URI student from Providence receives fellowship for studying foreign language

2013 Aug 9

Selected from a pool of 85 applicants, University of Rhode Island student Anthony Ragusa of Providence, RI, recently received the Beatrice S. Demers fellowship from the Rhode Island Foundation to study a foreign language overseas. Ragusa is studying Mandarin Chinese at Nanjing University.

The Beatrice S. Demers Fund provides fellowships to Rhode Island residents and anyone who is a student at a Rhode Island college or university studying a foreign language. Fellowships cover the cost of tuition, fees, travel, housing and living expenses. The fund was established by the late Demers, who was a URI professor of foreign languages for more than 30 years.