{"id":68012,"date":"2007-04-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/hasbro-childrens-fund-announces-500000-gift-to-support-international-education\/"},"modified":"2007-04-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-02T00:00:00","slug":"hasbro-childrens-fund-announces-500000-gift-to-support-international-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2007\/04\/hasbro-childrens-fund-announces-500000-gift-to-support-international-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Hasbro Children\u2019s Fund announces $500,000 gift to support international education"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tHasbro Children\u2019s Fund gift establishes Hasbro Scholars Fund<\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 2, 2007 \u2013 Hasbro Children\u2019s Fund, the charitable arm of Pawtucket-based toymaker Hasbro, Inc., has announced a $500,000 gift to the 溏心vlog免费B站 to support international business and engineering education. The gift was made as part of the University\u2019s \u201cMaking a Difference\u201d campaign.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe majority of the funds will be used to establish the Hasbro Scholars Fund, which will provide merit-based financial support for undergraduate students pursuing business and engineering internships and studies in China. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cInternational education is a critical element of many academic programs. Hasbro\u2019s contribution will dramatically expand opportunities for our students to experience other cultures by living, working and studying abroad,\u201d said 溏心vlog免费B站 President Robert L. Carothers. \u201cThis gift will have a lasting impact on the lives of our students.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cHasbro is particularly pleased to support students who plan to study and intern in China, whose thriving economy is a driving force behind an increasingly global marketplace,\u201d said Hasbro Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer, Alfred J. Verrecchia, who earned an undergraduate degree from 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1967, an MBA in 1972 and an honorary doctorate in 2004. \u201cWe believe that students with cross-cultural backgrounds, especially those who speak Chinese and understand its culture, will be better equipped to become leaders at companies with international operations.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tHasbro\u2019s gift was one of the reasons 溏心vlog免费B站 was successful in being selected as a site for a Confucius Institute. The Institute, one of 20 in the United States funded by the Chinese government, is a non-profit educational organization designed to enhance the understanding of Chinese culture and support the teaching of the Chinese language. It is one of several Chinese initiatives to be launched at 溏心vlog免费B站 this year.<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s International Engineering Program requires students to major in an engineering discipline and a foreign language (Chinese, French, German or Spanish) and then spend a year abroad studying and interning at an international company. The innovative program, launched in 1987 as a national model, attracts top engineering students from throughout the country and provides them with the cross-cultural experience that many global engineering firms seek in their employees. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe financial obstacles of going to the Far East are fairly considerable, so the Hasbro gift will help meet the needs of many students who seek experience in China,\u201d said John Grandin, executive director of the International Engineering Program and a professor of German.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe University\u2019s newly launched International Business Program is a five-year program modeled after its engineering counterpart and requires foreign language training and an internship abroad. Students in the program study business principles from a global perspective while also studying the history, economy, politics and culture of a foreign country.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThis fall the International Business Program officially becomes part of the university curriculum. Through Hasbro’s generous gift, students who are currently freshman or sophomores and have completed a significant number of courses in a foreign language will be able to enroll in the program. These students will be able to take advantage of internship opportunities through our partner institutions in China,\u201d said College of Business Dean Mark Higgins, who has made international education a priority since he assumed the dean\u2019s post last September.<\/p>\n


\nThe Hasbro endowed scholarship will support several students who will participate this summer in a six-week introductory trip to China to study the Chinese language, culture and industry. Beginning next fall, two 溏心vlog免费B站 engineering students will be the first to spend an entire academic year in China.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe gift from Hasbro will be very significant in enabling engineering students to pursue a Chinese language option and prepare for leadership positions as global engineers,\u201d said Bahram Nassersharif, dean of the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Engineering. \u201cWe look forward to further strengthening the relationship between Hasbro and the 溏心vlog免费B站 engineering programs in design and innovation through this gift.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tIn addition to the endowment for international education opportunities, the Hasbro gift will also provide support for 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Engineering and College of Business to develop the programs further.<\/p>\n


\nThe Hasbro donation is part of the 溏心vlog免费B站 \u201cMaking a Difference\u201d 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.<\/p>\n


\nHasbro is a worldwide leader in children\u2019s and family leisure time entertainment products and services, including the design, manufacture and marketing of games and toys ranging from traditional to high-tech. Its most visible and recognizable brands include Playskool, Tonka, Milton Bradley, Parker Brothers, Tiger and Wizards of the Coast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hasbro Children\u2019s Fund gift establishes Hasbro Scholars Fund KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 2, 2007 \u2013 Hasbro Children\u2019s Fund, the charitable arm of Pawtucket-based toymaker Hasbro, Inc., has announced a $500,000 gift to the 溏心vlog免费B站 to support international business and engineering education. The gift was made as part of the University\u2019s \u201cMaking a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68014,"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-68012","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\/68012","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=68012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}