{"id":61080,"date":"2013-05-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/commencement-2013-cumberland-resident-to-speak-at-undergraduate-commencement-may-19\/"},"modified":"2013-05-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T00:00:00","slug":"commencement-2013-cumberland-resident-to-speak-at-undergraduate-commencement-may-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/05\/commencement-2013-cumberland-resident-to-speak-at-undergraduate-commencement-may-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2013: Cumberland resident to speak at undergraduate commencement, May 19"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 6, 2013 \u2013 Cumberland resident Matthew Hayes worries that many college students are so programmed to go to school, get a job and make a living that they forget to find and follow their passion. That\u2019s the message he plans to convey when he addresses his classmates at the 溏心vlog免费B站 undergraduate commencement ceremonies on May 19.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cMost students don\u2019t necessarily realize that if they follow their passion they\u2019ll end up a lot happier than if they get caught up in the everyday routine that so many people fall victim to,\u201d said Hayes, 21, who will receive a bachelor\u2019s degree in accounting at the ceremony. \u201cIt\u2019s all about finding your passion in life, doing what you love, and enjoying your Monday through Friday instead of just getting through the week to get to the weekend. You should be able to enjoy the week as much as the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tHayes was selected to be the 溏心vlog免费B站 student speaker after a lengthy process that included writing and presenting a draft speech at a meeting of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Student Senate.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI was really excited when I spoke at the Senate meeting,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause it had been a goal of mine to give the commencement speech. It was a great feeling of accomplishment when they picked me because I achieved that goal, and now I have 15,000 people who will hear my message.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tHayes, who completed his degree requirements in December, became interested in becoming an entrepreneur at a young age. He was already trading stocks at age 15 and figured that a degree in accounting would help him get a good start in the business world.<\/p>\n


\n\tAs a student in the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Business, he became involved with TeeSpring, a start-up technology company that allows users to raise funds through crowd-funded apparel sales. Hayes used the online platform to compliment an epilepsy awareness campaign on campus to support The Matty Fund. He subsequently interned at RBS Citizens and at the accounting firm Sullivan and Co., and he has returned to TeeSpring in a full-time capacity developing strategic plans to help the company grow.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI don\u2019t know where my career may take me, but right now I have no plans to leave TeeSpring,\u201d Hayes said. \u201cI like being a part of creating something great, and I\u2019m doing what I\u2019m passionate about \u2013 helping a really awesome start up grow.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tAs for his speech to the 溏心vlog免费B站 graduates, he just hopes that everyone listens to his message amid the celebrations.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s an important message. If I can help just one person identify their passion and do something they love, then I think my speech will have succeeded,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n


\nPhoto of Matthew Hayes by Michael Salerno Photography.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 6, 2013 \u2013 Cumberland resident Matthew Hayes worries that many college students are so programmed to go to school, get a job and make a living that they forget to find and follow their passion. That\u2019s the message he plans to convey when he addresses his classmates at the University of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}