{"id":6803,"date":"2023-07-05T12:49:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T16:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/?p=6803"},"modified":"2023-07-17T20:50:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T00:50:20","slug":"feedback-and-from-the-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/summer-2023-cat\/feedback-and-from-the-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"Feedback and From the Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We welcome and encourage letters to the editor. Write to us: urimag@uri.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From URI Magazine Readers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Spring<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Kudos <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for the marvelous spring 2023 issue of the URI alumni magazine. The layout on each page is visually attractive. Moreover, it is easy and enticing to read. The cover, too, is sensational. I LOVE \u201cCaption This,\u201d showing a bygone moment of life at URI. Congratulations to all who make the alumni magazine a very special and personal publication. Bravo! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Suzanne Grossman \u201959 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am so impressed by the spring issue of URI Magazine. Loved sharing it with my family and fellow alumni! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Aurora Faria \u201920<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Second-to-Last Lobsterman on Block Island <\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Great story! Inspirational, hopeful, yet tinged with a sense of melancholy. A challenging career for young Mr. Howarth, but I have a bit of envy for the life he is carving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Greg Whitehead \u201978 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a wonderful story. I\u2019m always inspired by people, both young and old, who keep their local traditions strong. It is not easy work. Proud of you Ebben for seeing a bigger picture and getting your college degree! Keep up the energy you\u2019ve maintained!!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Kimberly Leute, parent \u201926<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Swimming Narrow River<\/a> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fun to read. Thanks! Congrats to Anthony Russo for the cool illustration. It\u2019s great! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Paul Daley, parent \u201998<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Keeping Current <\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Loved \u201cKeeping Current\u201d with Kevin Rosa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Jean Connelly \u201968<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the Editor<\/h1>\n\n
\"Barbara
As a land grant university, URI has a three-pronged mission that includes teaching, research, and outreach. Our water outreach programs<\/a>, including Watershed Watch, embody the outreach mission in every way. As part of the Watershed Watch volunteer army, I work with Surfrider R.I. to collect water samples from a handful of surf spots once a month year-round. It\u2019s the best volunteer gig ever, and I look forward to it whether I\u2019m bundled up in winter gear and waders or, as in this photo from Fenway Beach in Westerly, R.I., enjoying a calm, sunny June morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Welcome to the summer issue! Here, we offer you summer reading and an introduction to a few notable members of the Rhody family who are working hard and having fun. And that\u2019s the best kind of work.<\/p> \n\n

In these pages, you\u2019ll meet a chocolate entrepreneur, a craft brewer, and a skating instructor. You\u2019ll meet alumni sisters finding the humor in life\u2019s challenges. And you\u2019ll meet URI researchers who study some cool creatures\u2014sharks and bees.<\/p> \n\n

Keep reading and you\u2019ll find master classes on authentic leadership and music appreciation. And if you like history, you\u2019ll meet someone I can\u2019t help seeing as the Greatest Generation\u2019s Forrest Gump: Brig. Gen. Elliott R. Thorpe \u201919, Hon. \u201951, who managed to be part of some of the biggest moments in history; in fact, he might have changed history had his warning of the imminent attack on Pearl Harbor been heeded.<\/p> \n\n

Since summer reading wouldn\u2019t be complete without a little romance, we offer you two love stories: Norm Schoeler \u201971 and Barbara DeCubellis Taylor \u201970, who met in kindergarten, dated as URI students, went their separate ways, and then reunited, discovering they had both lost their spouses to Alzheimer\u2019s; and David Nicolato \u201998 and Cortney Nicolato \u201901, who were both Rhody mascots as students, and who still see URI as the foundation of their life together.<\/p> \n\n

Finally, if your summer includes some time in the water, \u201cRhode Island\u2019s Water Warriors\u201d is a must-read, along with companion story, \u201cWater Detective.\u201d The stories show how four programs\u2014Watershed Watch, Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officers, Onsite Wastewater Resource Center, and Home*A*Syst\u2014work together to help keep the state\u2019s water\u2014from our rivers, ponds, and oceans to our wells and groundwater\u2014clean and healthy. As a proud member of the volunteer army that works with the amazing Elizabeth Herron \u201988, M.A. \u201904, for Watershed Watch, I hope this story demonstrates the important work these programs do for all of us.<\/p> \n\n

So find a comfy spot by the water and dig in\u2014your summer reading is here.<\/p>\n\n

\u2014Barbara Caron, Editor-in-Chief<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to our Cap-tivating 2023 Grads!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The winners of this year\u2019s graduation cap contest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rhody Pride:<\/strong> Daniela Acarapi \u201923, B.S. data science<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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URI Affiliation:<\/strong> Trinity Testa \u201923, B.S. sustainable agriculture and food systems<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Most Creative:<\/strong> Kevin Ramos \u201923, B.A. computer science<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n



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