{"id":8373,"date":"2025-09-02T06:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/?p=8373"},"modified":"2025-10-29T11:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:43:07","slug":"new-student-welcome-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/new-student-welcome-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New Student Welcome 2025 at URI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Date &amp; Time:<\/strong> Tuesday, September 2, 2025 | 4:30 PM \u2013 6:30 PM EDT<br><strong>Location:<\/strong> Barlow Circle, University of Rhode Island<br><strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> Rhode to Becoming a Ram (R2R)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Is New Student Welcome?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The New Student Welcome is URI&#8217;s official kickoff event for incoming first-year students. It serves as a warm introduction to the URI community, featuring a welcome address from President Marc Parlange, opportunities to meet fellow students, and activities to help you start your journey as a Ram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Event Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Welcome Address by President Parlange:<\/strong> Hear from URI&#8217;s President as he officially welcomes the Class of 2025 to campus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>URI 2025 Group Photo:<\/strong> Join in a memorable group photo to commemorate your first URI event.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Free T-shirts:<\/strong> The first 1,000 students receive a limited-edition URI 2025 T-shirt.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Complimentary Snacks:<\/strong> Enjoy light refreshments and snacks as you mingle with peers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Class Walk-Up:<\/strong> Meet at Barlow Circle at 4:15 PM to walk up to the event together as a class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Events During O-Week<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The New Student Welcome is part of URI\u2019s O-Week (Orientation Week), running from August 29 to September 5, 2025. O-Week offers a variety of events designed to help new students acclimate to campus life, meet new people, and learn about available resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directions to Barlow Circle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Barlow Circle is located at the heart of the URI Kingston campus. It is easily accessible and serves as a central gathering point for many campus events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date &amp; Time: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 | 4:30 PM \u2013 6:30 PM EDTLocation: Barlow Circle, University of Rhode IslandHosted by: Rhode to Becoming a Ram (R2R) What Is New Student Welcome? The New Student Welcome is URI&#8217;s official kickoff event for incoming first-year students. It serves as a warm introduction to the URI community, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3495,"featured_media":8519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[70,99],"class_list":["post-8373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-free-food","tag-student-well-being"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3495"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8373"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8520,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8373\/revisions\/8520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/deanofstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}