![]() ![]() ![]() “We’re here and we are proud of you,” Hale said. It’s not easy,” said Hale, whose commencement speech followed that of co-keynote speaker, Massachusetts Sen. ![]() Hale, the founder and CEO of communications services provider Granite Telecommunications, told students they’d also be getting $1,000 cash, which led to a roar of excited cheers and applause, the livestream shows. “You guys have survived, you’ve prospered, you are to be celebrated,” Hale said at UMass Boston’s 55th undergraduate commencement. Graduates from the University of Massachusetts Boston left their graduation ceremony with more than just diplomas thanks to a generous billionaire.īefore walking the stage Thursday, 2,000 undergraduate students learned they’d be receiving two envelopes containing a total of $1,000, according to the university.Ĭommencement speaker Robert Hale, a billionaire CEO of a Massachusetts-based communications company, interrupted chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco as he began announcing the distribution of diplomas, the ceremony’s livestream shows. ![]()
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