WEBVTT 00:01.000 --> 00:09.000 Subtitles automatically generated using IBM Watson Speech-To-Text Service 00:43.000 --> 00:44.000 Good morning students 00:48.000 --> 00:49.000 that was when I was a when 00:50.000 --> 00:53.000 good morning family friends of students 01:02.000 --> 01:08.000 as soon as the music starts that's magisterial enough for faculty to faculty 01:08.000 --> 01:14.000 may enter go down the center aisle joined me on the stage and be seated 03:15.000 --> 03:19.000 in case you've been disconnected from the media for the last 4 years we have 03:19.000 --> 03:23.000 to think a composer John Williams for that Star Wars introduction 03:24.000 --> 03:31.000 I just want to note that that was chosen by our undergrads some years ago to represent the faculty entrance 03:32.000 --> 03:36.000 and I've been finding the last week because I walk around campus near various 03:36.000 --> 03:40.000 departments have their ceremonies like this other people have stolen this idea from us 03:41.000 --> 03:45.000 I am serious and they get really annoyed when I jump up on the podium and tell them that 03:47.000 --> 03:56.000 I suppose I should introduce myself my name is Bruce Nelson I am professor and chair of the department of Earth and Space 03:56.000 --> 04:05.000 sciences and we are here today to celebrate the accomplishments of our Earth and Space Sciences students graduates and also to 04:05.000 --> 04:14.000 celebrate the community that we are a community of scholars of family and friends so this is indeed a celebration and 04:16.000 --> 04:20.000 as a celebration I want you to feel relaxed I want you to 04:21.000 --> 04:25.000 feel like you're not tied to that seat and there will be times for you to come up and take 04:25.000 --> 04:29.000 pictures some of us will be serious some of us won't be serious so I hope you go with 04:31.000 --> 04:36.000 and appreciate that we're trying to celebrate here is the success of our students 04:38.000 --> 04:46.000 to start I would like to make an introduction of the dean of the college of the environment dean Lisa ground 04:46.000 --> 04:54.000 like we in Earth and Space Sciences form our own community but we are part of a much larger community 04:54.000 --> 04:58.000 2 within the university but also within the college of the environment 04:59.000 --> 05:09.000 the college of the environment was created about 8 years ago doctor chronicles the Virginia and Prentiss Modell professorship 05:09.000 --> 05:16.000 and she was the first dean of the college of the environment she got her PhD here at the UW and at that time 05:16.000 --> 05:23.000 she was in one of the early leaders in developing the use of tree rings to quantitatively understand long term 05:23.000 --> 05:30.000 climate changes in western North America she returned to the U. W.'s dean and has been leading the college 05:30.000 --> 05:37.000 environment since then and I've had the opportunity to work closely with her since she arrived Lisa 05:49.000 --> 05:55.000 good morning and I wish all of you could see what it looks like from up here so 05:55.000 --> 06:01.000 we have our wonderful graduates but I'm looking at it this audience and 06:03.000 --> 06:04.000 I see some grandparents here 06:05.000 --> 06:06.000 okay grandparents raise your hand 06:07.000 --> 06:15.000 this is great thank you for joining your graduates certainly with many proud parents spouses 06:15.000 --> 06:23.000 partners best friends siblings how about children of graduates yes okay go buddy 06:24.000 --> 06:30.000 so you've got to see what it's like when mom and dad do homework 06:32.000 --> 06:37.000 and hope that it worked out okay on that at home so I want to be among 06:37.000 --> 06:42.000 the first to congratulate the graduates so here let's have a nice 06:52.000 --> 06:59.000 really want to orient my remarks to you as friends and family and loved ones of the graduates and to 06:59.000 --> 07:06.000 say a little bit about why these individuals are so darn special so you may realize that 07:07.000 --> 07:14.000 we have data that backs this up to the university of Washington is quite literally one of the best public institutions 07:14.000 --> 07:21.000 in the world and the Earth and Space Sciences department is one of the best Earth and Space Sciences departments in 07:21.000 --> 07:28.000 the country and so these individuals have come through a program that is led by faculty that are world renowned and 07:28.000 --> 07:35.000 you know they look all nice up there like they're nice and friendly but they're also tough and it's this is not an 07:35.000 --> 07:42.000 easy program to get through and when I think about what it's like to be an Earth and Space scientists 07:45.000 --> 07:52.000 do all the hard work that physics and chemistry does and you know kind of all these going hard science and then 07:52.000 --> 07:59.000 you've got to go out in the field and you've got it so go into the lab and you have to have all of that 08:00.000 --> 08:08.000 foundational science and math makes sense in a very messy real world where there's complexity and contingency and it's as 08:08.000 --> 08:16.000 a one day achieve is really quite remarkable in terms of not just mastering serve analytic techniques but really deep 08:16.000 --> 08:24.000 critical thinking communication skills etcetera and so when you are sort of you know taking them out to celebrate them to 08:24.000 --> 08:32.000 be aware that this is something that is really fabulous marvelous accomplishment that they have made so 08:33.000 --> 08:35.000 on behalf of the parents one more time 08:45.000 --> 08:52.000 half of the college we offer a gift to the graduates every year and this particular year is a gift that is one 08:52.000 --> 08:59.000 could say sort of very large but it's nothing that you're going to sort of carry out with you or have to 08:59.000 --> 09:06.000 burden you with as you leave that apartment and move on and if you look in this very tiny print on the back 09:06.000 --> 09:13.000 page it actually says what it is and if we are collaborating with the campus sustainability fund to and I I 09:13.000 --> 09:20.000 thought this is the title of the project hair you W. food waste with area nonprofits in need 09:25.000 --> 09:26.000 what is that so 09:27.000 --> 09:33.000 proud of ourselves in Seattle the way we like take our leftover food and make sure it goes in the compost and it sort of has 09:33.000 --> 09:39.000 another life as compost and you know that's all good but in fact in so many areas we know that perfectly good food goes to 09:39.000 --> 09:45.000 waste goes into the compost when it could actually be meeting the needs of others that are in foods in security so working 09:45.000 --> 09:51.000 with students we are developing a way in which you W. will be diverting things that would otherwise go on 09:54.000 --> 10:01.000 the compost and go to meet families in need and we see this as a gift that is sort of all aligned with all of our values 10:01.000 --> 10:08.000 about how we use science and technology to make the world a better place for everyone so on behalf thank you 10:13.000 --> 10:20.000 with this I wish you all will enjoy the day enjoy the celebration and good job graduates 10:29.000 --> 10:30.000 thank you Lisa 10:31.000 --> 10:37.000 before any will go any further I want to quickly acknowledge some thank yous 10:37.000 --> 10:43.000 because this is quite an elaborate program and I stand up here and do what I'm told 10:44.000 --> 10:52.000 full court telling me what to do and organize this deserve our thanks on his spear headed by in a well 10:52.000 --> 11:00.000 Bernard Kingsley Meghan Oxley we have always hiding in the back and never see him Scott bacon's 11:01.000 --> 11:08.000 Michelle bar as is working with us for the first time this year we have some grad students are helping shepherd you 11:08.000 --> 11:15.000 around and special call out to our IT folks because where would we be without IT we'd be in a cold cave mopping 11:15.000 --> 11:22.000 into dark walls not knowing what we did last week or what we'll do next week so nation Riley at Mulligan and if 11:22.000 --> 11:29.000 they are handling everything from taking pictures and video that you will get to download free once posted on our 11:29.000 --> 11:36.000 website I believe Nathan is live broadcasting this so people that can't be here with us physically are joining us 11:36.000 --> 11:43.000 from around the world so please thank all of the SS staff that have helped us organize this 11:56.000 --> 11:56.000 yeah 12:00.000 --> 12:10.000 today is all about celebrating our graduates we are here as family and friends and faculty to acknowledge their accomplishments 12:12.000 --> 12:19.000 this is a remarkable time in the student's growth as a scientist and commencement is a good time just 12:19.000 --> 12:26.000 to pause take a breath and get some perspective or if you've been cramming for finals you can barely 12:26.000 --> 12:33.000 stay awake that's okay close your eyes relax and just absorb it but it is a moment to pause 12:35.000 --> 12:44.000 and what I want to describe both to you and to our students were graduating is who are the graduates 12:45.000 --> 12:49.000 who are these people that faculty have been working with for the last 12:50.000 --> 12:54.000 32678 years 12:55.000 --> 12:58.000 they're in a remarkable remarkable group of people 12:59.000 --> 13:06.000 now where they you've all heard about the top one percent right at the top one percent earners in our economy that's not done 13:07.000 --> 13:10.000 please not today and they know it 13:11.000 --> 13:18.000 actually they are part of a much more elite group by call the top 0.4 percent so let me explain 13:18.000 --> 13:25.000 that a little bit in the United States every year there about 1.8000000 bachelor's degrees that 13:25.000 --> 13:32.000 are awarded and if you add in the graduate degrees it's another several 0 degrees 13:33.000 --> 13:37.000 foster the numbers I have are for the bachelor's degrees all stick with that 13:38.000 --> 13:39.000 we are quantitative after all their 13:41.000 --> 13:50.000 among the bachelor degrees are awarded for about 1 third are awarded in stem fields in science technology engineering and math 13:50.000 --> 13:59.000 so we have something on the order of 7 600000 students that'll get a degree in studying in these fields of those 600000 14:00.000 --> 14:07.000 only about 7800 graduate with a BA or a B. S. in earth and environmental sciences 14:07.000 --> 14:14.000 saw the 1.8000000 students that are graduating around the country this month 14:15.000 --> 14:24.000 you are the point 4 percent that are able to understand our planet analyze the natural systems and calm and 14:24.000 --> 14:33.000 comprehend the complexity of the world that we live in and that knowledge my friends comes with an obligation 14:35.000 --> 14:41.000 you are the elite and you have an obligation because of that the skills that you take with you 14:41.000 --> 14:47.000 from this department from you W. are unusual you've come to understand as Lisa referred to that 14:47.000 --> 14:53.000 the world we live in is very very complex there a lot of interconnections between 14:54.000 --> 15:00.000 atmospheres and rivers between oceans and continents all connected to the deep interior of the earth 15:00.000 --> 15:06.000 through volcanoes and subduction zones we've just begun to fathom the intricacy of these 15:07.000 --> 15:14.000 interactions and on top of that you are dealing with time scales that most scientists can't even 15:14.000 --> 15:21.000 imagine 10000 years 100000 years no problem we deal with time scales of 111000000 of the 0 year time 15:21.000 --> 15:28.000 scale in understanding the evolution of our earth and how the systems on this planet work 15:31.000 --> 15:38.000 so because of its complexity there are some really wicked environmental problems that are not easily answered 15:38.000 --> 15:45.000 and they're not easily answered because we don't know everything about the system we don't have all the data 15:45.000 --> 15:52.000 that we need we have trained students and students have learned are graduates of learn how to function 15:54.000 --> 16:00.000 in an environment where you don't know all the data you don't know all the answers 16:00.000 --> 16:03.000 other words in the face of this complexity 16:04.000 --> 16:09.000 they don't freeze and say we can't do anything until we get all the data they know that you take 16:09.000 --> 16:14.000 the best stated you've got to come up with the best solutions possible you apply your analytical 16:14.000 --> 16:19.000 tools you ply your foundational signs and you apply your understanding of the earth 16:23.000 --> 16:25.000 we have no excuse to do nothing 16:26.000 --> 16:33.000 or even worse to do something that first and foremost benefits a bottom line or political expediency 16:34.000 --> 16:39.000 so as a member of this point 4 percent you have an obligation to use your skills now there are 16:39.000 --> 16:44.000 many ways you can use your skills I want to highlight just one of them and that's teaching okay 16:44.000 --> 16:49.000 teaching in the broadest sense now many of you will go on to careers as a teacher 16:51.000 --> 16:58.000 especially those of you who go to middle school and high school and teach science I will give you sainthood automatically 16:59.000 --> 17:05.000 because that is one of the most challenging jobs and one of the jobs it's most needed by our society 17:06.000 --> 17:09.000 I also mean teaching in the broadest sense you don't have to be at 17:10.000 --> 17:17.000 sure as a profession in any of your jobs when you interact with your colleagues with your neighborhood with your 17:17.000 --> 17:24.000 society you can bring to bear your understanding of earth processes your analytical abilities abilities you can be 17:24.000 --> 17:31.000 an agent of rational thought from number one phrase remember that you can be an agent of rational thought 17:32.000 --> 17:35.000 an example comes to mind it's called politics 17:37.000 --> 17:45.000 the fact of the way our society works is that politicians the people we elect the side on policy and law is not the scientist and 17:45.000 --> 17:53.000 that's as it should be that's the way democracy should work but in a politically polarized society such as we live in now 17:55.000 --> 18:02.000 a lot of politicians and policy makers who decide what they want to do first and then they either 18:03.000 --> 18:06.000 misuse or ignore the science altogether 18:07.000 --> 18:14.000 when you see that it is your duty to raise your hand and protest is your duty to do the analysis 18:14.000 --> 18:21.000 that the politicians and the policy makers may be skipping over for a whole host of reasons 18:23.000 --> 18:28.000 nature does not follow any political doctrine if we ignore nature and how we live on 18:28.000 --> 18:33.000 this planet we do so at our peril nature will eventually reassert itself 18:35.000 --> 18:38.000 or as I say in less formal company 18:39.000 --> 18:45.000 nature will rise up and bite us in our metaphorical behind if we do not pay attention 18:47.000 --> 18:48.000 okay so 18:50.000 --> 18:52.000 actually that was kind of a heavy message on 18:54.000 --> 18:57.000 I'm feeling some vibes here that maybe I'd better lighten up a little bit 18:59.000 --> 19:03.000 and if I do this a little bit at the risk of 19:05.000 --> 19:11.000 annoying some of the people who organized the symposium and the celebration of told me keep it short keep it concise I want 19:11.000 --> 19:17.000 to add something that comes out of a conversation I had with an old high school friend just yesterday and the gist of the 19:17.000 --> 19:23.000 conversation was this friend said you know I don't understand why you spend so much time studying all these details about 19:23.000 --> 19:29.000 nature about how volcanoes work about how rocks for I don't know any of that stuff and I'm perfectly happy 19:35.000 --> 19:39.000 I was taken aback by that to the point where I didn't have a good response I sort of blundered through it 19:41.000 --> 19:46.000 I'm gonna try to on blunder that response may be sent on the video of this and see if it makes sense to him 19:47.000 --> 19:54.000 because what I want to emphasize is that there is a pure joy that comes from understanding how 19:54.000 --> 19:58.000 the earth works there is a heightened sense of beauty when we understand 19:58.000 --> 20:02.000 the complexity of the planet and how it all fits together so 20:04.000 --> 20:10.000 the knowledge you have thought of many times is when you listen to a concerto or symphony or look at a painting just 20:10.000 --> 20:16.000 the visual impression can be pleasing the way when we look at the cascades which tracks are they will look at the 20:16.000 --> 20:22.000 cascades we see beautiful mountains but if for that concern or that painting you understand and analyze how the 20:22.000 --> 20:28.000 melody ships how the melody Morris how the painting is embedded in a deep cultural context it means so much more it's 20:28.000 --> 20:34.000 much more beautiful the same way when we look at the cascades and we don't see mountains we see volcanoes and we 20:34.000 --> 20:40.000 understand how volcanoes grow from processes deep deep in the earth and then how that you wrote and degrade once they 20:40.000 --> 20:46.000 form and how the rivers and interaction with the atmosphere works it's a beautiful system so 20:53.000 --> 20:56.000 I want to leave you also with the sense of 20:57.000 --> 21:01.000 aptitude you have now foreseen beauty and the natural world 21:02.000 --> 21:06.000 okay so we get back on script 21:08.000 --> 21:16.000 congratulations for graduates of 2018 are bachelors or masters in our PhD students now it's your turn to go out and 21:16.000 --> 21:24.000 teach people what you know and it's your privilege to see beauty in amazement where maybe not everybody see it 21:26.000 --> 21:34.000 also thank you to family and friends who have supported them no student can do this on their own without support soul family 21:34.000 --> 21:42.000 please congratulate students students please thank your family and friends and will continue with the celebration 21:54.000 --> 22:01.000 every year at commencement we invite alumni or loudness to share their career and life path with us and at some point 22:01.000 --> 22:08.000 easier if you have or you will navigate to the Earth and Space Sciences website to find the video and photos you will see 22:08.000 --> 22:15.000 a list up front that lists all of our distinguished alumni speakers that we had and it's an amazing list of people this 22:15.000 --> 22:22.000 year I'm very pleased to introduce doctor Michael McGraw water as our distinguished along the speaker Mike has just 22:22.000 --> 22:29.000 recently retired from very productive and I admit with much jealousy fascinating career and travels around the world with 22:29.000 --> 22:36.000 Exxon Mobil company he was a geologist a geophysicist and an executive in the company he started by I'm going to 22:36.000 --> 22:43.000 university California at Santa Cruz we've earned his B. S. he received his master's degree from the university of Montana 22:43.000 --> 22:50.000 and then came to the UW to earn his PhD and geological sciences study in the context of the Pacific Northwest which he 22:50.000 --> 22:57.000 still maintains a strong fascination for at dinner last night I would say half our conversation was about tectonic to the 22:57.000 --> 23:04.000 Pacific Northwest you just can't leave it behind bomb for those students who have taken the field course already you know 23:04.000 --> 23:11.000 Mike is one of your instructors for those for going out this summer you'll get snow might 23:14.000 --> 23:20.000 Mike shows you how as an alarm you can contribute to some out much back to the department Mike is a 23:20.000 --> 23:26.000 great honor to the department for which we thank him for his comeback to teach art undergraduates in 23:26.000 --> 23:32.000 the most effective way to mentor them and now he is our distinguished along the speaker might 23:47.000 --> 23:50.000 good to see a lot of friendly faces everything Copa center today 23:52.000 --> 23:54.000 it's kind of an inside joke but the 23:55.000 --> 24:00.000 anyway thank you Bruce and thank you faculty for giving me this honor of 24:00.000 --> 24:05.000 speaking with Sarah graduating with scientists on this exciting day 24:06.000 --> 24:12.000 back many memories for me to be here and is a graduate of this institution myself I can say that there is no 24:12.000 --> 24:18.000 better school to be a graduate of the university of Washington I'm still working on how to do this though 24:20.000 --> 24:27.000 so I was thinking back on my days at Exxon as I prepared these remarks and I was trying to remember some experiences that were 24:27.000 --> 24:34.000 particularly formative for me in my early years as I was starting out and about your age that maybe you could learn from and the one 24:34.000 --> 24:41.000 I immediately remembered was a kind of a horrifying thing actually that happened in my first year working in the company 24:43.000 --> 24:51.000 Houston I actually have an exact date for this recollection it was 3/24/1989 24:52.000 --> 24:54.000 about 6 months after I 24:54.000 --> 24:55.000 started my career in Houston 24:56.000 --> 25:01.000 when I came to work Saturday there was this odd feeling in the air nobody was working they were 25:01.000 --> 25:06.000 standing around the coffee machines talking about some big event that happened overnight 25:08.000 --> 25:11.000 the event took place in prince William sound in Alaska 25:12.000 --> 25:18.000 and it took some and although it took some time for the complete picture to emerge it soon 25:18.000 --> 25:24.000 became clear that what occurred was the largest ever oil spill in US waters when a tanker 25:24.000 --> 25:30.000 named the Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef while the captain was asleep in his bunk 25:31.000 --> 25:33.000 after reportedly doing some heavy drinking 25:35.000 --> 25:39.000 I actually knew right where this area was because my office mate you dub 25:39.000 --> 25:43.000 was a PhD student of Daryl's doing his PhD work in that same area 25:46.000 --> 25:53.000 now one of the things that happens during a company crisis is that they organize a big meetings to tell everyone what was going on 25:54.000 --> 25:58.000 they realize that the employees can be really good ambassadors for the company 25:58.000 --> 26:02.000 and they also didn't want us all to get too distracted and stop working 26:03.000 --> 26:07.000 so we had a few of these meetings over the next few weeks they would pass along information 26:07.000 --> 26:11.000 that we might not get on the news it wasn't delivered in kind of a clinical way 26:13.000 --> 26:20.000 you know kind of an upbeat way that didn't portray the company too harshly and I used to call them feel good meetings 26:21.000 --> 26:26.000 because we were all supposed to calmly go about our work after hearing these devastating news reports 26:28.000 --> 26:36.000 my most vivid memory from that episode is riding down an elevator with a bunch of people after one of these meetings 26:37.000 --> 26:39.000 there were 2 sets of people on the elevator 26:40.000 --> 26:45.000 young people like myself who are thinking what the heck did we just do up there 26:45.000 --> 26:50.000 it's an unbelievable disaster it's a colossal environmental screw up 26:52.000 --> 26:56.000 and then there was a group of older guys and I can talk about older guys now because I'm an older guy now 26:57.000 --> 27:04.000 these older guys mostly guys were saying things on the elevator like that's no big deal it's just a bunch of dead ducks 27:05.000 --> 27:10.000 I have to tell you you could cut the tension on that in that elevator with a knife 27:10.000 --> 27:15.000 it was so thick the young people kept quiet but we're totally outraged 27:16.000 --> 27:20.000 in the older people were only thinking about what it was going to do to the price of the stock 27:21.000 --> 27:24.000 now in one of the great coincidences of my life 27:25.000 --> 27:27.000 it turns out that one of the 7 engineers 27:28.000 --> 27:32.000 a small team who wrote the original at that time still current 27:33.000 --> 27:37.000 prince William sound oil spill contingency plan was my father in law 27:39.000 --> 27:46.000 so naturally I ended up having spending a lot of time on the phone with him over the next few weeks asking what 27:46.000 --> 27:53.000 happened asking why it hadn't been contained or mediated more quickly trying to understand who screwed up at center 27:54.000 --> 27:57.000 I remember beginning to question myself for taking this job 27:59.000 --> 28:02.000 and I told him on more than one occasion and said Jim I think I need to quit this company 28:03.000 --> 28:05.000 but he brought me in off the ledge 28:06.000 --> 28:09.000 and after some weeks and months went by my little world returned to 28:09.000 --> 28:12.000 normal and I went on to continue working there for another 26 years 28:14.000 --> 28:19.000 even to this day I think about myself doubts back then so if you find yourself having self 28:19.000 --> 28:24.000 doubts in this period of your career you've got a lot of company don't worry about it 28:26.000 --> 28:31.000 think about how close I came to quitting and how different my career would have been and how different my family's life would 28:32.000 --> 28:33.000 28:35.000 --> 28:39.000 so I guess one thing they'll Elsa taught me was not to make quick decisions into 28:39.000 --> 28:43.000 slip sometimes let things play out before taking any drastic actions 28:45.000 --> 28:48.000 put on a broader level what those early years in the industry taught me 28:48.000 --> 28:51.000 was that all these organizations and not just oil companies 28:53.000 --> 28:55.000 all these organizations are made out of people 28:56.000 --> 29:04.000 and the strengths and weaknesses of the organizations are completely dependent on the character the honesty and integrity 29:05.000 --> 29:07.000 of the employees of those organizations 29:09.000 --> 29:12.000 yeah I can tell you if it's an organization bigger than about 10 people 29:13.000 --> 29:19.000 there will be people with very different backgrounds and very different world views and you you will work with people who are 29:19.000 --> 29:25.000 friendly people as well as very difficult people you will work with conservative people as well as liberal people you will 29:25.000 --> 29:31.000 work with people who are only looking out for themselves as well as people who are looking out for the broader good 29:34.000 --> 29:39.000 in other words you need to be willing to work with those people like the old guys on the elevator 29:41.000 --> 29:47.000 so I would caution you against shying away from opportunities because you think summer many employees might be different 29:47.000 --> 29:53.000 than you diversity is a strength and I think those of you that I know will enrich any organization you become 29:54.000 --> 29:58.000 member of the a good team player learn from your mistakes and get better over 29:58.000 --> 30:02.000 time and take care of the environment and the communities that you work in 30:05.000 --> 30:10.000 let me move on and talk for a couple more minutes about honesty integrity 30:10.000 --> 30:15.000 honesty and integrity because we've created a big societal problem 30:16.000 --> 30:21.000 for your generation to solving this is another one of those heavy topics that Bruce got 30:21.000 --> 30:26.000 us going on so you might think of this as what I call the information problem 30:27.000 --> 30:33.000 one thing I love about teaching feel camp and I think I can speak for Alison and Darryl and others over here 30:36.000 --> 30:43.000 is it is that we get to immerse ourselves in first hand information what I mean by first hand information what we don't give 30:43.000 --> 30:50.000 you a month to lectures and ask you to take a test we don't ask you to go to the library and read a bunch of papers and write a 30:50.000 --> 30:57.000 term paper we ask you to look at the rocks to describe the rocks in their relationships to the neighboring rocks 30:58.000 --> 31:01.000 to put those observations down on paper 31:02.000 --> 31:07.000 and then to write something about what your observations mean all first hand stuff 31:07.000 --> 31:11.000 when I worked for Exxon we made our drilling decisions primarily based 31:11.000 --> 31:15.000 on firsthand observations mostly from seismic reflection data 31:16.000 --> 31:20.000 we would commonly have many experts in the room reviewing the data before drilling decision 31:21.000 --> 31:23.000 and everyone was focused on the data 31:24.000 --> 31:28.000 off the cuff remarks an off the cuff opinions really didn't carry much weight 31:28.000 --> 31:32.000 unless you could make your point by pointing directly at the data itself 31:34.000 --> 31:35.000 we scientists 31:37.000 --> 31:42.000 operate to a large degree in the world of observable unobservable first hand information 31:44.000 --> 31:49.000 the reality though is that most of the information all of us citizens share with each 31:49.000 --> 31:54.000 other every day is secondhand information books newspapers TV Twitter Facebook 31:56.000 --> 32:02.000 we are variations consumers of secondhand information and as we all know the problem is 32:02.000 --> 32:08.000 secondhand information in today's world is that it is regularly abused mis quoted in weaponized 32:09.000 --> 32:15.000 I don't know about you but I find there to be an alarming number of people these days with a vested interest in obscuring facts 32:17.000 --> 32:20.000 whether it's death tolls from hurricanes people fraudulently voting climate 32:20.000 --> 32:23.000 change being a hoax coax there's a lot of bad information out there 32:25.000 --> 32:30.000 in response to this Mister information up a Democrat my old boss who couldn't be here today 32:31.000 --> 32:37.000 and subsequently became the secretary of state Mr rex to listen asked me to have a fence give you a few remarks I'm just kidding 32:39.000 --> 32:43.000 he wasn't actually my boss who was my boss's boss of bosses bosses boss 32:44.000 --> 32:47.000 but he said in a commencement speech in Virginia a few weeks ago the responsibility of 32:47.000 --> 32:50.000 every American citizen to each other is to preserve and protect our freedom 32:52.000 --> 32:58.000 igniting what truces and is not what the fact is and is not in begin by holding ourselves 32:58.000 --> 33:04.000 accountable to truthfulness in demand our pursuit of America's future be fact based 33:05.000 --> 33:08.000 so you go forward in your careers as geologists 33:09.000 --> 33:10.000 maybe as teachers 33:11.000 --> 33:16.000 or science journalists or environmental lawyers or you could even work for the CIA they hire people 33:16.000 --> 33:21.000 like you you know and I hear they have an aggressive cutting campaign going on right now 33:22.000 --> 33:28.000 I'm sure you gonna be very capable of distinguishing first and second hand information in your professional lives 33:29.000 --> 33:33.000 but it is really important to you strive to distinguish the 2 in your civic lives 33:35.000 --> 33:40.000 and a scientist you have a leg up on the rest of society but in being able to tell the 2 apart you can 33:40.000 --> 33:45.000 do a great public service by helping your fellow citizens discriminate between them and the point out 33:45.000 --> 33:50.000 falsehoods and secondhand information wherever you see them do not become numb to them 33:53.000 --> 34:01.000 so enough about the gloomy talk about oil spills and public misinformation let's talk about a happier subject looking for a job 34:03.000 --> 34:06.000 but maintaining your standing up for your principles while you look for a 34:06.000 --> 34:09.000 job I have a little story to tell you about one of your classmates 34:12.000 --> 34:16.000 from this person contacted me about 9 months ago because he was looking for a 34:16.000 --> 34:20.000 job in the oil field services sector and wanted some interviewing advice 34:21.000 --> 34:25.000 so we talked a bit and a month later he called me up again to tell me something 34:25.000 --> 34:29.000 very confusing it had happened as he was interviewing with one company 34:30.000 --> 34:35.000 the company had sent him a questionnaire with some strange questions that he wasn't sure how to answer 34:36.000 --> 34:38.000 what kind of leverage to drink in the evenings 34:40.000 --> 34:42.000 how clean is the inside of your car 34:44.000 --> 34:48.000 what do you think about NFL players kneeling during the national anthem 34:50.000 --> 34:53.000 yeah I told them both Thomas 34:54.000 --> 34:56.000 is the weirdest strangers questionnaire I'd ever seen 34:57.000 --> 34:59.000 especially for a job application 35:00.000 --> 35:05.000 we talked about it and then we finally decided it was okay for him to push back a little on those particular questions he 35:05.000 --> 35:10.000 recognized it may cost him the job but if it does it probably 11 wouldn't want to work for that company anyway 35:12.000 --> 35:16.000 months later he called me back to tell me he'd gotten the job with that same company 35:17.000 --> 35:21.000 after talking for a few minutes I estimate Thomas what ever happened with that crazy questionnaire 35:22.000 --> 35:27.000 he said he answered several questions by stating I respectfully decline to answer this question because 35:27.000 --> 35:32.000 I don't believe it there is on my ability to do the job you're interviewing me for in other words he 35:32.000 --> 35:37.000 felt he was being asked to weigh in on a disk on a divisive subject any chose to have stand 35:40.000 --> 35:48.000 well it turns out that the company was really impressed by his self confidence and his willingness to take a stand on principles 35:49.000 --> 35:54.000 his answers helped him stand out for the instrument stand out from the other candidates and let him getting that job 35:55.000 --> 36:03.000 so the moral of that story is to be true to yourself we grounded in the ethics that your parents and your professors 36:04.000 --> 36:06.000 you strive to have a good moral compass 36:07.000 --> 36:12.000 standard ground when you need to challenge falsehoods and bogus claims wherever you hear them 36:13.000 --> 36:19.000 people may ask you to do some questionable things in your career and if you have a strong set of personal values 36:19.000 --> 36:25.000 you'll be able to resist those things that make it yourself your workgroup for your company in trouble 36:26.000 --> 36:33.000 we respected for standing up for your principles and you may even land a job by doing it like a classmate Thomaston 36:35.000 --> 36:40.000 so let me start let me finish 5 citing one of my favorite favorite Bruce Springsteen lyrics 36:41.000 --> 36:43.000 you can't start a fire 36:44.000 --> 36:46.000 you can't start a fire without a spark 36:48.000 --> 36:49.000 in my humble opinion 36:50.000 --> 36:53.000 our country needs a fire in our belly right now 36:54.000 --> 37:02.000 in order to reclaim our status as the world's leader for good science truthfulness and protection of the environment in order for 37:02.000 --> 37:10.000 us to get that fire in her belly started we need you to be the spark so congratulations make sure to vote aim high in whatever 37:10.000 --> 37:18.000 endeavor you choose after leaving here and go out tomorrow morning and be that sparked the changes the world go docks 37:34.000 --> 37:35.000 that was very eloquent 37:36.000 --> 37:44.000 we're now going to move into the part of the program or we begin to work agrees first graduate students and undergraduate 37:44.000 --> 37:52.000 students and that has to be in each of those sections we ask one of our students to give the student perspective of their past 37:52.000 --> 37:52.000 agree 37:53.000 --> 38:01.000 so for the graduate student perspective I would like to introduce introduced at Shelley Chesler Shelly received her bachelor of 38:01.000 --> 38:09.000 arts at Pomona College in 2012 where she majored in geology her research here at the UW focused on detecting and analyzing 38:09.000 --> 38:17.000 thousands of tiny magnitude 1 to 2 low frequency earthquakes that you would never ever feel underneath the contents 38:19.000 --> 38:27.000 these tiny clues helped her understand the physics of much larger magnitude 6.5 and up slow slip earthquakes that happen 38:27.000 --> 38:35.000 every year that you still don't feel because they're slow which in turn may help us understand the mechanisms of magnitude 9 38:35.000 --> 38:43.000 earthquakes which I guarantee you will feel Shelley is also was also a very strong proponent and very active in contributing 38:43.000 --> 38:51.000 to science communication and education in many ways while she she was in as a graduate student she was coordinator for our 38:51.000 --> 38:59.000 department's rocking out out reach program for 2 years she taught a UW course called communicating science to the public 38:59.000 --> 39:07.000 effectively and she was also the force behind organizing the Pacific Northwest version of palm side con which is a national 39:07.000 --> 39:15.000 organization to promote the communication of scientists bias of science by scientists to everyone not just scientists last 39:15.000 --> 39:23.000 December she defended her calm PhD and graduated with armed with a PhD in the SS on the personal side she has run many many 39:23.000 --> 39:31.000 marathons on clean 100 3:00 hours I know nothing about that because I don't run marathons but 39:38.000 --> 39:45.000 take our word and she is currently working as a data analyst at rover.com so Shelley 40:01.000 --> 40:07.000 well thank you Bruce for that nice introduction you would think that with all the science communication work 40:07.000 --> 40:13.000 I've done I wouldn't be nervous today but I'm very nervous so good morning everyone I'm I want to give 40:13.000 --> 40:19.000 sincerest congratulations to all you out there undergrads message students research graduate students 40:21.000 --> 40:27.000 who are graduating after many years of hard work we've all worked hard to get here today and all you friends and 40:27.000 --> 40:33.000 family members in the audience I don't think I'm just speaking for myself in thanking you for not only being out here 40:33.000 --> 40:39.000 today to support us but also supporting us throughout our time in the Earth and Space Sciences department 40:41.000 --> 40:46.000 I was invited here today to give a graduate student's perspective on this department I'm 40:46.000 --> 40:51.000 actually really grateful for this opportunity he's thinking about what I was gonna say today 40:51.000 --> 40:56.000 finally gave me time to reflect on what this degree and what this department means to me 40:57.000 --> 41:03.000 my last quarter as a graduate student was a whirlwind I started my current job rover.com part 41:03.000 --> 41:09.000 time in September defended in November turned in my thesis in December and started full time on 41:09.000 --> 41:15.000 January 2 Intel today I don't think I've even had time to look back and reflect 41:17.000 --> 41:23.000 when I tell my people I finish my PhD it still feels like words coming out of my mouth and not an actual reality 41:24.000 --> 41:32.000 but I guess if I could take a snapshot of myself since September 2012 when I started here at DSS and compare it to myself now 41:32.000 --> 41:40.000 I would see some stark differences besides just a couple gray hairs when I started graduate school I had no idea what it 41:40.000 --> 41:48.000 meant to get a PhD I thought I would learn some stuff about rocks in earthquakes and maybe some new math techniques and be 41:48.000 --> 41:56.000 done and it turns out that in getting an advanced degree is much more than that as a graduate student you have to learn how 41:56.000 --> 42:04.000 to write teach ask questions manager on time pushed through hard times and jumped back when you fail hard 42:05.000 --> 42:09.000 when I tell people that I got a PhD in seismology and now that I work at a dog 42:09.000 --> 42:13.000 company I am often met with raised eyebrows what is the connection 42:15.000 --> 42:22.000 and I explained that earning a PhD is not just about learning very specialized knowledge it's about learning how to learn in 42:22.000 --> 42:29.000 solve any sort of problems that you run into so now I'd never analyzed dog business data before but I had to analyze data before 42:29.000 --> 42:36.000 and I started my career feeling confident that with time and effort I could figure out how to do anything because that's exactly 42:36.000 --> 42:43.000 what I did here at you dumb in fact I had to learn things that no one had ever known before and I think that every graduate 42:43.000 --> 42:50.000 student here wearing a goofy hat would agree with me that one of the most valuable skills that one learns in graduate school is 42:50.000 --> 42:57.000 learning how to learn independently and with that skill each of us can go out and do whatever we want whether it is being a 42:57.000 --> 43:04.000 researcher a teacher in industrial geologists to a journalist or indeed a scientist but honestly getting to this point was not 43:04.000 --> 43:11.000 easy I think all of us went through periods of self doubt and questioning why we're even here for an entire year like my 43:11.000 --> 43:18.000 research was going nowhere hodac here the tears coming I thought I would wait until later in the stock 43:28.000 --> 43:35.000 there are 2 things about this department that I am sincerely thankful for and that got me through those tough moments 43:36.000 --> 43:36.000 first 43:37.000 --> 43:43.000 as a graduate student yes I had the opportunity to pursue other research other interests than just my own 43:43.000 --> 43:49.000 research well for me that was K. 12 outreach blocking organizing science communication workshops for graduate 43:49.000 --> 43:55.000 students other yes as graduate students took part in student government taught minority students design course 43:55.000 --> 44:01.000 curriculums and even taught at other universities this department understands that pursuing these other 44:01.000 --> 44:07.000 interests is not only important for its students future goals and careers but also for their sanity 44:11.000 --> 44:18.000 secondly in the community in this department is unmatched yes as a graduate student support and help each other they 44:18.000 --> 44:25.000 listen to each other's practice talks help each other with field work and pick up each other's TA assignments there is 44:25.000 --> 44:32.000 always someone who around will celebrate you after you submit your first paper lend an ear when you are struggling or 44:32.000 --> 44:39.000 in my case drink a beer with me on the roof when that was still okay or at least we thought it was okay 44:41.000 --> 44:42.000 failed my preliminary exam 44:43.000 --> 44:53.000 department of defense liquefaction the graduate student retreat that research gala in more foster and encourage this sort of come 44:55.000 --> 45:02.000 I left this department would not only valuable skills and a degree but also lifelong friends and my fiance 45:04.000 --> 45:10.000 all of you at my defense side just how much this department meant to me I was crying uncontrollably 45:10.000 --> 45:16.000 in front of everyone as soon as I got to my first word of my knowledge and it slides in fact my dad 45:16.000 --> 45:22.000 joked that I was invited to give this speech today because I was most likely to cry 45:24.000 --> 45:25.000 I think he was right 45:26.000 --> 45:27.000 so 45:30.000 --> 45:37.000 I truly grew into a scientist in an adult during my time in the Earth and Space Sciences departments and I can't imagine a 45:37.000 --> 45:44.000 better place to have done it thank you 2 can my adviser and all you other faculty members know well in all the students 45:44.000 --> 45:51.000 here for making my time here so special and again congratulations to everyone I think I'll get off the stage 46:07.000 --> 46:14.000 thank you very much Shelley bombs so we're going to move to the heading moved to the foot in ceremony for the PhD 46:14.000 --> 46:21.000 student soul while they're getting themselves organized because this is really complicated I want to review for 46:21.000 --> 46:28.000 special the faculty what's going to happen each student will be individually invited up to the stage to be hosted by 46:28.000 --> 46:35.000 their faculty adviser when the student's name is called the student will walk across the stage face the podium the 46:35.000 --> 46:42.000 faculty adviser will meet the student on the stage when the faculty name is called and stand behind them 46:45.000 --> 46:52.000 okay now faculty please wait there's gonna be a lot of enthusiasm and clapping please wait until the clapping has 46:52.000 --> 46:59.000 died down to say your little phrases and please speak clearly and loudly use your best lecturing voice for this 46:59.000 --> 47:06.000 because there is no Mike okay hand to avoid the wrath of ed remember to pause for a couple of photographs right 47:06.000 --> 47:13.000 after and then the students will move back into that corner okay you got it all is about 85 steps there 47:17.000 --> 47:24.000 alright sold to announce the grad students I would like to introduce doctor can crater who's 47:24.000 --> 47:31.000 professor in the SS and also our graduate program coordinator and he will be reading off the names 47:54.000 --> 48:00.000 so we'll be starting today with a master's degree is we have to different kinds of master degree is 48:00.000 --> 48:06.000 one is a master and research on the research program and the other is a master's degree 48:07.000 --> 48:10.000 astro science and not the message program 48:11.000 --> 48:11.000 sort of 48:13.000 --> 48:13.000 photo 48:16.000 --> 48:17.000 yeah 48:19.000 --> 48:20.000 I'm sorry so we'll start with his distance 48:22.000 --> 48:25.000 with that she is only in the research program 48:27.000 --> 48:28.000 I've already messed up 48:41.000 --> 48:42.000 okay 48:43.000 --> 48:49.000 The first is Keith Hodson who is getting the Degree of Doctorate of Philosophy in Earth 48:49.000 --> 48:55.000 and Space Sciences. His dissertation title is "Cementation and Diagenetic History of the Moab Fault, Utah" (Advisor Juliet Crider) 49:14.000 --> 49:22.000 Face the podium, there you go. Perfect 49:24.000 --> 49:25.000 With this hood 49:26.000 --> 49:31.000 I confer upon you the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy: Earth and Space Sciences. 50:02.000 --> 50:08.000 Sarah Schanz is receiving the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences. Her 50:08.000 --> 50:14.000 dissertation title is "Strath Terrace Formation: The Influence of Rock Type, Climate, and Humans" (Advisor Dave Montgomery) 50:28.000 --> 50:33.000 With this hood I confer upon you the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences 50:40.000 --> 50:40.000 50:41.000 --> 50:41.000 Okay 50:55.000 --> 50:55.000 Okay 50:57.000 --> 50:59.000 The next student is Chloe Hart. 51:00.000 --> 51:06.000 She is obtaining the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences. Her 51:06.000 --> 51:12.000 dissertation title is "Thermodynamics of Acidophiles: Energetics of Microbial Growth Response of 51:12.000 --> 51:18.000 Energy Source Availability and Heavy Metal Toxicity". Her adviser is Drew Gorman-Lewis. 51:30.000 --> 51:38.000 With this hood I confer upon you the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences and Astrobiology. 52:01.000 --> 52:03.000 Next is Matt Tilley 52:04.000 --> 52:08.000 obtaining the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences. 52:09.000 --> 52:19.000 The title is "On Star-Planet Interaction: Magnetospheric Dynamics and Atmospheric Evolution" and the adviser is Erica Harnett. 52:29.000 --> 52:36.000 With this hood I confer upon you the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences and Astrobiology. 53:00.000 --> 53:09.000 Next is Landon Burgener obtaining the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences. The dissertation title is 53:09.000 --> 53:18.000 "A Window into Terrestrial Paleoclimate: Soil Carbonate Formation Processes and Proxy Applications". The adviser is Kate Huntington. 53:28.000 --> 53:29.000 With this hood 53:31.000 --> 53:36.000 I confer upon you the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences. 53:58.000 --> 53:59.000 Okay 54:01.000 --> 54:02.000 Next is Yan Hu, 54:04.000 --> 54:11.000 she's obtaining the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences. The title of her dissertation is 54:11.000 --> 54:18.000 "Mantle Magnesium Isotope Heterogeneity: Implications for Crust-Mantle Interaction". Her advisor is Fangzhen Teng. 54:28.000 --> 54:36.000 With this hood I confer upon you the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences. 55:00.000 --> 55:01.000 Okay next is 55:02.000 --> 55:10.000 Batbaatar Jigjidsuren. He's obtaining the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Sciences. 55:11.000 --> 55:19.000 His dissertation title is "Pleistocene Glaciation in Central Asia" and the adviser is Allen Gillespie. 55:36.000 --> 55:42.000 With this hood I confer upon you the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Sciences. 56:13.000 --> 56:21.000 Next is Max Stevens who is obtaining the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences. The title is 56:21.000 --> 56:29.000 "Investigations of Physical Processes and Polar Fern through Modeling and Field Measurements". The adviser is Ed Waddington. 56:42.000 --> 56:47.000 With this hood I confer upon you the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences. 57:18.000 --> 57:25.000 Next is Shelly Chestler. She's obtaining the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences. The title 57:25.000 --> 57:30.000 is "Using Low-Frequency Earthquakes to Study Slow Slip and Plate Interface 57:30.000 --> 57:35.000 Structure Beneath the Olympic Peninsula, Washington" and the advisor is me, Ken. 57:47.000 --> 57:49.000 With this hood I confer upon you the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences. 58:14.000 --> 58:20.000 So now we have the students come back up for photos okay and would like to invite all the PhD students to come back for a group photo 58:53.000 --> 58:53.000 yeah 58:58.000 --> 58:58.000 right 59:13.000 --> 59:13.000 so there 59:16.000 --> 59:17.000 all those questions 59:19.000 --> 59:19.000 I'll help 59:20.000 --> 59:21.000 more free form top 59:26.000 --> 59:30.000 okay so next we will invite the master's degree students to 59:31.000 --> 59:31.000 59:33.000 --> 59:34.000 come forward as well 59:44.000 --> 59:44.000 from 1:00:21.000 --> 1:00:23.000 Okay this is William Grimm 1:00:24.000 --> 1:00:31.000 who's obtaining the Degree of Master of Science in Earth and Space Sciences: Applied Geosciences. 1:00:32.000 --> 1:00:35.000 He'll be hooded by Kathy Troost. 1:00:45.000 --> 1:00:49.000 With this hood I confer upon you the Degree of Master of Science in Earth and Space Sciences. 1:01:09.000 --> 1:01:10.000 1:01:18.000 --> 1:01:20.000 Next is Shawn Harrington 1:01:21.000 --> 1:01:26.000 who's obtained the Degree of Master of Science Earth and Space Sciences: Applied Geosciences. 1:01:27.000 --> 1:01:28.000 He is being hooded by Julia Crider. 1:01:37.000 --> 1:01:40.000 With this hood I confer upon you the Degree of Master of Science in Earth and Space Sciences. 1:02:01.000 --> 1:02:04.000 Next is Halley Barnett, 1:02:05.000 --> 1:02:13.000 obtaining the degree of Master of Science Earth and Space Sciences: Applied Geosciences. She's being hooded by Kathy Troost. 1:02:26.000 --> 1:02:30.000 With this hood I confer upon you the Degree of Master of Science in Earth and Space Sciences. 1:02:31.000 --> 1:02:32.000 Okay 1:02:57.000 --> 1:03:02.500 Next is Adrienne Sorenson obtaining the Degree of Master of Science Earth and 1:03:02.000 --> 1:03:07.000 Space Sciences and her adviser and hooder is Elizabeth Nesbitt. 1:03:19.000 --> 1:03:21.000 With this hood I confer upon you the Degree of Master of Science in Earth and Space Sciences. 1:03:42.000 --> 1:03:50.000 Next is Mariah Danner, obtaining the Degree of Master of Science in Earth and Space Sciences. She's being hooded by Robert Winglee. 1:04:00.000 --> 1:04:03.000 With this hood I confer upon you the Degree of Master of Science in Earth and Space Sciences. 1:04:21.000 --> 1:04:23.000 Next is Kevin Cowell, 1:04:24.000 --> 1:04:31.000 obtaining the Degree of Master of Science Earth and Space Sciences: Applied Geosciences and he will be hooded by Kathy Troost. 1:04:38.000 --> 1:04:40.000 With this hood I confer 1:04:41.000 --> 1:04:46.000 upon you the Degree of Master of Science in Earth and Space Sciences. 1:05:05.000 --> 1:05:05.000 1:05:13.000 --> 1:05:18.000 Next is Brittany McManus, she's obtaining the Degree of Master of Science Earth 1:05:18.000 --> 1:05:23.000 and Space Sciences: Applied Geosciences and her hooder will be Juliet Crider. 1:05:32.000 --> 1:05:35.000 With this hood I confer upon you the Degree of Master of Science in Earth and Space Sciences. 1:05:56.000 --> 1:05:56.000 1:06:06.000 --> 1:06:09.000 Next is Ayla Heinze Fry 1:06:10.000 --> 1:06:17.000 obtaining the Degree of Master of Science Earth and Space Sciences: Applied Geosciences. She'll be hooded by Juliet Crider 1:06:24.000 --> 1:06:26.000 With this hood I confer upon you the 1:06:28.000 --> 1:06:31.000 Degree of Master of Science in Earth and Space Sciences. 1:06:51.000 --> 1:06:52.000 Next is a Elizabeth 1:06:52.000 --> 1:07:01.000 Davis, obtaining the Degree of Master of Science Earth and Space Sciences: Applied Geosciences and she will be hooded by Julia Crider 1:07:08.000 --> 1:07:13.000 With this hood I confer upon you the Degree of Master of Science in Earth and Space Sciences. 1:07:35.000 --> 1:07:37.000 so I'd like to take a moment 1:07:39.000 --> 1:07:43.000 to say the little bit about Bruce Nelson who's been a fantastic chair of the US 1:07:43.000 --> 1:07:47.000 house and is ending his 3 year appointment here in the next few weeks 1:07:49.000 --> 1:07:51.000 most people think of this position as glamorous and powerful 1:07:52.000 --> 1:07:56.000 but in fact it's largely listening to the needs of the faculty the grad students the 1:07:56.000 --> 1:08:00.000 undergrads staff each of which teacher who are constantly telling them what to do today is 1:08:00.000 --> 1:08:04.000 a perfect example no well it's telling us what to do every minute of the morning 1:08:07.000 --> 1:08:14.000 Bruce has been very proactive in many things including listening he's done an admirable job of listening to the concerns of 1:08:14.000 --> 1:08:21.000 the grad students taking action based on issues that have been raised over the last 3 years one example is revamping the first 1:08:21.000 --> 1:08:28.000 year course sequence that we have for the grad students he's been a very strong supporter of the research colony 1:08:29.000 --> 1:08:31.000 which provides excellent venue to promote 1:08:31.000 --> 1:08:36.000 both undergraduate and graduate research through talks posters and cash prizes 1:08:37.000 --> 1:08:41.000 his champion the grassroots diversity and inclusion group that has met several times over 1:08:41.000 --> 1:08:45.000 the last few years with different leaders and different topics each time and this is turning 1:08:45.000 --> 1:08:49.000 into action items coming up next year with a couple of workshops being planned 1:08:51.000 --> 1:08:53.000 he provides a very strong leadership 1:08:54.000 --> 1:09:02.000 through 2 recent faculty hires which required inclusion and diversity training amongst the committee members 1:09:02.000 --> 1:09:07.000 other universities are constantly trying to lure away our very best faculty Bruce's been 1:09:07.000 --> 1:09:12.000 proactive at retaining our excellent faculty to ensure and to ensure equity within the faculty 1:09:14.000 --> 1:09:15.000 his decisions are driven 1:09:16.000 --> 1:09:22.000 by what is in the best interests of the students undergrad mass and PhD and the faculty 1:09:23.000 --> 1:09:30.000 and how we can improve working environments within the us us viewed very broadly from safety inclusion 1:09:30.000 --> 1:09:37.000 diversity listening to each other's needs on the equity promoting excellence in everything we do 1:09:39.000 --> 1:09:42.000 hi this is a very special place I think in Bruce 1:09:43.000 --> 1:09:48.000 has improved things through is very thoughtful and proactive leadership ought to 1:09:48.000 --> 1:09:53.000 move us in positive directions as a small token of appreciation for us 1:09:54.000 --> 1:10:00.000 we thought about giving you a nice bouquet of flowers but I know that's not were really where your heart is his geology 1:10:02.000 --> 1:10:08.000 it is entertaining a deeper more fundamental understanding of the relationship between geology 1:10:08.000 --> 1:10:12.000 and the best place to go for grow find grapes for once 1:10:14.000 --> 1:10:17.000 being more of a beer drinker this is not my specialty but there is a small 1:10:17.000 --> 1:10:20.000 winery on the Columbia River that I have visited is called sin Klein 1:10:22.000 --> 1:10:25.000 you students should it should explain what it's inclined as to your parents 1:10:26.000 --> 1:10:28.000 and they make an excellent one calls a doctor around 1:10:57.000 --> 1:11:00.000 okay so I would like the masters students to come up for a photo 1:11:02.000 --> 1:11:03.000 back on stage 1:11:13.000 --> 1:11:13.000 yeah 1:11:20.000 --> 1:11:22.000 rebel still my question are 1:11:31.000 --> 1:11:32.000 right 1:11:44.000 --> 1:11:47.000 go ahead and yeah you go ahead binders 1:11:48.000 --> 1:11:51.000 but the government got a center 1:12:03.000 --> 1:12:08.000 all right thank you all thanks very much can tell told us like this for awhile city find 1:12:13.000 --> 1:12:15.000 as we go on to our program 1:12:16.000 --> 1:12:23.000 we are going to move towards on giving out the degrees for the undergraduate students on cattle but confabulation by all this 1:12:23.000 --> 1:12:30.000 I have to get my head back around the sequencer because that was not part of the program that no well told me about 1:12:32.000 --> 1:12:33.000 1:12:34.000 --> 1:12:42.000 as for the other graduate students we also ask one of our undergraduate students 2 percent to present to us their perspective on 1:12:42.000 --> 1:12:50.000 what it was like and what they learned as they went through the Earth and Space Sciences this year we've asked Madeline hill to the 1:12:50.000 --> 1:12:58.000 present the student perspective more Maddie as we all call her Maddie is an honor student she completed independent research working 1:12:58.000 --> 1:13:06.000 with function time on potassium isotopes and this is supported in part by receiving a very competitive Mary Kate's research 1:13:06.000 --> 1:13:14.000 scholarship which is given within the U. W. to the best students for best undergrads were involved in research last year in our 1:13:14.000 --> 1:13:22.000 department she was awarded the crooks scholarship which also is very competitive because it covers tuition for an entire year she 1:13:22.000 --> 1:13:30.000 was recently elected as a member of the Phi beta Kappa academic honor society Maddie has a very bizarre song busy summer ahead of 1:13:30.000 --> 1:13:38.000 her because of her performance in the field course last year she was nominated for a national association of geology teachers 1:13:38.000 --> 1:13:46.000 internship which is quite procedures and gives you access to work with among others scientists in the U. S. Geological Survey so 1:13:46.000 --> 1:13:54.000 this year she will be based in golden Colorado working on a seismic mapping project to northern California and when she comes back 1:13:54.000 --> 1:14:02.000 from that see if I can catch her attention mom hopefully she'll do some work in my lab and functions lab who knows what else she 1:14:02.000 --> 1:14:10.000 will do this coming year and then apply for graduate school following that not only does Maddie study rocks but she's an avid 1:14:10.000 --> 1:14:18.000 climber of them too com I can only imagine the narration that she provides to her climbing partners as they proceed 1:14:21.000 --> 1:14:29.000 by the way if you goal I checked last night and it was up if you go to the front page of the U. W. website at the top there's 1:14:29.000 --> 1:14:37.000 a banner where they describe experiences of students at the UW and there's for that rotate through there one of those 4 1:14:37.000 --> 1:14:45.000 features our field course that's given every summer Montana and this was done last year when Maddie was a field camp so she 1:14:45.000 --> 1:14:53.000 and her fellow students and micro Groner are featured it's amazing story it's well told Willis get illustrator about 1:14:54.000 --> 1:15:00.000 to use Mike's phrase how our students gather first hand information so many 1:15:17.000 --> 1:15:26.000 okay thank you Bruce for that intro that was a lot of good morning everyone thank you for being here today 1:15:27.000 --> 1:15:33.000 and I'm also a little nervous to be up here but excited because I get to see all of my fellow graduates 1:15:33.000 --> 1:15:38.000 so first off I'd like to thank all the faculty staff and graduate Tice's for being the 1:15:38.000 --> 1:15:43.000 incredible teachers and geoscientists that you are I think we can all credit you with 1:15:43.000 --> 1:15:48.000 transforming us from geology majors to geologists in 2 to 3 short years so thank you for 1:15:51.000 --> 1:15:55.000 personally I'd like to think 0 callin for his grammar lessons 1:15:56.000 --> 1:16:00.000 make me grow for guiding us against bears and rattle snakes 1:16:01.000 --> 1:16:05.000 Allison do fall for being a truly inspiring hill slope into CS 1:16:06.000 --> 1:16:13.000 Bruce Nelson for his guidance and support as department chair and finally my research mentor it funds and hang for his 1:16:13.000 --> 1:16:20.000 steadfast encouragement and patience as I bumble about his very sterile and very expensive laboratory thank you all 1:16:22.000 --> 1:16:28.000 I'd also like to thank my fellow undergraduates for making yes as the very best part of my experience that you 1:16:30.000 --> 1:16:36.000 as we enter into the real world it's a great comfort to me that many of you love rocks more than I do 1:16:37.000 --> 1:16:42.000 it seems like ethics ago that I met some of you on the SS 211 field trip 1:16:43.000 --> 1:16:48.000 I think we were all those a little devious and impressed as we watch Johnstone run 1:16:48.000 --> 1:16:53.000 around a massive glacial radic boulder banging on it with a rock hammer 1:16:55.000 --> 1:17:01.000 what's even more impressive is that 2 years later at field camp in a glacially sculpted landscape 1:17:02.000 --> 1:17:07.000 I distinctly remember looking up and seeing everyone banging on boulders with there are cameras 1:17:09.000 --> 1:17:11.000 it's amazing what we learned in 2 years 1:17:13.000 --> 1:17:17.000 one of my favorite things about being in the SS major and one of the things that I 1:17:17.000 --> 1:17:21.000 believe fosters are close undergraduate community is being in the field 1:17:23.000 --> 1:17:26.000 we all became better geologists and better friends when faced with an 1:17:26.000 --> 1:17:29.000 outcrop and challenge to figure out what it was and why it was there 1:17:32.000 --> 1:17:38.000 unless it's stored in wadi which is never there hints for those of you who haven't on the field camp yet 1:17:40.000 --> 1:17:46.000 our area of study is both uniquely challenging and uniquely rewarding because we work in environments 1:17:46.000 --> 1:17:52.000 that are more often than not frustrating and unforgiving or highly dangerous such as white 1:17:53.000 --> 1:17:57.000 luckily most of us are fairly interesting and immutable at least over a pint 1:17:57.000 --> 1:18:01.000 so you can usually collaborate in the field and figure something out 1:18:04.000 --> 1:18:08.000 for most of us both in my graduating class and probably in the audience 1:18:08.000 --> 1:18:12.000 as well the burning question on all our minds is what's next 1:18:13.000 --> 1:18:19.000 while millions of years and another period of dinosaurs obviously but probably not in my lifetime 1:18:20.000 --> 1:18:24.000 or whatever we choose to do with our lives and careers I hope we all carry 1:18:24.000 --> 1:18:28.000 with us the unique perspective that comes along with being a geologist 1:18:30.000 --> 1:18:36.000 we understand the magnitude and variability of processes that happen on and beneath the earth's 1:18:36.000 --> 1:18:42.000 surface and recognizes the resilience fragility and patience with which the environment involves 1:18:43.000 --> 1:18:48.000 and my hope is not only that we choose to live our lives as dean of the with that knowledge but that we 1:18:48.000 --> 1:18:53.000 strive to share our love of the earth and better for those who either cannot or choose not to 1:18:54.000 --> 1:18:59.000 with the current political climate where politics seem to be anything but evidence based 1:19:00.000 --> 1:19:06.000 especially as a younger generation I think we have a responsibility to try and communicate bridge the 1:19:06.000 --> 1:19:12.000 gap between scientists and non scientists and inspire others to respect the earth as we do 1:19:13.000 --> 1:19:20.000 and I have full faith that with our knowledge perspective and willingness to collaborate we can achieve this 1:19:21.000 --> 1:19:25.000 so thank you all and congratulations to the SS class of 2018 1:19:40.000 --> 1:19:47.000 okay we're going to take a bit of a stage rearrangement break because the next event is the undergrads put 1:19:47.000 --> 1:19:54.000 together a slide show that gives you some taste of life from the department that everyone is graduating has 1:19:54.000 --> 1:20:01.000 I will present the disclaimer now that I have not seen the slide show and I'm not responsible for its contents 1:20:02.000 --> 1:20:08.000 so Noel Megan if you help me rearrange things we will get the slide show started shortly 1:20:44.000 --> 1:20:44.000 yeah 1:21:20.000 --> 1:21:21.000 yeah 1:25:54.000 --> 1:25:55.000 right below them 1:26:01.000 --> 1:26:01.000 but 1:26:05.000 --> 1:26:07.000 my balloon organization is failing me 1:26:08.000 --> 1:26:17.000 okay we're going to move on to granted degrees to our undergraduate students and again Tom just to remind you of the 1:26:17.000 --> 1:26:26.000 order of things first of all make sure that all your undergrad you have your tassels on the right side your cap 1:26:27.000 --> 1:26:31.000 yeah double check my phones off castles on the right side good 1:26:32.000 --> 1:26:32.000 1:26:33.000 --> 1:26:45.000 you'll come row by row walk around back and give your card to Gerard grow our associate chair and undergraduate adviser 1:26:46.000 --> 1:26:53.000 then walk through the the door you'll have your name announced by Gerard and walk across town to me and I'll give you a loan 1:26:54.000 --> 1:26:55.000 a small gift 1:26:56.000 --> 1:26:57.000 of course 1:26:58.000 --> 1:27:03.000 your welcome to move around come up take photos just leave all of you know little clear 1:27:03.000 --> 1:27:08.000 line of sight for ad but feel free to move around town to celebrate this soul drug 1:27:21.000 --> 1:27:22.000 So first 1:27:23.000 --> 1:27:27.000 Steven Sirisithi - Bachelor of Science: Environmental 1:27:47.000 --> 1:27:53.000 Joshua Anderson - Bachelor of Science: Environmental 1:27:53.000 --> 1:27:55.000 Option - Departmental Honors 1:28:08.000 --> 1:28:13.000 Weston Brown - Bachelor of Science: Environmental Option 1:28:24.000 --> 1:28:29.000 Patrick Milstead - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option - Departmental Honors 1:28:41.000 --> 1:28:46.000 Esten King - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option - Departmental Honors 1:28:59.000 --> 1:29:02.000 Robin Pflager - Bachelor of Science: Physics Option 1:29:20.000 --> 1:29:21.000 Renee Slininger 1:29:22.000 --> 1:29:24.000 Bachelor of Science: Geology Option 1:29:36.000 --> 1:29:39.000 Allison Nelson - Bachelor of Science: Biology Option 1:29:51.000 --> 1:29:54.000 Madeline Hille: Bachelor of Science: Geology 1:29:54.000 --> 1:29:58.000 Option - College Honors, Baccalaureate Honors, Magna Cum Laude 1:30:14.000 --> 1:30:14.000 Benjamin Cohen 1:30:15.000 --> 1:30:17.000 Bachelor of Science: Physics Option 1:30:33.000 --> 1:30:37.000 William Elzemeyer - Bachelor of Science: Physics Option 1:30:50.000 --> 1:30:54.000 Sofwa Sabarudin - Bachelor of Science: Physics Option and Departmental Honors 1:31:09.000 --> 1:31:09.000 Andrea Joe - 1:31:10.000 --> 1:31:12.000 Bachelor of Science: Geology Option 1:31:23.000 --> 1:31:28.000 Minji Park - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option 1:31:43.000 --> 1:31:45.000 Cindy Lee - Bachelor of Arts 1:32:01.000 --> 1:32:06.000 Jason Ott - Bachelor of Science: Physics Option - Departmental Honors, Baccalaureate Honors, Cum Laude 1:32:19.000 --> 1:32:22.000 Christopher Liu - Bachelor of Science: Physics Option 1:32:35.000 --> 1:32:37.000 James Jeffrey - Bachelor of Science: Physics Option 1:32:59.000 --> 1:33:02.000 Britney Erickson - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option 1:33:16.000 --> 1:33:18.000 Lelin Sun: Bachelor of Arts 1:33:33.000 --> 1:33:37.000 Wei-Lin Hsu - Bachelor of Science: Environmental Option 1:33:50.000 --> 1:33:53.000 Jalyn Buckley - Bachelor of Science: Environmental Option 1:34:16.000 --> 1:34:19.000 Jacqueline Sherburne - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option, Departmental Honors 1:34:34.000 --> 1:34:38.000 Muhamad Sharman Faiz Ismail - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option 1:34:51.000 --> 1:34:53.000 Jim Fowler - Bachelor of Science: Environmental Option 1:35:08.000 --> 1:35:11.000 Matthew Tanner Eggert - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option 1:35:25.000 --> 1:35:27.000 Michael Weyna - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option 1:35:40.000 --> 1:35:43.000 Annah Cortez - Bachelor of Science: Biology Option 1:35:56.000 --> 1:35:59.000 Kyler Kruger - Bachelor of Science: Environmental Option 1:36:12.000 --> 1:36:15.000 Joshua Lee - Bachelor of Science: Physics Option 1:36:34.000 --> 1:36:36.000 Benjamin Moy - Bachelor of Arts 1:36:52.000 --> 1:36:55.000 Jacob Hesse - Bachelor of Science: Physics Option 1:37:08.000 --> 1:37:12.000 Tenzin Sonam - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option 1:37:24.000 --> 1:37:24.000 1:37:25.000 --> 1:37:28.000 Richard Xu - Bachelor of Science: Physics Option 1:37:42.000 --> 1:37:45.000 Karine Chen - Bachelor of Science: Physics Option 1:37:59.000 --> 1:38:03.000 Andrew Jacobson - Bachelor of Science: Physics Option 1:38:16.000 --> 1:38:20.000 Anis Amira Mahmood - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option 1:38:33.000 --> 1:38:37.000 Siti Sarah Rifqah Mohamed Reza - Bachelor of Science: Environmental Option 1:38:50.000 --> 1:38:57.000 Nadrah Nur Liyana Hushin - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option, Departmental Honors, Baccalaureate Honors, Cum Laude 1:39:11.000 --> 1:39:16.000 Fairuz Aisyah Binti Ahmad Zamri - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option, Departmental Honors 1:39:32.000 --> 1:39:35.000 Tao Chen - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option 1:39:49.000 --> 1:39:52.000 Ethan Dunaway - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option 1:40:10.000 --> 1:40:14.000 Sarah Newport - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option, Departmental Honors 1:40:30.000 --> 1:40:33.000 Brett Smith - Bachelor of Science: Biology Option 1:40:49.000 --> 1:40:53.000 Yangfan Ling - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option, Departmental Honors 1:41:11.000 --> 1:41:15.000 Peiyu Wu - Bachelor of Science: Geology Option, Departmental Honors 1:41:25.000 --> 1:41:26.000 congratulations everyone 1:41:40.000 --> 1:41:46.000 all of the undergrads please come up on stage and displays the faculty and we will take a group photo 1:41:51.000 --> 1:41:51.000 I think that's 1:44:34.000 --> 1:44:35.000 family and friends 1:44:36.000 --> 1:44:40.000 the SS graduates present to the graduating class of 1:44:40.000 --> 1:44:41.000 2018 1:45:19.000 --> 1:45:20.000 your pictures ready 1:45:21.000 --> 1:45:25.000 and rapid repeat because we're going to be tossing hats 1:45:27.000 --> 1:45:27.000 undergrads 1:45:28.000 --> 1:45:29.000 ready to 1:45:30.000 --> 1:45:30.000 I'm sorry 1:45:31.000 --> 1:45:37.000 there's another thing since you graduated will you please move your tassel from the right side to the left side 1:45:50.000 --> 1:45:54.000 you get to throw your hat everybody get coordinated it will be on 3 1:45:55.000 --> 1:45:57.000 123 1:46:05.000 --> 1:46:06.000 everybody's