Governor Gina Raimondo, Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello and Rhode Island Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio are set to deliver opening remarks, then Davis will deliver the keynote commencement speech. The broadcast also features video compilations by graduating seniors, musical numbers by finalists in a student song competition and speeches by class valedictorians. Rhode Island-born singers Billy Gilman and Erika Van Pelt will also perform.
Other Rhode Island-connected celebrities — including journalist Meredith Vieira, Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel, director and producer Seth MacFarlane and New England Patriots’ Julian Edelman, James White and Jarrett Stidham — have recorded video messages to inspire graduating seniors.
Tune into the live event Monday, June 15 at 7 p.m. on Rhode Island PBS (channel 8 for many of us), stream it online at ripbs.org/stream or listen in on Coast 93.3. If you miss the live special, catch the audio encore on Coast 93.3 Sunday, June 21 at noon or stream the recorded event at ripbs.org/youryear2020.