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From YouTube: Umass Boston Fall Convocation 2019
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Mayor Walsh helps to kick off the academic year at UMass Boston as the principal speaker at their Fall Convocation.
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A
A
D
Thank
you
to
the
UMass
Boston
Chamber
Singers,
and
to
David
G,
so
the
conductor
for
that
very
special
rendition
of
the
national
anthem
and
thank
you
to
the
UMass
Boston
Police
Department
honor
guard.
We
appreciate
all
that
you
and
your
colleagues
do
to
keep
our
campus
safe
and
we're
proud
to
have
you
here.
Welcome
to
the
academic
year,
2019
2020
convocation
ceremony
of
the
University
of
Massachusetts
Boston
I,
now
have
the
pleasure
of
introducing
in
term
Chancellor
Catherine
Newman.
E
Our
esteemed
guest
of
honor,
mayor
Martin,
J
Walsh,
will
be
joining
us
a
little
bit
later,
but
I
do
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
being
here
as
part
of
this
celebration
of
the
official
opening
of
the
2019
20
academic
year
here
at
UMass,
Boston
I
now
have
the
great
pleasure
of
introducing
our
representative
from
the
board
of
trustees
Mary
burns.
Please
welcome
trustee
burns.
F
Thank
You
Chancellor,
Newman
Matt
may
I
offer
a
big
welcome
to
all
of
you
and
a
personal.
Thank
you
to
you
for
all
that
you
do
for
you,
the
University
of
Massachusetts
Boston.
We
appreciate
your
support.
It's
my
honor
to
welcome
you
here
today
to
today's
celebration
and
bring
you
greetings
on
behalf
of
the
University
of
Massachusetts
Board
of
Trustees,
the
UMass
Board
of
Trustees,
which
includes
to
UMass
Boston
alumni
and
student
trustee.
Koosh
Patel
believes
in
the
transformative
power
of
public
higher
education.
We
believe
in
the
University
of
Massachusetts.
F
F
We
believe
in
the
ability
of
Chancellor
Newman
the
incredible
UMass
Boston
faculty,
the
dedicated
staff
and
the
talented
and
hardworking
students
to
continue
this
University's
trajectory
of
excellence
and
research,
innovation,
teaching
and
scholarship
and,
as
chair
of
the
UMass
Board
of
Trustees
advancement
committee,
I
want
to
offer
special
congratulations
to
you.
Chancellor
Newman
and
device
Chancellor
Adam
wise
on
a
record-breaking
year
of
fundraising.
Gifts
to
this
campus.
F
It
shows
what
we
all
know,
and
that
is
UMass
Boston,
is
on
the
move.
Thank
you
to
all
of
you
again
who
make
this
University
of
Massachusetts
Boston
and
the
entire
system.
A
world-class
public
research
university
in
congratulations
on
the
start
of
a
new
academic
year
have
a
great
year
study
had
to
have
some
fun
support,
each
other
support,
UMass,
Boston
and
finally,
let's
go
beacons.
Thank
you.
E
Thank
you
so
much
trustee
burns
for
your
steadfast
commitment
to
this
campus
and
for
the
support
you
provide
us
well
following
the
traditions
of
convocations
past
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
recognize
the
winner
of
the
2019
john
w
ryan
award.
This
is
an
award
bestowed
annually
on
the
jr
with
the
highest
grade
point
average
at
the
university.
It's
named
for
the
very
first
Chancellor
of
the
University
of
Massachusetts
Boston
and
the
Ryan
award
commemorates
our
first
convocation
and
celebrates
excellence
in
our
student
body.
E
E
Just
wait
till
you
hear
what
Allah
has
done
to
earn
that
applause.
She
has
compiled
an
absolutely
stellar
record,
a
cumulative
grade
point
average
of
4.0.
She
has
earned
a
place
on
the
Dean's
List
for
four
consecutive
semesters.
Her
wa
is
a
graduate
of
Barnstable
high
school
and
a
member
of
the
honors
college,
where
she's
studying
biology
in
the
College
of
Science
and
Mathematics.
Her
wa
is
considering
a
career
in
medicine
and
toward
that
goal
participated
in
the
summer
program
to
advance
research
careers
at
the
dana-farber
Cancer
Center.
E
She
has
participated
in
a
number
of
educational
outreach
programs,
such
as
the
all
newer
International
Institute
for
Islamic
studies.
She
is
a
member
of
the
National
Honor
Society,
the
neuroscience
Club
and
the
Muslim
Students
Association,
all
organizations
that
value
community
building
for
the
support
of
educational
advancement.
We
are
intensely
proud
of
you
or
WA
and
very
happy
to
bestow
on
you
the
2019
Ryan
award.
Congratulations.
E
E
A
UMass,
Boston
physics,
major
and
honors
college
student
Joseph
is
a
member
of
the
Harvard
astrophysics
team
that
won
the
2019
breakthrough
prize
in
physics
sometimes
referred
to
as
the
second
Nobel
Joseph.
The
only
other
scientist
that
I
know
personally,
who
won
the
breakthrough
prize,
is
now
a
senior
faculty
member
at
Stanford.
So
now
you
know
you
have
an
extraordinary
future
ahead
of
you.
E
The
2019
prize
was
awarded
to
the
Harvard
team
for
their
work
photographing
the
very
first
image
of
a
black
hole,
thus
confirming
empirically
what
was
previously
something
of
a
theoretical
construct
absorbed,
mainly
for
its
indirect
effects
to
see
that
glorious,
halo,
millions
of
light
years
away
was
an
amazing
sight
for
the
entire
world
and
I'm
very
proud.
To
note
that
Joseph
was
the
only
the
only
undergraduate
student
on
that
scientific
team
which
numbered
347
people.
E
This
past
spring
Joseph
was
one
of
the
four
hundred
ninety
six
individuals
nationwide
to
receive
a
Barry
M
Goldwater
scholarship,
the
preeminent
award
for
undergraduates
in
the
sciences,
engineering
and
mathematics.
More
than
5000
undergraduate
stem
students
applied
for
that
scholarship
for
this
academic
year
Joseph.
We
are
incredibly
proud
of
your
work.
E
D
Bob
chin
is
the
new
interim
dean
of
the
School
for
the
environment.
He
has
been
a
faculty
member
here
for
the
past
27
years.
His
research
focuses
on
transdisciplinary
problems
involving
coasts
and
communities,
and
he
has
served
as
the
principal
investigator
on
more
than
35
million
dollars
in
grants.
Bob
uses
student-centered
instruction,
small
group,
peer
learning,
live
polling
and
collaborative
assessment
to
engage
the
482
students
in
his
introduction
to
environmental
sciences
course.
Thank
you
for
taking
on
the
challenging
role
of
Dean.
D
And
next
to
him,
Robin
Cote,
please
Stan,
Robin
Cote
is
the
new
dean
of
the
College
of
Science
and
Mathematics.
He
comes
to
us
from
the
University
of
Connecticut,
where
he
served
as
the
associate
dean
for
the
division
of
physical
sciences
in
the
College
of
Liberal,
Arts
and
Sciences
and
oversaw
graduate
studies.
His
research
interests
include
ultracold
physics
and
chemistry,
quantum
information,
science
and
mesoscopic
systems.
A
prodigious
scholar,
Robin,
has
136
publications
with
more
than
eight
thousand
citations.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
you
over
the
years.
D
We
are
also
very
very
pleased
to
welcome
20
new
tenure-track
faculty
colleagues
recruited
to
the
campus
this
academic
year
through
national
searches.
I
would
like
to
take
a
moment
to
ask
their
respective
Dean's
to
come
forward
and
introduce
these
new
faculty
to
you
faculty.
As
your
name
is
announced,
please
rise
to
be
recognized
if
your
present
and
able
Dean
Banda
put
the
I
I
invite
you
to
the
podium
to
begin
the
introductions.
G
G
Is
an
assistant
professor
in
management
in
our
College?
He
is
originally
from
Ohio
and
earned
his
MBA
from
Yale
and
his
PhD
from
the
University
of
Michigan
prior
to
earning
his
PhD.
He
worked
in
the
financial
industry.
He
is
an
expert
on
work
organizations,
entrepreneurship
and
organizational
design.
Teddy
has
done
extensive
research
on
the
way
financialization
can
alter
the
structure
of
organizations
and
how
teams
and
organizations
make
sense
of
and
respond
to
rapidly
changing
environments.
Welcome.
G
Sylvia
Sylvia
I
know
is,
is
not
here.
She
is
finishing
off
a
responsibilities
elsewhere
in
the
fall
and
will
join
us
in
spring
Sylvia.
Dorado,
panic,
Luce
is
an
associate
professor
of
management.
She
earned
an
MA
from
MIT
and
a
PhD
from
McGill
University.
Most
recently
she
was
an
associate
professor
at
the
University
of
Rhode
Island
and
prior
to
this
role,
she
worked
as
an
assistant
professor
at
UMass
Boston
teaching,
both
undergraduate
and
graduate
graduate
students
courses
such
as
strategy,
entrepreneurship,
business
and
society
and
ethics.
G
G
Matt
rockledge
matt
is
also
not
able
to
join
us
this
morning.
Matt
is
an
assistant
professor
of
marketing.
He
is
originally
from
South
Dakota
and
earned
his
MA
and
PhD
from
the
Ohio
State
University
he's
an
expert
on
social
influence
and
pursue
it.
Persuasion,
big
data
and
word
of
mouth.
He
has
been
awarded
the
2017
postdoctoral
professional
development,
travel
award
from
Northwestern
University
and
has
done
expect
extensive
research
on
weighing
positive
versus
negative
information.
G
H
Good
morning,
I'm
Joseph
Berger
I'm,
the
Dean
of
the
College
of
Education
in
in
human
development
and
I'm
pleased
to
announce
three
outstanding
new
faculty
members
in
our
College.
Dr.
Joseph
Cooper
joins
us
as
the
inaugural
Jay
Keith
motley
endowed
chair
of
sport,
leadership
and
administration
prior
to
arriving
here
at
UMass
Boston.
He
served
as
an
associate
professor
at
the
University
of
Connecticut,
and
his
research
agenda
focuses
on
the
intersection
between
sport,
education,
race
and
culture,
with
an
emphasis
on
sport.
Involvement
as
a
catalyst
for
holistic
development.
Welcome,
Joseph.
H
Dr.
Christopher
Martel
is
an
assistant
professor
of
social
studies,
education
in
the
Department
of
curriculum
and
instruction
before
joining
us
here
at
UMass
Boston.
He
was
a
clinical
associate
professor
at
Boston
University.
His
research
and
professional
interests
focus
on
teacher
development
across
the
career
span,
and
he
is
particularly
interested
in
social
studies,
teachers
in
urban
and
multicultural
context
and
how
they
use
culturally,
sustaining
pedagogy
historical
inquiry
and
focus
on
social
justice.
Welcome
Kristin,.
H
Dr.
Carrie
Wilkins
yell
is
an
assistant
professor
of
counseling
psychology.
Her
research
broadly
focuses
on
promoting
academic
performance
and
career
advancement
among
women
in
individuals
from
from
communities
of
color.
She
joins
us
after
serving
three
years
as
an
assistant
professor
at
at
Indiana
University
welcome.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
Good
morning,
I'm
David
cash
I'm,
the
Dean
of
the
John
W
McCormick
graduate
school
of
policy
and
global
studies
I'm
pleased
to
introduce
our
new
faculty
member
at
the
McCormick
Graduate
School,
professor
John
song,
I'm,
not
sure
I
saw
professor
song
here.
Excellent
dr.
song,
dr.
song,
is
a
gerontologist
and
demographer
who's
interested
in
exploring
the
social
determinants
of
health.
Her
work
takes
a
life
course
approach
and
examines
how
early
life
experience,
such
as
migration
and
job
loss
intersects
with
family
life
course
to
shape
health
disparities
in
later
life.
Welcome
professor
song.
J
My
name
is
Bob
Chen
I'm,
the
interim
dean
of
the
school
for
the
environment
and
I'm
pleased
to
introduce
the
following
two
faculty:
Elizabeth
L
sweet
Betsy
is
an
internationally
recognized
urban
planning
scholar
who
examines
the
role
that
race
class
and
gender
play
in
shaping
our
increasingly
uneven
patterns
of
metropolitan
development.
She
will
occupy
a
joint
appointment
in
the
school
for
the
environment,
urban
planning
and
community
of
Eleanor
Program
and
the
College
of
Liberal
Arts
Africana
Studies
program
welcome
Betsy.
J
Dr.
Karen
Johannessen
is
finishing
up
at
Tulane:
University
will
join
us
in
January
is
a
hydro
geochemist
with
expertise
in
the
chemical
speciation
of
potentially
toxic
trace
elements
and
their
biogeochemical
cycling
in
the
environment.
She
was
awarded
the
Claire
C
Patterson
medal
by
the
geochemical
Society
is
the
co
editor-in-chief
of
chemical
geology,
has
published
over
90
peer-reviewed
journal
articles
and
has
raised
over
4.6
million
dollars
in
federal
funding
among
other
accolades,
and
we
welcome
her
in
January.
K
Good
morning
my
name
is
Robin
Kottayam,
the
Dean
of
the
College
of
Science
and
Mathematics
I
would
like
to
welcome
two
new
faculty
in
our
College.
The
first
one
is
funda
funda
durapan,
our
Bob
or
Franz.
It
correctly
I
assumed,
fund
I
joined
the
department
of
computer
science
as
an
assistant
professor,
her
research
links,
computer
graphics,
artificial
intelligence
and
psychology.
K
K
Our
second,
a
new
assistant
professor,
is
Daniel
Han
danielle
daniel
also
joined
the
computer
science
department.
As
an
assistant
professor,
he
studies,
two
types
of
neural
networks.
Actually
one
is
to
understand
brain
brain
connectivity
and
the
other
one
to
understand
computational
intelligence
he
received
his
pH
is
PhD
from
Harvard
University
and
before
that
he
was
a
researcher
at
the
Boston
Children's
Hospital
news
of
Pennsylvania
bring
em
bring
em
in
Women's,
Hospital
and
Apple.
Welcome.
L
Daniella
Bowen
Zatoichi
is,
and
it's
there,
you
are
his
an
assistant
professor
in
the
anthropology
department,
specializing
in
the
African
Diaspora
of
Latin
America,
as
well
as
the
history
of
slavery
and
racial
thinking
in
that
region.
She
recently
received
her
PhD
in
archaeology,
from
Simon
Fraser
University.
L
L
Dénia
Francis
his
an
assistant
professor
in
the
economics
department,
specializing
in
areas
of
labor
economics
involving
gender
and
race
bias,
as
well
as
the
economics
of
reparations.
We
stole
her
from
UMass
Amherst,
where
she
was
an
assistant,
an
assistant
professor
of
economics,
in
afro-american
studies,
and
she
received
her
PhD
in
public
policy
from
Duke
University.
L
L
Devon
Autolog
is
teaching
I
think
is
an
assistant
professor
in
the
psychology
department
specializing
in
policies
to
deal
with
trauma
in
the
school
system
and
the
study
of
intergenerational
trauma
and
resilience
processes.
He
comes
to
us
from
Boston
University,
but
I
want
to
particularly
note
that
he
received
his
PhD
in
clinical
psychology
from
us
here
at
UMD.
L
Nicholas
Djurovic
is
an
assistant
professor
in
history
and
Labor
Studies,
specializing
in
community-based
education
and
schools,
public
history
and
a
variety
of
labor
issues.
He
comes
to
us
from
a
postdoctoral
position,
funded
by
the
mellon
Foundation
and
received
his
PhD
in
history
from
Columbia
University.
L
L
D
Thank
you
to
the
deans
for
introducing
this
spectacular
new
crowd
of
faculty
colleagues.
I
can't
say
enough
about
the
people
we've
managed
to
crew
to
recruit
this
year.
It's
been
a
bumper
year
and
we're
all
incredibly
excited
about
it
before
we
go
any
further.
I
want
to
offer
special
recognition
of
the
members
of
our
teaching
faculty,
those
colleagues
in
the
ranks
of
lecturers,
senior
lecturer
and
associate
lecturer,
who
do
so
much
to
enhance
the
educational
experience
of
our
students
and
contribute
to
the
scholarly
portfolio
of
the
University
as
well.
D
Ensuring
that
the
university
builds
intellectual
strength
every
year
is
an
important
mission.
There
is
no
better
way
to
reach
that
goal
than
to
bring
new
voices
on
to
the
faculty
and
continue
to
have
them
speak
throughout
the
years.
Chancellor,
newman,
I
invite
you
back
to
the
podium
to
offer
your
remarks
to
the
community.
E
60%
of
our
students
are
the
first
in
their
families
to
attend
college,
which
means
that
we
have
a
special
responsibility
here
to
support
them
in
their
quest
for
a
better
life.
Many
of
them
will
leave
us
with
a
degree
in
hand
that
enables
them
to
join
caring
professions
like
nursing,
teaching
or
gerontology
technical
fields
like
chemistry,
economics
or
finance,
with
advanced
expertise
in
public
policy
or
conflict
resolution
foundational
knowledge
in
the
liberal
arts
that
will
make
them
indispensable
to
any
number
of
professions.
E
All
of
these
pursuits
will
position
our
students
to
make
their
way
in
a
world
that
increasingly
values
knowledge,
but
the
world
out
there
also
values
something
else
that
is
at
the
heart
of
inequality
in
our
economy.
Personal
connections
are
what
social
scientists
call
social
capital.
Opening
the
doors
to
the
professions
requires
more
than
knowledge
and
more
than
training.
It
involves
knowing
the
right
people
who
can
wedge
those
doors
open
to
level
that
playing
field
requires
an
institutional
investment
and
we
are
looking
to
make
one
in
a
program.
We
hope
to
launch
this
year.
E
We're
going
to
call
pace,
professional
apprenticeship
and
career
enhancement
pace
will
have
two
major
parts.
The
first
involves
on-campus
apprenticeships,
especially
for
first
and
second
year,
undergraduate
students
who
will
be
attached
to
volunteers
on
among
our
staff,
who
will
enable
them
to
gather
supervised,
work,
experience
in
fields
like
information,
technology,
finance,
theater,
communications,
Health,
Professions
and
many
others,
because
we
have
the
capacity
to
provide
paid
work,
experience
that
exposes
our
students
to
ever
more
complex
projects.
E
Industry
clusters
are
collections
of
employers
who
share
a
common
labor
market.
We
hope
to
have
20
of
these
clusters
in
time
and
thus
far
have
convened
three
of
them
in
finance,
accounting
and
communications
last
semester,
for
others
we'll
be
meeting
for
the
first
time
this
semester,
social
services
and
criminal
justice
this
afternoon.
Actually
cyber
security,
computer
and
data
science
and
banking
and
for
additional
clusters
will
be
meeting
this
spring.
E
The
CEOs
and
vice
presidents
from
these
firms
coming
to
our
campus,
are
coming
often
for
the
very
first
time
and
they
are
impressed
with
what
they
see
in
our
students
and
faculty.
In
fact,
a
number
of
them
have
hired
straight
out
of
their
first
visit.
A
number
of
our
students
are
already
working
in
the
firms
that
came
to
visit
us
through
this
program.
In
the
future,
they
will
be
able
to
choose
from
among
students
who
have
extensive
professional
experience
on
campus
in
our
apprenticeship
programs,
as
complements
to
their
academic
background.
E
This
combination,
we
think,
will
prove
to
be
a
winning
one,
a
kind
public
education
competitor
to
the
model,
Northeastern
University
pioneered
with
its
co-op
model.
The
time
has
come
for
a
major
public
university
to
develop
its
own
form,
a
professional
experiential
education
as
a
complement
to
what
our
students
learn.
That
is
so
vital
in
the
classroom.
E
If
we
can
do
this
on
campus
and
help
our
working
students,
which
is
most
of
our
students,
gain
professional
experience
in
ways
that
lessen
the
burdens
of
commuting,
we
will
all
be
so
much
the
better
another
way
in
which
we
hope
to
improve
the
student
experience,
and
indeed
the
experience
of
all
of
us
is
to
create
a
more
beautiful
campus
on
the
screens
on
either
side
of
me.
You
will
see
drawings
of
the
green
spaces
and
community
amenities
that
will
take
the
place
of
the
broken
sub
structure.
E
We
have
already
started
this
project
because
we
have
been
emptying
out
the
science
building
and
are
preparing
to
recreate
the
catwalk,
but
by
December
of
2021.
This
beautiful
landscape,
with
its
picnic
groves
and
basketball
court
open
lawns
and
intimate
groves
of
trees
will
look
out
onto
the
water
toward
our
neighbors
at
the
Kennedy
Library
and
the
Edward
M
Kennedy
Institute
last
year.
E
At
this
time,
I
promised
the
convocation
that
we
would
embark
on
a
restoration
of
the
calf
pasture
pump
house
right
now
that
magnificent
historical
structure
we
should
have
do
we
have
a
picture
of
it.
I
thought
we
had
a
picture
of
it.
Well,
those
of
you,
you
know
where
it
is
that
magnificent
historical
structure,
the
oldest
building
on
Columbia
Point,
is
a
ruin
with
trees
poking
out
of
the
window
frames
and
water
damage
in
the
interior.
That
has
caused
the
structure
to
be
placed
on
the
list
of
the
most
endangered
historic
buildings
in
Massachusetts.
E
Happily,
the
Board
of
Trustees
has
now
authorized
the
UMass
building
Authority
to
solicit
proposals
for
the
restoration
of
the
pump
house
and
the
development
of
the
land
immediately
around
it,
which
we
hope
will
come
to
include,
perhaps
a
pub
a
restaurant,
some
additional
housing
and
an
environmentally
responsible
landscape
around
it.
It
will
take
some
time
for
this
to
come
to
fruition,
especially
because
the
campus
will
not
be
borrowing
a
dime
to
support
this
project,
but
when
it's
done,
the
combination
of
the
pump
house
project
and
the
new
quad
will
create
a
21st
century
waterfront
campus.
E
All
of
these
changes
will
complement
what
is
sure
to
be
the
most
dramatic
transformation
of
Columbia
Point,
the
Bayside
development,
the
site
of
a
defunct
Expo
Center
Bayside
is
now
poised
to
welcome
new
companies
that
will
find
research
labs
on
our
campus
and
student
interns
willing
and
able
to
partner
with
them.
Accordian
errs
the
developer
of
the
project
will
be
meeting
shortly
with
colleagues
from
the
school
for
the
environment,
who
are
experts
in
climate
change,
Harbor
conservation
and
land
use
policy
to
exchange
insights
about
the
protection
and
responsible
development
of
the
land.
E
E
By
the
end
of
this
semester,
we
will
have
applied
to
host
the
Boston
regional,
small
development,
business
development
center
and
the
minority
Small
Business
Development
Center.
And
if
we
win
this
competition,
we
will
be
in
a
position
to
assist
the
family-owned
firms
and
other
businesses
of
Dorchester,
Roxbury
and
Matapan
claim
a
piece
of
the
action
at
Bayside.
That
would
be
my
dream
come
true.
E
Many
more
people
are
likely
to
enjoy
it
as
well.
If
we're
successful
in
that
bid
in
collaboration
with
all
of
our
partners
here
at
the
on
the
point
for
another
project
to
see
the
Fallon
pier,
which
is
the
pier
that
sticks
out
into
the
water
just
behind
the
JFK
Library,
become
a
regular
stop
on
the
harbour
ferry
system
linking
downtown
Boston
to
Quincy,
we're
in
the
process
of
evaluating
what
kind
of
investment
would
be
needed
and
where
we
could
find
the
grants
to
support
a
reconstruction
of
the
pier.
E
But
if
it
happens,
our
campus
and
all
the
cultural
institutions
around
us
will
become
places
that
visitors
can
access
by
the
water
and
that
students
can
commute
to
on
ferry
boats.
It
would
enable
us
to
host
visitors
from
far
and
wide
for
weekend,
music,
festivals
and
movie
nights
out
on
that
new
central
quad.
As
a
public
institution,
we
should
welcome
more
citizens.
E
Let
them
see
what
we
see
this
beautiful
campus,
this
most
gorgeous
waterfront
campus.
All
of
this
all
of
this,
my
friends,
is
good
news,
but
it
comes
alongside
some
sobering
truths
that
we
can't
avoid.
We
are
still
challenged
financially
and
we
will
have
to
work
very
hard
to
make
sure
the
campus
meets
its
fiscal
targets
set
by
our
trustees
for
a
balanced
budget
within
the
next
few
weeks.
I
will
be
organizing
a
conversation
for
staff
faculty
and
students
on
the
impact
of
these
budget
constraints.
E
This
session
will
either
be
held
a
town
hall
or
on
October
23rd
at
a
separate
gathering.
We
will
work
with
our
union
leaders
on
the
very
best
date
for
that
gathering
and
will
share
that
information
with
you
once
it's
confirmed
alongside
president
men
and
my
fellow
Chancellor's,
we
will
continue
to
argue
to
press
for
additional
investment
by
the
legislature
in
our
campus
and
for
investment
by
the
federal
government
in
infrastructure.
That
would
help
us
defray
some
of
the
costs
we
are
having
to
shoulder
right
now
ourselves.
E
E
Thank
You
powers
well
now
for
a
little,
lighter
entertainment.
I
have
the
pleasure
of
introducing
the
UMass
Boston
Chamber
Singers,
directed
by
David
Cassell
senior
lecturer
from
the
music
department
in
the
College
of
Liberal
Arts.
Please
remain
seated
and
enjoy
the
music,
while
students
from
several
classes
join
us
to
hear
from
our
distinguished
guest
speakers
who
I
will
introduce
shortly
Chamber
Singers.
A
M
M
So
here
you
see
the
Chamber
Singers
for
fall,
2019
and
I
put
their
names
and
majors
up
on
the
screen.
You
can
see
that
almost
all
the
colleges
are
represented.
14
singers
are
from
the
College
of
Liberal
Arts
liberal
arts
11
our
music
majors
six
are
in
the
Honors
College
two
are
double
majors
in
addition
to
their
Honors
College
requirements.
What
you
can't
see
from
the
list
is
that
ten
of
the
students
are
new
to
Chamber
Singers
this
term,
and
only
eight
students
are
returning
seasoned
Chamber
Singers.
M
So
when
I
was
asked,
if
the
Chamber
Singers
could
perform
at
Fall,
Convocation
I
was
asked
in
the
middle
of
August
I
thought
to
myself.
I
have
no
idea.
There
are
only
eight
students
registered
for
the
class,
which
means
that
might
be
cut
for
low
and
roll
enrollment,
but
we
will
audition
new
singers
at
the
end
of
August
and
during
the
first
week
of
classes,
and
we've
always
had
about
20
singers
in
the
group
each
semester,
so
I
said,
of
course
we
can
sing
at
Fall
Convocation
at
the
end
of
August.
M
I
learned
that
mayor
Walsh
would
be
the
guest
speaker
at
Fall,
Convocation
and
I
thought
of
just
the
right
pieces
to
preface
his
address.
Since
his
Paris
parents
were
both
Irish
Catholic
immigrants,
I
thought
we
could
sing
a
couple
of
Irish
blessings,
one
you've
heard
already
and
because
we
are
a
nation
of
immigrants,
proud
of
the
diversity
of
our
campus
and
the
City
of
Boston,
and
many
at
UMass.
Boston
are
proud
of
the
stance
that
mayor
Walsh
has
taken
on
creating
a
sanctuary
city
in
Boston.
N
N
M
And
and
now
I
have
to
let
you
know:
I've
been
on
a
mission
to
teach
everyone,
the
UMass,
Boston
alma
mater.
So
at
the
end
of
the
next
commencement
at
the
end
of
the
ceremony,
we
always
hear
the
words
please
stand
and
join
in
singing
the
alma
mater
and
I.
Look
out
and
I,
don't
see
many
people
singing
so
we're
gonna
practice
it
right
now.
I
want
you
to
all
stand
and
join
us
in
singing
the
alma
mater
there's,
it's
no
fault
harmony.
If
you
sing
a
note,
it
doesn't
sound
right,
that's,
okay!
M
A
M
E
I
think
we'll
save
that
for
later
before
we
go
on
with
the
program.
I
can't
help,
but
want
to
ask
you
all
a
question
inspired
by
the
Chamber
Singers
rendition
of
the
Emma
Emma
Lazarus
credo.
If
you
are
yourself
an
immigrant,
if
you
are
the
child
of
an
immigrant
or
the
grandchild
of
an
immigrant
I,
want
you
to
raise
your
hand,
including
the
people
on
the
platform
party.
E
We
have
a
new
element
of
convocation
this
year
that
involves
the
recognition
of
a
special
member
of
our
alumni
community.
It
will
be
reserved
going
forward
to
introduce
you
to
people
who
have
made
a
significant
contribution
to
the
improvement
of
the
university
after
they
graduated.
It
is
a
distinct
pleasure
for
me
to
introduce
you
to
the
first
of
these
alumni
to
be
recognized.
E
Lita
Guerrero.
She
is
a
truly
remarkable
woman
who
only
just
a
few
years
ago,
was
just
like
the
undergraduates
in
the
audience
today
and
before
I
bring
her
to
the
podium
I'm
going
to
ask
her
extraordinary
family,
including
her
amazing
pistol
of
a
daughter,
to
stand
up
and
be
recognized,
Lita
spin,
something.
E
We
expect
to
see
you
young
lady
talita
graduated
from
the
college
of
management
in
2015
and
only
a
few
short
years
later,
founded
her
own
company
right
key
mortgage,
a
lender
who
provides
loans
to
homeowners
in
several
states.
While
a
student
here,
she
was
the
recipient
of
the
Charles
J
Hoff
leadership,
scholarship,
which
she
received
from
one
of
the
university's
most
generous
benefactors,
Charlie
Hoff
talita
made
the
most
of
Charlie's
support
and
in
recognition
of
what
he
enabled
her
to
accomplish,
returned
the
favor
to
the
university.
E
O
Hi
guys
wow,
it's
so
awesome
to
be
back
here.
Thank
you.
It's
truly
a
privilege
and
I
think
UMass
for
this
opportunity
to
be
able
to
tell
my
story.
You
know
I
was
sitting
just
like
a
lot
of
you
a
few
years
ago
at
this
very
campus,
nervous,
very
nervous.
To
start
my
undergraduate
career
and
but
I
was
excited
and
I
was
excited
because
I
had
a
big.
Why,
in
an
either
bigger
dream,
just
like
a
lot
of
you
I
think
a
lot
of
you.
Students
are
here
today
because
you
have
a
dream
right.
O
I
came
here
at
12
years
old,
I'm,
originally
from
Brazil
I
emigrated.
Here
with
my
parents,
we
didn't
speak
a
word
of
English,
so
assimilating
here
was
extremely
difficult
without
English,
as
you
know,
there's
not
a
lot
of
high
paying
jobs.
We
were
undocumented,
so
my
parents
worked
two
to
three
jobs
just
to
make
ends
meet.
It
was
difficult
at
the
time,
but
we
got
through
it.
As
my
parents
were
busy
working,
we
didn't
have
much
supervision
and
therefore
we
lost
focus.
O
You
know
just
fell
through
the
cracks
and
didn't
focus
in
school
and
at
15
years
old
I
found
out.
I
was
expecting
a
baby
at
my
16th
birthday.
I
dropped
out
of
high
school
at
the
time
felt
like
it
was
the
right
thing
to
do
so.
I
could
work
raise
my
son.
Little
did
I
know
that
I
was
clueless
a
week
after
I
dropped
out
of
high
school.
In
turn,
16
I
at
26
weeks
of
gestation
went
into
labor.
O
It
was
very
scary
at
the
time
I
lived
in
the
Cape,
so
they
transferred
me
to
a
hospital
in
Boston
to
give
birth
to
my
son.
He
was
this
is
where
I
get
emotional.
He
was
extremely
sick
and
I,
remember
one
day
being
in
the
Cape
at
home
and
getting
a
phone
call.
That
said,
you
know
you
should
come
to
Boston
and
see
your
baby.
O
He
was
struggling
only
two
pounds.
He
was
struggling
with
his
white
blood
cells,
so
they
needed
to
do
a
blood
transfusion
me
and
his
dad,
who
sits
here
today
with
me,
drove
to
Boston
and
in
hope
to
maybe
say
our
goodbyes,
but
luckily
that
day
we
drove
back
home
and
deep
inside
I
knew
that
if
their
little
boy
made
it
I
was
gonna,
give
him
the
absolute
best
life,
despite
my
circumstances
and
challenges
and
being
a
teen
mom.
O
So
you
know
he
fought
his
way
through
and
made
it
and
I
had
a
commitment
to
be
the
best
mom
I
could
possibly
be
so.
I
went
back
and
got
my
GED
started
studying,
while
he
was
still
in
the
hospital
in
Boston
took
him
three
months
to
be
discharged
and
I
got
my
GED
I'm
rolled
in
college
community
community
college
to
take
some
classes
and
I
started
working
really
hard
at
eighteen.
I
luckily
got
the
opportunity
to
start
working
for
a
mortgage
company,
a
local
mortgage
company
in
the
Cape,
and
with
that
I
was
invited.
O
I
got
a
job
offer
to
move
to
Boston,
so
I
did.
That
was
the
best
move.
I
have
ever
made,
and
that's
why
I
started
UMass
Boston
I
apply
after
taking
a
long
break
and
giving
birth
to
my
second
beautiful
child,
who
sits
right
here
and
I
knew
that
I
wanted
to
be
an
example
to
them.
I
wanted
to
be
an
example
of
hard
work
and
perseverance,
so
I
started
at
UMass.
It
was
a
very
difficult
journey.
O
I
was
working
full
time,
raising
my
kids
and
taking
classes
full
time,
so
lots
of
late
nights
doing
homework,
but
the
faculty
here
all
of
the
professor's
were
so
supportive
and
helped
me
through
during
my
time
here.
I
made
it
to
this
least
a
couple
of
times
and,
as
you
know,
for
a
student
who
dropped
out
of
high
school
and
it's
not
an
athlete
or
academically
gifted.
It
was
very
difficult
for
me
to
pay
for
my
education,
but
I
apply
for
one
scholarship
that
was
available
for
me.
O
O
And
it
truly
wasn't
just
because
of
the
financial
burden
that
he
lifted
off
of
me,
but
it
was
a
fact
that
he
believed
in
me.
That
was
incredible.
At
the
time
my
family
had
already
moved
back.
So
I
was
here
with
by
myself
with
the
friends.
They
have
become
family
and
are
sitting
here
today.
So
to
give
back
the
minute,
I
graduated
I
got
on
and
started
working
extremely
hard,
as
I
always
have,
and
I
co
found
the
right
key
mortgage
with
my
partner
crystal
well,
it's
just
been
such
a
blessing.
O
The
really
most
important
part
that
I
took
from
UMass
is
believing
that
I
can
do
it,
and
the
faculty
here
makes
you
believe
that
you
can
do
it.
The
act
of
discipline,
perseverance,
all
of
those
tools-
I
took
it
from
here
and
put
it
out
in
the
world,
and
now
we
have
an
amazing
company
that
employs
close
to
30
people.
So
it's
awesome
and
we
do
business
in
six
states
and
I
love
every
single
minute
of
it.
You
know
I
never
ever
thought
that
I
could
leave
this
life.
O
O
We
experienced
a
law
and
really
guys
if
you
think
you
can,
or
you
can't
you're
right
so
get
out
there,
embrace
the
culture
in
this
wonderful
school
absorb
all
of
the
information
that
you're
getting
here,
because,
honestly,
this
is
just
the
beginning
of
all
of
your
journey
to
living
out
your
dreams
for
you
faculty.
Thank
you.
You
guys.
The
work
that
you
do
is
so
incredibly
powerful
and
it
truly
changes
lives
so
I.
E
E
Well,
I
can't
think
of
a
better
way
to
celebrate
the
opening
of
this
academic
year
than
to
invite
our
extraordinary
convocation
speaker,
mayor
of
our
great
city
of
Boston,
Martin,
J
Walsh,
mayor
Walsh
is
the
city's
54th
mayor.
He
is
a
lifelong
champion
of
working
people
and
a
proud
product
of
the
city
of
Boston,
his
vision
of
a
thriving,
healthy
and
innovative
Boston,
a
city
inspired
and
aspiring
to
make
good
on
the
promise
of
equality
and
opportunity
for
all
we're.
A
revolutionary
history
inspires
creative
solutions
to
the
21st
century.
E
Since
taking
office,
mayor
Walsh
has
focused
on
strengthening
Boston
schools,
adding
hundreds
of
high-quality
pre-kindergarten
seats,
funding,
extended,
leave,
time,
learning
time
and
advanced
curriculum
at
more
schools
and
securing
tuition
free
Community
College
for
Boston
public
school
graduates.
How
about
that.
E
Many
of
those
extraordinary
students
end
up
here
and
we're
glad
of
them.
The
mayor
has
led
Boston
to
the
forefront
of
the
innovation
economy
by
attracting
industry-leading
private
sector,
employers,
upgrading
the
city's
digital
infrastructure
and
using
technology
to
transform
government
services
from
a
parking
meter
payment
app
to
a
new
city
website.
At
the
same
time,
he
has
created
powerful
tools
for
low-income
workers,
including
a
learn
and
earn
apprenticeship
program
and
an
office
of
financial
empowerment.
E
He
is
the
founding
vice-chair
of
the
cities
of
opportunity
task
force
at
the
US
Conference
of
Mayors,
elevating
the
national
conversation
about
income
inequality.
The
Walsh
administration
has
addressed
tremendous
need
for
housing
in
this
city
with
an
ambitious
plan
setting
records
for
new,
affordable
and
middle-class
homes.
In
addition,
it
has
built
state-of-the-art
homeless,
shelters
and
gotten
the
city
on
a
path
to
effectively
ending
chronic
homelessness.
E
His
administration
was
hailed
by
President
Obama
for
expanding
young
people's
opportunities
and
breaking
new
ground
in
crime
prevention
and
police.
Community
relations,
the
city
of
Boston,
our
home
city,
has
been
recognized
for
creating
the
very
first
municipal
office
of
recovery
services
to
prevent
and
treat
substance
abuse.
The
first
cultural
plan
in
a
generation
to
restore
Boston's
identity
as
an
arts
leader
and
in
a
sign
of
strong
fiscal
management
and
economic
policy,
the
city's
perfect
ay-ay-ay,
that's
three
A's
bond
ratings,
unlocking
unprecedented
investments
in
parks,
libraries
and
public
safety.
E
Finally,
the
mayor
has
invited
the
people
of
Boston
to
help
build
a
blueprint
for
the
city's
future.
In
imagine,
Boston
2020
the
first
citywide
plan
in
half
a
century.
It's
worth
remembering
that
Mayor
Walsh
also
made
his
mark,
maybe
his
first
mark
as
a
labor
leader.
After
following
his
father
into
Labour's
local
to
2223
in
Boston,
he
rose
to
head
the
Building
and
Construction
Trades
Council
from
2011
to
2013.
E
He
worked
in
business
with
business
and
community
leaders
to
promote
high
quality
development
and
created
a
program
called
building
pathways
that
has
become
a
model
for
increasing
diversity
in
the
workplace
and
providing
good
career
opportunities
for
women
and
people
of
color
born
and
raised
like
so
many
people
in
this
room
in
the
neighborhood
of
Dorchester
by
immigrant
parents.
Mayor
Walsh
is
driven
to
make
sure
Boston
is
a
city
where
anyone
anyone
can
overcome
their
challenges
and
fulfill
their
dreams.
So
please
join
me
in
welcoming
the
Honorable
mayor,
Martin
J,
Walsh.
P
Q
Q
Listen
to
her
story,
as
some
of
you
are
walking
in
as
she
was
speaking,
and
she
talked
about
being
an
immigrant
in
the
challenges.
Remember
that
story,
and
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
more
about
that
in
a
few
minutes.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
students
that
are
here.
I
want
to
thank
the
faculty.
All
the
new
faculty,
welcome.
Q
We're
excited
to
have
you
here
to
all
the
the
staff
and
the
people
that
make
this
institution
run.
Thank
you
to
the
trustees
on
the
stage
that
from
UMass
system,
thank
you
for
being
with
us
to
the
sports
to
all
a
different
organization.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
here.
It's
a
great
honor
to
be
here
this
morning
to
celebrate
the
start
of
the
new
school
year
as
a
city,
I
am
proud
of
you
mass
Boston.
Quite
honestly,
I
was
a
state
representative
for
many
years,
and
this
was
an
area.
Q
This
is
a
school
that
I
kind
of
kept
an
eye
on
because
it
means
so
much
to
me
and
as
mayor
it
means
even
more:
it's
Boston's
only
public
institution,
public
university.
We
have
mass
art
that
is
public,
but
I
take
credit,
whew
max
Boston
as
a
public
institution.
It's
an
engine
of
discovery,
it's
it's
a
hub
for
arts
and
culture,
and
it's
an
anchor
of
opportunity
and
those
are
just
not
worried.
So
that's
the
foundation.
What
the
school
is
all
about.
Q
It's
both
the
commuter
school
and
a
residential
school
people
that
come
to
school
here.
Some
of
you
work
three
four
or
five
jobs,
and
some
of
you
I
just
met
three
incredible
young
people
outside
that
were
in
nursing
and
engineering
programs
and
they're
from
Brockton
area,
and
it's
amazing
to
see
that
people
actually
get
chance.
Young
people
get
a
chance
to
come
here
and
live
on
campus.
Q
Like
the
city
of
Boston,
UMass
is
growing,
it's
come
a
long
way
since
it
was
founded
in
the
1960s
and
built
in
the
1970s.
There
should
be
a
state
representatives,
name
was
Bob
Quinn
and
the
state
senator
named
George
connealy,
and
they
talked
about
bringing
a
system,
a
university
system
to
Boston
to
Dorchester
and
a
bunch
of
represented
at
the
time
in
state
senators
got
together
and,
and
they
were
able
to
bring
a
university
to
this.
This
site
were
in
today
my
father
worked
on
the
building.
Q
You
met
at
the
first
UMass
building
in
1974,
I,
remember
being
a
little
kid
and
he
was
a
construction
worker
and
I
remember
coming
home
and
seeing
him
there
was
a
fire
in
the
front
building
there's
a
vent
day.
You
see
a
big
lake
kind
of
brown,
vent
I,
remember
being
a
kid
watching
the
fire
going
that
building,
but
he
was
a
construction
worker.
He
had
no
idea
that
he
was
working
on
a
building
that
was
going
to
make
such
a
huge
impact
in
so
many
people's
lives
for
the
next
generations.
Q
To
come
after
that,
my
father
was
an
immigrant
he's
from
Ireland.
He
came
here
in
1950,
didn't
have
an
education,
he
had
like
a
sixth
grade
education
and
when
he
came,
he
was
able
to
join
the
laborers
Union
and
that
that
Union
brought
him
to
built
buildings
like
this
built
hospitals
in
the
city
of
Boston,
built
buildings
in
town
was
able
to
allow
him
the
opportunity
to
to
earn
money,
and
he
met
my
mother.
He
was
from
Ireland
as
well.
Q
She
came
a
few
years
later
and
raised
two
kids
in
Dorchester
across
the
street,
so
when
I
think
about
immigration,
I
think
about
immigrants,
I
think
about
UMass,
Boston,
I,
think
about
bringing
back
to
the
community
I
think
about
full
circle,
because
it
certainly
is
full
circle
here
in
this
neighborhood
in
recent
years,
as
mayor
I've
been
proud
to
watch
cut
the
ribbon
on
milestones
and
as
a
state
representative,
those
of
you
that
that
knew
new
faculty.
You
probably
don't
know
this
and
new
students.
So
you
definitely
don't
know
this.
Q
We
started
a
project
around
97
to
do
a
master
plan
of
this
building
of
this
campus.
We
started
looking
at
what
do
we
have
to
do
here?
How
do
we?
How
do
we
make
sure
you
mass
stays
relevant
and
stays
competitive,
UMass
Boston,
that
is
in
in
in
Boston
and
education?
In
2015,
we
cut
ribbon
on
the
integrated
Science
Complex,
which
was
out
front,
and
that
was
to
really
create
opportunities
for
students
that
was
about
students
that
buildings
about
you
was
not
about
faculty
was
not
about
Chancellor's.
It
was
not
about
the
Board
of
Trustees.
Q
Q
How
do
we
connect
our
campus
in
our
community
back
to
the
ocean,
and
how
do
we
do
that
and
that
that's
what's
going
on
with
the
hobble
walk
in
thinking
about
making
connections,
University
Hall
in
2016
another
one
important
aspect
to
the
education?
Last
year,
the
first
University's
first
residence
hall
on
campus
I,
was
excited.
That
was
not
easy.
Q
In
98,
we've
had
a
conversation
in
the
neighborhood
about
building
a
dorm,
and
it
was
it
was
pretty
difficult
as
a
state
representative
and
any
of
you
go
into
a
meeting,
it's
like,
maybe
in
the
union
member
says,
they'd
be
in
a
union
meeting.
It
starts
out
what
everyone's
nice,
how
you
doing,
and
then
we
Bend
the
gavel
and
there
you
go
and
it's
kind
of
like
here.
We
go
and
that's
kind
of
what
happened,
but
we're
able
to
were
able
to
get
the
residence
hall
and
actually
this
building
the
marine.
Q
It's
not
in
my
notes,
but
this
building
is
the
first.
This
building
here,
the
Campus
Center
really
started
to
change
this.
This
campus
and
a
little
whole
different
way
because
you,
as
students,
didn't
have
a
place
to
congregate.
You
had
the
hallways
and
then
the
areas
outside,
but
you
really
didn't,
have
a
place
to
congregate
and
this
when
this
campus
center
was
open.
So
many
great
things
happen
in
this
building
and
it
really
was
an
invitation
to
the
worlds
as
they
come.
Look
at
UMass,
Boston
and
I
want
to
congratulate
the
school
UMass.
Q
Boston
is
also
fueling.
Research.
Discoveries
in
helping
us
shape
our
city
in
many
of
your
students
that
are
here
in
the
faculty
that
you're
working
on
now
you're
gonna,
be
working
on
is
doing
that
it's
happening
in
the
labs
on
campus
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
work.
It's
happening
in
the
startup
incubators
on
campus,
where
entrepreneurs
and
residents
launching
technology
in
the
life
science,
companies
I.
Remember
when
that
started
that
goes
around
2001.
Q
Maybe
senator
jackpot
at
the
time
gets
some
money
from
the
legislature
to
start
doing
some
incubator
space,
it
was
kind
of
new,
was
a
new
idea
in
the
city.
We
had
some
of
these
companies
that
were
doing
it
privately,
but
we
weren't
doing
it
here
on
campus
and
it
really
it's
a
game
changer,
because
when
I
just
met
with
some
folks
outside
one
of
the
young
men
said
I
said
what
he's
a
senior.
So
what
are
you
gonna
work?
He
goes
I'm
hoping
like
to
get
a
job
at
Amazon.
That's
that's!
Q
That's
a
great
thing
to
hear
because
the
Amazon
was
in
here
ten
years
ago,
either
in
Boston,
so
we're
having
a
lot
of
companies
that
are
here
now.
One
a
recruit
talent
and
you
other
talents
and
the
faculty.
That's
here
is
going
to
be
the
ones
educating
you
to
get
you
into
that
talent
pool.
So
that's
important
for
us
here
earlier
this
year
it
happened
I'm
all
over
the
place.
Now
I
apologize,
I'll
come
back
early
this
year,
UMass
and
their
diverse
academic
centers
released
changing
faces
of
the
Greater
Boston
report.
Q
We
knew
that
what
was
happening
in
Boston,
but
it
shows
our
region's
population-
is
driven
driven
by
immigrate
immigrants
of
color
when
you
think
about
a
Boston
Massachusetts
when
you
think
about
Boston
and
I,
know
I,
don't
I'm,
not
gonna
I'm,
not
gonna,
go
to
political
in
here
today.
I
might
go
a
little
bit,
but
we
are
an
immigrant
city
number
one
number
two
we
have
about.
700,000
people
live
in
Boston,
twenty-eight
percent
of
those
people
were
born
in
another
country.
Q
Forty
eight
percent,
those
people,
a
first
generation
like
I,
raise
my
hands
and
then,
if
you
go
on
the
line
and
nearly
100
percent
of
my
city,
we're
sons
and
daughters
of
immigrants,
our
families
came
from
another
place.
They
came
here
for
different
reasons.
Some
of
them
came
my
parent.
My
father
came
here
quite
honestly
to
earn
some
money
and
send
it
back
to
his
family
in
Ireland,
so
that
they
could
raise
his
younger
brothers
and
sisters.
My
mother
came
to
this
country
when
she
was
17
years
old,
16
and
a
half
17.
Q
She
came
to
this
country
the
same
reason
to
earn
some
money
and
send
it
back
home
to
help
her
family
with
her
younger
brothers
and
sisters.
There
were
families
and
their
families
in
this
room.
Your
parents
came
here
from
Haiti
and
Cabo
Verde
and
in
Central,
America
and
other
places
to
do
the
same
exact
thing
to
to
earn
some
money
to
some
money
back
home.
Be
proud
of
that,
and
the
report
showed
us
that
UMass
has
a
long
record
of
expanding
opportunities
in
being
a
partner,
and
we
need
to
continue
to
use
math.
Q
Umass
is
a
system
to
do
that.
The
teachers
and
the
students
and
the
faculty
are
all
part
of
a
UMass
community.
That's
that's.
During
a
very
exciting
time
and
transformation,
there's
growing
pains,
UMass
Boston
is
going
through
growing
pains
in
the
sense
of
it's
a
different
University.
We
still
have
the
basic
fundamental.
What
it
is
is
the
commitments
created
as
a
commuter
school.
The
mission
is
still
to
educate
people.
Q
The
mission
is
still
to
allow
people
the
opportunity
to
come
in
here
and
get
educated
and
do
better
things
with
their
life
than
maybe
their
parents
did
so,
but
there's
also
growing
pains
because
it's
it's
a
different
place
in
some
ways
today
and
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
continuing
to
add
to
this
to
the
young
people
in
the
room.
I
see
a
lot
of
students.
I
just
want
to
just
quickly
show
him.
Tell
me
any
freshmen
in
the
room.
Reggie
any
of
your
freshmen.
Q
Any
juniors
in
the
room
raising
any
of
your
junior
and
any
seniors
on
the
room,
raise
your
hand
if
your
senior
all
right,
we
got
two
seniors
and
I
asked
you
that,
because
this
next
part
is
gonna,
be
a
little
bit
about
Who
I
am
and
what
brought
me
here.
Hey
Larry
told
you
my
parents,
where
they're
from
they're
from
Ireland
I'm
a
proud
son
of
immigrants.
Q
I
grew
up
literally
less
than
a
mile
from
here.
I
grew
up
up
by
Columbia
Road,
near
st.
Margaret's
church
and
what
the
st.
my
I
went
to.
St.
margarets
grammar
school
I
went
to
numeral
I
went
to
Boston
College,
but
before
I
got
the
boston
college,
I
went
to
Quincy,
Junior,
College
and
I
went
to
Suffolk
for
a
semester
and
then
I'll
go
into
a
story
in
a
minute.
But
I
grew
up
in
this
neighborhood
and
and
and
I
love.
Q
This
neighborhood
number
one
and
because
my
parents
came
from
Ireland
I
wanted
to
be
a
college.
Graduate
I
wanted
to
go
to
college
because
I
thought.
For
me.
It
was
important
and
quite
honestly,
I
wanted
to
be
a
college
graduate
because
back
then
my
father
went
to
work
every
day
and
he
got
dirty
as
a
construction
worker
and
I
always
thought.
Q
The
two
things
I
wanted
to
do
was
wear
a
suit
and
tie
gonna
work
every
day
because
that's
I
didn't
know
what
it
meant,
but
I
want
to
wear
suit
and
tie,
go
and
work
every
day
and
I
wanted
a
business
card.
I
thought
it
was
really
important
cuz.
If
you
had
to
pick
this
card
you're
really
important.
Now
today,
today,
it's
a
little
different
today
you
need,
like
you
know,
Instagram
account
LinkedIn
page
Facebook
page.
Q
I
wanted
to
go
to
so
I
decided
to
go
to
Quincy
junior
college,
for
you
and
I
did
I
went
for
a
year
well
and
I
realized
that
I
can
actually
do
this
work
and
then
I
went
to
Suffolk
University
because
that's
where
I
wanted
to
go
to
college
and
if
I
didn't
get
into
Suffolk,
but
I
got
into
Suffolk
the
second
year
because
they
said,
if
you
did
well,
you
would
get
you
in
so
I
transferred
into
Suffolk.
In
my
first
semester
there
I
did
my
grades.
Q
They
did
okay,
but
I
wanted
to
make
money.
Now,
I'm
27
years
old,
I
really
might
have
been
2021.
Maybe
even
younger
and
I
wanted
to
make
money.
I
was
like
you
know.
This
I'll
come
back
to
school,
so
I
quit
school
and
I
told
my
parents,
I
said
I'm
gonna
go
back
to
school
and
they're
like
you're,
not
gonna.
Go
back
to
school
and
and
and
I
pushed
aside
my
dream
and
goal
of
aspiration
of
that
business.
Q
Nobody
wants
to
end
up
in
a
detox
I,
don't
think
anyone
thinks
when
you're
drinking
a
beer
and
you
black
out
or
whatever
you're
smoking,
some
weed
and
you
black
out
that
you
think
that's
a
problem.
You
just
think
that's
a
normal
course
of
life,
but
no
it's
an
issue
and
I
found
myself
in
the
detox
and
when
I
got
to
detox,
I
didn't
go
there
to
stop
drinking
I
went
there
because
I
want
to
get
the
heat
off
me
because
everyone's
mad
at
me
and
the
first
night
I
was
there.
Somebody
spoke.
Q
It
was
a
meeting
that
came
in
and
alcoholics
ron's
mean
it's
pretty
embarrassing
on
detox
when
you
go
in,
you
bring
your
bag
when
you
go
in
there
and
they
go
through
the
bag
and
they
take
anything
on
it.
They
take
like
your
cologne
out
of
the
bag.
They
take
care.
If
you
have
multiple
out
of
the
bag,
you
kind
of
lose
a
little
bit
of
dignity
and
you
realize
that
you
think
your
life
is
ending.
When
you
go
in
there.
Q
All
right
thought
my
life
was
ending
and
when
I
got
in
there,
the
first
night
I
was
there.
I
went
to
an
am
eating
in
the
in
the
place,
and
somebody
spoke.
A
guy
spoke
I,
don't
know.
He
said
today,
I
remember
what
he
said,
but
he
changed
my
mindset
of
being
there
because
I
want
to
get
the
heat
off
too
kind
of
listening
a
little
bit
and
I
spent
some
time
that
whole
week,
I
was
there
for
a
week
and
I
listened
to
counselors.
Q
Tell
me
about
what
alcoholism
is
and
I
learned
that
it's
an
addiction
and
I
learned
about
what
cravings
are
and
I
learned
about.
What?
Yet
is
and
yet
for
me
as
I,
never
did
I'm,
not
a
drug
addict,
because
I
never
did
drugs.
For
me,
if
I
pick
up
a
drink
today,
there's
no
choice.
No
chance!
No
I
know
it
might
happen
that
I
will
actually
use
drugs.
I
just
didn't
hit
the
tanks.
I
didn't
wanna
ruin
the
buzz
when
I
was
drinking
quite
honestly,
when
I
got
out
of
there
something
really
in
it.
Q
Changed
into
I
knew
what
the
business
card
meant.
That
meant
a
career
and
it
meant
following
pursuing
a
dream,
and
a
year
and
a
half
later
I
was
pursuing.
My
dream.
I
was
running
for
State
Representative,
Fedor,
Chester
and
I
ran
and
I
won,
and
I
also
understood
that
it
was
important
for
me
to
get
my
college
degree
to
go
back
to
school
and
I
went
to
Boston
College
I
enrolled
in
the
the
night
school.
Q
It's
called
the
woods
College
novels
called
advancing
studies
and
I
went
to
Boston
College
and
while
I
was
working
as
a
state,
rep
I
was
going
to
school
and
it
was
hard.
It
was
high.
I
can't
tell
you
the
amount
of
times
that
I
drove
to
school
and
I
was
sitting
in
front
of
packed
on
Beacon,
Street
and
I'm.
Looking
at
the
clock
and
I'm
thinking,
you
know
some
I
don't
need
this
I
think
I
quit
school
in
my
head.
Probably
over
the
course
of
a
bunch
is
10,000
times.
Q
I
don't
need
this
and
then
the
little
voice
to
say
you
need
to
get
the
college
degree
in
because
two
people
had
challenged
me
is
before
that
they
had
said
you
might
a
drop
down.
Schools
do
you're,
not
gonna,
go
back
to
school
and
I
respected
these
two
people
and
for
like
literally
15
years
they're
in
my
head,
like
I,
think
about
them
all
time
and
I'm
like
these.
Q
These
passes
are
in
my
head:
I
can't
get
them
out
of
my
head
and
I
chipped
away,
one
class
at
a
time
and
the
last
night
after
school
I
went
into
my
class
I.
Remember:
I
go
into
my
class
I
did
my
last
class
at
Boston.
College
I
was
pretty
pumped.
It
took
me
like
35
years.
It's
pretty
excited,
I
didn't
live
on
campus
because
I
I
could
be
the
parents.
Q
Now
all
the
kids
on
campus
and
I
got
to
my
car
and
the
first
person
I
called
was
my
mother
to
let
my
mother
know
my
father
had
died.
My
mother
know
that
I
graduate
I
finished
be
seated
Emma
and
she
was
excited
because
that's
that
she
was
excited
of
being
an
Irish
mother
from
Islands
excited
about
that.
Her
son
graduated
college
number
one
in
Boston,
College
number,
two
I
call
those
two
people
from
years
before
that
told
me,
I
was
going
to
quit
and
and
I
called
them
both
separately
and
I.
Thank
them.
Q
I
thanked
them
because
I
said,
if
it
wasn't
for
you,
there's
a
good
chance.
I
wouldn't
have
graduate
I,
wouldn't
have
finished.
My
last
class
of
Boston
College
tonight,
because
sometimes
it's
that
challenge
that
inspiration
that
you
need
my
message
to
the
young
people
in
this
room,
particularly
to
the
the
freshman
and
sophomore
in
June.
Is
that
there's
a
couple
scenes
you
if
you
see,
if
you
quit
now
seeing,
is
this
something
Robbie
so
I
don't
know
you're
almost
there
you
have
like
six
classes
left
like
you
can
do
it.
Q
It's
not
get
up
and
get
it
done,
but
to
the
freshmen
and
the
sophomores
and
the
juniors
and
other
kids
here,
there's
gonna
be
days
when
you
want
to
quit,
but
it's
important
for
you
to
keep
an
eye
on
what
your
future
is,
because
your
decisions
as
young
people
have
consequences
for
you
and
your
families,
your
decisions.
If
you
quit
school,
you
don't
have
an
opportunity
to
access
some
of
these
great
companies
that
are
coming
to
our
city.
Q
I
couldn't
talk
about
how
dowhat
my
college
experience
did
for
me
that
would
have
been
missing
out
of
my
story.
People
in
Boston
would
say:
oh
I
love
my
T,
while
he's
a
nice
guy,
but
you
know
something
he
graduated
high
school.
Do
we
want
our
high
school
graduate
to
be
the
mayor
of
the
city?
Maybe
maybe
not
it's
important
because
it
also
it's
about
connections,
because
while
I
was
in
college,
even
though
I
was
older,
I
was
in
a
class
at
mr.
Murphy,
who
taught
he
was
doing
writing
and
mr.
Q
Q
Murphy
was
giving
me
confidence
in
my
life
to
be
able
to
do
public
speaking,
even
though
as
a
state
representative,
but
he
was
giving
me
the
confidence
to
be
able
to
write
a
narrative
and
a
story
to
be
able
to
tell
that
story
to
the
audience
and
how
to
do
that.
That
was
important.
For
me,
it
was
important
for
me
to
be
in
theology
class
and
learning
about
other
religions
because
I'm
a
Catholic,
so
we
pretty
much.
You
know
Catholics
pretty
much
say
to
ourself.
Q
We
go
to
church,
we
get
out,
we
nailed
down,
we
pray,
we
do
this,
we
go
out.
We
try
to
get
in
there
for
45
minutes
if
the
priest
says
and
35
minutes,
even
better
15
minutes
even
faster
if
we
can
get
out
of
there,
but
I
had
a
chance
to
see
other
here
are
other
religions,
and
you
know,
and
and
and
one
of
my
professors
was-
that
was
a
Methodist.
It
was
a
Methodist
and
I
kind
of
want
to
be
an
interesting
religion.
I
said
I,
I
kind
of
I
kind
of
like
it
Allegiant.
Q
He
said
he
says
you
should
come
join
us
is
that
my
mother
will
kill
me
if
I
go
to
Sierra.
But
but
my
point
wise,
my
point
is
when
you
are
the
mayor
of
the
city
and
you're
talking
to
people
this
all
kinds
of
different
colleges
and
faiths
in
the
room.
It's
not
simply
Catholicism.
Some
people
don't
believe
in
anything.
That's
okay,
some
people,
a
Muslim,
some
people,
a
Baptist,
all
the
different
religions
out
there,
some
people
Jehovah
it's
unjust.
Q
It's
important
I
learned
that
at
school
to
understand
the
different
cultures
and
different
religions,
I
learned
that
in
school
there's,
so
many
other
things,
I
learned.
So
my
message
to
the
students
in
the
in
this
classroom
in
this
room
today
is
when
I
went
to
orientation.
I
thought
that's
what
this
was
today.
Orientation
was
convocation,
aunt
asked
hallo.
Can
you
tell
me
the
difference
in
communication
orientation
say
no
graduation
and
I
know
it,
and
you
know
so.
Q
I
went
to
orientation
and
a
guy
got
up
and
he
told
a
whole
bunch
of
funny
stories
and
my
first
day
at
Boston
College,
and
he
says
you
know,
don't
do
what
I
did
and
he
got
up
and
he
talked
about
how
he
quits
school,
he
talked
to
know,
he's
an
alcoholic.
He
talked
about
all
this
different
things.
I
could
completely
identify
with
him
identify
everything
he
said
identified
every
single
thing.
You
said
except
the
one
thing:
I
didn't
listen
to
him.
Q
He
says:
don't
drag
this
out
forever
and
don't
quit
school
and
in
my
head,
I
quit
literally
a
thousand
times
and
I
dragged
it
off
forever
and
what
I'm
saying
to
the
students
in
this
room
is
stay
focused,
stay
mission-driven,
there's
gonna
be
difficult
times.
Ask
questions
your
college
kids
you'll
ask
questions:
I'm
gonna,
I'm
gonna!
Q
It
was
it
was
night
school,
so
it
was
like
you're
like
I,
think
I
was
like
12
weeks
or
something
need
to
beef
it
in
two
and
a
half
hours
every
night
and
I'd
be
like
you
know.
It's
like
okay.
Three
weeks
then
paper
one
two
three
weeks
paper
to
do
three
paper:
3
2
I'm
like
okay
and
I,
then
that
night
I'd
get
up
and
smile
and
I
pull
out
my
book
and
look
for
another
class
and
which
were
our
and
transfer
into
it.
Q
And
so
finally,
I
said
like
I
gotta
take
these
I
got
to
take
some
classes
and
I
was
intimidated
and
written
the
paper
in
forever
yeah
and
I'm.
An
older
person
now
I'm
like
not
like
not
like
18
of
17
I'm,
like
20-something,
maybe
30
and
and
I,
walked
into
a
professor
and
and
I
said.
I
can't
talk
to
you
and
they
see
I
said
I'm
kind
of
you
know.
I
haven't
really
written
a
paper
a
long
time
and
the
fest
that
comes
from
my
office
after
class.
Q
So
after
class
I
went
to
the
professor's
office
and
she
took
time
to
sit
with
me
and
explain
to
me
what
I
learned
in
high
school
about
setting
up
my
story
and
how
to
do
it
and
from
that
point
on,
when
I
went
back
home
he
was
I
was
able
to
do
it.
I
was
able
to
do
it
the
day
before,
but
I
didn't
understand
how
to
set
up
ask
questions,
don't
be
afraid
to
ask
questions.
Q
Q
Do
because
your
inspirations
to
the
students,
there
are
so
many
professors
that
I
had
what
at
Boston
College
and
why
remember
a
couple
of
Quincy
junior
college,
lubba
and
BC
that
were
inspirations
to
me,
because
the
daughter
was
fascinating,
that
people
spent
their
entire
career
teaching
and
educating
and
giving
knowledge
to
young
people
always
keep
that
up
front.
No
matter
what's
happening
on
the
on
the
on
the
on
the
campus,
no
matter
what's
happening
with
all
the
conversations
going
on
I
know.
Q
This
conversation
is
going
on,
it's
no
secret,
but
you
are
the
beauty,
the
bread
and
butter.
You
have
a
lifeline
to
this
University
without
you,
this
university
isn't
the
best
in
the
system.
Without
you,
the
young
people
that
graduate
and
when
they
graduate
in
May
or
June,
think
it's
May
when
they
walk
down
that
aisle,
you
were
putting
a
whole
bunch
of
people
on
the
work
force
that
we
need
in
the
city
of
Boston
you're,
educating,
so
many
young
people
that
depend
on
you
so
I
want
to.
Thank
you
for
that.
Q
I
want
you
to
remember
to
keep
that
up
front.
Particular,
not
not
the
older
faculty.
You've
done
a
full
on
time.
The
newer
faculty
I
know
you're
excited
today.
Keep
that
excitement
talk
somebody's
been
here
for
a
long
time.
You
need
to
keep
that
excitement
moving
forward,
because
without
you
we
don't
have
you
mess.
We
don't
have
UMass
Boston,
quite
honest:
oh,
we
don't
have
any
math
system.
So
I
want
to
thank
the
faculty.
Q
I
think
I'm
over
my
time,
because
your
college
students
I'm
supposed
to
talk
about
climate
resiliency
and
climate
change
in
the
environment.
I
love
it
keep
fighting
for
it.
Anyone
who
came
in
City
Hall
diversity
is
Boston
strength.
Diversity
is
this
institution,
strength
be
proud
of
it
be
proud
of
it.
Get
active,
get
active.
We
have.
We
have
a
very
important
I'm
gonna.
Do
one
politic
thing:
I'm,
not
telling
you
to
vote
for
next
year.
I
shouldn't
have
to
tell
you
to
vote.
For
next
year
we
have
a
presidential
election
coming
up,
get
active.
Q
What
does
that
mean?
That
means
understand
who's
running
that
means
get
to
know
the
candidates.
That
means
make
sure
people
are
registered
vote
you
might
not
be
able
to
on
the
campaign
and
go
campaign
in
Iowa
and
South
Carolina
and
all
these
places,
but
what
you
can
do
is
get
people
registered
to
vote.
Get
people
active
in
their
community
elections
have
consequences,
making
sure
that
UMass
Boston
has
a
delegation
at
the
Statehouse
and
at
City
Hall
that
care
about
the
future
of
this
school
is
important,
so
make
sure
you
get
active.
You
stay
active.
Q
Lastly,
drew
keep
dreaming,
follow
your
dreams
and
I'm,
proud
of
each
and
every
student
on
this
campus
I'm,
proud
of
each
and
every
faculty.
Member
in
this
campus
I
want
to
thank
the
trustees
for
their
work.
Their
volunteers
I
want
to
thank
people.
This
is
an
amazing
institution
seniors.
You
were
about
to
repot
forever
of
an
amazing
institution
when
you
graduate
your
alum,
come
back
to
the
school
and
give
back
to
the
school.
Q
The
students
that
are
here
this
is
your
school,
be
proud
of
the
school
brag
about
this
school
and
dream
and
dream
big
and
follow
your
dreams,
because
trust
me
I
follow
my
dream:
I
love!
What
I
do
every
single
day
this
tip
difficult
times,
but
when
I
was
a
young
kid
at
some
point
in
my
life,
I
want
to
be
mayor.
The
city
of
Boston
I
grew
up
across
the
street.
Q
E
Are
we
lucky
our
what
to
have
such
extraordinary
leadership
for
this
city?
Mayor
Walsh,
we're
just
incredibly
grateful
that
you
took
the
time
to
be
with
us
and
to
share
your
story
with
us
today.
We
rely
on
you
every
day
to
lead
this
city
and
to
be
a
beacon
for
the
beacons.
So
we
are
grateful
to
you
for
being
here
and
for
supporting
this
University
I
want
to
thank
both
Toledo
Guerrero
and
mayor
Walsh
for
showing
us
what
that
very
well
worn
phrase.
E
Overcoming
adversity
really
means
it
means
becoming
the
very
best
you
can
be
and
we're
going
to
give
them
a
couple
of
gifts
to
thank
them
for
that.
But,
while
I
do
that,
I
just
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
coming
I
know
many.
The
students
have
to
go
off
to
class
now
and
the
faculty
have
to
teach
as
well.
I
hope
this
is
a
wonderful
wonderful
year
for
everyone
go
peakins
have
a
great
day.
Thank
you
for
coming
today.