{"id":8710,"date":"2019-03-29T16:12:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T20:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=8710"},"modified":"2019-05-17T15:12:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T19:12:11","slug":"speakers-and-honored-guests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/y2019\/speakers-and-honored-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers and Honored Guests"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2019 Honorary Degree Recipients<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/shg2019\/patrick-kennedy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Patrick-Kennedy-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Patrick Kennedy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Patrick-Kennedy-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Patrick-Kennedy-364x455.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Patrick-Kennedy-500x625.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Patrick-Kennedy.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/shg2019\/patrick-kennedy\/\">Patrick Kennedy<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><em>Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa<\/em><br \/>\r\n<strong>Undergraduate Commencement Speaker<\/strong><br \/><br \/>\r\nFormer Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy, who led the fight for health insurance parity for those with mental health and substance use disorders, will be the speaker at the University of Rhode Island\u2019s 133rd Commencement, Sunday, May 19.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/shg2019\/edward-avedisian\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Edward-Avedisian-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Edward Avedisian\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Edward-Avedisian-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Edward-Avedisian-364x455.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Edward-Avedisian-500x625.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Edward-Avedisian.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/shg2019\/edward-avedisian\/\">Edward Avedisian<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><em>Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa<\/em><br \/><br \/>\r\n\r\nThe son of Armenian Genocide survivors, Edward Avedisian grew up in an immigrant neighborhood in Pawtucket and graduated from the city\u2019s public schools. He was a clarinetist with the Boston Pops for 35 years and the Boston Ballet Orchestra for more than 40.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/shg2019\/margaret-brandon\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Margaret-Brandon-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Margaret Brandon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Margaret-Brandon-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Margaret-Brandon-364x455.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Margaret-Brandon-500x625.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Margaret-Brandon.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/shg2019\/margaret-brandon\/\">Margaret Brandon \u201980, M.M.A. \u201997<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><em>Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa<\/em><br \/><br \/>\r\n\r\nMargaret \u201cPeg\u201d Brandon, president of Sea Education Association (SEA) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, first went to sea with SEA\u2019s flagship study abroad program, SEA Semester, as a URI undergraduate student.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/shg2019\/john-grandin\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/JohnGrandin-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"John Grandin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/JohnGrandin-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/JohnGrandin-364x455.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/JohnGrandin-500x625.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/JohnGrandin.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/shg2019\/john-grandin\/\">John Grandin<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><em>Doctor of Engineering, Honoris Causa<\/em><br \/><br \/>\r\n\r\nJohn M. Grandin is founding director of the International Engineering Program (IEP) and professor emeritus of German. The IEP is one of the first global engineering programs in the nation, and one of the few that educates truly bilingual engineers. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/shg2019\/lynn-pasquerella\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Lynn-Pasquerella-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lynn Pasquerella\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Lynn-Pasquerella-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Lynn-Pasquerella-364x455.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Lynn-Pasquerella-500x625.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Lynn-Pasquerella.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/shg2019\/lynn-pasquerella\/\">Lynn Pasquerella<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><em>Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa<\/em><br \/><br \/>\r\nLynn C. Pasquerella is president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate liberal education. \r\n<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Graduate Ceremony Speaker<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-graduate-commencement-2019-behavior-change-pioneer-to-address-graduate-degree-recipients-may-18\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/James-Prochaska-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/James-Prochaska-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/James-Prochaska-364x455.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/James-Prochaska.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-graduate-commencement-2019-behavior-change-pioneer-to-address-graduate-degree-recipients-may-18\/\">James Prochaska<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"> James O. Prochaska, Ph.D., world-renowned professor of clinical psychology and leading expert on behavior change and population health, will address the University of Rhode Island\u2019s Graduate Commencement on Saturday, May 18, at 9 a.m. at the Ryan Center.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Student Speakers<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/commencement-2019-west-warwick-resident-chosen-to-give-student-address-at-uris-graduate-commencement\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Nick-Constant-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Nick-Constant-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Nick-Constant-364x455.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Nick-Constant.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/commencement-2019-west-warwick-resident-chosen-to-give-student-address-at-uris-graduate-commencement\/\">Nick Constant<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><strong>Graduate Student Speaker<\/strong><br \/>\r\nNick Constant, who will earn a doctoral degree in electrical engineering from URI in 2021, will be the student speaker for the Graduate Commencement Ceremony, Saturday, May 18 at 12:30 p.m. at the Ryan Center.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-commencement-2019-student-speaker-to-bring-his-rhody-spirit-optimism-to-stage\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Stephen-DAloisio-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Stephen D&#039;Aloisio\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Stephen-DAloisio-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Stephen-DAloisio-364x455.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1303\/Stephen-DAloisio.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-commencement-2019-student-speaker-to-bring-his-rhody-spirit-optimism-to-stage\/\">Stephen D&#8217;Aloisio<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><strong>Undergraduate Student Speaker<\/strong><br \/>\r\nGraduating senior Stephen D'Aloisio of Lincoln, RI, will address the University\u2019s 133rd Commencement on May 19 as the student speaker. The Student Senate chose D\u2019Aloisio, a communication studies major, to address the crowd of 15,000 gathered that Sunday on the Quadrangle.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2019 Honorary Degree Recipients Graduate Ceremony Speaker Student Speakers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":7777,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8710","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8710"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10018,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8710\/revisions\/10018"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}