Rhode Island business news: June 2022 – The Boston Globe

The increase is devoted to worldwide college students and also will advance Brown towards turning into the sixth college within the US to implement need-blind undergraduate admissions for worldwide college students.

“I’m routinely impressed by the drive, mental curiosity and accomplishments of our worldwide college students, and the world and our nation desperately want the contributions they will make,” college president Christina H. Paxson stated in an announcement. “We would like to have the ability to admit distinctive worldwide college students to Brown, no matter their monetary assets, and the generosity of Aysha and Omar Shoman will allow us to try this for a lot of college students for generations to return.”

The college stated it will work aggressively to develop its monetary assist price range with the objective of turning into “totally need-blind for worldwide college students for the graduating Class of 2029.”

Might 31, 2022

Former URI provost establishes endowed fund for honors program

The College of Rhode Island introduced Tuesday that Donald H. DeHayes, just lately retired provost and vice chairman for tutorial affairs, made a present to create an endowed fund that can broaden the college’s Honors Program.

The Donald H. DeHayes Provost Honors Excellence Endowment will award a $1,000 prize yearly for an honors program scholar who has accomplished this system with the very best stage of feat, in keeping with a information launch.

Lynne Derbyshire, director of the Honors Program, stated college students might be chosen after the college receives tutorial achievement, “creativity and impression of honors initiatives, and the coed potential for future contributions to society.”

Might 26, 2022

Navigant Credit score Union CEO to step down after 44 years with the corporate

Gary E. Furtado, the CEO and president of Navigant Credit score Union, the state’s largest credit score union, is stepping down and retiring after greater than 4 a long time with the corporate.

The credit score union, which relies out of Smithfield, Rhode Island, has already begun a nationwide seek for Furtado’s substitute.

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