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Alumni Mentorship Program Gets Financial Backing from Papitto and DeStefano Funds

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Alumni mentorship is a way to ensure that RIC students are not only successful in college but in their chosen professions.

MEET OUR GRADUATES: First-Generation Grad is Already on Track for Her Master鈥檚

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鈥淢y family is very supportive. They want better for me than they had,鈥 shares Mady Akkaoui, a first-generation college student who graduated from RIC this year.

MEET OUR GRADUATES: Artist Liping Zhang

鈥淚 decided to be bold, like the RIC motto, and go back to school,鈥 says 36-year-old Liping Zhang. She graduates from RIC as an award-winning artist.

MEET OUR GRADUATES: Yang Finds Success on the Field and in the Lab

鈥淭he biggest lesson that RIC has taught me is that no matter where you are, where you start from, you can still succeed and be great,鈥 says Chelsea Yang, an accomplished athlete and promising biology researcher.

MEET OUR GRADUATES: Jelyssa D鈥橪ugo Pays It Forward to Future Nursing Students

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Nursing student Jelyssa D鈥橪ugo 鈥22 knew when she transferred to RIC that she wanted to be as involved as possible on campus. She couldn鈥檛 have predicted just how much she would do.

MEET OUR GRADUATES: Triple Major in Only Three Years

鈥淢y experiences have definitely guided me." 鈥 Alexandra Wilson

MEET OUR GRADUATES: Assel Sat鈥檚 Love of Music is Truly International

鈥淭hese recognitions make me feel very happy and proud of myself.鈥 鈥 Assel Sat

A New Cohort of Miranda Scholarship Winners Takes the Stage

"The way the (Miranda) program is laid out, I'll be able to meet people in the performing arts industry, so I'm looking forward to that opportunity," says scholarship winner Sofia DaSilva (pictured above during a performance).

MEET OUR GRADUATES: Disabled Military Vet Seeks a Future Training Athletes

Nontraditional student says he returned to RIC to finish what he started.

MEET OUR GRADUATES: Morgan Andrew鈥檚 Spinal Disorder Led to a Career in Medicine

鈥淚 think people heal others where they themselves hurt,鈥 says Andrews, a chemistry major.