URI Cornerstones

Overview: Our second Rhody Ram Scholarship contest for admitted students focuses on our community values and principles – known as URI Cornerstones.Rhody_State

The University of Rhode Island is a principled community guided by values. As members of this community, we subscribe to the following principles, our URI Cornerstones, which form the foundation of our endeavors.

  1. We pursue knowledge with honesty, integrity and courage.
  2. We promote independent choice, intellectual curiosity, open-mindedness and free expression.
  3. We respect the rights and dignity of each individual and group. We reject prejudice and intolerance, and we work to understand differences.
  4. We accept personal responsibility for our actions and their consequences.
  5. We actively cooperate to improve the University, the state of Rhode Island, and the global community beyond our borders.
  6. We strive to be a community where the environment and property are treated respectfully.
  7. We seek to create and maintain an environment conducive to personal health and wellness.
  8. We work to develop skills which promote lifelong learning, leadership and service.

Scholarship Contest:

  1. Identify one URI Cornerstone principle that you believe is the greatest challenge for you and your classmates to potentially achieve, wrestle with, and understand.
  2. Explain why this principle is a challenge (and perhaps opportunity) for your generation.
  3. State how you would introduce this principle to your fellow URI classmates in an engaging way.

Meet the Winners!

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Principle 7: Taking Pride in Your Environment:  College Cleanliness and Academic Success

Malachy McCaffrey
Bronx, New York
Marine Biology

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Principle 2: Promoting Intellectual Curiosity in the Age of Standardized Education

Hailey Parente
South Kingstown, RI
Kinesiology

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Principle 6: Learning to Preserve the Environment for Future Generations to come

Danielle Mullin
Ludlow, MA
Communicative Disorders

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Principle 3: Building a URI Community Strengthened by Diversity and Inclusivity

Jeneva Ahearn
Pharmacy
Johnston, RI

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Principle 8: How to Provide Knowledge, Promote Service and Instill Leadership in Millennials

Rachel Morales
Ledyard, CT
Nursing

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Principle 4: Establishing a Generation of Individuals with Strong Integrity and Character

Mary Murphy
Ashaway, RI
Accounting

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