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Letter from the President...........inside front cover A Tale of Two Archways
Through The Archway - Commencement Magazine
Welcome to the 2022 Commencement Magazine, “Through The Archway.” The magazine you are reading was compiled using submissions from the Class of 2022. Thank you all who sent in reflections, memories, photos, and more!
Special thanks to Katie Hughes-Pucci, Jess Raffaele, and Tory Atkins, as well as the student staff of the Office of Student Events and Orientation Programs, Senior Class Committee, and Thrive Magazine.
What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today is a day of celebration and we hope that this booklet serves as a way to share in the joy and pride for our graduating class.
Congratulations Classs of 2022!
As newly minted alumni of Bryant University, graduating seniors enjoy the long-awaited opportunity to take their first steps through the cast iron archway situated in the middle of campus – an artifact excavated from the Old Providence campus when Bryant moved to Smithfield in 1971. It is a very exciting and sobering milestone in the Bryant experience that all students who pass though Bryant’s gates have the privilege of partaking in.
And while the archway that we know today is a remnant of that campus, its significance on the old Providence campus (which was sold to Brown upon the move to Smithfield) was virtually nonexistent. Instead a brick structure, named the South Portico, was the archway that all who came to Bryant knew about. It was under the South Portico, attached to one of the old campus’ main academic buildings, where students of the past would gather during inclement weather and sunny days alike to talk about the happenings on campus.
This tradition stands in stark contrast to the tradition of the purpose that the cast iron archway serves to current Bryant students, who are afraid to pass under it for superstitious fear of not graduating. So each time you walk under the archway, don’t just reflect on your four years at this institution, but also on the years that preceded it and the illustrious and unique history, tradition, and values that have both fallen away and re-manifested themselves in the annals of Bryant’s collective memory.
Contents
Letter from the President...........inside front cover A Tale of Two Archways.................................page 1 Senior Reflections.............................................page 2 Senior Portraits................................................page16 Thrive Timeline...............................................page 34 In Memory of James Koshivos.....................page 53 Senior Class Gift.............................................page 54 Favorite Spot on Campus..............................page 55 Bryant Community Shout Outs.................page 57 Faculty and Staff Reflections ......................page 59 Senior Memories.............................................page 62 Commencement Awards..............................page 66 Letter from the Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students....................................page 68 Letter from the Provost................inside back cover
