{"id":74030,"date":"2018-05-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-honors-gandhi-essay-and-service-award-winners\/"},"modified":"2018-05-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T00:00:00","slug":"uri-honors-gandhi-essay-and-service-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/uri-honors-gandhi-essay-and-service-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 honors Gandhi essay and service award winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I., May 23, 2018 \u2014 The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies recently honored winners of its annual Gandhi essay contest and presented seven \u201cGandhi Selfless Service\u201d awards to middle school students from across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Awards were given to the first-, second- and third-prize essay winners as well as 15 finalists. The top prizes were awarded on May 4 in the governor&#8217;s stateroom at the Rhode Island Statehouse. Seven students were recognized for their outstanding service.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 2010, the essay contest celebrates the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. Its purpose is to encourage Rhode Island students to think critically about, personally connect with, and be challenged to apply Gandhi\u2019s message of nonviolence. The Gandhi Award for Compassion and Selfless Service, established in 2013, honors students who exemplify compassion and service to others.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Bueno de Mesquita, 溏心vlog免费B站 professor of school psychology and Center director, described this year\u2019s award recipients as truly inspiring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmerging from a youth culture too often characterized by cyber-bullying and overwhelmed with the trauma of weekly school shootings, these talented and Rhode Island 8th grade students have stepped forward to be recognized for taking a courageous stand against violence with their creative ideas for peace and compassionate actions in service to others,\u201d de Mesquita said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gandhi essay prize winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First place: Genevieve Masson, St. Michael\u2019s Country Day School, <strong>Newport<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Second place: Vika Huth, St. Michael\u2019s Country Day School, and Caroline McCullough, Curtis Corner Middle School, <strong>South Kingstown<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Third place: Katherine LaLiberte, Curtis Corner Middle School; Karlianne Torres, Segue Institute for Learning, <strong>Central Falls<\/strong>; and Chapman White, Edward R. Martin Jr. High School, <strong>East Providence<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gandhi Award for Compassion and Selfless Service recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kiran Ramratnam \u2013 The Pennfield School, <strong>Portsmouth<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Magnolia Longworth \u2013 Curtis Corner Middle School<\/li>\n<li>Lily Schattle \u2013 St. Mary\u2019s School, <strong>Cranston<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Grace Petrarca \u2013 Alan Shawn Feinstein Middle School, <strong>Coventry<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Nayan Sapers \u2013 Lawn School, <strong>Jamestown<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Maria Japa \u2013 Nathanael Greene Middle School, <strong>Providence<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Madison Cerda \u2013 Mount Saint Charles Academy, <strong>Woonsocket<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I., May 23, 2018 \u2014 The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies recently honored winners of its annual Gandhi essay contest and presented seven \u201cGandhi Selfless Service\u201d awards to middle school students from across the state. 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