“You are in a place where you can live out loud in a way that perhaps you have never been able to do before, where risk is encouraged, where failure is a path to innovation, where inspiration and admiration will happen every day from your peers, your faculty, and on the best days, from yourself.”

—Provost Rosanne Somerson 76 ID at RISD Convocation, September 10, 2012.

Watch the 2012-13 Convocation ceremony in its entirety above. The Provost’s address begins at 42:00.