{"id":68835,"date":"2005-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/dental-familys-smiles-are-bright-at-uri-commencement\/"},"modified":"2005-05-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-25T00:00:00","slug":"dental-familys-smiles-are-bright-at-uri-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/05\/dental-familys-smiles-are-bright-at-uri-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Dental family\u2019s smiles are bright at URI Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — May 25, 2005 — During the early 1970s, Bruce Gouin and Christine Benoit bumped into each other while climbing the University of Rhode Island\u2019s notorious Elephant Walk. The two had been elementary school classmates growing up in Woonsocket and hadn\u2019t seen each other since. The reunion led to dating and to marriage.<\/p>\n


\nThree decades later, the couple returned to undergraduate commencement ceremonies at their alma mater to watch their son, Brendan earn his degree in biology.<\/p>\n


\nThe couple graduated from URI in 1974 and married in 1976 while attending Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. Their practice, Arrowhead Dental Associates, is in Charlestown. <\/p>\n


\n For Son Brendan, selecting URI was easy. \u201cMy parents spoke highly of it and my friends raved about it,\u201d the 22-year-old competitive snowboarder says, noting that this year\u2019s record snow accumulation kept him busy on the slopes with URI\u2019s Snowboarding Club.\u201d

\nBrendan will again follow his parent\u2019s footsteps, or in this case their dental impressions, to Tufts dental school. <\/p>\n


\nDaughter Annick will graduate from URI next year. She was planning to follow in her family\u2019s dental path by majoring in biology in college until the spring of her senior year in high school. \u201cI always loved apparel and designing clothes. I\u2019m self-taught. In high school, I started a business making and selling pocketbooks and other items.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAnnick decided to follow what she loved and is enrolled in URI\u2019s Textiles, Fashion Merchandising, and Design Department, focusing on fashion design. She won first prize for her designs in a judged competition during this year\u2019s Spring Splash. \u201cAll of my experiences at URI have been positive ones,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n


\nAnnick\u2019s step away from the growing dental tradition of the family may only be a small generational one. Her grandfather was a textile manufacturer based in Woonsocket with mills in New England, Canada, and Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n


\nALL IN THE FAMILY: Annick Gouin, URI class of 2006, and Brendan Gouin, URI class of 2005, pose with their parents Bruce Gouin and Christine Benoit, both URI class of 1974 during commencement ceremonies on May 22. URI News Bureau Photo by Michael Salerno Photography.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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