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Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick Inspires Campus Community as First President’s Speaker Series Guest
We were pleased to welcome former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick to campus as our first guest for the President’s Speaker Series.
As a respected lawyer, businessman, and politician, Patrick shared profound insights on leadership, ambition, and perseverance with the Curry College community.
President Jay Gonzalez joined Patrick in Keith Auditorium for a Q&A session among Curry students, faculty, and staff. During the engaging conversation, President Gonzalez asked Patrick to speak on behalf of something he’d written in his memoir, A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life. The excerpt pertained to how it was implied that Patrick had a choice to make between two different worlds to feel like he belonged in one versus the other–his life at Milton Academy versus his life in Southside Chicago. Gonzalez related the question to the huge life adjustment that many Curry students face in transitioning to College, and how our community strives to make that adjustment as smooth and as well-supported as possible.
