Hometown Residents Awarded Degree during Salve Regina University???s 68th Commencement??
NEWPORT, R.I. (Grassroots Newswire) June 14, 2018 ??? The following local students were awarded degrees during Salve Regina University???s 68th commencement on Sunday, May 20.????
Amber Blanchette of Rehoboth, Mass. (02769) was awarded a Bachelor of????Arts in studio art-graphic design summa cum laude.??
Stefanie Dias of Rehoboth, Mass. (02769) was awarded a Bachelor of????Science in nursing.??
David Renzi of Rehoboth, Mass. (02769) was awarded a master’s degree in??holistic counseling.??
Salve Regina President Jane Gerety conferred 785 degrees in total, including 560 bachelor???s degrees, 212 master???s degrees and 13 doctoral degrees.??
Dr. Roger Mandle, Newport Restoration Foundation board president who is an expert in strategic planning for museums and universities, addressed the graduating class received an honorary degree.
Also receiving an honorary????degree was local philanthropist Hope H. ???Happy??? van Beuren, founder and chair emerita of the van Beuren Charitable Foundation.??
Salve Regina University is a Catholic, coeducational university founded in historic Newport, R.I. by the Sisters of Mercy. Accredited by the New
England Association of Schools and Colleges, the university offers a comprehensive education with a liberal arts foundation that fosters the development of each student???s individual talents. More than 2,700 undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled from across the U.S. and around the world. It is home to the Pell Center for International
Relations and Public Policy a multidisciplinary research center focused at the intersection of politics, policies and ideas.