>> GOOD EARLY EVENING.
HEM LOW?

>> IS THIS THING ON?
HI, HOW ARE YOU.

I AM DR. PATTERSON, THE
ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC

PROGRAMS AND STUDENT SERVICES IN
THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARIAN

MEDICINE, AND WELCOME.
ON BEHALF OF THE VETERAN MARRY

TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, AND CLINICAL
FACULTY, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO

WELCOME YOU HERE FOR A VERY
SPECIAL OCCASION.

THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES AND
CERTIFICATES TO THE STUDENTS OF

THE VETERAN MARRY TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAM.

WE ARE ALL HERE TO CELEBRATE.
THE GRADUATES ARE HERE TO

CELEBRATE BECAUSE THIS MARK AS
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT IN THE

CULMMNATION OF MUCH MUCH HARD
WORK.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE
GIVEN ESSENTIAL SUPPORT BOTH

FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL, AS YOU
MOVED IN THE CHALLENGING PROGRAM

ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU.
FACULTY AND INSTRUCTOR WHOSE

HAVE FOSTERED YOUR GROWTH, INTO
YOUR NEW ROLES, AND AT TIMES

TORTURED YOU, ALL OF US
CELEBRATE YOU, YOUR OUTSTANDING

ACHIEVEMENTS AND WE ARE
EX-FREELY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU.

45 YEARS AGO, IN THE FALL OF
1968, THE COLLEGE ADMITTED THE

FIST CLASS OF VETERAN MARRY
TECHNICIANS.

THERE WERE 18 STUDENTS IN THAT
CLASS.

DURING THAT FALL, I WAS NOT YET
BORN.

BUT IN THE 1960'S, LEADERS IN
THE PROFESSION OF VETERAN MARRY

MEDICINE IS MADE THE DECISION
THAT WOULD HAVE A PROPOUND

IMPACT ON OUR EFFECTIVENESS TO
DELIVER HEALTHCARE TO OUR

PATIENTS.
THESE INDIVIDUALS RECOGNIZE WE

WOULD NOT ADVANCE IN ANIMAL
HEALTH CARE IF WE AS

VETERINARIANS KIT NOT HAVE
HIGHLY TRAINED HIGHLY SKILLED

PARTNERS.
A PARTNER WHOSE SKILL AND

KNOWLEDGE COMPLIMENTED OUR OWN,
AND IN SOME INSTANCES EXCEEDED.

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
HEALTHCARE TEAM ON PATIENT CARE

AND ECONOMIC STRENGTH OF PRIVATE
PRACTICE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY

SEVERAL STUDIES.
THE AMERICAN ANIMAL HOSPITAL

ASSOCIATION AND ORGANIZATION
THAT ACCREDITS VETERAN MARRY

HOSPITALS FOUND THAT THE BEST
AND MOST SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES

HAVE A RATIO OF THREE
TECHNICIANS TO ONE VETERINARIAN.

AND FUR THE LEAST SUCCESSFUL,
THE RATIO WAS REVERSED.

CLEARLY, DEMONSTRATING THE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF YOUR

PROFESSION ON HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONAL DELIVERY.

RECENTLY, THE VETERAN MARRY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION REPORTED

THAT A HIGHLY TRAINED TECHNICIAN
INCREASES THE GROWTH INCOME OF A

CLINICAL VETERAN MARRY PRACTICE
BY 90 NOW DOLLARS.

YOU HAVE SHOWN THROUGH YOUR YEAR
THAT WILLLGIVE YOU MORE

OPPORTUNITIES AND ONE TO PROVIDE
TREMENDOUS SATISFACTION AS YOU

SERVE SOCIETY AND ITS ANIMALS.
AND WE WISH YOU SUCCESS IN THIS

VOCATION.
WELCOME TO A MOST WONDERFUL

PARTNERSHIP, LET'S WORK HARD
TOGETHER, AND BETTER BOTH HUMAN

AND ANIMAL HEALTH LIFE.
[APPLAUSE]

>> IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO
INTRODUCE WHO I HAVE KNOWN FOR A

VERY LONG TIME AND I'M VERY
PROUD OF.

SARAH AN RECEIVED HER BACHELORS
OF SCIENCE FROM MICHIGAN STATE

IN 2002.
AND HAS BEEN A VALUED INSTRUCTOR

OF THE VETERAN MARRY TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAM SINCE 2004.

SARAH IS ALSO AN ACADEMIC
ADVISOR FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED

IN THE VETERAN MARRY TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAM, AND THE DOCTOR OF

VETERAN MARRY MEDICINE DEGREE.
VETERAN MARRY TECHNOLOGY

GRADUATING CLASS HAS GIVEN HER
THE HONOR OF ADDRESSING THE

CLASS GRADUATING IN 2013.
AT THIS SPECIAL OCCASION FOR

THEM.
I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT YOU THIS

YEAR'S SPEAKER, SARAH AARON.
[APPLAUSE]

ALL RIGHT, HI, EVERYBODY.
I AM USED TO SPEAKING FAIRLY

LOUD, SO THIS MICROPHONE, IF YOU
LOSE ME, JUST YELL SPEAK LOUUER.

SO LET ME ALSO THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.

WHILE I AM HONORED, TRULY U TO
HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE STUDENTS

TO BE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS
TONIGHT, I AM ALSO A LITTLE

SURPRISED THEY WOULD HAVE PICKED
SOMEONE THAT THROUGHOUT THE

COURSE OF THEIR CURRICULUM HERE
THEY HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE

OFFING ANY, DEPENDING ON THE
SUBJECT MATTER, OF HAVING 20

LISTEN TO ME LISTEN TO TEN OF
THEIR CREDITS.

I THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD
ENOUGH OF ME.

THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, THE
MORE CON CONVINCED MYSELF IT

WASN'T BECAUSE THEY LOOKED UP TO
ME, OR VALUED WHAT I HAD TO SAY,

IT WAS SO SEE WHAT UNINTENTIONAL
COMIC RELIEF I COULD OFFER

UNTONIGHT.
I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO COMPLETELY

LOSE MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
THIS IS A REALLY COOL ROOM, SO

IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE
BECAUSE OF THIS ROOM THAT I DO

THAT TONIGHT.
I MAKE UP WORDS.

AND TRIP ON AND THEN AAPOLOGIZE
TO FURNITURE.

SO WHILE I HOPEKY BE A BIT
INSPIRATIONAL, PERHAPS OFFER

SOME WISDOM TO TAKE INTO THE
REAL WORLD, I HAVE COME TO THE

CONCLUSION, IF THAT'S ALL I
OFFERED UP TONIGHT, THE STUDENTS

WOULD FEEL LET DOWN, AND I COULD
DON'T THAT.

SO WHAT CAN I DO TO LIVE UP TO
THEIR EXPECTATIONS.

HOW ABOUT I JUST SHOW YOU WHAT
STRQY DEVELOPED.

YOU ASKED.
ALL RIGHT, YEP, JOKE IS ON YOU.

I AM AN EDUCATOR AFTER ALL, SOY
THOUGHT I WOULD DO ONE LAST

LECTURE FOR OUR GRADUATES.
IT ISN'T JUST FOR THEM THOUGH,

IT IS FOR YOU.
YOUR DAUGHTERS, SISTERS,

GIRLFRIENDS AND WIFES HAVE SPENT
MORE TIME WITH US THESE LAST FEW

YEARS THAT I THOUGHT YOU MAY
FEEL LATE LEFT OUT AS FAR AS

WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN GOING
THROUGH.

SO HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO SEE.
YOU PROBABLY DID SEE THIS.

THEY HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED.
OH, WHERE THEY EXCITED.

I DID SEE SOME OF THAT KATEMENT,
WHICH WAS GREAT.

AND THIGH ANXIOUSLY AWAITED FOR
ORIENTATION.

THEY SHOWED THE ORIENTATION
LOOKING LIKE THE ORG GI.

ALL EXCITED.
FANTASTIC.

SOME OF THEM IF THEY LISTENED TO
THE ACADEMIC AS VICING MAY HAVE

ALREADY BEEN WORRIED ABOUT WHAT
THEY WERE GETTING THEMSELVES

INTO.
EVEN THOSE THAT MAYBE THEY HAVE

A BETTER IDEA AND THEY LOOK ORE
LIKE THE FROG AT THE BOTTOM.

SO LET'S GOO THROUGH THE PROGRAM
A LATELE BIT.

FIRST SEMESTER, THEY HAVE QUITE
THE SWAGGER ON.

IT WORKS WELT.
TYPICALLY THROUGHOUT THAT

SEMESTER, THEY ARE USUALLY
THINKING I WASN'T EXPECTING THIS

LEVELING OF WORK, BUT I CAN DO
IT.

WHAT ARE THE SECOND YEARS
LAACHING AT?

WE WILL FIND OUT.
SECOND SAPLESSNER THE PROGRAM.

DR. MILLER MIGHT KILL ME BUT AT
LEAST I GET TO PLAY WITH

ANIMALS.
USUALLY BY THIS TIME THE

STUDENTS START TO REALIZE THAT
YOU KNOW WHAT, I MAY HAVE BITTEN

OFF MORE THAN I CAN CHEW.
BECAUSE ONES THEY GET TO THIRD

SEMESTER, YEN.
NOT ONLY IS THIS PROGRAM TRYING

TO KILL ME, IT IS GOING TO KILL
ME.

THE PREDICTIONS FROM SECOND
SEMESTER ARE ALL TRUE.

FOR THOSE OF YOU AT HONE U
PROBABILITY WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED

PROBABLY FELT THE LEAST OF THEM,
BUT WHEN YOU DID SEE THEM THEY

WERE COMPLAINING UP A STORM
ABOUT A THE AMOUNT OF WORK, OR

TRYING UNCONTROLLABLY.
AND THE SURED SEMESTER, WE DID

IT.
WE MADE IT THROUGH FALL

SEMESTER, WE ARE AT A THE HOME
STRETCH, WE ARE GOOD.

UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH.
[LAUGHTER]

WAIT A MINUTE, THEY SAID A THE
FOURTH SEMESTER WOULD BE EASIER.

THEY LIED.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BASICS OF

WHAT THEY GO THROUGH.
I THOUGHT I WOULD ALSO THROW IN

HERE, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A
STATUTELING OF THE OTHER ACTIONS

WHILE THE STUDENTS ARE GOING
THROUGH CLASSES.

YEP.
THEY THINK WE CAN'T SEE IT, BUT

OH WE DO, AND IT IS THE ONES
THAT DO IT WITHIN FIVE MINUTES.

AND I THINK MAN I WISH I HAD THE
ABILITY TO SLEEP.

>> OH.
A HA, AS ASK INSTRUCTOR IN THE

PROGRAM, YES, WE DO ASK
QUESTIONS OF THE STUDENTS U AND

TYPICALLY WHEN WE ASK THAT
QUESTION.

THIS IS WHAT WE SEE.
SO WE ARE THEN FORCED TO CALL ON

A STUDENT.
H.

[LAUGHTER]
>> YEAH, THOSE ARE FUN.

SO I HAVE TO TURN IT AROUND A
LITTLE BIT.

P THE STUDENTS SOMETIMES ASK
QUESTIONS OF US.

OCCASIONALLY THOSE ARE SPECIAL
QUESTIONS.

BECAUSE, GUYS THERE ARE NO DUMB
QUESTIONS, RIGHT?

>> UH-HUH.
YEAH.

NO.
THEN BECAUSE OF THE QUESTIONS

THEY ASK US, AND BECAUSE THEY
WON'T ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS, WE

GET TO TORTURE THEM A LITTLE
BIT.

SO WE CAN AA SIGN NEW PROJECTS
NEW QUIZZES.

WE LIKE TO SEE WHAT LEVEL OF
TANTRUM WE CAN GET OUT OF THEM.

SOMETHING THAT WE USE VERY
COMMONLY IS THE SYSTEM CALLED

ANGEL.
ANGEL IS SOMEWHERE WHERE WE CAN

POST LECTURES BUT WE ALSO ASSIGN
QUIZZES.

I ALL THE LIKE THIS REACTION.
ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

CLASS, AND THEY REALIZE IT WAS
DUE AN HOUR AGO.

HOW ABOUT RUNNING LATE FOR
CLASS?

NOTICE HOW WELL TOGETHER FORESTS
IS THOUGH.

OUR STUDENTS DON'T SHOW UP LIKE
THIS.

THEY ARE NOT THIS WELL PUT
TOGETHER.

CRAMMING FOR A TEST.
OH, YEAH.

SOOU>THIS IHAT WE SAWTERAWHE CR.
PAAA HAVAVHEMM HAVNDTHROLLPOúOEE

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E@IATE R TO T

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PAPAPAYHEM, WHAT DID

THEN THEY REALIZE THHY GOT IT
WRONG.

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BUT YOU LOVE ANI YLSGHT, SO

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CAN ESCAPE BEFORE THEY TALK

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YESTERDAY.

'MORK.L INHAIN WHEH
NEXT ONE GET ON MY

SOAPBOX A LITTLE BIT.
AND THESE STUDENTS KNOW THIS.

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AND ALWAYS A, BE WILLING TO

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TO COMOMEINSTE Y PRETYS INED

ROT T TEN DAYAY
IF IT IS DIFFICULT CLIENTS I IFT

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THING IN THE PROSSION

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THESE ARE THE DAYS WHERE

EVERYTHING THAT COMES IN HAS A
B LE NEETO BE,

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XPECTED AND SUDDEN DEAEATHSD O O

ARE ALWAYS HARD, BUT IT IS THE
USE MAY SHAS THAT WE STRUGGLE

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DURING THE TIME WHEN THE ANIMAL

TRANQUÑUGE I I YOUREU HAVE
THAT DLEYINGIAH B,,,

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HAVING A POSITIVE IMAGE, ANDGE,

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EASILELELE BUT IO

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DOYS.

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MICHIGIGAN STNIVERSITY

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A A H H, YOUU TO IT.

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ASHLEYEY MARIE DODGE.
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[APPLAUSE]

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