1,200 UMass Dartmouth grads surprised with $1,000 in cash from billionaire commencement speaker — under one condition
A commencement speaker at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth gave the graduates some inspiring words for their futures — and $1,000 cash each to get them started. Robert Hale, Jr., the billionaire founder and CEO of Quincy-based Granite Telecommunications, sent the students into a frenzy when he told them “each graduate who crossed the stage” …