{"id":69230,"date":"2005-10-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/donors-and-recipient-have-historical-meeting-at-uri\/"},"modified":"2005-10-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-31T00:00:00","slug":"donors-and-recipient-have-historical-meeting-at-uri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2005\/10\/donors-and-recipient-have-historical-meeting-at-uri\/","title":{"rendered":"Donors and recipient have \u2018historical\u2019 meeting at 溏心vlog免费B站"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — October 31, 2005 — 溏心vlog免费B站 student Travis Roberts\u2019 journey to college wasn\u2019t an easy one, nor was it ever guaranteed. Many times during his childhood, his family had to decide whether to use the little money they had for food or for rent. Their electricity was often shut off while the rising cost of rent forced them to move frequently.<\/p>\n


\nBy the time he was a senior at South Kingstown High School, most of his friends had become involved with drugs, committed crimes, and dropped out of school. Intent on college, Roberts attended the Community College of Rhode Island for a few years before transferring to 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\nHis parents have always been hardworking. Today, his father, Ray, works in the maintenance department of South County Hospital. His mom, Stephanie, works as a physical therapy assistant.<\/p>\n


\n\tBut when his mother was laid off earlier this year and his federal loans failed to cover his educational expenses, Roberts worried that he wouldn\u2019t be able to complete his senior year. Then he got a letter from 溏心vlog免费B站 notifying him that he had been awarded the Stephen M. Kaufman Memorial Scholarship. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIt was both a relief and an honor,\u201d the 23-year-old history and political student major says. \u201cIt came at a time I needed it most.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nRoberts told his story during a luncheon in October designed to introduce donors to their student recipients. Roberts was delighted to meet his benefactors: Anita and Dr. Donald Kaufman of Cranston and Narragansett. The feeling was mutual.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cHe\u2019s such a sincere, humble young man,\u201d says Anita who, like her husband grew up in Providence. \u201cWe can appreciate what he went through, although our experiences weren\u2019t the same. Neither of us had parents of wealth. They were working people.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nHer husband agrees. \u201cWe both commuted to college. She went to Rhode Island College, I went to 溏心vlog免费B站. I can remember when the $100 tuition was hard to meet,\u201d he recalls. His mother was widowed at the time.<\/p>\n


\n\tAfter graduating from 溏心vlog免费B站 with a degree in pharmacy in 1962, Donald took a few liberal arts classes, including history classes, to get enough accepted credits for George Washington University Medical School. <\/p>\n


\nA gastroenterologist, he now is in private practice at Gastroenterology Associates in Providence. He is also chief of gastroenterology at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island in Pawtucket.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe Kaufmans established the scholarship for bright and needy Rhode Island students in 2000. They named the endowment after their middle child, Stephen, a college student who died unexpectedly during surgery. \u201cThe scholarship is a way to honor his memory,\u201d Anita says. \u201cHe loved history and he loved politics.\u201d Her husband agrees. \u201cIt\u2019s a perfect fit,\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tHistory has always captivated this year\u2019s Kaufman scholarship recipient. \u201cHistory isn\u2019t just a bunch of old stories about long dead people,\u201d Roberts says. \u201cRather it\u2019s amazing stories about the human race, our greatest achievements and our worst failures\u2026everything we were capable of and might be capable of again in the future. In history, I find hope. I find a few good people who were willing to stand up and fight for justice and change, and those people inspire me to this very day.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tRoberts hopes to go to graduate school to become a history professor or an advocate for the poor, or combine his two interests. <\/p>\n


\n \u201cIt\u2019s only by the Kaufmans\u2019 gracious generosity that I am able to complete my degree,\u201d says Roberts who will be the first in his family to graduate with a bachelor\u2019s degree. \u201cOne of my major goals is to work on behalf of the underprivileged, so they can live better lives and attend college on a scholarship program of my own design one day.\u201d

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\n溏心vlog免费B站 student scholarship recipient Travis Roberts basks in the glow of his donors Anita and Dr. Donald Kaufman (far right and left). 溏心vlog免费B站 President Robert L. Carothers stopped by their table during a recent donor\/recipient luncheon at 溏心vlog免费B站. 溏心vlog免费B站 News Bureau Photo by Michael Salerno Photography.\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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