Commencement 2010 Student Profile of Talent Development Alumna Tyrene Jones. University of Rhode Island senior Tyrene Jones wants to help people empower themselves. Whether it is her classmates at URI or the community in her hometown, Jones has a passion for helping people find the tools they need to improve their own situations. That’s why […]
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Commencement 2009: Community service activities point URI student to career in social work for minority families
Commencement 2009 Student Profile and Video of Talent Development Alumna Robin Covington. When Robin Covington was kicked out of her house at age 17, her future was not looking bright. Her mother’s struggle with mental illness had caused great conflict between them. She was rebellious, and she didn’t think college was right for her. But […]
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Commencement 2009 Student Profile of Talent Development Alumna Martha Ofeibea-Tenkorang. As a teenager, Martha Ofeibea-Tenkorang moved with her father and sister from Ghana to Pawtucket to rejoin her mother, who had emigrated to Rhode Island 10 years previously to continue her nursing career. As she prepares to graduate from the University of Rhode Island on May […]
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Commencement 2009 Student Profile of Talent Development Alumna Somravanh Litthisack. Somravanh Litthisack readily admits that she didn’t have the usual college experience. She didn’t live on campus, pledge a sorority or participate in extracurricular activities. Yet as she prepares to graduate from the University of Rhode Island on May 17, she knows that the atypical path […]
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Commencement 2008 Student Profile of Talent Development Alumna Kalyana Champlain. After a variety of internal struggles forced Kingston resident Kalyana Champlain to abandon her second year of studies at the University of Rhode Island, she took some time to regroup and returned to school several years later with a strong sense of determination and purpose. As […]
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Commencement 2008 Student Profile of Talent Development Alumna Shana Leffingwell. From being a part of the University of Rhode Island cheerleading team her freshman year, the Talent Development program and a sister of Alpha Phi, Shana Leffingwell has benefited from her many campus activities. But before Leffingwell ever arrived on campus she was enrolled in Talent […]
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Commencement 2008 Student Profile of Talent Development Alumna Elka Arredondo. Central Falls resident Elka Arredondo has come a long way since moving with her family from her native Colombia in 2000. Despite knowing little English when she arrived in the U.S. as a freshman in high school, she will graduate from the University of Rhode Island […]
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Commencement 2007 Student Profile includes Talent Development Alumna Princess Garrett. Jason Green and Princess Garrett have defined leadership during their time at the University of Rhode Island, having served and led numerous campus and community service organizations. But none of those experiences matched their time last summer serving as the first Presidential Interns for URI […]
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Commencement 2002 Student Profile of Talent Development Alumna Fiona Boadih. When she’s not counseling patients or dispensing prescriptions, you may find University of Rhode Island pharmacy major Fiona Boadih practicing her clarinet or dancing the night away. The Rumford resident graduated from the six-year URI pharmacy program on May 19, and will soon make a scrapbook […]
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Commencement 2002 Student Profile of Talent Development Alumna Monica Tavares. Like most new students, adjusting to life at the University of Rhode Island was not easy for Monica Tavares of Pawtucket. The URI senior, who is graduating May 19, learned from her experience and spent the last three years guiding and assisting others with their transition […]
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