{"id":58454,"date":"2016-05-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-honors-gandhi-essay-contest-winners-2\/"},"modified":"2016-05-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T00:00:00","slug":"uri-honors-gandhi-essay-contest-winners-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2016\/05\/uri-honors-gandhi-essay-contest-winners-2\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 honors Gandhi essay contest winners"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tZoe Petrovas, eighth grader at St. Michael\u2019s Country Day School in Newport, wins top honor<\/b><\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I., May 10, 2015\u2014Zoe Petrovas, an eighth grader at St. Michael\u2019s Country Day School in Newport, has won first place in the annual Gandhi Essay Contest sponsored by the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\nRuby Roy Dholakia, a 溏心vlog免费B站 business professor, presented the award to Petrovas, who lives in Portsmouth. Tom Patel of the India Association of Rhode Island also presented Petrovas with a citation from the State of Rhode Island recognizing her achievement. <\/p>\n


\nRebecca Franko of Smithfield, a student at LaSalle Academy, and Bhagyashree Behera, of North Providence, a student at the Dr. Edward A. Ricci Middle School, won second-place awards.<\/p>\n


\nThird-place awards went to Alexis Weiler, of West Greenwich, a student at Rocky Hill School, and Kieran Gallison and Anna Schnorr, residents of Portsmouth and students at St. Philomena School.<\/p>\n


\nAlong with the essay awards, 溏心vlog免费B站 Professor Emeritus Ghasi Ram Verma, a champion of women\u2019s education in his native India, presented five students with the Gandhi Compassion and Selfless Service Award: Haley Benoit from Curtis Corner Middle School in Wakefield; Paige Buckett from Barrington Middle School; Liliana Froehner from St. Michael\u2019s Country Day School; Hannah Marley from Cluny School in Newport; and Matthew Richards from St Michael\u2019s Country Day School.<\/p>\n


\nThe winning eighth grade essayists were recognized during a ceremony on May 4 in Cherry Auditorium at the Chester Kirk Engineering Building on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston campus. The evening closed with a rousing rendition of the peace anthem \u201cThis Little Light of Mine\u201d led by Paul Bueno de Mesquita, center director and a 溏心vlog免费B站 psychology professor.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis was our most successful contest ever,\u201d says Bueno de Mesquita, \u201cwith a record number of outstanding and impressive essays that shared students\u2019 deep personal connections with Gandhi\u2019s philosophy of nonviolence.\u201d<\/p>\n

The contest received 361 entries from eighth graders at 22 public and private schools. The essays offered personal reflections on a quote from Gandhi, the nonviolent activist from India. Students were asked to explain what the following quote from Gandhi means to them: \u201cAn eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nHere\u2019s a list of the 2016 finalists:<\/p>\n


\nPaige Felton, of Mendon, Mass., Mount Saint Charles Academy.

\nSkylar Van Prooyen, Sacred Heart School.

\nSaylor Costa, of East Providence, Sacred Heart School.

\nAndrew Zito, of Charlestown, Rocky Hill School.

\nMarcie Donahue, of Tiverton, St. Philomena School.

\nCelia Byrne, of Newport, St. Philomena School.

\nSydney Householder, of Middletown, St. Philomena School.

\nMichael Bolanos, of Portsmouth, St. Philomena School.

\nNadia Heller, of Providence, French American School.

\nMargaux Bedford, of Rumford, French American School.

\nLucy Howland, of Providence, French American School.

\nGianlexis Siarez, Segue Institute for Learning.

\nDaniel Lagunas, Segue Institute for Learning.

\nKatelin Ferreira, of Warwick, LaSalle Academy.

\nSasha Landau, of Providence, Lincoln School.

\nMichael Alizio II, of Bellingham, Mass., Mount Saint Charles Academy.

\nTanvi Bhatia, of Bellingham, Mass., Mount Saint Charles Academy.

\nDelaney Green, of Johnston, Mount Saint Charles Academy.

\nBrian Zhang, of Woonsocket, Mount Saint Charles Academy.

\nGabriella Moreira, of Rehoboth, St. Mary Academy Bay View.

\nJohn Renzi, of Warwick, Winman Junior High School.

\nLauren Manney, of Warwick, Winman Junior High School.<\/p>\n


\nPictured above: <\/p>\n


\nFirst-place winner in the 6th annual Gandhi Essay Contest was Zoe Petrovas of St. Michael’s Country Day in Newport. Presenting the award were Ruby Roy Dholakia, a 溏心vlog免费B站 business professor, and Paul Bueno de Mesquita of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies.<\/p>\n


\nGroup shot of the winners of the 6th annual Ghandi Essay Contest at the 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\nPhoto by Michael Salerno Photography.\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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