1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:42,440 ¶[MUSIC] [APPLAUUE] 2 00:00:42,442 --> 00:00:46,210 PLEASE RISE FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 3 00:00:46,212 --> 00:02:00,417 ¶[MUSIC] ¶[MUSIC] 4 00:02:00,419 --> 00:02:08,959 ¶[MUSIC] -ú[APPLAUSE] 5 00:02:08,961 --> 00:02:17,534 PLEASE BE SEATED. GOOD AFTERNOON. 6 00:02:17,536 --> 00:02:22,139 MY NAME IS CHRIS BROWN AND THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF 7 00:02:22,141 --> 00:02:25,475 VETERINARIAN MEDICINE. IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE FOR THE 8 00:02:25,477 --> 00:02:27,577 GRADUATING CLASS OF 2000 THINK TEEN. 9 00:02:27,579 --> 00:02:30,447 I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE MEMBERS OF HE PLATFORM 10 00:02:30,449 --> 00:02:34,351 PARTY WHO ARE SEATED BEHIND ME. I WOULD ASK EACH ONE TO STAND 11 00:02:34,353 --> 00:02:37,621 ANDDREMAIN STANDING UNTIL I HAVE IDENTIFIED THE ENTIRE PLATFORM 12 00:02:37,623 --> 00:02:40,357 PARTY. PLEASE HOLD YOUR RECOGNITION 13 00:02:40,359 --> 00:02:46,496 UNTIL ALL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED. 14 00:02:46,498 --> 00:02:49,666 TO MY IMMEDDATE LEFT IS DR. PAT LEBLANC WHO IS TODAY'S 15 00:02:49,668 --> 00:02:58,808 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER. NEXT IS DR. DAVID YOUNG, WHO 16 00:02:58,810 --> 00:03:01,844 WILL BE RECOGNIZED A DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI OF THE 17 00:03:01,846 --> 00:03:05,348 COLLEGE. AS WILL DR. WHO IS SITTING NEXT 18 00:03:05,350 --> 00:03:08,685 TO HIM. DR. KENT JAMES WILL BE ASSISTING 19 00:03:08,687 --> 00:03:13,356 WITH HOODING AS WILL DR. JANE MERRILL. 20 00:03:13,358 --> 00:03:16,660 DR. WILLIAM JACKSON IS THE ACTING CHAIRPERSON OF 21 00:03:16,662 --> 00:03:23,166 PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY, AND DR. DAVID IS THE ACTING 22 00:03:23,168 --> 00:03:27,070 CHAIRPERSON DR. JOHN FIVE IS REPRESENTING THE DEPARTMENT OF 23 00:03:27,072 --> 00:03:29,371 MICRO BIOLOGIST AND MOLECULAR GENETICS. 24 00:03:29,373 --> 00:03:34,443 NEXT TO HIM IS DR. JOE WHO IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF DIAGNOSTIC 25 00:03:34,445 --> 00:03:36,445 INVESTIGATION AND DIRECTOR OF THE COLLEGE OF INTERNATIONAL 26 00:03:36,447 --> 00:03:45,722 PROGRAM. IS DR. WILLIAM HORN IS 27 00:03:45,724 --> 00:03:50,259 CHAIRPERSON OF SMALL ANIMAL CLINICAL SCIENCES. 28 00:03:50,261 --> 00:03:54,163 THE ASSISTANT DEAN UNDERGAUGE WAIT EDUCATION, AND DIRECTOR OF 29 00:03:54,165 --> 00:03:59,568 THE VETERINARIAN PROGRAM. NEXT IS DR. WILLIAM FTER 30 00:03:59,570 --> 00:04:03,973 CHINSON WHO IS IS THH ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR GRADUATE STUDIES AND 31 00:04:03,975 --> 00:04:07,243 DR. JAMES LLOYD IS THE ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR MANAGING AND 32 00:04:07,245 --> 00:04:13,049 INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH. IS PRESIDENT OF THE MICHIGAN 33 00:04:13,051 --> 00:04:15,651 VETERAN MARRY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, AND DR. PATTERSON 34 00:04:15,653 --> 00:04:19,055 IS THE ASSOCIATION DEAN FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND STUDENT 35 00:04:19,057 --> 00:04:35,771 AFFAIRS. EVERY YEAR WHEN I BEGIN MY 36 00:04:35,773 --> 00:04:39,341 COMMENTS AT COMMENCEMENT I FEEL OBLIGED TO EXPLAIN WHY I'M 37 00:04:39,343 --> 00:04:42,444 DRESSED SOMEWHAT DIFFERENTLY THAN MY COLLEAGUES ON THE STAGE. 38 00:04:42,446 --> 00:04:47,349 AS YOU MAY DETECT FROM ACCENT, I AM A LATTER DAY JAMES HARRIET 39 00:04:47,351 --> 00:04:51,086 FROM NORTH YORK SHIRE IN ENGLAND, AND I RECEIVED MY 40 00:04:51,088 --> 00:04:54,456 VETERAN MARRY DEGREE IN ENGLAND, ACTUALLY IN LIVERPOOL AND 41 00:04:54,458 --> 00:04:58,694 BRISTOL. AND SO I HAVE THIS BRIGHT RED 42 00:04:58,696 --> 00:05:01,797 GEAR AND IT'S MEANT TO BE OPEN AND FLAPPING ABOUT IN THE 43 00:05:01,799 --> 00:05:04,400 BREEDS. I AM NOT THE BSENT MINDED 44 00:05:04,402 --> 00:05:10,506 PROFESSOR. NOR DO I HAVE ASPIRATIONS OFF3 45 00:05:10,508 --> 00:05:14,476 BECOMING POPE FRANCIS THE SECOND. 46 00:05:14,478 --> 00:05:19,247 ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, WE ALL CELEBRATED YOUR SWAY INTO OUR 47 00:05:19,249 --> 00:05:21,784 COLLEGE WITH THE WHITE COAT CEREMONY. 48 00:05:21,786 --> 00:05:24,453 AND I'M VERY PLEASED THAT MANY FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WERE 49 00:05:24,455 --> 00:05:27,789 PRESENT THEN ARE HERE TODAY. NO ONE CAN BELIEVE HOW QUICKLY 50 00:05:27,791 --> 00:05:32,159 THE TIME HAS FLOWN BY. TODAY IS YET AGAIN A DAY OF 51 00:05:32,161 --> 00:05:35,730 CELEBRATION AND RECOGNITION. A DAY IN WHICH WE ALL TAKE PRIDE 52 00:05:35,732 --> 00:05:39,099 IN ACHIEVEMENTS THAT A GRADUATING CLASS OF 20 THINK 53 00:05:39,101 --> 00:05:43,738 TEEN. OUR COLLEGE OF VETERAN MARRY 54 00:05:43,740 --> 00:05:47,342 MEDICINE FULFILLS MANY OBLIGATIONS BUT IN MANY WAYS 55 00:05:47,344 --> 00:05:50,244 WHICH WE SERVE SOCIETY, THE EDUCATION OF NEW VETERINARIANS 56 00:05:50,246 --> 00:05:55,350 ISSTHE ONE WHICH HAS THE BIGGEST AND LONGEST LASTING IMPACT. 57 00:05:55,352 --> 00:05:59,954 THE FIRST STUDENTS WHO ENTERED OUR COLLEGE TO STUDY, DID SO IN 58 00:05:59,956 --> 00:06:05,059 1910. GRADUATED OVER 6,000 59 00:06:05,061 --> 00:06:08,363 VETERINARIANS. AND THE IMPACT OF THESE 60 00:06:08,365 --> 00:06:12,166 GRADUATES HAVE ALWAYS AMAZES ME, AND ARE REFER TO IT EACH YEAR AT 61 00:06:12,168 --> 00:06:16,070 GRADUATION, BECAUSE I FEEL IT IS SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT. 62 00:06:16,072 --> 00:06:19,741 IF WE ASSUME THAT MOST VETERINARIANS WORK FOR AT LEAST 63 00:06:19,743 --> 00:06:25,747 25 YEARS AND I THINK THAT'S AN EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE, 64 00:06:25,749 --> 00:06:31,786 THAT AMOUNTS TO OVER 150,000, 155,000 PEOPLE YEARS OF SERVICE. 65 00:06:31,788 --> 00:06:35,589 OR A STAGGERING 42 MILLION DAYS OF VETERINARIAN SERVICE TO 66 00:06:35,591 --> 00:06:38,158 SOCIETY. I BELIEVE THAT CLEARLY 67 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,862 DEMONSTRATING THE IMPACT OUR COLLEGE AND ITS GRADUATES HAVE. 68 00:06:41,864 --> 00:06:47,167 AND THESE STUDENTS WHO LEAVE US TODAY, WILL BE ADDING ANOTHER3 69 00:06:47,169 --> 00:06:57,878 700,000 DAYS OF SERVICE. I AM FEELING TIRE ALREADY. 70 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:04,551 WELL PREPARED -- HOWEVER, THE OTHER DEGREES IS QUITE 71 00:07:04,553 --> 00:07:08,855 EXTENSIVE, INCLUDING BUSINESS, MUSIC, EDUCATION, GERMAN, 72 00:07:08,857 --> 00:07:14,761 PACKAGING AND POLITICAL SCIENCE. >> AND THAT IS NO -- THAT THERE 73 00:07:14,763 --> 00:07:28,842 IS NO ACCEPTED TRADITIONAL ROUT TO BECOMING A VETERINARIAN. 74 00:07:28,844 --> 00:07:31,578 IS A FEW EVEN FREQUENTED THE OTHER UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. 75 00:07:31,580 --> 00:07:36,083 THE REST, HOWEVER, HAD SOUGHT EDUCATION AT 49 DIFFERENT 76 00:07:36,085 --> 00:07:37,985 COLLEGES BOTH IN MICHIGAN AND ELSE WHERE. 77 00:07:37,987 --> 00:07:42,422 AND TODAY WE ARE GRADUATED JUST OVER 100 STUDENTS TO PUT IT INTO 78 00:07:42,424 --> 00:07:47,293 PERSPECTIVE. HAVE OVERCOME MANY CHALLENGES 79 00:07:47,295 --> 00:07:51,364 ALONG THE WAY, THE FACULTY ND STAFF HAVE SUPPORTED, ENCOURAGED 80 00:07:51,366 --> 00:07:55,468 AND EVEN BULLIED YOU TO ACHIEVE YOUR BEST, AND AT THIS POINT, I 81 00:07:55,470 --> 00:07:59,272 WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE FACULTY AND COLLEGE STAFF WHO ARE 82 00:07:59,274 --> 00:08:15,455 PRESENT, HERE TODAY TO PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED. 83 00:08:15,457 --> 00:08:26,065 [APPLAUSE] BUT THEY WERE NOT THE ONLY 84 00:08:26,067 --> 00:08:29,402 PEOPLE THAT GAVE YOU SUPPORT AT THIS AT TIMES VERY DIFFICULT 85 00:08:29,404 --> 00:08:33,473 TIMES. MUCH F YOU HAD MUCH SIGNIFICANT 86 00:08:33,475 --> 00:08:35,774 SUPPORT FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND MANY OTHERS. 87 00:08:35,776 --> 00:08:38,777 AND I WOULD LIKE THE CLASS TO PLEASE STAND, FACE THE AUDIENCE, 88 00:08:38,779 --> 00:08:40,980 AND ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED THEM REACH THIS GREAT 89 00:08:40,982 --> 00:08:56,762 DAY. [APPLAUSE] 90 00:08:56,764 --> 00:09:00,766 >> HANK YOU. EVERY YEAR AT THIS CEREMONY, I 91 00:09:00,768 --> 00:09:04,570 AM ALWAYS REMINDED AND I EXPLAIN TO THE AUTOMOBILED YENS, THAT I 92 00:09:04,572 --> 00:09:07,840 TOO HAVE SAT WHERE YOU SIT, AS A PARENT TO SEE MY DAUGHTER% 93 00:09:07,842 --> 00:09:11,977 GRADUATE FROM MEDICAL SCHOOL. SHE RECEIVED HER DEGREE FROM 94 00:09:11,979 --> 00:09:14,847 THIS CAMPUS. SO I KNOW WHAT FIRST HAND THE 95 00:09:14,849 --> 00:09:17,416 FEELINGS THAT HE GRADUATES FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE FEELING 96 00:09:17,418 --> 00:09:22,187 TODAY. HAPPINESS, RELIEF, APPREHENSION, 97 00:09:22,189 --> 00:09:25,490 SADNESS, ALL MIXED UP TOGETHER. SENTIMENTSES WHICH I EXPECT YOU 98 00:09:25,492 --> 00:09:30,462 WHO ARE WITH YOU TODAY.OTHERS HOWEVER, LET US CELEBRATE 99 00:09:30,464 --> 00:09:34,066 TOGETHER, AND ENJOY THIS MOMENT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 100 00:09:34,068 --> 00:09:48,680 [APPLAUSE] I NOW HAVE THE HONOR OF 101 00:09:48,682 --> 00:09:50,882 INTRODUCING YOU TO COLLEGE AWARD WINNERS. 102 00:09:50,884 --> 00:09:54,085 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE GIVEN GREAT SERVICE TO OUR COLLEGE, 103 00:09:54,087 --> 00:09:57,288 DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN THEIR YEARS, AND HAVE ENHANCED 104 00:09:57,290 --> 00:10:00,858 THEIR REPUTATION AND HONOR OF THIS COLLEGE OF VETERAN MARRY 105 00:10:00,860 --> 00:10:03,094 MEDICINE. THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE CEREMONY 106 00:10:03,096 --> 00:10:17,875 TO HONOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE HAVE TWO AWARDS. 107 00:10:17,877 --> 00:10:23,481 ONE IS FOR A GRADUATE WHO HAS MADEEHIS OR HER CLEAR IN THE 108 00:10:23,483 --> 00:10:32,890 PRIVATE SECTOR. IN THE PRACTITIONER CATEGORY 109 00:10:32,892 --> 00:10:38,262 THIS YEAR, IS DR. ROLFEE3 EMBERSON, FROM THE GLASS OF 110 00:10:38,264 --> 00:10:42,000 1979, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME BY THE PODIUM. 111 00:10:42,002 --> 00:10:53,744 >> DR. EMERSON IS WELL KNOWN AS AN EQUINE SURGEON. 112 00:10:53,746 --> 00:10:57,413 HE WAS THE FIRST SURGEON AT EQUINE HOSPITAL IN LEXINGTON 113 00:10:57,415 --> 00:11:04,788 KENTUCKY. HIS GOAL WAS TO MAKE THE 114 00:11:04,790 --> 00:11:08,792 HOSPITAL THE BEST IN THE WORLD TO MAKE A HORSE. 115 00:11:08,794 --> 00:11:12,529 ADMITS MORE THAN 10,000 HORSE AS YEAR, AND PERFORMS MORE THAN 116 00:11:12,531 --> 00:11:18,669 4,000 SURGERIES. HE IS TRULY TALENTED SURGEON. 117 00:11:18,671 --> 00:11:23,774 HE HAS SPECIAL EXPERTISES AMONG CLINICAL HE HAS DEVELOPED 118 00:11:23,776 --> 00:11:29,680 TECHNIQUES OF TREATING HORSES. HE HAS SHARED HIS VAST CLINICAL 119 00:11:29,682 --> 00:11:33,516 EXPENSE IN CONFERENCES IN 40 CONTINENTS AND IN TEN COUNTRIES 120 00:11:33,518 --> 00:11:36,753 AND APPROXIMATELY 50 PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEW 121 00:11:36,755 --> 00:11:40,090 JOURNAL. AND THE FIRST UPPER AIRWAY 122 00:11:40,092 --> 00:11:42,092 SYMPOSIUM, HE ALSO PRESENTED HIS INFORMATION. 123 00:11:42,094 --> 00:11:45,862 HE HAS TRAINED MORE THAN 250 INTERNS, THOSE ARE SIGNIFICANT 124 00:11:45,864 --> 00:11:50,667 NUMBERS. AGAIN, NUMBERS DON'T COMMUTE -- 125 00:11:50,669 --> 00:12:01,677 COMPUTE, PARDON ME, COMMUNICATE THE ENTIRE STORY. 126 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:05,881 HE ALWAAS HAS BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERN PROGRAM, HE 127 00:12:05,883 --> 00:12:11,821 INITIATED THE EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM, AND IN DEPPING IN 128 00:12:11,823 --> 00:12:15,091 EQUINE PRRCTICE SIMILAR POSE JURY, WHICH ATTRACTS HUNDREDS OF 129 00:12:15,093 --> 00:12:19,929 THIRD YEAR STUDENTS EACH YEAR. HE HAS WHAT IS OFTEN DESCRIBED 130 00:12:19,931 --> 00:12:23,099 AS COMPLETE DEHYDRATION TO BEING A MENTOR FOR YOUNG 131 00:12:23,101 --> 00:12:26,769 VETERINARIANS. HE COMPLETED AN EQUINE 132 00:12:26,771 --> 00:12:30,239 INTERNSHIP AT ILLINOIS. AND RESIDENCY TRAINING AT THE 133 00:12:30,241 --> 00:12:33,109 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ANDD3 UNIVERSITY OF OHIO. 134 00:12:33,111 --> 00:12:40,382 OR OHIO STATE, PARDON ME. DR. EMERSON -- FORGIVENESS SLIP, 135 00:12:40,384 --> 00:12:43,385 DR. EMERSON BECAME -- SURGEONS IN 1986. 136 00:12:43,387 --> 00:12:46,756 HIS COMMITMENT TO SPECIALLY TRAINING IS REFLECTED IN 137 00:12:46,758 --> 00:12:49,925 MENTORSHIP AS WELL AS IN HIS FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO 138 00:12:49,927 --> 00:12:51,794 EQUINE RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM HHRE AT OUR COLLEGE. 139 00:12:51,796 --> 00:12:54,897 HE HAS SERVED THE AMERICAN COLLEGE IN NUMEROUS CAPACITIES 140 00:12:54,899 --> 00:12:57,867 WHERE HE WAS RECENTLY ELECTED PRESIDENT ELECT. 141 00:12:57,869 --> 00:13:00,970 AN INTERNATIONAL LEADER IN EQUINE SURGERY U AND A MENTOR TO 142 00:13:00,972 --> 00:13:05,974 ALL OF THE STUDENTS INTERNS AND RESIDENTS PURSUING CAREERS IN 143 00:13:05,976 --> 00:13:08,410 HE CONTINUES TO LEAVE HIS MARK ON THE PROFESSION. 144 00:13:08,412 --> 00:13:12,514 HIS INFLUENCE WILL BE SET UP FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, 145 00:13:12,516 --> 00:13:30,265 CONGRATULATIONS. THE SECOND DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI 146 00:13:30,267 --> 00:13:36,004 AWARD GOESSTO DR. DAVID DEION FROM THE CLASS OF 1968. 147 00:13:36,006 --> 00:13:40,676 HE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED TODAY WITH AWARD FOR NONPRACTITIONER, 148 00:13:40,678 --> 00:13:43,378 BUT HIS POSITION AS A GROUND BREAKER REACHES BACK TO HIS 149 00:13:43,380 --> 00:13:45,580 CLINICAL WORK WHEN HE WAS A STUDENT HERE AT THE COLLEGE. 150 00:13:45,582 --> 00:13:50,385 HE SERVED WITT DR. GEORGE ICE HER ON THE HEART SUUGERY 151 00:13:50,387 --> 00:13:54,189 TEAM, -- SORRY. [LAUGHTER] 152 00:13:54,191 --> 00:13:58,293 >> YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT FACULTY, LIKE HERDING CATS YOU 153 00:13:58,295 --> 00:14:03,398 CAN'T DO IT. >> HE SERVED WITH DR. GEORGE ON 154 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:07,001 THE HEART SURGERY TEAM HERE WHICH WAS AAPIONEERING GROUP 155 00:14:07,003 --> 00:14:13,274 DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES FOR OPEN HEART SURGERY IN DOGS. 156 00:14:13,276 --> 00:14:19,214 WHEN THE TEAM GOT TO DO AN OPEN HEART SURGERY, HE INSTALLED THE 157 00:14:19,216 --> 00:14:21,582 PROSTHETIC VALVE. WHEN HE RETURNED TO OWE COLLEGE 158 00:14:21,584 --> 00:14:26,187 AS TEACHER OF ANESTHESIA AND SURGERY, HE WAS SELECTED AS A 159 00:14:26,189 --> 00:14:30,191 TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD BY THE SENIOR STUDEETS. 160 00:14:30,193 --> 00:14:33,594 HE HAS ALSO BEEN A SENIOR FACULTY MEMBER AND ADMINISTRATOR 161 00:14:33,596 --> 00:14:37,832 AT NORTH CAROLINA. HE IS AN EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATOR, 162 00:14:37,834 --> 00:14:39,700 WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL ADMINISTRATOR. 163 00:14:39,702 --> 00:14:43,104 HIS LONG STANDING COMMITMENT TO VETERAN MARRY EDUCATION HAS 164 00:14:43,106 --> 00:14:45,907 DRIVEN THE STRENGTHENING OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND 165 00:14:45,909 --> 00:14:55,316 INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. ONE OF HIS MOST RECENN 166 00:14:55,318 --> 00:14:57,886 ACHIEVEMENTS -- HE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THIS, WAS TO LEAD 167 00:14:57,888 --> 00:15:01,689 THE COLLEGE OF VETERAN MARRY MEDICINE TO FULL ACCREDITATION 168 00:15:01,691 --> 00:15:04,492 BY THE MERICAN SPREAD REMEMBER MARRY ASSOCIATION. 169 00:15:04,494 --> 00:15:08,229 IT WAS THE FIRST SCHOOL IN THE REGION TO RECEIVE THAT STATUS, 170 00:15:08,231 --> 00:15:13,401 AND HE SERVED AS PROFESSOR OF SURGERY AND AS DEAN FROM 2000 TO 171 00:15:13,403 --> 00:15:16,303 2012 WHEN HE BECAME DEAN EMERITUS. 172 00:15:16,305 --> 00:15:29,116 IT WAS A UNIQUE SITUATION HERE TODAY ON THIS -- IN THIS CALL. 173 00:15:29,118 --> 00:15:31,619 DR. JIM LLOYD THAT WILL BECOME THE DEAN OF FLORIDA VERY SOON, 174 00:15:31,621 --> 00:15:34,755 AND DR. F WILLEY REED WHO IS THE DEAN AT PURDUE IS SITTING IN THE 175 00:15:34,757 --> 00:15:38,893 AUDIENCE. SO I DON'T KNOW THERE'S GOING TO 176 00:15:38,895 --> 00:15:51,739 NOT, I'M NOT TOO SURE. SURGEON, RESEARCHER, AND VETERAN 177 00:15:51,741 --> 00:15:53,874 MARRY SCHOOL DEAA. HIS EDUCATION WILL EXTEND FAR 178 00:15:53,876 --> 00:15:57,678 INTO THE FUTURE. I AM HONORED TO RECOGNIZE HIS 179 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,113 CONTRIBUTIONS, WITH THE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD, 180 00:16:00,115 --> 00:16:16,764 CONGRATULATIONS. OUR NEXT AWARD IS FOR AN 181 00:16:16,766 --> 00:16:20,233 HONORARY ALUMNI. THE AWARD RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUALS 182 00:16:20,235 --> 00:16:24,237 WHO WHILE THEY DID NOT GRADUATE FROM OUR COLLEGE OF VETERAN 183 00:16:24,239 --> 00:16:27,774 MARRY MEDICINE HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN 184 00:16:27,776 --> 00:16:30,710 THEIR COMMITMENT TO FORWARDING AN ASPECT OF THE COLLEGE 185 00:16:30,712 --> 00:16:33,913 ADMISSIONS. TODAY, WE RECOGNIZE THE LONG 186 00:16:33,915 --> 00:16:38,518 STANDING COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION THAT PATRICIA LOWRY 187 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:46,893 WITH THE HONORARY ALUMNI COLLEGE OF VETERAN MARRY MEDICINE. 188 00:16:46,895 --> 00:16:50,397 IT IS VIRTUALLY IIPOSSIBLE TO BE INVOLVED AND NOT KNOW OF THE 189 00:16:50,399 --> 00:16:55,469 LONG HISTORY, WITH OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE AREAS OF 190 00:16:55,471 --> 00:16:59,306 DIVERSITY, PLURALISM, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. 191 00:16:59,308 --> 00:17:03,877 SHE HAS JUST STEPPED DOWN AS DIRECTOR OF THE WOMANS RESORT 192 00:17:03,879 --> 00:17:09,782 CENTER. SHE FOUNDED MANY YEARS AGO, 30 193 00:17:09,784 --> 00:17:12,085 YEARS AGO? THANK YOU. 194 00:17:12,087 --> 00:17:17,991 WE GO BACK A LONG WAY. SHE FOUNDED AND CONTINUED TO 195 00:17:17,993 --> 00:17:21,828 DIRECT THE OUTBOUND PROGRAM, WHICH IS A LANDMARK PROGRAM OF 196 00:17:21,830 --> 00:17:24,596 NATIONAL PROMINENCE. WHICH IS GEARED TOWARDS 197 00:17:24,598 --> 00:17:27,599 RECRUITING STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS, 198 00:17:27,601 --> 00:17:35,974 INTO THE VETERAN MARRY PROFESSION. 199 00:17:35,976 --> 00:17:39,111 SHE HAS INFLUENCED THROUGH HER WORK ON THE MULTICULTURAL 200 00:17:39,113 --> 00:17:44,816 AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. >> IN 2012, THAT ASSOCIATION 201 00:17:44,818 --> 00:17:58,897 NAMED ITS MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN HONOR OF PAT LAURIE. 202 00:17:58,899 --> 00:18:01,534 WHICH IS PUBLISHED BY PURDUE UNIVERSITY PRESS. 203 00:18:01,536 --> 00:18:07,706 THE BOOK SPEAKS OF ISSUES THAT SHE DEVOTED HER LIFE TO, 204 00:18:07,708 --> 00:18:10,676 INCLUDING THE KNOWLEDGE THAT BUILDING DIVERSITY IS ABOUT MORE 205 00:18:10,678 --> 00:18:16,215 THAN INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS AND IT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT 206 00:18:16,217 --> 00:18:22,521 SUSTAINABILITY AND REEL SENSE OF THE PROFESSION AS A WHOLE. 207 00:18:22,523 --> 00:18:26,692 SHE IS A TRUE FRIEND AND MENTOR, AND SHE IS TRULY DESERVING TO 208 00:18:26,694 --> 00:18:53,885 RECEIVE OUR HONORARY ALUMNI YOU.D, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK 209 00:18:53,887 --> 00:18:57,589 NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE'S TODAY'S SPEAKER. 210 00:18:57,591 --> 00:19:01,793 MOST PEOPLE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT EXPENSES IN THEIR CAREER. 211 00:19:01,795 --> 00:19:10,769 DR. PAT HAS MANY DIFFERENT CAREERS IN HIS EXPERIENCE. 212 00:19:10,771 --> 00:19:15,807 HE BEGAN WHAT HE CALLED HIS CAREER AS A CHEERLEADER IN 1975. 213 00:19:15,809 --> 00:19:19,511 HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELORS DEGREE AND THEN RECEIVED HIS DEGREE 214 00:19:19,513 --> 00:19:35,593 FROM M.S.U. IN 1982. HE THEN HAS A CAREER AS BETWEEN 215 00:19:35,595 --> 00:19:41,566 1986 AND 1984. IN 1984, HE WAS RELUCTANT TO 216 00:19:41,568 --> 00:19:48,273 GIVE UP HIS TEACHING CAREER RUNNING A FOUNDRY -- FOR THE 217 00:19:48,275 --> 00:19:52,243 PETTOLEUM DISTTIBUTION INDUSTRY. IF YOU UNDERSTAND AN 218 00:19:52,245 --> 00:19:54,512 THESOLOGISTS LIKE PLUGGING BRASS THINGS TOGETHER IN TUBES AND 219 00:19:54,514 --> 00:20:03,788 STUFF LIKE THAT, SO IT WAS A NATURAL FIT. 220 00:20:03,790 --> 00:20:15,200 TO SERVE AS DIRECTOR OF THE VETERAN MARRY TEACHING HOSPITAL. 221 00:20:15,202 --> 00:20:19,204 TODAY HE IS CHAIRMAN OF E.B.W. ELECTRONICS CAN IS A HOLLAND 222 00:20:19,206 --> 00:20:21,206 MICHIGAN BASED MANUFACTURING FACILITY. 223 00:20:21,208 --> 00:20:25,243 IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO ASK HIM TO COME FORWARD TO ADDRESS 224 00:20:25,245 --> 00:20:41,325 THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2013. THANK YOU DEAN BROWN. 225 00:20:41,327 --> 00:20:45,329 I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS, I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT, I SAID GEES I 226 00:20:45,331 --> 00:20:48,298 MIGHT FORRET SOMETHING TO SAY, I MAY EVEN FORGET A WHOLE 227 00:20:48,300 --> 00:20:50,801 PARAGRAPH, AND SHE SAID WELL, PAT, THEY DIDN'T ASK YOU TO BE 228 00:20:50,803 --> 00:20:53,904 THE SPEAKER BECAUSE YOU ARE WISE OR GOING TO SAY SOMETHING 229 00:20:53,906 --> 00:20:56,640 INSPIRATIONAL, THEY ASKED YOU TO BE THE SPEAKER BECAUSE YOU ARE 230 00:20:56,642 --> 00:21:00,410 ENTERTAINING. SO WITH THAT I WILL SPEAK TODAY 231 00:21:00,412 --> 00:21:11,521 WITHOUT ANY NOTES AT ALL. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF 232 00:21:11,523 --> 00:21:16,293 ADDRESSING OUR HONORS GRADUATES 18 MONTHS AGO IN THEIR 233 00:21:16,295 --> 00:21:20,530 TRANSITION CEREMONY, AND MY OPENING PHOTOGRAPH WENT 234 00:21:20,532 --> 00:21:22,900 SOMETHING LIKE THIS. GASOLINE TO TAKE YOU TO THE 235 00:21:22,902 --> 00:21:32,509 TRANSITION CEREMONY, $3.10 AS GALLON. 236 00:21:32,511 --> 00:21:37,347 LAB COAT, $29999. PUTTING ON THAT SYMBOLIC WHITE 237 00:21:37,349 --> 00:21:40,317 COAT IN FRONT OF YOU FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN THE TRANSITION 238 00:21:40,319 --> 00:21:46,522 CEREMONY, PRICELESS. WELL, IF THAT CEREMONY WAS 239 00:21:46,524 --> 00:21:56,332 CONSIDERED PRICELESS, WHAT DO WE DESCRIBE TODAY AS? 240 00:21:56,334 --> 00:22:10,713 I SAY YES WE CALL TODAY SPARTABULOUS. 241 00:22:10,715 --> 00:22:14,083 SOME OF YOU RAH IN THE -- MOM. THANK YOU. 242 00:22:14,085 --> 00:22:16,419 PREVET CLUB, WHILE I WAS THE ADVISOR. 243 00:22:16,421 --> 00:22:20,824 YOU WERE THE FIRST AND ONLY CLASS TO EVER ASK ME TO BE A 244 00:22:20,826 --> 00:22:31,835 CLASS ADVISOR. YOU WERE THE FIRST -- YOU DID AN 245 00:22:31,837 --> 00:22:37,974 AMAZING JOB, SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO BIANCA BU FBI, ERICA WARD, 246 00:22:37,976 --> 00:22:39,709 AND KEITH BUDGER, YOU REALLY ROOKED IT. 247 00:22:39,711 --> 00:22:55,324 YOU DID. [APPLAUSE] 248 00:22:55,326 --> 00:22:58,126 SPEAKING OF ROCKED IT LAST NIGHT YOUR CLASS REALLY WENT OUT IN 249 00:22:58,128 --> 00:23:09,104 STYLE. ¶[MUSIC] 250 00:23:09,106 --> 00:23:12,908 SO YEAH WE SHARED A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP, AND WE SHARE A 251 00:23:12,910 --> 00:23:23,218 SPECIAL BOND GOING FORTH. NEITHER OF US WILL BE COMING 252 00:23:23,220 --> 00:23:28,023 BACK ON A DAILY BASISES, LOOKING FOR FREE FOOD, OPEN COMPUTERS 253 00:23:28,025 --> 00:23:34,329 STATIONS. OR HEARING THAT LOUD LAUGH OF 254 00:23:34,331 --> 00:23:37,433 MARY SHARE. AND YOU WILL EVEN -- NEED TO 255 00:23:37,435 --> 00:23:44,874 FIND A REPLACEMENT NOR TACO TUESDAY. 256 00:23:44,876 --> 00:23:47,510 ALL THE KNOW WE ARE LEAVING AND MOVING ON, THERE'S ONE THING 257 00:23:47,512 --> 00:23:50,846 THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE, WE WILL ALWAYS BE SPARTANS AND 258 00:23:50,848 --> 00:23:54,149 ESPECIALLY TALKING TO THE FOUR OF YOU THAT HAVE DEGREES FROM 259 00:23:54,151 --> 00:24:01,223 ANN ARBOR. SO WHEN DR. GRETA PATTERSON 260 00:24:01,225 --> 00:24:04,626 ASKED ME TO BE THE SPEAKER I THOUGHT IT WAS A MISTAKE. 261 00:24:04,628 --> 00:24:08,596 MUST BE SOME ALPHABETICAL THING, AND MAYBE THE PEOPLE WITH A 262 00:24:08,598 --> 00:24:11,333 THROUGH K ALREADY HAVE A JOB ON THE CEREMONY HERE. 263 00:24:11,335 --> 00:24:17,239 I MEAN LIKE A HOODER. LIKE A AS IN DR. AIMS. 264 00:24:17,241 --> 00:24:20,042 HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH SO MANY GRADUATION CEREMONIES THAT 265 00:24:20,044 --> 00:24:24,712 RIGHT HERE, THERE'S A LITTLE PLAQUE THAT SAYS KENT. 266 00:24:24,714 --> 00:24:28,150 NOW YOU KNOW YOU ARE BIG TIME WHEN YOU ARE RECOGNIZED BY JUST 267 00:24:28,152 --> 00:24:30,218 ONE NAME. KENT. 268 00:24:30,220 --> 00:24:40,128 KIND OF LIKE MAGIC, OR IZO, OR -- BALL KERR. 269 00:24:40,130 --> 00:24:58,046 OR DUNCAN. SO WISH I HAD MY NOTES. 270 00:24:58,048 --> 00:25:01,016 YOU YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME IN WAYS. 271 00:25:01,018 --> 00:25:05,319 YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH MANY BUMPS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS BUT YOU 272 00:25:05,321 --> 00:25:08,623 PERSEVERED WELL AS A CLASS. YOU HAVE INSPIRE ADD LOT OF 273 00:25:08,625 --> 00:25:11,860 PEOPLE HERE AT THE COLLEGE OF VETERAN MARRY MEDICINE. 274 00:25:11,862 --> 00:25:16,263 NOW YOU ARE NOT ONLY BECOMING SPARTANS YOU ARE BECOMING SPAT 275 00:25:16,265 --> 00:25:18,500 TAN E.T.S. AND YOU ARE JOINING A RICH 276 00:25:18,502 --> 00:25:24,138 TRADITION OF SPARTAN VETS. IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE YOU WILL 277 00:25:24,140 --> 00:25:27,041 BE RETURNING TO THE COLLEGE, AND TAKING YOUR GRANDCHILDREN 278 00:25:27,043 --> 00:25:30,244 AROUND, AND YOU WILL FIND YOUR YELLOW CLASS PICTURE ON THE 279 00:25:30,246 --> 00:25:32,847 WALL, AND PROBABLY THE ONLY PERSON YOU WILL RECOGNIZE IN THE 280 00:25:32,849 --> 00:25:36,618 COLLEGE AT THAT TIME WILL BE DR. FRANK NICHOLS BECAUSE HE IS 281 00:25:36,620 --> 00:25:51,032 AGE LESS. THEN YOU WILL -- I'M SORRY. 282 00:25:51,034 --> 00:25:54,936 -- YOU LIKE I SAID, YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME ANN MANY OTHERS IN 283 00:25:54,938 --> 00:26:00,742 LOTS OF WAYS, AND YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OTHER 284 00:26:00,744 --> 00:26:03,110 SPARTAN VETS WHEN YOU TWO TO NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND YOU 285 00:26:03,112 --> 00:26:08,315 WITH CONNECT WITH THERS BY SAYING TWO VERY FAMOUS WORDS. 286 00:26:08,317 --> 00:26:17,323 >> BAR CRAWL. YOU HAVE RECEIVED EXCELLENT 287 00:26:17,325 --> 00:26:20,460 TRAINING HERE, BUT THE REAL TRAINING STARTS NOW. 288 00:26:20,462 --> 00:26:26,833 AND IT NEVER ENDS. THAT'S YOUR TRAINING TO NOT ONLY 289 00:26:26,835 --> 00:26:29,836 LIFE, AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE GOOD AT BOTH 290 00:26:29,838 --> 00:26:32,739 OF THEM. PART OF THAT TRAINING YOU WILL 291 00:26:32,741 --> 00:26:35,642 MAKE CHALLENGING AND UNCOMFORTABLE DECISIONS FOR 292 00:26:35,644 --> 00:26:38,445 EXAMPLE, YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE INSTANT LIFE AND DEATH 293 00:26:38,447 --> 00:26:42,215 DECISIONS. WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE DOCTOR 294 00:26:42,217 --> 00:26:44,517 THERE WITH YOU. YOU WILL BE FORCED TO DECIDE 295 00:26:44,519 --> 00:26:47,754 WHAT TO TELL A COUPLE WHO IS STANDING THERE WITH THEIR DOG 296 00:26:47,756 --> 00:26:51,625 AND YOU JUST GOT THE YOUR HONOR TEST BACK THAT IS POSITIVE FOR 297 00:26:51,627 --> 00:26:55,596 MARIJUANA, AND THEIR TEENAGER SON IS STANDING BEHIND THEM 298 00:26:55,598 --> 00:27:12,045 GOING -- WHENNYOU LEAVE HERE YOU WILL GET A LOT OF ADVICE FROM 299 00:27:12,047 --> 00:27:14,714 FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND TYPICALLY THE ADVICE IS STUFF 300 00:27:14,716 --> 00:27:21,087 LIKE HAVE BIG DREAMS, DON'T MISS THE FORESTS FROM THE TREES AND 301 00:27:21,089 --> 00:27:23,623 DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF. WELL, I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A 302 00:27:23,625 --> 00:27:26,225 TWIST ON THAT TODAY. I AM GOING TO TELL YOU TO SWEAT 303 00:27:26,227 --> 00:27:30,663 THE SMALL STUFF. BECAUSE THAT MY OPINION, 304 00:27:30,665 --> 00:27:33,365 SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF, LOOKING FOR LITTLE DETAILS THAT 305 00:27:33,367 --> 00:27:36,468 CAN MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON3 PEOPLE'S LIVES IS WHAT SEPARATES 306 00:27:36,470 --> 00:27:39,238 THE TRULY EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE FROM THE ORDINARY PEOPLE. 307 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:43,042 AND CAN BE A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS FACTOR IN YOUR ABILITY TO BE 308 00:27:43,044 --> 00:27:45,011 SUCCESSFUL. AT MAKING A LIVING AND MAKING A 309 00:27:45,013 --> 00:27:53,753 LIFE. STRANGELY THAT'S SOMETHING WE 310 00:27:53,755 --> 00:27:56,922 GET WORSE AT AS WE AGE, FOR EXAMPLE, NEWLY WEDS. 311 00:27:56,924 --> 00:28:00,126 CANNT WAIT TO SEE THEIR SPOUSE AND GREET THEM AFTER WORK, BUT 312 00:28:00,128 --> 00:28:06,532 FAST FORWARD FIVE, TEN, 15, 31 YEARS LATER, AND THAT WARM HOW 313 00:28:06,534 --> 00:28:10,703 WAS YOUR DAY HONEY IS REPLACED BY A SHORT KURT, WHEN IS DINNER 314 00:28:10,705 --> 00:28:24,549 WHAT ARE YOU MAKING. AS WE GET BUSIER AND BUSIER, WE 315 00:28:24,551 --> 00:28:29,054 SOMETIMES FORGET ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LITTLE STUFF. 316 00:28:29,056 --> 00:28:34,125 YOU HAVE HAD SOME GREAT EXAMPLES OF VETERAN MARRIES WHILE YOU 317 00:28:34,127 --> 00:28:40,031 HAVE BEEN HERE WHO ARE REALLY GOOD ROLE MODELS FOR ATTENTION 318 00:28:40,033 --> 00:28:47,238 TO THE SMALL STUFF. IS MADE YOU REALIZE IT IS NOT 319 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:50,374 REALLY -- PEOPLE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU KNOW UNTIL THEY KNOW YOU 320 00:28:50,376 --> 00:28:53,878 -úCARE, DON'T. PEOPLE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU KNOW, 321 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,715 UNTIL THEY KNOW YOU CARE. NOT THAT KNOWLEDGE ISN'T 322 00:28:56,717 --> 00:29:01,853 IMPORTANT, BUT IN OUR PROFESSION IT HAS BECOME A GIVEN. 323 00:29:01,855 --> 00:29:05,523 I WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD THINK BACK UPON THEM AS YOUR LIFE 324 00:29:05,525 --> 00:29:09,160 -úUNFOLDS. FOR EXAMPLE, DR. GRETA 325 00:29:09,162 --> 00:29:10,862 PATTERSON, ALWAYS A SOURCE OF SUPPORT. 326 00:29:10,864 --> 00:29:14,065 NO MATTER HOW BUSY SHE WAS SHE WAS THERE FOR YOU. 327 00:29:14,067 --> 00:29:19,337 SHE TRIED TO GET YOU THERE WITH THE STRATEGIC USE OF FREE FOOD. 328 00:29:19,339 --> 00:29:22,640 TRY TO REMEMBER THE IMPACT IT HAD WITH PEOPLE THAT TRY TO 329 00:29:22,642 --> 00:29:25,542 REMEMBER YOUR NAME, AND THE LEGENDARY NAME REMEMBERING 330 00:29:25,544 --> 00:29:30,047 ABILITY OF PEOPLE LIKE DR. HALL SHOT. 331 00:29:30,049 --> 00:29:33,516 úND STEVE KERRY THAT MADE YOU FEEL REALLY SPECIAL, I'M SURE. 332 00:29:33,518 --> 00:29:38,288 AND YOUR CLASS COMMENTED WHEN DR. HULKMAN WOULD WALK INTO YOUR 333 00:29:38,290 --> 00:29:40,190 ROOM, IT WOULD FEEL LIKE A WARM HUG. 334 00:29:40,192 --> 00:29:42,292 DIDN'T THAT MAKE YOU FEEL SPECIAL? 335 00:29:42,294 --> 00:29:45,028 I PERSONALLY WAS FORTUNATE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT A WONDERFUL 336 00:29:45,030 --> 00:29:47,731 FACULTY WE HAVE HERE, IN THEIR ATTENTION TO THE SMALL STUFF, 337 00:29:47,733 --> 00:29:51,434 WHEN I LEFT MY POSITION AS HOSPITAL DIRECTOR, I GOT A 338 00:29:51,436 --> 00:29:54,738 BEAUTIFUL NOTE FROM DR. MATT BEAL, INKADING WHAT OUR WORKING 339 00:29:54,740 --> 00:29:59,409 RELATIONSHIP MEANT TO HIM. AND SURPRISINGLY, HIS NOTE SAID 340 00:29:59,411 --> 00:30:07,951 MORE THAN JUST DUDE, IT WAS MOSTLY POSITIVE. 341 00:30:07,953 --> 00:30:11,121 SO IF YOU ARE OUU THERE, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DID FOR ME AND 342 00:30:11,123 --> 00:30:21,265 THE CLASS OF 2013. úOU ALSO HAD ROLE MODELS THAT 343 00:30:21,267 --> 00:30:27,237 WEREN'T VETERINARIANS AND WERE VERY ATTENTIVE SMALL DETAILS. 344 00:30:27,239 --> 00:30:31,174 WE HAVE AN ANIMAL CARE TAKENER THE HOSPITAL, NO MATTER HOW BUSY 345 00:30:31,176 --> 00:30:34,343 SHE WAS SHE WOULD TAKE TIME TO SMILE AND GIVE TO PEOPLE. 346 00:30:34,345 --> 00:30:38,347 TRYING TO LOCATE A MISSING BLANKET THAT BELONGS TO AN OWNER 347 00:30:38,349 --> 00:30:43,052 OF ONE OF OUR PATIENTS SHE WOULD SEARCH FOR THAT BLANKET, BECAUSE 348 00:30:43,054 --> 00:30:47,456 SHE KNEW IT HAD POTENTIALLY PRICE LESS SEPTEMBER MENTAL 349 00:30:47,458 --> 00:30:50,159 VALUE TO THE OWNERS. OF COURSE, THEEE'S SOMEONE ELSE 350 00:30:50,161 --> 00:30:58,434 WHO YOU MAY KNOO WHO I WILL SAY HERE. 351 00:30:58,436 --> 00:31:01,437 HE REMEMBERED YOUR EXAM SCHEDULES, YOUR CLASS RECOGNIZED 352 00:31:01,439 --> 00:31:05,507 HIM LAST NIGHT BECAUSE OF HIS ABILITY TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE 353 00:31:05,509 --> 00:31:08,244 SMALL STUFF, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT AL THE CUSTODIAN. 354 00:31:08,246 --> 00:31:20,056 THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. [APPLAUSE] 355 00:31:20,058 --> 00:31:23,159 AS YOUR FINAL HOME WORK ASSIGNMENT, I AM GOING TO 356 00:31:23,161 --> 00:31:26,262 CHALLENGE YOU EACH WEEK FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS TO JUST WRITE A 357 00:31:26,264 --> 00:31:30,566 SHORT NOTE TO SOMEONE WHO HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOUR LIVES. 358 00:31:30,568 --> 00:31:35,371 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO TAKE VERY LONG. 359 00:31:35,373 --> 00:31:38,039 BUTKY GUARANTEE YOU LIT HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THOSE PEOPLE THAT 360 00:31:38,041 --> 00:31:41,476 HAD A BIG IMPACT ON YOUR LIVES. AND IT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER YET, 361 00:31:41,478 --> 00:31:44,846 THANK YOU DR. JOHNSON FOR GIVING ME THAT PHRASE, EVEN BETTER YET 362 00:31:44,848 --> 00:31:48,850 IF YOU WERE TO WRITE ONE OF THESE LETTERS TO THE 363 00:31:48,852 --> 00:31:51,452 VETERINARIAN WHO EITHER INSPIRED YOU TO COME INTO THIS 364 00:31:51,454 --> 00:31:54,155 PROFESSION, OR HELPED YOU GET THROUGH YOUR COLLEGE CAREER 365 00:31:54,157 --> 00:32:03,231 HERE. I EVEN HAVE ONE HERE U THE FIRST 366 00:32:03,233 --> 00:32:14,109 ONE. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING MY 367 00:32:14,111 --> 00:32:16,444 GRADUATION CEREMONY, AND THHNK YOU FOR BEING MY MENTOR. 368 00:32:16,446 --> 00:32:18,846 YOU HAVE BEEN A VERY POSITIVE INSPIRATION FOR ME. 369 00:32:18,848 --> 00:32:22,250 THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, GRADUATION DAY WAS ONE OF 370 00:32:22,252 --> 00:32:29,457 THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS 371 00:32:29,459 --> 00:32:35,863 SPARTABULOU. SINCERERY DR. KATIE YUSIK. 372 00:32:35,865 --> 00:32:40,068 DID IT TAKE HER LONG TO WRITE THAT, I'M PRETTY SURE IT DID. 373 00:32:40,070 --> 00:32:46,040 AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER, KURT. 374 00:32:46,042 --> 00:32:51,345 IN SUMMARY, AND IN KIND OF CONCLUSION HERE. 375 00:32:51,347 --> 00:32:55,015 MANY YEARS AGO. I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING THE 376 00:32:55,017 --> 00:32:58,419 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER FOR THE CLASS OF 1996, WHICH WAS 377 00:32:58,421 --> 00:33:02,757 DR. BEAL'S CLASS. AND DESPITE SPENDING COUNTLESS 378 00:33:02,759 --> 00:33:08,663 HOURS WORKING ON THAT SPEECH, REHEARSING IT, THEY -- MEMBERS 379 00:33:08,665 --> 00:33:12,533 OF THAT CLASS, I AM PRETTY SURE BY THE END OF THE DAY, COULDN'T 380 00:33:12,535 --> 00:33:17,071 REMEMBER A SINGLE WORD I SAID. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK I 381 00:33:17,073 --> 00:33:19,574 FORGOT EVERYTHING I SAID WITHIN A MINUTE OF SITTING DOWN 382 00:33:19,576 --> 00:33:22,543 AFTERWARDS. HOWEVER, WHILE I COULDD'T 383 00:33:22,545 --> 00:33:27,047 REMEMBER ANYTHING I SAID, PEOPLE FROM THAT CLASS TO THIS DAY 384 00:33:27,049 --> 00:33:33,153 REMEMBER SOMETHING THAT I DID. AT TWO END OF THE CEREMONY, THE 385 00:33:33,155 --> 00:33:36,757 SYMPHONY BAND STARTING PLAYING THE FIGHT SONG, AND I GOT BACK 386 00:33:36,759 --> 00:33:40,461 UP ON THE PODIUM AND STARTED DOING THE MOVE TO THE 387 00:33:40,463 --> 00:33:47,334 CHEERLEADING MOVE TO THE FIGHT SONG. 388 00:33:47,336 --> 00:33:51,805 AND I PUT A REAL STAMP OF SPARTAN PRIDE ON THEIR SEN 389 00:33:51,807 --> 00:33:56,576 MOANNY. WELL, TODAY, FOE HELP YOU 390 00:33:56,578 --> 00:34:02,116 REMEMBER THE POUNCER OF THE SMALL STUFF. 391 00:34:02,118 --> 00:34:06,053 AND PUT A STAAP OF SPARTAN PRIDE ON YOUR SEN MOANNY, AND WITH THE 392 00:34:06,055 --> 00:34:14,261 HELP OF NOT ONLY OUR NEW SPARTAN VETS. 393 00:34:14,263 --> 00:34:17,797 WITH THE HELP OF PARTY VET, MR. SULLIVAN, NOW IT IS TIME. 394 00:34:17,799 --> 00:34:25,739 [APPLAUSE] QUEUE THE BAND TO THE FINAL 395 00:34:25,741 --> 00:35:24,797 CLASS YEAR OF 2013. [APPLAUSE] 396 00:35:24,799 --> 00:35:55,260 ¶[MUSIC] >> 397 00:35:55,262 --> 00:36:02,467 ¶ SPARTAN VETS HAVE INCREASED TODAY TO LET'S ALL SAY HOORAY" 398 00:36:02,469 --> 00:36:08,706 RAH RAH RAH" "PLEASE KEEP OUR PETS FROM WEAKENING, HELP US TO 399 00:36:08,708 --> 00:36:14,045 FIND A CURE" "SWEAT, DUST, SMALL STUFF, WE'RE SO VERY PROUD OF 400 00:36:14,047 --> 00:36:33,665 YOU ¶ [APPLAUSE] 401 00:36:33,667 --> 00:36:36,568 I LOVE YOU CLASS. THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME TO BE 402 00:36:36,570 --> 00:36:41,039 YOUR ADVISOR, YOUR COLLEAGUE, YOUR FRIEND THE LAST FOUR YEARS. 403 00:36:41,041 --> 00:36:44,675 AND OF COURSE THE REAL TRUE FAMOUS WORDS YOU GOT IT, GO 404 00:36:44,677 --> 00:36:46,544 GREEN. YEAH! 405 00:36:46,546 --> 00:37:24,147 [APPLAUSE]3 [APPLAUSE] 406 00:37:24,149 --> 00:37:26,917 THANK YOU, DR. LEBLANC. [LAUGHTER] 407 00:37:26,919 --> 00:37:34,758 >> THAT WAS TRULY SPECIAL. GOOD AFTERNOON, AND 408 00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:36,760 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF MY NEW COLLEAGUES. 409 00:37:36,762 --> 00:37:41,798 WE ARE VERY VERY PROUD OF YOU GUYS. 410 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:45,603 I AM THE ASSOCIATE TEEN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS THERE'S A TYPO 411 00:37:45,605 --> 00:37:48,671 ON MY NOTES. ONE OF THE TRADITIONS OF 412 00:37:48,673 --> 00:37:54,110 ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS IS THE WEARING OF THE ROBE, ON CEREMONY 413 00:37:54,112 --> 00:37:56,479 OCCASIONS LIKE COMMENCEMENT. THE DESIGN OF THE ROBE IS 414 00:37:56,481 --> 00:38:02,552 DIFFERENT FOR THE MASTERS AND DOCK ARTICLE DEGREES. 415 00:38:02,554 --> 00:38:05,788 THE DOCTORS ROBE IS THE MOST ELABORATE. 416 00:38:05,790 --> 00:38:11,160 AND THE FRONT OF THE GOWN. IT INCLUDE AS HOOD WHICH WILL BE 417 00:38:11,162 --> 00:38:15,765 PROMINENTLY FEATURED IN TODAY'S IT ALSO HAS A BROADBAND OF 418 00:38:15,767 --> 00:38:18,368 VELVET AND IS LINED WITH THE OFFICIAL COLORS OF THE 419 00:38:18,370 --> 00:38:22,572 INSTITUTION THAT GRANTED THE DEGREE. 420 00:38:22,574 --> 00:38:30,846 I, AM AN ALIENIA. THIS IS BLUE AND ORANGE. 421 00:38:30,848 --> 00:38:34,183 THE COLOR INDICATES THE TYPE OF DEGREE EARNS FOR EXAMPLE, BLUE 422 00:38:34,185 --> 00:38:38,655 OR BLACK INDICATES THE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY AGREE. 423 00:38:38,657 --> 00:38:43,559 GREY INDICATED THE DOCTOR OF VETERAN MARRY DEGREE. 424 00:38:43,561 --> 00:38:49,666 U.S. AND EUROPEAN TRADITION AND FASHION, ARE ALWAYS DIIFERENT. 425 00:38:49,668 --> 00:38:52,868 TODAY'S PLACING OF THE HOOD ON EACH RADUATE SIGNIFYING THAT 426 00:38:52,870 --> 00:38:56,672 THE CANDIDATE HAS COMPLETED OR IS EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THE 427 00:38:56,674 --> 00:38:59,474 ACADEMMC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE D.V.M. DEGREE. 428 00:38:59,476 --> 00:39:02,778 COMPLETION OF THE DEGREE EARNS THE CANDIDATE THE RIGHT TO BE 429 00:39:02,780 --> 00:39:05,647 CALLED "DOCTOR." AND TO START PAYING BACK THOSE 430 00:39:05,649 --> 00:39:11,687 LOANS. THH CLASS OF 2013 HAS HONORED 431 00:39:11,689 --> 00:39:13,588 DR. KENT AIMS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LARGE ANIMAL 432 00:39:13,590 --> 00:39:20,329 CLINICAL SCIENCES. BY SELECTING THEM TO PERFORM THE 433 00:39:20,331 --> 00:39:23,365 HOODING. WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE 434 00:39:23,367 --> 00:39:30,306 VETERINARIAN PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WILL ASSIST. 435 00:39:30,308 --> 00:39:33,375 DEAN BROWN, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE CLASS OF 2013, FOR 436 00:39:33,377 --> 00:39:46,388 OUR TRADITIONAL HOODING CEREMONY. 437 00:39:46,390 --> 00:39:49,258 FAMILY AND FRIENDS IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO 438 00:39:49,260 --> 00:39:54,263 ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR GRADUATE AS HE OR SHE CROSS IT IS STAGE. 439 00:39:54,265 --> 00:39:56,899 CANDIDATES LET'S GET. PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR 440 00:39:56,901 --> 00:40:27,028 INFORMATION CARD TO ME. CHELSEA AMELIA GRIMES WEST 441 00:40:27,030 --> 00:40:31,366 BLOOMFIELD MICHIGAN. [APPLAUSE] 442 00:40:31,368 --> 00:40:38,640 CHELSEA IS HOODED BY DR. KYLE GOOD, A 1991 ALUMNI OF REGIONAL 443 00:40:38,642 --> 00:40:51,319 COLLEGE OF SPREAD REMEMBER NAME MEDICINE, CHELSEA IS HER NIECE. 444 00:40:51,321 --> 00:41:07,601 FROM KATHRYN BOARDMAN, OHIO. [APPLAUSE] 445 00:41:07,603 --> 00:41:12,573 DR. LINDSAY ALISON ALISON ZENY, IRON MOUNTAIN U MICHIGAN. 446 00:41:12,575 --> 00:41:47,541 [APPLAUSE] >> FROM JORDAN AUSMYER. 447 00:41:47,543 --> 00:41:57,352 MICHIGAN. FROM RACHEL BOCHINKIN. 448 00:41:57,354 --> 00:42:39,393 NEW YORK. FROM KARISSA HYDE PARK NEW YORK. 449 00:42:39,395 --> 00:43:02,082 DR. JENNIFER LYNN BARZNIK. MICHIGAN. 450 00:43:02,084 --> 00:43:07,454 DR. MARK JAMES ZIZNSKY, BRIGHTON, MICHIGAN. 451 00:43:07,456 --> 00:43:25,438 [APPLAUSE] FROM RAH CHEL M BENCH. 452 00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:44,390 MICHIGAN. FROM BIANCA BUFFO, SHELBY 453 00:43:44,392 --> 00:44:03,976 TOWNSHIP MICHIGAN. I JUST FOUND THIS OUT, THEY WENT 454 00:44:03,978 --> 00:44:08,347 TO HIGH SCHOOL TOMORROW. DR. KEITH BURG,,SHELBY TOONSHIP 455 00:44:08,349 --> 00:44:28,799 MICHIGAN. DR. LIZA ROADS YAKMAN CON, 456 00:44:28,801 --> 00:44:49,187 SEATTLE WASHINGTON. FROM EMILY HOP KIN CAPE EXCEL 457 00:44:49,189 --> 00:45:19,551 JACKSON MICHIGAN. FROM MARY JOE, SEOUL KOREA. 458 00:45:19,553 --> 00:45:46,276 [APPLAUSE] >> A 1975 ALUMNI OF THE OHIO 459 00:45:46,278 --> 00:45:50,280 STATE COLLEGE OF VETERAN MARRY MEDICINE, HIS FATHER. 460 00:45:50,282 --> 00:46:13,904 [APPLAUSE] DR. ELANA COOK, BAY CITY 461 00:46:13,906 --> 00:46:36,393 MICHIIAA. [APPLAUSE] 462 00:46:36,395 --> 00:47:01,084 >> DR. MEGAN T COOK, STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT. 463 00:47:01,086 --> 00:47:22,005 FROM JOOLIN MARIE CARPENTER, JJCKSON, MICHIGAN. 464 00:47:22,007 --> 00:47:25,175 DR. CHRISTENE CARLY COT, RENO, NEVADA. 465 00:47:25,177 --> 00:47:49,198 [APPLAUSE] DR. CRAIG CRAFTON, LAKE HORRY, 466 00:47:49,200 --> 00:48:28,804 MICHIGAN. DR. MELISSA SUE DAVIS TRIP, 467 00:48:28,806 --> 00:48:46,789 MONTGOMERY, ILLINOIS. [APPLAUSE] 468 00:48:46,791 --> 00:49:06,775 FROM KYLE JOSHUA DUNCAN, LIMP FIELD, OHIO. 469 00:49:06,777 --> 00:49:20,923 FROM CYNTHIA MUNE ESSICK, LOS ALPO HILLS CALIFORNIA. 470 00:49:20,925 --> 00:49:31,666 PLEASE CHECK OUT THE BOOTS. DR. SARAH PASSSY, GRRNDVILLE, 471 00:49:31,668 --> 00:49:55,789 MICHIGAN. DR. 458LY MARIE FAVA. 472 00:49:55,791 --> 00:50:13,674 OHIO. DR. SARAH MARIE FLIPSY. 473 00:50:13,676 --> 00:50:38,265 OHIO. FROM JESSE DAVID FITS PARMA 474 00:50:38,267 --> 00:50:58,685 MICHIGAN. FROM KYLE FULLER, GRAND RAPIDS 475 00:50:58,687 --> 00:51:17,470 MICHIGAN. FROM LISA SUE GATERNER, 476 00:51:17,472 --> 00:51:41,261 MICHIGAN. FROM BLAKE LAND, WHITE LAKE, 477 00:51:41,263 --> 00:52:00,413 MICHIGAN. FROM CHRISTINA OW HADLY, MIIES 478 00:52:00,415 --> 00:52:21,701 MICHIGAN. DR. NICOLE HAINESER, ROMEO, 479 00:52:21,703 --> 00:52:58,771 MICHIGAN. DR. UNA HAUN, SOUTH KOREA. 480 00:52:58,773 --> 00:53:19,323 FROM LINDA GALE HARMON, TERM PRESENCE, MICHIGAN. 481 00:53:19,325 --> 00:53:45,183 DR. ANDREA ELIZABETH, MONROVIO, CALIFORNIA. 482 00:53:45,185 --> 00:53:51,455 FROM JESSE LYNN HENNESSEY, MICHIGAN. 483 00:53:51,457 --> 00:54:31,895 H MILTON, MICHIGAN. DR. AMANDA HAWK, STAFF RIDGE, 484 00:54:31,897 --> 00:54:59,724 MICHIGAN. FROM ANGELA MICHELLE. 485 00:54:59,726 --> 00:55:22,579 MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS. DR. AMONG DA JENSON, GRANDVILLE, 486 00:55:22,581 --> 00:55:53,243 MICHIGAN. DR. JENNIFER JAY JOHNSON, 487 00:55:53,245 --> 00:56:13,197 CAMDEN, MICHIGAN. WOULD YOU STOP THAT. 488 00:56:13,199 --> 00:56:16,033 [LAUGHTER] >> DR. SARAH ASHLEY JONES, 489 00:56:16,035 --> 00:57:02,278 BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN. DR. CHANG KIM, SOUTH KOREA. 490 00:57:02,280 --> 00:57:07,816 DR. DR. JAMIE CARPER, AS SHE COMMLETED HER PHD LAST YEAR, AN 491 00:57:07,818 --> 00:57:28,404 ARBOR MICHIGAN. DR. LEANN KIMBERLL COAL, 492 00:57:28,406 --> 00:57:58,733 MICHIGAN. FROM LAURA. 493 00:57:58,735 --> 00:58:40,808 DEL MAR, NEW YORK. DR. CAITLIN, TROY MICHIGAN. 494 00:58:40,810 --> 00:59:03,531 DR. MARIE, GRAND OFTEN MICHIGAN. DR. SARAH HALEY LEFTMAN, ANDOVER 495 00:59:03,533 --> 00:59:27,688 MASSACHUSETS. DR. JESSICA LEE LIND CALL, HOWL, 496 00:59:27,690 --> 00:59:48,742 MICHIGAN. DR. EMILY NOEL LUCAS, YOUNGS 497 00:59:48,744 --> 01:00:13,199 TOWN OHIO. WHERE JACQUELINE MARIE LINEMAN, 498 01:00:13,201 --> 01:00:37,557 GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN. DR. EMILY CAROL McCONNELLY, 499 01:00:37,559 --> 01:00:57,876 ARLINGTON VIRGINIA. DR. LINDSAY MAGUIRE, HOWELL 500 01:00:57,878 --> 01:01:21,600 MICHIGAN. DR. ELISE ANNE-MARIE MEYER, 501 01:01:21,602 --> 01:02:07,646 MICHIGAN. DR. MURPHY, SELENE, MICHIGAN. 502 01:02:07,648 --> 01:02:32,136 DR. CHRISTINA NICOLE MILLER, HOW DR. ANDREA LOUIS MA NELL LI, WHO 503 01:02:32,138 --> 01:02:49,821 ALSO COMPLETE ADD MASTERS DEGREE, HOPBOP NEW YORK. 504 01:02:49,823 --> 01:03:13,544 FROM JANELLE MOORELINE, ALASKA. DR. AMANDA LOUIS MOON, GRAND 505 01:03:13,546 --> 01:03:38,636 BURY, TEXAS. FROM RHIANNA MARIE, ANCHORAGE, 506 01:03:38,638 --> 01:04:00,824 ALASKA. DR. ERIC NAP LAND, NORTH STREET, 507 01:04:00,826 --> 01:04:40,530 MICHIGAN. FROM CHELSEA, MAUI, HAWAII. 508 01:04:40,532 --> 01:04:58,548 DR. JESSICA ANN OGDEN, GROSS POINT FARMS, MICHIGAN. 509 01:04:58,550 --> 01:05:18,433 DR. MICHAEL PASTORE, BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICHIGAN. 510 01:05:18,435 --> 01:05:43,258 >> DR. WENDY L PAUL, GAYLORD MICHIGAN. 511 01:05:43,260 --> 01:05:48,963 FROM LESLIE ANN PAXSON, WITH DR. STEPHEN E PAXSON, 1987 512 01:05:48,965 --> 01:05:53,368 ALUMNI OF OUR MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF VETERAN MARRY 513 01:05:53,370 --> 01:05:56,605 MEDICINE WILL ASSIST WITH THE HOODING OF HIS DAUGHTER. 514 01:05:56,607 --> 01:06:25,666 [APPLAUSE] DR. ALEXANDAR PIAZZA, ROCHESTER 515 01:06:25,668 --> 01:06:44,718 HILLS MICHIGAN. DR. ELISA BLOOMFIELD HILLS 516 01:06:44,720 --> 01:07:08,809 MICHIGAN. DR. RACHEL KIMBERLY 517 01:07:08,811 --> 01:07:28,629 ACTIONCHELO,,NO VINE, MICHIGAN. DR. JESSICA RHODES PILE MID 518 01:07:28,631 --> 01:07:51,084 LAND, MICHIGAN. DR. NAOMI QUINN, WEST 519 01:07:51,086 --> 01:08:15,275 BLOOMFIELD, MICHIGAN. DR. KRISTY MARIA REAGAN, 520 01:08:15,277 --> 01:08:38,131 STERLING HEIGHTS MICHIGAN. FROM AARON NICOLE RICHARDS, 521 01:08:38,133 --> 01:08:57,784 REDFORD, MICHIGAN. [APPLAUSE] 522 01:08:57,786 --> 01:09:25,245 FROM LEAH RAMAN KNOW, LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK. 523 01:09:25,247 --> 01:09:54,674 DR. NICOLE RILEY, WEST LAKE, OHIO. 524 01:09:54,676 --> 01:10:16,062 DR. MIRANDA SHERER, UMA, ARIZONA. 525 01:10:16,064 --> 01:10:35,882 THERE ASHLEY JAY SCHROEDER, AKRON, OHIO. 526 01:10:35,884 --> 01:10:57,069 LAWRENCE, MICHIGAN P H.TZ -úDR. ALEXANDAR EDEN SCOTT, 527 01:10:57,071 --> 01:11:24,230 WILLIAMSON MICHIGAN. FROM AARON LYNN SHAW, HALEM, 528 01:11:24,232 --> 01:11:41,614 MICHIGAN. [APPLAUSE] 529 01:11:41,616 --> 01:12:09,340 DR. JACQUELINE RENEE SPRAGUE, GOWAN, MICHIGAN. 530 01:12:09,342 --> 01:12:33,063 DR. JESSICA SPRING STEAD, WISEMAN, MICHIGAN. 531 01:12:33,065 --> 01:12:36,567 DR. JAMIE MARIE STRICKLAND, LANCING, MICHIGAN. 532 01:12:36,569 --> 01:12:59,222 [APPLAUSE]3 DR. MISTY LEE SUMNER, ON STEAD, 533 01:12:59,224 --> 01:13:20,677 MICHIGAN. DR. AARON ROSE TANS, 534 01:13:20,679 --> 01:13:44,934 HUNDREDTONVILLE, MICHIGAN. FROM COLTLY MARIE THOMAS, HIDELE 535 01:13:44,936 --> 01:14:09,358 BURG, GERMANY. TROYY PENNSYLVANIA. 536 01:14:09,360 --> 01:15:11,553 [APPLAUSE] DR. TINA LOUIS, MILES MICHIGAN. 537 01:15:11,555 --> 01:15:36,878 FROM LINDSAY RAY VARGO. MICHIGAN. 538 01:15:36,880 --> 01:15:59,200 BRIGHTON, MICHIGAN. [APPLAUSE] 539 01:15:59,202 --> 01:16:25,592 DR. ERICA DANIEL WARD, FOWLERVILLE, MICHIGAN. 540 01:16:25,594 --> 01:16:45,111 DR. NICOLE WATSON, AL COMMAND RHEA, VIRGINIA. 541 01:16:45,113 --> 01:17:08,902 FROM AM A BEAR FAY JUAN. CLIO MICHIGAN. 542 01:17:08,904 --> 01:17:36,229 DR. JENNIFER LYNN WELSH, CRUMBYANO, OHIO. 543 01:17:36,231 --> 01:17:59,685 DR. RACHEL DAWN WEITZEL. BELL FONT, PENNSYLVANIA. 544 01:17:59,687 --> 01:18:02,989 DR. LESLIE RENNE WINTZ. TROY MICHIGAN. 545 01:18:02,991 --> 01:18:31,751 [APPLAUSE] DR. STACY LYNN WILEY, LIKE 546 01:18:31,753 --> 01:18:53,505 COYOTE, LEAVENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. 547 01:18:53,507 --> 01:18:58,577 AND DR. JUSTINE, LANCING, MICHIGAN. 548 01:18:58,579 --> 01:19:56,901 [APPLAUSE] WILL THE CANDIDATES PLEASE RISE. 549 01:19:56,903 --> 01:20:02,406 MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2013. ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT SIMON, 550 01:20:02,408 --> 01:20:06,410 WHO HAS DELICATED HER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN VESTED 551 01:20:06,412 --> 01:20:12,884 IN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I CONFER UPON ALL OF YOU, THE 552 01:20:12,886 --> 01:20:16,687 DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF VETERAN MARRY MEDICINE. 553 01:20:16,689 --> 01:20:20,125 FOR WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED WITH ALL THE RIGHTS 554 01:20:20,127 --> 01:20:25,196 AND DISTINCTIONS TO WHICH THIS ENTITLES YOU. 555 01:20:25,198 --> 01:20:28,399 THIS ACT REPRESENTS THE CONCLUSION OF THE GREAT 556 01:20:28,401 --> 01:20:31,668 ACHIEVEMENT AND MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A LIFETIME OF 557 01:20:31,670 --> 01:20:35,438 DEDICATED SERVICE TO YOUR FELLOW MAN, WOMEN, AND THE ANIMAL 558 01:20:35,440 --> 01:20:42,012 KINGDOM. IT IS AN ACHIEVEMENT WORTHY OF 559 01:20:42,014 --> 01:20:44,915 CELEBRATION, AND WE ARE ALL HERE TO CELEBRATE THE COMPLETION OF 560 01:20:44,917 --> 01:20:48,351 THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM, AND THE COLLEGE OF VETERAN MARRY 561 01:20:48,353 --> 01:20:50,487 MEDICINE AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. 562 01:20:50,489 --> 01:20:53,991 CONGRATULATIONS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE NEW 563 01:20:53,993 --> 01:20:56,359 DOCTORS OF VETERAN MARRY MEDICINE. 564 01:20:56,361 --> 01:21:43,605 [APPLAUSE] PLEADS BE SEATED, THANK YOU. 565 01:21:43,607 --> 01:21:47,676 THE CLASS OF 2013 IS UNIQUE FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS AND IN A 566 01:21:47,678 --> 01:21:51,013 NUMBER OF WAYS NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH THEY HAVE TWO CLASSS3 567 01:21:51,015 --> 01:21:53,182 PRESIDENTS. SO AT THIS TIME I WILL INVITE 568 01:21:53,184 --> 01:21:56,418 THE TWO CLASS PRESIDENTS UP TO GIVE THEIR REMARKS BUT FIRSTLY 569 01:21:56,420 --> 01:21:58,754 INTRODUCE ZEUS THEM. CHELSEA GRIMES. 570 01:21:58,756 --> 01:22:03,192 CHELSEA SERVES A AS CLASS PRESIDENT HERB FIRST YEAR AND 571 01:22:03,194 --> 01:22:07,629 HAS BEEN CO-PRESIDENT. SHE IS AND ESPECIALLY ENJOYS 572 01:22:07,631 --> 01:22:09,999 DERMATOLOGY. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 573 01:22:10,001 --> 01:22:13,936 AS A GRADUATION, SHE WILL E GOING INTO PRIVATE PRACTICE. 574 01:22:13,938 --> 01:22:17,306 SHE IS ORIGINALLY FROM BOARDMAN OHIO, AND HAS SERVED AS 575 01:22:17,308 --> 01:22:20,409 CO-PRESIDENT OF THE CLASS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. 576 01:22:20,411 --> 01:22:25,414 SHE WILL BE DDING A -- I'M CHANNELING, SHE WILL BE DOING A 577 01:22:25,416 --> 01:22:29,218 SMALL ANIMAL INTERNSHIP IN GRAND RANDS AND THEN HOPEFULLY GOING 578 01:22:29,220 --> 01:22:45,901 ON TO DO A NEUROLOGY RESIDENCY. >> I TRIED FOR WEEKS TO WRITE 579 01:22:45,903 --> 01:22:49,905 THIS GRADUATION SPEECH, BUT HAD PERSISTENCE WRITER'S BLOCK, IT 580 01:22:49,907 --> 01:22:53,509 IS SO HARD TO SUM UP THE FOUR MOST INTENSE YEARS OF YOUR LIFE 581 01:22:53,511 --> 01:22:57,546 IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. FIIALLY, AN IDEA AND A THEME 582 01:22:57,548 --> 01:23:00,616 CAME TO ME JUST THE OTHER NIGHT, AS I SAT IN FRONT OF THE 583 01:23:00,618 --> 01:23:03,752 COMPUTER SWAMPED WITH SURGERY REPORTS, AND DISCHARGING TO 584 01:23:03,754 --> 01:23:08,023 FINISH. SO IN A WEIRD WAY, I MUST THANK 585 01:23:08,025 --> 01:23:11,192 MY CLINICIAN FOR ALL THAT PAPERWORK, BECAUSE OUT OF IT 586 01:23:11,194 --> 01:23:13,929 CAME THE PREMISE OF THIS SPEECH. WHEN A PATIENT IS WALKING OUT 587 01:23:13,931 --> 01:23:17,999 THE DOORS OF THE V.T.H., THE TEACHING HOSPITAL, ONE OF THE 588 01:23:18,001 --> 01:23:23,605 LAST THINGS WE DO IS HAND THE CLIENT A DISCHARGE INSTRUCTION. 589 01:23:23,607 --> 01:23:26,308 THE DISCHARGE HAS SEVERAL SECTIONS TO IT. 590 01:23:26,310 --> 01:23:30,612 AT THE TOP, IS A FINAL DIAGNOSIS, FOLLOWED BY THE 591 01:23:30,614 --> 01:23:34,583 PRESENTING COMPLAINTS, THE HISTORY, THE PHYSICAL EXAM 592 01:23:34,585 --> 01:23:39,220 FINDINGS, THH DIAGNOSTIC TEST PERFORMED, THE TREATMENT, THE 593 01:23:39,222 --> 01:23:42,023 MEDICATIONS PRESCRIBED, THE PROGNOSIS AND FINALLY THE 594 01:23:42,025 --> 01:23:46,694 GENERAL DISMISSAL INFORMATION. A DISCHARGE OFTEN ENDS WITH 595 01:23:46,696 --> 01:23:51,132 THANKING THE CLIENT FOR BRINGING THE PATIENT TO MSU AND WISHING 596 01:23:51,134 --> 01:23:54,402 THEM WELL. WHILE WE MAY NOT BE PATIENTS 597 01:23:54,404 --> 01:23:57,305 OURSELVES, HERE ARE THE DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE 598 01:23:57,307 --> 01:24:01,309 CLASS OF 2013. AS WE WALK OUT THE DOORS OF THE 599 01:24:01,311 --> 01:24:04,212 BTH. FINAL DIAGNOSIS. 600 01:24:04,214 --> 01:24:08,116 A STUDENT WHO ENTERED A LIFE CHANGING FOUR YEARS OF 601 01:24:08,118 --> 01:24:11,519 VETERINARY SCHOOL HAS NOW BECOME A DOCTOR. 602 01:24:11,521 --> 01:24:16,458 PRESENTING COMPLAINTS, SENIOR IT TIS. 603 01:24:16,460 --> 01:24:18,994 HISTORY. THE STUDENT ORIGINALLY PRESENTED 604 01:24:18,996 --> 01:24:27,102 ON AUGUST 31ST, 2009, WITH AN EAGERNESS TO LEARN MEDICINE. 605 01:24:27,104 --> 01:24:30,805 AFTER FOUR CHALLENGING YEARS THE STUDENT NOW REPORTS THAT 606 01:24:30,807 --> 01:24:33,641 SENIORITIS HAS SET IN. WHEN FIRST ASKED TO CHRONICLE 607 01:24:33,643 --> 01:24:36,911 TTE EVENTS OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS THE STUDENT HAS DIFFICULTY 608 01:24:36,913 --> 01:24:39,947 COMPLAINING THAT IT ALL JUST BLENDS TOGETHER. 609 01:24:39,949 --> 01:24:42,417 BUT WAS FURTHER PROBING DETAILS EMERGED. 610 01:24:42,419 --> 01:24:47,021 IN THE FIRST YEAR THE STUDENT LEARNS ABOUT NORMAL PHYSES 611 01:24:47,023 --> 01:24:50,925 LOGICAL FUNCTION, AND TOOK THE FOLLOWING CLASSES. 612 01:24:50,927 --> 01:24:56,296 MICRO BIOLOGY, IMMUNENOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCES, GROSS ANATOMY, 613 01:24:56,298 --> 01:25:01,702 ETHICS, ANIMAL SCIENCE, CLINICAL ADVANCE TECHNIQUES PHARMACOLOGY, 614 01:25:01,704 --> 01:25:04,605 PHYSIOLOGY, NUTRITION, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, AND DIAGNOSTIC 615 01:25:04,607 --> 01:25:08,676 IMAGING. THAT'S A LOT. 616 01:25:08,678 --> 01:25:13,414 THE STUDENT WORKS DIFFICULT GENTLY TO TAKE DOWN EVERY WORD 617 01:25:13,416 --> 01:25:16,517 DING TATED AND INSISTING ON PRINTING OUT THE NOTES FOR EVERY 618 01:25:16,519 --> 01:25:24,525 LAST LECTURE IN AN EFFORT TO START HER OWN MEDICAL LIBRARY. 619 01:25:24,527 --> 01:25:27,094 UNFORTUNATELY, THE STUDENT KILLED A SMALL FORESTS OF TREES. 620 01:25:27,096 --> 01:25:30,631 BY THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR, THE STUDENT NO LONGER FONDLY 621 01:25:30,633 --> 01:25:34,334 CHERISHED HER NOTES SO THE LEAST FAVORITE WERE DONATED TO CREATE 622 01:25:34,336 --> 01:25:36,904 A PIÑATA FOR THE END OF THE YEAR PARTY. 623 01:25:36,906 --> 01:25:40,908 DURING THE SECOND YEAR, THE STUDENT LEARNED DISEASE 624 01:25:40,910 --> 01:25:48,715 PROCESSES AND ABNORMALS. THERE IS MORE, BLUE GENERAL 625 01:25:48,717 --> 01:25:54,020 PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL PATHOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY, RESPIRATORY 626 01:25:54,022 --> 01:25:59,559 DISEASES, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, MUSCULAR SKELETAL 627 01:25:59,561 --> 01:26:02,295 DISEASES, FIBROOLOGY, LARGE ANIMAL CLINICAL SCIENCES, 628 01:26:02,297 --> 01:26:05,899 PRINCIPLES OF AN THESE JAY AND SURGERY. 629 01:26:05,901 --> 01:26:08,434 THE CURRICULUM INTENSE FIED AND THE STUDENT SOON REALIZED THE 630 01:26:08,436 --> 01:26:11,805 FIRST YEAR OF VET SCHOOL WAS EASY BY COMPARISON,,AND LONGED 631 01:26:11,807 --> 01:26:16,009 TO GO BACK TO IT. ESPECIALLY BY SEMESTER FOUR. 632 01:26:16,011 --> 01:26:20,346 THE STUDENTS SANITY WAS TESTED AND THE ONLY SAVING GRACE WAS 633 01:26:20,348 --> 01:26:23,416 THE MOTION OF THE FIVE PARTY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 634 01:26:23,418 --> 01:26:26,252 WHEN THE SEMESTER FIVE BEGAN, THE STUDENT FINALLY SAW A DIM 635 01:26:26,254 --> 01:26:30,323 LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. STILL, IN BETWEEN THE STUDENT 636 01:26:30,325 --> 01:26:37,631 AND CLINICS REMAINED HEMATOLOGY, ONCOLOGY, DERMATOLOGY, URINARY 637 01:26:37,633 --> 01:26:43,803 DISEASES NEUROLOGII AND AN THOMIC DISEASES, DIGESTIVE 638 01:26:43,805 --> 01:26:47,941 DISEASES. ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2011, THE 639 01:26:47,943 --> 01:26:52,245 STUDENT HAD FINALLY FINISHED HER TRAINING AND WAS CELEBRATING AS 640 01:26:52,247 --> 01:27:04,322 THE KENTUCKY DERBY THEMED FIVE H PARTY. 641 01:27:04,324 --> 01:27:06,391 SO CHALLENGES WERE ALWAYS PRESENT. 642 01:27:06,393 --> 01:27:12,497 THE STUDENT DEVELOPED A PANIC REACTION WHILE ON NIGHT E.R. 643 01:27:12,499 --> 01:27:15,134 DUTY. PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS. 644 01:27:15,136 --> 01:27:19,905 OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS HORSETAIL AND LATERAL 645 01:27:19,907 --> 01:27:25,210 CANCEL HAVE DEVELOPED DUE TO EXCESSIVE BUREAUING OF THE BROW 646 01:27:25,212 --> 01:27:28,914 AND SLEEP DEPRIVATION. I WILL STOP AND TRANSLATE THESE 647 01:27:28,916 --> 01:27:33,552 AS WE GO, FOLKS IN LAYMANS TERM, THAT MEANS FOREHEAD WRINKLES AND 648 01:27:33,554 --> 01:27:36,922 CROWS FEET. ADDITIONALLY, SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT 649 01:27:36,924 --> 01:27:41,026 FLUCTUATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED DUE TO STRESS INDUCED NAPPING 650 01:27:41,028 --> 01:27:45,597 DURING LONG PERIODS OF EXCESSIVE STUDYING. 651 01:27:45,599 --> 01:27:48,400 HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND TACKYCARDIA, HIGH HEART RATE, IS 652 01:27:48,402 --> 01:27:51,203 FREQUENTLY NOTED. THE STUDENTTEXHIBITED LUMBAR 653 01:27:51,205 --> 01:27:54,940 PAIN FROM LIFTING HEAVY PATIENTS, AND FROM LONG HOURS ON 654 01:27:54,942 --> 01:27:59,377 HER FEET. DERMAL IS EVIDENCE PRESUMABLY 655 01:27:59,379 --> 01:28:03,215 SECONDARY TO VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY. 656 01:28:03,217 --> 01:28:09,321 TRANSLATION, PEAL SKIN BECAUSE OF DECREASED SUN EXPOSURE. 657 01:28:09,323 --> 01:28:13,358 ADDITIONALLY PREMATURE GRAYING OF HAIR, WITH URGE TO PULL HAIR 658 01:28:13,360 --> 01:28:16,628 OUT FROM THE SCALP IS NOTED. DIAGNOSTIC TEST. 659 01:28:16,630 --> 01:28:19,931 SUBJECTED TOOEXAMINATION ONT WAS PAPER. 660 01:28:19,933 --> 01:28:24,802 IN TOTAL 106 EXAMS WERE ADMINISTERED OVER THE COURSE OF 661 01:28:24,804 --> 01:28:28,740 FIVE SEMESTERS. THEN, BEGINNING ON JANUARY 3RD, 662 01:28:28,742 --> 01:28:34,912 2012, THE START OF CLINICS. THE NATURE OF THE TESTS WERE 663 01:28:34,914 --> 01:28:39,984 TRANSITIONED TO VERBAL RESPONSES OF DISEASE PROCESSES, DRUG 664 01:28:39,986 --> 01:28:42,754 DOSES, ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS AND DIFFERENTIAL. 665 01:28:42,756 --> 01:28:46,524 AND THE MOST IMPORTANT DIAGNOSTIC TEST OF ALL, WAS OF 666 01:28:46,526 --> 01:28:52,130 COURSE THE EIGHT GRUELING HOURS SITTING FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN 667 01:28:52,132 --> 01:28:58,336 LICENSING EXAMINATION. TREATMENT, AFTER A FAILED EXAM, 668 01:28:58,338 --> 01:29:02,874 A DAY SPENT AT QUESTIONING THE VETERINARY SCHOOL WAS THE RIGHT 669 01:29:02,876 --> 01:29:05,509 FIT, OR BEING MISTREATED BY A DIFFICULT CLLENT, A PHONE CALL 670 01:29:05,511 --> 01:29:10,113 TO A CLOSE FRIEND, FAMILY MEMBER, OR MENTOR WAS NECESSARY. 671 01:29:10,115 --> 01:29:15,218 MOST COMMON, THESE PHONE CALLS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY EXCESSIVE -- 672 01:29:15,220 --> 01:29:18,955 A NONMEDICAL TERM THAT'S MORE OR LESS SOBBING, BAWLING, AND 673 01:29:18,957 --> 01:29:26,397 BLUUBERING. WITH WISDOM HAVE THEIR SUPPORT 674 01:29:26,399 --> 01:29:29,633 SYSTEM, THE STUDENT WAS ABLE TO PICK THEMSELVES UP AND DUST 675 01:29:29,635 --> 01:29:32,336 THEMSELVES OFF, AND PROCEED THROUGH ANOTHER WEEK OF SITTING 676 01:29:32,338 --> 01:29:36,740 THROUGH FOUR HOURS OF LECTURE, AND FOUR HOURS OF LABS, ONLY TO 677 01:29:36,742 --> 01:29:39,943 RETIRE TO THEIR APARTMMNT FOR SIX HOURS OF STUDYING AND A 678 01:29:39,945 --> 01:29:43,414 WHOPPING FIVE HOURS OF SLEEP. AND ALL OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE 679 01:29:43,416 --> 01:29:46,350 KNOW THAT WITHIN A WEEK'S TIME, YOUR PHONE WAS RINGING YET 680 01:29:46,352 --> 01:29:50,120 AGAINN OTHER TREATMENTS INCLUDED 681 01:29:50,122 --> 01:29:53,757 PARTICIPATION IN THE OCCASIONAL RAGER, THROWN BY A FELLOW 682 01:29:53,759 --> 01:29:58,629 CLASSMATE. BED SCHOOL BAR CRAWLS TACO 683 01:29:58,631 --> 01:30:03,133 TUESDAY, AND WINE WEDNESDAY. THESE EVENTS PROVIDED BONDING 684 01:30:03,135 --> 01:30:07,070 TIME, WITH CLASSMATES AND RELIEVED TENSION. 685 01:30:07,072 --> 01:30:10,740 AS A FOREWARNING, YOUR VET STUDENT MAY NEED ANOTHER ONE OF 686 01:30:10,742 --> 01:30:14,811 THESE TREATMENTS UPON OPENING THAT FIRST LOAN REPAYMENT 687 01:30:14,813 --> 01:30:18,448 STATEMENT. TRAINING FOR FIVE KS AND 688 01:30:18,450 --> 01:30:22,118 MARATHONMARATHONS AND INTERMURAS SUCH AS VOLLEYBALL AND SOCCER, 689 01:30:22,120 --> 01:30:27,958 AND VARIOUS ROAD TRIPS SUCH AS ONE TO WEST VIRGINIA FOR WHITE 690 01:30:27,960 --> 01:30:31,161 WATER RAFTING WERE ALSO PERFORMED FOR FURTHER STRESS 691 01:30:31,163 --> 01:30:33,263 RELIEF. MEDICATIONS PRESCRIBES. 692 01:30:33,265 --> 01:30:36,532 A HEALTHY DOSE OF COURAGE AND DETERMINATION. 693 01:30:36,534 --> 01:30:39,970 ALTHOUGH THE STUDENT HAS ACCOMPLISHED THE GREAT FEAT OF 694 01:30:39,972 --> 01:30:43,439 GRADUATING FROM SCHOOL, THE STUDENT WILL STILL ENCOUNTER 695 01:30:43,441 --> 01:30:46,642 HARROWING DAYS ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF PRACTICE. 696 01:30:46,644 --> 01:30:50,347 COURAGE AND DETERMINATION WILL BE NECESSARY SO THAT THE STUDENT 697 01:30:50,349 --> 01:31:01,024 CAN FAKE IT UNTIL SHE CAN MAKE IT. 698 01:31:01,026 --> 01:31:04,261 PLEASE FOLLOW ADMINISTRATION OF THIS MEDICATION A WITH COURAGE 699 01:31:04,263 --> 01:31:08,064 AND DETERMINATION. SEE ABOVE. 700 01:31:08,066 --> 01:31:13,236 A DINNER DATE WITH A FRIEND MAY BE ADMINISTERED TO DECREASE 701 01:31:13,238 --> 01:31:15,537 STRESS AND MAINTAIN A LIFE OUTSIDE OF MEDICINE. 702 01:31:15,539 --> 01:31:18,941 PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT A OVERDOSE MAY RESULT IN REDUCTION 703 01:31:18,943 --> 01:31:25,080 OF PERFORMANCE AND OR OBESITY. PROGNOSIS. 704 01:31:25,082 --> 01:31:27,649 THE PROGNOSIS FOR YOUR STUDENT IS EXCELLENT. 705 01:31:27,651 --> 01:31:31,053 THE VETERINARY FIELD HAS MANY CAREERS TO OFFER, INCLUDING BUT 706 01:31:31,055 --> 01:31:35,690 NOT LIMITED TO PRIVATE PRACTICE IN SMALL LARGE AND MIXED ANIMAL 707 01:31:35,692 --> 01:31:39,328 MEDICINE. EMPLOYMENT AT A PHARMACEUTICAL 708 01:31:39,330 --> 01:31:44,533 OR PET FOOD COMPANY, AS A RESEARCHER INVESTING HUMAN OR 709 01:31:44,535 --> 01:31:47,336 ANIMAL DISEASES. AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, 710 01:31:47,338 --> 01:31:49,939 INCLUDING THE U.S. ARMY AND AIR FORCE. 711 01:31:49,941 --> 01:31:54,343 A. THE C.D.C., THE E.P.A., OR THE U.S.D.A. 712 01:31:54,345 --> 01:31:59,949 A NATIONAL PARK, OR AS A WILD LIFE OR ZOO VETERINARIAN. 713 01:31:59,951 --> 01:32:02,351 WITHIN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE WHO, 714 01:32:02,353 --> 01:32:19,034 OR AS A TEACHER IN ACTING CHAIRPERSON DEEM YEAH. 715 01:32:19,036 --> 01:32:22,704 OR WHEN A CLIENT FALSELY ACCUSES THEM OF ONLY CARRYING ABOUT 716 01:32:22,706 --> 01:32:25,340 MONEY. YOUR SUPPORT WILL BE IMPERATIVE 717 01:32:25,342 --> 01:32:29,444 DURING THESE TIMES AND WILL HELP TO MAINTAIN A GOOD PROGNOSIS, 718 01:32:29,446 --> 01:32:37,151 BOTH IN THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM. 719 01:32:37,153 --> 01:32:39,253 YOUR STUDENT HAS NOW BECOME A DOCTOR. 720 01:32:39,255 --> 01:32:42,924 A DREAM OFTEN DECADES IN THE MAKING HAS NOW BEEN REALIZED. 721 01:32:42,926 --> 01:32:46,962 LIT BE NECESSARY FOO YOUR STUDENT TO SAY THEIR GOODBYES TO 722 01:32:46,964 --> 01:32:49,030 CLASSMATES PROFESSORS AND CLINICIANS. 723 01:32:49,032 --> 01:32:51,933 THIS WILL BE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. 724 01:32:51,935 --> 01:32:55,570 WITHOUT QUESTION, YOUR VETERINARY STUDENT WOULD NOT BE 725 01:32:55,572 --> 01:33:01,943 HERE TODAY WITHOUT THE HELP OF PROFESSORS, AND CLINICIANS. 726 01:33:01,945 --> 01:33:04,646 THE STUDENT COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU, NOR WOULD THEY 727 01:33:04,648 --> 01:33:07,949 HAVE WANTED TO. THE STUDENT HAS MISSED NUMEROUS 728 01:33:07,951 --> 01:33:11,953 WEDDINGS, BIRTHDAYS ASK VERSERY AND FAMILY EUNIONS. 729 01:33:11,955 --> 01:33:14,355 AND EVEN WHEN PHYSICALLY PRESENT, THE STUDENT OFTEN WAS 730 01:33:14,357 --> 01:33:18,627 NOT ENGAGED IN TWO MOMENT, BUT INSTEAD RUNNING THROUGH MENTAL 731 01:33:18,629 --> 01:33:21,963 TO PREPARE FOR ONE OF THOSE MANY TESTS. 732 01:33:21,965 --> 01:33:25,033 SO, TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THE AUDIENCE, WE WOULD LIKE TO 733 01:33:25,035 --> 01:33:30,004 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH US OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. 734 01:33:30,006 --> 01:33:32,373 ONE MIGHT ARGUE THAT IT WAS JUST AS HARD FOR YOU ALL AS IT WAS 735 01:33:32,375 --> 01:33:35,643 FOR US. YOUR SACRIFICE AND SUPPORT IS 736 01:33:35,645 --> 01:33:38,546 HUMBLING AND GREATLY APPRECIATED. 737 01:33:38,548 --> 01:33:42,550 WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ENTRUSTING THE MSUVTH WITH THE 738 01:33:42,552 --> 01:33:46,154 EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR VETERAN 739 01:33:46,156 --> 01:33:49,257 MARRY STUDENT, WE WISH ALL THE NEW DOCTORS SUCCESS AND 740 01:33:49,259 --> 01:34:10,144 ENJOYMENT IN THEIR CAREER. THANK YOU. 741 01:34:10,146 --> 01:34:14,382 I WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED MEN IN THIS SCHOOL, 742 01:34:14,384 --> 01:34:17,051 YOU HAVE TO WRITE IT FROM HERE, THEN LIT BE PERFECT. 743 01:34:17,053 --> 01:34:21,456 IT WAS A SUNNY DAY WHEN I LEFT MY PARENTS TO START MY NEW LIFE 744 01:34:21,458 --> 01:34:24,258 IN MICHIGAN. I KNEW NO ONE, BUT TEAM BUILDING 745 01:34:24,260 --> 01:34:27,827 WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN, SO I HOPE THAT WOULD CHANGE QUICKLY. 746 01:34:27,829 --> 01:34:30,630 AS FIRST, THINGS ARE PRETTY BENIGN. 747 01:34:30,632 --> 01:34:34,534 SORRY FOR ALL YOU NONMEDICAL FOLKS THAT MEANS HARMLESS. 748 01:34:34,536 --> 01:34:39,839 WE LEARN NAMES, FUN FACTS ABOUT EACH OTHER, LISTED SOME SILLY 749 01:34:39,841 --> 01:34:44,043 POLE ABOVE OUR HEADS BUTTMIDDAY I FOUND MYSELF ON A SHOWER 750 01:34:44,045 --> 01:34:50,183 CURTAIN WITH TEN OTHER GIRLS TRYING TO FLIP THE SHOWER 751 01:34:50,185 --> 01:34:58,658 I PEERED OUT TO THE TALL BURNETT THINKING I AM SO HAPP HAPPEN I M 752 01:34:58,660 --> 01:35:02,362 WEARING REALLY GOOD SMELLING DEODORANT. 753 01:35:02,364 --> 01:35:07,033 IT WAS A FLURRY OF QUICK BONDING, EVERYBODY WAS THRILLED 754 01:35:07,035 --> 01:35:11,037 OF THE IDEA OF BECOME IN MEDICAL SCHOOL AND DOING WHAT WE REALLY 755 01:35:11,039 --> 01:35:13,373 LOVE. THIS IS BEFORE THE IDEA OF LOANS 756 01:35:13,375 --> 01:35:17,344 AND JOB HUNTING SET IN, BUT WE WILL GET THERE. 757 01:35:17,346 --> 01:35:21,348 THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS STARTED PROMPTLY AT 9:00 A.M. 758 01:35:21,350 --> 01:35:27,687 OUR PREVIOUS ASSISTANT DEAN, STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF 759 01:35:27,689 --> 01:35:32,058 PUNNING CHEW WALLTY AT PERHAPS ACCOUNT AND 30 SECONDS. 760 01:35:32,060 --> 01:35:36,262 HE SAID YOU ARE LATE, SIR. JORDAN RESPONDED WITH, MY WATCH 761 01:35:36,264 --> 01:35:41,034 SAYS I AM RIGHT ON TIME. AS WE HEAD NO IDEA HOW TO 762 01:35:41,036 --> 01:35:43,536 RESPOND THE CLASS SAT DUMBFOUNDED. 763 01:35:43,538 --> 01:35:47,674 UNSURE WHETHER TO LAUGH, CLAP, OR GASP IN HORROR. 764 01:35:47,676 --> 01:35:51,144 HOWEVER, I'M SURE WE WERE ALL THINKING A MIX OF THE SAME TWO 765 01:35:51,146 --> 01:35:56,649 THINGS, NUMBER ONE, THAT KID IS GOING TO HAVE HIS HANDED TO HIM, 766 01:35:56,651 --> 01:36:03,556 AND NUMBER TWO, WELL DONE, DARK HAIRED KID, WELL DONE. 767 01:36:03,558 --> 01:36:07,160 THE FIRST DAY OF THE COW BURN WAS A HOT ONE. 768 01:36:07,162 --> 01:36:10,863 I WORE MY BRAND NEW WAL-MART MUCK BOOTS WHICH TURNED OUT O 769 01:36:10,865 --> 01:36:14,433 BE NOT SO WATERPROOF, AND MY COVER ALLS. 770 01:36:14,435 --> 01:36:18,671 YOU COULD TELL THOOE OF US THAT HAD NEVER BEEN IN A DAIRY FARM 771 01:36:18,673 --> 01:36:31,851 JUST BY OUR OUTFIT. I SMACKED THE COW ON THE RUSH AS 772 01:36:31,853 --> 01:36:34,620 HARD AS IT COULD, NOTHING HAPPENED. 773 01:36:34,622 --> 01:36:38,156 THE COW DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT ME. AN INTIMIDATING GIRL TO MY LEFT 774 01:36:38,158 --> 01:36:41,727 SAW MY SITUATION AND SNICKERED. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT HER FIRST 775 01:36:41,729 --> 01:36:44,963 RODEO. SHE TOOK HER BOOT AND STUCK IT 776 01:36:44,965 --> 01:36:48,567 INTO THE BACK SIDE OF MY COW WITH INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF FORCE, 777 01:36:48,569 --> 01:36:52,238 AND THEN PROMPTLY WALKED BACK TO HER COW, LOE AND BEHOLD MY COW% 778 01:36:52,240 --> 01:36:54,973 GOT UP. IT TOOK ME A FULL SEMESTER TO 779 01:36:54,975 --> 01:37:05,684 GET OVER MY FEAR OF TINA. IN A CLASS WITH 100 GIRLS WHO 780 01:37:05,686 --> 01:37:09,655 YOU SEE ON A DAILY BASIS YYU CAN IMAGINE THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF 781 01:37:09,657 --> 01:37:12,458 GOSSIP AND WORD TRAVELS FAST. THE THE BEGINNING AND THROUGHOUT 782 01:37:12,460 --> 01:37:16,295 THE FOUR YEARS WE TENDED TO MOST DETAILS OF EVERYONE'S PERSONAL 783 01:37:16,297 --> 01:37:19,465 LIVES SOME THINGS ARE RUE, SOME ARE EXAGGERATED, SOME ARE JUST 784 01:37:19,467 --> 01:37:23,669 WISHHUL THINKING. RUMORS LIKE ALISON IS PREGNANT. 785 01:37:23,671 --> 01:37:29,308 WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE, CONGRATULATIONS. 786 01:37:29,310 --> 01:37:31,076 ERICA IS GOING TO POP THE QUESTION. 787 01:37:31,078 --> 01:37:34,946 ALSS TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE. CONGRATUUATIONS. 788 01:37:34,948 --> 01:37:39,818 WE'RE GETTING ADDITIONAL POINTS ON OUR MICRO BIOLOGY FINAL, THAT 789 01:37:39,820 --> 01:37:47,259 ONE WASN'T SO TRUE. AND JUSTIN CRAFTON IS THE SEXY 790 01:37:47,261 --> 01:37:49,961 SACKMAN, LUOL TRUE. FOR THE LACK OF SECRETS MAY 791 01:37:49,963 --> 01:37:53,364 OVERWHELM SOME PEOPLE, IT ALSO BROUGHT THE CLASS CLOSER THROUGH 792 01:37:53,366 --> 01:37:57,869 SIMILAR INTERESTS AND PERSONAL CONNECTIONS. 793 01:37:57,871 --> 01:38:01,472 MORE THAN ONCE I FOUND A SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT HELPED ME DEAL WITH 794 01:38:01,474 --> 01:38:04,475 LIFE'S CHALLENGES. I SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER FINDING 795 01:38:04,477 --> 01:38:09,480 A PURPLE PANCREATIC CANCCR BRACELET IN MY MAILBOX DURING MY 796 01:38:09,482 --> 01:38:19,958 GRANDFATHER'S LOSING BATTLE, I KNEW WHO IT WAS FROM. 797 01:38:19,960 --> 01:38:23,561 ALYSSA, THE THEY ARE HERE WITH US TODAY. 798 01:38:23,563 --> 01:38:27,265 I AM SURE THAT EVERYONE HERE HAS LOST SOMEONE SPECIAL THROUGHOUT 799 01:38:27,267 --> 01:38:29,500 THESE FOUR YEARS THEY ARE ALL HERE, AND GUESS WHAT, THEY ARE 800 01:38:29,502 --> 01:38:35,573 ALL SO PROUD OF YOU. >> WE MADE IT THROUGH FIRST YEAR 801 01:38:35,575 --> 01:38:38,243 QUICKLY, BUT SECOND YEAR SEEMED TO DRAG ON AND ON. 802 01:38:38,245 --> 01:38:41,779 THE SCHEDULE WAS DEMANDING AND THE FINALS WERE EVEN MORE. 803 01:38:41,781 --> 01:38:45,217 I REMEMBER WAITING FOR MY FINAL TO BE HANDED OUT AND ALL I COULD 804 01:38:45,219 --> 01:38:52,890 DO WAS LAUGH. BY THAT POINT MY MIND WAS FULL 805 01:38:52,892 --> 01:38:55,059 OF MUSH. I FIGURED AS LONG AS I COULD 806 01:38:55,061 --> 01:39:00,030 REMEMBER THAT DOGS HAVE EXTRA ARMPIT SKIN, SIMPLY TO TURN INTO 807 01:39:00,032 --> 01:39:03,267 FLAP I SHOULD PASS, RIGHT. BRING IT ON, DR. STANLEY, BRING 808 01:39:03,269 --> 01:39:13,577 IT ON. OUR THEME VENN JEW AND BUFFET 809 01:39:13,579 --> 01:39:16,280 CHOICES WERE OPENED. AND THE QUESTION ON EVERYBODY'S 810 01:39:16,282 --> 01:39:21,986 MIND WAS HOW ABOUT THAT OPEN BAR. 811 01:39:21,988 --> 01:39:25,890 OUR THEME WAS KENTUCKY DERBY. DR. ALMOND WAS ABLE TO FIT INTO 812 01:39:25,892 --> 01:39:31,362 THE JUNIOR SIZE JOCKEY UNIFORM. DR. LEBLANC, WEARING A COSTUME 813 01:39:31,364 --> 01:39:34,865 GALLOPED ACROSS THE FINISH LINE WITH THE BIGGSEST GRIN ON HIS 814 01:39:34,867 --> 01:39:38,102 FACE, AND WE FOREVER GLYMPHED DR. BALL KERR. 815 01:39:38,104 --> 01:39:42,672 I THINK I SPEAKED FOR THE ENTIRE CLASS WHEN I APOLOGIZE TO 816 01:39:42,674 --> 01:39:46,710 DR. BAWL KERR, FOR CAUSING THE NEED TO CARRY ON HIS OWN SPECIAL 817 01:39:46,712 --> 01:39:50,747 SEAT ACCUSATION. OUR BIG WINNER FOR THE NIGHT WAS 818 01:39:50,749 --> 01:39:53,683 DR. GRETA PATTERSON, AND THANKS TO HER CORRECT ANSWER I WILL 819 01:39:53,685 --> 01:39:56,653 ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT A GROUP OF PARROTS IS CALLED A BUSINESS, 820 01:39:56,655 --> 01:40:07,063 BABY. SORRY I DON'T HAVE HER SASS. 821 01:40:07,065 --> 01:40:10,366 WE LEARNED HOW TO INTERACT WITH CLIENTS, APPLIED THE KNOWLEDGE 822 01:40:10,368 --> 01:40:14,003 WE LEARNS IN CLASSES, WAIT A MINUTE, DID WE LEARN THAT. 823 01:40:14,005 --> 01:40:18,875 AND WE MET A WHOLE DYNAMIC OF CLINICIANS. 824 01:40:18,877 --> 01:40:23,880 WE BECAME PROGRAMMED TO HATE THE SOUND OF THE EMERGENCY PHONE. 825 01:40:23,882 --> 01:40:28,351 WE KNEW TO EXPECT CALLS FROM DR. STANLEY ON SOFT TISSUE, AND 826 01:40:28,353 --> 01:40:32,088 NOT CALLS OVER THE PHONE, MORE LIKE WE WOULD HEAR OUR NAME 827 01:40:32,090 --> 01:40:35,892 FAINTLY FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOSPITAL, KATIE, KATIE. 828 01:40:35,894 --> 01:40:42,699 SOMEHOW IT SEEMED TO BE EFFECTIVE. 829 01:40:42,701 --> 01:40:47,203 I REMEMBER FEELING PPETTY SPECIAL WHEN HE WALKED IN WITH 830 01:40:47,205 --> 01:40:52,476 PIZZA FOR MY ROTATION. WE GOT GREAT ADVISE OVER MEXICAN 831 01:40:52,478 --> 01:40:56,379 FOOD, AND WALKED ALL THE WAY TO NOODLES. 832 01:40:56,381 --> 01:41:00,683 OVER FOOD.T MEMORIES FOCUSED THE SMALL ANIMAL FOCUS STUDENTS 833 01:41:00,685 --> 01:41:04,687 SPEND TIME IN THE SMALL ANIMAL CLINIC WHERE THERE IS NO 834 01:41:04,689 --> 01:41:08,457 DAYLIGHT, IN THE LARGE ANIMAL FOCUS SPENDS IN THE LARGE CLINIC 835 01:41:08,459 --> 01:41:15,764 WHERE THERE IS NO HEAT. THOSE OF US ON RADIOLOGY NO 836 01:41:15,766 --> 01:41:17,900 LIGHTS AND NO HEAT. NO MATTER IN WHICH CORNER YOU 837 01:41:17,902 --> 01:41:21,169 ARE HIDDEN IF YOU HAD FOOD, YOU COULD BET THAT AT SOME POINT 838 01:41:21,171 --> 01:41:24,239 THROUGHOUT THE DOOR, YOU WILL SEE THE FACES OF DR. BO HEART 839 01:41:24,241 --> 01:41:33,883 AND KYLE DUNCAN. EACH ROTATION CAUSED MORE TO BE 840 01:41:33,885 --> 01:41:36,752 MADE. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING MM SMILING 841 01:41:36,754 --> 01:41:40,589 THROUGH A SLEEP DEPRIVED THREE WEEKS. 842 01:41:40,591 --> 01:41:45,160 LINDSAY, YOUR LIFESAVER ON THE SOFT TISSUE ROTATION HELPED ME 843 01:41:45,162 --> 01:41:52,668 MANAGED MY DOWNED DOBERMAN. AND MISSY, THOSE DONUTS ARE OUR 844 01:41:52,670 --> 01:41:55,203 LITTLE SECRET. WE WORKED WELL TOGETHER AS A 845 01:41:55,205 --> 01:42:16,724 TEAM TO GET THROUGH THE LONG HOURS AND EXPENSIVE PAPERWORK. 846 01:42:16,726 --> 01:42:19,727 WROTE JOB SEARCHING APARTMENT HUNTING, PLANNING CONTRACTS. 847 01:42:19,729 --> 01:42:22,730 WOE ARE BEGINNING TO SAY OUR GOODBYES. 848 01:42:22,732 --> 01:42:25,467 GOODBYES TO CLINICIAN, ROOMMATES, FOR THE MOST HEART 849 01:42:25,469 --> 01:42:29,104 FELT GOODBYES ARE THHSE SAID TO OUR CLASSMATES. 850 01:42:29,106 --> 01:42:32,307 WE SPENT FOUR GRUELING YEARS IN FANTASTIC YEARS TOGETHER. 851 01:42:32,309 --> 01:42:35,677 NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE SCATTERED ALL ACROSS THE WORLD DOING WHAT 852 01:42:35,679 --> 01:42:39,281 WE HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO DO, SAVING LIVES. 853 01:42:39,283 --> 01:42:43,452 EMILY I WILL CONSULT YOU ON EVERY CARDIOLOGY CASE I GET, AND 854 01:42:43,454 --> 01:42:45,487 CHELSEA GRIMES YOU WILL GET MY GERM CALLS. 855 01:42:45,489 --> 01:42:49,091 I THANK YOU ALL FOR ENRICHING MY LIFE IN SOME WAY. 856 01:42:49,093 --> 01:42:53,895 TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE COME TO SUPPORT US TODAY, MY FAMILY, 857 01:42:53,897 --> 01:42:57,966 FRIENDS U AAD THOSE I HAVEN'T MET YET, YOU NOW HAVE TO CALL ME 858 01:42:57,968 --> 01:43:03,171 DOCTOR. AND I AM JUST KIDDING BUT ONLY 859 01:43:03,173 --> 01:43:06,074 KIND OF. I DIGRESS. 860 01:43:06,076 --> 01:43:10,411 IT MEANS THE WORLD TO THE CLASS OF 2013 TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US 861 01:43:10,413 --> 01:43:12,779 TODAY. WE WOULDN'T BE STANDING UP HERE 862 01:43:12,781 --> 01:43:15,682 WITHOUT YOU. THANK YOU PROFESSORS, CLINIC 863 01:43:15,684 --> 01:43:19,587 INS, RESIDENTS INTERNS, THANK YOU DR. LEBLANC, FOR BEING THE 864 01:43:19,589 --> 01:43:25,092 BEST CLASS ADVISOR EVER. AND THANK YOU CLASS OF 2013 FOR 865 01:43:25,094 --> 01:43:44,578 A WONDERFUL FOUR YEARS AT M.S.U. GUESS WHAT, WE MADE IT. 866 01:43:44,580 --> 01:44:40,132 [APPLAUSE] ¶[MUSIC] 867 01:44:40,134 --> 01:44:44,136 ¶ HERE I AM WAITING I'LL HAVE TO LEAVE SOON WHY AM I HOLDING ON ¶ 868 01:44:44,138 --> 01:44:48,575 ¶ WE KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME WE KNEW IT ALL ALONG, HOW DID IT 869 01:44:48,577 --> 01:44:55,114 COME TO FAST ¶ ¶ THIS IS OUR LAST NIGHT BUT 870 01:44:55,116 --> 01:45:03,289 IT'S LATE AND I'M TRYING NOT TO RECEIVE BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I 871 01:45:03,291 --> 01:45:12,998 WAKE I WILL HAVE TO SLIP AWAY ¶ ¶ AND WHEN THE DAYLIGHT WILL 872 01:45:13,000 --> 01:45:18,938 HAVE TO GO BUT TONIGHT I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU SO CLOSE BECAUSE IN 873 01:45:18,940 --> 01:45:23,876 THE DAYLIGHT WE'LL BE ON OUR OWN AND TONIGHT I NEED TO HOLD YOU 874 01:45:23,878 --> 01:45:45,497 SO CLOSE ¶ ¶[MUSIC] 875 01:45:45,499 --> 01:45:49,902 ¶ I NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO START 876 01:45:49,904 --> 01:45:59,278 ALL OVER START ALL OVER ¶ ¶ I WAS AFRAID NOW I WANT ALL 877 01:45:59,280 --> 01:46:04,316 ¶ I WANT ¶ AND WHEN THE DAYLIGHT COMES 878 01:46:04,318 --> 01:46:09,421 I'LL HAVE TO GO BUT TONIGHT I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU SO CLOSE ¶ 879 01:46:09,423 --> 01:46:15,094 ¶ BECAUSE WHEN THE DAY LIABILITY WILL BE ON OUR OWN BUT TONIGHT I 880 01:46:15,096 --> 01:46:20,299 NEED TO HOLD YOU SO CLOSE ¶ ¶ AND WHEN THE DAYLIGHT COMES 881 01:46:20,301 --> 01:46:55,466 I'LL HAVE TO GO BUT TONIGHT I AM GOING TO HOLD YOU SO CLOSE ¶ 882 01:46:55,468 --> 01:47:27,197 ¶[MUSIC] ¶[MUSIC] 883 01:47:27,199 --> 01:47:32,169 ¶ I WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT MY HAND OH MY TELL YOU TO RUN ¶ 884 01:47:32,171 --> 01:47:44,614 ¶ ¶ WELL PICK ME UP WITH, GOING 885 01:47:44,616 --> 01:47:53,290 HIGH, OH MY SAY YOO, OH MY TELL YOU TO RUN 886 01:47:53,292 --> 01:48:03,867 ¶ WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD MY HAND ¶ 887 01:48:03,869 --> 01:48:16,079 ¶ I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD MY HAND ¶ SEND ME ON MY WAY 888 01:48:16,081 --> 01:48:20,117 ¶ SEND ME ON MY WAY ¶ SEND ME ON MY WAY SEND ME ON 889 01:48:20,119 --> 01:48:55,885 MY WAY ¶ ¶ I WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT MY 890 01:48:55,887 --> 01:49:09,599 HAND, OH MY TELL YOU TO RUN ¶ ¶[MUSIC] 891 01:49:09,601 --> 01:49:15,605 ¶ OH MY TELL YOU TO RUN ¶[MUSIC] 892 01:49:15,607 --> 01:49:44,900 ¶ WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD MY HAND ¶ 893 01:49:44,902 --> 01:49:48,871 ¶ SEND ME ON MY WAY, SEND ME ON MY WAY ¶ 894 01:49:48,873 --> 01:50:23,304 ¶[MUSIC] ¶ I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD MY HAND 895 01:50:23,306 --> 01:50:28,343 CRY SEND ME ON MY WAY SEND ME ON MY WAY SEND ME ON MY WAY WAY WAY 896 01:50:28,345 --> 01:50:58,606 ¶ 897 01:50:58,608 --> 01:51:16,324 WE WILL NOW PROCEED. WILL THE GRADUATES PLEASE STAND 898 01:51:16,326 --> 01:51:22,097 AND WE WILL RECRUIT TOGETHER THE OATH WHICH IS INSIDE THE FRONT 899 01:51:22,099 --> 01:51:29,904 COVER OF YOUR PROGRAM. ON THE BACK PAGE OF YOUR 900 01:51:29,906 --> 01:51:33,007 PROGRAM. OKAY. 901 01:51:33,009 --> 01:51:36,510 TOGETHER WE WILL TALK. BEING ADMITTED TO THE PROFESSION 902 01:51:36,512 --> 01:51:40,848 OF VETERINARY MEDICINE, I SOL LEMNLY SWEAR TO USE MY KNOWLEDGE 903 01:51:40,850 --> 01:51:44,218 AND SKILLS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY, TO THE PROTECTION OF 904 01:51:44,220 --> 01:51:48,923 ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF ANIMAL 905 01:51:48,925 --> 01:51:52,192 SUFFERING, THE CONSERVATION OF ANIMAL RESOURCES, THE PROMOTION 906 01:51:52,194 --> 01:51:55,730 OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL 907 01:51:55,732 --> 01:51:58,899 KNOWLEDGE. I WILL PRACTICE MY PROFESSION 908 01:51:58,901 --> 01:52:02,402 CONSCIENTIOUSLY WITH DIGNITY, AND IN KEEPING WITH THE 909 01:52:02,404 --> 01:52:07,642 PRINCIPALS OF VETERINARY ETHICS. I ACCEPT AS A LIFE LONG 910 01:52:07,644 --> 01:52:10,210 OBLIGATION THE CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT OF MY PROFESSIONAL 911 01:52:10,212 --> 01:52:22,523 KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCE. THANK YOU, PLEASE BE SEATED. 912 01:52:22,525 --> 01:52:28,529 I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU VICE PRESIDENT OF THE 913 01:52:28,531 --> 01:52:31,899 VETERAN MARRY ASSOCIATION. HE RECEIVED FROM M.S.U. IN 1183, 914 01:52:31,901 --> 01:52:41,041 HE FOUNDED ANIMAL HEALTHCARE OF NORTH BRANCH, AT TWO AND A HALF 915 01:52:41,043 --> 01:52:51,417 PRACTICE,,IN RURAL COUNTY. HOLDING POSITIONS OF BOARD 916 01:52:51,419 --> 01:52:57,356 MEDICINE, AND NOW AS PRESIDENT, HE WAS A MICHIGAN VETERAN MARRY 917 01:52:57,358 --> 01:52:59,926 BOARD MEMBER FOR TEN YEARS AND CURRENTLY SERVED AS PRESIDENT. 918 01:52:59,928 --> 01:53:03,329 IT IS IN THIS CAPACITY, THAT DR. HUFF WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME 919 01:53:03,331 --> 01:53:18,611 YOU TO THE PROFESSION, AND THE MVMA, DR. HUFF. 920 01:53:18,613 --> 01:53:22,215 THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY POP I AM DR. HUFF. 921 01:53:22,217 --> 01:53:25,251 AND CURREET PRESIDENT OF THE MICHIGAN VETERAN MARRY MEDICAL 922 01:53:25,253 --> 01:53:29,122 ASSOCIATION. AND ON BEHALF OF THE NBA, AND 923 01:53:29,124 --> 01:53:35,328 BEHALF ON ALL AND EVERY STATE VMA, I WELCOME YOU TO THE FULL. 924 01:53:35,330 --> 01:53:39,332 ORGANIZED VETERAN MARRY MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS HAVE LONG BEEN AND 925 01:53:39,334 --> 01:53:43,836 WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN EFFECTIVE WAY THAT WE CAN JOIN TOGETHER TO 926 01:53:43,838 --> 01:53:48,040 SPEAK AS ONE VOICE, ONE LARGER VOICE, TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR 927 01:53:48,042 --> 01:53:51,611 PROFESSION. OUR PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT THE 928 01:53:51,613 --> 01:53:55,715 PRACTICE OF VETERAN MARRY MEDICINE THERE THROUGH OUR 929 01:53:55,717 --> 01:53:58,016 CONTINUING EDUCATION AND NETWORKING. 930 01:53:58,018 --> 01:54:02,020 BUT OUR HIGHEST GOAL IS TO PROTECT THE FRANCHISE THAT YOU 931 01:54:02,022 --> 01:54:19,305 HAVE EARNED HER TODAY. TODAY IS NOT REALLY ABOUT THE 932 01:54:19,307 --> 01:54:22,040 MBA, IT IS ABOUT CELEBRATING THIS CLASS OF 2013. 933 01:54:22,042 --> 01:54:27,413 AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD WITH YOU TO -- EXCUSE ME, I AM 934 01:54:27,415 --> 01:54:30,816 LOOKING FORWARD WITH YOU TO A GREAT FUTURE WITH MANY 935 01:54:30,818 --> 01:54:37,356 CHALLENGES, AND MUCH SUCCESSES. HOW WILL YOU MEASURE YOUR 936 01:54:37,358 --> 01:54:39,692 SUCCESS? WILL IT BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF 937 01:54:39,694 --> 01:54:43,629 MONEY, WEALTH, AND POWER? WILL IT BE A LEVEL OF 938 01:54:43,631 --> 01:54:45,831 COMPASSION, RESPECT, YOU BUILD IN YOUR LIFE. 939 01:54:45,833 --> 01:54:48,301 OR WILL BE A HEALTHY COMBINATION OF HE ABOVE. 940 01:54:48,303 --> 01:54:53,905 WHEN I STARTED OUT, MY MENTOR TOLD ME THAT I WOULD BE 941 01:54:53,907 --> 01:54:56,841 SUCCESSFUL, BECAUSE I HAD WHAT HE CALLED THE THREE AS. 942 01:54:56,843 --> 01:55:00,812 LIKE A YOUNG APPRENTICE I WAITED FOR HIM TO ELABORATT, AND HE 943 01:55:00,814 --> 01:55:06,351 SAID FINALLY, I WAS AVAILABLE, AND I WAS AMIABLE, AND I WAS 944 01:55:06,353 --> 01:55:09,754 ABLE. AND APPARENTLY IN THAT ORDER. 945 01:55:09,756 --> 01:55:25,437 THE THREE AS WERE A GOOD START. FROM THIS EXPERIENCE, I CAN 946 01:55:25,439 --> 01:55:28,506 WHOLEHEARTEDLY ATTEST THAT YOU ARE ALL ABLE, THAT IS TO SAY YOU 947 01:55:28,508 --> 01:55:32,444 HAVE ALL LEARNED TO TREAT THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CONDITIONS 948 01:55:32,446 --> 01:55:35,613 BROUGHT BEFORE YOU. WHAT WILL MAKE YOUR SUCCESS 949 01:55:35,615 --> 01:55:39,517 COMPLETE, HOWEVER, IS HOW WELL YOU TREAT THE HUMAN CONDITION OF 950 01:55:39,519 --> 01:55:49,828 THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WILL SERVE. WAS TO QUOTE MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 951 01:55:49,830 --> 01:55:54,131 WELL, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT MAKING A DIFFERENCE IS ALSO WHAT 952 01:55:54,133 --> 01:55:56,401 OLD COLLEGE GRADUATES WANT MOST TOO. 953 01:55:56,403 --> 01:56:03,206 30 YEARS AND MORE TODAY. HOW WILL YOU TELL IF YOU ARE 954 01:56:03,208 --> 01:56:06,543 MAKING THAT DIFFERENCE? WELL, IT MAY BE WHEN YOU HEARD 955 01:56:06,545 --> 01:56:10,213 THE CRIES OF THAT PUPPY DURING A C SECTION. 956 01:56:10,215 --> 01:56:15,686 IT MAY BE WHEN YOU INSIST ON TESTING THAT STRANGE HORSE THAT 957 01:56:15,688 --> 01:56:19,823 STRANGE ACTING HORSE FOR RABIES AND PREVENT FOUR MEN FROM DYING 958 01:56:19,825 --> 01:56:23,427 OF RABIES. WHEN YOU INSIST -- EXCUSE ME, 959 01:56:23,429 --> 01:56:26,930 WHEN YOU SEE YOUR CHILD'S FACE LIGHT UP WHEN YOU SPEAK AT A 960 01:56:26,932 --> 01:56:29,733 SCHOOL CAREER DAY. OR WHEN YYU FEEL THE OWNER'S 961 01:56:29,735 --> 01:56:34,538 LOSS WHEN YOU GET A BEAR HUG AND A THANK YOU IN THE WAL-MART 962 01:56:34,540 --> 01:56:38,442 PARKING LOT. WHEN YOUR SPOUSE ASKED YOU AFTER 963 01:56:38,444 --> 01:56:42,312 A LATE NIGHT IF YOU ARE STILL THE BEST VETERINARIAN THAT THERE 964 01:56:42,314 --> 01:56:45,516 HAS EVER BEEN. WHEN THOSE THINGS HAPPEN TO YOU, 965 01:56:45,518 --> 01:56:48,519 DAILY, YOU WILL KNOW YOU HAVE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE AND MADE 966 01:56:48,521 --> 01:56:52,322 THAT IFFERENCE. WE LIVE IN A LAND OF ENDLESS 967 01:56:52,324 --> 01:56:56,159 OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE ARE ALL FREE TO PURSUE HAPPINESS TO THE 968 01:56:56,161 --> 01:56:59,329 BEST OF OUR ABILITIES ARE THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF ALL, RICH 969 01:56:59,331 --> 01:57:04,435 OR POOR, CAN BUILD THEIR DREAMS INTO REALITY, AND REAP THE RAY 970 01:57:04,437 --> 01:57:09,205 BECAUSE IN A FREE AMERICA, YOUR LEVEL OF SUCCESS HAS MORE TO DO 971 01:57:09,207 --> 01:57:14,276 WITH HOW WELL YOU SERVE YOUR FELLOW MAN, THAN THE ACCIDENT OF 972 01:57:14,278 --> 01:57:28,624 YOUR BIRTH OR THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU WERE BORN INTO. 973 01:57:28,626 --> 01:57:32,628 SO GET OUT THERE, MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE, AND WHEN YOU ARE 974 01:57:32,630 --> 01:57:37,533 READY, JOIN YOUR LOCAL STATE AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND GET 975 01:57:37,535 --> 01:57:41,236 INVOLVED IN PRESERVING PROTECTING AND ADVANCING OUR WAY 976 01:57:41,238 --> 01:57:47,309 OF LIFE. THANK YOU AND COOGRATULATIONS 977 01:57:47,311 --> 01:57:49,111 FROM THE AMERICAN VOTE ASSOCIATION. 978 01:57:49,113 --> 01:58:04,059 [APPLAUSE] FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR 979 01:58:04,061 --> 01:58:06,228 INTERPRETERS. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH, 980 01:58:06,230 --> 01:58:19,440 INDEED. [APPLAUSE] 981 01:58:19,442 --> 01:58:22,978 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BAND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JERRY 982 01:58:22,980 --> 01:58:24,546 SULLIVAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 983 01:58:24,548 --> 01:58:27,649 I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO A RECEPTION WHICH SHALL TAKE PLACE 984 01:58:27,651 --> 01:58:32,654 I THINK OUTSIDE IF THE WEATHER IS STILL DECENT, IF NOT LIT BE 985 01:58:32,656 --> 01:58:35,757 IN THE FOYER. PLEASE DO JOIN US AFTER E ARE 986 01:58:35,759 --> 01:58:40,028 FINISHED. WELL, THIS IS THE END OF OUR 987 01:58:40,030 --> 01:58:43,131 CEREMONY, CONGRATULATIONSSAGAIN, TO ALL OF YOU. 988 01:58:43,133 --> 01:58:47,235 YOU ARE NOW FORMERLY ENTERED INTO THE PROFESSION OF 989 01:58:47,237 --> 01:58:50,104 VETERINARY MEDICINE, AND YOUR COLLECT AND COLLEAGUES ARE PROUD 990 01:58:50,106 --> 01:58:56,310 OF YOU. YOU, AS DR. HUFF AND OTHERS HAVE 991 01:58:56,312 --> 01:59:05,020 INDICATED IT CAN TAKE YOU TO MANY AMAZING PLACES. 992 01:59:05,022 --> 01:59:08,189 BE ROUD OF YOUR ALMA MATER AS WE ARE OF YOU. 993 01:59:08,191 --> 01:59:12,126 GOOD LUCK, AND ENJOY THIS WONDERFUL PROFESSION. 994 01:59:12,128 --> 01:59:15,829 NOW, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE LOOK IN THE BACK OF YOUR PROGRAM. 995 01:59:15,831 --> 01:59:19,266 I GOT THIS RIGHT THIS TIME, YOU WILL FIND THE SHADOWS I WOULD 996 01:59:19,268 --> 01:59:22,770 LIKE YOU TO STAND AND SING THAT WITH US AS A CONCLUDING FOR THIS 997 01:59:22,772 --> 02:00:20,427 EVENT, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. ¶[MUSIC] 998 02:00:20,429 --> 02:03:05,857 [APPLAUSE] ¶[MUSIC] 999 04:01:10,831 --> 04:01:14,831 Generated by CCExtractor http://ccextractor.sourceforge.net