URI Veterans Day Ceremony

A URI Veterans Day Ceremony will be held Friday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m. at the Hope Room of the Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center, 45 Upper College Rd., Kingston. URI’s Center for Military and Veteran Education (CMVE) and the Student Veterans Organization invite everyone to participate. Refreshments will follow a brief speaking program. Parking is available in the lot directly behind the welcome center. According to CMVE director Bob Flynn, more than 300 members of the faculty and staff at URI are affiliated with the military, and nearly 200 children of veterans are URI students. The Student Veterans Organization will be collecting non-perishable food items on behalf of Operation Stand Down Rhode Island for anyone wishing to donate. For further information reach out to the The Center for Military and Veteran Education at (401) 874-5213.