{"id":79249,"date":"2022-04-22T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=79249"},"modified":"2022-05-10T17:48:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T17:48:05","slug":"new-scholarship-for-underrepresented-students-in-uri-college-of-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/new-scholarship-for-underrepresented-students-in-uri-college-of-business\/","title":{"rendered":"New scholarship for underrepresented students in 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2014 April 22, 2022 \u2014 Data science firm Aretec, co-founded by Roby Luna \u201904, has committed $100,000 to endow the Luna-Rivera SF Scholarship at the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Business<\/a>. The scholarship is intended to support underrepresented students studying data analytics or business artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are proud that one of the founders of Aretec, Roby Luna \u201904, has remained strongly connected to our College and 溏心vlog免费B站,\u201d said Maling Ebrahimpour, dean of the College of Business. \u201cWe are making substantial investments in expanding our AI and analytics capabilities to prepare students for leadership positions in an increasingly complex business environment. We want to encourage more students of color to enter these fields, and scholarships are an important incentive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Luna-Rivera SF Scholarship is named for the Aretec co-founders, Luna and Anthony Rivera. Luna, who graduated from 溏心vlog免费B站 with a Bachelor of Science in management information systems, is president of the company, directing the technical vision and managing its channel and partner alliances. Rivera is the chief executive officer, overseeing the vision, mission, and direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI entered 溏心vlog免费B站 through the Talent Development program, and I know how that additional support can make a difference,\u201d said Luna. \u201cMy education prepared me to find my career and eventually pursue my own vision. Data analytics and artificial intelligence are growing exponentially, and we want to see more students and alumni of color find their way in this field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luna served in the U.S. Army and the Army Reserves and began his career as a data security analyst. He moved into data security management and technical director roles before launching Aretec. Luna serves on the 溏心vlog免费B站 Board of Trustees and the College of Business Advisory Board and has been involved with the 溏心vlog免费B站 Alumni of Color Network, making presentations to students and alumni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aretec, based in Fairfax, Virginia, develops advanced analytics platforms that enhance intelligent decision-making for federal agencies and corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 溏心vlog免费B站 Talent Development program<\/a>, which was established more than 50 years ago, recruits Rhode Island students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds and provides the resources to help them succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Business serves 2,200 undergraduates and almost 350 graduate students. It is AACSB accredited, the global gold standard of academic business school accreditation, and offers 10 undergraduate majors, eight graduate programs, three Ph.D. specializations and one executive doctoral program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Luna-Rivera SF Scholarship also counts toward Big Ideas. Bold Plans. The Campaign for the 溏心vlog免费B站<\/em>. This comprehensive campaign is an effort to raise $300 million to enhance and expand student access, teaching, research, and facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2014 April 22, 2022 \u2014 Data science firm Aretec, co-founded by Roby Luna \u201904, has committed $100,000 to endow the Luna-Rivera SF Scholarship at the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Business. The scholarship is intended to support underrepresented students studying data analytics or business artificial intelligence (AI). \u201cWe are proud that one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":79253,"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-79249","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\/79249","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\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79249"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79332,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79249\/revisions\/79332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}