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WHAT: The University of Rhode Island asks members of the media to contact its Department of Communications and Marketing no later than the morning of Thursday, May 20, to notify it of their plans to cover URI s 135th Commencement, which runs May 21 through 23. All nine in-person college ceremonies will be held at Meade Stadium, home of URI football. Each ceremony will be streamed live and available for viewing later. The main commencement ceremony, including speeches and music, will be pre-recorded and available for viewing commencement weekend and thereafter. To watch each ceremony and the recorded main ceremony online, go to URI Commencement 2021.
University will confer 4,438 academic degrees upon 4,093 students at commencement ceremonies
KINGSTON â It will be much smaller compared to past celebrations, but the University of Rhode Island will still be ringing in its 135th Commencement next weekend.Â
Despite all of the challenges that students have faced over this past year, and the sacrifices that had to be made in the best interest of public health, graduates were able to persevere.Â
The university will confer 4,438 academic degrees upon 4,093 students at the commencement ceremonies held the weekend of May 21 through May 23. As always, the number of degrees conferred will be greater than the number of graduates, since so many students earn more than one degree.
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KINGSTON, R.I. May 13, 2021 The University of Rhode Island will confer 4,438 degrees (689 graduate and 3,749 undergraduate) academic degrees upon 4,093 students at the University s commencement ceremonies during the weekend of May 21 through 23. The number of degrees conferred is greater than the number of graduates because many students earn more than one degree.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there will
not be a large undergraduate commencement on the quadrangle or a large graduate commencement at the Ryan Center.
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Instead, all nine college ceremonies will be held at Meade Stadium, home of URI football. Students are allowed to invite two guests. The in-person ceremonies, which will include brief remarks by the respective college deans and ceremonial traditions conducted by President David M. Dooley and Provost Donald H. DeHayes, will be held rain or shine. Each ceremony will be streamed live, and the main commencement ceremonies, including speeches a
By MARK PRATTApril 29, 2021 GMT
Rhode Island is expanding its efforts to vaccinate as many people as possible against COVID-19 by bringing shots to businesses, colleges, high schools, and other sites, and offering no-appointment vaccinations, Gov. Daniel McKee said Thursday.
“We have moved into the next phase of vaccine distribution, which is all about meeting people where they are,” the Democratic governor said at a news conference.
Any business or school that wants to host an on-site clinic should contact his office, he said.
About 650 employees of Electric Boat in North Kingstown, one of the state’s largest private employers, were vaccinated on-site Wednesday, McKee said.