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[MUSIC PLAYING] NICOLE PELLEGRINO: Good afternoon. My name is Nicole Pellegrino, Executive Director of Student Services here at Johnson. It is my pleasure to welcome you here this morning, or this afternoon. Our ceremony is going to begin in just a minute, so we'd like to ask that you please take your seats and keep the aisles clear during the ceremony.
Please note that there are exits at the front and rear of the arena should you need to exit. Please silence all your cell phones and any other electronic devices.
We hope that you enjoy the ceremony, and don't feel stressed about getting the perfect photo. Professional photographers are on hand to take pictures of each graduate, and we will make sure that these photographs are available for you. Friends and family members, the academic procession has arrived.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Leading the procession is the winner of the MBA Core Faculty Teaching Award, Professor [INAUDIBLE], followed by our PhD candidates, followed by the MBA class of 2022, class speaker, and class representatives.
[CHEERING]
These presenters are followed by the three MBA programs and the MPS in Management Program. Please congratulate and welcome the class of 2022.
[CLAPPING]
[MUSIC- "POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE"]
Please rise and welcome the Johnson faculty, led by Associate Dean Glen Dowell and Professor Brendan [INAUDIBLE].
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Please be seated. Good afternoon. Welcome to the Johnson Graduate Recognition Ceremony in honor of the class of 2022.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
Now that we've had a little "Pomp and Circumstance," we're going to begin with a little music from a Cornell a cappella group. Please join me in welcoming The Hangovers.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
SINGER: A 3, 4.
SINGERS: (SINGING) Ba, ba, ba, ba, da, ba, ba, ba, ba ba. Ba, ba, ba, ba, da, ba, ba.
SINGER: (SINGING) Come with me, come with me. We can run across the sky, illuminate night. Whoa, I will try and guide you to better times, to brighter days. Don't be afraid to go up the ladder to the roof where we can see Heaven much better. Go up the ladder to the roof where we can be--
SINGERS: --(SINGING) be--
SINGER: --(SINGING) closer to--
SINGERS: --(SINGING) Heaven?
SINGER: (SINGING) Stay with me. Stay with me. Stay with me, and we can let expression ring with music and dancing. No memories of broken dreams. Oh, don't you know we'll run away? Be afraid to go up the ladder to the roof where we can see Heaven much better. Go up the ladder to the roof where we can be--
SINGERS: --(SINGING) be--
SINGERS: --(SINGING) be--
SINGERS: --(SINGING) be--
SINGER: --(SINGING) closer to Heaven?
SINGER: (SINGING) Try to relax and I'll tell you the story of love And the happiness in it, baby. We'll combine our thoughts, and together we'll travel through the fountain of love. And then--
SINGERS: --(SINGING) I will never, ever, ever leave you alone. I said I want to hold you. If we let our love grow out it's going to get much stronger. So much stronger. Don't you want to go-- don't you want to go-- don't you want to go-- don't you want to go--
SINGER: (SINGING) Up the ladder to the roof where we can see Heaven much better? Go up the ladder to the roof where we can be--
SINGERS: --(SINGING) close--
SINGERS: --(SINGING) close--
SINGERS: --(SINGING) close--
SINGER: --(SINGING) closer to--
SINGERS: --(SINGING) Heaven?
SINGER: (SINGING) Oh, up we go. Up the--
SINGERS: --(SINGING) up the--
SINGER: --(SINGING) up the--
SINGERS: --(SINGING) up the--
SINGER: (SINGING) Go up the--
SINGERS: --(SINGING) up the--
SINGER: (SINGING) Go up the ladder to Heaven? Don't you want to go? Go up the ladder to Heaven?
SINGERS: (SINGING) Up the--
SINGER: (SINGING) Don't you want to go?
SINGERS: (SINGING) Up the--
SINGERS: (SINGING) Go up the ladder to Heaven?
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
SPEAKER 2: Congratulations, Johnson graduates. We're The Cornell Hangovers. We have one more song for you. Please feel free to sing along. 1, 2, and 1, 2, 3.
SINGERS: (SINGING) Give my regards to Davy. Remember me to Tee Fee Crane. Tell all the pikers on the Hill that I'll be back again. Tell them just how I busted lapping up the high highball. We'll all have drinks at Theodore Zinck's when I get back next fall.
Give my regards to Davy. Remember me to Tee Fee Crane. Tell all the pikers on the Hill that I'll be back again. Tell them just how I busted lapping up the high highball. We'll all have drinks at Theodore Zinck's when I get back next fall.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
NICOLE PELLEGRINO: Thank you so much to The Hangovers. Before we begin the rest of our program, I would like to introduce some of the people on the stage who will be assisting today's ceremony.
To my right are Associate Dean Drew Pascarella and Dean Suzanne Shu who will congratulate the graduates as they exit the stage. And Professor Vishal Gaur and Professor Eric Lewis who have the daunting task of reading each graduate's name today.
It is now my pleasure to introduce Mark Nelson, the 12th Dean of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. An award-winning accountant, teacher, researcher at Johnson since 1990, Dean Nelson assumed Johnson's deanship in 2016. Please join me in welcoming Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean and Accounting Professor, Mark Nelson.
[APPLAUSE]
MARK NELSON: Oh, nice. Thank you, Nicole, for that kind introduction. And members of the class of '22, families, friends, I am honored to welcome you to the Graduation Recognition Ceremonies for the 75th graduating class of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.
This weekend, we come together to celebrate the accomplishments of 11 PhD candidates as well as 77 candidates from the Johnson Cornell Tech MBA program, 59 from our accelerated MBA program, 275 from our two-year MBA program, and we have 150 candidates from our Master's of Professional Studies program, 87 of which specialized in accounting.
22 of you today are completing two Cornell degrees, an MBA and another Cornell degree such as law, health care administration, real estate, or ILR. Today, we celebrate your achievements and all that it took to get to this point. Today, we celebrate you.
Now I'd like to take a moment and just recognize that few of us could get here without the help from others. We have many in attendance to celebrate your achievements. So candidates, let's show appreciation for those who have provided support along the path to this achievement. Family and friends who supported you in so many ways, we thank you.
[APPLAUSE]
I'd also like to highlight my faculty and staff colleagues who are with us here today. In addition to many Johnson faculty in attendance, we're fortunate to have with us Suzanne Shu, who's Dean of Faculty and Research for our Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, which of course includes Johnson, as well as our sister schools, Dyson and Nolan. Suzanne, give a wave. That's Suzanne, OK?
More generally, our college is dedicated to your success. Our faculty demonstrate that every day, both inside and outside the classroom. Our staff have supported you throughout your journey at Johnson, including admissions, registration, student events, job search, up to and including today.
We all know that an event like this does not occur without many people working behind the scenes in ways we can only imagine. So please, join me in thanking the faculty and staff for all they have done and continue to do to support you and to support Johnson.
[APPLAUSE]
OK. But enough about them. Let's talk about you. I'd like to focus on three aspects that I think have defined your Johnson experience. First-- you've heard me talk about this before-- let's talk about community. Each person graduating today is a graduate of their particular program. They're proud of that affiliation. They are fiercely dedicated to their fellow students.
But you have spanned those boundaries in many important ways. Our JCT and AMBA students shared the summer core together, virtually and in person. Our AMBAs and our MPS students and our two-year MBAs shared the elective curriculum in fall and in spring. MBAs from Ithaca and New York City participated in the New York City curriculum.
And many of you traveled together on treks to Israel, Costa Rica, and other locations, both in formal programs and for pure enjoyment. I have seen some pictures, maybe some pictures you didn't know that I saw. You definitely had a good time.
You've supported each other in many, many ways. You've helped each other succeed in the classroom, both as TAs and as leadership fellows, but also informally, core teams and work groups. You've helped each other in the job search process with practice interviews, career work groups, moral support.
You've invested your time and energy in each other and in your community, while also pursuing your own professional growth. I very much hope that you continue that approach in the organizations and the communities that will be so fortunate to have you join them in the future.
That takes me to a second dimension of your experience here at Johnson, and that's impact. You've already worked together to apply your knowledge and your creativity to make an impact on business and the world. Some of your impact has occurred through your immersion projects, other experience, or learning opportunities.
For example, a team of AMBA students worked with Cummins Manufacturing to improve the effectiveness of its supply and demand planning functions. Another team worked with Honor Flight Syracuse, a nonprofit that takes veterans and a support person to DC for military recognition events, and enhanced their donor recognition and retention programs.
Johnson students partnered with other MBA programs to expand the John Lewis Case Competition for Social Justice to become a multi-school initiative. MPS students traveled to Alaska to prepare tax returns for low-income Indigenous Americans, experiencing the trip of a lifetime while also helping taxpayers in villages so remote that the nearest H&R Block office is about 500 miles away. These are just a few examples illustrating how the work you've done as part of your program has already affected lives.
Other impact is occurring as students launch new businesses as a result of their entrepreneurship activity. One new business is Staff on Tap, which helps nursing homes connect with nurses to meet surge capacity. Another is [? Apex, ?] which has developed an internet-connected monitoring device for real estate property managers to get early notification of maintenance problems.
Another is Noble. One of the winners of the Cornell Tech Startup Award, Noble empowers patients to take control over their medical care by providing them with tools to understand their medical bills and to identify and resolve errors. These and many other new ventures are winning awards and attracting funding.
Why? Because they offer well-designed business solutions to address real and pressing problems. Again, you're already affecting the world. You're producing much-needed goods and services. You already are making an impact. Your future impact will be remarkable.
Now I'd like to highlight another way in which you've made an impact. Each generation of Johnson students benefits from those who came before. Think of the many ways in which alumni have helped you as admissions ambassadors, class speakers, mentors, partners in the recruiting process. They also help Johnson financially in ways that benefits our school and over time. Many of you have already done that, contributing to your class campaign or the annual fund.
So overall, you've done so much already. Everyone in our community should be grateful for all that you've done. So would everyone please join me in applauding the achievements, generosity, and dedication of this remarkable class?
[APPLAUSE]
Now I'd like to address a third dimension of your Johnson experience. This is the elephant in the room. I'm glad we've got a big room, because it's a pretty big elephant. I'm talking, of course, about COVID. You have the distinction of being students who chose to pursue your graduate degree in the midst of a pandemic. Facing a truly unique and uncertain situation, you chose to take a risk and invest in yourselves.
A favorite quote of mine is from that great sage Mike Tyson who said, that "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." You willingly entered the ring. You knew you would face a flurry of punches. You knew you would need to demonstrate toughness and drive to get through a challenging program and attain your goals. You demonstrated courage as well as dedication.
And as we've worked through the pandemic together, we've learned together. I'd like to take a moment and point out a few things that COVID has highlighted at least to me. I know that many pundits have offered their perspectives about lessons learned from COVID, and I realize that I am in real danger of engaging in what a colleague of mine calls dean-splaining, which occurs when a dean tells you something you already know and acts like it was insightful or profound.
But let's face it, most graduation speeches by deans probably include a fair amount of dean-splaining. And this is my chance, my last chance to offer you advice when you actually have to at least act like you're listening to me. So just indulge me for a couple more minutes. I only have three things to talk about.
First, COVID taught us that when we put our minds to it, humans can accomplish amazing things. Vaccine development sped from 10 years to just over 10 months. Our own Johnson MBA Angela Wong leads Pfizer biopharmaceuticals. We could see through her eyes how science and ingenuity and sheer hard work moved mountains.
More generally, universities, businesses, and friends and families pivoted to virtual interaction and kept right on going. Yes, supply chains slowed. I personally was impressed at how long it took to deliver a shipment of custom 75th anniversary quarter zip sweatshirts.
But by and large in the face of adversity, we pressed on. You pressed on. You supported each other collectively while pursuing and achieving your own goals. You succeeded.
Why highlight this for you now? The world faces big problems. Sometimes we can respond with fatalism and believe we can't make a difference. But again, you're already showing that you can make a difference.
You are leaders. When a big challenge occurs, you may be in a position to make a real difference in the world. Please, don't shy away from that challenge. Have confidence. You've proven you can meet that challenge.
A second thing that became readily apparent during COVID was that even in the face of a pandemic, inequity persists. We know that there are huge differences in access to health care and education, other critical services. We saw those on stark display.
We also saw that economic status affects the latitude that people have simply to keep themselves and their loved ones safe. Remember when many of us were hunkered down or perhaps in lockdown and ordering in groceries or food because of concerns about contagion, while other people were preparing and delivering that food. They were providing health care services. They were supporting students in quarantine. Those people responded courageously, but many perhaps felt they didn't have another choice given the lack of other opportunities available.
Why bring this to you? Again, you are leaders. You will be advancing rapidly in your careers. How will you respond to that power? I ask that you not pull up the ladder behind you. I ask instead that you reach back, that you help others climb higher.
We've worked on allyship here at Johnson. We've celebrated our differences. We've helped each other when we needed it. Keep exercising those muscles. You know that helping another person, welcoming another person into the fold, contributing to their success, that's a wonderful feeling.
A third and final lesson is that relationships and connectivity are precious, and have to be fed and nurtured. COVID disrupted so many ways in which we normally interact. At times, it was isolating.
Technology helped, enabling us to connect in ways we couldn't before. It brought new recruiters to campus, new alumni to classrooms. It enabled us to Zoom when circumstances required it, and for you to be remote when you needed to be.
Yet it also highlighted the absolute joy of being together in the same space at the same time. The times we could be together were all the more precious because of the times we were apart. I have experienced virtual and live commencement ceremonies, and I can tell you that I vastly prefer sharing this experience with you here today.
What does this mean to you? Well, we all know that the world of work and how we more fundamentally engage with other people has really been altered. Long term, you may be able to choose whether you work remotely or at your employer's facility. You will be able to stay connected to friends and family wherever you are, and you also will be able to stay connected to your work wherever you are.
That flexibility is wonderful, but it is also dangerous. You will have the ability to engage or withdraw. You can invest in relationships in your own wellness, or you can work virtually all the time because you can always work virtually.
Please use this flexibility wisely and seek balance. The parent in me exhorts you to eat right, get enough sleep and exercise, call your parents, and seek friendships and relationships that nourish your soul and support your happiness, even as you seek to progress in your career and realize those career ambitions.
So now here's my ask. You knew it was coming. Whenever you let a dean speak, there's usually some sort of an ask. This one's pretty simple. Keep it up.
Take the lessons you've learned from the relationships you've made at Johnson. Keep that momentum going strong into the future. From a community standpoint, you are now part of a very broad community. You're joining an alumni community of more than 15,000 Johnson graduates, more than 40,000 college graduates, well over 250,000 Cornellians, all part of your extended family.
You've heard me say that at Johnson, we have each other's backs as we push each other forward. That applies to this alumni community as well. Countless alumni have told me how much the Cornell network has meant to them personally and professionally. Throughout their entire careers, they can chart their career with sort of push pins, showing where an alumnus made the difference.
So make a resolution to stay engaged with your class and with the school and the college. Resolve to attend at least one alumni event a year. Take advantage of your great Zoom expertise and stay in touch with your classmates wherever they are.
Don't drift away from this community. Immerse yourself in it as you have. Be there for your fellow alumni as you have in your degree program. My pledge is that we will be here for you as well.
I know I don't have to encourage you to excel. I know you will. You have the knowledge, the skills, the energy, and the network to make a real difference in the world. Your Johnson degree will help you on that journey, and you will honor that degree with all you achieve.
I can't wait to see what amazing success awaits you. We are immensely proud of you. All in attendance, please help me congratulate the class of '22.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
Now I have another task, and that is that I get to present Johnson's Faculty Research Award. The recipient of this award is recommended by a panel of distinguished faculty. We present this award at graduation, because research is a crucial part of what we do at Johnson, and it's tied fundamentally to our teaching, and therefore to what we do for you, our students.
We differentiate our school by creating knowledge that impacts business practice and that gives our students an advantage. This year, two faculty members will be receiving the award. They are professors Kaitlin Woolley and Li Chen. Professor Woolley-- yeah, how about that?
[APPLAUSE]
Let me tell you a little bit about them. Professor Woolley is an associate professor of marketing. Her research examines the psychological processes underlying consumer motivation. She seeks to understand what separates the goals we achieve from the goals we fail at. She teaches our Core Marketing course, as well as an elective on consumer insights.
Professor Chen is a professor of operations, technology, and information management, and he's also the Breazzano Family Term Professor of Management. His research addresses issues relevant to supply chain management, operation strategy, and data-driven analytics. Professor Chen teaches supply chain strategy, supply chain analytics, and operations management.
Professor Woolley could not be here with us today, as she's presenting her research at an academic conference. But Professor Chen is with us, and I ask that he join me to receive his award, and that you join me in applauding the accomplishments of these two outstanding faculty.
[APPLAUSE]
NICOLE PELLEGRINO: Thank you, Dean Nelson, and congratulations to Professors Chen and Woolley. At this time, I would like to acknowledge many of the other awards and designations that are noted in your programs today.
These include student awards presented at a ceremony yesterday in Ithaca and a ceremony last weekend at the Cornell Tech campus, students receiving prestigious named scholarships and fellowships, and finally, students who have served in important class agent and class officer roles, as well as those who led the Johnson group in this morning's Cornell University commencement ceremony. Again, you will see these honors printed in your program, and we offer these and all of our graduates our congratulations on their many accomplishments.
[APPLAUSE]
It is now my absolute pleasure to invite Mary Benman, Athena Rampino, and Jeremy Mathurin to the stage.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
ATHENA RAMPINO: Mary and I are so excited to announce the recipient of the Annual Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. The Apple Award was established by the MBA class of 1992 to honor the Johnson School faculty member who best exemplifies outstanding leadership, enduring educational influence, and strong ability to motivate students. Our class is honored to present this year's award to Professor Vishal Gaur.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
MARY BENMAN: Professor Gaur is an Emerson Professor of Manufacturing Management who taught two classes that were crowd favorites, Intro to SQL and Digital Business and Retail Operations. The students who nominated him for this award appreciated that he made learning fun, that he demystified difficult topics, that he shared interesting life stories with the class, and that he inspired his students both academically and professionally.
But the common theme of Professor Gaur's nominations was that students all commented on how kind and compassionate he is. And since a lot of us spent half of our Johnson experience on Zoom, we know that kindness and compassion can go a long way from a professor. So thank you, Professor Gaur, for everything that you've done for our class.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
VISHAL GAUR: Thank you Mary, Athena, and the class of 2022.
[APPLAUSE]
I am deeply honored to receive this award from your class. Your class holds a special place in my heart, as I've taught you, as Dean Nelson said, via Zoom, hybrid, and in-person behind masks.
Regardless of the medium, what struck me the most was your support for each other's learning. In SQL, you debugged each other's code using Zoom chat. And in Digital Operations, you debated ways to transform businesses. Your thirst for learning motivated me to go deeper and experiment with new content.
Johnson is a fountain of business-taught leadership, and I am thankful to my colleagues for setting a high benchmark and fostering this environment for excellence. On a personal note, I thank my parents for being my guide and my role model, and my wife and kids for supporting me with patience and humor. Class of 2022, you shine bright. Congratulations. Do good, stay together, and visit us often.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
Next, we are super excited to welcome our student speaker, Jeremy Mathurin, to the stage. So I know for the MBAs, you were all super surprised that Jeremy was chosen to give this speech. Normally, he shies away from the spotlight. But just this one time, we insisted, and he agreed to say a few words.
So here at Johnson, Jeremy was a Consortium fellow, a Fried fellow, he was president of the Community Impact Club, he was a CWG leader, and he co-founded a startup. And more importantly, he was a very dear friend to a lot of us. So please join me in welcoming Jeremy to the stage.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
JEREMY MATHURIN: Let's keep the applause going for Mary and Athena. It's really nice when someone else lists your accomplishments in alphabetical order like that. [LAUGHS]
Good afternoon. On behalf of the graduating class of 2022 from the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, I'll begin with a thank you.
Thank you to all the faculty, staff, and administrators, to the family, friends, and loved ones, to the partners, husbands, wives. Thank you. Thank you for your unconditional love. Thank you for your words of encouragement. And thank you for your faith, trust, and confidence. OK. Now that we've got the pleasantries out the way, let's give a round of applause, class of 2022. Let's go.
[APPLAUSE]
They tried to hold us down. They couldn't do it. [LAUGHS] We had domestic unrest, climate change, international conflicts, but we're still standing here strong, celebrating this momentous occasion.
In all seriousness, the last few years have been filled with joy, but they've also been filled with pain, with experience, and with unique challenges, seen and unseen. But regardless of what tomorrow's headline reads, today-- today we become Big Red. Today we embody any student, any study. From this day forth, we become the few, the proud, and the privileged members of Cornell University. Let's give one more round of applause.
[APPLAUSE]
Now I use the word privilege intentionally, because when I look into this crowd, I see some of the most powerful individuals on Earth. Whether a ballot is ever cast, our degree will give us access to, as the late great Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, "rooms where decisions are made." We will influence financial policy, we will enable international cooperation, and we will help humanity retain its dignity in an increasingly digital future.
However, that power comes with great responsibility. That power demands that we lead ethically. That power is burdensome, so we cannot take it lightly.
As a frequent victim of the impostor syndrome, I have come to realize that regardless of how we feel, from this day forth when we start talking, people will be listening. And that isn't an impostor or a fraud. That's a visionary and a leader.
It is a responsibility that we will all have to shoulder. Learning from the past, embracing the present, and confidently working towards a brighter future, because our degree isn't just a ticket to financial prosperity. We have been blessed with the curse of perspective in shrouds of obscurity.
I am an unabashed poet, so if you'll allow me, let me express myself in a manner that makes my points unequivocally. What will this degree mean to you? Will it be a job opportunity, a professional network, or three letters at the end of a LinkedIn profile? Perhaps a framed moniker hanging upon the wall that you glance upon every once in a while.
Or will it be a source of pride, a reminder of your brilliance? Will it be a source of strength, the manifestation of years of perseverance? Will you make it your responsibility to be a voice for the voiceless?
It is a heavy task to so often be the voice of dissent. But I know my peers, and they don't back down from a fight just because they'll have to contend, because we are Cornellians. We went to Johnson at that.
We are where big problems and sticky issues are exchanged, where we have formalized the art of taking hearts and making them rearranged. We are where people go when the problem is too complex, too culturally entrenched, when they brought in their best people and couldn't figure it out yet, when they needed someone to bend over backwards and figure it out like a suplex.
Classmates, I do not have the answers. I would never be so pompous to purport or pretend. But I think leaders worth following, that is what we represent. That is the price that we gladly pay, the weight of shaping the world of tomorrow.
In closing, I humbly hope that this noble charge is enough to take us to the corners of our smiles, to the highest of our hopes, and that our prosperity ahead continues for miles. Regardless, set out each day believing in the weight of the life that you lead. Stand proudly, knowing that our shoulders were made for these heavy things. Thank you.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
NICOLE PELLEGRINO: That's a tough act to follow. Thank you to Jeremy for his inspiring words, and to Mary and Athena, not just for what they said today, but for their tireless leadership of the class of 2022. And I'll add my congratulations to Professor Gaur. We will now proceed with the individual recognition of graduates.
[CHEER]
We will begin with the hooding of doctoral candidates. Professor [INAUDIBLE] will perform the hooding, and Dean Nelson and Dean Shu will congratulate each doctoral candidate. Please join me in recognizing the achievements of our PhDs and wish them continued success in their academic careers.
[APPLAUSE]
VISHAL GAUR: Ling Fong [? Gung, ?] Financial Statement Comparability and Price Discovery. Luo Zhu advisor. Isaac Nelson Green, Essays in Macro Finance and Political Economy. Matthew Baron, advisor. [INAUDIBLE] Wang, Experimental Studies on Supply Chain Contracting. Andrew Davis, advisor.
Zen [INAUDIBLE] Operational and Economic Analysis of Marketplaces. Garrett [INAUDIBLE] and Li Chen, advisors. [INAUDIBLE] Liu, From Brown to Green: The Transformation of Incumbent Firms into Sustainable Businesses. Glen Dowell, advisor. [INAUDIBLE], The Psychology of Perceived Value. [INAUDIBLE], Thomas, advisor.
Pradeep [? Mutukrishna, ?] Applications of Textual Methods in Finance. Murillo Campello, advisor. Kenyan [INAUDIBLE], History and Geography in the Making of Corporate Strategy and Structure. Chris Markers, advisor. Haimeng Hester Zhang, Jump Bidding as a Signaling Game. Michael Waldman, advisor.
NICOLE PELLEGRINO: Congratulations to all of our PhD candidates.
[APPLAUSE]
As Professor Gaur reads the MBA graduate names, he will highlight any dual degree candidates, as well as those students who are graduating with distinction, which is the top 10% of their class. The MBA graduates will be recognized by program in the following order, beginning with the two-year Ithaca MBA followed by the one-year Ithaca MBA, the Johnson Cornell Tech MBA Program, and the MBA graduates will be followed by the MPS in Management students.
VISHAL GAUR: [READING NAMES]
ERIC LEWIS: [READING NAMES]
NICOLE PELLEGRINO: Congratulations to the class of 2022.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
I now have the pleasure and a little bit of pressure in offering you a few closing words before we go to Sage to have a little bit of a celebration. To the class of 2022, please visit often and keep in touch as you progress through your lives and your careers. Hearing from all of you after you leave us gives us great joy.
I also want to take a moment to thank your many family and friends who are here today, many of whom have traveled a great distance to be here. Partners, parents, siblings, close friends, and family, your support of this class cannot be overstated. Their accomplishments are your accomplishments, and we thank and honor you.
[APPLAUSE]
I was talking to a friend the other day about chapters in our lives. And while commencement technically means beginnings, oftentimes we think of it as endings. And so I would like to invite Mary and Athena back to the stage to talk a little bit about the ends of chapters.
So the end of the chapter for the class of 2022 is right now, and we're going to head to Sage, and we're going to have a little celebration for that. But we would be remiss if we didn't mention that there's another chapter coming to an end here among us. So we'd also like to invite associate Dean Drew Pascarella to the stage.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
On behalf of the class of 2022 and the Johnson faculty, staff, and administration, we want to thank Associate Dean Drew Pascarella for his three years of service to Johnson as Associate Dean of MBA programs.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
Drew became Associate Dean in July of 2019, and I imagine that he had a lot of hopes and dreams for what his three years of being associate dean would look like. I am going to go out on a limb and say he probably didn't factor in a global pandemic when he took this job.
Drew has navigated our ship through some of the most tumultuous waters that we have seen, both as an institution, but also as a nation and as a country, as a whole, and as a world. We would not be where we are today without the leadership of Dean Pascarella, and we are thankful for every moment that we spent with us, and thankful that the next chapter also includes Johnson, just with a little less sailing some tumultuous waters. Thank you so much, Dean Pascarella.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
And now back to you. So on a personal note, I want to say congratulations from me and from my team. I will miss you. We will miss you. Please do come back to visit often.
And I'm going to give you one more direction, since I think I've spent a fair amount of time doing that recently. Be well and do well. And don't forget, you always have a home here at Johnson.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
Immediately following the ceremony, we are going to adjourn to Sage Hall. Food and drink will be served in the atrium, the cafe, and under tents in the parking lot. Please take advantage of seating in the tents around the building, as well as throughout the first floor of stage. After all, we all started in tents. It's fitting that we'll go out spending some time in those same tents. We hope that everyone here will join us.
Before we finally adjourn, we want to ask you to please stand and join us in this singing of the Cornell Alma Mater. The words can be found in the back of your program. Please rise.
MARK NELSON: We're all going to try to start on the same note. It sounds like this.
[NOTE]
(SINGING) La.
[LAUGHTER]
ALL: (SINGING) Far above Cayuga's waters with its waves of blue, stands our noble Alma Mater, glorious to view. Lift the chorus, speed it onward, loud her praises tell. Hail to thee, our Alma Mater. Hail, all hail, Cornell.
Far above the busy humming of the bustling town, reared against the arch of heaven looks she proudly down. Lift the chorus, speed it onward, loud her praises tell. Hail to thee, our Alma Mater. Hail, all hail, Cornell.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
NICOLE PELLEGRINO: Again, congratulations to the class of 2022.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
Please remain standing during the recessional until after the faculty members have left the hall. Thank you.
SINGERS: (SINGING) Strike up a song to Cornell and let the swelling chorus rise before us. Strike up a song to Cornell and set the campus ringing with our singing. Fill the glasses with a song and drink the magic music spell. We will sound the joy of life intense in a rousing toast to Cornell.
Strike up a song to Cornell and let the swelling chorus rise before us. Strike up a song to Cornell and set the campus ringing with our singing. Fill the glasses with a song and drink the magic music spell. We will sound the joy of life intense in a rousing toast to Cornell. Strike up a song to Cornell. Come let us strike up a song to Cornell. Strike up a song to Cornell.
[APPLAUSE AND CHEERING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management Graduate Recognition Ceremony 2022: PhD, Ithaca MBA, Johnson Cornell Tech MBA, MPS in Management | Saturday, May 28, 2022 | Newman Arena, Bartels Hall
