- [Narrator] We now recognize students
graduating with academic honors
and those who have committed to military service
and the conferral of degrees.
Presentations will be made
by President Crow and Provost Searle.
- It's particularly special to acknowledge
our undergraduate degree candidates
who are completing degrees with Latin honors.
That means Latin phrases that recognize
the supreme effort that these students carried out
and recognize their achievement
from an academic competitiveness perspective.
To graduate Cum Laude requires
a cumulative grade point of 3.4 to 3.59.
Congratulations to students graduating
with the honor Cum Laude.
To graduate Magna Cum Laude
requires a cumulative grade point average of 3.6 to 3.79.
Graduates with the honor of Magna Cum Laude,
we congratulate you.
And to graduate Summa Cum Laude,
which means beyond belief in Latin, you can look it up,
requires a cumulative grade point average of 3.8 or above.
Join me in honoring this year's graduates
who have earned the honor Summa Cum Laude.
- [Narrator] Provost Searle
will now present the Moeur Award.
- Arizona State University is pleased to recognize
the graduates who have achieved
excellent scholastic records.
During their undergraduate years at the university,
they have obtained the highest grade point average
of the December 2020 graduating class.
While completing all of their coursework
at Arizona State University
in no more than eight semesters.
It gives me great pleasure to congratulate
the Moeur Award recipients for fall 2020.
Arizona State University is proud to be a strong supporter
of military veterans who have served their country
as well as students pursuing futures in the armed services
through their participation in ROTC programs.
We would like to formally recognize
all graduating ROTC students and graduating students
who are or have been members of the armed services.
Thank you for your commitment and your service.
We're proud to call you Sun Devils.
President Crow,
Arizona State University is pleased to recognize
graduates completing the PhD,
as well as professional doctoral degrees
and master's degree candidates.
They have fulfilled all the requirements for this degree
and are worthy of that distinction.
- Now here we are at the fun part.
The actual conferring of the degree.
So this is the most exciting moment.
Before these sentences, no degree.
After these sentences, degree.
So by virtue of the authority vested in me
by the Arizona Board of Regents,
on the recommendation of the outstanding
world-class faculty of Arizona State University,
I hereby confer upon each of you
the appropriate doctoral degree or master's degree,
and welcome you into the company of scholars
with all of its rights, honors, privileges,
and most importantly, obligations. Congratulations.
President Crow,
Arizona State University is pleased to recognize
graduates completing the bachelor's degree.
They have completed all the requirements for this degree
and are worthy of that distinction.
- I know you're out there on the screen,
watching, wondering, "When will this be over?
When will I have my degree?
When will it actually be granted?"
And so this is that actual moment.
So by virtue of the authority vested in me
by the Arizona Board of Regents
on the recommendation of the world-class faculty
of Arizona State University,
and I know they really had to struggle with some of you
but they have agreed,
I hereby confer upon each of you
the appropriate bachelor's degree
and admit you to the fellowship of educated men and women
with all of its rights, honors, privileges,
and most importantly, obligations. Congratulations.