Roger Williams University Class of 2025 Urged to Embrace Discomfort, Pursue their Dreams and Careers with Purpose

Roger Williams University Class of 2025 Urged to Embrace Discomfort, Pursue their Dreams and Careers with Purpose

BRISTOL, R.I., May 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Before Cole Brauer became the first American woman to sail solo nonstop around the world, she was a struggling high school student searching for direction. She found it, unexpectedly and powerfully, in college.  "I became empowered in learning for the first time in my entire life," Brauer told the Roger Williams University Class of 2025 during her Commencement keynote address on May 16. "Yet the pr…