Graduation speaker gives each student $1,000 -- with a catch

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A commencement speaker surprised graduates at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth this week by giving them each $1,000 cash in envelopes — but with a catch.

Robert Hale, Jr., the founder of Quincy-based Granite Telecommunications, told students that "each graduate who crossed the stage" on Thursday "would receive one $500 envelope to keep as a gift" while the second $500 envelope is intended to be given to "someone in need or a charity or cause close to them," the university said. "These trying times have heightened the need for sharing, caring, and giving," Hale said.

ERIN ANDREWS, ENFAMIL COMMIT $50,000 TO SUPPORT WOMEN STRUGGLING WITH INFERTILITY: ‘YOU’RE NOT ALONE’ "Hale told the crowd about his career, including losing $1 billion nearly overnight, and urged them not to let failure define them, using his own life as an example of resilience and perseverance," the university said in a press release.

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