WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:42.440 ¶[MUSIC] [APPLAUUE] 00:42.442 --> 00:46.210 PLEASE RISE FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 00:46.212 --> 02:00.417 ¶[MUSIC] ¶[MUSIC] 02:00.419 --> 02:08.959 ¶[MUSIC] -ú[APPLAUSE] 02:08.961 --> 02:17.534 PLEASE BE SEATED. GOOD AFTERNOON. 02:17.536 --> 02:22.139 MY NAME IS CHRIS BROWN AND THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF 02:22.141 --> 02:25.475 VETERINARIAN MEDICINE. IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE FOR THE 02:25.477 --> 02:27.577 GRADUATING CLASS OF 2000 THINK TEEN. 02:27.579 --> 02:30.447 I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE MEMBERS OF HE PLATFORM 02:30.449 --> 02:34.351 PARTY WHO ARE SEATED BEHIND ME. I WOULD ASK EACH ONE TO STAND 02:34.353 --> 02:37.621 ANDDREMAIN STANDING UNTIL I HAVE IDENTIFIED THE ENTIRE PLATFORM 02:37.623 --> 02:40.357 PARTY. PLEASE HOLD YOUR RECOGNITION 02:40.359 --> 02:46.496 UNTIL ALL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED. 02:46.498 --> 02:49.666 TO MY IMMEDDATE LEFT IS DR. PAT LEBLANC WHO IS TODAY'S 02:49.668 --> 02:58.808 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER. NEXT IS DR. DAVID YOUNG, WHO 02:58.810 --> 03:01.844 WILL BE RECOGNIZED A DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI OF THE 03:01.846 --> 03:05.348 COLLEGE. AS WILL DR. WHO IS SITTING NEXT 03:05.350 --> 03:08.685 TO HIM. DR. KENT JAMES WILL BE ASSISTING 03:08.687 --> 03:13.356 WITH HOODING AS WILL DR. JANE MERRILL. 03:13.358 --> 03:16.660 DR. WILLIAM JACKSON IS THE ACTING CHAIRPERSON OF 03:16.662 --> 03:23.166 PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY, AND DR. DAVID IS THE ACTING 03:23.168 --> 03:27.070 CHAIRPERSON DR. JOHN FIVE IS REPRESENTING THE DEPARTMENT OF 03:27.072 --> 03:29.371 MICRO BIOLOGIST AND MOLECULAR GENETICS. 03:29.373 --> 03:34.443 NEXT TO HIM IS DR. JOE WHO IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF DIAGNOSTIC 03:34.445 --> 03:36.445 INVESTIGATION AND DIRECTOR OF THE COLLEGE OF INTERNATIONAL 03:36.447 --> 03:45.722 PROGRAM. IS DR. WILLIAM HORN IS 03:45.724 --> 03:50.259 CHAIRPERSON OF SMALL ANIMAL CLINICAL SCIENCES. 03:50.261 --> 03:54.163 THE ASSISTANT DEAN UNDERGAUGE WAIT EDUCATION, AND DIRECTOR OF 03:54.165 --> 03:59.568 THE VETERINARIAN PROGRAM. NEXT IS DR. WILLIAM FTER 03:59.570 --> 04:03.973 CHINSON WHO IS IS THH ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR GRADUATE STUDIES AND 04:03.975 --> 04:07.243 DR. JAMES LLOYD IS THE ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR MANAGING AND 04:07.245 --> 04:13.049 INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH. IS PRESIDENT OF THE MICHIGAN 04:13.051 --> 04:15.651 VETERAN MARRY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, AND DR. PATTERSON 04:15.653 --> 04:19.055 IS THE ASSOCIATION DEAN FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND STUDENT 04:19.057 --> 04:35.771 AFFAIRS. EVERY YEAR WHEN I BEGIN MY 04:35.773 --> 04:39.341 COMMENTS AT COMMENCEMENT I FEEL OBLIGED TO EXPLAIN WHY I'M 04:39.343 --> 04:42.444 DRESSED SOMEWHAT DIFFERENTLY THAN MY COLLEAGUES ON THE STAGE. 04:42.446 --> 04:47.349 AS YOU MAY DETECT FROM ACCENT, I AM A LATTER DAY JAMES HARRIET 04:47.351 --> 04:51.086 FROM NORTH YORK SHIRE IN ENGLAND, AND I RECEIVED MY 04:51.088 --> 04:54.456 VETERAN MARRY DEGREE IN ENGLAND, ACTUALLY IN LIVERPOOL AND 04:54.458 --> 04:58.694 BRISTOL. AND SO I HAVE THIS BRIGHT RED 04:58.696 --> 05:01.797 GEAR AND IT'S MEANT TO BE OPEN AND FLAPPING ABOUT IN THE 05:01.799 --> 05:04.400 BREEDS. I AM NOT THE BSENT MINDED 05:04.402 --> 05:10.506 PROFESSOR. NOR DO I HAVE ASPIRATIONS OFF3 05:10.508 --> 05:14.476 BECOMING POPE FRANCIS THE SECOND. 05:14.478 --> 05:19.247 ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, WE ALL CELEBRATED YOUR SWAY INTO OUR 05:19.249 --> 05:21.784 COLLEGE WITH THE WHITE COAT CEREMONY. 05:21.786 --> 05:24.453 AND I'M VERY PLEASED THAT MANY FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WERE 05:24.455 --> 05:27.789 PRESENT THEN ARE HERE TODAY. NO ONE CAN BELIEVE HOW QUICKLY 05:27.791 --> 05:32.159 THE TIME HAS FLOWN BY. TODAY IS YET AGAIN A DAY OF 05:32.161 --> 05:35.730 CELEBRATION AND RECOGNITION. A DAY IN WHICH WE ALL TAKE PRIDE 05:35.732 --> 05:39.099 IN ACHIEVEMENTS THAT A GRADUATING CLASS OF 20 THINK 05:39.101 --> 05:43.738 TEEN. OUR COLLEGE OF VETERAN MARRY 05:43.740 --> 05:47.342 MEDICINE FULFILLS MANY OBLIGATIONS BUT IN MANY WAYS 05:47.344 --> 05:50.244 WHICH WE SERVE SOCIETY, THE EDUCATION OF NEW VETERINARIANS 05:50.246 --> 05:55.350 ISSTHE ONE WHICH HAS THE BIGGEST AND LONGEST LASTING IMPACT. 05:55.352 --> 05:59.954 THE FIRST STUDENTS WHO ENTERED OUR COLLEGE TO STUDY, DID SO IN 05:59.956 --> 06:05.059 1910. GRADUATED OVER 6,000 06:05.061 --> 06:08.363 VETERINARIANS. AND THE IMPACT OF THESE 06:08.365 --> 06:12.166 GRADUATES HAVE ALWAYS AMAZES ME, AND ARE REFER TO IT EACH YEAR AT 06:12.168 --> 06:16.070 GRADUATION, BECAUSE I FEEL IT IS SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT. 06:16.072 --> 06:19.741 IF WE ASSUME THAT MOST VETERINARIANS WORK FOR AT LEAST 06:19.743 --> 06:25.747 25 YEARS AND I THINK THAT'S AN EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE, 06:25.749 --> 06:31.786 THAT AMOUNTS TO OVER 150,000, 155,000 PEOPLE YEARS OF SERVICE. 06:31.788 --> 06:35.589 OR A STAGGERING 42 MILLION DAYS OF VETERINARIAN SERVICE TO 06:35.591 --> 06:38.158 SOCIETY. I BELIEVE THAT CLEARLY 06:38.160 --> 06:41.862 DEMONSTRATING THE IMPACT OUR COLLEGE AND ITS GRADUATES HAVE. 06:41.864 --> 06:47.167 AND THESE STUDENTS WHO LEAVE US TODAY, WILL BE ADDING ANOTHER3 06:47.169 --> 06:57.878 700,000 DAYS OF SERVICE. I AM FEELING TIRE ALREADY. 06:57.880 --> 07:04.551 WELL PREPARED -- HOWEVER, THE OTHER DEGREES IS QUITE 07:04.553 --> 07:08.855 EXTENSIVE, INCLUDING BUSINESS, MUSIC, EDUCATION, GERMAN, 07:08.857 --> 07:14.761 PACKAGING AND POLITICAL SCIENCE. >> AND THAT IS NO -- THAT THERE 07:14.763 --> 07:28.842 IS NO ACCEPTED TRADITIONAL ROUT TO BECOMING A VETERINARIAN. 07:28.844 --> 07:31.578 IS A FEW EVEN FREQUENTED THE OTHER UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. 07:31.580 --> 07:36.083 THE REST, HOWEVER, HAD SOUGHT EDUCATION AT 49 DIFFERENT 07:36.085 --> 07:37.985 COLLEGES BOTH IN MICHIGAN AND ELSE WHERE. 07:37.987 --> 07:42.422 AND TODAY WE ARE GRADUATED JUST OVER 100 STUDENTS TO PUT IT INTO 07:42.424 --> 07:47.293 PERSPECTIVE. HAVE OVERCOME MANY CHALLENGES 07:47.295 --> 07:51.364 ALONG THE WAY, THE FACULTY ND STAFF HAVE SUPPORTED, ENCOURAGED 07:51.366 --> 07:55.468 AND EVEN BULLIED YOU TO ACHIEVE YOUR BEST, AND AT THIS POINT, I 07:55.470 --> 07:59.272 WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE FACULTY AND COLLEGE STAFF WHO ARE 07:59.274 --> 08:15.455 PRESENT, HERE TODAY TO PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED. 08:15.457 --> 08:26.065 [APPLAUSE] BUT THEY WERE NOT THE ONLY 08:26.067 --> 08:29.402 PEOPLE THAT GAVE YOU SUPPORT AT THIS AT TIMES VERY DIFFICULT 08:29.404 --> 08:33.473 TIMES. MUCH F YOU HAD MUCH SIGNIFICANT 08:33.475 --> 08:35.774 SUPPORT FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND MANY OTHERS. 08:35.776 --> 08:38.777 AND I WOULD LIKE THE CLASS TO PLEASE STAND, FACE THE AUDIENCE, 08:38.779 --> 08:40.980 AND ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED THEM REACH THIS GREAT 08:40.982 --> 08:56.762 DAY. [APPLAUSE] 08:56.764 --> 09:00.766 >> HANK YOU. EVERY YEAR AT THIS CEREMONY, I 09:00.768 --> 09:04.570 AM ALWAYS REMINDED AND I EXPLAIN TO THE AUTOMOBILED YENS, THAT I 09:04.572 --> 09:07.840 TOO HAVE SAT WHERE YOU SIT, AS A PARENT TO SEE MY DAUGHTER% 09:07.842 --> 09:11.977 GRADUATE FROM MEDICAL SCHOOL. SHE RECEIVED HER DEGREE FROM 09:11.979 --> 09:14.847 THIS CAMPUS. SO I KNOW WHAT FIRST HAND THE 09:14.849 --> 09:17.416 FEELINGS THAT HE GRADUATES FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE FEELING 09:17.418 --> 09:22.187 TODAY. HAPPINESS, RELIEF, APPREHENSION, 09:22.189 --> 09:25.490 SADNESS, ALL MIXED UP TOGETHER. SENTIMENTSES WHICH I EXPECT YOU 09:25.492 --> 09:30.462 WHO ARE WITH YOU TODAY.OTHERS HOWEVER, LET US CELEBRATE 09:30.464 --> 09:34.066 TOGETHER, AND ENJOY THIS MOMENT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 09:34.068 --> 09:48.680 [APPLAUSE] I NOW HAVE THE HONOR OF 09:48.682 --> 09:50.882 INTRODUCING YOU TO COLLEGE AWARD WINNERS. 09:50.884 --> 09:54.085 THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE GIVEN GREAT SERVICE TO OUR COLLEGE, 09:54.087 --> 09:57.288 DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN THEIR YEARS, AND HAVE ENHANCED 09:57.290 --> 10:00.858 THEIR REPUTATION AND HONOR OF THIS COLLEGE OF VETERAN MARRY 10:00.860 --> 10:03.094 MEDICINE. THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE CEREMONY 10:03.096 --> 10:17.875 TO HONOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE HAVE TWO AWARDS. 10:17.877 --> 10:23.481 ONE IS FOR A GRADUATE WHO HAS MADEEHIS OR HER CLEAR IN THE 10:23.483 --> 10:32.890 PRIVATE SECTOR. IN THE PRACTITIONER CATEGORY 10:32.892 --> 10:38.262 THIS YEAR, IS DR. ROLFEE3 EMBERSON, FROM THE GLASS OF 10:38.264 --> 10:42.000 1979, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME BY THE PODIUM. 10:42.002 --> 10:53.744 >> DR. EMERSON IS WELL KNOWN AS AN EQUINE SURGEON. 10:53.746 --> 10:57.413 HE WAS THE FIRST SURGEON AT EQUINE HOSPITAL IN LEXINGTON 10:57.415 --> 11:04.788 KENTUCKY. HIS GOAL WAS TO MAKE THE 11:04.790 --> 11:08.792 HOSPITAL THE BEST IN THE WORLD TO MAKE A HORSE. 11:08.794 --> 11:12.529 ADMITS MORE THAN 10,000 HORSE AS YEAR, AND PERFORMS MORE THAN 11:12.531 --> 11:18.669 4,000 SURGERIES. HE IS TRULY TALENTED SURGEON. 11:18.671 --> 11:23.774 HE HAS SPECIAL EXPERTISES AMONG CLINICAL HE HAS DEVELOPED 11:23.776 --> 11:29.680 TECHNIQUES OF TREATING HORSES. HE HAS SHARED HIS VAST CLINICAL 11:29.682 --> 11:33.516 EXPENSE IN CONFERENCES IN 40 CONTINENTS AND IN TEN COUNTRIES 11:33.518 --> 11:36.753 AND APPROXIMATELY 50 PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEW 11:36.755 --> 11:40.090 JOURNAL. AND THE FIRST UPPER AIRWAY 11:40.092 --> 11:42.092 SYMPOSIUM, HE ALSO PRESENTED HIS INFORMATION. 11:42.094 --> 11:45.862 HE HAS TRAINED MORE THAN 250 INTERNS, THOSE ARE SIGNIFICANT 11:45.864 --> 11:50.667 NUMBERS. AGAIN, NUMBERS DON'T COMMUTE -- 11:50.669 --> 12:01.677 COMPUTE, PARDON ME, COMMUNICATE THE ENTIRE STORY. 12:01.679 --> 12:05.881 HE ALWAAS HAS BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERN PROGRAM, HE 12:05.883 --> 12:11.821 INITIATED THE EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM, AND IN DEPPING IN 12:11.823 --> 12:15.091 EQUINE PRRCTICE SIMILAR POSE JURY, WHICH ATTRACTS HUNDREDS OF 12:15.093 --> 12:19.929 THIRD YEAR STUDENTS EACH YEAR. HE HAS WHAT IS OFTEN DESCRIBED 12:19.931 --> 12:23.099 AS COMPLETE DEHYDRATION TO BEING A MENTOR FOR YOUNG 12:23.101 --> 12:26.769 VETERINARIANS. HE COMPLETED AN EQUINE 12:26.771 --> 12:30.239 INTERNSHIP AT ILLINOIS. AND RESIDENCY TRAINING AT THE 12:30.241 --> 12:33.109 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ANDD3 UNIVERSITY OF OHIO. 12:33.111 --> 12:40.382 OR OHIO STATE, PARDON ME. DR. EMERSON -- FORGIVENESS SLIP, 12:40.384 --> 12:43.385 DR. EMERSON BECAME -- SURGEONS IN 1986. 12:43.387 --> 12:46.756 HIS COMMITMENT TO SPECIALLY TRAINING IS REFLECTED IN 12:46.758 --> 12:49.925 MENTORSHIP AS WELL AS IN HIS FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO 12:49.927 --> 12:51.794 EQUINE RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM HHRE AT OUR COLLEGE. 12:51.796 --> 12:54.897 HE HAS SERVED THE AMERICAN COLLEGE IN NUMEROUS CAPACITIES 12:54.899 --> 12:57.867 WHERE HE WAS RECENTLY ELECTED PRESIDENT ELECT. 12:57.869 --> 13:00.970 AN INTERNATIONAL LEADER IN EQUINE SURGERY U AND A MENTOR TO 13:00.972 --> 13:05.974 ALL OF THE STUDENTS INTERNS AND RESIDENTS PURSUING CAREERS IN 13:05.976 --> 13:08.410 HE CONTINUES TO LEAVE HIS MARK ON THE PROFESSION. 13:08.412 --> 13:12.514 HIS INFLUENCE WILL BE SET UP FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, 13:12.516 --> 13:30.265 CONGRATULATIONS. THE SECOND DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI 13:30.267 --> 13:36.004 AWARD GOESSTO DR. DAVID DEION FROM THE CLASS OF 1968. 13:36.006 --> 13:40.676 HE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED TODAY WITH AWARD FOR NONPRACTITIONER, 13:40.678 --> 13:43.378 BUT HIS POSITION AS A GROUND BREAKER REACHES BACK TO HIS 13:43.380 --> 13:45.580 CLINICAL WORK WHEN HE WAS A STUDENT HERE AT THE COLLEGE. 13:45.582 --> 13:50.385 HE SERVED WITT DR. GEORGE ICE HER ON THE HEART SUUGERY 13:50.387 --> 13:54.189 TEAM, -- SORRY. [LAUGHTER] 13:54.191 --> 13:58.293 >> YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT FACULTY, LIKE HERDING CATS YOU 13:58.295 --> 14:03.398 CAN'T DO IT. >> HE SERVED WITH DR. GEORGE ON 14:03.400 --> 14:07.001 THE HEART SURGERY TEAM HERE WHICH WAS AAPIONEERING GROUP 14:07.003 --> 14:13.274 DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES FOR OPEN HEART SURGERY IN DOGS. 14:13.276 --> 14:19.214 WHEN THE TEAM GOT TO DO AN OPEN HEART SURGERY, HE INSTALLED THE 14:19.216 --> 14:21.582 PROSTHETIC VALVE. WHEN HE RETURNED TO OWE COLLEGE 14:21.584 --> 14:26.187 AS TEACHER OF ANESTHESIA AND SURGERY, HE WAS SELECTED AS A 14:26.189 --> 14:30.191 TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD BY THE SENIOR STUDEETS. 14:30.193 --> 14:33.594 HE HAS ALSO BEEN A SENIOR FACULTY MEMBER AND ADMINISTRATOR 14:33.596 --> 14:37.832 AT NORTH CAROLINA. HE IS AN EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATOR, 14:37.834 --> 14:39.700 WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL ADMINISTRATOR. 14:39.702 --> 14:43.104 HIS LONG STANDING COMMITMENT TO VETERAN MARRY EDUCATION HAS 14:43.106 --> 14:45.907 DRIVEN THE STRENGTHENING OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND 14:45.909 --> 14:55.316 INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. ONE OF HIS MOST RECENN 14:55.318 --> 14:57.886 ACHIEVEMENTS -- HE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THIS, WAS TO LEAD 14:57.888 --> 15:01.689 THE COLLEGE OF VETERAN MARRY MEDICINE TO FULL ACCREDITATION 15:01.691 --> 15:04.492 BY THE MERICAN SPREAD REMEMBER MARRY ASSOCIATION. 15:04.494 --> 15:08.229 IT WAS THE FIRST SCHOOL IN THE REGION TO RECEIVE THAT STATUS, 15:08.231 --> 15:13.401 AND HE SERVED AS PROFESSOR OF SURGERY AND AS DEAN FROM 2000 TO 15:13.403 --> 15:16.303 2012 WHEN HE BECAME DEAN EMERITUS. 15:16.305 --> 15:29.116 IT WAS A UNIQUE SITUATION HERE TODAY ON THIS -- IN THIS CALL. 15:29.118 --> 15:31.619 DR. JIM LLOYD THAT WILL BECOME THE DEAN OF FLORIDA VERY SOON, 15:31.621 --> 15:34.755 AND DR. F WILLEY REED WHO IS THE DEAN AT PURDUE IS SITTING IN THE 15:34.757 --> 15:38.893 AUDIENCE. SO I DON'T KNOW THERE'S GOING TO 15:38.895 --> 15:51.739 NOT, I'M NOT TOO SURE. SURGEON, RESEARCHER, AND VETERAN 15:51.741 --> 15:53.874 MARRY SCHOOL DEAA. HIS EDUCATION WILL EXTEND FAR 15:53.876 --> 15:57.678 INTO THE FUTURE. I AM HONORED TO RECOGNIZE HIS 15:57.680 --> 16:00.113 CONTRIBUTIONS, WITH THE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD, 16:00.115 --> 16:16.764 CONGRATULATIONS. OUR NEXT AWARD IS FOR AN 16:16.766 --> 16:20.233 HONORARY ALUMNI. THE AWARD RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUALS 16:20.235 --> 16:24.237 WHO WHILE THEY DID NOT GRADUATE FROM OUR COLLEGE OF VETERAN 16:24.239 --> 16:27.774 MARRY MEDICINE HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN 16:27.776 --> 16:30.710 THEIR COMMITMENT TO FORWARDING AN ASPECT OF THE COLLEGE 16:30.712 --> 16:33.913 ADMISSIONS. TODAY, WE RECOGNIZE THE LONG 16:33.915 --> 16:38.518 STANDING COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION THAT PATRICIA LOWRY 16:38.520 --> 16:46.893 WITH THE HONORARY ALUMNI COLLEGE OF VETERAN MARRY MEDICINE. 16:46.895 --> 16:50.397 IT IS VIRTUALLY IIPOSSIBLE TO BE INVOLVED AND NOT KNOW OF THE 16:50.399 --> 16:55.469 LONG HISTORY, WITH OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE AREAS OF 16:55.471 --> 16:59.306 DIVERSITY, PLURALISM, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. 16:59.308 --> 17:03.877 SHE HAS JUST STEPPED DOWN AS DIRECTOR OF THE WOMANS RESORT 17:03.879 --> 17:09.782 CENTER. SHE FOUNDED MANY YEARS AGO, 30 17:09.784 --> 17:12.085 YEARS AGO? THANK YOU. 17:12.087 --> 17:17.991 WE GO BACK A LONG WAY. SHE FOUNDED AND CONTINUED TO 17:17.993 --> 17:21.828 DIRECT THE OUTBOUND PROGRAM, WHICH IS A LANDMARK PROGRAM OF 17:21.830 --> 17:24.596 NATIONAL PROMINENCE. WHICH IS GEARED TOWARDS 17:24.598 --> 17:27.599 RECRUITING STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS, 17:27.601 --> 17:35.974 INTO THE VETERAN MARRY PROFESSION. 17:35.976 --> 17:39.111 SHE HAS INFLUENCED THROUGH HER WORK ON THE MULTICULTURAL 17:39.113 --> 17:44.816 AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. >> IN 2012, THAT ASSOCIATION 17:44.818 --> 17:58.897 NAMED ITS MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN HONOR OF PAT LAURIE. 17:58.899 --> 18:01.534 WHICH IS PUBLISHED BY PURDUE UNIVERSITY PRESS. 18:01.536 --> 18:07.706 THE BOOK SPEAKS OF ISSUES THAT SHE DEVOTED HER LIFE TO, 18:07.708 --> 18:10.676 INCLUDING THE KNOWLEDGE THAT BUILDING DIVERSITY IS ABOUT MORE 18:10.678 --> 18:16.215 THAN INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS AND IT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT 18:16.217 --> 18:22.521 SUSTAINABILITY AND REEL SENSE OF THE PROFESSION AS A WHOLE. 18:22.523 --> 18:26.692 SHE IS A TRUE FRIEND AND MENTOR, AND SHE IS TRULY DESERVING TO 18:26.694 --> 18:53.885 RECEIVE OUR HONORARY ALUMNI YOU.D, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK 18:53.887 --> 18:57.589 NOW MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE'S TODAY'S SPEAKER. 18:57.591 --> 19:01.793 MOST PEOPLE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT EXPENSES IN THEIR CAREER. 19:01.795 --> 19:10.769 DR. PAT HAS MANY DIFFERENT CAREERS IN HIS EXPERIENCE. 19:10.771 --> 19:15.807 HE BEGAN WHAT HE CALLED HIS CAREER AS A CHEERLEADER IN 1975. 19:15.809 --> 19:19.511 HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELORS DEGREE AND THEN RECEIVED HIS DEGREE 19:19.513 --> 19:35.593 FROM M.S.U. IN 1982. HE THEN HAS A CAREER AS BETWEEN 19:35.595 --> 19:41.566 1986 AND 1984. IN 1984, HE WAS RELUCTANT TO 19:41.568 --> 19:48.273 GIVE UP HIS TEACHING CAREER RUNNING A FOUNDRY -- FOR THE 19:48.275 --> 19:52.243 PETTOLEUM DISTTIBUTION INDUSTRY. IF YOU UNDERSTAND AN 19:52.245 --> 19:54.512 THESOLOGISTS LIKE PLUGGING BRASS THINGS TOGETHER IN TUBES AND 19:54.514 --> 20:03.788 STUFF LIKE THAT, SO IT WAS A NATURAL FIT. 20:03.790 --> 20:15.200 TO SERVE AS DIRECTOR OF THE VETERAN MARRY TEACHING HOSPITAL. 20:15.202 --> 20:19.204 TODAY HE IS CHAIRMAN OF E.B.W. ELECTRONICS CAN IS A HOLLAND 20:19.206 --> 20:21.206 MICHIGAN BASED MANUFACTURING FACILITY. 20:21.208 --> 20:25.243 IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO ASK HIM TO COME FORWARD TO ADDRESS 20:25.245 --> 20:41.325 THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2013. THANK YOU DEAN BROWN. 20:41.327 --> 20:45.329 I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS, I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT, I SAID GEES I 20:45.331 --> 20:48.298 MIGHT FORRET SOMETHING TO SAY, I MAY EVEN FORGET A WHOLE 20:48.300 --> 20:50.801 PARAGRAPH, AND SHE SAID WELL, PAT, THEY DIDN'T ASK YOU TO BE 20:50.803 --> 20:53.904 THE SPEAKER BECAUSE YOU ARE WISE OR GOING TO SAY SOMETHING 20:53.906 --> 20:56.640 INSPIRATIONAL, THEY ASKED YOU TO BE THE SPEAKER BECAUSE YOU ARE 20:56.642 --> 21:00.410 ENTERTAINING. SO WITH THAT I WILL SPEAK TODAY 21:00.412 --> 21:11.521 WITHOUT ANY NOTES AT ALL. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF 21:11.523 --> 21:16.293 ADDRESSING OUR HONORS GRADUATES 18 MONTHS AGO IN THEIR 21:16.295 --> 21:20.530 TRANSITION CEREMONY, AND MY OPENING PHOTOGRAPH WENT 21:20.532 --> 21:22.900 SOMETHING LIKE THIS. GASOLINE TO TAKE YOU TO THE 21:22.902 --> 21:32.509 TRANSITION CEREMONY, $3.10 AS GALLON. 21:32.511 --> 21:37.347 LAB COAT, $29999. PUTTING ON THAT SYMBOLIC WHITE 21:37.349 --> 21:40.317 COAT IN FRONT OF YOU FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN THE TRANSITION 21:40.319 --> 21:46.522 CEREMONY, PRICELESS. WELL, IF THAT CEREMONY WAS 21:46.524 --> 21:56.332 CONSIDERED PRICELESS, WHAT DO WE DESCRIBE TODAY AS? 21:56.334 --> 22:10.713 I SAY YES WE CALL TODAY SPARTABULOUS. 22:10.715 --> 22:14.083 SOME OF YOU RAH IN THE -- MOM. THANK YOU. 22:14.085 --> 22:16.419 PREVET CLUB, WHILE I WAS THE ADVISOR. 22:16.421 --> 22:20.824 YOU WERE THE FIRST AND ONLY CLASS TO EVER ASK ME TO BE A 22:20.826 --> 22:31.835 CLASS ADVISOR. YOU WERE THE FIRST -- YOU DID AN 22:31.837 --> 22:37.974 AMAZING JOB, SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO BIANCA BU FBI, ERICA WARD, 22:37.976 --> 22:39.709 AND KEITH BUDGER, YOU REALLY ROOKED IT. 22:39.711 --> 22:55.324 YOU DID. [APPLAUSE] 22:55.326 --> 22:58.126 SPEAKING OF ROCKED IT LAST NIGHT YOUR CLASS REALLY WENT OUT IN 22:58.128 --> 23:09.104 STYLE. ¶[MUSIC] 23:09.106 --> 23:12.908 SO YEAH WE SHARED A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP, AND WE SHARE A 23:12.910 --> 23:23.218 SPECIAL BOND GOING FORTH. NEITHER OF US WILL BE COMING 23:23.220 --> 23:28.023 BACK ON A DAILY BASISES, LOOKING FOR FREE FOOD, OPEN COMPUTERS 23:28.025 --> 23:34.329 STATIONS. OR HEARING THAT LOUD LAUGH OF 23:34.331 --> 23:37.433 MARY SHARE. AND YOU WILL EVEN -- NEED TO 23:37.435 --> 23:44.874 FIND A REPLACEMENT NOR TACO TUESDAY. 23:44.876 --> 23:47.510 ALL THE KNOW WE ARE LEAVING AND MOVING ON, THERE'S ONE THING 23:47.512 --> 23:50.846 THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE, WE WILL ALWAYS BE SPARTANS AND 23:50.848 --> 23:54.149 ESPECIALLY TALKING TO THE FOUR OF YOU THAT HAVE DEGREES FROM 23:54.151 --> 24:01.223 ANN ARBOR. SO WHEN DR. GRETA PATTERSON 24:01.225 --> 24:04.626 ASKED ME TO BE THE SPEAKER I THOUGHT IT WAS A MISTAKE. 24:04.628 --> 24:08.596 MUST BE SOME ALPHABETICAL THING, AND MAYBE THE PEOPLE WITH A 24:08.598 --> 24:11.333 THROUGH K ALREADY HAVE A JOB ON THE CEREMONY HERE. 24:11.335 --> 24:17.239 I MEAN LIKE A HOODER. LIKE A AS IN DR. AIMS. 24:17.241 --> 24:20.042 HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH SO MANY GRADUATION CEREMONIES THAT 24:20.044 --> 24:24.712 RIGHT HERE, THERE'S A LITTLE PLAQUE THAT SAYS KENT. 24:24.714 --> 24:28.150 NOW YOU KNOW YOU ARE BIG TIME WHEN YOU ARE RECOGNIZED BY JUST 24:28.152 --> 24:30.218 ONE NAME. KENT. 24:30.220 --> 24:40.128 KIND OF LIKE MAGIC, OR IZO, OR -- BALL KERR. 24:40.130 --> 24:58.046 OR DUNCAN. SO WISH I HAD MY NOTES. 24:58.048 --> 25:01.016 YOU YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME IN WAYS. 25:01.018 --> 25:05.319 YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH MANY BUMPS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS BUT YOU 25:05.321 --> 25:08.623 PERSEVERED WELL AS A CLASS. YOU HAVE INSPIRE ADD LOT OF 25:08.625 --> 25:11.860 PEOPLE HERE AT THE COLLEGE OF VETERAN MARRY MEDICINE. 25:11.862 --> 25:16.263 NOW YOU ARE NOT ONLY BECOMING SPARTANS YOU ARE BECOMING SPAT 25:16.265 --> 25:18.500 TAN E.T.S. AND YOU ARE JOINING A RICH 25:18.502 --> 25:24.138 TRADITION OF SPARTAN VETS. IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE YOU WILL 25:24.140 --> 25:27.041 BE RETURNING TO THE COLLEGE, AND TAKING YOUR GRANDCHILDREN 25:27.043 --> 25:30.244 AROUND, AND YOU WILL FIND YOUR YELLOW CLASS PICTURE ON THE 25:30.246 --> 25:32.847 WALL, AND PROBABLY THE ONLY PERSON YOU WILL RECOGNIZE IN THE 25:32.849 --> 25:36.618 COLLEGE AT THAT TIME WILL BE DR. FRANK NICHOLS BECAUSE HE IS 25:36.620 --> 25:51.032 AGE LESS. THEN YOU WILL -- I'M SORRY. 25:51.034 --> 25:54.936 -- YOU LIKE I SAID, YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME ANN MANY OTHERS IN 25:54.938 --> 26:00.742 LOTS OF WAYS, AND YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH OTHER 26:00.744 --> 26:03.110 SPARTAN VETS WHEN YOU TWO TO NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND YOU 26:03.112 --> 26:08.315 WITH CONNECT WITH THERS BY SAYING TWO VERY FAMOUS WORDS. 26:08.317 --> 26:17.323 >> BAR CRAWL. YOU HAVE RECEIVED EXCELLENT 26:17.325 --> 26:20.460 TRAINING HERE, BUT THE REAL TRAINING STARTS NOW. 26:20.462 --> 26:26.833 AND IT NEVER ENDS. THAT'S YOUR TRAINING TO NOT ONLY 26:26.835 --> 26:29.836 LIFE, AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE GOOD AT BOTH 26:29.838 --> 26:32.739 OF THEM. PART OF THAT TRAINING YOU WILL 26:32.741 --> 26:35.642 MAKE CHALLENGING AND UNCOMFORTABLE DECISIONS FOR 26:35.644 --> 26:38.445 EXAMPLE, YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE INSTANT LIFE AND DEATH 26:38.447 --> 26:42.215 DECISIONS. WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE DOCTOR 26:42.217 --> 26:44.517 THERE WITH YOU. YOU WILL BE FORCED TO DECIDE 26:44.519 --> 26:47.754 WHAT TO TELL A COUPLE WHO IS STANDING THERE WITH THEIR DOG 26:47.756 --> 26:51.625 AND YOU JUST GOT THE YOUR HONOR TEST BACK THAT IS POSITIVE FOR 26:51.627 --> 26:55.596 MARIJUANA, AND THEIR TEENAGER SON IS STANDING BEHIND THEM 26:55.598 --> 27:12.045 GOING -- WHENNYOU LEAVE HERE YOU WILL GET A LOT OF ADVICE FROM 27:12.047 --> 27:14.714 FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND TYPICALLY THE ADVICE IS STUFF 27:14.716 --> 27:21.087 LIKE HAVE BIG DREAMS, DON'T MISS THE FORESTS FROM THE TREES AND 27:21.089 --> 27:23.623 DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF. WELL, I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A 27:23.625 --> 27:26.225 TWIST ON THAT TODAY. I AM GOING TO TELL YOU TO SWEAT 27:26.227 --> 27:30.663 THE SMALL STUFF. BECAUSE THAT MY OPINION, 27:30.665 --> 27:33.365 SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF, LOOKING FOR LITTLE DETAILS THAT 27:33.367 --> 27:36.468 CAN MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON3 PEOPLE'S LIVES IS WHAT SEPARATES 27:36.470 --> 27:39.238 THE TRULY EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE FROM THE ORDINARY PEOPLE. 27:39.240 --> 27:43.042 AND CAN BE A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS FACTOR IN YOUR ABILITY TO BE 27:43.044 --> 27:45.011 SUCCESSFUL. AT MAKING A LIVING AND MAKING A 27:45.013 --> 27:53.753 LIFE. STRANGELY THAT'S SOMETHING WE 27:53.755 --> 27:56.922 GET WORSE AT AS WE AGE, FOR EXAMPLE, NEWLY WEDS. 27:56.924 --> 28:00.126 CANNT WAIT TO SEE THEIR SPOUSE AND GREET THEM AFTER WORK, BUT 28:00.128 --> 28:06.532 FAST FORWARD FIVE, TEN, 15, 31 YEARS LATER, AND THAT WARM HOW 28:06.534 --> 28:10.703 WAS YOUR DAY HONEY IS REPLACED BY A SHORT KURT, WHEN IS DINNER 28:10.705 --> 28:24.549 WHAT ARE YOU MAKING. AS WE GET BUSIER AND BUSIER, WE 28:24.551 --> 28:29.054 SOMETIMES FORGET ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LITTLE STUFF. 28:29.056 --> 28:34.125 YOU HAVE HAD SOME GREAT EXAMPLES OF VETERAN MARRIES WHILE YOU 28:34.127 --> 28:40.031 HAVE BEEN HERE WHO ARE REALLY GOOD ROLE MODELS FOR ATTENTION 28:40.033 --> 28:47.238 TO THE SMALL STUFF. IS MADE YOU REALIZE IT IS NOT 28:47.240 --> 28:50.374 REALLY -- PEOPLE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU KNOW UNTIL THEY KNOW YOU 28:50.376 --> 28:53.878 -úCARE, DON'T. PEOPLE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU KNOW, 28:53.880 --> 28:56.715 UNTIL THEY KNOW YOU CARE. NOT THAT KNOWLEDGE ISN'T 28:56.717 --> 29:01.853 IMPORTANT, BUT IN OUR PROFESSION IT HAS BECOME A GIVEN. 29:01.855 --> 29:05.523 I WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD THINK BACK UPON THEM AS YOUR LIFE 29:05.525 --> 29:09.160 -úUNFOLDS. FOR EXAMPLE, DR. GRETA 29:09.162 --> 29:10.862 PATTERSON, ALWAYS A SOURCE OF SUPPORT. 29:10.864 --> 29:14.065 NO MATTER HOW BUSY SHE WAS SHE WAS THERE FOR YOU. 29:14.067 --> 29:19.337 SHE TRIED TO GET YOU THERE WITH THE STRATEGIC USE OF FREE FOOD. 29:19.339 --> 29:22.640 TRY TO REMEMBER THE IMPACT IT HAD WITH PEOPLE THAT TRY TO 29:22.642 --> 29:25.542 REMEMBER YOUR NAME, AND THE LEGENDARY NAME REMEMBERING 29:25.544 --> 29:30.047 ABILITY OF PEOPLE LIKE DR. HALL SHOT. 29:30.049 --> 29:33.516 úND STEVE KERRY THAT MADE YOU FEEL REALLY SPECIAL, I'M SURE. 29:33.518 --> 29:38.288 AND YOUR CLASS COMMENTED WHEN DR. HULKMAN WOULD WALK INTO YOUR 29:38.290 --> 29:40.190 ROOM, IT WOULD FEEL LIKE A WARM HUG. 29:40.192 --> 29:42.292 DIDN'T THAT MAKE YOU FEEL SPECIAL? 29:42.294 --> 29:45.028 I PERSONALLY WAS FORTUNATE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT A WONDERFUL 29:45.030 --> 29:47.731 FACULTY WE HAVE HERE, IN THEIR ATTENTION TO THE SMALL STUFF, 29:47.733 --> 29:51.434 WHEN I LEFT MY POSITION AS HOSPITAL DIRECTOR, I GOT A 29:51.436 --> 29:54.738 BEAUTIFUL NOTE FROM DR. MATT BEAL, INKADING WHAT OUR WORKING 29:54.740 --> 29:59.409 RELATIONSHIP MEANT TO HIM. AND SURPRISINGLY, HIS NOTE SAID 29:59.411 --> 30:07.951 MORE THAN JUST DUDE, IT WAS MOSTLY POSITIVE. 30:07.953 --> 30:11.121 SO IF YOU ARE OUU THERE, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DID FOR ME AND 30:11.123 --> 30:21.265 THE CLASS OF 2013. úOU ALSO HAD ROLE MODELS THAT 30:21.267 --> 30:27.237 WEREN'T VETERINARIANS AND WERE VERY ATTENTIVE SMALL DETAILS. 30:27.239 --> 30:31.174 WE HAVE AN ANIMAL CARE TAKENER THE HOSPITAL, NO MATTER HOW BUSY 30:31.176 --> 30:34.343 SHE WAS SHE WOULD TAKE TIME TO SMILE AND GIVE TO PEOPLE. 30:34.345 --> 30:38.347 TRYING TO LOCATE A MISSING BLANKET THAT BELONGS TO AN OWNER 30:38.349 --> 30:43.052 OF ONE OF OUR PATIENTS SHE WOULD SEARCH FOR THAT BLANKET, BECAUSE 30:43.054 --> 30:47.456 SHE KNEW IT HAD POTENTIALLY PRICE LESS SEPTEMBER MENTAL 30:47.458 --> 30:50.159 VALUE TO THE OWNERS. OF COURSE, THEEE'S SOMEONE ELSE 30:50.161 --> 30:58.434 WHO YOU MAY KNOO WHO I WILL SAY HERE. 30:58.436 --> 31:01.437 HE REMEMBERED YOUR EXAM SCHEDULES, YOUR CLASS RECOGNIZED 31:01.439 --> 31:05.507 HIM LAST NIGHT BECAUSE OF HIS ABILITY TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE 31:05.509 --> 31:08.244 SMALL STUFF, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT AL THE CUSTODIAN. 31:08.246 --> 31:20.056 THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. [APPLAUSE] 31:20.058 --> 31:23.159 AS YOUR FINAL HOME WORK ASSIGNMENT, I AM GOING TO 31:23.161 --> 31:26.262 CHALLENGE YOU EACH WEEK FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS TO JUST WRITE A 31:26.264 --> 31:30.566 SHORT NOTE TO SOMEONE WHO HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOUR LIVES. 31:30.568 --> 31:35.371 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO TAKE VERY LONG. 31:35.373 --> 31:38.039 BUTKY GUARANTEE YOU LIT HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THOSE PEOPLE THAT 31:38.041 --> 31:41.476 HAD A BIG IMPACT ON YOUR LIVES. AND IT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER YET, 31:41.478 --> 31:44.846 THANK YOU DR. JOHNSON FOR GIVING ME THAT PHRASE, EVEN BETTER YET 31:44.848 --> 31:48.850 IF YOU WERE TO WRITE ONE OF THESE LETTERS TO THE 31:48.852 --> 31:51.452 VETERINARIAN WHO EITHER INSPIRED YOU TO COME INTO THIS 31:51.454 --> 31:54.155 PROFESSION, OR HELPED YOU GET THROUGH YOUR COLLEGE CAREER 31:54.157 --> 32:03.231 HERE. I EVEN HAVE ONE HERE U THE FIRST 32:03.233 --> 32:14.109 ONE. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING MY 32:14.111 --> 32:16.444 GRADUATION CEREMONY, AND THHNK YOU FOR BEING MY MENTOR. 32:16.446 --> 32:18.846 YOU HAVE BEEN A VERY POSITIVE INSPIRATION FOR ME. 32:18.848 --> 32:22.250 THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, GRADUATION DAY WAS ONE OF 32:22.252 --> 32:29.457 THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS 32:29.459 --> 32:35.863 SPARTABULOU. SINCERERY DR. KATIE YUSIK. 32:35.865 --> 32:40.068 DID IT TAKE HER LONG TO WRITE THAT, I'M PRETTY SURE IT DID. 32:40.070 --> 32:46.040 AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER, KURT. 32:46.042 --> 32:51.345 IN SUMMARY, AND IN KIND OF CONCLUSION HERE. 32:51.347 --> 32:55.015 MANY YEARS AGO. I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING THE 32:55.017 --> 32:58.419 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER FOR THE CLASS OF 1996, WHICH WAS 32:58.421 --> 33:02.757 DR. BEAL'S CLASS. AND DESPITE SPENDING COUNTLESS 33:02.759 --> 33:08.663 HOURS WORKING ON THAT SPEECH, REHEARSING IT, THEY -- MEMBERS 33:08.665 --> 33:12.533 OF THAT CLASS, I AM PRETTY SURE BY THE END OF THE DAY, COULDN'T 33:12.535 --> 33:17.071 REMEMBER A SINGLE WORD I SAID. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK I 33:17.073 --> 33:19.574 FORGOT EVERYTHING I SAID WITHIN A MINUTE OF SITTING DOWN 33:19.576 --> 33:22.543 AFTERWARDS. HOWEVER, WHILE I COULDD'T 33:22.545 --> 33:27.047 REMEMBER ANYTHING I SAID, PEOPLE FROM THAT CLASS TO THIS DAY 33:27.049 --> 33:33.153 REMEMBER SOMETHING THAT I DID. AT TWO END OF THE CEREMONY, THE 33:33.155 --> 33:36.757 SYMPHONY BAND STARTING PLAYING THE FIGHT SONG, AND I GOT BACK 33:36.759 --> 33:40.461 UP ON THE PODIUM AND STARTED DOING THE MOVE TO THE 33:40.463 --> 33:47.334 CHEERLEADING MOVE TO THE FIGHT SONG. 33:47.336 --> 33:51.805 AND I PUT A REAL STAMP OF SPARTAN PRIDE ON THEIR SEN 33:51.807 --> 33:56.576 MOANNY. WELL, TODAY, FOE HELP YOU 33:56.578 --> 34:02.116 REMEMBER THE POUNCER OF THE SMALL STUFF. 34:02.118 --> 34:06.053 AND PUT A STAAP OF SPARTAN PRIDE ON YOUR SEN MOANNY, AND WITH THE 34:06.055 --> 34:14.261 HELP OF NOT ONLY OUR NEW SPARTAN VETS. 34:14.263 --> 34:17.797 WITH THE HELP OF PARTY VET, MR. SULLIVAN, NOW IT IS TIME. 34:17.799 --> 34:25.739 [APPLAUSE] QUEUE THE BAND TO THE FINAL 34:25.741 --> 35:24.797 CLASS YEAR OF 2013. [APPLAUSE] 35:24.799 --> 35:55.260 ¶[MUSIC] >> 35:55.262 --> 36:02.467 ¶ SPARTAN VETS HAVE INCREASED TODAY TO LET'S ALL SAY HOORAY" 36:02.469 --> 36:08.706 RAH RAH RAH" "PLEASE KEEP OUR PETS FROM WEAKENING, HELP US TO 36:08.708 --> 36:14.045 FIND A CURE" "SWEAT, DUST, SMALL STUFF, WE'RE SO VERY PROUD OF 36:14.047 --> 36:33.665 YOU ¶ [APPLAUSE] 36:33.667 --> 36:36.568 I LOVE YOU CLASS. THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME TO BE 36:36.570 --> 36:41.039 YOUR ADVISOR, YOUR COLLEAGUE, YOUR FRIEND THE LAST FOUR YEARS. 36:41.041 --> 36:44.675 AND OF COURSE THE REAL TRUE FAMOUS WORDS YOU GOT IT, GO 36:44.677 --> 36:46.544 GREEN. YEAH! 36:46.546 --> 37:24.147 [APPLAUSE]3 [APPLAUSE] 37:24.149 --> 37:26.917 THANK YOU, DR. LEBLANC. [LAUGHTER] 37:26.919 --> 37:34.758 >> THAT WAS TRULY SPECIAL. GOOD AFTERNOON, AND 37:34.760 --> 37:36.760 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF MY NEW COLLEAGUES. 37:36.762 --> 37:41.798 WE ARE VERY VERY PROUD OF YOU GUYS. 37:41.800 --> 37:45.603 I AM THE ASSOCIATE TEEN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS THERE'S A TYPO 37:45.605 --> 37:48.671 ON MY NOTES. ONE OF THE TRADITIONS OF 37:48.673 --> 37:54.110 ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS IS THE WEARING OF THE ROBE, ON CEREMONY 37:54.112 --> 37:56.479 OCCASIONS LIKE COMMENCEMENT. THE DESIGN OF THE ROBE IS 37:56.481 --> 38:02.552 DIFFERENT FOR THE MASTERS AND DOCK ARTICLE DEGREES. 38:02.554 --> 38:05.788 THE DOCTORS ROBE IS THE MOST ELABORATE. 38:05.790 --> 38:11.160 AND THE FRONT OF THE GOWN. IT INCLUDE AS HOOD WHICH WILL BE 38:11.162 --> 38:15.765 PROMINENTLY FEATURED IN TODAY'S IT ALSO HAS A BROADBAND OF 38:15.767 --> 38:18.368 VELVET AND IS LINED WITH THE OFFICIAL COLORS OF THE 38:18.370 --> 38:22.572 INSTITUTION THAT GRANTED THE DEGREE. 38:22.574 --> 38:30.846 I, AM AN ALIENIA. THIS IS BLUE AND ORANGE. 38:30.848 --> 38:34.183 THE COLOR INDICATES THE TYPE OF DEGREE EARNS FOR EXAMPLE, BLUE 38:34.185 --> 38:38.655 OR BLACK INDICATES THE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY AGREE. 38:38.657 --> 38:43.559 GREY INDICATED THE DOCTOR OF VETERAN MARRY DEGREE. 38:43.561 --> 38:49.666 U.S. AND EUROPEAN TRADITION AND FASHION, ARE ALWAYS DIIFERENT. 38:49.668 --> 38:52.868 TODAY'S PLACING OF THE HOOD ON EACH RADUATE SIGNIFYING THAT 38:52.870 --> 38:56.672 THE CANDIDATE HAS COMPLETED OR IS EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THE 38:56.674 --> 38:59.474 ACADEMMC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE D.V.M. DEGREE. 38:59.476 --> 39:02.778 COMPLETION OF THE DEGREE EARNS THE CANDIDATE THE RIGHT TO BE 39:02.780 --> 39:05.647 CALLED "DOCTOR." AND TO START PAYING BACK THOSE 39:05.649 --> 39:11.687 LOANS. THH CLASS OF 2013 HAS HONORED 39:11.689 --> 39:13.588 DR. KENT AIMS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LARGE ANIMAL 39:13.590 --> 39:20.329 CLINICAL SCIENCES. BY SELECTING THEM TO PERFORM THE 39:20.331 --> 39:23.365 HOODING. WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE 39:23.367 --> 39:30.306 VETERINARIAN PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WILL ASSIST. 39:30.308 --> 39:33.375 DEAN BROWN, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE CLASS OF 2013, FOR 39:33.377 --> 39:46.388 OUR TRADITIONAL HOODING CEREMONY. 39:46.390 --> 39:49.258 FAMILY AND FRIENDS IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO 39:49.260 --> 39:54.263 ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR GRADUATE AS HE OR SHE CROSS IT IS STAGE. 39:54.265 --> 39:56.899 CANDIDATES LET'S GET. PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR 39:56.901 --> 40:27.028 INFORMATION CARD TO ME. CHELSEA AMELIA GRIMES WEST 40:27.030 --> 40:31.366 BLOOMFIELD MICHIGAN. [APPLAUSE] 40:31.368 --> 40:38.640 CHELSEA IS HOODED BY DR. KYLE GOOD, A 1991 ALUMNI OF REGIONAL 40:38.642 --> 40:51.319 COLLEGE OF SPREAD REMEMBER NAME MEDICINE, CHELSEA IS HER NIECE. 40:51.321 --> 41:07.601 FROM KATHRYN BOARDMAN, OHIO. [APPLAUSE] 41:07.603 --> 41:12.573 DR. LINDSAY ALISON ALISON ZENY, IRON MOUNTAIN U MICHIGAN. 41:12.575 --> 41:47.541 [APPLAUSE] >> FROM JORDAN AUSMYER. 41:47.543 --> 41:57.352 MICHIGAN. FROM RACHEL BOCHINKIN. 41:57.354 --> 42:39.393 NEW YORK. FROM KARISSA HYDE PARK NEW YORK. 42:39.395 --> 43:02.082 DR. JENNIFER LYNN BARZNIK. MICHIGAN. 43:02.084 --> 43:07.454 DR. MARK JAMES ZIZNSKY, BRIGHTON, MICHIGAN. 43:07.456 --> 43:25.438 [APPLAUSE] FROM RAH CHEL M BENCH. 43:25.440 --> 43:44.390 MICHIGAN. FROM BIANCA BUFFO, SHELBY 43:44.392 --> 44:03.976 TOWNSHIP MICHIGAN. I JUST FOUND THIS OUT, THEY WENT 44:03.978 --> 44:08.347 TO HIGH SCHOOL TOMORROW. DR. KEITH BURG,,SHELBY TOONSHIP 44:08.349 --> 44:28.799 MICHIGAN. DR. LIZA ROADS YAKMAN CON, 44:28.801 --> 44:49.187 SEATTLE WASHINGTON. FROM EMILY HOP KIN CAPE EXCEL 44:49.189 --> 45:19.551 JACKSON MICHIGAN. FROM MARY JOE, SEOUL KOREA. 45:19.553 --> 45:46.276 [APPLAUSE] >> A 1975 ALUMNI OF THE OHIO 45:46.278 --> 45:50.280 STATE COLLEGE OF VETERAN MARRY MEDICINE, HIS FATHER. 45:50.282 --> 46:13.904 [APPLAUSE] DR. ELANA COOK, BAY CITY 46:13.906 --> 46:36.393 MICHIIAA. [APPLAUSE] 46:36.395 --> 47:01.084 >> DR. MEGAN T COOK, STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT. 47:01.086 --> 47:22.005 FROM JOOLIN MARIE CARPENTER, JJCKSON, MICHIGAN. 47:22.007 --> 47:25.175 DR. CHRISTENE CARLY COT, RENO, NEVADA. 47:25.177 --> 47:49.198 [APPLAUSE] DR. CRAIG CRAFTON, LAKE HORRY, 47:49.200 --> 48:28.804 MICHIGAN. DR. MELISSA SUE DAVIS TRIP, 48:28.806 --> 48:46.789 MONTGOMERY, ILLINOIS. [APPLAUSE] 48:46.791 --> 49:06.775 FROM KYLE JOSHUA DUNCAN, LIMP FIELD, OHIO. 49:06.777 --> 49:20.923 FROM CYNTHIA MUNE ESSICK, LOS ALPO HILLS CALIFORNIA. 49:20.925 --> 49:31.666 PLEASE CHECK OUT THE BOOTS. DR. SARAH PASSSY, GRRNDVILLE, 49:31.668 --> 49:55.789 MICHIGAN. DR. 458LY MARIE FAVA. 49:55.791 --> 50:13.674 OHIO. DR. SARAH MARIE FLIPSY. 50:13.676 --> 50:38.265 OHIO. FROM JESSE DAVID FITS PARMA 50:38.267 --> 50:58.685 MICHIGAN. FROM KYLE FULLER, GRAND RAPIDS 50:58.687 --> 51:17.470 MICHIGAN. FROM LISA SUE GATERNER, 51:17.472 --> 51:41.261 MICHIGAN. FROM BLAKE LAND, WHITE LAKE, 51:41.263 --> 52:00.413 MICHIGAN. FROM CHRISTINA OW HADLY, MIIES 52:00.415 --> 52:21.701 MICHIGAN. DR. NICOLE HAINESER, ROMEO, 52:21.703 --> 52:58.771 MICHIGAN. DR. UNA HAUN, SOUTH KOREA. 52:58.773 --> 53:19.323 FROM LINDA GALE HARMON, TERM PRESENCE, MICHIGAN. 53:19.325 --> 53:45.183 DR. ANDREA ELIZABETH, MONROVIO, CALIFORNIA. 53:45.185 --> 53:51.455 FROM JESSE LYNN HENNESSEY, MICHIGAN. 53:51.457 --> 54:31.895 H MILTON, MICHIGAN. DR. AMANDA HAWK, STAFF RIDGE, 54:31.897 --> 54:59.724 MICHIGAN. FROM ANGELA MICHELLE. 54:59.726 --> 55:22.579 MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS. DR. AMONG DA JENSON, GRANDVILLE, 55:22.581 --> 55:53.243 MICHIGAN. DR. JENNIFER JAY JOHNSON, 55:53.245 --> 56:13.197 CAMDEN, MICHIGAN. WOULD YOU STOP THAT. 56:13.199 --> 56:16.033 [LAUGHTER] >> DR. SARAH ASHLEY JONES, 56:16.035 --> 57:02.278 BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN. DR. CHANG KIM, SOUTH KOREA. 57:02.280 --> 57:07.816 DR. DR. JAMIE CARPER, AS SHE COMMLETED HER PHD LAST YEAR, AN 57:07.818 --> 57:28.404 ARBOR MICHIGAN. DR. LEANN KIMBERLL COAL, 57:28.406 --> 57:58.733 MICHIGAN. FROM LAURA. 57:58.735 --> 58:40.808 DEL MAR, NEW YORK. DR. CAITLIN, TROY MICHIGAN. 58:40.810 --> 59:03.531 DR. MARIE, GRAND OFTEN MICHIGAN. DR. SARAH HALEY LEFTMAN, ANDOVER 59:03.533 --> 59:27.688 MASSACHUSETS. DR. JESSICA LEE LIND CALL, HOWL, 59:27.690 --> 59:48.742 MICHIGAN. DR. EMILY NOEL LUCAS, YOUNGS 59:48.744 --> 01:00:13.199 TOWN OHIO. WHERE JACQUELINE MARIE LINEMAN, 01:00:13.201 --> 01:00:37.557 GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN. DR. EMILY CAROL McCONNELLY, 01:00:37.559 --> 01:00:57.876 ARLINGTON VIRGINIA. DR. LINDSAY MAGUIRE, HOWELL 01:00:57.878 --> 01:01:21.600 MICHIGAN. DR. ELISE ANNE-MARIE MEYER, 01:01:21.602 --> 01:02:07.646 MICHIGAN. DR. MURPHY, SELENE, MICHIGAN. 01:02:07.648 --> 01:02:32.136 DR. CHRISTINA NICOLE MILLER, HOW DR. ANDREA LOUIS MA NELL LI, WHO 01:02:32.138 --> 01:02:49.821 ALSO COMPLETE ADD MASTERS DEGREE, HOPBOP NEW YORK. 01:02:49.823 --> 01:03:13.544 FROM JANELLE MOORELINE, ALASKA. DR. AMANDA LOUIS MOON, GRAND 01:03:13.546 --> 01:03:38.636 BURY, TEXAS. FROM RHIANNA MARIE, ANCHORAGE, 01:03:38.638 --> 01:04:00.824 ALASKA. DR. ERIC NAP LAND, NORTH STREET, 01:04:00.826 --> 01:04:40.530 MICHIGAN. FROM CHELSEA, MAUI, HAWAII. 01:04:40.532 --> 01:04:58.548 DR. JESSICA ANN OGDEN, GROSS POINT FARMS, MICHIGAN. 01:04:58.550 --> 01:05:18.433 DR. MICHAEL PASTORE, BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICHIGAN. 01:05:18.435 --> 01:05:43.258 >> DR. WENDY L PAUL, GAYLORD MICHIGAN. 01:05:43.260 --> 01:05:48.963 FROM LESLIE ANN PAXSON, WITH DR. STEPHEN E PAXSON, 1987 01:05:48.965 --> 01:05:53.368 ALUMNI OF OUR MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF VETERAN MARRY 01:05:53.370 --> 01:05:56.605 MEDICINE WILL ASSIST WITH THE HOODING OF HIS DAUGHTER. 01:05:56.607 --> 01:06:25.666 [APPLAUSE] DR. ALEXANDAR PIAZZA, ROCHESTER 01:06:25.668 --> 01:06:44.718 HILLS MICHIGAN. DR. ELISA BLOOMFIELD HILLS 01:06:44.720 --> 01:07:08.809 MICHIGAN. DR. RACHEL KIMBERLY 01:07:08.811 --> 01:07:28.629 ACTIONCHELO,,NO VINE, MICHIGAN. DR. JESSICA RHODES PILE MID 01:07:28.631 --> 01:07:51.084 LAND, MICHIGAN. DR. NAOMI QUINN, WEST 01:07:51.086 --> 01:08:15.275 BLOOMFIELD, MICHIGAN. DR. KRISTY MARIA REAGAN, 01:08:15.277 --> 01:08:38.131 STERLING HEIGHTS MICHIGAN. FROM AARON NICOLE RICHARDS, 01:08:38.133 --> 01:08:57.784 REDFORD, MICHIGAN. [APPLAUSE] 01:08:57.786 --> 01:09:25.245 FROM LEAH RAMAN KNOW, LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK. 01:09:25.247 --> 01:09:54.674 DR. NICOLE RILEY, WEST LAKE, OHIO. 01:09:54.676 --> 01:10:16.062 DR. MIRANDA SHERER, UMA, ARIZONA. 01:10:16.064 --> 01:10:35.882 THERE ASHLEY JAY SCHROEDER, AKRON, OHIO. 01:10:35.884 --> 01:10:57.069 LAWRENCE, MICHIGAN P H.TZ -úDR. ALEXANDAR EDEN SCOTT, 01:10:57.071 --> 01:11:24.230 WILLIAMSON MICHIGAN. FROM AARON LYNN SHAW, HALEM, 01:11:24.232 --> 01:11:41.614 MICHIGAN. [APPLAUSE] 01:11:41.616 --> 01:12:09.340 DR. JACQUELINE RENEE SPRAGUE, GOWAN, MICHIGAN. 01:12:09.342 --> 01:12:33.063 DR. JESSICA SPRING STEAD, WISEMAN, MICHIGAN. 01:12:33.065 --> 01:12:36.567 DR. JAMIE MARIE STRICKLAND, LANCING, MICHIGAN. 01:12:36.569 --> 01:12:59.222 [APPLAUSE]3 DR. MISTY LEE SUMNER, ON STEAD, 01:12:59.224 --> 01:13:20.677 MICHIGAN. DR. AARON ROSE TANS, 01:13:20.679 --> 01:13:44.934 HUNDREDTONVILLE, MICHIGAN. FROM COLTLY MARIE THOMAS, HIDELE 01:13:44.936 --> 01:14:09.358 BURG, GERMANY. TROYY PENNSYLVANIA. 01:14:09.360 --> 01:15:11.553 [APPLAUSE] DR. TINA LOUIS, MILES MICHIGAN. 01:15:11.555 --> 01:15:36.878 FROM LINDSAY RAY VARGO. MICHIGAN. 01:15:36.880 --> 01:15:59.200 BRIGHTON, MICHIGAN. [APPLAUSE] 01:15:59.202 --> 01:16:25.592 DR. ERICA DANIEL WARD, FOWLERVILLE, MICHIGAN. 01:16:25.594 --> 01:16:45.111 DR. NICOLE WATSON, AL COMMAND RHEA, VIRGINIA. 01:16:45.113 --> 01:17:08.902 FROM AM A BEAR FAY JUAN. CLIO MICHIGAN. 01:17:08.904 --> 01:17:36.229 DR. JENNIFER LYNN WELSH, CRUMBYANO, OHIO. 01:17:36.231 --> 01:17:59.685 DR. RACHEL DAWN WEITZEL. BELL FONT, PENNSYLVANIA. 01:17:59.687 --> 01:18:02.989 DR. LESLIE RENNE WINTZ. TROY MICHIGAN. 01:18:02.991 --> 01:18:31.751 [APPLAUSE] DR. STACY LYNN WILEY, LIKE 01:18:31.753 --> 01:18:53.505 COYOTE, LEAVENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. 01:18:53.507 --> 01:18:58.577 AND DR. JUSTINE, LANCING, MICHIGAN. 01:18:58.579 --> 01:19:56.901 [APPLAUSE] WILL THE CANDIDATES PLEASE RISE. 01:19:56.903 --> 01:20:02.406 MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2013. ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT SIMON, 01:20:02.408 --> 01:20:06.410 WHO HAS DELICATED HER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN VESTED 01:20:06.412 --> 01:20:12.884 IN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I CONFER UPON ALL OF YOU, THE 01:20:12.886 --> 01:20:16.687 DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF VETERAN MARRY MEDICINE. 01:20:16.689 --> 01:20:20.125 FOR WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED WITH ALL THE RIGHTS 01:20:20.127 --> 01:20:25.196 AND DISTINCTIONS TO WHICH THIS ENTITLES YOU. 01:20:25.198 --> 01:20:28.399 THIS ACT REPRESENTS THE CONCLUSION OF THE GREAT 01:20:28.401 --> 01:20:31.668 ACHIEVEMENT AND MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A LIFETIME OF 01:20:31.670 --> 01:20:35.438 DEDICATED SERVICE TO YOUR FELLOW MAN, WOMEN, AND THE ANIMAL 01:20:35.440 --> 01:20:42.012 KINGDOM. IT IS AN ACHIEVEMENT WORTHY OF 01:20:42.014 --> 01:20:44.915 CELEBRATION, AND WE ARE ALL HERE TO CELEBRATE THE COMPLETION OF 01:20:44.917 --> 01:20:48.351 THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM, AND THE COLLEGE OF VETERAN MARRY 01:20:48.353 --> 01:20:50.487 MEDICINE AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. 01:20:50.489 --> 01:20:53.991 CONGRATULATIONS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE NEW 01:20:53.993 --> 01:20:56.359 DOCTORS OF VETERAN MARRY MEDICINE. 01:20:56.361 --> 01:21:43.605 [APPLAUSE] PLEADS BE SEATED, THANK YOU. 01:21:43.607 --> 01:21:47.676 THE CLASS OF 2013 IS UNIQUE FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS AND IN A 01:21:47.678 --> 01:21:51.013 NUMBER OF WAYS NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH THEY HAVE TWO CLASSS3 01:21:51.015 --> 01:21:53.182 PRESIDENTS. SO AT THIS TIME I WILL INVITE 01:21:53.184 --> 01:21:56.418 THE TWO CLASS PRESIDENTS UP TO GIVE THEIR REMARKS BUT FIRSTLY 01:21:56.420 --> 01:21:58.754 INTRODUCE ZEUS THEM. CHELSEA GRIMES. 01:21:58.756 --> 01:22:03.192 CHELSEA SERVES A AS CLASS PRESIDENT HERB FIRST YEAR AND 01:22:03.194 --> 01:22:07.629 HAS BEEN CO-PRESIDENT. SHE IS AND ESPECIALLY ENJOYS 01:22:07.631 --> 01:22:09.999 DERMATOLOGY. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 01:22:10.001 --> 01:22:13.936 AS A GRADUATION, SHE WILL E GOING INTO PRIVATE PRACTICE. 01:22:13.938 --> 01:22:17.306 SHE IS ORIGINALLY FROM BOARDMAN OHIO, AND HAS SERVED AS 01:22:17.308 --> 01:22:20.409 CO-PRESIDENT OF THE CLASS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. 01:22:20.411 --> 01:22:25.414 SHE WILL BE DDING A -- I'M CHANNELING, SHE WILL BE DOING A 01:22:25.416 --> 01:22:29.218 SMALL ANIMAL INTERNSHIP IN GRAND RANDS AND THEN HOPEFULLY GOING 01:22:29.220 --> 01:22:45.901 ON TO DO A NEUROLOGY RESIDENCY. >> I TRIED FOR WEEKS TO WRITE 01:22:45.903 --> 01:22:49.905 THIS GRADUATION SPEECH, BUT HAD PERSISTENCE WRITER'S BLOCK, IT 01:22:49.907 --> 01:22:53.509 IS SO HARD TO SUM UP THE FOUR MOST INTENSE YEARS OF YOUR LIFE 01:22:53.511 --> 01:22:57.546 IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. FIIALLY, AN IDEA AND A THEME 01:22:57.548 --> 01:23:00.616 CAME TO ME JUST THE OTHER NIGHT, AS I SAT IN FRONT OF THE 01:23:00.618 --> 01:23:03.752 COMPUTER SWAMPED WITH SURGERY REPORTS, AND DISCHARGING TO 01:23:03.754 --> 01:23:08.023 FINISH. SO IN A WEIRD WAY, I MUST THANK 01:23:08.025 --> 01:23:11.192 MY CLINICIAN FOR ALL THAT PAPERWORK, BECAUSE OUT OF IT 01:23:11.194 --> 01:23:13.929 CAME THE PREMISE OF THIS SPEECH. WHEN A PATIENT IS WALKING OUT 01:23:13.931 --> 01:23:17.999 THE DOORS OF THE V.T.H., THE TEACHING HOSPITAL, ONE OF THE 01:23:18.001 --> 01:23:23.605 LAST THINGS WE DO IS HAND THE CLIENT A DISCHARGE INSTRUCTION. 01:23:23.607 --> 01:23:26.308 THE DISCHARGE HAS SEVERAL SECTIONS TO IT. 01:23:26.310 --> 01:23:30.612 AT THE TOP, IS A FINAL DIAGNOSIS, FOLLOWED BY THE 01:23:30.614 --> 01:23:34.583 PRESENTING COMPLAINTS, THE HISTORY, THE PHYSICAL EXAM 01:23:34.585 --> 01:23:39.220 FINDINGS, THH DIAGNOSTIC TEST PERFORMED, THE TREATMENT, THE 01:23:39.222 --> 01:23:42.023 MEDICATIONS PRESCRIBED, THE PROGNOSIS AND FINALLY THE 01:23:42.025 --> 01:23:46.694 GENERAL DISMISSAL INFORMATION. A DISCHARGE OFTEN ENDS WITH 01:23:46.696 --> 01:23:51.132 THANKING THE CLIENT FOR BRINGING THE PATIENT TO MSU AND WISHING 01:23:51.134 --> 01:23:54.402 THEM WELL. WHILE WE MAY NOT BE PATIENTS 01:23:54.404 --> 01:23:57.305 OURSELVES, HERE ARE THE DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE 01:23:57.307 --> 01:24:01.309 CLASS OF 2013. AS WE WALK OUT THE DOORS OF THE 01:24:01.311 --> 01:24:04.212 BTH. FINAL DIAGNOSIS. 01:24:04.214 --> 01:24:08.116 A STUDENT WHO ENTERED A LIFE CHANGING FOUR YEARS OF 01:24:08.118 --> 01:24:11.519 VETERINARY SCHOOL HAS NOW BECOME A DOCTOR. 01:24:11.521 --> 01:24:16.458 PRESENTING COMPLAINTS, SENIOR IT TIS. 01:24:16.460 --> 01:24:18.994 HISTORY. THE STUDENT ORIGINALLY PRESENTED 01:24:18.996 --> 01:24:27.102 ON AUGUST 31ST, 2009, WITH AN EAGERNESS TO LEARN MEDICINE. 01:24:27.104 --> 01:24:30.805 AFTER FOUR CHALLENGING YEARS THE STUDENT NOW REPORTS THAT 01:24:30.807 --> 01:24:33.641 SENIORITIS HAS SET IN. WHEN FIRST ASKED TO CHRONICLE 01:24:33.643 --> 01:24:36.911 TTE EVENTS OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS THE STUDENT HAS DIFFICULTY 01:24:36.913 --> 01:24:39.947 COMPLAINING THAT IT ALL JUST BLENDS TOGETHER. 01:24:39.949 --> 01:24:42.417 BUT WAS FURTHER PROBING DETAILS EMERGED. 01:24:42.419 --> 01:24:47.021 IN THE FIRST YEAR THE STUDENT LEARNS ABOUT NORMAL PHYSES 01:24:47.023 --> 01:24:50.925 LOGICAL FUNCTION, AND TOOK THE FOLLOWING CLASSES. 01:24:50.927 --> 01:24:56.296 MICRO BIOLOGY, IMMUNENOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCES, GROSS ANATOMY, 01:24:56.298 --> 01:25:01.702 ETHICS, ANIMAL SCIENCE, CLINICAL ADVANCE TECHNIQUES PHARMACOLOGY, 01:25:01.704 --> 01:25:04.605 PHYSIOLOGY, NUTRITION, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, AND DIAGNOSTIC 01:25:04.607 --> 01:25:08.676 IMAGING. THAT'S A LOT. 01:25:08.678 --> 01:25:13.414 THE STUDENT WORKS DIFFICULT GENTLY TO TAKE DOWN EVERY WORD 01:25:13.416 --> 01:25:16.517 DING TATED AND INSISTING ON PRINTING OUT THE NOTES FOR EVERY 01:25:16.519 --> 01:25:24.525 LAST LECTURE IN AN EFFORT TO START HER OWN MEDICAL LIBRARY. 01:25:24.527 --> 01:25:27.094 UNFORTUNATELY, THE STUDENT KILLED A SMALL FORESTS OF TREES. 01:25:27.096 --> 01:25:30.631 BY THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR, THE STUDENT NO LONGER FONDLY 01:25:30.633 --> 01:25:34.334 CHERISHED HER NOTES SO THE LEAST FAVORITE WERE DONATED TO CREATE 01:25:34.336 --> 01:25:36.904 A PIÑATA FOR THE END OF THE YEAR PARTY. 01:25:36.906 --> 01:25:40.908 DURING THE SECOND YEAR, THE STUDENT LEARNED DISEASE 01:25:40.910 --> 01:25:48.715 PROCESSES AND ABNORMALS. THERE IS MORE, BLUE GENERAL 01:25:48.717 --> 01:25:54.020 PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL PATHOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY, RESPIRATORY 01:25:54.022 --> 01:25:59.559 DISEASES, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, MUSCULAR SKELETAL 01:25:59.561 --> 01:26:02.295 DISEASES, FIBROOLOGY, LARGE ANIMAL CLINICAL SCIENCES, 01:26:02.297 --> 01:26:05.899 PRINCIPLES OF AN THESE JAY AND SURGERY. 01:26:05.901 --> 01:26:08.434 THE CURRICULUM INTENSE FIED AND THE STUDENT SOON REALIZED THE 01:26:08.436 --> 01:26:11.805 FIRST YEAR OF VET SCHOOL WAS EASY BY COMPARISON,,AND LONGED 01:26:11.807 --> 01:26:16.009 TO GO BACK TO IT. ESPECIALLY BY SEMESTER FOUR. 01:26:16.011 --> 01:26:20.346 THE STUDENTS SANITY WAS TESTED AND THE ONLY SAVING GRACE WAS 01:26:20.348 --> 01:26:23.416 THE MOTION OF THE FIVE PARTY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 01:26:23.418 --> 01:26:26.252 WHEN THE SEMESTER FIVE BEGAN, THE STUDENT FINALLY SAW A DIM 01:26:26.254 --> 01:26:30.323 LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. STILL, IN BETWEEN THE STUDENT 01:26:30.325 --> 01:26:37.631 AND CLINICS REMAINED HEMATOLOGY, ONCOLOGY, DERMATOLOGY, URINARY 01:26:37.633 --> 01:26:43.803 DISEASES NEUROLOGII AND AN THOMIC DISEASES, DIGESTIVE 01:26:43.805 --> 01:26:47.941 DISEASES. ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2011, THE 01:26:47.943 --> 01:26:52.245 STUDENT HAD FINALLY FINISHED HER TRAINING AND WAS CELEBRATING AS 01:26:52.247 --> 01:27:04.322 THE KENTUCKY DERBY THEMED FIVE H PARTY. 01:27:04.324 --> 01:27:06.391 SO CHALLENGES WERE ALWAYS PRESENT. 01:27:06.393 --> 01:27:12.497 THE STUDENT DEVELOPED A PANIC REACTION WHILE ON NIGHT E.R. 01:27:12.499 --> 01:27:15.134 DUTY. PHYSICAL EXAM FINDINGS. 01:27:15.136 --> 01:27:19.905 OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS HORSETAIL AND LATERAL 01:27:19.907 --> 01:27:25.210 CANCEL HAVE DEVELOPED DUE TO EXCESSIVE BUREAUING OF THE BROW 01:27:25.212 --> 01:27:28.914 AND SLEEP DEPRIVATION. I WILL STOP AND TRANSLATE THESE 01:27:28.916 --> 01:27:33.552 AS WE GO, FOLKS IN LAYMANS TERM, THAT MEANS FOREHEAD WRINKLES AND 01:27:33.554 --> 01:27:36.922 CROWS FEET. ADDITIONALLY, SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT 01:27:36.924 --> 01:27:41.026 FLUCTUATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED DUE TO STRESS INDUCED NAPPING 01:27:41.028 --> 01:27:45.597 DURING LONG PERIODS OF EXCESSIVE STUDYING. 01:27:45.599 --> 01:27:48.400 HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND TACKYCARDIA, HIGH HEART RATE, IS 01:27:48.402 --> 01:27:51.203 FREQUENTLY NOTED. THE STUDENTTEXHIBITED LUMBAR 01:27:51.205 --> 01:27:54.940 PAIN FROM LIFTING HEAVY PATIENTS, AND FROM LONG HOURS ON 01:27:54.942 --> 01:27:59.377 HER FEET. DERMAL IS EVIDENCE PRESUMABLY 01:27:59.379 --> 01:28:03.215 SECONDARY TO VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY. 01:28:03.217 --> 01:28:09.321 TRANSLATION, PEAL SKIN BECAUSE OF DECREASED SUN EXPOSURE. 01:28:09.323 --> 01:28:13.358 ADDITIONALLY PREMATURE GRAYING OF HAIR, WITH URGE TO PULL HAIR 01:28:13.360 --> 01:28:16.628 OUT FROM THE SCALP IS NOTED. DIAGNOSTIC TEST. 01:28:16.630 --> 01:28:19.931 SUBJECTED TOOEXAMINATION ONT WAS PAPER. 01:28:19.933 --> 01:28:24.802 IN TOTAL 106 EXAMS WERE ADMINISTERED OVER THE COURSE OF 01:28:24.804 --> 01:28:28.740 FIVE SEMESTERS. THEN, BEGINNING ON JANUARY 3RD, 01:28:28.742 --> 01:28:34.912 2012, THE START OF CLINICS. THE NATURE OF THE TESTS WERE 01:28:34.914 --> 01:28:39.984 TRANSITIONED TO VERBAL RESPONSES OF DISEASE PROCESSES, DRUG 01:28:39.986 --> 01:28:42.754 DOSES, ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS AND DIFFERENTIAL. 01:28:42.756 --> 01:28:46.524 AND THE MOST IMPORTANT DIAGNOSTIC TEST OF ALL, WAS OF 01:28:46.526 --> 01:28:52.130 COURSE THE EIGHT GRUELING HOURS SITTING FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN 01:28:52.132 --> 01:28:58.336 LICENSING EXAMINATION. TREATMENT, AFTER A FAILED EXAM, 01:28:58.338 --> 01:29:02.874 A DAY SPENT AT QUESTIONING THE VETERINARY SCHOOL WAS THE RIGHT 01:29:02.876 --> 01:29:05.509 FIT, OR BEING MISTREATED BY A DIFFICULT CLLENT, A PHONE CALL 01:29:05.511 --> 01:29:10.113 TO A CLOSE FRIEND, FAMILY MEMBER, OR MENTOR WAS NECESSARY. 01:29:10.115 --> 01:29:15.218 MOST COMMON, THESE PHONE CALLS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY EXCESSIVE -- 01:29:15.220 --> 01:29:18.955 A NONMEDICAL TERM THAT'S MORE OR LESS SOBBING, BAWLING, AND 01:29:18.957 --> 01:29:26.397 BLUUBERING. WITH WISDOM HAVE THEIR SUPPORT 01:29:26.399 --> 01:29:29.633 SYSTEM, THE STUDENT WAS ABLE TO PICK THEMSELVES UP AND DUST 01:29:29.635 --> 01:29:32.336 THEMSELVES OFF, AND PROCEED THROUGH ANOTHER WEEK OF SITTING 01:29:32.338 --> 01:29:36.740 THROUGH FOUR HOURS OF LECTURE, AND FOUR HOURS OF LABS, ONLY TO 01:29:36.742 --> 01:29:39.943 RETIRE TO THEIR APARTMMNT FOR SIX HOURS OF STUDYING AND A 01:29:39.945 --> 01:29:43.414 WHOPPING FIVE HOURS OF SLEEP. AND ALL OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE 01:29:43.416 --> 01:29:46.350 KNOW THAT WITHIN A WEEK'S TIME, YOUR PHONE WAS RINGING YET 01:29:46.352 --> 01:29:50.120 AGAINN OTHER TREATMENTS INCLUDED 01:29:50.122 --> 01:29:53.757 PARTICIPATION IN THE OCCASIONAL RAGER, THROWN BY A FELLOW 01:29:53.759 --> 01:29:58.629 CLASSMATE. BED SCHOOL BAR CRAWLS TACO 01:29:58.631 --> 01:30:03.133 TUESDAY, AND WINE WEDNESDAY. THESE EVENTS PROVIDED BONDING 01:30:03.135 --> 01:30:07.070 TIME, WITH CLASSMATES AND RELIEVED TENSION. 01:30:07.072 --> 01:30:10.740 AS A FOREWARNING, YOUR VET STUDENT MAY NEED ANOTHER ONE OF 01:30:10.742 --> 01:30:14.811 THESE TREATMENTS UPON OPENING THAT FIRST LOAN REPAYMENT 01:30:14.813 --> 01:30:18.448 STATEMENT. TRAINING FOR FIVE KS AND 01:30:18.450 --> 01:30:22.118 MARATHONMARATHONS AND INTERMURAS SUCH AS VOLLEYBALL AND SOCCER, 01:30:22.120 --> 01:30:27.958 AND VARIOUS ROAD TRIPS SUCH AS ONE TO WEST VIRGINIA FOR WHITE 01:30:27.960 --> 01:30:31.161 WATER RAFTING WERE ALSO PERFORMED FOR FURTHER STRESS 01:30:31.163 --> 01:30:33.263 RELIEF. MEDICATIONS PRESCRIBES. 01:30:33.265 --> 01:30:36.532 A HEALTHY DOSE OF COURAGE AND DETERMINATION. 01:30:36.534 --> 01:30:39.970 ALTHOUGH THE STUDENT HAS ACCOMPLISHED THE GREAT FEAT OF 01:30:39.972 --> 01:30:43.439 GRADUATING FROM SCHOOL, THE STUDENT WILL STILL ENCOUNTER 01:30:43.441 --> 01:30:46.642 HARROWING DAYS ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF PRACTICE. 01:30:46.644 --> 01:30:50.347 COURAGE AND DETERMINATION WILL BE NECESSARY SO THAT THE STUDENT 01:30:50.349 --> 01:31:01.024 CAN FAKE IT UNTIL SHE CAN MAKE IT. 01:31:01.026 --> 01:31:04.261 PLEASE FOLLOW ADMINISTRATION OF THIS MEDICATION A WITH COURAGE 01:31:04.263 --> 01:31:08.064 AND DETERMINATION. SEE ABOVE. 01:31:08.066 --> 01:31:13.236 A DINNER DATE WITH A FRIEND MAY BE ADMINISTERED TO DECREASE 01:31:13.238 --> 01:31:15.537 STRESS AND MAINTAIN A LIFE OUTSIDE OF MEDICINE. 01:31:15.539 --> 01:31:18.941 PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT A OVERDOSE MAY RESULT IN REDUCTION 01:31:18.943 --> 01:31:25.080 OF PERFORMANCE AND OR OBESITY. PROGNOSIS. 01:31:25.082 --> 01:31:27.649 THE PROGNOSIS FOR YOUR STUDENT IS EXCELLENT. 01:31:27.651 --> 01:31:31.053 THE VETERINARY FIELD HAS MANY CAREERS TO OFFER, INCLUDING BUT 01:31:31.055 --> 01:31:35.690 NOT LIMITED TO PRIVATE PRACTICE IN SMALL LARGE AND MIXED ANIMAL 01:31:35.692 --> 01:31:39.328 MEDICINE. EMPLOYMENT AT A PHARMACEUTICAL 01:31:39.330 --> 01:31:44.533 OR PET FOOD COMPANY, AS A RESEARCHER INVESTING HUMAN OR 01:31:44.535 --> 01:31:47.336 ANIMAL DISEASES. AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, 01:31:47.338 --> 01:31:49.939 INCLUDING THE U.S. ARMY AND AIR FORCE. 01:31:49.941 --> 01:31:54.343 A. THE C.D.C., THE E.P.A., OR THE U.S.D.A. 01:31:54.345 --> 01:31:59.949 A NATIONAL PARK, OR AS A WILD LIFE OR ZOO VETERINARIAN. 01:31:59.951 --> 01:32:02.351 WITHIN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE WHO, 01:32:02.353 --> 01:32:19.034 OR AS A TEACHER IN ACTING CHAIRPERSON DEEM YEAH. 01:32:19.036 --> 01:32:22.704 OR WHEN A CLIENT FALSELY ACCUSES THEM OF ONLY CARRYING ABOUT 01:32:22.706 --> 01:32:25.340 MONEY. YOUR SUPPORT WILL BE IMPERATIVE 01:32:25.342 --> 01:32:29.444 DURING THESE TIMES AND WILL HELP TO MAINTAIN A GOOD PROGNOSIS, 01:32:29.446 --> 01:32:37.151 BOTH IN THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM. 01:32:37.153 --> 01:32:39.253 YOUR STUDENT HAS NOW BECOME A DOCTOR. 01:32:39.255 --> 01:32:42.924 A DREAM OFTEN DECADES IN THE MAKING HAS NOW BEEN REALIZED. 01:32:42.926 --> 01:32:46.962 LIT BE NECESSARY FOO YOUR STUDENT TO SAY THEIR GOODBYES TO 01:32:46.964 --> 01:32:49.030 CLASSMATES PROFESSORS AND CLINICIANS. 01:32:49.032 --> 01:32:51.933 THIS WILL BE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. 01:32:51.935 --> 01:32:55.570 WITHOUT QUESTION, YOUR VETERINARY STUDENT WOULD NOT BE 01:32:55.572 --> 01:33:01.943 HERE TODAY WITHOUT THE HELP OF PROFESSORS, AND CLINICIANS. 01:33:01.945 --> 01:33:04.646 THE STUDENT COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU, NOR WOULD THEY 01:33:04.648 --> 01:33:07.949 HAVE WANTED TO. THE STUDENT HAS MISSED NUMEROUS 01:33:07.951 --> 01:33:11.953 WEDDINGS, BIRTHDAYS ASK VERSERY AND FAMILY EUNIONS. 01:33:11.955 --> 01:33:14.355 AND EVEN WHEN PHYSICALLY PRESENT, THE STUDENT OFTEN WAS 01:33:14.357 --> 01:33:18.627 NOT ENGAGED IN TWO MOMENT, BUT INSTEAD RUNNING THROUGH MENTAL 01:33:18.629 --> 01:33:21.963 TO PREPARE FOR ONE OF THOSE MANY TESTS. 01:33:21.965 --> 01:33:25.033 SO, TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THE AUDIENCE, WE WOULD LIKE TO 01:33:25.035 --> 01:33:30.004 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH US OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. 01:33:30.006 --> 01:33:32.373 ONE MIGHT ARGUE THAT IT WAS JUST AS HARD FOR YOU ALL AS IT WAS 01:33:32.375 --> 01:33:35.643 FOR US. YOUR SACRIFICE AND SUPPORT IS 01:33:35.645 --> 01:33:38.546 HUMBLING AND GREATLY APPRECIATED. 01:33:38.548 --> 01:33:42.550 WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ENTRUSTING THE MSUVTH WITH THE 01:33:42.552 --> 01:33:46.154 EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR VETERAN 01:33:46.156 --> 01:33:49.257 MARRY STUDENT, WE WISH ALL THE NEW DOCTORS SUCCESS AND 01:33:49.259 --> 01:34:10.144 ENJOYMENT IN THEIR CAREER. THANK YOU. 01:34:10.146 --> 01:34:14.382 I WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED MEN IN THIS SCHOOL, 01:34:14.384 --> 01:34:17.051 YOU HAVE TO WRITE IT FROM HERE, THEN LIT BE PERFECT. 01:34:17.053 --> 01:34:21.456 IT WAS A SUNNY DAY WHEN I LEFT MY PARENTS TO START MY NEW LIFE 01:34:21.458 --> 01:34:24.258 IN MICHIGAN. I KNEW NO ONE, BUT TEAM BUILDING 01:34:24.260 --> 01:34:27.827 WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN, SO I HOPE THAT WOULD CHANGE QUICKLY. 01:34:27.829 --> 01:34:30.630 AS FIRST, THINGS ARE PRETTY BENIGN. 01:34:30.632 --> 01:34:34.534 SORRY FOR ALL YOU NONMEDICAL FOLKS THAT MEANS HARMLESS. 01:34:34.536 --> 01:34:39.839 WE LEARN NAMES, FUN FACTS ABOUT EACH OTHER, LISTED SOME SILLY 01:34:39.841 --> 01:34:44.043 POLE ABOVE OUR HEADS BUTTMIDDAY I FOUND MYSELF ON A SHOWER 01:34:44.045 --> 01:34:50.183 CURTAIN WITH TEN OTHER GIRLS TRYING TO FLIP THE SHOWER 01:34:50.185 --> 01:34:58.658 I PEERED OUT TO THE TALL BURNETT THINKING I AM SO HAPP HAPPEN I M 01:34:58.660 --> 01:35:02.362 WEARING REALLY GOOD SMELLING DEODORANT. 01:35:02.364 --> 01:35:07.033 IT WAS A FLURRY OF QUICK BONDING, EVERYBODY WAS THRILLED 01:35:07.035 --> 01:35:11.037 OF THE IDEA OF BECOME IN MEDICAL SCHOOL AND DOING WHAT WE REALLY 01:35:11.039 --> 01:35:13.373 LOVE. THIS IS BEFORE THE IDEA OF LOANS 01:35:13.375 --> 01:35:17.344 AND JOB HUNTING SET IN, BUT WE WILL GET THERE. 01:35:17.346 --> 01:35:21.348 THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS STARTED PROMPTLY AT 9:00 A.M. 01:35:21.350 --> 01:35:27.687 OUR PREVIOUS ASSISTANT DEAN, STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF 01:35:27.689 --> 01:35:32.058 PUNNING CHEW WALLTY AT PERHAPS ACCOUNT AND 30 SECONDS. 01:35:32.060 --> 01:35:36.262 HE SAID YOU ARE LATE, SIR. JORDAN RESPONDED WITH, MY WATCH 01:35:36.264 --> 01:35:41.034 SAYS I AM RIGHT ON TIME. AS WE HEAD NO IDEA HOW TO 01:35:41.036 --> 01:35:43.536 RESPOND THE CLASS SAT DUMBFOUNDED. 01:35:43.538 --> 01:35:47.674 UNSURE WHETHER TO LAUGH, CLAP, OR GASP IN HORROR. 01:35:47.676 --> 01:35:51.144 HOWEVER, I'M SURE WE WERE ALL THINKING A MIX OF THE SAME TWO 01:35:51.146 --> 01:35:56.649 THINGS, NUMBER ONE, THAT KID IS GOING TO HAVE HIS HANDED TO HIM, 01:35:56.651 --> 01:36:03.556 AND NUMBER TWO, WELL DONE, DARK HAIRED KID, WELL DONE. 01:36:03.558 --> 01:36:07.160 THE FIRST DAY OF THE COW BURN WAS A HOT ONE. 01:36:07.162 --> 01:36:10.863 I WORE MY BRAND NEW WAL-MART MUCK BOOTS WHICH TURNED OUT O 01:36:10.865 --> 01:36:14.433 BE NOT SO WATERPROOF, AND MY COVER ALLS. 01:36:14.435 --> 01:36:18.671 YOU COULD TELL THOOE OF US THAT HAD NEVER BEEN IN A DAIRY FARM 01:36:18.673 --> 01:36:31.851 JUST BY OUR OUTFIT. I SMACKED THE COW ON THE RUSH AS 01:36:31.853 --> 01:36:34.620 HARD AS IT COULD, NOTHING HAPPENED. 01:36:34.622 --> 01:36:38.156 THE COW DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT ME. AN INTIMIDATING GIRL TO MY LEFT 01:36:38.158 --> 01:36:41.727 SAW MY SITUATION AND SNICKERED. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT HER FIRST 01:36:41.729 --> 01:36:44.963 RODEO. SHE TOOK HER BOOT AND STUCK IT 01:36:44.965 --> 01:36:48.567 INTO THE BACK SIDE OF MY COW WITH INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF FORCE, 01:36:48.569 --> 01:36:52.238 AND THEN PROMPTLY WALKED BACK TO HER COW, LOE AND BEHOLD MY COW% 01:36:52.240 --> 01:36:54.973 GOT UP. IT TOOK ME A FULL SEMESTER TO 01:36:54.975 --> 01:37:05.684 GET OVER MY FEAR OF TINA. IN A CLASS WITH 100 GIRLS WHO 01:37:05.686 --> 01:37:09.655 YOU SEE ON A DAILY BASIS YYU CAN IMAGINE THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF 01:37:09.657 --> 01:37:12.458 GOSSIP AND WORD TRAVELS FAST. THE THE BEGINNING AND THROUGHOUT 01:37:12.460 --> 01:37:16.295 THE FOUR YEARS WE TENDED TO MOST DETAILS OF EVERYONE'S PERSONAL 01:37:16.297 --> 01:37:19.465 LIVES SOME THINGS ARE RUE, SOME ARE EXAGGERATED, SOME ARE JUST 01:37:19.467 --> 01:37:23.669 WISHHUL THINKING. RUMORS LIKE ALISON IS PREGNANT. 01:37:23.671 --> 01:37:29.308 WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE, CONGRATULATIONS. 01:37:29.310 --> 01:37:31.076 ERICA IS GOING TO POP THE QUESTION. 01:37:31.078 --> 01:37:34.946 ALSS TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE. CONGRATUUATIONS. 01:37:34.948 --> 01:37:39.818 WE'RE GETTING ADDITIONAL POINTS ON OUR MICRO BIOLOGY FINAL, THAT 01:37:39.820 --> 01:37:47.259 ONE WASN'T SO TRUE. AND JUSTIN CRAFTON IS THE SEXY 01:37:47.261 --> 01:37:49.961 SACKMAN, LUOL TRUE. FOR THE LACK OF SECRETS MAY 01:37:49.963 --> 01:37:53.364 OVERWHELM SOME PEOPLE, IT ALSO BROUGHT THE CLASS CLOSER THROUGH 01:37:53.366 --> 01:37:57.869 SIMILAR INTERESTS AND PERSONAL CONNECTIONS. 01:37:57.871 --> 01:38:01.472 MORE THAN ONCE I FOUND A SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT HELPED ME DEAL WITH 01:38:01.474 --> 01:38:04.475 LIFE'S CHALLENGES. I SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER FINDING 01:38:04.477 --> 01:38:09.480 A PURPLE PANCREATIC CANCCR BRACELET IN MY MAILBOX DURING MY 01:38:09.482 --> 01:38:19.958 GRANDFATHER'S LOSING BATTLE, I KNEW WHO IT WAS FROM. 01:38:19.960 --> 01:38:23.561 ALYSSA, THE THEY ARE HERE WITH US TODAY. 01:38:23.563 --> 01:38:27.265 I AM SURE THAT EVERYONE HERE HAS LOST SOMEONE SPECIAL THROUGHOUT 01:38:27.267 --> 01:38:29.500 THESE FOUR YEARS THEY ARE ALL HERE, AND GUESS WHAT, THEY ARE 01:38:29.502 --> 01:38:35.573 ALL SO PROUD OF YOU. >> WE MADE IT THROUGH FIRST YEAR 01:38:35.575 --> 01:38:38.243 QUICKLY, BUT SECOND YEAR SEEMED TO DRAG ON AND ON. 01:38:38.245 --> 01:38:41.779 THE SCHEDULE WAS DEMANDING AND THE FINALS WERE EVEN MORE. 01:38:41.781 --> 01:38:45.217 I REMEMBER WAITING FOR MY FINAL TO BE HANDED OUT AND ALL I COULD 01:38:45.219 --> 01:38:52.890 DO WAS LAUGH. BY THAT POINT MY MIND WAS FULL 01:38:52.892 --> 01:38:55.059 OF MUSH. I FIGURED AS LONG AS I COULD 01:38:55.061 --> 01:39:00.030 REMEMBER THAT DOGS HAVE EXTRA ARMPIT SKIN, SIMPLY TO TURN INTO 01:39:00.032 --> 01:39:03.267 FLAP I SHOULD PASS, RIGHT. BRING IT ON, DR. STANLEY, BRING 01:39:03.269 --> 01:39:13.577 IT ON. OUR THEME VENN JEW AND BUFFET 01:39:13.579 --> 01:39:16.280 CHOICES WERE OPENED. AND THE QUESTION ON EVERYBODY'S 01:39:16.282 --> 01:39:21.986 MIND WAS HOW ABOUT THAT OPEN BAR. 01:39:21.988 --> 01:39:25.890 OUR THEME WAS KENTUCKY DERBY. DR. ALMOND WAS ABLE TO FIT INTO 01:39:25.892 --> 01:39:31.362 THE JUNIOR SIZE JOCKEY UNIFORM. DR. LEBLANC, WEARING A COSTUME 01:39:31.364 --> 01:39:34.865 GALLOPED ACROSS THE FINISH LINE WITH THE BIGGSEST GRIN ON HIS 01:39:34.867 --> 01:39:38.102 FACE, AND WE FOREVER GLYMPHED DR. BALL KERR. 01:39:38.104 --> 01:39:42.672 I THINK I SPEAKED FOR THE ENTIRE CLASS WHEN I APOLOGIZE TO 01:39:42.674 --> 01:39:46.710 DR. BAWL KERR, FOR CAUSING THE NEED TO CARRY ON HIS OWN SPECIAL 01:39:46.712 --> 01:39:50.747 SEAT ACCUSATION. OUR BIG WINNER FOR THE NIGHT WAS 01:39:50.749 --> 01:39:53.683 DR. GRETA PATTERSON, AND THANKS TO HER CORRECT ANSWER I WILL 01:39:53.685 --> 01:39:56.653 ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT A GROUP OF PARROTS IS CALLED A BUSINESS, 01:39:56.655 --> 01:40:07.063 BABY. SORRY I DON'T HAVE HER SASS. 01:40:07.065 --> 01:40:10.366 WE LEARNED HOW TO INTERACT WITH CLIENTS, APPLIED THE KNOWLEDGE 01:40:10.368 --> 01:40:14.003 WE LEARNS IN CLASSES, WAIT A MINUTE, DID WE LEARN THAT. 01:40:14.005 --> 01:40:18.875 AND WE MET A WHOLE DYNAMIC OF CLINICIANS. 01:40:18.877 --> 01:40:23.880 WE BECAME PROGRAMMED TO HATE THE SOUND OF THE EMERGENCY PHONE. 01:40:23.882 --> 01:40:28.351 WE KNEW TO EXPECT CALLS FROM DR. STANLEY ON SOFT TISSUE, AND 01:40:28.353 --> 01:40:32.088 NOT CALLS OVER THE PHONE, MORE LIKE WE WOULD HEAR OUR NAME 01:40:32.090 --> 01:40:35.892 FAINTLY FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOSPITAL, KATIE, KATIE. 01:40:35.894 --> 01:40:42.699 SOMEHOW IT SEEMED TO BE EFFECTIVE. 01:40:42.701 --> 01:40:47.203 I REMEMBER FEELING PPETTY SPECIAL WHEN HE WALKED IN WITH 01:40:47.205 --> 01:40:52.476 PIZZA FOR MY ROTATION. WE GOT GREAT ADVISE OVER MEXICAN 01:40:52.478 --> 01:40:56.379 FOOD, AND WALKED ALL THE WAY TO NOODLES. 01:40:56.381 --> 01:41:00.683 OVER FOOD.T MEMORIES FOCUSED THE SMALL ANIMAL FOCUS STUDENTS 01:41:00.685 --> 01:41:04.687 SPEND TIME IN THE SMALL ANIMAL CLINIC WHERE THERE IS NO 01:41:04.689 --> 01:41:08.457 DAYLIGHT, IN THE LARGE ANIMAL FOCUS SPENDS IN THE LARGE CLINIC 01:41:08.459 --> 01:41:15.764 WHERE THERE IS NO HEAT. THOSE OF US ON RADIOLOGY NO 01:41:15.766 --> 01:41:17.900 LIGHTS AND NO HEAT. NO MATTER IN WHICH CORNER YOU 01:41:17.902 --> 01:41:21.169 ARE HIDDEN IF YOU HAD FOOD, YOU COULD BET THAT AT SOME POINT 01:41:21.171 --> 01:41:24.239 THROUGHOUT THE DOOR, YOU WILL SEE THE FACES OF DR. BO HEART 01:41:24.241 --> 01:41:33.883 AND KYLE DUNCAN. EACH ROTATION CAUSED MORE TO BE 01:41:33.885 --> 01:41:36.752 MADE. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING MM SMILING 01:41:36.754 --> 01:41:40.589 THROUGH A SLEEP DEPRIVED THREE WEEKS. 01:41:40.591 --> 01:41:45.160 LINDSAY, YOUR LIFESAVER ON THE SOFT TISSUE ROTATION HELPED ME 01:41:45.162 --> 01:41:52.668 MANAGED MY DOWNED DOBERMAN. AND MISSY, THOSE DONUTS ARE OUR 01:41:52.670 --> 01:41:55.203 LITTLE SECRET. WE WORKED WELL TOGETHER AS A 01:41:55.205 --> 01:42:16.724 TEAM TO GET THROUGH THE LONG HOURS AND EXPENSIVE PAPERWORK. 01:42:16.726 --> 01:42:19.727 WROTE JOB SEARCHING APARTMENT HUNTING, PLANNING CONTRACTS. 01:42:19.729 --> 01:42:22.730 WOE ARE BEGINNING TO SAY OUR GOODBYES. 01:42:22.732 --> 01:42:25.467 GOODBYES TO CLINICIAN, ROOMMATES, FOR THE MOST HEART 01:42:25.469 --> 01:42:29.104 FELT GOODBYES ARE THHSE SAID TO OUR CLASSMATES. 01:42:29.106 --> 01:42:32.307 WE SPENT FOUR GRUELING YEARS IN FANTASTIC YEARS TOGETHER. 01:42:32.309 --> 01:42:35.677 NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE SCATTERED ALL ACROSS THE WORLD DOING WHAT 01:42:35.679 --> 01:42:39.281 WE HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO DO, SAVING LIVES. 01:42:39.283 --> 01:42:43.452 EMILY I WILL CONSULT YOU ON EVERY CARDIOLOGY CASE I GET, AND 01:42:43.454 --> 01:42:45.487 CHELSEA GRIMES YOU WILL GET MY GERM CALLS. 01:42:45.489 --> 01:42:49.091 I THANK YOU ALL FOR ENRICHING MY LIFE IN SOME WAY. 01:42:49.093 --> 01:42:53.895 TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE COME TO SUPPORT US TODAY, MY FAMILY, 01:42:53.897 --> 01:42:57.966 FRIENDS U AAD THOSE I HAVEN'T MET YET, YOU NOW HAVE TO CALL ME 01:42:57.968 --> 01:43:03.171 DOCTOR. AND I AM JUST KIDDING BUT ONLY 01:43:03.173 --> 01:43:06.074 KIND OF. I DIGRESS. 01:43:06.076 --> 01:43:10.411 IT MEANS THE WORLD TO THE CLASS OF 2013 TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US 01:43:10.413 --> 01:43:12.779 TODAY. WE WOULDN'T BE STANDING UP HERE 01:43:12.781 --> 01:43:15.682 WITHOUT YOU. THANK YOU PROFESSORS, CLINIC 01:43:15.684 --> 01:43:19.587 INS, RESIDENTS INTERNS, THANK YOU DR. LEBLANC, FOR BEING THE 01:43:19.589 --> 01:43:25.092 BEST CLASS ADVISOR EVER. AND THANK YOU CLASS OF 2013 FOR 01:43:25.094 --> 01:43:44.578 A WONDERFUL FOUR YEARS AT M.S.U. GUESS WHAT, WE MADE IT. 01:43:44.580 --> 01:44:40.132 [APPLAUSE] ¶[MUSIC] 01:44:40.134 --> 01:44:44.136 ¶ HERE I AM WAITING I'LL HAVE TO LEAVE SOON WHY AM I HOLDING ON ¶ 01:44:44.138 --> 01:44:48.575 ¶ WE KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME WE KNEW IT ALL ALONG, HOW DID IT 01:44:48.577 --> 01:44:55.114 COME TO FAST ¶ ¶ THIS IS OUR LAST NIGHT BUT 01:44:55.116 --> 01:45:03.289 IT'S LATE AND I'M TRYING NOT TO RECEIVE BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I 01:45:03.291 --> 01:45:12.998 WAKE I WILL HAVE TO SLIP AWAY ¶ ¶ AND WHEN THE DAYLIGHT WILL 01:45:13.000 --> 01:45:18.938 HAVE TO GO BUT TONIGHT I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU SO CLOSE BECAUSE IN 01:45:18.940 --> 01:45:23.876 THE DAYLIGHT WE'LL BE ON OUR OWN AND TONIGHT I NEED TO HOLD YOU 01:45:23.878 --> 01:45:45.497 SO CLOSE ¶ ¶[MUSIC] 01:45:45.499 --> 01:45:49.902 ¶ I NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO START 01:45:49.904 --> 01:45:59.278 ALL OVER START ALL OVER ¶ ¶ I WAS AFRAID NOW I WANT ALL 01:45:59.280 --> 01:46:04.316 ¶ I WANT ¶ AND WHEN THE DAYLIGHT COMES 01:46:04.318 --> 01:46:09.421 I'LL HAVE TO GO BUT TONIGHT I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU SO CLOSE ¶ 01:46:09.423 --> 01:46:15.094 ¶ BECAUSE WHEN THE DAY LIABILITY WILL BE ON OUR OWN BUT TONIGHT I 01:46:15.096 --> 01:46:20.299 NEED TO HOLD YOU SO CLOSE ¶ ¶ AND WHEN THE DAYLIGHT COMES 01:46:20.301 --> 01:46:55.466 I'LL HAVE TO GO BUT TONIGHT I AM GOING TO HOLD YOU SO CLOSE ¶ 01:46:55.468 --> 01:47:27.197 ¶[MUSIC] ¶[MUSIC] 01:47:27.199 --> 01:47:32.169 ¶ I WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT MY HAND OH MY TELL YOU TO RUN ¶ 01:47:32.171 --> 01:47:44.614 ¶ ¶ WELL PICK ME UP WITH, GOING 01:47:44.616 --> 01:47:53.290 HIGH, OH MY SAY YOO, OH MY TELL YOU TO RUN 01:47:53.292 --> 01:48:03.867 ¶ WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD MY HAND ¶ 01:48:03.869 --> 01:48:16.079 ¶ I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD MY HAND ¶ SEND ME ON MY WAY 01:48:16.081 --> 01:48:20.117 ¶ SEND ME ON MY WAY ¶ SEND ME ON MY WAY SEND ME ON 01:48:20.119 --> 01:48:55.885 MY WAY ¶ ¶ I WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT MY 01:48:55.887 --> 01:49:09.599 HAND, OH MY TELL YOU TO RUN ¶ ¶[MUSIC] 01:49:09.601 --> 01:49:15.605 ¶ OH MY TELL YOU TO RUN ¶[MUSIC] 01:49:15.607 --> 01:49:44.900 ¶ WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD MY HAND ¶ 01:49:44.902 --> 01:49:48.871 ¶ SEND ME ON MY WAY, SEND ME ON MY WAY ¶ 01:49:48.873 --> 01:50:23.304 ¶[MUSIC] ¶ I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD MY HAND 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 01:50:28.345 --> 01:50:58.606 ¶ 01:50:58.608 --> 01:51:16.324 WE WILL NOW PROCEED. WILL THE GRADUATES PLEASE STAND 01:51:16.326 --> 01:51:22.097 AND WE WILL RECRUIT TOGETHER THE OATH WHICH IS INSIDE THE FRONT 01:51:22.099 --> 01:51:29.904 COVER OF YOUR PROGRAM. ON THE BACK PAGE OF YOUR 01:51:29.906 --> 01:51:33.007 PROGRAM. OKAY. 01:51:33.009 --> 01:51:36.510 TOGETHER WE WILL TALK. BEING ADMITTED TO THE PROFESSION 01:51:36.512 --> 01:51:40.848 OF VETERINARY MEDICINE, I SOL LEMNLY SWEAR TO USE MY KNOWLEDGE 01:51:40.850 --> 01:51:44.218 AND SKILLS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY, TO THE PROTECTION OF 01:51:44.220 --> 01:51:48.923 ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF ANIMAL 01:51:48.925 --> 01:51:52.192 SUFFERING, THE CONSERVATION OF ANIMAL RESOURCES, THE PROMOTION 01:51:52.194 --> 01:51:55.730 OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL 01:51:55.732 --> 01:51:58.899 KNOWLEDGE. I WILL PRACTICE MY PROFESSION 01:51:58.901 --> 01:52:02.402 CONSCIENTIOUSLY WITH DIGNITY, AND IN KEEPING WITH THE 01:52:02.404 --> 01:52:07.642 PRINCIPALS OF VETERINARY ETHICS. I ACCEPT AS A LIFE LONG 01:52:07.644 --> 01:52:10.210 OBLIGATION THE CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT OF MY PROFESSIONAL 01:52:10.212 --> 01:52:22.523 KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCE. THANK YOU, PLEASE BE SEATED. 01:52:22.525 --> 01:52:28.529 I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU VICE PRESIDENT OF THE 01:52:28.531 --> 01:52:31.899 VETERAN MARRY ASSOCIATION. HE RECEIVED FROM M.S.U. IN 1183, 01:52:31.901 --> 01:52:41.041 HE FOUNDED ANIMAL HEALTHCARE OF NORTH BRANCH, AT TWO AND A HALF 01:52:41.043 --> 01:52:51.417 PRACTICE,,IN RURAL COUNTY. HOLDING POSITIONS OF BOARD 01:52:51.419 --> 01:52:57.356 MEDICINE, AND NOW AS PRESIDENT, HE WAS A MICHIGAN VETERAN MARRY 01:52:57.358 --> 01:52:59.926 BOARD MEMBER FOR TEN YEARS AND CURRENTLY SERVED AS PRESIDENT. 01:52:59.928 --> 01:53:03.329 IT IS IN THIS CAPACITY, THAT DR. HUFF WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME 01:53:03.331 --> 01:53:18.611 YOU TO THE PROFESSION, AND THE MVMA, DR. HUFF. 01:53:18.613 --> 01:53:22.215 THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY POP I AM DR. HUFF. 01:53:22.217 --> 01:53:25.251 AND CURREET PRESIDENT OF THE MICHIGAN VETERAN MARRY MEDICAL 01:53:25.253 --> 01:53:29.122 ASSOCIATION. AND ON BEHALF OF THE NBA, AND 01:53:29.124 --> 01:53:35.328 BEHALF ON ALL AND EVERY STATE VMA, I WELCOME YOU TO THE FULL. 01:53:35.330 --> 01:53:39.332 ORGANIZED VETERAN MARRY MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS HAVE LONG BEEN AND 01:53:39.334 --> 01:53:43.836 WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN EFFECTIVE WAY THAT WE CAN JOIN TOGETHER TO 01:53:43.838 --> 01:53:48.040 SPEAK AS ONE VOICE, ONE LARGER VOICE, TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR 01:53:48.042 --> 01:53:51.611 PROFESSION. OUR PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT THE 01:53:51.613 --> 01:53:55.715 PRACTICE OF VETERAN MARRY MEDICINE THERE THROUGH OUR 01:53:55.717 --> 01:53:58.016 CONTINUING EDUCATION AND NETWORKING. 01:53:58.018 --> 01:54:02.020 BUT OUR HIGHEST GOAL IS TO PROTECT THE FRANCHISE THAT YOU 01:54:02.022 --> 01:54:19.305 HAVE EARNED HER TODAY. TODAY IS NOT REALLY ABOUT THE 01:54:19.307 --> 01:54:22.040 MBA, IT IS ABOUT CELEBRATING THIS CLASS OF 2013. 01:54:22.042 --> 01:54:27.413 AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD WITH YOU TO -- EXCUSE ME, I AM 01:54:27.415 --> 01:54:30.816 LOOKING FORWARD WITH YOU TO A GREAT FUTURE WITH MANY 01:54:30.818 --> 01:54:37.356 CHALLENGES, AND MUCH SUCCESSES. HOW WILL YOU MEASURE YOUR 01:54:37.358 --> 01:54:39.692 SUCCESS? WILL IT BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF 01:54:39.694 --> 01:54:43.629 MONEY, WEALTH, AND POWER? WILL IT BE A LEVEL OF 01:54:43.631 --> 01:54:45.831 COMPASSION, RESPECT, YOU BUILD IN YOUR LIFE. 01:54:45.833 --> 01:54:48.301 OR WILL BE A HEALTHY COMBINATION OF HE ABOVE. 01:54:48.303 --> 01:54:53.905 WHEN I STARTED OUT, MY MENTOR TOLD ME THAT I WOULD BE 01:54:53.907 --> 01:54:56.841 SUCCESSFUL, BECAUSE I HAD WHAT HE CALLED THE THREE AS. 01:54:56.843 --> 01:55:00.812 LIKE A YOUNG APPRENTICE I WAITED FOR HIM TO ELABORATT, AND HE 01:55:00.814 --> 01:55:06.351 SAID FINALLY, I WAS AVAILABLE, AND I WAS AMIABLE, AND I WAS 01:55:06.353 --> 01:55:09.754 ABLE. AND APPARENTLY IN THAT ORDER. 01:55:09.756 --> 01:55:25.437 THE THREE AS WERE A GOOD START. FROM THIS EXPERIENCE, I CAN 01:55:25.439 --> 01:55:28.506 WHOLEHEARTEDLY ATTEST THAT YOU ARE ALL ABLE, THAT IS TO SAY YOU 01:55:28.508 --> 01:55:32.444 HAVE ALL LEARNED TO TREAT THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CONDITIONS 01:55:32.446 --> 01:55:35.613 BROUGHT BEFORE YOU. WHAT WILL MAKE YOUR SUCCESS 01:55:35.615 --> 01:55:39.517 COMPLETE, HOWEVER, IS HOW WELL YOU TREAT THE HUMAN CONDITION OF 01:55:39.519 --> 01:55:49.828 THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WILL SERVE. WAS TO QUOTE MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 01:55:49.830 --> 01:55:54.131 WELL, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT MAKING A DIFFERENCE IS ALSO WHAT 01:55:54.133 --> 01:55:56.401 OLD COLLEGE GRADUATES WANT MOST TOO. 01:55:56.403 --> 01:56:03.206 30 YEARS AND MORE TODAY. HOW WILL YOU TELL IF YOU ARE 01:56:03.208 --> 01:56:06.543 MAKING THAT DIFFERENCE? WELL, IT MAY BE WHEN YOU HEARD 01:56:06.545 --> 01:56:10.213 THE CRIES OF THAT PUPPY DURING A C SECTION. 01:56:10.215 --> 01:56:15.686 IT MAY BE WHEN YOU INSIST ON TESTING THAT STRANGE HORSE THAT 01:56:15.688 --> 01:56:19.823 STRANGE ACTING HORSE FOR RABIES AND PREVENT FOUR MEN FROM DYING 01:56:19.825 --> 01:56:23.427 OF RABIES. WHEN YOU INSIST -- EXCUSE ME, 01:56:23.429 --> 01:56:26.930 WHEN YOU SEE YOUR CHILD'S FACE LIGHT UP WHEN YOU SPEAK AT A 01:56:26.932 --> 01:56:29.733 SCHOOL CAREER DAY. OR WHEN YYU FEEL THE OWNER'S 01:56:29.735 --> 01:56:34.538 LOSS WHEN YOU GET A BEAR HUG AND A THANK YOU IN THE WAL-MART 01:56:34.540 --> 01:56:38.442 PARKING LOT. WHEN YOUR SPOUSE ASKED YOU AFTER 01:56:38.444 --> 01:56:42.312 A LATE NIGHT IF YOU ARE STILL THE BEST VETERINARIAN THAT THERE 01:56:42.314 --> 01:56:45.516 HAS EVER BEEN. WHEN THOSE THINGS HAPPEN TO YOU, 01:56:45.518 --> 01:56:48.519 DAILY, YOU WILL KNOW YOU HAVE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE AND MADE 01:56:48.521 --> 01:56:52.322 THAT IFFERENCE. WE LIVE IN A LAND OF ENDLESS 01:56:52.324 --> 01:56:56.159 OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE ARE ALL FREE TO PURSUE HAPPINESS TO THE 01:56:56.161 --> 01:56:59.329 BEST OF OUR ABILITIES ARE THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF ALL, RICH 01:56:59.331 --> 01:57:04.435 OR POOR, CAN BUILD THEIR DREAMS INTO REALITY, AND REAP THE RAY 01:57:04.437 --> 01:57:09.205 BECAUSE IN A FREE AMERICA, YOUR LEVEL OF SUCCESS HAS MORE TO DO 01:57:09.207 --> 01:57:14.276 WITH HOW WELL YOU SERVE YOUR FELLOW MAN, THAN THE ACCIDENT OF 01:57:14.278 --> 01:57:28.624 YOUR BIRTH OR THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU WERE BORN INTO. 01:57:28.626 --> 01:57:32.628 SO GET OUT THERE, MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE, AND WHEN YOU ARE 01:57:32.630 --> 01:57:37.533 READY, JOIN YOUR LOCAL STATE AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND GET 01:57:37.535 --> 01:57:41.236 INVOLVED IN PRESERVING PROTECTING AND ADVANCING OUR WAY 01:57:41.238 --> 01:57:47.309 OF LIFE. THANK YOU AND COOGRATULATIONS 01:57:47.311 --> 01:57:49.111 FROM THE AMERICAN VOTE ASSOCIATION. 01:57:49.113 --> 01:58:04.059 [APPLAUSE] FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR 01:58:04.061 --> 01:58:06.228 INTERPRETERS. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH, 01:58:06.230 --> 01:58:19.440 INDEED. [APPLAUSE] 01:58:19.442 --> 01:58:22.978 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BAND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JERRY 01:58:22.980 --> 01:58:24.546 SULLIVAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:58:24.548 --> 01:58:27.649 I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO A RECEPTION WHICH SHALL TAKE PLACE 01:58:27.651 --> 01:58:32.654 I THINK OUTSIDE IF THE WEATHER IS STILL DECENT, IF NOT LIT BE 01:58:32.656 --> 01:58:35.757 IN THE FOYER. PLEASE DO JOIN US AFTER E ARE 01:58:35.759 --> 01:58:40.028 FINISHED. WELL, THIS IS THE END OF OUR 01:58:40.030 --> 01:58:43.131 CEREMONY, CONGRATULATIONSSAGAIN, TO ALL OF YOU. 01:58:43.133 --> 01:58:47.235 YOU ARE NOW FORMERLY ENTERED INTO THE PROFESSION OF 01:58:47.237 --> 01:58:50.104 VETERINARY MEDICINE, AND YOUR COLLECT AND COLLEAGUES ARE PROUD 01:58:50.106 --> 01:58:56.310 OF YOU. YOU, AS DR. HUFF AND OTHERS HAVE 01:58:56.312 --> 01:59:05.020 INDICATED IT CAN TAKE YOU TO MANY AMAZING PLACES. 01:59:05.022 --> 01:59:08.189 BE ROUD OF YOUR ALMA MATER AS WE ARE OF YOU. 01:59:08.191 --> 01:59:12.126 GOOD LUCK, AND ENJOY THIS WONDERFUL PROFESSION. 01:59:12.128 --> 01:59:15.829 NOW, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE LOOK IN THE BACK OF YOUR PROGRAM. 01:59:15.831 --> 01:59:19.266 I GOT THIS RIGHT THIS TIME, YOU WILL FIND THE SHADOWS I WOULD 01:59:19.268 --> 01:59:22.770 LIKE YOU TO STAND AND SING THAT WITH US AS A CONCLUDING FOR THIS 01:59:22.772 --> 02:00:20.427 EVENT, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. ¶[MUSIC] 02:00:20.429 --> 02:03:05.857 [APPLAUSE] ¶[MUSIC] 04:01:10.831 --> 04:01:14.831 Generated by CCExtractor http://ccextractor.sourceforge.net