Student Profiles

Class of 2021

Michaela Bellisle - Coming from a family of engineers, she creates her own path

Theresa Brown - She found her niche while leading The Cigar’s coverage of the pandemic

Halah Davis - URI graduate intent on making an impact

Faares Deeb - Music, chemical engineering double major plans for a future in an orchestra

Bethany DeLoof - Marine biology major looks forward to shark-filled future

Maxwell Dickens - Finish line for International Business Program graduate, track star leads to law school

John Heroux - Corporate executive, community activist finishes what he started 35 years ago

Jenna Lopes - Cancer, pandemic didn’t stop her from earning her degree in health and physical education

Frank Martinez - Graduate student speaker has been from Cuba to Washington, D.C. to Florida, California, and now Kingston, R.I.

Telma Odoom - Ghanaian nursing student achieves her life’s dream at URI after decade-long struggle

Marie Rodriguez - Pharmacy graduate motivated by heartbreaking family experience, desire to care for others

Nina Santos - Master's graduate makes a difference by combining lifelong love for oceanography, passion for the environment

Edhaya Thennarasu - Student commencement speaker finds love of learning 13,000 miles from her home in India