{"id":67641,"date":"2006-12-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-couple-closes-the-diploma-gap\/"},"modified":"2006-12-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-05T00:00:00","slug":"uri-couple-closes-the-diploma-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2006\/12\/uri-couple-closes-the-diploma-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 couple closes the diploma gap"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tEach makes degree official<\/p>\n

\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013December 5, 2006\u2014Angelo DaFonseca marched in the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s 1998 May commencement, but was short three credits to be awarded his degree.<\/p>\n


\nHis wife, Veronica \u201cVoninha\u201d DaFonseca, marched in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s 2001 commencement but was six credits shy of a degree.<\/p>\n


\nBorn in Cape Verde, the DaFonsecas met in high school in Providence, and married in 2000. Their graduation story isn\u2019t unusual. 溏心vlog免费B站 allows students a few credits short of their degrees to participate in commencement exercises with their classmates. <\/p>\n


\nAngelo, an economics graduate, promised himself that he would complete his missing three credits that following September. <\/p>\n


\nBut then, he began building his career. After a year working for FEC Mortgage, he joined Chrysler Financial.

\n Voninha studied finance and after leaving 溏心vlog免费B站 found employment in the state Department of Health\u2019s tuberculosis program. She often works with patients who do not speak English. That\u2019s not a problem, since she speaks fluent Portuguese, Creole, and Spanish. <\/p>\n


\nIn the meantime, she gave birth to the couple\u2019s two daughters, Vanny and Monique. Last year she made the time to complete her final credits for her degree. This year, while cramming and caring for their children she and Angelo added restaurateurs to their r\u00e9sum\u00e9s. They own and operate the Cantinho restaurant in Pawtucket, which specializes in Cape Verdean and Portuguese food.<\/p>\n


\nThis month, Angelo will complete the three credits he needs for his degree when he finishes the short story class he\u2019s taking at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Feinstein Providence Campus. \u201cI can\u2019t wait,\u201d he says. \u201cI should have done it years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe couple credits Sharon Forleo, associate director of Special Programs in Talent Development, with urging them to finish their few remaining credits. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cInformally, I\u2019ve always encouraged our students to come back and complete their work. But two years ago, I got more formal about it. I began keeping a notebook with names. It\u2019s often a snail\u2019s pace in finding them.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tBut when Forleo finds them, she calls them before each semester. \u201cI\u2019m a nag,\u201d she admits, noting that the students always intend to finish, but sometimes life gets in the way. I tell them to be a role model for their kids.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tSo far, Forleo has convinced five students to complete their degrees. \u201cI got two for one with the DaFonsecas,\u201d she says sounding quite pleased. <\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 News Bureau Photo by Michael Salerno Photography\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each makes degree official KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013December 5, 2006\u2014Angelo DaFonseca marched in the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s 1998 May commencement, but was short three credits to be awarded his degree. His wife, Veronica \u201cVoninha\u201d DaFonseca, marched in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s 2001 commencement but was six credits shy of a degree. Born in Cape Verde, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67643,"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-67641","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\/67641","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=67641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}