Commencement & Graduation has moved, What does that mean?
Since Commencement and Graduation has been moved indoors, students are now only allowed 2 guests.
President Dooley has moved the ceremonies on account of recent tragedies including the false alarm Chafee shooter incident and the Boston Marathon Bombing to allow more control and security.
President Dooley has moved the ceremonies on account of recent tragedies including the false alarm Chafee shooter incident and the Boston Marathon Bombing to allow more control and security.
"You start your years at URI on the Quad and you end your years on the Quad, that's what we tell them."
- Freshmen Orientation Leader Rosemarie Thomas
Follow the Action #Quad13Get More Involved!We want to hear from you! #Quad13 is seeking 10-30 second video clips from students about why YOU want graduation to be on the quad. We will be compiling all the clips sent in to make a video on why students care where graduation is held.
Send video clips to [email protected] Please make all video clips HORIZONTAL. They do not need to be fancy, or edited. Just a short blurb about why you care is all we need. Please make them appropriate. Join the Sit-in Protest!Tuesday May 14th at Noon on the Quad
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Phone ScriptPlease call President Dooley at 401-874-2444
or fax a personal letter at 401-874-7149 http://www.uri.edu/president/staff.html Vice President of Student Affairs, Tom Dougan at 401-874-2427 Dear President Dooley, My name is _______ and I’m a graduating senior at URI. I am concerned about the recent change in location of our commencement ceremony because I believe it will diminish my ability to celebrate this important day with those I care about. Holding graduation inside limits the amount of guests I can invite to two individuals. Those of us with larger families will be unable to celebrate this important accomplishment with those we hold dear. My family has _______ individuals who wish to attend my graduation and because of the change of venue they will be unable to attend. Additionally, graduating on the Quad is not only tradition, but a rite of passage. You begin your journey at URI on the Quad during orientation and you are supposed to finish your journey by graduating right where it started: on the Quad. I know recent events have been cause for concern, but I believe that allowing fear to rule our decisions is unjust and unwise. We must show that even in the face of tragedy, we will not allow those who caused us harm to dictate our lives. Thank you for listening to my thoughts on this topic and I sincerely hope you will reconsider your recent decision. Thank you, *insertnamehere* On the NewsURI Students Blast Dooley’s Moving Graduation Indoors
http://www.golocalprov.com/news/new-uri-students-blast-dooleys-moving-graduation-indoors/ URI to Move Graduation Inside fro Security Reasons http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/URI-to-move-graduation-inside-for-security-reasons-4498804.php |
Testimony
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"For us who have family flying in from various areas of the country, it's just not fair! I didn't work this hard for a degree to have a day we've looked forward to be pushed from tradition."
- Jessica Maryland "Didn't work my ass off to say goodbye to this school in an old gym" - Jessica Crowley "As a 2012 alum, I have been looking forward to coming back to my alma mater to celebrate their accomplishments. URI is a community of future leaders. While we should look back the horrific tragedy in Boston with reverence, we should not look to the future in fear."
- Ashley Pezzillo |
"Due to a less traditional family situation than the average student, I have many obligations to people who have assisted me in both getting to and through my enrollment at URI. To change the venue to indoors and thus limit the amount of family members who can come, I feel that it would be both anticlimactic and disrespectful for the entirety of them to be unable to see the culmination of these four years." - Matthew Ead
"I can't have such a large group of people who made plans for this trip be waiting around outside for my separate ceremonies. That's not fair to them, especially my disabled grandmother."
- Paige Barnett |
