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Congratulations to this year’s Master of Science and Technology Policy graduates!

One of the many hats I wear is Chair of the Master of Science and Technology Policy program at Arizona State University – a really interesting program that prepares its graduates to be policy experts in a tech-rich future.

It’s always a bittersweet moment when it’s time to graduate our students — bitter as I love having them around and working with them, and sweet as I get to see the amazing ways they go out and change the world.

This year, with coronavirus, we didn’t have thew chance to congratulate them in person, and instead held a virtual convocation for all of the school’s graduating students.

Here’s my brief address as part of that – my CONGRATULATIONS to some of the most fantastic students I get to work with:

… and because I, quite frankly, was disturbed by the pomp and ceremony of donning full academic regalia for this as we’re all learning to navigate the impacts of coronavirus from our homes, and authenticity is more important than ever as we do, here’s my “you’ve got to be kidding …” making of 🙂

Enjoy!

By Andrew Maynard

Andrew Maynard is a scientist, author, and one of the nation’s leading thinkers on socially responsible and ethical innovation.