{"id":95230,"date":"2024-05-20T15:14:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T15:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=95230"},"modified":"2024-05-30T19:44:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T19:44:16","slug":"viola-davis-to-uri-graduates-i-see-the-sacred-in-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/viola-davis-to-uri-graduates-i-see-the-sacred-in-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Viola Davis to 溏心vlog免费B站 graduates: \u2018I see the sacred in you\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 20, 2024 \u2013 In front of a capacity crowd Saturday at the Ryan Center that was at first boisterous and then moved to silence, Viola Davis, one of only 19 people to have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards, had a profound message for the 溏心vlog免费B站 Commencement Class of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAllow me to beckon you to a call to adventure. What is the call? The call is to love,\u201d said the renowned performer who spent much of her early life in Rhode Island and graduated from Central Falls High School.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"oembed oembed-youtube-com\" style=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fiSDKAUepSY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Viola Davis Delivers Stirring Keynote Address at 2024 溏心vlog免费B站 Commencement\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fiSDKAUepSY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Davis\u2019 inspiring words came during the College of Arts and Sciences Commencement, one of eight graduation ceremonies celebrating the 溏心vlog免费B站 Class of 2024. During the three-day commencement weekend, May 17 through 19, the University conferred 4,762 degrees\u20143,980 undergraduate and 782 graduate degrees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card   right\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/gallery-sights-from-a-celebratory-weekend\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/20240517_Salerno_溏心vlog免费B站_BusinessCommencement-0109-2.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Sights from a celebratory weekend<\/h2><p>The 溏心vlog免费B站 conferred more than 4,700 degrees during three days of moving celebrations honoring students\u2019 resilience and achievements.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">View the Gallery<\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI stand here and in each of you I see the sacred, an ember that when agitated, woken up, becomes a glorious, wild flame. That flame is your story. It\u2019s your passion. It\u2019s your lifeforce. Allow me to wake up your flame,\u201d Davis said in opening her stirring address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She acknowledged that people have ambitions, the desire to achieve and make a mark in the world. \u201cNone of it means anything if the blinding need to one\u2019s purpose is not active, tangible, accessible, purposeful love,\u201d she said to a loud ovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She challenged the graduates to make others\u2019 lives better, \u201clike holding someone\u2019s hand when they are dying, confronting someone who has hurt you, using your degree, your skillset, to put something in the world to make someone\u2019s life better.\u201d She continued, \u201cLooking at a parent or grandparent in the eye who no longer has the memory of you, working your way through that grief and loving and showing up for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05182024-NL-041-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95254\" width=\"485\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05182024-NL-041-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05182024-NL-041-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05182024-NL-041-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05182024-NL-041-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05182024-NL-041-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05182024-NL-041-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05182024-NL-041-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05182024-NL-041-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05182024-NL-041-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05182024-NL-041-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05182024-NL-041-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><figcaption>Melany Feliz Garcia, the student speaker for the College of Nursing, is all smiles as she applauds her fellow graduates. 溏心vlog免费B站 photo by Nora Lewis. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Davis also offered advice on the power of transformation and healing. \u201cThe healed one becomes the healer. Once you slay those inner dragons, it will make you better leaders. What I am ultimately saying is the world is in desperate need of an elixir and healers. Healed leaders will only become better healers and that looks like love to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou can either leave something for people, or you can leave something in people. When you leave it in you are planting embers, eternal flames, and that is a boss move.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05192024-NL-086-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95256\" width=\"484\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05192024-NL-086-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05192024-NL-086-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05192024-NL-086-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05192024-NL-086-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05192024-NL-086-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05192024-NL-086-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05192024-NL-086-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05192024-NL-086-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05192024-NL-086-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05192024-NL-086-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/COMM-05192024-NL-086-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><figcaption>Graduates celebrate during the College of Arts and Commencement. 溏心vlog免费B站 photo by Nora Lewis.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Davis\u2019 remarks followed the awarding of an honorary Doctor of Letters. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/commencement-2024-uri-to-award-honorary-degrees-to-renowned-actress-viola-davis-author-deborah-goodrich-royce-and-business-executive-charles-royce\/\">Charles M. Royce and Deborah Goodrich Royce<\/a>, noted for their considerable literary and investment success and important preservation work across Rhode Island, were awarded honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees during the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Davis\u2019 message of hope and healing, in many ways, gave voice to the reflections shared by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/commencement-2024-student-speakers-announced-for-college-graduation-ceremonies\/\">eight student-speakers <\/a>who addressed their peers during the ceremonies. The students-now-graduates praised their peers for excelling in their studies despite starting their college careers during the disruption of a global pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/溏心vlog免费B站_BusinessCommencement-0122-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95258\" width=\"479\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/溏心vlog免费B站_BusinessCommencement-0122-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/溏心vlog免费B站_BusinessCommencement-0122-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/溏心vlog免费B站_BusinessCommencement-0122-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/溏心vlog免费B站_BusinessCommencement-0122-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/溏心vlog免费B站_BusinessCommencement-0122-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/溏心vlog免费B站_BusinessCommencement-0122-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/溏心vlog免费B站_BusinessCommencement-0122-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/溏心vlog免费B站_BusinessCommencement-0122-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/溏心vlog免费B站_BusinessCommencement-0122-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/溏心vlog免费B站_BusinessCommencement-0122-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/溏心vlog免费B站_BusinessCommencement-0122.jpg 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><figcaption>Two graduates of the College of Business are beaming after receiving their diplomas Friday. 溏心vlog免费B站 photo by Michael Salerno.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s a worldwide pandemic, term papers, or senioritis, nothing has been able to stop the class of 2024,\u201d said Jacob Iacobucci, of West&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greenwich and the student speaker for the College of Arts and Sciences. \u201cWe may bend, we may complain, but we never break. Today, we stand tall, as champions, the 溏心vlog免费B站 graduating class of 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victoria Fulfer of Narragansett said class members\u2019 plans likely look very different than when they started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/Jacob-NL-097-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95260\" width=\"477\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/Jacob-NL-097-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/Jacob-NL-097-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/Jacob-NL-097-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/Jacob-NL-097-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/Jacob-NL-097-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/Jacob-NL-097-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/Jacob-NL-097-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/Jacob-NL-097-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/Jacob-NL-097-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/Jacob-NL-097-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2024\/05\/Jacob-NL-097.jpg 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><figcaption>Jacob Iacobucci gives the student address during The College of Arts and Sciences Commencement. 溏心vlog免费B站 Photo by Nora Lewis.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany of us completed our studies in the middle of a pandemic,\u201d said Fulfer, the student speaker for the Graduate School of Oceanography. \u201cWe worked and studied through insurrections and impeachment trials and heated presidential elections. We graduate into a completely new world full of challenges at every turn. But amid the strife and battles, we also saw stories of hope and innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>East Lyme\u2019s Sarah Mayer, the College of Engineering\u2019s student speaker, listed the multiple challenges of starting 溏心vlog免费B站 during a pandemic, but said, \u201cDespite these challenges, the class of 2024 persevered, with the determination to make the most out of our university experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said she was forced to make a decision, \u201cto stay in my dorm room, isolated, or step out of my room and seek opportunities for involvement and personal growth. Had I not done so, I would not have gone to California and Texas to experience the world\u2019s largest engineering conference for female engineers. I would not have mentored seven first-year engineering students. I would not have become a writing consultant in the undergraduate writing center, proving that a STEM major can enjoy writing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melany Feliz Garcia of Providence addressed her fellow graduates in the College of Nursing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs we embark on this next chapter of our journey, let us do so with courage, with determination and with an unwavering commitment to excellence. Above all, let us never lose sight of the incredible privilege it is to be a nurse, to have the opportunity to touch lives, heal wounds and make a difference in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his closing remarks, 溏心vlog免费B站 President Marc Parlange said, \u201cNever forget the profound importance of hope and possibility. We often use hope as a platitude, but I encourage you to cultivate it and adopt it as a lens for your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHope and the belief in possibility have given you the resilience to pursue your goals and enable us to confront uncertainty with confidence,\u201d Parlange said. \u201cIt is a guiding light during our darkest times and it binds us together, allowing us to collectively envision a better world and build thriving communities. 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