Business course teaches students how to ‘make it maple’

URI’s BUS 475 class works to promote maple products on social media. Graphic contributed by Maple Promo League. The University of Rhode Island’s BUS 475 students, specifically those involved with the Maple Collaborative, have gained interdisciplinary experience with marketing and social networking through professor Christy Ashley’s course.  Ashley is a trailblazer for URI’s Maple Collaborative…

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Virtual Greek Life Philanthropy Week raises $39K for charity

Students in Greek life raised enough money to build a school in Mali last year during their annual Philanthropy Week. Photo from circleofsisterhood.com. Despite being held online this year, the University of Rhode Island’s Greek Life raised over $39,000 for charity during this year’s Philanthropy Week.  From Nov. 9-13, each sorority and fraternity chapter were…

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$598,000 awarded to Navy, URI for Newport coastal resilience

Program will evaluate infrastructure, safety of Aquidneck community The Naval Station Newport will help in the collaboration with the City of Newport to develop a resilience plan for the island. Photo from commissioning resources. The City of Newport was awarded $598,000 to develop coastal resilience plans in collaboration with Naval Station Newport, the United States…

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Nonprofit administration program helps non-traditional students excel

Graphic by Elizabeth Wong. The University of Rhode Island now offers a flexible, nonprofit administration major  geared towards non-traditional college students within the College of Education and Professional Studies. Peter Nye, one of the program’s professors, said that the program emphasizes four key themes: social innovation, data-driven decision making, leadership processes and ethics.  Social innovation…

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