{"id":98768,"date":"2024-11-13T19:58:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T19:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=98768"},"modified":"2024-11-14T14:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T14:07:20","slug":"university-of-rhode-island-to-announce-transformational-gift-nov-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/11\/university-of-rhode-island-to-announce-transformational-gift-nov-15\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Rhode Island to announce transformational gift, Nov. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KINGSTON, R.I.\u2014Nov. 13, 2024\u2014On <strong>Friday, Nov. 15 at 10 a.m.,<\/strong> Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee will join URI President Marc Parlange, URI Foundation and Alumni Engagement Chair Raymond Williams, and other members of the URI community to announce a transformational gift that will benefit generations of students and families, enhancing access to higher education and student achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The philanthropic gift\u2014the largest in the University\u2019s history\u2014is a bequest from the estate of a URI alumna and will establish an endowed scholarship program for undergraduate students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis transformational gift shows that alumni believe in our University and in our students,\u201d said Parlange. \u201cWe are so incredibly grateful for this support. URI has never been in a better place, due, in no small measure, to our remarkable community\u2014the students, faculty, and staff across our campuses and the extraordinary alumni who carry their URI spirit with them wherever they go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The support adds to the momentum generated by URI\u2019s recently completed comprehensive campaign, which exceeded its goal of $300 million for priorities across the University and raised over $73 million for student financial aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WHO:<\/strong> Raymond M. Williams \u201987, URI Foundation &amp; Alumni Engagement Board of Directors Chair; Marc B. Parlange, University of Rhode Island President; Yahaira \u201cJay\u201d Placencia \u201801, URI Board of Trustees; R.I. Gov. Daniel J. McKee; Dean D. Libutti, URI Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Success; Lil Breul O&#8217;Rourke, URI Foundation &amp; Alumni Engagement President; CJ Hamilton \u201925, URI Neuroscience Major; family representatives of the late alumna and others\u00a0<br><br><strong>WHAT: <\/strong>\u00a0Announcement and celebration of transformational investment in the University of Rhode Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WHEN:  Friday, Nov. 15, 2024<\/strong>,<strong> 10 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WHERE:<\/strong> University of Rhode Island<br>Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center<br>45 Upper College Road<br>Kingston, RI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TO MAKE COVERAGE ARRANGEMENTS, CONTACT: Dawn Bergantino, URI Communications, 401-874-4147, dawn_bergantino@uri.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I.\u2014Nov. 13, 2024\u2014On Friday, Nov. 15 at 10 a.m., Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee will join URI President Marc Parlange, URI Foundation and Alumni Engagement Chair Raymond Williams, and other members of the URI community to announce a transformational gift that will benefit generations of students and families, enhancing access to higher education and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"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":[1848,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advisories","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98768","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\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98768"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98781,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98768\/revisions\/98781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}