Overview: Our second Rhody Ram Scholarship contest for admitted students focuses on our community values and principles – known as URI Cornerstones.
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.
- We pursue knowledge with honesty, integrity and courage.
- We promote independent choice, intellectual curiosity, open-mindedness and free expression.
- We respect the rights and dignity of each individual and group. We reject prejudice and intolerance, and we work to understand differences.
- We accept personal responsibility for our actions and their consequences.
- We actively cooperate to improve the University, the state of Rhode Island, and the global community beyond our borders.
- We strive to be a community where the environment and property are treated respectfully.
- We seek to create and maintain an environment conducive to personal health and wellness.
- We work to develop skills which promote lifelong learning, leadership and service.
Scholarship Contest:
- Identify one URI Cornerstone principle that you believe is the greatest challenge for you and your classmates to potentially achieve, wrestle with, and understand.
- Explain why this principle is a challenge (and perhaps opportunity) for your generation.
- State how you would introduce this principle to your fellow URI classmates in an engaging way.
Meet the Winners!
Principle 7: Taking Pride in Your Environment: College Cleanliness and Academic Success
Malachy McCaffrey
Bronx, New York
Marine Biology
Principle 2: Promoting Intellectual Curiosity in the Age of Standardized Education
Hailey Parente
South Kingstown, RI
Kinesiology
Principle 6: Learning to Preserve the Environment for Future Generations to come
Danielle Mullin
Ludlow, MA
Communicative Disorders
Principle 3: Building a URI Community Strengthened by Diversity and Inclusivity
Jeneva Ahearn
Pharmacy
Johnston, RI
Principle 8: How to Provide Knowledge, Promote Service and Instill Leadership in Millennials
Rachel Morales
Ledyard, CT
Nursing
Principle 4: Establishing a Generation of Individuals with Strong Integrity and Character
Mary Murphy
Ashaway, RI
Accounting