“We had to learn new ways of living, working and studying, and unlearn old habits that no longer served us,” she said. The COVID-19 pandemic, Bagwe said, taught students to embrace challenges with creativity and resilience. “Without them, we would not be here,” she said. She then asked the graduates to applaud their support systems. “It was not easy, but thankfully I didn’t have to do it alone,” she said.īagwe thanked her parents, partner Vipul and sister Tejashri. A lifelong learner, Bagwe had left a corporate job to pursue an advanced degree. Photos by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityĪ 20-hour flight across the Pacific Ocean only increased her excitement. We celebrated the news with our favorite mango ice cream.” Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Clockwise from top left: Dave Thurman and Mike Pollastri, Mary Ludden and Felicia Guity, Amrita Bagwe and Akriti Chadda. “I still remember the happiness on my parents’ faces. “It was the Northeastern acceptance email,” Bagwe said. She was assembling an IKEA table with her father when a notification popped up on her phone. And like any happy memory, she remembers every detail.
She started from the beginning-her acceptance to Northeastern. On Wednesday, she received a master’s degree in project management and addressed her fellow graduates as the student speaker.
“Diversity of experience and thought is what makes our learning community strong and resilient, enabling us to grow and contributing to our collective ability to persevere,” Ludden said.ĭiversity of experience and thought describes Amrita Bagwe, whose journey to Seattle began thousands of miles away in Mumbai. They complied and the auditorium erupted in cheers and applause. Mary Ludden, the university’s senior vice president for global network and strategic initiatives, invited the graduates to hold them high and wave them. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Google executive Felicia Guity addresses Northeastern’s Seattle graduates during Wednesday’s ceremony. They were young and old-all lifelong learners-hailing from Seattle and around the world.Īnd they carried flags representing their homelands and new lands-a Northeastern commencement tradition. They earned master’s and doctoral degrees from the College of Engineering, Khoury College of Computer Sciences, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, and College of Professional Studies. Northeastern’s Seattle commencement, one of several being held across the university’s global network, was a celebration of 433 graduates. Many pumped their fists, some shouted to family and friends. Their names were read, they shook hands with college deans, smiled wide and posed for photos. SEATTLE-One by one the graduates walked across the stage inside historic Benaroya Hall.
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