College Graduation
College graduation schedule for R.I.
01:00 AM EDT on Saturday, May 16, 2009
Saturday
Rhode Island College, 9:30 a.m., campus green. Speaker: Anne G. Murphy, RIC graduate and president of Linkages.
Bryant University, 10 a.m., main tent adjacent to Bryant Center. Speaker: Larry Lucchino, Boston Red Sox president and CEO.
Sunday
University of Rhode Island, 12:30 p.m., Kingston quadrangle. Speaker: outgoing URI President Robert L. Carothers.
Providence College, 11 a.m., Dunkin’ Donuts Center. Speaker: Martin J. Doblmeier, documentary filmmaker and PC graduate
Salve Regina University, 11 a.m., oceanside tent behind McAuley Hall. Speaker: Bruce M. Selya, a senior judge on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
May 23
Johnson & Wales University, Hospitality and Culinary Arts colleges, 8:45 a.m., Dunkin’ Donuts Center. Speaker: Robert H. Castellini, chairman of Castellini Management Co. of Cincinnati. College of Business and School of Technology, 2:45 p.m., Dunkin’ Donuts Center. Speaker: Dana H. Gaebe, senior partner, Gaebe & Kezirian of Providence.
Roger Williams University, 10 a.m., main athletic field. Speaker: Joan Countryman, former head of the Lincoln School and former interim head of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.
May 24
Brown University, 12:45 a.m., college green. Speaker: journalist Fareed Zakaria will deliver the baccalaureate address on May 23.
May 30
Rhode Island School of Design, 10 a.m., at South Water and Power streets. Speaker: Sir Ken Robinson, writer and advocate for creativity, education and the arts.
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