{"id":65902,"date":"2007-10-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/independent-insurance-agents-continue-strong-support-of-uri\/"},"modified":"2007-10-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-18T00:00:00","slug":"independent-insurance-agents-continue-strong-support-of-uri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2007\/10\/independent-insurance-agents-continue-strong-support-of-uri\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Insurance Agents continue strong support of 溏心vlog免费B站"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tGroup\u2019s donations total nearly $400,000<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 October 18, 2007 \u2013 The Independent Insurance Agents of Rhode Island have made a $20,000 gift to the 溏心vlog免费B站 to support its College of Business Administration and the University Library.<\/p>\n


\n\tIncluding this newest gift, which is part of the $100 million \u201cMaking a Difference\u201d capital campaign at 溏心vlog免费B站, the agents have given a total of $397,850 to the University since 1986.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cOur support dates back to when the College of Business Administration had an insurance major,\u201d said Dennis Charland, executive director of the group. \u201cThere has been a great deal of change, including the renovation and expansion of Ballentine Hall. With the growth of the business college, we felt it was all the more important to continue our support.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe donation to the College of Business Administration will boost the Independent Insurance Endowment for student scholarships. The endowment provides four, $2,500 scholarships to Rhode Island students on a need basis.<\/p>\n


\nThe donation to the Library will be used to purchase books and electronic serials\/databases.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe donation is designed to benefit all who use the Library,\u201d Charland said.<\/p>\n


\n\tWhile the College of Business Administration no longer has an insurance major, insurance is a required course for the supply chain management and general business majors.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThis longstanding commitment to the college has been very important to our students,\u201d said Business Dean Mark Higgins. \u201cThis newest gift will help us boost the amount of financial support we can offer them. Because of the generosity of the Independent Insurance Agents, we are able to award two annual scholarships to the best and brightest in the finance area.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tCharland said supporting students is critical to the state\u2019s insurance industry where he said there are 10,000 jobs. \u201cWe like to remind people that Rhode Island is the headquarters of Metropolitan Auto and Home, Warwick, the Providence Mutual Insurance Co., Warwick, Narragansett Bay Insurance Co., Pawtucket, and others. It\u2019s important that students are well educated and prepared to work in our industry.\u201d<\/p>\n


The $10,000 earmarked for the University Library will be used to purchase books and electronic resources to support the business college. \u201cWithout this support, I wouldn\u2019t be able to buy the most current resources,\u201d said University Libraries Dean David Maslyn. \u201cThe University\u2019s enrollment continues to grow and so do the demands of the library. During finals weeks, 20,000 students use the library.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe Independent Insurance Agents gift is part of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Making a Difference campaign, which seeks $100 million to recruit and retain outstanding faculty, enhance the student-centered campus experience, provide undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships, and fund cutting-edge academic and research initiatives. For more information on the campaign, click on http:\/\/www.advance.uri.edu\/giving<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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\nINDEPENDENT SUPPORT: Independent Insurance Agents of Rhode Island join with 溏心vlog免费B站 representatives before making a $20,000 gift to the University as part of the \u201cMaking a Difference\u201d capital campaign. From left are: David Maslyn, University Libraries dean; Michael R. Britt, director of corporate and foundation relations for the 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation; Sean Donaghey, account executive, Rhode Island Association of Insurance Agents; Myron Mitchell, president, Rhode Island Association of Insurance Agents; David Soucy, president, Independent Insurance Agents of Rhode Island; Dennis Charland, executive director, Independent Insurance Agents of Rhode and Mark Higgins, dean of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Business Administration. 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Communications and Marketing photo by Nora Lewis.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Group\u2019s donations total nearly $400,000 KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 October 18, 2007 \u2013 The Independent Insurance Agents of Rhode Island have made a $20,000 gift to the 溏心vlog免费B站 to support its College of Business Administration and the University Library. Including this newest gift, which is part of the $100 million \u201cMaking a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65905,"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-65902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65902","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=65902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}