IEP Co-Founder John Grandin to Receive Honorary Degree from URI
John M. Grandin, the founding director of URI’s International Engineering Program, will receive at honorary degree at URI commencement ceremony on May 19.
View ArticleURI German IEP Alumna Receives Fulbright Award
Cherish Prickett, who graduated summa cum laude from the URI’s International Engineering Program in 2018, with bachelor’s degrees in industrial and systems engineering and German, was recently awarded...
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R.I. can be National Leader in Language Education
By Sigrid Berka and Andrew Corsini Posted on April 26, 2019 In this global economy, local companies are looking for a multilingual workforce with cultural intelligence, flexibility to move across...
View ArticlePassion for Oceans Inspires URI IEP Student to be Renewable Energy Entrepreneur
Despite having spent most of her childhood in South Dakota – far from the coast – Ellie Dunkle has always loved the ocean. That’s why she chose to study ocean engineering and oceanography through the...
View ArticleSixteen URI Students Win Grants to Study Foreign Languages Across the Globe
Of the sixteen students, eight are participating in the International Engineering Program.
View ArticleSix URI Students Win Boren Scholarships, Fellowships to Study Languages Overseas
All participate in URI’s Chinese Language Flagship Program, while Keara Cole and Zachary Smith also participate in the University’s International Engineering Program and Sarah Chambers studies in the...
View ArticleArielle De Souza: Offshore Engineer, Leading with French
“I’m grateful that I took advantage of learning French in college, because it gave my engineering career a global opportunity that I would never have imagined.”
View ArticleNiche Knowledge: Michael Videtta ‘18 on the Power of Bilingualism
With both a passion for engineering and a foreign language he wanted to incorporate into his studies, Videtta enrolled as one of the first students in the Italian International Engineering Program...
View ArticleURI Bestows Honorary Doctorate to IEP Co-Founder John Grandin
John Grandin, who co-founded the URI International Engineering Program in 1987 with former dean of the URI College of Engineering Hermann Viets, received an honorary doctorate in engineering at the...
View ArticleURI IEP Graduate Continues Family Tradition
When Ian McElroy graduated from the University of Rhode Island International Engineering Program in May 2019, he became the most recent engineer in his family and the latest to continue a special...
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