{"id":80587,"date":"2022-09-01T12:53:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T12:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=80587"},"modified":"2022-09-01T17:28:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T17:28:52","slug":"uris-fall-welcome-2022-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/uris-fall-welcome-2022-23\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Fall Welcome, 2022-23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Sept. 1, 2022 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 is set to welcome the Class of 2026 and thousands of returning students to its Kingston, Narragansett Bay, and Providence campuses during the next week. <strong>Classes officially begin at the state\u2019s flagship research university on Sept. 7.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2022-23 academic year kicks off with a fall semester that will include a number of academic, athletic, and cultural events, as well as an official inauguration ceremony for the University\u2019s 12th president, Marc Parlange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/healthservices\/covid-19-vaccine-information\/\"><strong>COVID-19-related policies<\/strong><\/a> remain in place and include recommendations that all students, faculty, and staff be vaccinated and boosted to protect themselves. New students were required to complete a COVID-19 questionnaire and returning students were asked to upload records of any new COVID-19 vaccinations received since last semester. All students will be required to test up to 24 hours before or within 48 hours of their arrival to campus. The University no longer requires mask wearing indoors, except in spaces where direct academic instruction and research are taking place, unless a faculty member waives the requirement. Masks are also required at 溏心vlog免费B站 Health Services in clinical settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Student move-in days<\/strong> begin Thursday, Sept. 1, and run through Sunday, Sept. 4. 溏心vlog免费B站 President Marc Parlange will greet and visit with students and families throughout move-in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Orientation<\/strong> events for new students are taking place this week as part of O-Week leading up to the start of classes. Events are intended to increase student engagement and to familiarize students with campus, the 溏心vlog免费B站 community, and resources for student success. Sunset yoga, Movie on the Quad, Rhody Rec Fest, and a day trip to Narragansett Town Beach are among the planned events. A Welcome Back to Campus event, hosted by President Parlange, will take place Oct. 6 on the 溏心vlog免费B站 Quadrangle. The event will include a rock wall and other recreational activities, a food truck and farmers market, music, and a student organization fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University posted another record-setting year for applications with 25,400. The approximately 3,300 first-year students will join approximately 500 transfer students, more than 2,000 graduate students, and thousands of returning 溏心vlog免费B站 students, to comprise a student body of more than 17,000 when classes start next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>溏心vlog免费B站 our students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This information is based on the best available data at the time of publication.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Nearly 5,400 students will live in 26 on-campus residence halls this fall, including 15 Living and Learning Communities. In addition, approximately 650 students will reside in more than a dozen fraternity\/sorority houses on campus, and another 75 will live in designated International Engineering Program housing.\u201d<br><\/li><li>Up to 35 students will reside in the University\u2019s newly opened Achievement House, the first dedicated on-campus residence for Talent Development program scholars.<br><\/li><li>Approximately 3,800 first-year and transfer students will major in several of the University\u2019s most popular programs, including nursing, business, psychology, marine biology, kinesiology, pharmacy, education, computer science, criminal justice, and engineering.<br><\/li><li>New first-year and graduate students come to 溏心vlog免费B站 this year from 42 states and 30 countries.<br><\/li><li>After Rhode Island, the top states represented in the first-year class are Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania, respectively.<br><\/li><li>The University\u2019s oldest student is a graduate student born in 1943, while its youngest is an undergraduate student born in 2007.<br><\/li><li>More than 30% of new students identify as being the first in their family to attend college.<br><\/li><li>There are 21 sets of twins entering 溏心vlog免费B站 as first-year students.<br><\/li><li>Just over 20% of graduate students enrolled in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s oceanography, engineering, and pharmacy programs are international students, hailing from countries including Canada, Mexico, Romania, and Korea.<br><\/li><li>Two of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s graduate students earned Fulbright scholarships last year.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Campus happenings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s new <strong>Center for Military and Veteran Education<\/strong>\u2013being established to serve and support prior, present, and future military-connected students, faculty, and staff as they further their educational and professional objectives\u2013will open on the Kingston Campus on Sept. 7 with a ribbon-cutting celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University will formally <strong>inaugurate Marc Parlange as 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s 12th president<\/strong> in ceremonies on the Kingston Campus on Sept. 22. Parlange, whose tenure as president began Aug. 1, 2021, has held academic leadership, research, and faculty positions at Monash University, Australia\u2019s largest university; the University of British Columbia; the prestigious Swiss public research institute \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne; Johns Hopkins University; and the University of California, Davis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The College of Business will mark its <strong>100th anniversary<\/strong> with a series of events taking place throughout the year, including a building lighting at Ballentine Hall, scheduled to take place the evening of Sept. 21. An official 100th anniversary celebration kickoff event will take place during Alumni and Family Weekend, Oct. 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ranger Hall<\/strong>, home to 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Harrington School of Communication and Media, will be the site of a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 21 to celebrate the completion of a recent 20,000-square-foot interior renovation project providing new general and active learning classrooms, computer labs, video and audio editing suites, and film production and screening rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Academically speaking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s annual <strong>Honors Colloquium<\/strong>, \u201cJust Good Food: Creating Equitable, Sustainable, and Resilient Food Systems,\u201d will explore our disconnect from the food system, except as consumers. The series, running most Tuesday evenings from Sept. 13 through Dec. 13, will feature expert speakers examining numerous aspects of the local and global food systems. The colloquium is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong> Textile Sustainability Forum<\/strong>, \u201cWeaving a Sustainable Future,\u201d will take place on the Kingston Campus Sept. 12. The event will highlight trends and ecological changes that impact the textile industry and will include presentations and a panel discussion led by 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty and industry experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Re-Envisioning Nature: An<\/strong> <strong>Environmental Humanities Lecture<\/strong> <strong>Series<\/strong> is a yearlong series drawing on the expertise of environmental historians, literary scholars, musicians, and writers to demonstrate the role the humanities can play in understanding and addressing the urgent environmental questions of the day. The series kicks off Sept. 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2022 <strong>Christiane Amanpour Lecture<\/strong>, \u201cHumanity in War Reporting,\u201d featuring Jane Ferguson, will be held Oct. 20. Ferguson, multiple award-winning international correspondent for \u201cPBS NewsHour\u201d and contributor to The New Yorker, will explore the various techniques and approaches to bringing nuanced humanity to storytelling in conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other notable happenings and events<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nationally ranked <strong>Rhody Rams<\/strong> <strong>football<\/strong> team will kick off the 2022 season with an away game on Sept. 1 against Stony Brook. The Rams\u2019 first home game will take place Sept. 17 when they face Delaware at Meade Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public is invited to attend <strong>Science Saturday <\/strong>on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Narragansett Bay Campus Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Guests of all ages are invited to learn the latest in marine exploration, discovery, science, and management. The free event offers behind-the-scenes tours, interactive experiences, and conversations with a variety of ocean experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 溏心vlog免费B站 <strong>Theatre <\/strong>season kicks off Oct. 13 with its first performance of the year. \u201cPolaroid Stories,\u201d by Naomi Iizuka, is the first of four performances planned for the 2022-23 season. Other shows in this year\u2019s lineup include \u201cOr,\u201d by Liz Duffy Adams, \u201cBy the Way, Meet Vera Stark,\u201d by Lynn Nottage, and \u201cInto the Woods,\u201d a Stephen Sondheim musical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alumni and Family Weekend<\/strong> will take place Oct. 14\u201316 on the Kingston Campus. 溏心vlog免费B站 football will take on Elon and various other events are scheduled throughout the weekend for alumni and 溏心vlog免费B站 students and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s 15th annual <strong>Distinguished Achievement Awards <\/strong>will take place Oct. 22 at the Newport Marriott. The awards honor alumni, corporations, and friends who excel in professional achievement, leadership contributions, community service, and philanthropic endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seventh annual <strong>溏心vlog免费B站 Guitar Festival and Rising Star Virtual Competition<\/strong> will again bring an international lineup of celebrated guitarists to the Kingston Campus Oct. 20-23. Started as a one-day event in 2015 by Adam Levin, a 溏心vlog免费B站 classical guitar teacher, the festival has grown to four days with all concerts staged on campus or at nearby venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s <strong>Day of Giving<\/strong> is set to take place Oct. 6. 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