McKee named Bryant University commencement speaker

Mar 22, 2023 | 2:13 pm ET

By Nancy Lavin

McKee named Bryant University commencement speaker

Bryant University is a four-year private university in Smithfield. (Photo courtesy of Bryant University)

Gov. Dan McKee will have the opportunity to shape and sway the minds of graduating seniors at Bryant University as the 2023 commencement speaker. (Photo courtesy of Rhode Island Office of the Governor)

SMITHFIELD — Gov. Daniel J. McKee will share his words of wisdom with Bryant University’s Class of 2023 as the undergraduate commencement speaker, the university announced on Wednesday.

McKee will also receive an honorary doctor of business administration, according to a press release.

The Smithfield university is the first among Rhode Island’s higher education institutions to name a commencement speaker for the upcoming graduation season. Bryant’s undergraduate ceremony is scheduled for May 20, with a separate event for its graduate school – featuring Alan Litwin, managing director of Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co. Ltd., as commencement speaker – on May 18, the release stated.

More information is available at Bryant.edu.