{"id":62712,"date":"2012-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-to-commemorate-50th-anniversary-of-w-alton-jones-campus\/"},"modified":"2012-02-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T00:00:00","slug":"uri-to-commemorate-50th-anniversary-of-w-alton-jones-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/02\/uri-to-commemorate-50th-anniversary-of-w-alton-jones-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 to commemorate 50th anniversary of W. Alton Jones Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tCelebration to mark roles in research, environmental education, as safe house site for mob informant<\/p>\n


\n\tWEST GREENWICH, R.I. \u2013 February 16. 2012 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its W. Alton Jones Campus in 2012 with a yearlong series of events recognizing the people, programs and resources that have made the West Greenwich campus a vital asset to the University and the state.<\/p>\n


\n\tNamed for the oil executive whose wife donated the property to 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1962 following his death in a plane crash, the 2,309-acre forested campus is an award-winning site for youth camps, a popular destination for weddings, and a conference center that hosts hundreds of corporations, government agencies, and non-profit organizations each year. It is also an important natural environment for scientific research.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cFor many people in New England, a visit to the W. Alton Jones Campus is the first experience they have with the 溏心vlog免费B站, and it provides an excellent first impression,\u201d said 溏心vlog免费B站 President David M. Dooley. \u201cThe campus provides tremendous value to the University, especially to our research scientists, and I\u2019m pleased to join in celebrating its anniversary.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re a unique facility in New England,\u201d said Thomas H. Mitchell, director of the campus. \u201cNowhere else can you go that combines a research forest with a retreat for adults and an environmental classroom for children. We\u2019re excited to celebrate our anniversary and draw attention to the unique history and programs we provide to the region.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tA book about the history of the campus has been written and will be published in August. Included are details of visits to the campus by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 and 1960 and the King of Nepal in 1960, all of which took place when W. Alton Jones owned the property. It also highlights the campus\u2019 use, under 溏心vlog免费B站 ownership, as a temporary \u201csafe house\u201d for an organized crime witness and as a site for a Hollywood movie production, as well as the day in 1976 when a helicopter carrying former Gov. Philip Noel crashed on campus while carrying him to a meeting there.<\/p>\n


\n\tAmong the events planned to celebrate the anniversary are a series of nature walks throughout the year, a dedication of the campus\u2019 new telescope and observatory, and reunions of the staff of the Environmental Education Center and the alumni of the Executive MBA Program, which was held entirely on the campus. In addition, the anniversary will be recognized at a 溏心vlog免费B站 men\u2019s basketball game on Feb. 25, a football game in October, and during a meeting of the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education, which will meet at the campus in August.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe highlight of the anniversary year will be a formal outdoor celebration on Sept. 23 adjacent to the campus\u2019 Whispering Pines Conference Center and remarks by Dooley and Gov. Lincoln Chafee, whose father spoke at the dedication ceremony in 1964 when he was governor.<\/p>\n


\n\tFor more information about the anniversary celebration, contact Thomas H. Mitchell at 401-397-3302 ext. 6024 or mitchell@uri.edu.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Celebration to mark roles in research, environmental education, as safe house site for mob informant WEST GREENWICH, R.I. \u2013 February 16. 2012 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its W. Alton Jones Campus in 2012 with a yearlong series of events recognizing the people, programs and resources that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}