AAUW’s Mann Scholarship goes to USCB junior
From staff reports
The Beaufort Chapter of American Association of University Women (AAUW) presented its annual 2024 Etta N. Mann Nontraditional Student Scholarship at its May chapter meeting.
The scholarship is awarded to a woman, 21 or older, who has returned to college following an interruption in her education. This year’s scholarship was awarded to Alyssa Roberts, a junior at the University of South Carolina Beaufort, majoring in Elementary Education.
Roberts works full-time and volunteers as a tutor to students after school, all while attending college full-time. AAUW wishes Alyssa continued success at USCB and in her future teaching career.
Beaufort’s Sullivan graduates from Rhode Island
The University of Rhode Island celebrated more than 4,100 of its newest alumni during the University’s 2024 Commencement in Kingston, R.I. Nearly 4,000 undergraduate degrees and 800 graduate degrees were conveyed to students during the ceremonies which took place May 17-19, 2024.
Matthew Sullivan of Beaufort received a Master of Business Administration.
Acclaimed actress Viola Davis, one of only 19 people to have won all four of the major American performing arts awards, delivered a stirring keynote address, sharing a message of transformation, healing, and love with graduates. Davis, a Rhode Island native, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters. Charles M. Royce and Deborah Goodrich Royce, noted for their considerable literary and investment success and important preservation work across Rhode Island, were awarded honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees during the ceremony.
To view ceremony highlights, visit uri.edu/commencement/y2024/.
As a global education leader and the state of Rhode Island’s flagship public research institution, URI now enrolls more than 18,000 students and offers more than 200 degree programs across nine schools and colleges. To learn more, visit uri.edu.
