Alumni Association president Wayne DeFeo '80 '82 M.A. welcomes the graduates to the Montclair State alumni family:

Welcome to the world, fellow alumni!

As of today, you are a part of the MSU alumni family. I congratulate you, your family and friends on this outstanding achievement.

Your abilities will be tested as you move forward in ways that you have never imagined. The good news is that you enter this test very well prepared.

I have more good news for you. You enter this test with the support of your family, your friends, your alma mater and your fellow alumni. Don't forget to stay in contact with all of us.

For my final bit of good news, I am the last speaker. Congratulations and carpe diem!