{"id":110219,"date":"2026-08-17T20:07:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T20:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=110219"},"modified":"2026-08-17T20:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T20:07:18","slug":"registration-for-project-connect-is-open-through-sept-22-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/registration-for-project-connect-is-open-through-sept-22-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration for Project Connect is open through Sept. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>August 17, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New to campus? Get connected!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registration for Project Connect opens Aug. 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The six-week program begins <strong>Sept. 14.<\/strong> New students can get to know others and learn more about the University via one-hour weekly sessions. The program helps build connection and community through weekly small-group discussions led by student peer facilitators. New students are able to meet other first-year students, learn about resources and fun things to do on campus, and get tips to help get their time at URI off to a good start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Project Connect is open to all first-year and transfer students. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSe6o6oFm9j2D5BLoqDv-XRDECm_r1K1NKOg3EN-oE82vEZtYQ\/closedform\">Space is limited: sign up early!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, contact <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/healthservices\/health-promotion\/\">Health Promotion<\/a> at <a href=\"mailto:urihealthpromotion@uri.edu\">urihealthpromotion@uri.edu<\/a>. Follow on Instagram at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/urihealthpromotion\/\">@urihealthpromotion<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 17, 2026 New to campus? Get connected! Registration for Project Connect opens Aug. 25. The six-week program begins Sept. 14. New students can get to know others and learn more about the University via one-hour weekly sessions. The program helps build connection and community through weekly small-group discussions led by student peer facilitators. New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1866],"tags":[1857,1858,1856],"class_list":["post-110219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-message","tag-audience-faculty","tag-audience-staff","tag-audience-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110220,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110219\/revisions\/110220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}