6月5日，当皇冠app2020届和2021届毕业生庆祝他们的学术成就时，即使太阳的热度也无法与普拉特&惠特尼体育场伦茨勒球场的热情相媲美。 对于2020届毕业生来说，这一表彰被推迟了很长时间，因为去年新冠肺炎疫情的限制使学校无法举办现场聚会。

The 330 graduates entered the stadium in a procession that also included faculty, trustees, and dignitaries led by 马克·e·沙因伯格, Goodwin’s founder and president, and 丹妮尔·s·威尔肯, provost and dean of faulty. 这是威尔肯在皇冠app的最后一次毕业典礼，她将担任布里奇波特大学校长的新职位。

在这个独特而特别的场合，荣誉学位获得者令人印象深刻，被选中的学生演讲者也很高兴。 Former Ambassador to the United Nation 安德鲁年轻 recalled his ties to the Hartford area when his wife took her first job as a schoolteacher in the 1950s at the Arsenal School. 他鼓励毕业生成为“储蓄者”，将他们有限的资源投入到商业中，并建议说：“这是你摆脱贫困的方式。”

他补充说：“你们在皇冠app学到的课程，无论你们走到哪里，几乎在地球上的任何地方，都会伴随着你们。”

Legendary entertainer 斯莫科罗宾逊 looked back on his career that has spanned many decades, many challenges, and many victories, including his advocacy for civil rights. “我的梦想成真了。 我现在正在实现我最不可能实现的梦想。” “你的工作是让世界变得更美好。” 罗宾逊继续了这次活动的共同主题，强调了学生们相互照顾的迫切需要。

Representing Goodwin’s graduate students, community activist 伊丽莎白Giannetta-Ramos (Master’s in Organizational Leadership) related her experiences as a Hartford teenager establishing an organization that created safe spaces for youth, today known as COMPASS and operating on a $3 million budget. Despite some initial fears about 返回学校 to pursue a master’s degree, she was won over by Goodwin’s passionate professors, unmatched support, and “do-something-about-it” spirit.

Undergraduate speaker 玛丽•欧文斯 (Dental Hygiene) looked at her assembled classmates in the audience and opened her remarks with, “I feel that I’m at the ocean right now, looking at a tidal wave coming right at me… you are powerful!” 她已经获得了语言治疗的学士学位，她讲述了如何与一个医疗保健机会有限的特殊病人一起工作，以及她是如何激励她去攻读另一个学位的，这样她就可以提供更多的支持，同时也可以作为一名健康倡导者。 她说，皇冠app为她提供了一个专注于个人的环境。 “在皇冠app，我们学会像对待一个人一样对待每个人……无论你是同事，如果你在医疗保健领域，一个陌生人……要善良……注意并认识到他们的需求。”

在谢恩伯格校长结束典礼时，他回顾了创建这个活动必须克服的挑战：“我不在乎天气太热，我不在乎（典礼）花了太长时间…… I don’t care about anything but that today 发生了 — in spite of it all. 我们爱你！”

毕业典礼的图片可在以下网址找到：
https://www.flickr.com/photos/goodwincollege/albums