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From YouTube: Wentworth Institute of Technology Commencement
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Friends and family of Wentworth Institute of Technology students, gather at the Seaport World Trade Center for the 2018 Commencement. Mayor Walsh delivers the keynote address and stresses that STEM degrees are more valuable than ever in Boston.
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Josè,
can
you
see
by
the
dawn's
early
light?
What
so
proudly
we
hailed
at
the
twilight's
last
gleaming,
whose
broad
stripes
and
bright
stars
through
the
perilous
fight
o'er,
the
ramparts
we
watched
were
so
gallantly
streaming
and
the
Rockets
red
glare.
The
bombs
bursting
in
air,
gave
proof
through
the
night
that
our
flag
was
still
there
oh
say:
does
that
star-spangled.
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Great
divinity
creator
of
all
things
equal
and
bright,
who
are
known
by
a
thousand
names
and
thousand
faces
ishwor
Allah
Yahveh
God,
had
create
a
source.
We
praise
you
and
thank
you
for
bringing
us
to
this
day
to
the
celebration
to
this
commencement,
an
ending
and
a
beginning.
We
thank
you
for
these
graduates,
whose
achievements
we
celebrate
this
day.
We
ask
your
blessings
upon
them,
confirm
them
in
the
knowledge,
but
grant
them
wisdom
greater
than
their
own
knowledge
and
love
greater
than
both
for
love
alone
and
yours.
We
thank
you
this
day
for
this
faculty.
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We
ask
for
your
blessings
upon
them,
for
the
knowledge
that
they
have
imparted
and
the
example
they
have
given.
We
thank
you
for
and
commend
to
you,
the
staff
and
the
administration
for
the
services
they've
given
to
our
students.
We
ask
thy
blessings
on
all
those
who
love
wentworth
for
its
welfare.
We
give
you
special
thanks
today
for
the
mothers,
fathers,
brothers,
sisters,
husbands,
wives,
partners,
sons,
daughters,
friends,
all
those
who
have
loved
sacrificed,
labored
and
endured,
and
who
rightly
share
the
joy
of
the
graduates
achievement
this
day
we
ask
thy
blessings
upon
them.
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You
persevered
through
many
difficult
courses
and
what
passionately
in
labs,
studios
and
co-ops
you
designed
and
built
some
amazing
projects
and
tested
your
skills
in
innovation
and
entrepreneurship.
In
a
word,
you
are
incredible,
and
you
are
an
inspiration
to
me.
I,
take
great
pleasure
in
recognizing
this
graduating
class
as
the
second
class
to
graduate
from
one
protein
to
total
technology,
and
there
are
official
status
as
a
university
in
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
I
hope.
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F
Would
now
like
to
recognize
some
of
our
graduating
students
who
have
excelled
in
their
academics
and
extracurricular
activities
and
who
reflect
bankers,
increasing
diversity,
its
global
reach
and
commitment
to
our
men
and
women
in
the
US
military
I.
Ask
each
of
these
students
to
please
stand
as
I
read
your
name
and
the
audience.
Please
hold
your
applause
until
I
read
their
about
their
achievements.
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Same
kuhlmeier,
please
stand
up
is
graduating
with
the
bachelors
degree
of
Science
in
management,
with
a
concentration
in
entrepreneurship
impressively.
His
GPA
is
three
point:
seven
six
and
has
remained
high
throughout
his
four
years.
At
1/4
he
received
the
president's
award
in
March
2018
and
was
a
wanker
both
nominee.
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He
also
was
named
to
the
CHF
Alpha
Sigma
national
college
athlete
Honor
Society
for
2017-18
volunteered
for
alternative
Spring
Break
in
the
Boston
Food
Bank
in
2016
was
captain
of
the
basketball
team
for
two
years
and
since
2000
fifteen
has
been
serving
as
a
Special,
Olympics
coach,
organizers,
congratulating
Sam.
Let's
give
him
a
huge
round
of
applause.
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Greg
has
been
dedicated
to
computer
information
systems
for
many
years
in
high
school.
He
worked
with
the
Belmont
and
Western
public
schools
as
an
intern
in
their
information
technology
departments.
His
co-op
experience
includes
a
semester
at
MIT
Lincoln
lab
where
he
assisted
in
work
on
Raider
electronic
warfare
and
special
communications,
great
work
and
congratulations.
Greg.
Let's
give
him
a
fever.
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Heather
mcdougal
of
the
biomedical
engineering
program
has
been
an
outstanding
student
athlete.
As
a
40
year
starter
and
the
woman
soccer
team,
she
enjoyed
an
outstanding
career
wearing
the
black
and
gold
she
owned.
Second,
her
all
Commonwealth
Coast
Conference
honors
and
was
named
the
conference's
senior
school
athlete
of
the
year
this
past
season.
During
her
junior
season
she
was
a
key
defender
and
first
women's
team
at
Frankfort
to
win
OCCC
championship
off
the
field.
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Heather
was
a
member
of
the
Student
Association
of
biomedical
sciences,
the
V
Sigma
Pi
National,
Honors
fraternity,
the
Chi
Alpha
Sigma
national
student,
Tetley,
honors
fraternity
and
the
Society
of
Women
Engineers.
She
was
also
member
wyne
for
student-athlete
Advisory
Committee
and
was
a
Resident
Assistant,
truly
amazing
and
I,
don't
know
when
you
found
the
time
to
sleep.
So,
let's
give
her
a
big
round
of
applause.
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Chad
Branco
from
the
College
of
Professional
and
continuing
education
is
graduating
today,
with
a
bachelor's
degree
in
project
management.
Chad
is
a
2011
graduate
from
Bristol
Community
College,
who
took
advantage
of
one
first
partnership
with
BCC
to
complete
his
rival
a
degree
program
without
having
to
commute
to
Boston,
while
working
full
time
is
a
clinical
analyst
with
South
Coast
hospitals.
Group
Chad
has
been
able
to
apply
his
coursework
to
his
part-time
job
as
a
project
management
intern.
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During
that
time,
the
club
shaped
our
care
packages
to
troops
overseas
and
organized
the
22
push-up
challenge
to
raise
awareness
of
the
suicide
rate
among
veterans
last
spring,
Joshua
was
selected
to
run
the
Boston
Marathon
for
the
Massachusetts
military
heroes
fund
and,
with
the
support
of
the
Weinberg
community,
raised
more
more
than
$10,000
for
the
gold
star
families
that
have
lost
loved
ones
overseas
and
by
the
way
he
finished
the
marathon
in
under
four
hours
congratulation
just.
We
are
very
proud.
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Please
stand
and
be
recognized
as
read
your
names
as
our
veterans:
Stephanie
D,
Andrews,
Joseph,
Patrick,
Gregory,
Harry,
George,
Eddie's,
William,
Dennis,
Dempsey,
Adam,
M,
Dennison,
Christopher,
John,
Fernandez,
Sean,
Donovan,
Kyle,
cable,
Carlos,
Alberto,
Maine,
high
bar
Francesca,
Nicole
Nunez,
Austin,
John,
Phillips,
David,
Reagan,
Thomas,
rohnke,
Jose,
Ruiz,
a
Brian
Scott
ShoreTel,
Michele,
Joseph,
Mike,
I'm,
sorry,
Michael,
Joseph,
Thomas
and
Collin
Antony
Warren.
Let's
give
them
all
a
big
round
of
applause.
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Graduating
students
is
an
incoming
class.
You
signed
your
name
to
divine
first
Creed,
signifying
your
commitment
to
the
tenants
of
energy
economy
and
system.
Your
signature
marked
your
matriculation
into
Wentworth,
just
as
you,
the
members
of
the
class
of
2018
are
bound
together
as
one
those
pages
were
bound
together
in
a
book
for
the
past
four
years.
That
book,
which
is
displayed
on
this
stage,
rested
in
the
Dean
of
Students
office.
Today,
at
the
end
of
this
commencement
ceremony,
the
book
will
be
moved
to
the
president's
office
marking
the
completion
of
your
undergraduate
education.
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G
Faculty
staff,
families,
guests
and
members
of
Wentworth's
class
of
2018
nice
to
see
all
of
you
in
one
room,
that's
for
sure
got
it
so
surprisingly.
Graduating
today
has
me
thinking
much
more
about
the
past
than
the
future.
I
have
such
a
clear
memory
of
a
particular
night
in
my
parents,
backyard
of
staying
up
till
all
hours,
shooting
off
glow-in-the-dark
helicopters
in
the
air,
with
a
slingshot
shooting
them
higher
than
the
house
sniping
my
brothers
out
of
the
sky
and
scaling
trees
to
pull
down
the
ones
that
went
rogue
hours.
We
were
out
there.
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Admittedly,
this
image
is
so
clear
because
it
was
actually
just
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
my
11
year
old,
cousin
ty
came
to
visit
as
part
of
his
summer
vacation
trip.
My
family
spent
the
whole
night
playing
with
a
rubber
band,
some
plastic,
an
LED
and
a
battery
don't
be
fooled.
That's
pretty
much
all
that
it
was
around
midnight
when
we
went
to
bed.
My
older
brother
Frank
said
man
that
was
so
much
fun.
I
really
didn't.
G
Think
I
would
have
a
night
playing
in
the
yard
like
that
again
for
Frank
and
I
are
night
with
ty
was
particularly
familiar.
It
definitely
wasn't
our
first
rodeo,
sometimes
I
credit.
My
interest
in
engineering
to
the
days
spent
building,
forts
and
forming
bike
jumps
I
could
bought
him
out
a
car
we
grow
up
with
so
much
creativity
and
humility
and
somewhere
along
the
line.
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So
how
do
we
do
this?
I?
Don't
have
a
definite
answer
for
you,
but
I
do
have
some
suggestion.
It's
here's
the
easy
answer.
Don't
let
people
look
down
on
your
enthusiasm
personally
or
professionally
whether
you've
studied
engineering
systems
or
design
specifications
for
the
last
four
plus
years,
you've
been
investigating
the
constraints
of
a
problem
and
then
pushing
them
even
if
it's
just
a
little
bit,
how
can
I
make
this
stronger,
faster,
more
sustainable,
more
enjoyable?
How
can
I
make
this
better?
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G
G
So
much
of
our
responsibility
is
based
on
our
understanding
of
the
world
in
context.
So
put
yourself
out
there
and
be
part
of
that
context,
start
paying
more
attention
to
the
people
around
you
and
taking
extra
steps
to
help
them
your
understanding
of
people,
your
humility.
We
want
to
form
your
work
more
than
anything
you
could
read
in
a
book,
lastly,
and
arguably
most
importantly,
be
open
when
mr.
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He
goes
on
to
remind
us
that
seeing
two
people
talk
through
their
anger
is
much
more
impactful
on
the
psyche
than
scenes
of
war
or
aggression
as
mr.
Rogers,
so
poignant,
Lee
reminds
us.
Openness
is
incredibly
valuable
and
often
incredibly
difficult,
because
humans
are
complex.
It's
not
just
a
matter
of
math
or
physics.
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It's
biology,
chemistry,
sociology
history.
It
gets
messy
in
a
society
experiencing
some
of
the
side,
effects
of
great
technological
advancement
being
genuine
matters
more
than
ever.
It's
our
responsibility
to
use
knowledge
to
supplement
our
humanity,
not
the
other
way
around
at
a
tech
school
like
ours.
It's
easy
to
assume
that
numbers
mean
more
than
words
that
calculations
matter
more
than
conversations,
but
it's
our
humanists,
our
ability
to
communicate,
to
teach
and
to
learn
from
our
own
thoughts
and
the
thoughts
of
others.
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F
H
H
H
Professor
Beth,
Ann,
cook
Cornell,
professor
cook
Cornell,
is
a
post
associate
professor
in
the
Department
of
humanities
and
Social
Sciences,
and
has
received
the
President's
Award
for
distinguished
service.
She
was
instrumental
in
the
revision
of
the
entire
humanities
and
social
science
curriculum
and
strategy
for
implementation
of
epic
learning.
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She
has
also
served
with
distinction
as
the
first
female
chair
of
the
Faculty
Senate
professor
Elmer
zu
berry,
professor
zibari,
an
assistant
professor
in
the
Department
of
Sciences,
has
received
the
President's
Award
for
distinguished
scholarship
in
just
a
few
short
years
at
Wentworth.
He
has
proven
to
be
an
ideal
scholar
and
true
leader
among
junior
faculty
members,
for
his
participation
in
scholarly
conferences
and
contributions
and
commitment
to
academic
organizations.
H
H
Professor,
my
reunion,
professor
Joan,
is
associate
professor
in
the
department
of
computer
science
and
networking
and
has
received
this
year's
President's
Award
for
distinguished
academic
advising
she
has
been
singled
out
for
her
remarkable
and
unwavering
commitment
to
advising
our
students.
Professor
Yoon
is
fully
willing
to
let
students
figure
out
on
their
own
a
path
to
graduation
but
never
hesitates
to
help
to
offer
insight
when
other
important
considerations
need
to
be
addressed
in
the
process.
So
in
recognition
of
these
outstanding
faculty
members
and
all
that
they
do
for
our
students
and
university
community
every
day.
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I
Madam
president,
trustees,
graduates,
friends
and
family
members
greetings
from
the
Wentworth
Alumni
Association
on
behalf
of
all
wentworth
alumni.
It
is
my
privilege
to
recognize
members
of
the
graduating
class
who
have
distinguished
themselves
with
excellence
in
scholarship.
Earlier
today,
the
Alumni
Association
presented
its
alumni
awards
to
members
of
this
graduating
class.
They
are
distinguished
by
wearing
a
silver
tassel.
I
Well,
the
honorees.
Each
please
stand
as
your
name
is
called
and
remain
standing
until
all
recipients
have
been
recognized.
I
ask
the
audience
to
please
hold
your
applause
until
all
students
have
been
recognized:
Arianna
Mons,
birch
from
the
applied
mathematics
program,
maria
laura
rodriguez,
Abby
Saab
from
the
biomedical
engineering
program,
Jeremy
Rodriguez
from
the
business
management
program;
Timothy
Jones
story,
jr.
I
Please
be
seated
to
the
members
of
the
class
of
2018
I
want
to
congratulate
each
of
you
on
your
great
achievement
and
welcome
you
into
the
Wentworth
Alumni
Association.
Please
remember
to
stay
connected
to
the
great
institution
that
helped
lay
the
foundation
for
your
future.
Successes
come
back
to
campus
support
events,
be
a
guest
speaker
or
mentor
student
share.
Your
ideas
and
skills
with
future
generations
of
students
join
our
online
community
and
keep
up
on
alumni
events
and
campus
news.
Take
advantage
of
our
network
of
distinguished
alumni
to
grow
your
personal
and
professional
network.
I
I
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F
Dr.
H
Russell
Beatty,
the
third
principal
and
first
president
of
Wentworth,
served
with
distinction
for
19
years,
a
recognized
national
leader
for
engineering
and
Technology
education.
Dr.
Bailey
established
the
first
associate
and
baccalaureate
degree
programs
at
Wentworth.
It
is
therefore
fitting
that
we
recognize
his
memory
with
the
annual
Bailey
Award,
which
recognizes
outstanding
scholarship.
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F
As
a
member
of
the
wine
first
community
Christian
skalds
a
cumulative
GPA
or
3.97
after
his
four
years
at
Wentworth,
he
has
been
an
integral
member
of
the
highly
successful
architecture
review
and
played
a
key
role
in
this
year's
amazing
tensile
fabric
installation
in
the
main
lobby
of
either
Ellen
Christian
quickly
became
one
of
his
programs
leaders
in
robotics
and
has
advanced
our
collective
understanding
of
this
rapidly
evolving
technology.
He
assisted
in
the
training
and
tutoring
of
students
and
faculty
and
has
served
as
the
research
assistant
on
epic
robotic
initiatives
beyond
his
outstanding
academic
achievements.
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F
F
Well,
it's
all
of
you
now
we
change
the
venue
a
little
bit.
That's
why
we
have
this
little
thing
going
on
and
now
it
is
my
great
pleasure
to
call
upon
the
Honorable
Martin
J
Walsh,
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston,
for
our
honorary
degree,
presentation
and
keynote
address.
Mr.
Walsh
is
the
city
of
Boston's
54th,
mayor
he'll
sworn
in
to
serve
a
second
term
on
January
1
2018.
F
J
Thank
you,
madam
president,
into
that
one
guy
that
gave
me
a
shout-out
on
that.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
it.
I
want
to
say
good
afternoon
to
everybody
to
the
trustees.
Thank
you
for
your
service
to
this
great
University,
two
distinguished
guests
to
the
parents,
grandparents,
siblings
families
and
friends
of
the
graduates.
Congratulations
to
all
the
veterans
that
are
graduating
today,
thank
you
and
to
Hannah
who
did
an
incredible
job
speaking
and
most
of
all
to
including
the
veterans
in
Hannah
all
the
Wentworth
Institute
of
Technology
class
of
2018.
Congratulations
to
all
of
you!
J
J
J
There's
a
few
of
you
at
that
there
in
all
serious
needs
all
seriousness
each
and
every
one
of
you
should
be
very
proud
of
your
accomplishments.
Your
family
certainly
is
proud,
as
I
was
walking
in
this
hall
today,
I
could
see
the
smiles
on
the
faces
as
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston.
I
am
proud
of
you
as
well.
I
am
honored
to
be
standing
here
and
sharing
this
very
special
day
with
all
of
you.
Wentworth
is
a
challenging
and
forward-looking
place.
J
The
degree
that
you
earned
represents
talent,
grit
and
imagination,
combined
with
that
one
of
the
best
universities
most
dedicated
faculty
and
the
greatest
city
in
the
world
that
makes
it
immensely
valuable
degree
not
only
to
personally
but
to
our
city
in
to
our
society
and
I'm
gonna.
That's
what
I'm
going
to
talk
about
in
a
few
minutes.
First
I
just
want
to
say
a
little
bit
about
President
Pontic
and
her
final
summer
commencement.
She
made
history
here
at
Wentworth
in
more
ways
than
one.
J
Wentworth
was
recently
named
one
of
the
top
women
led
organizations
in
Massachusetts
by
the
Commonwealth
Institute
Boston
is
a
leader,
an
equal
opportunity
for
women,
and
nothing
is
more
powerful
than
a
role
model
and
Mendte
like
dr.
Pankaj,
so
I
know.
The
woman
in
this
class
are
gonna,
do
great
things
as
well.
J
Under
dr.
ponch's
leadership,
Wentworth
secured
university
status
and
from
the
state
and
moved
up
its
national
rankings.
It
created
nine
new
undergraduate
and
seven
graduate
programs.
It
launched
more
than
300
million
dollars
in
renovations
and
expansions,
including
the
new
Center
for
engineering
innovation
in
science.
I
was
at
the
groundbreaking
last
year
and
we
did
that
and
it'll
be
wonderful
and
I
hope
that
all
of
you
alums
for
return
to
this
great
University
and
see
that
someday.
On
a
personal
note,
anything
that
I've
asked
her
for
to
help
with
the
people
of
Boston.
She
was
there.
J
She
was
there
for
my
apprentice
program
to
help
low
income
workers,
new
skills
and
new
Korea's.
She
was
there
to
make
sure
that
the
Boston
Public
School
students
have
access
to
wentworth
and
some
of
them
are
graduated.
Today,
like
geoffrey,
you
and
haveá--
Freeman
Thank
You
Boston
public
grads,
here.
J
She
was
there
with
think-tanks
to
help
us
use
technology
to
tackle
the
city's
biggest
challenges
and
much
more
she's,
not
only
a
role
model
for
all
of
our
students,
she's
a
role
model
for
university
leaders
as
well.
President
pontius,
please
stand
want
to
excuse
me.
Please
stand
and
please
everyone
join
me
in
saying.
Thank
you.
J
Wentworth
is
a
growing
and
thriving
University
and
Boston
is
a
growing
and
thriving
City.
You
have
been
growing
and
thriving
as
students
and
as
human
beings
here
for
some
time,
these
journeys
are
titled
history.
In
the
last
five
years,
while
Wentworth
has
been
adding
majors
and
faculties
Boston's
been
adding
roughly
forty
thousand
new
people
living
in
our
city
over
a
hundred
thousand
new
jobs
and
over
25
billion
dollars
worth
of
new
construction.
J
We
are
designing.
We
are
building
we're
innovating.
We
are
researching.
We
are
engineering
and
as
much
as
any
school
I
know,
a
Wentworth
education
was
designed
for
this
moment
in
history.
So
I
urge
you
to
think
big
and
dream
big
and
don't
settle,
no
matter
how
big
your
dream
be
ready
to
grow
with
that
vision
and
aim
even
higher
I've
seen
how
fast
the
world
can
change
and
how
fast
the
city
can
change.
I
also
know
how
unexpected
the
journey
in
your
dreams
can
be.
I
just
want
to
share
a
little
bit
about
me.
J
I
grew
up
in
Dorchester.
My
parents
are
from
Ireland,
so
I'm
a
son
of
immigrants
at
the
age
of
seven
I,
was
diagnosed
with
Burkitt's
lymphoma,
which
is
a
form
of
childhood
cancer.
I'm
not
supposed
to
be
standing
here
right
now,
giving
this
commencement
speech,
but
because
of
places
like
Children's
Hospital
and
the
Jimmy
Fund
I
am
here
today
to
be
with
you
somewhere
along
the
road.
J
One
of
my
dreams
was
to
get
enter
into
public
office
and
I
wanted
to
be
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston
I'm,
not
sure
exactly
what
age
that
was,
but
it
was
somewhere
as
a
high
school
student.
I.
Wasn't
focused
on
education
like
I,
should
have
been
when
I
graduated
high
school
I
was
not
accepted
in
any
colleges.
J
I
wanted
to
go
to
so
what
I
did
was
I
applied
for
Quincy
junior
college
and
I
did
one
year
in
Quincy
junior
college
and
in
that
school
I
realized
that
I
actually
could
do
the
work
and
I
transferred
into
Suffolk
University
I
did
Suffolk
University
for
one
semester,
because
I
thought
it
was
more
important
because
of
the
age
of
18.
I
actually
worked
in
this
very
building
where
we
are
today
is
the
construction.
Laborer
and
I
made
nice
money
for
the
summer
and
I
thought
I
wanted
to
go.
J
Make
some
money
because
I
wanted
to
buy
a
new
car
and
I
wanted
to
buy
clothes
and
want
to
buy
all
the
things
that
you
buy
when
you
were
in
some
money
and
I
always
thought
to
myself
that
I'd
go
back
to
school.
What
happened
was
my
life
on
the
outside?
Took
me
down
a
road
that
brought
me
to
my
knees
to
the
point
where
on
April
25th
1995
I
had
to
realize
that
I
had
to
check
myself
into
a
detox,
it
wasn't
voluntary.
It
wasn't
something
I
wanted
to
do.
J
J
In
in
2013,
the
mayor
of
Boston
Tom
Menino
decided
that
he
wasn't
gonna
run
for
reelection
instantly.
I
knew
I
was
gonna,
be
a
candidate
for
mayor
of
Boston
in
2013,
so
I
called
a
few
of
my
friends
and
I
said
the
mayor's
going
to
announce
tomorrow
that
he's
not
running
for
reelection
and
I'm
in
this
race
for
mayor
and
I'm
in
it
to
win
it
and
I
jumped
into
the
race.
I
can't
pay
in
seven
days
a
week
18
hours
a
day,
sometimes
more
than
that.
J
A
lot
of
people
said
that
I
could
not
be
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston,
because
I
was
too
associated
with
labor.
I
was
gonna
ruin
the
city,
I
wasn't
gonna
run
a
fiscally
strong
City
I
was
gonna,
ruin
economic
development,
but
I
could
dragging
along
moving
forward
and
talking
about
the
important
issues
that
happened
in
the
city
of
Boston
that
are
important.
On
November
6,
2013
I
was
elected.
J
Mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston
on
January
6
2014
I
was
sworn
in
as
the
54th
mayor
I
got
sworn
in
at
Boston,
College
I
was
on
the
stage
at
Conte
forum.
I
was
looking
out
at
a
crowd
like
this.
There
was
about
8,000
people
in
the
room
and
I
was
thinking
about
my
life
journey
to
that
point.
In
time
it
wasn't
a
straight
line.
It
was
a
very
crooked
line.
J
There
was
a
lot
of
obstacles
that
I
had
to
overcome
and
a
lot
of
obstacles
that
that
I
had
to
work
on,
but
I
realized
that,
by
following
a
dream,
working
hard
being
determined
and
not
giving
up,
you
can
achieve
the
ultimate
goal.
Whatever
that
ultimate
goal
is
there
are
times
where
I
nearly
gave
up,
but
I
learned
from
my
mistakes.
I
accepted
home
I
listened
to
people,
I
listened
to
mentors
and
I
got
a
chance
to
live
my
dream.
J
Some
of
your
stories
are
gonna,
be
different
than
mine,
and
some
of
your
paths
are
gonna
be
the
same
as
mine,
but
the
lessons
are
all
the
same.
For
all
of
us.
Dreams
are
living
things
at
every
step.
Life
taught
me
about
a
purpose
in
community
at
work
in
recovery
in
college
and
public
service,
showing
me
how
dreams
fit
into
the
bigger
picture.
J
How
I
could
make
a
difference?
I'm
encouraged
to
think
about
your
education
in
that
way.
It's
not
just
in
the
terms
of
skills
that
you
take
on,
but
the
impact
that
you
can
make
in
the
world.
Your
purpose
in
life
I've
seen
it
and
went
where
its
students
acting
with
purpose,
mentoring,
kids
in
Mission
Hill,
this
very
class
developing
energy
efficiency
plans
at
the
Tobin
Elementary
School
in
the
city's
homeless,
shelter
on
South
Hampton
Street
hearing
about
more
to
come
in
new
partnerships
with
the
Elliott
Congregational
Church
in
Roxbury.
J
It's
a
hundred
and
eighty
four
year
old
building
that
needs
some
love
and
some
care.
And
it's
what
went
where
students
are
giving
it
and
they're
designing
plans
for
affordable
housing
and
open
space
they're.
Looking
at
how
to
use
kitchens
to
feed
the
community
and
support
small
businesses,
and
they
are
researching
the
history
of
the
congregation
they're,
taking
all
the
skills
that
went
where
it
teaches
and
using
them
to
help
community,
expand
its
vision
and
take
care
of
themselves
on
their
own.
J
As
the
Elliot
past
that
Evan
Hine
said
when
word,
students
are
helping
turn
this
church
into
a
place
that
it
was
meant
to
be.
That's
the
kind
of
impact
that
you
can
have,
and
many
of
you
already
are
having
that
now.
Imagine
the
impact
that
you'll
each
have
over
the
next
five
10
20
years.
Think
big
and
dream
bigger
and
I
want
to
leave
you
at
one
last
factor
that
your
life
will
be
shaped
by
us
stem
graduates.
So
I'll
start
with
some
data
in
the
2016
presidential
election.
J
The
voter
turnout
was
sixty
one
point:
four
percent:
according
to
the
United
States
Census,
that
numbers
not
great
more
people,
sat
out
than
voted
for
either
candidate,
but
it
gets
worse.
Voter
turnout
amongst
18
to
29
year
old
is
was
forty
six
point,
one
percent
among
those
65
and
older.
It
was
71
percent.
That's
a
big
gap
and
elections
have
consequences.
J
A
piece
of
your
future
was
decided
that
day
and
now
decisions
are
being
made
in
Washington
in
in
legislatures
around
the
country
that
are
impacting
your
life
decisions
on
student
loans,
decisions
on
immigration,
decisions
on
infrastructure,
decisions
on
innovation
and
clean
energy.
Well,
you
get
a
chance
to
create
that
green
building.
Well,
you
get
a
chance
to
work
on
that
wind,
a
solar
power
plant
where
you
get
a
chance
to
design
a
new
bridge.
These
aren't
abstract
policy
questions.
This
is
your
life
I'm,
not
gonna.
J
Tell
you
how
to
vote
not
today,
at
least
in
any
case,
I
trust
democracy.
When
word,
students
come
from
almost
every
single
state
in
the
Union
from
58
countries
around
the
world,
from
every
race
and
religion,
you
represent
a
large
part
of
America,
and
the
choice
is
yours.
The
general
election
this
year
is
November
6th.
It's
just
11
weeks
away.
There
were
big
11
weeks
for
you.
Some
of
you
are
gonna
start
a
new
job.
Some
of
you
are
gonna
meet
new
people.
Some
of
you
are
gonna,
get
your
own
apartment.
J
Well,
some
of
you
are
gonna
move
back
home
and
that's
ok
as
well
nothing's
wrong
with
staying
too
close
to
your
roots.
As
long
as
you
get
back
a
little
whatever
you
do,
these
weeks
will
set
the
tone
for
your
next
chapter
in
life.
So
take
some
time
in
some
ownership,
in
your
democracy,
check
the
registration
rules
and
the
deadlines
where
you're
living
talk
to
your
friends
about
it,
make
a
plan
to
vote
volunteer
on
a
campaign,
seize
your
future
with
both
hands
and
make
sure
you
make
your
voices
heard.
J
Your
voices
need
to
be
heard
because
you
were
the
ones
were
counting
on
to
do
the
work
on
building
our
future.
You
have
the
skills
that
we
need.
You
have
the
ability,
the
loved
one
to
learn.
You've
lived
in
a
close-knit
community
of
purpose.
That's
a
part
of
this
group
global
city.
You
have
real
work
experience,
you
have
passion
and
purpose,
and
today
you
also
have
a
new
degree.
So
congratulations
once
again.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
share
this
day
with
you.
May
God
bless
you
and
God
bless
all
of
your
families.
Thank
you.
F
Thank
You
Martin
J,
Walsh,
Langford,
Institute
of
Technology
honors
you
today
for
their
bold
and
enlightened
leadership
of
the
city
of
Boston.
You
impact
on
employment,
your
cultural
diversity
results
and
equal
rights,
and
your
steadfast
commitment
to
quality
education
for
all
from
pre-school
children
to
teenagers
dreaming
of
a
fulfilling
future.
From
your
days
in
the
city's
labor
unions
to
your
seat
at
the
helm
in
City
Hall,
you
have
been
a
crusader
and
we
have
working
men
and
women.
F
An
exceptional
public
servant
who
seeks
to
build
a
safe
and
vibrant
urban,
lead
landscape
of
civility
liberty
and
opportunity
for
all
time
and
again
when
your
city
has
needed
leadership,
you
have
answered
the
call
Ismael.
You
have
strengthened
Boston
schools,
adding
hundreds
of
spots
for
preschool,
got
kindergarteners.
F
F
F
Your
administration
has
confronted
the
difficult
issues
addressing
the
dire
need
for
housing
in
the
city,
setting
records
for
home
affordability
and
ownership
and
building
a
new
shelter
is
part
of
a
plan
to
end
chronic
homelessness.
In
Boston,
mayor
Walsh,
the
state
of
the
city
is
stronger
than
ever.
Under
your
steady
hand,
we
triple
a
bond
rating
and
culture
initiative
to
resuscitate
Boston
status
as
a
national
leader
for
the
arts.