{"id":58704,"date":"2014-02-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-business-students-honored-by-rhode-island-legislators-for-win-at-accounting-conference\/"},"modified":"2014-02-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T00:00:00","slug":"uri-business-students-honored-by-rhode-island-legislators-for-win-at-accounting-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/02\/uri-business-students-honored-by-rhode-island-legislators-for-win-at-accounting-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"URI business students honored by Rhode Island legislators for win at accounting conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. &#8212; February 27, 2014 &#8212; URI students are honored by Rhode Island Legislators for their big win at the 29th Annual Minority Business Conference. A URI accounting team took first place at the conference sponsored by the Boston Metropolitan Chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants. The event was held October 26. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThis was the first time URI students have participated in the student case competition, which is normally dominated by Boston area business schools such as Babson and Bentley, a fact that the URI win even more satisfying.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/NABA2014.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"245\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/p>\n<p><b>Success Counts<\/b>: Shown here (left to right) are: URI NABA Chapter President Jose Perales of Providence, Kenny Adefiyiju a senior of Providence, Kwami Moreno a sophomore of Providence, Providence Rep. Anastasia P. Williams, Raven Sannon of Cranston, team captain Kelechi Agwunobi a sophomore of Smithfield, Providence Rep. Joseph S. Almeida, URI Vice President of Community, Equity and Diversity Naomi Thompson of Providence, and Providence and North Providence Rep. Raymond A. Hull. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/NABA.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"279\" align=\"left\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nLAURELS AT THE LEGISLATURE:\u00a0 Rhode Island Representatives Donald J. Lally Jr., South Kingstown-Narragansett, left, and Joseph Almeida, Providence, pose recently with URI accounting students who captured first place in a competition at the 29th Annual Minority Business Conference sponsored by the Boston Metropolitan Chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants. The students from left are: Kwami Moreno a sophomore of Providence, Kelechi Agwunobi, a sophomore of Smithfield, URI Chapter President Jose Perales of Providence, Kenny Adefiyiju a senior of Providence, and Raven Sannon of Cranston. \u00a0Lally sponsored a resolution in the students\u2019 honor and had the group recognized before the House of Representatives. \u201cURI has a saying, \u2018Think Big.\u00a0 We Do. Well, these students Thought Big and They Did,\u201d Lally said. This was the first time URI students participated in the student case competition, which has been normally dominated by Boston area business schools such as Babson and Bentley, a fact that made the URI win even more satisfying. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nURI photos by Michael Salerno Photography.\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. &#8212; February 27, 2014 &#8212; URI students are honored by Rhode Island Legislators for their big win at the 29th Annual Minority Business Conference. A URI accounting team took first place at the conference sponsored by the Boston Metropolitan Chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants. The event was held October 26. 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