  {"id":60087,"date":"2012-05-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-recognizes-graduating-seniors-with-academic-excellence-awards\/"},"modified":"2012-05-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T00:00:00","slug":"uri-recognizes-graduating-seniors-with-academic-excellence-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/05\/uri-recognizes-graduating-seniors-with-academic-excellence-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 recognizes graduating seniors with academic excellence awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013May 21, 2012\u2013 Each year, the 溏心vlog免费B站 honors graduating seniors with superior academic achievement in a particular field with a University Academic Excellence Award. Their selection is based on grade point average, as well as other criteria determined by the individual department. For example, criteria might include an honors project, a research presentation, or a student\u2019s professional promise.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t溏心vlog免费B站 Provost and Vice President of Academic Affair Donald H. DeHayes and a college dean presented each recipient with a certificate of academic excellence suitable for framing and a 溏心vlog免费B站 lapel pin during award ceremonies in Edwards Auditorium on May 18. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe following students are the recipients of a 2012 University Academic Excellence Award listed by name, program, and hometown.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nRhode Island residents<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nVeronica Paz Espinosa, Italian, West Warwick, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAhmed El-Araby, Biological Sciences, Environment &amp; Life Sciences, West Warwick, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJoshua Wurdeman, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Environment &amp; Life Sciences, West Warwick, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPeter J. Edwards, German, West Greenwich, R.I. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJacob Ryan Monaghan, Philosophy, Arts &amp;Sciences, West Greenwich, R.I. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNicholas Putnam, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering, Warwick, R.I. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nChristopher J. Menihan, English, Arts &amp;Sciences, Wakefield, R.I. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJoseph Schrader, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy, Wakefield, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRenee Lemieux, Kinesiology, Human Science &amp; Services, Slatersville, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJoseph Timothy Quainoo, Africana Studies, Arts &amp;Sciences, Saunderstown, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nVictoria Clare, Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Continuing Education, Saunderstown, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJustin Brown, Spanish, Providence, R.I. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMark S. Billard, Psychology, Arts &amp;Sciences, Providence, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNoereem Zenaida Mena, Nutrition and Dietetics, Environment &amp; Life Sciences, Providence, R.I. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMeghan E. McCabe, Marketing, Business Administration, Portsmouth, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGiles MacDonald, Environmental Horticulture and Turfgrass Management, Environment &amp; Life Sciences, Pawtucket, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJason Nadeau, English, Continuing Education, Pawtucket, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJessica L. Marchand, Human Development and Family Studies, Human Science &amp; Services, North Smithfield, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAni Arzoomanian, Global Business Administration, Business Administration, North Scituate, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nErin Maughan, Music, Arts &amp;Sciences, North Kingstown, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJoshua Savory, Sociology, Arts &amp;Sciences, North Kingstown, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nVictoria Lyn Tousignant, Writing and Rhetoric, Arts &amp;Sciences, North Kingstown, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAshley Hutchins, Ocean Engineering, Engineering, North Kingstown, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nStephanie Castaldi Szczepanski, Entrepreneurial Management, Business Administration, Narragansett, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAmanda Bourget Ouellette, Anthropology, Arts &amp;Sciences, Manville, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAmanda Bourget Ouellette, Art History, Arts &amp;Sciences, Manville, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMichael James Payne, Military Science and Leadership, Arts &amp;Sciences, Manville, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAndrew Tyler Giguere, Environmental Science &amp; Management, Environment &amp; Life Sciences, Little Compton, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAnna L.Vaccaro, Gender and Women&#8217;s Studies, Arts &amp;Sciences, Kingston, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThomas Derensis, Computer Engineering, Engineering, Hope, R.I. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMichael S. Commendatore, Film Media, Arts &amp;Sciences, Gloucester, R.I. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMichael Kieron, Geosciences, Environment &amp; Life Sciences, East Providence, R.I. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFlannery Burke, Medical Laboratory Science, Environment &amp; Life Sciences, East Providence, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDanielle Dufault, General Business Administration, Business Administration, East Greenwich, R.I. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMichael R. Pezzullo, Civil Engineering, Engineering, East Greenwich, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJohnathan David Berard, Political Science, Arts &amp;Sciences, Cumberland, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJohnathan D. Berard, History, Continuing Education, Cumberland, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nVanessa Landes, Biomedical Engineering, Engineering, Cranston, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAnthony Marcello, Biotechnology Manufacturing, Continuing Education, Cranston, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAmy Wolfe, Art, Arts &amp;Sciences, Coventry, R.I. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThomas Valletta, Mathematics, Arts &amp;Sciences, Coventry, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDavid Timothy McArdle, Physics, Arts &amp;Sciences, Coventry, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMiles Gregory Boucher, Theatre, Arts &amp;Sciences, Coventry, R.I. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nVictoria Lomas, Microbiology, Environment &amp; Life Sciences, Coventry, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDavid Timothy McArdle, Secondary Education, Human Science &amp; Services, Coventry, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJay Coutu, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Chepachet, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKristin A. Pedersen, Accounting, Business Administration, Central Falls, R.I. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nS. Jazmin Zamberlan, Animal Science and Technology, Environment &amp; Life Sciences, Central Falls, R.I.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAmanda M. Blau, Public Relations, Arts &amp;Sciences, Bradford, R.I. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJudith Ann Raponi, Human Development and Family Studies, Continuing Education, Barrington, R.I.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nNew York residents<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nMadeline Regina Gies, Elementary Education, Human Science &amp; Services, Red Hook, N.Y.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nDaniel Roche, Marine Affairs, Environment &amp; Life Sciences, Lake Peeksville, N.Y.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMelania V. Malavazos, Communication Studies, Arts &amp;Sciences, Harrison, N.Y.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMelania V. Malavazos, French, Harrison, N.Y.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNicholas Child, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Engineering, Corning, N.Y. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nNew Jersey residents<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHillary N. Brady, Journalism, Arts &amp;Sciences, North Brunswick, N.J.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAlexa Kretsch, Aquaculture and Fishery Technology, Environment &amp; Life Sciences, Eatontown, N.J.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRyan Kleinert, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Environment &amp; Life Sciences, East Brunswick, NJ.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKyle Elliott, Finance, Business Administration, Cresskill, N.J.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRebecca K. Manning, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Brick, N.J.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nMassachusetts residents<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nMichael Visco, Chemistry, Arts &amp;Sciences, Winthrop, Mass.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBrian Stack, History, Arts &amp;Sciences, Wilbraham, Mass.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKelley Woodacre, Landscape Architecture, Environment &amp; Life Sciences, Wellesley, Mass.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJaclyn A. Surette, Textile Marketing, Human Science &amp; Services, Shrewsbury, Mass.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJennifer Doyle, Communicative Disorders, Human Science &amp; Services, Fall River, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nConnecticut residents<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nCharles Morace, Computer Science, Arts &amp;Sciences, Newton, Conn.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJean Kulas, Nursing, Nursing, Monroe, Conn.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJessica Rago, Pharmacy, Pharmacy, Monroe, Conn.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nOther states<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nLindsay Dawn Lozeau, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Milford, N.H.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBenjamin Negrete, Marine Biology, Environment &amp; Life Sciences, Haltom City, Texas<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKirsten Elaine Leikem, Economics, Arts &amp;Sciences, Tucson, Arizona<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTaiwan<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJhih-Syuan Cindy Yang, Textiles, Fashion Merchandising &amp; Design, Human Science &amp; Services, Kaohsiung , Taiwan<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013May 21, 2012\u2013 Each year, the 溏心vlog免费B站 honors graduating seniors with superior academic achievement in a particular field with a University Academic Excellence Award. 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