Dr. Rapino

Rapino, who graduated from the university’s Faculty of Business Administration in 1989, said an early experience promoting a show for the Jeff Healey Band gave him his start in the music industry, according to the Thunder Bay News.

“I got lucky,” he told the graduates. “I found my passion early. That was kind of my North Star. I didn’t stop pursuing my dream of doing it bigger and on a grander scale and it took me from Thunder Bay to Toronto to New York to Los Angeles.”