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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYFrom its beginnings on the site where BeaumontTower now stands, the East Lansing campus hasgrown from 677 to 5,200 acres, and from threeto 545 buildings. Today, nearly 20,000 acres areused throughout Michigan for agricultural andnatural resources research and for education.MSU has more than 50,000 students from all83 counties in Michigan, all 50 states, and morethan 130 other countries. There are more thanone-half million Spartan alumni living aroundthe globe.Since its agricultural beginnings, MSU has grownto 17 degree-granting colleges ofering morethan 200 programs of study, including graduateand graduate professional education. TheHonors College attracts academically talentedscholars and enables these students to pursueindividualized, enriched programs of study.Research and other grants total nearly 600million in 2014–15. The top federal fundingagencies include the U.S. Department of Energy(DOE), the National Science Foundation, the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services, U.S.Agency for International Development, the U.S.Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Departmentof Education, and the U.S. Department ofDefense. Other externally funded researchprograms include the MSU–U.S. DOE, PlantResearch Laboratory, the Center for AdvancingMicrobial Risk Assessment, the Great LakesBioenergy Research Center, the Energy andAutomotive Research Laboratory Centers,the Composite Vehicle Research Center, theU.S.–China Center for Research on EducationalExcellence, the Center for Advanced Study ofInternational Development, and the Center forInternational Business Education and Research.The National Superconducting CyclotronLaboratory is the premier rare isotope researchfacility in the nation. In December 2008, theU.S. DOE selected MSU to design and establishthe Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB).The proposed 730 million facility will bringtogether an international community ofleading scientists. Their work will help unlockthe mysteries of the universe and promotebreakthrough applications for medicine,security, and industry.MSU Extension reaches into all 83 counties inMichigan to provide practical, university-basedknowledge. The AgBioResearch encompassesthe research of more than 300 scientists in anetwork of 13 research centers across the state.Their work ranges from agricultural production,alternative energy and biofuel production,food safety and environmental stewardship tochildhood obesity, community development, andthe quality of life of Michigan youth and families.University Outreach and Engagement connectsfaculty with external audiences and constituenciesto address community issues through researchand collaboration. MSU Global extends academicand professional degree and certifcate programsto of-campus learners.MSU is a national leader in education abroadamong U.S. public universities with more than275 programs on all continents in more than 60countries. Nearly 3,000 MSU students participatein education abroad each year.Michigan State University is a memberof the Association of American Universities,the Association of Public and Land-grantUniversities, the American Council on Education,the American Council of Learned Societies, theCouncil of Graduate Schools, and the Big TenAcademic Alliance (formerly the Committeeon Institutional Cooperation). 9COMMENCEMENT FALL 2021Michigan State University, founded in 1855, isa leader in realizing the ideal of democratizingeducation and knowledge. Ofcially named theAgricultural College of the State of Michigan,it became the model for all land-grantinstitutions established by the Morrill Act,passed by Congress in 1862. The research andknowledge developed at land-grant institutionsprovides practical solutions that make adiference in the lives of individuals and incommunities. Now, as a major public researchuniversity with global reach, Michigan StateUniversity continues this tradition with itscommitment to advancing knowledge andtransforming lives across the state, the region,and around the world.

CEREMONY LYRICSTHE STAR SPANGLED BANNERO, say, can you seeby the dawn’s early light,What so proudly we hailedat the twilight’s last gleaming,Whose broad stripes and bright stars,through the perilous fght,O’er the ramparts we watched,were so gallantly streaming?And the rockets’ red glare,the bombs bursting in air,Gave proof through the nightthat our fag was still there.O, say, does thatstar-spangled banner yet wave,O’er the land of the free,and the home of the brave.AMERICA THE BEAUTIFULO beautiful for spacious skies,For amber waves of grain,For purple mountain majestiesAbove the fruited plain!America! America!God shed his grace on theeAnd crown thy good with brotherhoodFrom sea to shining sea!and twilight shadows fade,Our mem’ry still will linger,where light and shadows played;In the evening oft we’ll gather,and pledge our faith anew,Sing our love for Alma Mater,and thy praises, MSU.MSU FIGHT SONG**On the banks of the Red Cedar,is a school that’s known to all;Its speciality is winning,and those Spartans play good ball;Spartan teams are never beaten,all through the game they fght;Fight for the only colors,Green and White.Go right thru’ for MSU,watch the points keep growing.Spartan teams are bound to win,they’re fghting with a vim.RAH! RAH! RAH!See their team is weakening,we’re going to win this game.Fight! Fight! Rah! Team, Fight!Victory for MSU.ALMA MATER*M.S.U., We love thy shadows,when twilight silence falls,Flushing deep and softly paling,o’er ivy-covered halls.Beneath the pines we’ll gather,to give our faith so true,Sing our love for Alma Mater,and thy praises, M.S.U.When from these scenes we wander, COMMENCEMENT FALL 202110*The lyrics of Alma Mater were written by Bernard Traynor (MSC Athletic Department, 1925–1927). The melody isbased on Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. It was not until March 30, 1949, after a vote by the students, that thepopular song on campus known as the MSU Shadows was fnally adopted as the ofcial Alma Mater.**Lyrics by Francis Irvin Lankey (MSU Engineering, 1916).

UNIVERSITY MACEHistorically, the mace is a symbol of authoritydating from medieval times when knights carriedthem during processions with their kings. As thetradition grew, the mace became a ceremonialsymbol of peaceful leadership, and maces wereembellished with jewels and metals. Today, auniversity’s mace is carried before the presidentor chancellor and platform-party dignitaries atcommencement, inaugural, and other academicceremonial processions.The Michigan State University mace, 42 inchesin length, includes important institutionalsymbols in its fnial, crown, and shaft. Thefnial depicts the circular University seal, whichincludes an image of “Old College Hall.” Thisoak-carved seal derives from an 1869 StateBoard of Agriculture (now, Board of Trustees)authorization for a woodcut to be used asthe frontispiece of the college academiccatalog. College Hall, built in 1856, was thefrst instructional building erected in the UnitedStates for the teaching of scientifc agriculture.When it collapsed in 1918, John Beaumont (classof 1882) provided funds to erect BeaumontTower in 1928 at the same location. Thetower stands as a symbol of Michigan State’sbeginnings as the frst land-grant collegededicated to teaching “agriculture and themechanic arts” with a “liberal and practicalcurriculum.”The mace’s crown is trimmed with a maplesamara and acorn pattern carved from walnut,a pattern drawn from the “Michigan StateCollege” limestone relief at the Abbot Roadand other campus entrances. An image ofBeaumont Tower lies in the crown’s oak center.Below the crown is the cylindrical shaft, whosealternating, horizontal oak and walnut bandsdescend to a brass tip. Its oak is purported tobe “Beaumont oak,” that is, from one of theoriginal saplings surrounding College Hall. Itswalnut is from a tree removed to clear landfor the Wharton Center for Performing Artsin 1982.In its soaring verticality, Beaumont Towercontinues to inspire the MSU community andis an appropriate symbol for the MSU mace. AsPresident Robert S. Shaw (1928–1941) statedat the tower’s dedication, it has served as “aunifying factor” to remind us, even throughour individual activities, of the overall missionof Michigan State University to inspire us by“appealing to many of the better things inus” and to encourage us to “live up to higherstandards, scholastically, socially, morally,and spiritually in all of our afairs.” 11COMMENCEMENT FALL 2021Michigan State University is pleased to includethe University mace in commencementceremonies. The introduction of the mace,at the 2005 Founders’ Day celebration andinauguration of MSU’s twentieth president,serves to commemorate the sesquicentennialcelebration. The University, founded in 1855,celebrated its 150th birthday in 2005. Themace was designed by University Relationsand produced by Physical Plant staf.

ACADEMIC ATTIREIn 1895, the Intercollegiate Commission, a groupof leading American educators, introduced anacademic costume code which by design ofgowns and hoods would indicate the variousdegrees, and which by colors would identify thevarious faculties.Three types of gowns are indicated by the code.Those worn by the bachelors have long, pointedsleeves. Those worn by masters have long,closed sleeves with the arc of a circle near thebottom. Doctoral gowns are faced with velvet.The sleeves are full, round, and open with threebars of velvet on each sleeve. The velvet facingof the bars on the sleeves may be black or thesame color as the binding of the hood.COMMENCEMENT FALL 202112MaizeRussetResidential College inthe Arts and HumanitiesWhiteCollege of Arts and LettersFine ArtsPhilosophyWhiteBrownDark BlueThe Eli BroadCollege of BusinessDrabCollege of CommunicationArts and SciencesJournalismSpeechHoods are made of material identicalwith the gown and are lined in the ofcialacademic color of the institution conferringthe degree (e.g., green and white for MSU).If the institution has more than one color, thechevron is used to introduce the second color.Colored velvet or velveteen binds the hoodsand indicates the department of faculty towhich the degree pertains.College of EducationThe color of the velvet of the hood is distinctiveof the subject to which the degree pertains. Forexample, the trimming for the degree of Masterof Science in Agriculture should be maize,representing agriculture, rather than goldenyellow, representing science. Generally, thecode for the velvet of the hood is the same aslisted for tassels.College of MusicAt Michigan State University, it is customaryto identify the candidates graduating fromthe diferent areas of study by tassels ofthe ofcial color as established by theIntercollegiate Code. Candidates graduatingfrom the Honors College wear a white stolewith the initials “HC.” Candidates graduating“With Honor” or “With High Honor” wear agold braid. College of Agricultureand Natural ResourcesForestry, PackagingPeacock BlueCrimsonSilver GrayLight BlueCollege of EngineeringOrangeCollege of Human MedicinePublic HealthGreenSalmon PinkJames Madison CollegeCitronCollege of LawPurpleLyman Briggs CollegeCollege of Natural ScienceGolden YellowPinkGolden YellowCollege of NursingCollege of Osteopathic MedicineCollege of Social ScienceEconomicsCollege of Veterinary MedicineApricotGreenCitronCopperDark Gray

HONORARY DEGREESAlumnus Eli Broad, for whom MSU’s Eli Broad College of Business is named, is a renownedbusiness leader who built two Fortune 500 companies from the ground up. Not only is he asuccessful entrepreneur, but Mr. Broad and his wife, Edythe, are engaged in many importantphilanthropic endeavors. In fall 2002, Michigan State University proudly awarded Mr. Broad anhonorary doctorate of humanities.We tell our graduates to “Come Home Often.” We hope that you, and your family, will come homeoften and include a visit to the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum.Photo above: Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum.13COMMENCEMENT FALL 2021Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe, with a total gift of 28 million, have made contemporary artavailable to the entire Michigan State University community and those who visit us from aroundthe globe. The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum ofcially opened November 10, 2012. The worldclass art museum is designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid. For informationabout the facility, exhibitions, and programs, please visit broadmuseum.msu.edu.

HONORARY DEGREE CITATIONSCELESTE CLARKAs a food and health policy expert, you arededicated to supporting families locally andaround the world.Integrating your education—including yourPh.D. from Michigan State—talent, andexperience, you take an interdisciplinaryapproach to solving problems sustainably.Your accomplished career includes serving asa senior executive at the Kellogg Company,where you led the development andimplementation of global health, nutrition, andregulatory science initiatives.In the context of corporate socialresponsibility, you served as president of theKellogg Corporate Citizenship Fund, where youwere responsible for providing grants to thecommunities served by Kellogg. Additionally,you were the chief sustainability ofcer,working closely with the company’s supplychain toward the efcient use of environmentalresources. COMMENCEMENT FALL 202114You leverage your board governanceexperience on the boards of several publiclyand privately held companies and nonproftorganizations, including Wells Fargo, andPrestige Consumer Healthcare.You are currently the principal of AbrahamClark Consulting, LLC, where you advise onfood and health policy, regulatory afairs, andleadership development. In this capacity, youare often invited to lecture at universities andconferences on nutrition, as well as leadership,diversity, equity, and inclusion. Your generosityin establishing the Future Leaders MentoringScholarship within the MSU Departmentof Food Science and Human Nutritionsupports both passing knowledge to the nextgeneration and lowering barriers for promisingstudents from underprivileged backgrounds.For your contributions to the health andsustainability of our global society, I ampleased to award you the honorary degreeof Doctor of Humanities from Michigan StateUniversity.

HONORARY DEGREE CITATIONSAs the nation’s leading authority on religiousliberty and the law of remedies, your careerserves as a testament to the power ofeducation.From your time at MSU as an undergraduatestudent in the Honors College to receivingyour law degree from one of the country’spreeminent institutions—the University ofChicago—you have gone on to be a leaderin your feld. This is further demonstrated byyour faculty appointments at the Universityof Chicago, University of Texas, University ofMichigan, and University of Virginia and yourelection as a fellow of the American Academyof Arts and Sciences.You have helped shape this area of the law forgenerations to come through your testimonybefore Congress and casework up to theUnited States Supreme Court. Your approachto the intersection of religious liberty andgovernmental interests has helped advancelegal arguments that transcend politics. Yourscholarship has infuenced and continues toinfuence not only the next generation of legalpractitioners, but also helps explain thesecomplex issues in clear and understandableways to the broader public.Your work is distinctive in that it argues for therights of religious beliefs of all kinds and forthe rights of religious nonbelievers with equalcommitment, teaching us all that the onlysolution to America’s culture wars is that eachside must respect the liberty of the other.For your commitment to advancing knowledgefor the greater good, I am pleased to awardyou the honorary degree of Doctor of Lawsfrom Michigan State University. 15COMMENCEMENT FALL 2021DOUGLAS LAYCOCK

HONORARY DEGREE CITATIONSCRAIG MENEARAn entrepreneur at heart and an astutebusinessperson, you currently lead the world’slargest home improvement retailer.Your father, a General Motors employee, taughtyou the value of hard work and the importanceof people to an institution. It was during theseformative years in Flint, Michigan, that you alsogrew to love helping your father with homeimprovement projects.After graduating from MSU’s Eli Broad Collegeof Business, you went on to work for severalretailers before arriving at Home Depot.You have worked there for more than 20years, making your way up the ranks in theorganization and pushing the company tosuccess by blending the physical and digitalrealms to provide innovative product oferingsand reliable delivery options. COMMENCEMENT FALL 202116You now serve as chairman and CEO andare responsible for 2,300 stores and thelivelihoods of 500,000 associates.But it is your leadership during the pandemicthat has been exceptional. Putting peoplefrst, you navigated these challenging times toprovide a safe environment for customers andemployees alike. Home Depot also donatedmillions of dollars in personal protectiveequipment to hospitals and health careproviders.Your philanthropy is also evident from yourpersonal involvement with the AtlantaCommittee for Progress, Camp SouthernGround, Junior Achievement programs andthe Salvation Army. You have clearly put youreducation to work for the greater society andepitomize the phase “Spartans Will.”For your leadership in business andphilanthropy, I am pleased to award you thehonorary degree of Doctor of Business fromMichigan State University.

HONORARY DEGREE CITATIONSSENATOR GARY PETERSYou are a leader who has devoted your lifeto public service. You are focused on unitingcommunities and helping solve problems forthe people you represent.Born and raised in Michigan, you have devotedyour life to the betterment of Michigan at thelocal, state, and federal levels.Your educational achievements include earninga bachelor’s degree, three master’s degreesfrom three diferent universities, a law degree,and a diploma from the College of NavalCommand and Staf within the U.S. Naval WarCollege.Your service to this country is admirable. Youvolunteered for the U.S. Navy Reserve, rising tothe rank of lieutenant commander. Followingthe September 11 attacks, you volunteeredagain and served overseas as part of yourreserve duty.Since 2015, you have represented the stateof Michigan in the United States Senate,working diligently to increase protectionsfor the Great Lakes, including securingfunding for restoration eforts and addressingshoreline erosion. You have helped expandapprenticeships for veterans and improved theVeterans Afairs Caregivers Program.You have been a champion for Michigan StateUniversity throughout your public service andhave been vital to the ongoing support forthe Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and thesc

39-40 College of Natural Science 41 College of Nursing 42-44 College of Social Science 45 College of Veterinary Medicine . RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) DEGREES . . 69 Master of Jurisprudence 69 Master of Laws . COMMENCEMENT . 70 Commencement Committee COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES ADVANCED DEGREES . Friday, December 17, 2021