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Your journey begins now.

Welcome New Rams!


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WELCOME DAY
Save the date!
Welcome Days for accepted students will be held on Sunday, March 30th, Saturday, April 5th, and Saturday, April 12th. Registration opens in late February.
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TRIP CHECKLISTS
Ready to plan your Rhode trip? We’ve collected all of your important stops on the Rhode to Becoming a Ram. Read through our pre- and post-enrollment steps to prepare for your journey.

RHODESIDE ASSISTANCE

Lost on the Rhode to Becoming a Ram? Contact our dedicated staff and student ambassadors who can answer your questions and help you along your college journey.

CONGRATULATIONS!
There’s so much to explore before choosing and settling into your new college home. It can be a life-changing adventure, just like a road trip to an unfamiliar place. That’s why we call it your Rhode to Becoming a Ram. And we’re here to help you map it all out.

Your journey begins now.

Land Acknowledgment
The University of Rhode Island occupies the traditional stomping ground of the Narragansett Nation and the Niantic People. We honor and respect the enduring and continuing relationship between the Indigenous people and this land by teaching and learning more about their history and present-day communities, and by becoming stewards of the land we, too, inhabit.