right there [Music] good morning [Music] thank you hold up a mirror to the city of Los Angeles and what is reflected place where Innovation thrives where opportunity abounds and intellect expands where creativity produces New Visions where compassioned heals where Science and Technology Drive progress hold up a mirror to the city in what is reflected a place that Embraces all people where we transform lives with each step up the ladder of prosperity where we energize communities where we reinvigorate our region and shape the future of our city our state and our nation hold up a mirror to the city and what do you see Cal State LA we are la join us As we soar to Greater Heights [Music] Cal State LA ranked number one in the nation for Upward Mobility [Applause] [Applause] [Music] welcome to the California State University Los Angeles commencement ceremony for the College of Business and economics thank you for joining us as we celebrate the achievements of our graduates during the 75th anniversary of the University well everyone in the class of 2023 who is able please rise to be acknowledged by your family and friends now will everyone who is able please rise for the academic procession of the faculty and platform party [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] please remain standing for the national anthem God [Music] was So Proud Mary [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] Jesus [Music] Christ [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] good afternoon students honor family members and Friends I'm Ty Jackson dean of the College of Business and economics welcome to the 2023 commencement ceremony [Applause] with great respect Cal State LA acknowledges the tongue of people as the traditional caretakers a to Vanguard tonva world including the Los Angeles Basin South Channel Islands San Gabriel and Pomona valleys and portions of Orange San Bernardino in Riverside counties Cal State LA is located within these lands as an institution located on unseated tongvalen we pay our respects to the ancestors elders and their relatives relations past present and emerging consistent with our values of community and diversity we have a responsibility to acknowledge and make visible the University's relationships with native peoples by offering this land acknowledgment we are firm indigenous sovereignty and will work to hold Cal State LA more accountable to the needs of American Indian peoples [Applause] over the course of your academic career our faculty Administration and staff have focused their expertise on your success they have become your mentors and for many of you your colleagues at this time I would like to acknowledge and thank the chair of the academic Senate Chris bazdesny members of The Faculty emeritize faculty staff and the administration for assisting our students to Excel and achieve their goals well these members of the university community please stand and be recognized [Applause] thank you you may be seated please turn your attention to the screens for a video I diversity Community is generation seeks to build on the success of the past so the future will be brighter for those who come next generation Works to take the family higher to contribute in ways that leave the whole better the golden eagle family has accomplished great things together during the 10 years of President William a covino's tenure together we have created Innovative new ways to learn and to contribute together we have expanded and enriched together we have collaborated and served we've experienced tough times and we've deepened our ties to our communities together we became Champions and together we have shined these achievements are your legacy you are the generation whose dedication compassion and insight have left the university better for those who will come next to learn to teach to support and to lead thank you to every one of you staff faculty students alumni emeriti faculty and our Community Partners more good things await Cal State LA we are golden eagles we are L.A I want to note before I forget that that lovely rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner is performed by the Cal State LA chamber singers from our student population and it is just beautiful and it's wonderful to hear it at every commencement ceremony so I applaud them [Applause] so why are we here uh oh yeah congratulations class of 2023. [Applause] this is it this is your day you've worked hard for it you've planned for it you've dreamed about it your parents and family and friends have dreamed about it and it is here your day I agree yes we're certainly worth screaming about yeah uh your your day really to shine I want to uh Begin by once more asking for a really enthusiastic and well-diversed deserved shout out to the people who wake up every morning thinking about your future your success your education and making it there primary goal to help you drive toward your primary goal I mean the faculty of the College of Business and economics one more stand up please please faculty [Applause] okay all right thank you thank you very much and I I need to also mention once again with great appreciation that this event this week of events would not have been possible at all without the dedication of the staff members here at Cal State LA who have been here all day every day focused exclusively on your success and a and a great experience for you and your family it takes a beautifully complex group of dozens and dozens and dozens and dozens of folks to make this happen and the staff members have made it their mission to make it great so please another round of applause for the staff members at Cal State LA [Applause] you'll see them ever they're in gray shirts and white shirts and black shirts and they are everywhere you need to turn for uh for help or guidance or anything else let me introduce the uh well I don't want to introduce the university officials yet I have this thing in mind I have an icebreaker in mind I've decided to shift to icebreakers I've learned that they work well in classes when everyone's silent right all right so we all agree that this is your time right this this today this is your time so I want to emphasize and amplify that so please turn to each other and say this is our time with enthusiasm go ahead go ahead well I couldn't tell exactly what you were saying but I but the enthusiasm was certainly there you know I appreciate that didn't quite know how it was going to turn out we have a number of University officials here on stage you've heard from the great dean of the college Ty Jackson and we have some very special guests also joining us today the vice chair of the California State University Board of Trustees Jack Clark Jr is here with us today and [Applause] and our guest speaker for today Dr Guillermo Willie Zuniga is also here an Alum of Cal State LA [Applause] we have our academic Senate chair who has presented the base this symbol of commencement that is reaches back to the Middle Ages to us at every commencement ceremony and who serves the university and its faculty and students so very very well Dr Chris best Disney associate Dean Ramon Castillo dean of the University Library Carlos Rodriguez [Applause] and it is it is a wonderful beautiful University Library Carlos and the team have done great things there uh over the years we're also joined by our Provost and Executive Vice President Jose Gomez our vice president for advancement Robert Avalos our vice president for administration and finance queen king our vice president for Student Life Grace Castillo and are much loved and recently degreed getting an EDD yesterday dean of students Danielle Chambers we also have with us the brand new student body president newly elected just about a month ago or so and ready to hit the ground running to create a great new year for the students who will join us in the fall ASI president yahir Flores [Applause] I'm Bill Covino I am the President of Cal State LA for a little while this is my 10th year as president and uh and we will be uh we will be welcoming a new president sometime in the coming year so this is my final commencement ceremony and over the 10 years I did a count and it turns out that this is number 100 my 100th commencement ceremony and I really like that number [Applause] I'm I mean ending up on that number seems important uh so I'm glad that it's number 100 and that I get to spend it with you it makes it that much more special and even without those distinctions of course these commencements are among the most special days of your life you remember it in the way that you remember all of life's Beautiful Moments birthdays family gatherings weddings all of those moments that stay with you that said this this day commemorates an experience and a set of achievements that will remain with you in a different way what you've learned and what you've taught yourself as a student will be with you for the rest of your life not only as a beautiful memory of a special day but as a fundamental part of Who You Are that is expressed in the way that you think how you view the world in all that you now know so whether you have felt it yet or not your education here at Cal State LA has I promise it has changed you and sometimes that knew you will seem like uh very cool but Annoying best friend whispering things in your ear with a new Creative Vision you should consider or a a new solution to an old problem a new way to go out and serve the community that best friend who is informed by all of the education and ethics and values that have gone into creating this degree experience for you that best friend will always remind you of your potential and will push you to do more and sometimes will help you to see life with golden eagle eyes always reminding you that the world as it is is not how it has to be and who better to change the world than you and if not you who right so we have to listen to that voice reminding us that we can that you can change the world and when it pops up you may be tempted to ignore it you may be tempted to say yeah yeah yeah I know I know I really want to change the world but I'm a little busy now give me a couple of weeks um uh you can't you can't keep responding that way because that voice will be persistent it will not go away you cannot unfriend it you cannot block it you cannot ghost it you can just ask any of the amazing Cal State LA alumni who once sat where you sit today today you joined the ranks of more than 245 000 alumni of Cal State LA and More Than 3 million alumni of the California State University system our alumni include tennis Legend Billie Jean King congresswoman Maxine Waters congresswoman Lucille Roybal Allard Dr sumanta Paul the director of the kidney cancer program and medical oncology at City of Hope Hospital the executive director of La civil rights Capri Maddox representative Wendy Carrillo who serves Us in the state legislature the members of the family that owns gavinia coffee and the members of the family that owns Porto's Bakery yeah I know that's not because I want you to be saying well I too could own a bakery then no not exactly I mean there are other things you want to do but those are those are important folks and and Dean Jackson did remind me that two of the Porto's family members are graduates of the College of Business and economics so there you go [Applause] now all of these people are your alums these are your fellow students and you are graduating during Cal State LA's 75th anniversary our first class graduated in 1948. you saw their picture on the screen all seven of them in the first class in 1948. and even though decades have passed and even though the student population has grown well past seven individuals there are experiences that even today you share with that first group of graduates the hours in lectures and labs and in the library all that time writing papers doing the lab work spending office hours with your professors and in study groups with friends all of those kinds of experiences which are perennial for college students they were all spent on creating a new version of you it's as if you were creating an avatar an avatar of course is a representation of you that you can create online when you're in games that feature avatars and you get to pick the attributes during your time here you had the same opportunity as a student to create certain attributes that embody the way that you would like to feature yourself and looking back on 10 years of commencements and my interactions my wonderful interactions and dialogue with with hundreds and hundreds and thousands of students along the way I think that many of you given how successful you have been and what great things you've done have picked a great set of attributes you are smart you are Savvy you're quick you're resilient you're confident you're full of the potential to touch the lives of others in important wonderful ways that said you are better than an avatar right you're the real thing you're the real thing and we know that this new version of you the one that you've created at Cal State LA was never about you alone you wanted a better future for yourself for your family for your community you wanted to make your parents and grandparents and family and friends proud you wanted to show your teachers your neighbors your friends at the church or mosque or Temple or synagogue that they were right to believe in you they were right when they told you don't give up you can do it and they were right when they offered you their love and support they helped you to achieve this goal that's someone who knows she was right yeah yeah [Applause] [Music] how many of you are the first in your families to receive a University degree first in your family okay all right you and everyone else knows what I'm talking about when I emphasize the Embrace that has helped you along the way here and in that Spirit I'd like to ask all of the parents of our graduates to please stand so we can thank you all the parents all the parents all the parents horrific now let's add let's add the grandparents let's see the grandparents the aunts and uncles the brothers and sisters the nieces and nephews the cousins spouses partners and children and all of the friends of the class of 2023 thank you thank you thank you [Music] the class of 2023 also includes 72 veterans who have served our nation with Valor and then returned to earn a Cal State LA degree I would like to ask all of the veterans in the Pavilion today Veterans among our graduates and among our family and friends all of the veterans anywhere in this space today please stand and let us thank you some up here all right there they are there they are terrific thank you thank you very much [Applause] you're graduating at uh uh well you're always graduating under particularly interesting time but what's very interesting about this particular time is that the world is fascinated by artificial intelligence AI as it's called in artificial learning machines and Computer Applications gather data from across the internet and then they use algorithms to learn the features and patterns of that data and to apply that information to a number of uses it's a technology in which machines mimic human intelligence every time we use the phone to pay a bill and speak to an automated voice that is an instance of artificial intelligence or when we're online chatting with a chat bot that is artificial intelligence we've grown used to it we've grown used to saying Hey Siri and expecting something to happen hey Siri turn on Fast and Furious hey Alexa play Anything by Beyonce hey Google where can I get Bad Bunny tickets that was a request I made just about a week ago and I haven't gotten a rewarding response yet to the question but I'll keep trying you know I figure you're never too old to get with it right so so you know uh artificial intelligence uh has multiplied in its applications like chat GPT the things we can expect or yeah okay that scares me when you're appreciating chat GPT I mean we can we can we can write essays artificial intelligence can write essays in poetry organize calendars and spreadsheets imitate the art of Picasso imitate the lyrical Mastery of Jay-Z but I'll tell you given all that which is you know quite striking really after 10 years here and getting to know you and getting to know where you've been and what you've achieved and where you're going and where you've arrived what I look out onto the class of 2023 I am not fascinated by artificial intelligence I'm fascinated by you and all that you will do you're not an imitator you are an original you are authentic you are unique there is nothing artificial about your intelligence you were educated at Cal State LA [Applause] Cal State LA as you heard in a couple of our earlier video pieces Cal State LA since 2017 has been ranked over and over and over again as the number one university in the United States for the upward mobility of its students number one in the country for Upward Mobility that means that you are number one and your future employers know that you are number one and it makes a terrific difference in the way we think and feel about uh everything that we've achieved the challenges we've overcome and the kinds of ways in which we can change the world ourselves you are powerful you are resourceful you are caring you are full of exciting new knowledge there is unlimited greatness inside of you and parents let me add connected to that upward Mobility thing you know upward Mobility usually corresponds with jobs and salary things of that sort this may mean this may mean that in addition to all of those great attributes your graduate will one day soon be able to buy you a meal thank you right don't look for it too soon I'm not sure exactly when it will hit but you don't want to reach for the check too fast just see what happens I know class of 2023 that you will continue to achieve and accomplish and that you will use your education to make life better for your family and your community and the world so with all due respect I want to issue one more hey request not to Siri or Alexa or Google it's not for artificial intelligence it's for you and this is my last time doing this so I want I want it to stick right and for for number 100 here I want to say hey class of 2023 go and change the world for the better you are now and forever golden eagles and you will soar congratulations foreign [Applause] thank you president Covina the guest speaker for the College of Business and economics is Dr Guillermo Zuniga Dr Zuniga is the Emeritus president of Grifols Biologicals LLC a manufacturer of life-saving Therapies derived from Human plasma and used by patients with rare chronic and often life-threatening conditions worldwide Dr Zuniga started his career in the biopharmaceutical industry as the entry-level manufacturing technician in 1979 with the alpha therapeutic Corporation right across the street from the University he attended night classes at Cal State LA and received a Bachelor of Science and business administration from the College of Business and economics in 1986. under his leadership Grifols collaborated with Cal State LA to offer The Grateful summer Science Academy at Cal State LA which has trained more than 80 high school students in microbiology chemistry and molecular work the academy which started in 2015 allows students to work in University Laboratories under the guidance of Grifols professionals and Cal State LA faculty members throughout his career Dr Zuniga has demonstrated extraordinary dedication to serving his community Through support for local schools and organizations student scholarships and mentorship programs and Partnerships with community colleges Dr Zuniga serves on Cal State LA president's Council he received the LA biostar award in 2018 from Cal State LA biospace for its contributions to the regional bioscience industry in 2022 Dr Zuniga was named Cal State LA's distinguished alumnus of the year and during our commencement ceremony this morning he received the honorary doctorate degree of letters please join me in welcoming Dr Guillermo Willie zunina [Applause] good afternoon Bienvenidos I would like to start by thanking all of you for allowing me to share in your very special day with your permission I would like to share my story with you I don't doubt that parts of my story will be very similar to yours my parents were raised in Juarez Mexico and came to Los Angeles with many dreams as a toddler I was raised speaking Spanish we lived in a one-bedroom house my brother sister and I slept in the one bedroom and my parents would pull out the sleeper couch bed every single night I have memories of sitting on the floor with my toys as my father would listen to the Dodger games being broadcasted in Spanish [Music] mom was the rock of the family my dad was the tough love kind of guy in fact I was recently telling one of my sons that I do not remember my father ever telling me that he loved me I guess it was just kind of implied I have three children and five grandchildren and I hugged them every single chance that I have [Music] absolutely no reason for anything to be implied I did pretty well in high school in fact I had Straight A's weight weight there was that one bee 11th grade U.S history the teacher Mrs Mann I have to tell you that she still haunts me to this day things got a little crazy in my senior year I was inflicted with a disease the name of the disease turning 17. it was crazy overnight my ears completely closed and I wouldn't listen to anything anyone had to say I would speak without thinking and all of a sudden I knew absolutely everything about absolutely anything I would venture to Guess that some of you out there may have caught the same thing heck I still get relapses decades later coming out of high school I wanted to be a medical doctor I first attended the Claremont colleges as a science major and then life happened I was married at the age of 18. my first wife got pregnant in my sophomore year of college and I quit school to make sure I could care for my beautiful daughter Aida before I knew it I was unemployed and desperately looking for a job a relative referred me to Alpha therapeutic located literally right across the street here I had no idea that they manufactured these amazing therapies that have huge positive impacts on very sick patients a job and a paycheck soon turned into an amazing career who knew that I would spend the next 43 years saving lives in the same community that I grew up in thank you [Applause] after a few years of working it was time to come back to school I was determined to finish my college education how fortunate for me that Cal State LA was right across the street I started over as a business major I have to tell you it was not easy I was working full-time I now had three small kids at home as Robert and Raymond joined the family and I took night classes for over five and a half years when I finally finished I was so exhausted that I decided not to graduate on stage I was so done please just send me the diploma in the mail this was like a decision that I regretted many years later in 2003 Grifols purchased the assets of Alpha and asked me to be the president of their manufacturing operation I would have never imagined that I would become a president of a large company as I ran around these neighborhoods as a little kid I was also given the assignment to have Grifols become a strong member of the local community it was a perfect opportunity to return to Cal State LA after what was way too many years away I want to thank this University it provided me the means to finish my college education and become a first generation college graduate it welcomed me back to the campus 20 years ago with open arms I was able to create a wonderful relationship between the university and Grifols the university continues to provide an amazing candidate pool that we hire from and it gave me the means to become just one of many examples of successful upward Mobility as Dr Covino just spoke to us golden eagles we're pretty good at that and most importantly I want to thank the university for allowing me to return 37 years later to graduate on stage [Applause] I would also like to thank my family especially my wife Christine Chao who has supported me over my all of my career and I would also like to let you know that we are actually celebrating our 30-year wedding anniversary this week I would like to close with a few key suggestions as you prepare for what comes next please understand that you are interviewing every single day of your life your reputation will become your resume so please always present your best self at every single opportunity life happens so how about plan A A Plan B and a plan C please help others in need it is it's never too early to start passing it forward I consider myself a very fortunate individual I had the privilege of working in an amazing industry I enjoyed going to work every single day I made a good living that allowed me to take care of my family and I was able to provide others a better quality of life I wish similar successes to each and every one of you congratulations and thank you for listening [Applause] thank you Dr Zuniga please give him another round of applause [Applause] among the students earning Baccalaureate degrees in the College of Business and economics are those who will graduate with academic honors Ramon Castillo associate dean of the College of Business economics well knowledge these students and Dr Castillo [Applause] thank you Dean Jackson the university grants the baccalaureate degree with Latin designations to students who maintain an outstanding academic record while earning their degrees these students wear gold braids drape on their black gowns to mark their outstanding academic accomplishments will the candidates for graduation with honors from the College of Business and economics please rise and be recognized [Applause] thank you please be seated thank you Dr Castillo president cavino I present to you the candidates for the degrees in the College of Business and economics they have met all of the requirements for their respective degrees and are recommended by the University faculty Dean Jackson please approach the lectern to begin the hooding ceremony thank you the recipients for the master of science from the College of Business and economics will now be hooded on stage well the staff Marshals please lead the graduates to the stage [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] economics Michael Gabriel Fernandez [Applause] [Music] freyere [Music] Jennifer J Nazario Francisco Javier buen rostro Fairuza negmatova [Music] atarsetsana [Music] [Music] master of science in Business Administration Hector Isidro Lopez [Music] Marie Paige velardes [Music] [Applause] [Music] Jose Antonio Limon Ruiz [Music] Vladimir Isaac Rodriguez [Music] Dale Stephen case foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] master of science in Healthcare Management Catherine Alondra ipina Marino [Applause] [Music] Crystal Leilani ronquillo [Music] Celine alumalu Anna harotunian foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] Diana Angel signs [Music] 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Nicholas Gregory bliley [Music] Daniel spagnolo Alexander Fabian [Music] Eduardo tinajero [Music] Alexa Montero [Music] Anna McGann Jasmine Savala [Music] Emily Nancy Rivera calm and cold and indeeda El Aguilera Adventure Danny umana Gonzalez [Music] Emily Marie Wong [Music] Rihanna vilchez [Music] Elvis Negrete Garcia Jeffrey Cruz Carino [Applause] [Music] Edwin Rojas Gabriela Samora [Music] Bailey a kazanjian Juan Abram Martinez [Applause] Janae starzell Vickers Brian Avalos [Music] Cynthia Elizabeth Garcia [Music] Anna Belen Picasso Javier De Jesus Rodriguez Daisy Juarez Emeline Rojas Javier Castellanos Jr Ashley Esmeralda Aguirre [Music] Michael Raul parobares Tyrell Jaden to know Sean Pham Kenneth Chang [Music] Kayla a Vasquez Alexi and Mingus Angie Rodas Ramos Dominique ciao [Music] [Applause] Alejandra Garcia Yoanna Alejandra Kamal [Music] Julissa Lopez Beltran Alexandria Daniel bojorquez Bryant Omar Corona [Music] Joshua V Lee [Music] foreign [Music] Gallardo Anthony Alexander achar Cindy Elizabeth Navarro Andrew Lara Tanger [Music] Lucero Moreno Diaz Nancy Lourdes Avalos Cardenas Katie yaneth Perez Natalie El Serio Brian lomeli Arana margarito Nevarez Jr Lucy Elena robledo Gonzalez [Music] Celeste salero Amy Caroline Novoa Salma Irene Michelle Natalie Miller Zhang long andiana Irene Dolores Morena Vergara Jocelyn Gonzalez Natalie Janet Angeles Jesse Jasmine Ortiz [Music] and last but not least Jose Aguilera Moreno congratulations to all the graduates oh wow you're really anxious to get out to dinner huh all right shall we make this official [Applause] will the candidates for master's degrees from the College of Business and economics please rise there they are by the authority vested in Me by the state of California and by the trustees of the California State University I hereby confer upon you a master's degree for which you qualify with all the rights Privileges and honors pertaining thereto congratulations you sit down for a minute now I'll get back to you will all the candidates for baccalaureate degrees please rise [Applause] [Music] okay here we go by the authority vested in Me by the state of California and by the trustees of the California State University I hereby confer upon you one more time the baccalaureate degree for which you qualify with all the rights Privileges and honors pertaining thereto now you can move your tassel from the right to the left congratulations all right everybody up everybody up everybody up here they are the class of 2023. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I would like to thank all of the University staff faculty students and volunteers involved in organizing the 2023 commencement ceremony and acknowledge the members of the honors and commencement advisory committee after the ceremony we invite you to take photos and celebrate with the faculty of the College of Business and economics you may meet them in the Gathering space outside the Pavilion at this time the university hymn will be performed please turn your attention to the screen foreign [Music] oh let us [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] congratulations graduates [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] please give another round of applause to the 2023 graduates from the College of Business and economics [Applause] [Music] this marks the end of our ceremony please follow the directions of Staff Marshals as you leave the Pavilion and meet your guests thank you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] thank you thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music]