THE ROBERT J. HIGGINS
Welcome Center was officially opened during a ceremony Wednesday on the University of Rhode Island South Kingstown campus. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND/NORA LEWIS
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - The new Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center on the University of Rhode Island's South Kingstown campus was officially opened in a ceremony held Wednesday morning. The 11,000-square-foot facility was named in honor of the long-time local banker, URI supporter and 1967 alumnus, Robert J. Higgins. His widow, Mary Danielian Higgins, a 1967…