  {"id":17224,"date":"2025-08-06T11:07:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/?p=17224"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:07:48","slug":"milestone-for-td-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/summer-2025\/milestone-for-td-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Milestone for TD Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"type-intro\"><span style=\"color: #2277b3\"><strong>Talent Development celebrates the program\u2019s 5,000th graduate.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2025\/07\/su25_currents_tdGrads-1024x537.jpg\" alt=\"2025 Talent Development program graduates gathered for breakfast and a group photo in front of the Carothers Library and Learning Commons\" class=\"wp-image-17210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2025\/07\/su25_currents_tdGrads-1024x537.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2025\/07\/su25_currents_tdGrads-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2025\/07\/su25_currents_tdGrads-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2025\/07\/su25_currents_tdGrads-1536x805.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2025\/07\/su25_currents_tdGrads-2048x1074.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2025\/07\/su25_currents_tdGrads-364x191.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2025\/07\/su25_currents_tdGrads-500x262.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2025\/07\/su25_currents_tdGrads-1000x524.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2025\/07\/su25_currents_tdGrads-1280x671.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2025\/07\/su25_currents_tdGrads-2000x1048.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2025\/07\/su25_currents_tdGrads.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"feature-caption\">2025 Talent Development program graduates gathered for breakfast and a group photo in front of the Carothers Library and Learning Commons in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s Commencement marked a milestone for 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Talent Development program\u2014the graduation of the 5,000th TD scholar since the program\u2019s start in 1968.<br><br>Following the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 溏心vlog免费B站 established TD as a special admission program for Rhode Island students, primarily those from underserved schools. From that first class of 13 students to the 1,000 current TD scholars and nearly 5,000 alumni, TD is a proud community of accomplished individuals with significant impact in the state, across the nation, and around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2025\/07\/su25_currents_redwanFarah-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Redwan Albadawi \u201925, and Farah Hammad \u201925, talent development scholar graduates at 溏心vlog免费B站\" class=\"wp-image-17206\" 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https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2025\/07\/su25_currents_redwanFarah.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"feature-caption fancy-caption\"><span style=\"color: #2277b3\"><strong>Redwan Albadawi \u201925<\/strong> received a B.A. in computer science, and <strong>Farah Hammad \u201925<\/strong> received a B.S. in public health.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/magazine\/sites\/13\/2025\/07\/su25_currents_nadeerah-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Nadeerah Mayaleeke \u201925, a talent development scholar graduate at 溏心vlog免费B站\" class=\"wp-image-17203\" 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