 Good morning, and welcome to you all, friends, parents, faculty, and most of all this exceptional Gebelli School of Business Class of 2022. So, McTiernan, and I have the pleasure and the honor of serving as Dean of the Gebelli School and of welcoming you to today's proceedings. I will emcee this afternoon, this morning I guess, as you may imagine, putting together a single university commencement followed by eight individual school ceremonies involved the hard work of staff from virtually all the units of the university. Specifically, I would like to thank members of the RWU events staff, administrative staff in academic affairs, and members of the registrar's office for their incredibly hard work. Most especially, I would like to thank the members of the Gebelli School of Business A very important group that has made this celebration possible for you consists of the families of all of you who we honor as graduates this morning. Especially during these last four years, the myriad ways in which our students have been supported has been invaluable. Thank you parents, grandparents, siblings, and extended family members for allowing the faculty and me the privilege of educating the Class of 2022. I invite you to stand if you are able, turn and show your appreciation to the members of your family who are present. Faculty of the Gebelli School of Business, it has further been a humbling experience these last two years as I witness the faculty's dedication to our students as manifested by their incredible efforts to engage new technologies and strategies to foster teaching and learning all while genuinely and actively caring for each student's well-being beyond the classroom. I ask all of you graduating to join me in thanking the members of the faculty. I would now like to recognize the recipients of the President's Core Values Medallion. The President's Core Values Medallion has been established to recognize graduating seniors who best reflect university core values through distinctive contributions supporting the core purpose of Roger Williams University and Roger Williams University education to strengthen society through engaged teaching and learning. It is an honor to announce the Core Values Medallion recipients for the Mario de Gebelli School of Business Class of 2022 are Michelle Desiata and Jade Sanchez. Congratulations to Michelle. This is a day of amazing celebration and excitement about all that you have accomplished and I congratulate you each for the extraordinary things you have done at Roger Williams University and most of all at our very special GSB. When you started out as freshman or when you joined us as a transfer or graduate student I suspect that you never thought you would spend such a large part of your time with us learning in depth and by experience what the word resilience really means. There is a quote which for me helps to explain the unique grit and character that this class has shown. You have succeeded in the face of one of the most challenging times our school our nation and indeed the world has ever known. It is a quotation appropriate for this institution and this day and it tells us that on the other side of a storm is the strength that comes from having navigated through it. Raise your sail and begin. Whether you majored in accounting to pursue a career in accountancy or in finance to guide investors and banks or economics to seek solutions to problems of international equity or an international business to join a global enterprise or in management to improve life in organizations or in marketing to bring problem-solving products to the world or earned an MBA to lead the way today is your day. You have come through the storm overcoming obstacles that you could not possibly have foreseen when you were launched on these years of involvement with our school. Resilience contains many parts persistence resistance bending without breaking bouncing back strength adaptability and toughness and these are the characteristics of this class that have brought us successfully to this joyous day the calm after the storms. I can promise you that in the days and years to come as you raise your sail and begin to chart new waters you will come to realize that uniqueness of your time here at RWU and GSB was very special and positive in so many ways perhaps most of all because you never lost sight of your goals and aspirations the storm that came through provided you a unique opportunity for growth and you are unique and exceptional in all that you have accomplished on the other side of a storm is the strength that comes from having navigated through it raise your sail and begin as they say commencement is a funny name for the end of something in this case they filled with friends work and achievements at Roger Williams and the Cabello School it is finally time to raise your sails and begin a new chapter I wish for you fair wins concedes and all of the very best that life has to offer I know in my heart that you will excel as business professionals and as citizens of the world and as you begin a new chapter in your life do not forget the responsibilities that come with the degrees that you are awarded today the world is counting on you not least of all those of us who have shared this educational journey with you and see you off to new horizons today congratulations to this extraordinary resilient GSB class of 2022 we proceed to what everybody is really here for the conferring of academic degrees upon the class of 2022 candidates for the bachelor's degree wear a hood signifying their graduation that degree and permanent connection to Roger Williams and the Roger Williams University community these hoods bear the RWU colors of white and light blue candidates for master's degrees today will be hooded by a member of the school faculty as they process for their degrees the formal hooding of students receiving advanced degrees is a centuries old practice and signifies student achievements in their field of study master students hoods include a wide velvet band in a color denoting the academic area in which their degree is held and sorry but it happens to be draft so we would also like to acknowledge those students who have the distinction of graduating with honors today would all students graduating cum laude with a cumulative grade point average of 3.4 please stand if you are able under cum laude with a cumulative grade point average of 3.6 please stand if you are able not least will students graduating summa cum laude with a cumulative grade point average of 3.8 please stand if you are able commitment to academic excellence are to be commended and we are proud of all of your accomplishments we will now begin the conferral of degrees individual degree recipients will be recognized on stage after i have conferred degrees on all the candidates students will be asked to come forward to the platform by program will candidates for the degrees in the mario jake of belly school of business please rise all of you yes that means those of you that these candidates are eligible for the degrees appropriate to their course of study by virtue of the authority granted by the state of Rhode Island and delegated to the president by the board of trustees we confer upon you the degree to which you are entitled with all the rights and privileges pertaining thereto you can be seated please be seated will candidates for the degree of master of business administration please come forward to the foot of the stage left i asked professor jason oliver coordinator of the mda program and professor of marketing to come to the podium to assist in holding the candidates amanda m Kirkland master of business administration jurist doctor master of business administration samantha francis rose master of business administration master of business anthony m suarez master of business administration ryan michael greeny master of business administration matthew carl chariot master of business administration brian joseph garber master of business administration Dylan Frazier-Booth, master of business administration. Lance Alexander Mitchell, master of business administration Hewlett, master of business administration. Brown Sedano, master of business administration. Devon Khalot Sarazin, master of business administration Florentino M. Fernandes, master of business administration. Timothy Richard Mulane, Master of Business Administration. Nicole Rose Ferrara, Master of Business Administration. Alexandra Elizabeth Lewis, Master of Business Administration. Kayla Leanne Brousseau, Master of Business Administration. Devin Lindsay Smith, Master of Business Administration. Lee Vieira, Master of Business Administration. Alexandra Quadrochi, Master of Business Administration. Jocelyn Elise Nogueira, Master of Business Administration. Brittany M. Wilson, Master of Business Administration. Margaret Rose Crokoff, Bachelor of Science, Economics. Summa Cum Laude, if you'll wait, please. Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts, please come forward. I think you've already come forward so we can skip that part. Okay. There we go. Margaret Rose Crokoff, Bachelor of Science, Economics. Lupita De Los Santos, Bachelor of Science, Marketing. Lily Elizabeth Ramsey, Bachelor of Science, Management. Appenzeller Kanan, degree, Elizabeth Boruch, Bachelor of Science in Economics. Zachary Corey, Bachelor of Science, Finance. Daniel Charles Tocco, Anthony Robert Loyola, Bachelor of Science, Accounting. Connor James Hillemeyer, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Robert Waits, Bachelor of Science, Marketing. Lotharius Aristaris Fultos, Bachelor of Science, Finance. Austin John Hildre, Evgeny Medvedev, Bachelor of Science in Finance. William Atherton Pineo, Marketing. Madison Ashley Santo, Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Liam Lyons Harris, Bachelor of Science in Management. Jack Michael Shannon, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Ann Costello, Bachelor of Science in Management and in Psychology. Candace Marie Kelleher, Bachelor of Science in Management. Dylan Joseph Kovacs, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Nicholas Robert Vivieros, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Julia Rose Dakin, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Jeffrey W. Lyman. Francesca Chioffi, Bachelor of Science in Management. Aubrey Clark, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Harry Shae Pender, Bachelor of Science in Management. Megan Hope Witzak, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Sedane Richards, Bachelor of Science in Management. Tina Faith Gallaghani, Bachelor of Science in Management. Rachel Marissa Cher, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Elena Elizabeth Kozlik, Bachelor of Science in Management. Gabrielle Lilly Ann Kveski, Bachelor of Science in Management. Karlyn Daniel O'Hara, Bachelor of Science in Management. Morgan Elizabeth Reiner, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Maggie O'Rourke, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Maisie Summers-Maver, Bachelor of Science in Management. Griffin Charles LeCoultre, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Timmer John Couture, Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Jasleen Victoria Bordeaux, International Business. Dominic J. de Andrade, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Jackson Thomas Robles, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Olivia Madison Brown, Bachelor of Science in Management. Pierce, Bachelor of Science in Management. Brooke Marie Carlson, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Kaitlyn Ann Mayhem, Danielle Youngcourt, Bachelor of Science in Management. Julia Marie Belevoin, Bachelor of Science in Management. Francesco Capone, Bachelor of Science in Management. Justine Miriam Montseil, Bachelor of Science in Finance and International Relations. Nicole Rhys-Marcella, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Elizabeth Marie Wexler, Bachelor of Science in Management and Mathematics. Austin W. Heiger, Nicholas Catino, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Frances San Clemente. Dylan James Turcott, Bachelor of Science in Management. Emily Marie Morrissey, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. James J. Jarm, Bachelor of Science in International Business. Kada Gonsalves-Charles. Derek Medina Pinto, Phyllis Daniels, Rurlyance Finance. Haley Zamanic, Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Economics. Brett William Boyd, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Jamie Lynn Gafka, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Katherine Elizabeth Porter, Bachelor of Science in Management and Marketing. Renpi Burbage, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Epke Anya Paquette, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Julia Ju Chen-Magedigan, in Marketing and History. Jacqueline Freud, Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Graphic Design Communication. Nathan Daniel Barley, Olivia Storms-McLoughlin, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Ethan Daniel Huller, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Matthew Peliquin, Bachelor of Science in International. Samuel James Wine, Bachelor of Science in International Business. Noah Van Handel, Bachelor of Science in International Business. Daniel Craig Cole, Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Matthew Sohegean, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Robert McCormick, Bachelor of Science in Management. Samuel John Bennett, Bachelor of Science in Management. Bachelor of Science in Management. Wesley Ross Kuehner, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Justin Richard Moore, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Nicholas Edward Welch, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Brendan M. McCullough, Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Jeffrey Santa Maria, Bachelor of Science in Management. Morgan M. Strasbourg, Bachelor of Science in Finance. James Clark, Benjamin David Mussoli, Mia Angeline Camelio. Sidney Ryan Kennedy, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Sidney Mary Papandrea, Bachelor of Science in Management. Lucy Marie Boyden, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Stephanie Ann McLeod, Sarah Murrell Godfrey, Bachelor of Science in Economics. John Betcher, Bachelor of Science in Management. Jacob Joseph Perry, Bachelor of Science in Management. Samuel Jeffrey Figeen, Bachelor of Science in Business. Jacob Samuel Siegel, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Thomas J. Manning, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Michael Robert Green, Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Finance. Sean Moran Gavey, Finance. Nathan Barry Quinn, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Justin Charles Mitchell, Bachelor of Science in Management. Cameron Sven Nelson, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Michael James Wells, Bachelor of Science in Management. Joseph John Joffrey, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Cameron H. Gregg, Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Jared Clark Gregoric, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Benjamin Daniel Zevon, Bachelor of Science in Management. Courtney Lynn Cordero, Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Management. Calca, Bachelor of Science in Black, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Garrett Charles Nolan, Bachelor of Science in Management. Hannah Rose D'Annette, Bachelor of Science in Management. Jessica Lee, Bachelor of Science in Management. Matthew Arion Peggiga, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Michael Lajoie, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. And C. Jackson, Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Leija Zermann, Bachelor of Science in Management. Tyler James Potter, Bachelor of Science in Management. Joseph Scott Potter, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Keith Arthur Smith, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Bachelor of Science in Marketing. John Nolan, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Luke Charles Boeknet, Codax, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Michael LaCroix, Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Mark DeWard Schweitzer IV, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Emma Geraldine Maywall, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Jordan Alyssa, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Vanessa Mae Lovett, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Kylie Shannon Crowe, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Quinn Flynn Wallach, Finance and International Business. Margaret Mae Connelly, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Sarah Ashley Russell, Bachelor of Science in Management. Jessica Giovanna Skeffington, Bachelor of Science in Management. Jacob David Cresora, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Jayden Joseph Polino, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. David Michael McCarty, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Evan T. Economics and Political Science. Jackson Reed Silvestri, Bachelor of Science in Management. Cameron John Fadrofi, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Nicholas D. Querini, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Colin B. McKinney, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Christopher M. Bailey, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Anthony Lombardoni, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Maggie Elizabeth Hickey, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Garrett Martin Goyd, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Anthony Joseph Sapienza, Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance. Thomas Edward Hogan, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. P. Schaefer, Bachelor of Science in Management. Adam Gabriel Harves, Bachelor of Science in Finance. Kyle Paul Davenport, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Sarminto George Buvea, Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Theodore E. Correa, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Austin Felipe Sardina, Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Novian Leonardo Rivera, Bachelor of Science in International Business. Noah Samuel, Bachelor of Business in Foreign Languages. Jeffrey Richard Messina, Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Gene Williamson, Bachelor of Science in Marketing. Congratulations to this incredible class of 2020 of the Gbeleu School of Business. Great job. Thank you, Dean Edward Strong, for reading all those names so well. Appreciate that. At this point in our proceedings, we honor a member of the faculty who has chosen to retire from the university. I ask Professor Susan Bosco to approach the podium. Professor Susan Bosco, you are an exemplar of the teacher-scholar model at the Gbeleu School and at Roger Williams University. In the many years you have served on the faculty of the Department of Management, you have connected research and practice and allowed students to conceptualize real-world issues. Students readily accept the challenges you presented them in your classes and especially cherish the opportunities they were given to partner in research and real-world projects. You have maintained an active and productive research program even while most recently serving the university as Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs. You have also particularly championed the role of women in business and played an important part in helping our students understand how to develop the confidence and skills that they need to succeed. Allegiance of young women from GSB have launched successful careers because of your attention and efforts. You define what being a dedicated professor, administrator and citizen of this university, community and GSB is. Professor Bosco, your extraordinary passion for your discipline, students and colleagues, is inspiring as are all of the very special contributions that you have made to GSB to support curricular development, accreditation and other critical areas. In recognition of your achievements and service to the university and by action of the Board of Trustees, it is my distinct pleasure to recognize you as a Professor of Management Emeritus. You will always have our thanks and best wishes for all that you have accomplished here. Thank you, Dr. Bosco. I've been and continue to be a tireless messenger for the quality of business education offered by the Gebelli School and the experiential education that provides connections between the college experience and the world beyond campus. I am especially proud, I know I've said this before but I don't think I can say it enough, how very proud I am of this class for the learning skill and personal attributes that will enable each of you to impact society in meaningful ways. All of us at Roger Williams University and the faculty at GSB look forward to learning of the ways you have done so. Please keep in touch with us. Don't forget LinkedIn. And come back to visit when you can. GSB will always be home for you. On behalf of the university, thank you all for joining us here today and celebrating these commencement exercises. Please stand and remain in your seats until all members of the recessional including our graduates have exited the tent. I invite everyone to remain after the recessional to visit with school faculty and staff on the lawn behind the tent. Congratulations, enjoy this very special day.