A Biweekly Report of University News, Events, and Alumni Updates May 10, 2012 Volume 9, Issue 10
	CLASS OF 2012 Meet multilingual URI civil engineering student Colleen Grinham who aims for global career helping others. "Learning a language is a way to connect with people, and I’ve had the chance to apply that principle to engineering as well,"she says. JOIN THE CARAVAN The Alumni Association and Department of Athletics invite you to join Men’s Basketball Coach Dan Hurley, Athletics Director Thorr Bjorn, and other URI coaches at one of the Spring Caravan Series events to be held in Westerly, Boston, Warwick, and NYC. First up, Westerly on May 16. WELCOME ALUMNI Alumni are invited to attend the annual Open Meeting of the University of Rhode Island Alumni Association, which will be held on June 6 at the Alumni Center. RHODY YARD SALE Donate items, rent a table to sell your treasures, or just shop at the annual Rhody the Ram Charity Yard Sale on June 9. Proceeds benefit the Rhody the Ram Endowment. AT THE CHAPTERS The Massachusetts Chapter Professionals Club is hosting an evening of great seafood, networking, and live music on Boston's Rowes Wharf on June 21. See upcoming chapter events! ALUMNI CALENDAR OF EVENTS ALUMNI CAREER RESOURCES URI ALUMNI ONLINE MAY 11 Distinguished Achievement Award nomination deadline MAY 12 East Farm Spring Festival MAY 17 URI Excellence Awards MAY 19, 20 URI Commencement JUNE 21–23 Ocean State Summer Writing Conference JUNE 22 Vice President for University Advancement Bob Beagle retirement celebration		TRADITION Meet the Class of 2012 Central Falls native Franklin Solano Jr, soon to be the first in his family to earn a college degree, is on his way to becoming an Army intelligence officer. Ryan Kleinert, who took a six-year hiatus before entering URI to pursue his passion for the natural environment, is graduating as the University's top wildlife biology student. And classical studies major Mary McGunigal will enter Mt. Sinai School of Medicine — after she delivers the undergraduate student address at the May 20 Commencement ceremony. More... EXCELLENCE URI honored as a National Center of Excellence The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have selected URI as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education. This designation, which is the nation’s premier academic certification for cybersecurity education, highlights the University's expertise and influence in this rapidly growing field. More... ACHIEVEMENT Students earn prestigious scholarships Recent scholarship awards to URI students in the sciences and engineering highlight the University's strength in these areas. Six URI sophomores have been awarded a Hollings Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the most from any public university in the nation in 2012. Juniors Russell Dauksis and Christopher Bobba have been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship, the country's most prestigious undergraduate scholarship for those interested in careers in science and engineering. INNOVATION Students launch recycling company Undergraduate entrepreneurs Dylan Gregory and Cory Harrigan's company, Scrap Specialists Recycling, is saving local automotive companies hundreds of dollars in recycling costs each month. Inspired by a URI class in energy economics, the students invested their own money to purchase 12 dumpsters and contracted with several vendors that pay the students in return for the recyclables they collect. More... ENVIRONMENT Princeton Review rates URI among top green universities The University of Rhode Island's commitment to sustainability and to creating an eco-friendly campus was recognized last week with the release of The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2012 Edition. URI also was included in the 2010 and 2011 editions. More... DON'T BE A ZOMBIE! Pharmacy students held a mock clinic dispensing fake anti-virals to prevent a zombie outbreak. The clinic was a public health class exercise to test emergency response.
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