL OF THE THINGS

00:52:33.210 --> 00:52:38.300
LIKE THE WOULD-HAVE SHOULD-HAVE

00:52:38.300 --> 00:52:39.970
COULD-HAVE.

00:52:39.970 --> 00:52:40.970
LISTEN TO ALL OF THE VOICES IN

00:52:40.970 --> 00:52:44.200
YOUR HEAD.

00:52:44.200 --> 00:52:46.040
IT WILL GUIDE YOU AND IT WILL

00:52:46.040 --> 00:52:48.599
GUIDE YOU AND HELP YOU GUIDE

00:52:48.599 --> 00:52:49.599
YOUR WAY.

00:52:49.599 --> 00:52:51.380
AND I HELP YOU BECAUSE OF THE

00:52:51.380 --> 00:52:52.869
LAST STORY I WILL SHARE WITH YOU

00:52:52.869 --> 00:52:57.010
WAS SUMMED UP BY A CARD IN THE

00:52:57.010 --> 00:52:58.010
RACE CAR TRACK.

00:52:58.010 --> 00:53:02.470
I RECEIVED A CARD AND IT WAS

00:53:02.470 --> 00:53:07.569
HANDED TO ME AND HE SAID RACE IS

00:53:07.569 --> 00:53:16.690
THROWING CARDS AT KIDS.

00:53:16.690 --> 00:53:17.690
HE DID NOT WANT TO GIVE ME HIS

00:53:17.690 --> 00:53:22.829
NAME BUT HE GAVE ME HIS STORY.

00:53:22.829 --> 00:53:25.000
THIS WAS YEARS AGO AND I'M NOT

00:53:25.000 --> 00:53:29.349
EVEN SURE HE WAS ON THIS EARTH.

00:53:29.349 --> 00:53:30.800
HE SAID AS A MUCH YOUNGER MAN HE

00:53:30.800 --> 00:53:32.920
WAS STAUNCHLY OPPOSED TO

00:53:32.920 --> 00:53:34.030
INTEGRATION.

00:53:34.030 --> 00:53:35.329
AND WHEN IT CAME TO NORTH

00:53:35.329 --> 00:53:37.790
CAROLINA HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT

00:53:37.790 --> 00:53:45.510
HE WAS NOT HAPPY FOR COLORED

00:53:45.510 --> 00:53:47.579
STUDENTS TO BE HERE.

00:53:47.579 --> 00:53:50.960
SO HE AND HIS FRIENDS THREW

00:53:50.960 --> 00:53:52.880
ROCKS AT KIDS.

00:53:52.880 --> 00:53:56.360
HE KNEW SOME OF THOSE ROCKS HIT

00:53:56.360 --> 00:53:58.570
HIS TARGET.

00:53:58.570 --> 00:54:09.130
BUT NOW THIS FRAIL OLD MAN, HE

00:54:09.130 --> 00:54:10.569
SAID EVERY TIME HE GOES AROUND

00:54:10.569 --> 00:54:12.700
HIS TOWN WHEN HE ENCOUNTERS AN

00:54:12.700 --> 00:54:16.060
AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN HE

00:54:16.060 --> 00:54:18.120
IMMEDIATELY LOOKS AT THEIR

00:54:18.120 --> 00:54:20.230
FOREHEAD.

00:54:20.230 --> 00:54:24.940
HE LOOKS IMMEDIATELY AT THEIR

00:54:24.940 --> 00:54:25.940
FOREHEAD.

00:54:25.940 --> 00:54:26.940
HE'S LOOKING AT THEIR FOREHEAD

00:54:26.940 --> 00:54:30.830
FOR WHAT HE'S LOOKING FOR, A

00:54:30.830 --> 00:54:32.420
SCAR.

00:54:32.420 --> 00:54:33.690
HE SAYS HE KNOWS HE BLOODIED

00:54:33.690 --> 00:54:34.940
SOMEONE WITH ONE OF THOSE

00:54:34.940 --> 00:54:38.920
BRICKS.

00:54:38.920 --> 00:54:40.310
HE DOES REMEMBER THERE WAS A LOT

00:54:40.310 --> 00:54:41.310
OF BLOOD.

00:54:41.310 --> 00:54:42.310
HE REMEMBERS IT.

00:54:42.310 --> 00:54:44.650
THE IMAGE IS STILL IN HIS BRAIN.

00:54:44.650 --> 00:54:49.800
HE GOT A LOT OF AT-A-BOYS.

00:54:49.800 --> 00:54:53.850
AS HE GOES AROUND IN HIS AGE

00:54:53.850 --> 00:54:58.700
WHEN IT GOES THROUGH SECTIONS OF

00:54:58.700 --> 00:55:04.150
THE TOWN, WHEN HE ENCOUNTERS

00:55:04.150 --> 00:55:06.490
THEM, HE IMMEDIATELY LOOKS TO

00:55:06.490 --> 00:55:09.230
THAT SECTION FOR A CAR BUT HE'S

00:55:09.230 --> 00:55:11.920
ALSO LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

00:55:11.920 --> 00:55:13.559
HE'S LOOKING FOR A CHANCE AFTER

00:55:13.559 --> 00:55:17.010
ALL OF THESE YEARS TO SAY I'M

00:55:17.010 --> 00:55:19.300
SORRY.

00:55:19.300 --> 00:55:21.760
HE SAID I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M

00:55:21.760 --> 00:55:23.880
SORRY TO HIS FACE.

00:55:23.880 --> 00:55:25.040
HE KNEW THAT THROWING ROCKS

00:55:25.040 --> 00:55:26.040
WAS WRONG.

00:55:26.040 --> 00:55:30.750
HE KNEW THAT THE HATRED WAS NOT

00:55:30.750 --> 00:55:32.180
ANYTHING DID NOT COMPORT WITH

00:55:32.180 --> 00:55:33.829
THE LESSONS IN LEARNED IN SUNDAY

00:55:33.829 --> 00:55:38.970
SCHOOL.

00:55:38.970 --> 00:55:40.050
THEY WERE LIFE LESSONS ABOUT

00:55:40.050 --> 00:55:41.880
LOVING THY NEIGHBOR EXCEPT IF

00:55:41.880 --> 00:55:47.530
THAT NEIGHBOR WAS BLACK.

00:55:47.530 --> 00:55:48.970
SOMETHING INSIDE HIM AT THAT

00:55:48.970 --> 00:55:50.850
TIME TOLD HIM THAT TRYING TO

00:55:50.850 --> 00:55:52.410
HURT PEOPLE THAT JUST WANTED AN

00:55:52.410 --> 00:55:55.920
EDUCATION WAS AGAINST THE CODE

00:55:55.920 --> 00:55:59.220
OF CONDUCT.

00:55:59.220 --> 00:56:06.180
THERE WERE LARGER VOICES THAT

00:56:06.180 --> 00:56:11.410
IMPLORED HIM TO CREATE A WALL OF

00:56:11.410 --> 00:56:14.650
HATRED TO UPHOLD THE STATUS QUO

00:56:14.650 --> 00:56:18.130
TO KEEP PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE

00:56:18.130 --> 00:56:21.210
WAYS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR

00:56:21.210 --> 00:56:23.609
WHITE AMERICANS ONLY.

00:56:23.609 --> 00:56:24.630
HE DID NOT LISTEN TO THAT

00:56:24.630 --> 00:56:25.960
LITTLE VOICE IN HIS HEAD AND SIX

00:56:25.960 --> 00:56:29.290
DECADES LATER, HE WISH THAT HE

00:56:29.290 --> 00:56:30.290
HAD.

00:56:30.290 --> 00:56:32.680
IT WAS A BIG LESSON.

00:56:32.680 --> 00:56:35.450
LISTEN TO THE VOICE IN THE CROWD

00:56:35.450 --> 00:56:37.109
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S DROWNED OUT

00:56:37.109 --> 00:56:40.960
BY THE CROWD.

00:56:40.960 --> 00:56:47.420
IT'S FINE TUNED AT THIS LARGE

00:56:47.420 --> 00:56:48.420
INSTITUTION.

00:56:48.420 --> 00:56:51.619
ALWAYS BE IN TOUCH WITH IT ON

00:56:51.619 --> 00:56:53.650
HOW YOU USE YOUR OWN VOICE.

00:56:53.650 --> 00:56:56.069
NO MATTER HOW YOU GRADUATED AND

00:56:56.069 --> 00:56:58.900
HOW FAR YOUR TALENT AND YOUR NEW

00:56:58.900 --> 00:57:00.880
SKILLS THANK YOU AND MAKE SURE A

00:57:00.880 --> 00:57:03.010
PIECE OF THIS PLACE NEVER LEAVES

00:57:03.010 --> 00:57:04.010
YOU.

00:57:04.010 --> 00:57:08.869
LISTEN TO THE VOICES YOU HAVE

00:57:08.869 --> 00:57:09.900
HERE.

00:57:09.900 --> 00:57:12.970
THIS WONDERFUL SPIRITED

00:57:12.970 --> 00:57:14.480
COMMUNITY.

00:57:14.480 --> 00:57:18.420
MAKE SURE YOU ALWAYS HEAR THAT

00:57:18.420 --> 00:57:21.190
VOICE.

00:57:21.190 --> 00:57:26.599
KNOW YOU WILL MAKE AMERICA

00:57:26.599 --> 00:57:27.900
STRONG.

00:57:27.900 --> 00:57:31.140
I PRAY THAT YOU WILL MAKE

00:57:31.140 --> 00:57:33.020
AMERICA KIND.

00:57:33.020 --> 00:57:37.390
I TRUST THAT YOU WILL AMERICA

00:57:37.390 --> 00:57:40.059
STRONG.

00:57:40.059 --> 00:57:43.280
AND I AM AS CERTAIN AS THE SUN

00:57:43.280 --> 00:57:45.839
WILL RISE TOMORROW THAT ALL OF

00:57:45.839 --> 00:57:47.829
YOU WHO HAVE GRAD OUTED FROM

00:57:47.829 --> 00:57:52.910
FORD SCHOOL ON THIS DAY IN MAY

00:57:52.910 --> 00:57:57.290
IN 2019 WILL MAKE AMERICA SOAR

00:57:57.290 --> 00:58:00.960
AND YOU WILL DO THAT BY L

00:58:00.960 --> 00:58:03.910
LISTENING TO THAT LITTLE VOICE.

00:58:03.910 --> 00:58:05.650
I HONOR YOU.

00:58:05.650 --> 00:58:07.540
I CELEBRATE YOU.

00:58:07.540 --> 00:58:58.130
GO BLUE AND GO BIG.

00:58:58.130 --> 00:58:59.130
THANK YOU.

00:58:59.130 --> 00:59:00.230
THANK YOU.

00:59:00.230 --> 00:59:01.630
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

00:59:01.630 --> 00:59:02.630
WOW.

00:59:02.630 --> 00:59:03.630
THANK YOU, MICHELLE.

00:59:03.630 --> 00:59:05.380
THAT WAS THOUGHTFUL AND

00:59:05.380 --> 00:59:06.700
BEAUTIFUL AND HOPEFUL.

00:59:06.700 --> 00:59:09.560
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

00:59:09.560 --> 00:59:11.660
I'M DELIGHTED TO WELCOME TO

00:59:11.660 --> 00:59:13.770
THE STAGE MEMBERS OF THE

00:59:13.770 --> 00:59:14.770
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN THE

00:59:14.770 --> 00:59:17.200
OUTSTANDING ACAPELLA CALLED DIX

00:59:17.200 --> 00:59:18.270
AND JANES.

00:59:18.270 --> 00:59:20.859
THEY'LL PERFORM TWO UNIVERSITY

00:59:20.859 --> 00:59:42.510
CLASSICS FOR YOU.

00:59:42.510 --> 00:59:43.510
♪

00:59:43.510 --> 00:59:44.510
♪

00:59:44.510 --> 00:59:45.510
♪

00:59:45.510 --> 00:59:46.510
♪

00:59:46.510 --> 00:59:47.510
♪

00:59:47.510 --> 00:59:48.510
♪

00:59:48.510 --> 00:59:49.510
♪

00:59:49.510 --> 00:59:50.510
♪

00:59:50.510 --> 00:59:51.510
♪

00:59:51.510 --> 01:01:08.380
[ SINGING HAIL TO THE VICTOR ]

01:01:08.380 --> 01:01:09.380
♪

01:01:09.380 --> 01:01:10.380
♪

01:01:10.380 --> 01:01:11.380
♪

01:01:11.380 --> 01:01:12.380
♪

01:01:12.380 --> 01:01:13.380
♪

01:01:13.380 --> 01:01:54.620
GO BLUE.

01:01:54.620 --> 01:02:40.870
THANK YOU.

01:02:40.870 --> 01:03:50.240
AROUND THEY TERRIFIC.

01:03:50.240 --> 01:03:52.109
EACH YEAR THE FORD UNIVERSITY

01:03:52.109 --> 01:03:54.089
GRADUATES ARE ASKED TO ELECT

01:03:54.089 --> 01:04:03.770
SPEAKERS.

01:04:03.770 --> 01:04:05.099
AS THE FACULTY SPEAKER THE

01:04:05.099 --> 01:04:07.690
CLASSES OF 2019 PLAY AN

01:04:07.690 --> 01:04:09.609
EXTREMELY LARGE MARGIN ELECTED

01:04:09.609 --> 01:04:11.640
ASSOCIATE DEAN PAULA LANCE.

01:04:11.640 --> 01:04:12.960
I'LL GIVE YOU PAULA'S

01:04:12.960 --> 01:04:18.230
OFFICIAL PROFESSOR OF SCHOOL

01:04:18.230 --> 01:04:20.300
POLICY WITH AN APPOINTMENT AS

01:04:20.300 --> 01:04:22.770
WELL IN PUBLIC HEALTH.

01:04:22.770 --> 01:04:24.660
SHE STUDIES HOW HEALTH CAN

01:04:24.660 --> 01:04:29.839
PRODUCE STUDENTS IN PUBLIC

01:04:29.839 --> 01:04:30.839
HEALTH.

01:04:30.839 --> 01:04:36.730
PAULA EARNED AN MA AND A PHD

01:04:36.730 --> 01:04:38.500
IN SOCIOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY

01:04:38.500 --> 01:04:39.500
WHI

01:04:39.500 --> 01:04:40.500
OF WISCONSIN.

01:04:40.500 --> 01:04:43.980
AND NOW FOR HER UNOFFICIAL

01:04:43.980 --> 01:04:46.339
FORD BIO.

01:04:46.339 --> 01:04:54.480
SHE HAS TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE.

01:04:54.480 --> 01:04:57.030
WHEN SOMETHING GOES RIGHT PAULA

01:04:57.030 --> 01:04:59.640
IS THE FIRST ONE TO THANK.

01:04:59.640 --> 01:05:01.391
WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG, PAULA

01:05:01.391 --> 01:05:09.950
IS THE ONE YOU CALL.

01:05:09.950 --> 01:05:12.430
I'M DELIGHTED TO HAVE HER SPEAK

01:05:12.430 --> 01:05:16.690
ON BEHALF OF OUR FACULTY, PAUL

01:05:16.690 --> 01:05:20.089
JIERNGS A.

01:05:20.089 --> 01:05:21.790
SKWLR

01:05:21.790 --> 01:05:23.490
PAULA.

01:05:23.490 --> 01:05:27.319
GOOD AFTERNOON AND

01:05:27.319 --> 01:05:34.819
CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES.

01:05:34.819 --> 01:05:36.119
ON BEHALF OF THE FORD SCHOOL

01:05:36.119 --> 01:05:37.119
FAC

01:05:37.119 --> 01:05:38.380
FACULTY, I'M HONORED TO OFFER

01:05:38.380 --> 01:05:46.560
HEART FELT THANKS FOR ALL OF

01:05:46.560 --> 01:05:48.099
THOSE GRADUATING TODAY.

01:05:48.099 --> 01:05:50.300
IT'S AMAZING TO EDUCATE IN

01:05:50.300 --> 01:05:52.780
THE FIELD OF PUBLIC POLICY.

01:05:52.780 --> 01:05:56.900
GIVEN THE FORD SCHOOL BRAND,

01:05:56.900 --> 01:05:58.730
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THIS THIS IS

01:05:58.730 --> 01:06:00.180
THE NUMBER ONE GROUP OF POLICY

01:06:00.180 --> 01:06:02.390
ANALYSIS AND SOCIAL POLICY IN

01:06:02.390 --> 01:06:03.390
THE COUNTRY.

01:06:03.390 --> 01:06:04.410
THANK YOU.

01:06:04.410 --> 01:06:09.770
SO GIVEN YOUR BRAND YOU'RE

01:06:09.770 --> 01:06:10.770
LEAVING US WITH A LOT OF

01:06:10.770 --> 01:06:20.090
TECHNICAL AND ECONOMICAL SKILLS.

01:06:20.090 --> 01:06:24.980
YOU'RE LEARNED TO NEVER

01:06:24.980 --> 01:06:28.210
NEVER EVER CONFUSE CAUSATION

01:06:28.210 --> 01:06:32.220
WITH COLLECTION.

01:06:32.220 --> 01:06:33.220
YOU HAVE LEARNED THAT

01:06:33.220 --> 01:06:42.630
REGRESSION AND THAT P HAS VALUE.

01:06:42.630 --> 01:06:44.069
YOU'VE HONES YOUR COMMUNICATION

01:06:44.069 --> 01:06:45.910
SKILLS AND LEARNED THAT CRITICAL

01:06:45.910 --> 01:06:49.510
ANALYSIS ARE CRITICAL IN

01:06:49.510 --> 01:06:52.410
DEFINING PROBLEMS AND ANALYZING

01:06:52.410 --> 01:06:55.930
POLICY SOLUTIONS.

01:06:55.930 --> 01:06:57.160
YOU'VE ALSO DEEPENED YOUR

01:06:57.160 --> 01:06:58.900
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW POLICY

01:06:58.900 --> 01:07:01.180
IMPACTS DRY PUBLIC STANDING AND

01:07:01.180 --> 01:07:06.270
IT INVOLVES ETHICS AND MORAL

01:07:06.270 --> 01:07:07.860
REASONING.

01:07:07.860 --> 01:07:11.650
AND THOSE CAN BE USED TO

01:07:11.650 --> 01:07:17.721
ADDRESS COMPLEX PROBLEMS AND CAN

01:07:17.721 --> 01:07:24.010
BE USED TO PROTECT CONSUMERS AND

01:07:24.010 --> 01:07:28.770
TO COTIFY AND PROTECT RANKS.

01:07:28.770 --> 01:07:30.880
THERE'S ALSO EXPERTS IN THE

01:07:30.880 --> 01:07:34.530
REALITY THAT POLICY IS THE CORE

01:07:34.530 --> 01:07:37.680
ROOT DRIVER.

01:07:37.680 --> 01:07:39.380
YOU KNOW A SAD TRUTH.

01:07:39.380 --> 01:07:40.940
THE PUBLIC POLICY HAS CREATED

01:07:40.940 --> 01:07:45.460
DIFFERENCIATED VALUES AND THAT

01:07:45.460 --> 01:07:50.530
PUBLIC HEALTH CAN FORCE AND

01:07:50.530 --> 01:07:51.530
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE AND

01:07:51.530 --> 01:07:52.530
EQUALITY.

01:07:52.530 --> 01:07:54.410
DEAR GRADUATES, YOU HAVE CHOSEN

01:07:54.410 --> 01:07:57.650
A COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING YET

01:07:57.650 --> 01:08:01.720
NOBLE FIELD.

01:08:01.720 --> 01:08:03.510
IT IS QUITE DAUNTING TO BE

01:08:03.510 --> 01:08:06.059
STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU.

01:08:06.059 --> 01:08:07.390
IT'S DAUNTING ENOUGH TO STAND IN

01:08:07.390 --> 01:08:09.330
FRONT OF YOU IN A CLASSROOM EVEN

01:08:09.330 --> 01:08:10.940
THOUGH I KNOW EVERY SINGLE ONE

01:08:10.940 --> 01:08:12.349
OF YOU HAVE READ ALL OF THE

01:08:12.349 --> 01:08:14.760
READINGS OF THE DAY AND ARE

01:08:14.760 --> 01:08:21.819
READY TO DISCUSS THEM.

01:08:21.819 --> 01:08:23.289
SO HONESTLY STANDING AT THIS

01:08:23.289 --> 01:08:24.289
P

01:08:24.289 --> 01:08:26.549
PODIUM IS VERY QUITE HUMBLING.

01:08:26.549 --> 01:08:32.079
SO I WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO

01:08:32.079 --> 01:08:34.009
HAVE HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON

01:08:34.009 --> 01:08:36.839
THE FORD SCHOOL.

01:08:36.839 --> 01:08:39.719
FIRST, YOU'VE HAD AN IMPACT BY

01:08:39.719 --> 01:08:44.589
FORMING FRIENDSHIP AND BONDS AND

01:08:44.589 --> 01:08:48.409
AN IMPACT ON STUDENTS AND

01:08:48.409 --> 01:08:51.690
IRRITATING AND WEIRD THINGS THAT

01:08:51.690 --> 01:08:54.759
YOU HAVE SAID IN PUBLIC

01:08:54.759 --> 01:08:57.229
POLICIES.

01:08:57.229 --> 01:09:00.819
YOU HAVE INFLUENCED OTHERS BY A

01:09:00.819 --> 01:09:02.269
CONTRIBUTION THROUGH STUDENTS

01:09:02.269 --> 01:09:03.460
ORGANIZATIONS AND STUDENT

01:09:03.460 --> 01:09:05.159
GOVERNMENTS.

01:09:05.159 --> 01:09:07.909
YOU'VE ALSO HAD AN IMPACT BY

01:09:07.909 --> 01:09:11.380
THOSE IN YOUR READINGS AND IN

01:09:11.380 --> 01:09:18.039
CLASS AND PUBLIC AND SNARKY

01:09:18.039 --> 01:09:21.589
COMMENTS ON COURSE EVALUATIONS.

01:09:21.589 --> 01:09:22.589
AND YOU'VE MADE IMPORTANT

01:09:22.589 --> 01:09:25.449
LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS AND

01:09:25.449 --> 01:09:28.309
RESEARCH INCIDENTS AND GSIS AND

01:09:28.309 --> 01:09:30.179
REPS IN THE COMMITTEE.

01:09:30.179 --> 01:09:31.919
AND BELIEVE ME, EVERY SINGLE ONE

01:09:31.919 --> 01:09:33.670
OF YOU LEARNS THAT THE BEST PART

01:09:33.670 --> 01:09:36.469
OF TEACHING IS LEARNING FROM

01:09:36.469 --> 01:09:37.519
YOU.

01:09:37.519 --> 01:09:40.359
NOW TO BE HONEST YOU DIDN'T

01:09:40.359 --> 01:09:41.359
CONTRIBUTE MUCH TO THE FORD

01:09:41.359 --> 01:09:42.499
SCHOOL THROUGH YOUR HOLIDAY

01:09:42.499 --> 01:09:45.359
PUBLIC SKITS.

01:09:45.359 --> 01:09:47.499
BUT THAT'S TOTALLY OFFSET BY THE

01:09:47.499 --> 01:09:48.980
MYRIAD IN THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE

01:09:48.980 --> 01:09:50.999
LEFT INDELIBLE PUBLIC INTERESTS

01:09:50.999 --> 01:09:52.869
IN THE FORD SCHOOL.

01:09:52.869 --> 01:09:57.310
SO AS YOU GO FORTH INTO THE

01:09:57.310 --> 01:09:58.979
WORLD I WOULD LOVE TO OFFER

01:09:58.979 --> 01:10:05.959
PARTING PIECE 
OF ADVICE-FIRST

01:10:05.959 --> 01:10:06.959
LEADERSHIP.

01:10:06.959 --> 01:10:08.199
REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE ALL INDEED

01:10:08.199 --> 01:10:09.199
LEAD

01:10:09.199 --> 01:10:20.919
LEADERS ARE NOT PART OF

01:10:20.919 --> 01:10:21.919
HIERARCHY.

01:10:21.919 --> 01:10:22.919
LE

01:10:22.919 --> 01:10:26.540
LEADERSHIP IS POINTING OUT ABOUT

01:10:26.540 --> 01:10:32.360
HOW THE STAFF AND CALLING PEOPLE

01:10:32.360 --> 01:10:33.829
OUT WHEN IT'S PART OF THE

01:10:33.829 --> 01:10:35.070
PROBLEM.

01:10:35.070 --> 01:10:38.710
IMPORTANT ATTENTION TO

01:10:38.710 --> 01:10:45.769
RESEARCH IS POINTING OUT PUBLIC

01:10:45.769 --> 01:10:46.769
PROBLEMS.

01:10:46.769 --> 01:10:47.769
THE CHANGES THAT YOU WANT TO

01:10:47.769 --> 01:10:50.360
INSPIRE A NUMBER OF SKILLS.

01:10:50.360 --> 01:10:51.489
THIS INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO

01:10:51.489 --> 01:10:53.010
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AROUND

01:10:53.010 --> 01:11:01.219
SHARED VALUES AND GOALS.

01:11:01.219 --> 01:11:02.559
THE ABILITY TO HAVE EMPATHY

01:11:02.559 --> 01:11:05.140
AND OTHERS TO HAVE COMPETING

01:11:05.140 --> 01:11:07.380
POINTS OF VIEW AND LEADERSHIP TO

01:11:07.380 --> 01:11:10.869
MODEL ACTIONS AND WORDS.

01:11:10.869 --> 01:11:16.909
TO PARAPHRASE THE MOTIVATIONAL

01:11:16.909 --> 01:11:17.920
OF YOUR THOUGHTS.

01:11:17.920 --> 01:11:21.320
BE CAREFUL FOR YOUR WORDS

01:11:21.320 --> 01:11:23.780
BECAUSE THEY BECOME THOUGHTS.

01:11:23.780 --> 01:11:25.239
WATCH YOUR ACTIONS AND THEY

01:11:25.239 --> 01:11:26.239
BECOME HABITS.

01:11:26.239 --> 01:11:28.420
BE AWARE OF YOUR HABITS BECAUSE

01:11:28.420 --> 01:11:30.659
THEY BECOME CHARACTER AND BE

01:11:30.659 --> 01:11:32.150
EVER MINDFUL OF YOUR CHARACTER

01:11:32.150 --> 01:11:35.011
BECAUSE IT WILL SHAPE THE IMPACT

01:11:35.011 --> 01:11:38.760
ON THE WORLD.

01:11:38.760 --> 01:11:44.389
IT'S REALLY HOT UP HERE.

01:11:44.389 --> 01:11:45.389
AND FINALLY, I WANT TO

01:11:45.389 --> 01:11:47.510
ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE TAKE

01:11:47.510 --> 01:11:50.519
CARE OF YOURSELF AND OTHERS.

01:11:50.519 --> 01:11:51.820
I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU ARE VERY

01:11:51.820 --> 01:11:53.599
TIRED RIGHT NOW.

01:11:53.599 --> 01:11:56.039
AM I RIGHT.

01:11:56.039 --> 01:11:58.650
YOU'RE TIRED BECAUSE YOU'RE

01:11:58.650 --> 01:11:59.650
WORKING HARD TO WORK ON YOUR

01:11:59.650 --> 01:12:02.760
DEGREES AND GET THE HELL OUT OF

01:12:02.760 --> 01:12:03.760
HERE.

01:12:03.760 --> 01:12:05.829
BUT ALL OF YOU ARE TIRED FOR THE

01:12:05.829 --> 01:12:09.739
RELENTLESS ATTITUDE.

01:12:09.739 --> 01:12:10.849
YOU'RE TIRED BECAUSE YOU CARE

01:12:10.849 --> 01:12:17.250
DEEPLY ABOUT THE IMMENSE

01:12:17.250 --> 01:12:18.679
PROBLEMS.

01:12:18.679 --> 01:12:23.929
LIKE ME YOU'RE EXHAUSTED BY

01:12:23.929 --> 01:12:28.630
TERRIBLE GLOBAL POWER, THE

01:12:28.630 --> 01:12:32.190
BLATANT POLICY DEBATES.

01:12:32.190 --> 01:12:35.520
I COULD GO ON BUT I WON'T.

01:12:35.520 --> 01:12:38.329
AND TOO, TOO MANY OF YOU ARE

01:12:38.329 --> 01:12:39.689
TIRED BECAUSE YOU ARE

01:12:39.689 --> 01:12:41.560
FUNDAMENTALLY OKAY FROM YOUR

01:12:41.560 --> 01:12:45.479
RACE.

01:12:45.479 --> 01:12:48.010
YOUR RELIGION, YOUR CORE VALUES,

01:12:48.010 --> 01:12:52.579
INURE GENDER AND WHO YOU LOVE

01:12:52.579 --> 01:12:55.300
ARE UNDER CONSTANT ATTACK,

01:12:55.300 --> 01:12:58.369
POLITICALLY, SOCIALLY.

01:12:58.369 --> 01:12:59.789
MANY OF YOU ARE EXHAUSTED

01:12:59.789 --> 01:13:02.969
BECAUSE YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON

01:13:02.969 --> 01:13:14.500
IN YOUR FAMILY TO GRADUATE.

01:13:14.500 --> 01:13:15.500
DESPITE THESE MOMENTS OF

01:13:15.500 --> 01:13:17.110
EXHAUSTION AND FATIGUE, I HOPE

01:13:17.110 --> 01:13:22.829
YOU FIND SOLACE IN THE ARK OF

01:13:22.829 --> 01:13:24.889
THE MORAL UNIVERSE IS LONG BUT

01:13:24.889 --> 01:13:27.189
IT BENDS TOWARDS JUSTICE.

01:13:27.189 --> 01:13:30.039
I KNOW YOU WILL ALL WORK FOR THE

01:13:30.039 --> 01:13:33.820
CAUSES THAT YOU BELIEVE AND FOR

01:13:33.820 --> 01:13:38.980
THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU LIVE IN

01:13:38.980 --> 01:13:43.849
WHICH YOU LIVE, WORK, LOVE, PAY,

01:13:43.849 --> 01:13:44.919
PRAY, AND VOTE.

01:13:44.919 --> 01:13:46.219
YOU'RE CONTINUING TO TALK

01:13:46.219 --> 01:13:52.300
ABOUT EQUITY AND HUMAN FAIRNESS

01:13:52.300 --> 01:13:54.619
THAT WILL IMPACT THE WORLD.

01:13:54.619 --> 01:13:55.679
AND YOU CAN CONTINUE TO FIGHT

01:13:55.679 --> 01:13:57.070
AGAINST PUBLIC POLICIES THAT

01:13:57.070 --> 01:14:02.019
INSTITUTIONAL OPPRESSION AND

01:14:02.019 --> 01:14:03.489
HATE.

01:14:03.489 --> 01:14:05.119
THE WORK YOU DO WILL INVOLVE

01:14:05.119 --> 01:14:06.969
CROSSING DIFFICULT BRIDGES,

01:14:06.969 --> 01:14:10.050
BURNING YOU IN BRIDGES THAT

01:14:10.050 --> 01:14:11.050
DESERVE TO BE GONE.

01:14:11.050 --> 01:14:16.260
THE WORK IS WITHOUT QUESTION AND

01:14:16.260 --> 01:14:17.699
WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE YOU BOTH

01:14:17.699 --> 01:14:20.900
INSPIRED AND BOTH TIRED.

01:14:20.900 --> 01:14:21.989
SO PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

01:14:21.989 --> 01:14:23.929
AND OTHERS ALONG THE WAY.

01:14:23.929 --> 01:14:24.929
ASK FOR HELP IF YOU ARE

01:14:24.929 --> 01:14:26.449
STRUGGLING EVEN IF YOU DON'T

01:14:26.449 --> 01:14:28.550
KNOW WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT AND

01:14:28.550 --> 01:14:30.150
ASSISTANCE YOU NEED.

01:14:30.150 --> 01:14:32.170
AND PLEASE MAKE THE TIME TO

01:14:32.170 --> 01:14:35.429
REFRESH, RELAX, LAUGH, DANCE,

01:14:35.429 --> 01:14:37.929
SING, SLEEP ENJOY AND NURTURE

01:14:37.929 --> 01:14:42.760
YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FRIENDS.

01:14:42.760 --> 01:14:47.340
SO YOU CAN ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL

01:14:47.340 --> 01:14:49.199
PLANET IN BETWEEN YOUR EFFORTS

01:14:49.199 --> 01:14:50.909
TO IMPROVE YOUR PLANET AND THE

01:14:50.909 --> 01:14:53.559
LIVES OF THE PEOPLE ON IT.

01:14:53.559 --> 01:14:58.909
THE SONG OF SOLOMON SAYS IF

01:14:58.909 --> 01:15:01.219
YOU SURRENDERED TO THE AIR YOU

01:15:01.219 --> 01:15:03.040
COULD WRITE IT.

01:15:03.040 --> 01:15:04.659
SO ALL OF YOU BEAUTIFUL AND

01:15:04.659 --> 01:15:06.139
TIRED PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW FORD

01:15:06.139 --> 01:15:07.749
STUDENTS, I AM NINE.

01:15:07.749 --> 01:15:09.780
SURRENDER TO THE AIR AND RIDE

01:15:09.780 --> 01:15:11.349
THE WIND THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE

01:15:11.349 --> 01:15:13.179
YOU TO AMAZING PLACES THAT WILL

01:15:13.179 --> 01:15:15.420
ALLOW YOU TO BE THE LEADERS IN A

01:15:15.420 --> 01:15:17.869
TROUBLED WORLD.

01:15:17.869 --> 01:15:18.869
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR

01:15:18.869 --> 01:15:20.110
HEARTS AND MINDS WITH THE FORD

01:15:20.110 --> 01:15:21.110
SCHOOL.

01:15:21.110 --> 01:15:22.889
I'M SO THANKFUL THAT YOUR WINGS

01:15:22.889 --> 01:15:24.639
CARRIED YOU TO ANN HARBOR AND

01:15:24.639 --> 01:15:26.789
I'M SO PROUD TO SEE WHERE THEY

01:15:26.789 --> 01:15:28.150
CARRY YOU NEXT.

01:15:28.150 --> 01:15:30.940
THANK YOU.

01:15:30.940 --> 01:15:38.989
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

01:15:38.989 --> 01:15:48.050
THANK YOU, THANK YOU PAULA.

01:15:48.050 --> 01:15:49.499
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM

01:15:49.499 --> 01:15:53.270
THE STUDENT ELECTED TO HEAR,

01:15:53.270 --> 01:15:56.019
JE

01:15:56.019 --> 01:16:01.510
JERYNE FISH.

01:16:01.510 --> 01:16:08.280
JERYNE HAS BEEN BUSY SINCE

01:16:08.280 --> 01:16:15.940
HER TIME HERE AND BEEN AN

01:16:15.940 --> 01:16:18.250
ATHLETE ON THE TRACK AND FIELD

01:16:18.250 --> 01:16:19.429
TEAM.

01:16:19.429 --> 01:16:22.959
SHE'S CREATED PATHS ON THE

01:16:22.959 --> 01:16:23.959
FAMILY AND PLANNING.

01:16:23.959 --> 01:16:27.329
SHE'S A VICE CHAIRMAN FOR THE

01:16:27.329 --> 01:16:28.510
ALPHA CAPA ALPHA.

01:16:28.510 --> 01:16:33.889
SHE'S A WRITER FOR THE SOUTH

01:16:33.889 --> 01:16:35.580
CAMPUS TIMES.

01:16:35.580 --> 01:16:36.670
SHE'S BEEN A VALUED MEMBER OF

01:16:36.670 --> 01:16:38.940
OUR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM

01:16:38.940 --> 01:16:42.800
SERVING AS A PIER ADVISOR.

01:16:42.800 --> 01:16:46.369
NEXT YEAR SHE WILL PURSUE A

01:16:46.369 --> 01:16:49.340
MASTER'S DEGREE FOR THE FORD

01:16:49.340 --> 01:16:50.349
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.

01:16:50.349 --> 01:16:51.949
I'M SO PLEASED TO WELCOME JERYNE

01:16:51.949 --> 01:16:54.159
FISH TO THE PODIUM.

01:16:54.159 --> 01:16:57.619
HI, EVERYONE.

01:16:57.619 --> 01:17:06.459
THANK YOU FOR MISS NORRIS AND

01:17:06.459 --> 01:17:07.459
PROFESSOR LANCE.

01:17:07.459 --> 01:17:08.730
I COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR A

01:17:08.730 --> 01:17:10.989
GREATER OPENING ACT.

01:17:10.989 --> 01:17:15.150
BUT I STAND BEFORE YOU

01:17:15.150 --> 01:17:31.309
FACULTY AND STAFF AND

01:17:31.309 --> 01:17:32.309
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.

01:17:32.309 --> 01:17:33.449
I HAD ONLY A FEW MOMENTS TO

01:17:33.449 --> 01:17:36.110
ENJOY BEING ELECTED BEFORE MY

01:17:36.110 --> 01:17:37.491
FIRST FINAL BUT SLOWLY AND

01:17:37.491 --> 01:17:39.289
SURELY EVERYTHING FELL INTO

01:17:39.289 --> 01:17:40.289
PLACE.

01:17:40.289 --> 01:17:41.530
I WOULD LIKE TO START OUT MY

01:17:41.530 --> 01:17:48.179
SPEECH.

01:17:48.179 --> 01:17:58.939
IMENOT CONVINCED IT WAS SO MUCH

01:17:58.939 --> 01:18:03.870
AN OUTLINE.

01:18:03.870 --> 01:18:07.889
AND RUMOR HAS IT THAT THE

01:18:07.889 --> 01:18:09.179
OUTLINE HAD THE TYPE OF

01:18:09.179 --> 01:18:10.630
ENGAGEMENT RING SHE WANTED.

01:18:10.630 --> 01:18:12.789
NEEDLESS TO SAY, SHE THOUGHT SHE

01:18:12.789 --> 01:18:24.689
HAD HER WHOLE LIFE PLANNED.

01:18:24.689 --> 01:18:25.689
I'M NOT ON THE TRACK TO

01:18:25.689 --> 01:18:28.389
BECOME THE BASHLOR REETTE AND DO

01:18:28.389 --> 01:18:31.169
NOT THINK ABOUT MARRIAGE FOR THE

01:18:31.169 --> 01:18:34.830
NEXT TWO DECADES.

01:18:34.830 --> 01:18:45.889
I'M SURE MY DAD IS ABOUT THAT.

01:18:45.889 --> 01:18:46.889
I HAVE ONLY MICHIGAN TO

01:18:46.889 --> 01:18:48.439
THANK FOR MY CONFIDENCE.

01:18:48.439 --> 01:18:56.300
NOT ONLY HAS THIS SCHOOL

01:18:56.300 --> 01:19:01.750
STRIPPED ME OF MY CONFIDENCE AND

01:19:01.750 --> 01:19:03.130
EVEN BEING WEIGHT-LIFTED TO THE

01:19:03.130 --> 01:19:05.750
FORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY.

01:19:05.750 --> 01:19:09.880
BUT FROM SHAKING THE HANDS OF

01:19:09.880 --> 01:19:15.070
PRESIDENT OBAMA TO JUSTICE

01:19:15.070 --> 01:19:19.659
MAYOR, GRANTING ME ACCESS TO THE

01:19:19.659 --> 01:19:21.219
MOST IMPRESSIVE FACULTY AND

01:19:21.219 --> 01:19:28.039
STAFF IN THE WORLD.

01:19:28.039 --> 01:19:34.449
[ CHEERS AND APPL

01:19:34.449 --> 01:19:37.119
[ MRAUS /* MRAUS

01:19:37.119 --> 01:19:38.119
[

01:19:38.119 --> 01:19:39.119
EVERY YEAR MORE UNCERTAIN THAN

01:19:39.119 --> 01:19:40.119
THE NEXT AND THIS IS STRESSFUL

01:19:40.119 --> 01:19:41.300
FOR THE GIRL THAT LITERALLY

01:19:41.300 --> 01:19:43.369
HOPED SHE HAD HER ENTIRE LIFE

01:19:43.369 --> 01:19:46.209
FIGURED OUT AT 13.

01:19:46.209 --> 01:19:47.229
LAST YEAR WAS THE MOST

01:19:47.229 --> 01:19:51.559
FRIGHTENING AND NEW DEGREE

01:19:51.559 --> 01:19:54.849
REQUIREMENTS AND IN REALITY, I

01:19:54.849 --> 01:19:56.110
DO NOT THINK MY CO- HEART

01:19:56.110 --> 01:19:57.900
HANDLED THIS CHANGE IN SCENERY

01:19:57.900 --> 01:20:03.800
AT ALL NOT BAY LONG SHOT.

01:20:03.800 --> 01:20:07.659
IT WAS OKAY, I WAS HAVING MY OWN

01:20:07.659 --> 01:20:08.659
FUN WITH ECON, 301.

01:20:08.659 --> 01:20:11.139
I WAS THERE FOR PAUL 76 AND I

01:20:11.139 --> 01:20:14.869
WAS THERE FOR THE HOLIDAY SKIT.

01:20:14.869 --> 01:20:15.949
YOU CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT

01:20:15.949 --> 01:20:16.949
THESE LATER.

01:20:16.949 --> 01:20:18.869
BUT THIS CO- HART EMBODIES

01:20:18.869 --> 01:20:21.540
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS.

01:20:21.540 --> 01:20:26.330
AMIST OUR DISAGREEMENTS WE

01:20:26.330 --> 01:20:33.699
ENJOYED TWO BAR CRAWLS, YES WE

01:20:33.699 --> 01:20:36.290
HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING SINCE LAST

01:20:36.290 --> 01:20:37.290
SEMESTER.

01:20:37.290 --> 01:20:39.150
THIS COHART HAS COME TOGETHER

01:20:39.150 --> 01:20:45.369
AND LIKE THIS SPEECH, IT'S ALL

01:20:45.369 --> 01:20:48.579
COMING TOGETHER.

01:20:48.579 --> 01:20:52.570
TO MY FRIENDS AND MOM, THANK

01:20:52.570 --> 01:20:53.579
YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE

01:20:53.579 --> 01:20:54.909
FOR ME TO BE HERE TODAY.

01:20:54.909 --> 01:20:59.090
FOR THE PARENTS, THANK YOU FOR

01:20:59.090 --> 01:21:01.199
ALLOWING TO SHARE THIS SPACE FOR

01:21:01.199 --> 01:21:02.199
YOUR CHILDREN.

01:21:02.199 --> 01:21:03.989
I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE,

01:21:03.989 --> 01:21:07.709
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A HECK OF A

01:21:07.709 --> 01:21:08.709
JOB.

01:21:08.709 --> 01:21:10.840
AND TO MY COHART, YOU HAVE

01:21:10.840 --> 01:21:12.709
ALLOWED ME TO LAPSE IN A POLICY

01:21:12.709 --> 01:21:15.110
SCHOOL TO THE MOST POLARIZED

01:21:15.110 --> 01:21:21.110
SCHOOL AND I KNOW THINGS WILL

01:21:21.110 --> 01:21:23.340
WORK OUT BECAUSE SOME OF YOU ARE

01:21:23.340 --> 01:21:26.579
THE MOST BRILLIANT SPEAKERS.

01:21:26.579 --> 01:21:37.249
YOU DID IT AND GO BLUE.

01:21:37.249 --> 01:21:49.499
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

01:21:49.499 --> 01:21:51.939
THANK YOU, JERYNE.

01:21:51.939 --> 01:21:55.900
SHE'S GOING TO GET IN LINE FOR

01:21:55.900 --> 01:21:57.239
HER DEGREE.

01:21:57.239 --> 01:22:00.590
THE NATIONAL CLASS ELECTED

01:22:00.590 --> 01:22:07.730
JOSE LUJANO TO SPEAK.

01:22:07.730 --> 01:22:12.630
[ CHEERS

01:22:12.630 --> 01:22:18.219
JOSE EARNED HIS DUAL

01:22:18.219 --> 01:22:20.459
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES IN

01:22:20.459 --> 01:22:22.669
SOCIOLOGY FROM SANTA CLARA

01:22:22.669 --> 01:22:24.309
DEGREE.

01:22:24.309 --> 01:22:28.999
HE WORKED IN WHOSE ELECTION

01:22:28.999 --> 01:22:31.920
HE WORKED AS A FIELD ORGANIZER.

01:22:31.920 --> 01:22:35.179
LAST SUMMER JOSE WORKED WITH THE

01:22:35.179 --> 01:22:36.889
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND BROUGHT

01:22:36.889 --> 01:22:40.690
HER TO JOHNSON CITY.

01:22:40.690 --> 01:22:45.079
I THINK HE HAD SOMETHING TO DO

01:22:45.079 --> 01:22:46.669
WITH THAT.

01:22:46.669 --> 01:22:49.550
AND CONTINUED ABROAD FOR THE UK.

01:22:49.550 --> 01:22:52.820
HERE AT FORD HE WORKED FOR THE

01:22:52.820 --> 01:22:57.380
NATIONAL DEGREES ASSOCIATION.

01:22:57.380 --> 01:23:02.840
HE FOUND WAYS TO BUILD MORE

01:23:02.840 --> 01:23:03.860
FOR COMMUNITIES.

01:23:03.860 --> 01:23:05.269
JOSE, IT'S AN HONOR TO WELCOME

01:23:05.269 --> 01:23:07.719
YOU TO THE PODIUM.

01:23:07.719 --> 01:23:08.719
♪

01:23:08.719 --> 01:23:09.719
♪

01:23:09.719 --> 01:23:10.719
♪

01:23:10.719 --> 01:23:13.919
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

01:23:13.919 --> 01:23:20.119
BUENOS TARDES ATODOS.

01:23:20.119 --> 01:23:24.249
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]

01:23:24.249 --> 01:23:36.649
I'M HONORED TO BE IN FRONT

01:23:36.649 --> 01:23:38.219
OF YOU.

01:23:38.219 --> 01:23:40.669
I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU A STORY

01:23:40.669 --> 01:23:44.209
ABOUT A WONDERFUL STORY ABOUT A

01:23:44.209 --> 01:23:50.219
WOMAN.

01:23:50.219 --> 01:23:56.110
IT STARTED IN THE TOWN OF

01:23:56.110 --> 01:23:57.169
DURANGO, MEXICO.

01:23:57.169 --> 01:23:59.030
ROSA LIKE ALL OF HER FAMILY

01:23:59.030 --> 01:24:00.130
FOLLOWED THEM ANYWHERE THEY

01:24:00.130 --> 01:24:04.540
WENT.

01:24:04.540 --> 01:24:05.540
THEY EVENTUALLY MADE IT TO

01:24:05.540 --> 01:24:07.559
THE BORDER TOWN WHERE DESPITE

01:24:07.559 --> 01:24:09.309
OPPOSING INTERESTS, SHE BECAME

01:24:09.309 --> 01:24:10.469
THE FIRST IN HER FAMILY TO

01:24:10.469 --> 01:24:16.110
COMPLETE COMPULSARY INTERESTS.

01:24:16.110 --> 01:24:18.979
IN MY MOM'S STORY, IT'S A

01:24:18.979 --> 01:24:21.159
JOURNEY NORTHWARD.

01:24:21.159 --> 01:24:22.840
MY BROTHER CAME TO THE UNITED

01:24:22.840 --> 01:24:30.659
STATES THROUGH THE MIGRANT.

01:24:30.659 --> 01:24:33.829
MY MOM GREW UP IN PLACES

01:24:33.829 --> 01:24:36.869
LIKE WASHINGTON.

01:24:36.869 --> 01:24:40.139
AS A CHILD, SHE DREAMED OF ONE

01:24:40.139 --> 01:24:42.460
DAY OWNING HER OWN HOME, HAVING

01:24:42.460 --> 01:24:43.880
A FULFILLING HOME THAT PROVIDED

01:24:43.880 --> 01:24:45.800
FOR HER FAMILY AND PERHAPS EVEN

01:24:45.800 --> 01:24:47.229
THE FLEXIBILITY TO TAKE HER

01:24:47.229 --> 01:24:51.579
FAMILY ON A VACATION.

01:24:51.579 --> 01:24:55.920
SHE SOMETIMES FELL SHORT BECAUSE

01:24:55.920 --> 01:25:02.480
OF FAMILY NECESSITY.

01:25:02.480 --> 01:25:04.179
WHILE GOING THROUGH HARD

01:25:04.179 --> 01:25:09.630
TIMES SHE WOULD OFTEN SAY NEVER

01:25:09.630 --> 01:25:10.829
LOOK BACK.

01:25:10.829 --> 01:25:13.340
ALWAYS HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH.

01:25:13.340 --> 01:25:16.881
AS A KID, MY MOM'S STORY IS

01:25:16.881 --> 01:25:18.560
ABOUT A TIME GONE BY.

01:25:18.560 --> 01:25:20.219
BUT I CAN

01:25:20.219 --> 01:25:22.340
FULLY IMAGINE THE MAGNITUDE OF A

01:25:22.340 --> 01:25:24.889
YOUNG WOMAN IN SEARCH OF

01:25:24.889 --> 01:25:26.380
OPPORTUNITY.

01:25:26.380 --> 01:25:27.989
TO STAY YES IN PROSPECT OF

01:25:27.989 --> 01:25:32.440
HELPING ONE'S LIFE WHILE DEEPLY

01:25:32.440 --> 01:25:38.459
SADDENING COMPARED TO THE

01:25:38.459 --> 01:25:40.469
ALTERNATIVE.

01:25:40.469 --> 01:25:41.689
COMING TO AMERICA IS NOT

01:25:41.689 --> 01:25:43.369
JUST ABOUT THE BETTER

01:25:43.369 --> 01:25:48.969
ALTERNATIVE BUT TO PURSUE THE

01:25:48.969 --> 01:25:57.790
BETTER PATH.

01:25:57.790 --> 01:25:59.550
LIKE MANY OF YOU, I CHOOSE TO

01:25:59.550 --> 01:26:04.249
HELP PUBLIC POLICY AND TACKLE A

01:26:04.249 --> 01:26:06.670
WAY LIKE HOMELESSNESS AND ACCESS

01:26:06.670 --> 01:26:08.610
TO FEDERAL HOUSING.

01:26:08.610 --> 01:26:09.610
BECAUSE THESE PROBLEMS AND

01:26:09.610 --> 01:26:11.630
ISSUES WE OFTEN DEBATE AMONG

01:26:11.630 --> 01:26:16.149
OURSELVES ARE NOT JUST OUTCOMES

01:26:16.149 --> 01:26:17.149
ABOUT MEASURE.

01:26:17.149 --> 01:26:18.429
THEY'RE FULL STORIES AND

01:26:18.429 --> 01:26:19.489
TOGETHER THEY COMPRISE THE

01:26:19.489 --> 01:26:24.349
COMMUNITIES WE REPRESENT.

01:26:24.349 --> 01:26:25.429
WE'RE EMPOWERED TO TAKE THE

01:26:25.429 --> 01:26:26.880
TOOLS WE LEARN IN AND OUT OF

01:26:26.880 --> 01:26:29.019
WHILE HALLS AND MAKE FOR

01:26:29.019 --> 01:26:31.269
COMMUNITIES WE CAN BE PROUD OF.

01:26:31.269 --> 01:26:33.769
COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE IT

01:26:33.769 --> 01:26:36.229
POSSIBLE FOR THOSE TO COME AND

01:26:36.229 --> 01:26:37.909
CREATE BOUNDLESS OPPORTUNITIES

01:26:37.909 --> 01:26:40.179
FOR THOSE WHO COME AFTER.

01:26:40.179 --> 01:26:42.079
I CERTAINLY WON'T BE THE LAST

01:26:42.079 --> 01:26:43.579
TO TELL YOU THAT TIMES WERE

01:26:43.579 --> 01:26:45.800
TOUGH FOR TOO MANY OF US.

01:26:45.800 --> 01:26:47.330
ACROSS THE BOARD, IT SEEMS

01:26:47.330 --> 01:26:48.710
THAT THE IMAGINATIONS OCCURRING

01:26:48.710 --> 01:26:50.639
IN THE HEAD OF THE CURRENT WHITE

01:26:50.639 --> 01:26:53.070
HOUSE STAND TO TEST OUR RESOLVE

01:26:53.070 --> 01:26:55.659
AND STAND TO MARGINALIZE RATHER

01:26:55.659 --> 01:26:58.449
THAN UPLIFT AND EMPOWER.

01:26:58.449 --> 01:26:59.800
WE KNOW THIS.

01:26:59.800 --> 01:27:01.219
WE TALK ABOUT IT.

01:27:01.219 --> 01:27:02.219
BUT DESPITE THIS PRESENT

01:27:02.219 --> 01:27:05.649
REALITY, I'M SO HOPEFUL, NOW

01:27:05.649 --> 01:27:07.260
MORE THAN EVER.

01:27:07.260 --> 01:27:09.320
NOW ABOUT ALL OF THE GOOD

01:27:09.320 --> 01:27:11.719
EACH ONE OF US WILL DO AS

01:27:11.719 --> 01:27:13.830
MASTERS OF PUBLIC POLICY.

01:27:13.830 --> 01:27:15.429
TOGETHER, WE'VE HAD DIFFICULT

01:27:15.429 --> 01:27:16.880
DIALOGUE ABOUT THE DIRECTION OUR

01:27:16.880 --> 01:27:21.229
COUNTRY IS GOING AND WHERE WE GO

01:27:21.229 --> 01:27:22.760
FROM HERE.

01:27:22.760 --> 01:27:24.489
WHAT BEGAN IN THE CLASSROOM AND

01:27:24.489 --> 01:27:26.679
MADE ITS WAY TO TAILGATES WILL

01:27:26.679 --> 01:27:29.189
SOON FOUND YOURSELVES IN THE

01:27:29.189 --> 01:27:33.979
SPOTLIGHT THAT MAKES GOOD IN THE

01:27:33.979 --> 01:27:35.689
WORK OVER HERE.

01:27:35.689 --> 01:27:38.489
THIS DOESN'T END WITH THIS MAJOR

01:27:38.489 --> 01:27:39.749
ACCOMPLISHMENT.

01:27:39.749 --> 01:27:42.149
RATHER IT'S ONLY BEGINNING.

01:27:42.149 --> 01:27:46.449
RATHER HERE IN MICHIGAN, LET'S

01:27:46.449 --> 01:27:49.090
CONTINUE TO SEEK OPPORTUNITIES

01:27:49.090 --> 01:27:50.090
FOR EVERYBODY.

01:27:50.090 --> 01:27:52.780
IT'S ONE THAT HAS MADE A

01:27:52.780 --> 01:27:56.689
DARING SEARCH.

01:27:56.689 --> 01:28:02.590
IT TO TELL THEM IN A ONCE IN A

01:28:02.590 --> 01:28:06.539
LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY.

01:28:06.539 --> 01:28:08.010
AND THROUGH THAT, TO BE ABLE TO

01:28:08.010 --> 01:28:13.489
TELL MY STORY TODAY.

01:28:13.489 --> 01:28:14.530
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS THE

01:28:14.530 --> 01:28:15.989
BIGGEST COLLEGE EXPERIENCE OF MY

01:28:15.989 --> 01:28:16.989
LIFE.

01:28:16.989 --> 01:28:18.429
AND FOR A FORD FAMILY THAT I CAN

01:28:18.429 --> 01:28:21.480
GLADLY CLAIM AS MY OWN.

01:28:21.480 --> 01:28:29.199
IF NECESSARY, WE SUPPORTED EACH

01:28:29.199 --> 01:28:31.560
OTHER THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES.

01:28:31.560 --> 01:28:33.489
YOU THE STUDENTS ARE THE REAL

01:28:33.489 --> 01:28:35.159
REASON WE HOLD THE PUBLIC

01:28:35.159 --> 01:28:37.630
COLLEGE.

01:28:37.630 --> 01:28:39.860
TO THE INSTITUTION WHICH MARKS

01:28:39.860 --> 01:28:45.519
ONE MORNING THE BEST

01:28:45.519 --> 01:28:46.939
OPPORTUNITY.

01:28:46.939 --> 01:28:48.110
THANK YOU.

01:28:48.110 --> 01:28:49.489
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING STUDENTS

01:28:49.489 --> 01:28:54.149
FOR ALL WALKS OF LIFE SO THAT WE

01:28:54.149 --> 01:28:55.149
CAN BE BETTER STEWARDS

01:28:55.149 --> 01:28:59.820
EVERYWHERE.

01:28:59.820 --> 01:29:02.400
TO MY MOM, YOU WILL FOREVER

01:29:02.400 --> 01:29:04.619
BE MY HERO AND THE REASON I'M

01:29:04.619 --> 01:29:05.619
HERE TODAY.

01:29:05.619 --> 01:29:07.199
WHILE I KNOW YOU'RE NOT

01:29:07.199 --> 01:29:09.220
PHYSICALLY HERE TODAY, EVERY

01:29:09.220 --> 01:29:11.039
SINGLE DAY THAT I CAN CLAIM TO A

01:29:11.039 --> 01:29:12.739
GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

01:29:12.739 --> 01:29:17.859
MICHIGAN I OWE TO YOU.

01:29:17.859 --> 01:29:29.340
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

01:29:29.340 --> 01:29:31.369
TO ALL OF YOU, TO I HAVE

01:29:31.369 --> 01:29:39.540
SINGLE ONE OF YOU, I THANK YOU,

01:29:39.540 --> 01:29:43.369
GO BLUE.

01:29:43.369 --> 01:29:59.399
THANK YOU SO MUCH JOSE.

01:29:59.399 --> 01:30:00.739
WE'RE NOW AT THAT MOMENT

01:30:00.739 --> 01:30:03.570
THAT OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE

01:30:03.570 --> 01:30:05.280
BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL

01:30:05.280 --> 01:30:06.280
AFTERNOON.

01:30:06.280 --> 01:30:08.510
OUR GRADUATES HAVE COME AS

01:30:08.510 --> 01:30:16.380
OFFICIALS AS A JOB WELL DONE.

01:30:16.380 --> 01:30:17.780
I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME JOHN TO

01:30:17.780 --> 01:30:19.760
CALL THE NAMES OF OUR STUDENTS

01:30:19.760 --> 01:30:20.760
AND I'M GOING TO INVITE THE

01:30:20.760 --> 01:30:22.599
NAMES OF OUR PLATFORM PARTY TO

01:30:22.599 --> 01:30:25.719
PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND HELP OUR

01:30:25.719 --> 01:30:52.639
GRADUATES AS WELL.

01:30:52.639 --> 01:30:53.639
THANK YOU ALL.

01:30:53.639 --> 01:30:56.789
I'D LIKE TO START WITH OUR

01:30:56.789 --> 01:30:58.380
CANDIDATES OF DOCTOR OF

01:30:58.380 --> 01:31:02.459
PHILOSOPHY AND AS PART OF THE

01:31:02.459 --> 01:31:03.769
CONGRATULATIONS WE'LL OFFER THEM

01:31:03.769 --> 01:31:06.260
THEY WILL RECEIVE THEIR HOODS

01:31:06.260 --> 01:31:07.829
FROM SUPERVISORS AT THE FORD

01:31:07.829 --> 01:31:08.829
SCHOOL.

01:31:08.829 --> 01:31:09.840
SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR

01:31:09.840 --> 01:31:10.949
ASSISTANCE PROFESSOR NATASHA

01:31:10.949 --> 01:31:16.219
KOZLOWSKI TO THE STAGE.

01:31:16.219 --> 01:31:23.190
[ CHEERS AN APPLAUSE ]

01:31:23.190 --> 01:31:25.239
ALSO I'D LIKE TO ASK

01:31:25.239 --> 01:31:28.229
PROFESSOR BRIAN JACOBS TO STAND

01:31:28.229 --> 01:31:32.749
FRONT IN CENTER, PROFESSOR OF

01:31:32.749 --> 01:31:34.380
ECONOMICS AND PROFESSOR OF

01:31:34.380 --> 01:31:43.909
EDUCATION HERE AT UM.

01:31:43.909 --> 01:31:45.280
AND NOW FOR A DOCTOR OF

01:31:45.280 --> 01:31:49.219
PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY,

01:31:49.219 --> 01:32:01.929
CHRISTINA CROSS.

01:32:01.929 --> 01:32:07.519
CHRISTINA DISSERTATION IS

01:32:07.519 --> 01:32:08.639
ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDREN'S

01:32:08.639 --> 01:32:11.429
EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE.

01:32:11.429 --> 01:32:12.749
HER NEXT JOB PLACEMENT WILL BE

01:32:12.749 --> 01:32:14.389
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT HARVARD

01:32:14.389 --> 01:32:15.639
UNIVERSITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF

01:32:15.639 --> 01:32:42.189
SOCIOLOGY.

01:32:42.189 --> 01:32:43.909
AND WITH THE DOCTOR OF

01:32:43.909 --> 01:32:46.619
PUBLIC POLICY, LIEUTENANT

01:32:46.619 --> 01:33:00.090
LIEUTENANT MARK CROW.

01:33:00.090 --> 01:33:01.090
MARK'S DISSERTATION IS

01:33:01.090 --> 01:33:04.300
ENTITLED ECONOMICS OF MILITARY

01:33:04.300 --> 01:33:06.449
ENLISTMENT.

01:33:06.449 --> 01:33:07.550
HIS NEXT DEPARTMENT WILL BE AT

01:33:07.550 --> 01:33:08.550
THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL

01:33:08.550 --> 01:33:31.189
SCIENCES AT WEST POINT.

01:33:31.189 --> 01:33:32.409
WE'RE NOW GOING TO WELCOME

01:33:32.409 --> 01:33:34.570
OUR CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER OF

01:33:34.570 --> 01:33:36.399
PUBLIC POLICY AND MASTER OF

01:33:36.399 --> 01:33:38.119
ADMINISTRATION TO THE STAGE.

01:33:38.119 --> 01:33:40.110
AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO HOLD YOUR

01:33:40.110 --> 01:33:42.110
COLLECTIVE APPLAUSE UNTIL WE GET

01:33:42.110 --> 01:33:45.610
THROUGH ALL OF THE CANDIDATES.

01:33:45.610 --> 01:33:53.599
FIRST OF, OZAN ALKAN.

01:33:53.599 --> 01:33:58.880
KATIE ALLAN.

01:33:58.880 --> 01:34:05.459
AMMARA ANSARI.

01:34:05.459 --> 01:34:10.249
CHRISTOPHER ASK EW-MERWIN.

01:34:10.249 --> 01:34:18.610
PAULA AVILA.

01:34:18.610 --> 01:34:24.979
LINDSEY BARTHOLOMEW.

01:34:24.979 --> 01:34:29.280
RYAN BARTHOLOMEW.

01:34:29.280 --> 01:34:36.900
HEATH BERGMANN.

01:34:36.900 --> 01:34:44.519
LIOR BRUCKNER.

01:34:44.519 --> 01:34:52.130
JACK BRIAN.

01:34:52.130 --> 01:34:59.749
NITYA CHANDRAN.

01:34:59.749 --> 01:35:07.369
JOHN JOHN

01:35:07.369 --> 01:35:11.989
JOHN CUMMING-MEININGER IV.

01:35:11.989 --> 01:35:19.629
SARADA DHULIPALA.

01:35:19.629 --> 01:35:25.709
AMELIA ESENSTAD.

01:35:25.709 --> 01:35:31.449
REGIANALD FERREL.

01:35:31.449 --> 01:35:36.590
COREY FITZGERALD.

01:35:36.590 --> 01:35:41.699
ANTHONY FOWLKE.

01:35:41.699 --> 01:35:47.579
EMILY FUTCHER.

01:35:47.579 --> 01:35:53.689
HARRY GAO.

01:35:53.689 --> 01:35:58.730
CHRISTOPHER GARZON.

01:35:58.730 --> 01:36:03.019
MAXWELL GIGLE.

01:36:03.019 --> 01:36:10.210
AUGUSTA GUDEMAN.

01:36:10.210 --> 01:36:17.399
PAOLA GUERRA.

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THANK YOU.

01:36:18.449 --> 01:36:25.969
MARCUS HALL.

01:36:25.969 --> 01:36:28.849
STUART HAMMOND.

01:36:28.849 --> 01:36:33.909
TIA HICKS.

01:36:33.909 --> 01:36:38.969
WILLIAM HOLMES.

01:36:38.969 --> 01:36:44.030
SHARON HU.

01:36:44.030 --> 01:36:50.059
YUICHI IKEDA.

01:36:50.059 --> 01:36:54.019
RAJIV JOSEPH.

01:36:54.019 --> 01:37:00.670
ANNABEL JOUARD.

01:37:00.670 --> 01:37:07.320
TAKUYA KANAMURI.

01:37:07.320 --> 01:37:11.229
JESSICA KAPLAN.

01:37:11.229 --> 01:37:18.389
ANNE KOLESNIKOFF.

01:37:18.389 --> 01:37:25.550
PHILLIP LEE.

01:37:25.550 --> 01:37:32.530
CHRIS LEZAMA.

01:37:32.530 --> 01:37:36.939
DEREK LIEF.

01:37:36.939 --> 01:37:48.709
JOSE JAVIER LUJANO.

01:37:48.709 --> 01:37:56.570
LELIA MALOW.

01:37:56.570 --> 01:38:02.820
RAFAEL MARROQUIN ZECEVIC.

01:38:02.820 --> 01:38:09.119
ANDREA MATEI.

01:38:09.119 --> 01:38:14.590
DANIEL MESSNER.

01:38:14.590 --> 01:38:17.699
JASON MORGAN.

01:38:17.699 --> 01:38:25.649
SGLIESHGS HIRA MUNTAZ.

01:38:25.649 --> 01:38:31.570
TAKETO MUROYA.

01:38:31.570 --> 01:38:36.959
JACOB MURRAY.

01:38:36.959 --> 01:38:41.389
YUSUKE NAMIKI.

01:38:41.389 --> 01:38:49.059
KARA NASEEF.

01:38:49.059 --> 01:38:55.389
ELIZABETH NELSON.

01:38:55.389 --> 01:38:59.320
MEGAN NESTOR.

01:38:59.320 --> 01:39:05.800
SHEN NI.

01:39:05.800 --> 01:39:12.290
LOGAN NORTON.

01:39:12.290 --> 01:39:18.780
CHIGOZIE OKWU.

01:39:18.780 --> 01:39:24.189
STEPHEN OLIPHANT.

01:39:24.189 --> 01:39:28.230
DIANA OROSZO.

01:39:28.230 --> 01:39:35.570
AB-GAIL ORRICK.

01:39:35.570 --> 01:39:42.909
THONG PHAN.

01:39:42.909 --> 01:39:49.039
MORGAN POLK.

01:39:49.039 --> 01:39:52.789
JONATHAN POSER.

01:39:52.789 --> 01:39:59.469
ELIZAVETA RAKHMANOVA.

01:39:59.469 --> 01:40:03.369
MOLLY ROBERTSON.

01:40:03.369 --> 01:40:10.070
ERIC RODRIGUEZ.

01:40:10.070 --> 01:40:16.769
DANIEL SANTOS.

01:40:16.769 --> 01:40:23.669
RYAN SCHAITKIN.

01:40:23.669 --> 01:40:28.840
JONATHAN SCHELLIN.

01:40:28.840 --> 01:40:34.360
KEVIN SCHUSTER.

01:40:34.360 --> 01:40:39.780
STEPHANIE SCOTT.

01:40:39.780 --> 01:40:43.399
ARIFA SHAH.

01:40:43.399 --> 01:40:49.699
BROOK SINCLAIR.

01:40:49.699 --> 01:40:56.010
JAI SINGLETARY.

01:40:56.010 --> 01:41:02.320
STEVEN SMITH.

01:41:02.320 --> 01:41:08.760
MEGAN SOUDERS.

01:41:08.760 --> 01:41:14.329
RACHEL TORRES.

01:41:14.329 --> 01:41:18.199
JESSICA TROE.

01:41:18.199 --> 01:41:25.320
KELIA WASHINGTON.

01:41:25.320 --> 01:41:32.439
ALLY WATERS.

01:41:32.439 --> 01:41:39.559
CHARISSE WILKINS.

01:41:39.559 --> 01:41:45.360
JESS WUNSCH.

01:41:45.360 --> 01:41:50.949
KAZUMA YAMMAMOTA.

01:41:50.949 --> 01:42:01.249
ANNA ZINKEL.

01:42:01.249 --> 01:42:11.550
HANNA ZLOTNICK.

01:42:11.550 --> 01:42:21.849
THOMAS AIELLO.

01:42:21.849 --> 01:42:26.190
MAITREYI ANANTHARAM.

01:42:26.190 --> 01:42:33.929
DARINE BAILEY.

01:42:33.929 --> 01:42:41.679
RAJAH BASHA.

01:42:41.679 --> 01:42:49.420
ALLI BERRY.

01:42:49.420 --> 01:42:57.169
JULIA BERTHEL.

01:42:57.169 --> 01:43:03.380
WILLIAM BIEL.

01:43:03.380 --> 01:43:08.340
DAVID BLUHM.

01:43:08.340 --> 01:43:17.289
PAIGE BROGAN.

01:43:17.289 --> 01:43:23.980
ALLISON BROWN.

01:43:23.980 --> 01:43:30.719
MADELINE CARTER.

01:43:30.719 --> 01:43:36.300
JOHN CHAMBLISS.

01:43:36.300 --> 01:43:42.320
TYLER COADY.

01:43:42.320 --> 01:43:46.510
GEORGE DAVIDSON.

01:43:46.510 --> 01:43:54.329
MARENA DIEDON.

01:43:54.329 --> 01:43:59.489
GRACE DUNN.

01:43:59.489 --> 01:44:02.670
WILL FINN.

01:44:02.670 --> 01:44:09.030
JERYNE FISH.

01:44:09.030 --> 01:44:12.210
AND

01:44:12.210 --> 01:44:18.570
A'NDRE GONAWELA.

01:44:18.570 --> 01:44:24.929
DANIEL GREENE.

01:44:24.929 --> 01:44:28.249
DANIEL GREENE.

01:44:28.249 --> 01:44:31.070
ALEX

01:44:31.070 --> 01:44:36.749
SASHA GREAR.

01:44:36.749 --> 01:44:37.749
SAMUEL GR

01:44:37.749 --> 01:44:43.429
SAMUEL GRIFFITHS.

01:44:43.429 --> 01:44:47.949
DANIEL GROSSMAN.

01:44:47.949 --> 01:44:52.129
ANYONING GUISINGER

01:44:52.129 --> 01:44:57.179
NICK GUISINGER.

01:44:57.179 --> 01:45:02.780
SUMMER HARRISON.

01:45:02.780 --> 01:45:06.820
ANNA HAYNES.

01:45:06.820 --> 01:45:14.699
SACHA HEYMANN.

01:45:14.699 --> 01:45:17.110
ANDREW HIYAMA.

01:45:17.110 --> 01:45:21.560
ETHAN HOPPER.

01:45:21.560 --> 01:45:26.019
WILLIAM HOPPER.

01:45:26.019 --> 01:45:32.429
WILLIAM HORNE.

01:45:32.429 --> 01:45:36.929
KYRA HUDSON.

01:45:36.929 --> 01:45:45.189
TALIA KATZ.

01:45:45.189 --> 01:45:47.849
CAROLINE KELLY.

01:45:47.849 --> 01:45:54.479
CAROLINE KELLY.

01:45:54.479 --> 01:45:59.289
SAMANTHA KENNEDY.

01:45:59.289 --> 01:46:07.639
NICOLE KOZLOWSKI.

01:46:07.639 --> 01:46:09.879
GEORGE LANCASTER.

01:46:09.879 --> 01:46:13.909
CALEB LEE.

01:46:13.909 --> 01:46:17.889
CALEB LEE.

01:46:17.889 --> 01:46:25.039
CHEN LIANG.

01:46:25.039 --> 01:46:32.199
TIFFANY LOH.

01:46:32.199 --> 01:46:37.690
KELLIE LOUNDS.

01:46:37.690 --> 01:46:43.559
CHRISTOPHER MAYER.

01:46:43.559 --> 01:46:48.669
BENJI MAZIN.

01:46:48.669 --> 01:46:54.909
GABRIELLE McFARLAND.

01:46:54.909 --> 01:47:01.849
DENIS McGRATH.

01:47:01.849 --> 01:47:06.230
MOLLY McLNERNEY.

01:47:06.230 --> 01:47:13.670
IAN McKENNY.

01:47:13.670 --> 01:47:15.789
LYDIA MURRAY.

01:47:15.789 --> 01:47:18.510
YV OR,

01:47:18.510 --> 01:47:25.269
YVONNE NAVARRETI.

01:47:25.269 --> 01:47:29.229
SARAH PIELL.

01:47:29.229 --> 01:47:36.929
ZOHA QURESHI.

01:47:36.929 --> 01:47:37.929
KATELYN

01:47:37.929 --> 01:47:42.729
CAITLIN REEDY.

01:47:42.729 --> 01:47:48.869
GRACE RIORDAN.

01:47:48.869 --> 01:47:54.669
GRANT RIVAS.

01:47:54.669 --> 01:47:59.110
STEPHEN ROBARDS.

01:47:59.110 --> 01:48:07.429
MATISSE ROGERS.

01:48:07.429 --> 01:48:13.449
THERESA ROSS.

01:48:13.449 --> 01:48:18.879
ORION SANG.

01:48:18.879 --> 01:48:24.479
LAUREN SCHANDEVEL.

01:48:24.479 --> 01:48:25.479
CARE REN SEO

01:48:25.479 --> 01:48:30.019
KAREN SEO.

01:48:30.019 --> 01:48:36.439
SOPHIA SHERRY.

01:48:36.439 --> 01:48:42.139
JORDAN SILVERMAN.

01:48:42.139 --> 01:48:49.010
WILLIAM SOLMSSEN.

01:48:49.010 --> 01:48:55.630
ALEXANDREA SOMERS.

01:48:55.630 --> 01:49:07.989
ALANA SPELLMAN.

01:49:07.989 --> 01:49:14.369
WILLIAM STEWART.

01:49:14.369 --> 01:49:17.280
KEVIN SWEITZER.

01:49:17.280 --> 01:49:22.309
KEVIN SWEITZER.

01:49:22.309 --> 01:49:27.349
ASHLEY TJHUNG.

01:49:27.349 --> 01:49:33.710
RENZI WISE.

01:49:33.710 --> 01:49:36.129
ALEXANDER WOOD.

01:49:36.129 --> 01:49:39.360
WILL WRIGHT.

01:49:39.360 --> 01:49:58.230
AND WILL WRIGHT.

01:49:58.230 --> 01:49:59.429
GRADUATES IF YOU WOULD PLEASE

01:49:59.429 --> 01:50:01.489
STAND AND FACE YOUR GUESTS IN

01:50:01.489 --> 01:50:03.139
THE AUDIENCE.

01:50:03.139 --> 01:50:04.510
THOSE OF US IN THE PLATFORM IF

01:50:04.510 --> 01:50:05.709
YOU WOULD LIKE YOU CAN SIT FOR A

01:50:05.709 --> 01:50:09.570
MOMENT, OUR BACHELORS STUDENTS

01:50:09.570 --> 01:50:11.090
WILL YOU PLEASE MOVE THE IT

01:50:11.090 --> 01:50:12.769
WASLE ON YOUR MORTER BOARD FROM

01:50:12.769 --> 01:50:26.299
YOUR RIGHT TO YOUR LEFT.

01:50:26.299 --> 01:50:46.199
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

01:50:46.199 --> 01:50:48.300
I AM AS YOU'VE ANTICIPATED

01:50:48.300 --> 01:50:49.949
FROM YOUR CLAPPING PROUD TO

01:50:49.949 --> 01:50:52.179
PRESENT TO YOU THE GERALD FORD

01:50:52.179 --> 01:50:54.800
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY CLASS OF

01:50:54.800 --> 01:50:55.800
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

01:50:55.800 --> 01:50:56.800
CONGRATULATIONS EVERYBODY.

01:50:56.800 --> 01:50:57.800
THANK YOU ALL.

01:50:57.800 --> 01:50:58.800
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TODAY.

01:50:58.800 --> 01:50:59.800
I'D ASK YOU TO PLEASE REMAIN IN

01:50:59.800 --> 01:51:00.800
YOUR SEAT BEFORE THE CLASS EXITS

01:51:00.800 --> 01:51:01.800
THE HALL.

01:51:01.800 --> 01:51:02.800
WHEN YOU EXIT YOU'LL GO TO THE

01:51:02.800 --> 01:51:03.800
LEFT LAWN.

01:51:03.800 --> 01:51:04.800
DON'T GO TO THE WRONG PARTY.

01:51:04.800 --> 01:51:05.800
THERE'S A GERALD FORD SCHOOL OF

01:51:05.800 --> 01:51:06.800
PUBLIC POLICY PARTY.

01:51:06.800 --> 01:51:07.800
I EMPLOY YOU TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS

01:51:07.800 --> 01:51:08.800
OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND I

01:51:08.800 --> 01:51:09.800
WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO SAY

01:51:09.800 --> 01:51:09.802
GO BLUE.