Timothy M. Hennessey Family Scholarship

The Fund shall provide financial assistance to a graduate student(s), preferably from Rhode Island, enrolled in the URI Masters of Public Administration( MPA) program. Each year the Political Science department will review MPA applications and the department chair, in consultation with the MPA director and faculty, will select the recipient(s), based on academic achievement and being sensitive to financial need whenever possible. The Hennessey family will be notified and, when possible, a family member will meet the student.