{"id":15742,"date":"2024-10-07T13:17:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T17:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/?p=15742"},"modified":"2024-10-08T10:07:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T14:07:08","slug":"message-from-the-dean-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/2024\/10\/07\/message-from-the-dean-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from the Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the 2024-2025 academic year, our first anniversary as a stand-alone College within the University of Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a year of great beginnings, accomplishments, and joyous celebrations, but also some sad moments.<\/p>\n<p>In September, our College\u2019s namesake, Alan Shawn Feinstein, passed away after a lifetime of distinguished service through his philanthropic work and commitment to educational excellence. At his memorial service, I was personally touched by the uplifting nature of the atmosphere, complete with music sung by those in attendance and the loving remembrances from his family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>The work of our College will continue to carry his legacy of making the world a better place for students.<\/p>\n<p>Over the summer, I had the pleasure of meeting Diane and Kent Fannon, both graduates of the class of 1974. Their love for URI is palpable, and I speak for the entire College in expressing our sincerest appreciation for their $500,000 gift to support faculty research. <em>The Diane and Kent Fannon Education Research Endowment<\/em> acknowledges our faculty\u2019s scholarship and the many ways that we strengthen education across the lifespan.<\/p>\n<p>This edition of <em>Educators &amp; Innovators<\/em> highlights several ways we are enhancing educational opportunities locally and globally:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our new Office of English Language Programs hosted 25 international educators from 16 countries as part of a U.S. Department of State\u2019s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Office of English Language Programs through the English Access Scholarship Program.<\/li>\n<li>Emily Clapham was awarded a Flutie Foundation grant for the URI Xtreme Sports program, which fosters inclusion for children with autism and other disabilities.<\/li>\n<li>Governor McKee once again awarded the partnership between the college and the Jonnycake Center with a LEARN365 grant. Dr. Diane Kern leads this initiative for the college.<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin McMichael (\u201924), a graduate student in our TESOL\/Bilingual and Dual Language Immersion program was awarded a grant that will allow him to work as a teacher\u2019s assistant in France.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, please join us in welcoming our new faculty and staff to the College, as we introduce them in this issue of <em>Educators &amp; Innovators<\/em>, and continue to share the latest endeavors of our College.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15359\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/dean_dennis_signature-500px-1-300x67.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/dean_dennis_signature-500px-1-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/dean_dennis_signature-500px-1-364x81.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/dean_dennis_signature-500px-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong style=\"font-family: Charter, Georgia, serif;font-size: 20px\">Danielle V. Dennis<br \/>\n<\/strong>Dean<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the 2024-2025 academic year, our first anniversary as a stand-alone College within the University of Rhode Island. It has been a year of great beginnings, accomplishments, and joyous celebrations, but also some sad moments. 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