The Service After Rhody Panel gathered to tell students about how they continue to serve their community. | Photo by Grace DeSanti. A panel of alumni who were heavily involved in community service as students, spoke this past Wednesday about how they served their communities in college and how they continue to do so now….
Junior Bridget Montle balances EMS, equestrian team, nursing Bridget Montle works as an EMT, while also being a nursing student and riding for the equestrian team. | Photo by Grace DeSanti. College students oftentimes struggle to create a manageable routine to complete their academic endeavors. Junior nursing student Bridget Montle, however, has been able to…
Alumnus Jim Morgan works on his WRIU radio show that he has produced since 1991. | Photo by Mary Lind. For nearly 30 years, alumnus Jim Morgan, of the 1991 class, has been producing a weekly show on WRIU 90.3 FM that features a wide array of non traditional music. The show has had many…
Alex Turco plans to spend her summer interning at Target. |Photo by Grace Desanti Junior textile marketing and public relations double major Alex Turco has an internship acting as a manager of a Target over the summer. “I was looking at internships on my own and I didn’t really have much luck,” said Turco. “So,…
Dr. Julie Keller poses with her new book that was nine years in the making. |Photo by James McIntosh In January, Dr. Julie Keller, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Rhode Island published her book, “Milking in the Shadows: Migrants and Mobility in America’s Dairyland,” which tells the stories of undocumented migrants…
Ira Grey struts down the runway during the Ball Culture Fashion Show hosted by the Gender and Sexuality Center as part of the LGBTQ Symposium. |Photo by Anna Meassick The annual fashion show in honor of Coming Out Month, acts as an accepting and confidence-boosting experience for the was held at the Gender and Sexuality…
Nyle DiMarco signs to the audience about how he went from “the deaf kid” to a successful model, actor, and starting his own production company. |Photo by Anna Meassick Model and actor Nyle DiMarco, spoke last Sunday about deaf activism, deaf education and his own experiences as a deaf man. ‘An Evening With Nyle DiMarco,’…
Alumna Luisa Murillo wrote a poetry collection titled “Collita Love.” | Photo by Dhana Whiteing. Luisa Murillo, a 2013 graduate of the University of Rhode Island’s English department, has recently received the $25,000 MacColl Johnson Fellowship to finish writing a poetry collection written to promote Bolivian culture and experiences. Her book, “Collita Love,” is a…
Dave Lavallee is incredibly dedicated in his service to the University. Photo by Anna Meassick Dave Lavallee is on his 25th year of working in the communications department for the University of Rhode Island, but his dedication to the University began long before he started his job in 1994. Lavallee’s father attended URI and got…
Students shave their heads toward raising awareness and finding a cure for childhood cancer. Photo by James McIntosh. On Monday, the University of Rhode Island held its fourth annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraising event in the Memorial Union and raised over $8,000. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is an organization committed to raising awareness and finding…