Posts Tagged ‘Providence College’
Business Beat RI: People on the move
Bonnie Nickerson, Executive Director, The Roger Williams Park Conservancy (Photo, top) The Conservancy announces the appointment of Bonnie Nickerson as the organization’s new Executive Director. She brings experience in visionary leadership, urban planning, and community engagement to the role implementing the mission to protect, preserve, and enhance Roger Williams Park, one of Rhode Island’s most…
Read MoreBen Mondor Center for Nursing and Health Sciences transformative for both PC and RI
Providence College formally broke ground for the Ben Mondor Center for Nursing and Health Sciences, a state-of-the-art facility that will house the College’s new School of Nursing and Health Sciences. PC established the new school in 2022. In September of last year, the College received approval from the RI Board of Nursing and Nurse Registration…
Read MoreIn the Arena: Eric Hirsch, advocate for homeless, PC professor
Homelessness in Rhode Island is one of the major issues of the time. Today, Joe Paolino Jr. host of “In the Arena” interviews Eric Hirsch, a homeless advocate and co-chair of the Homeless Management Information System Steering Committee. They discuss the housing shortage, affordable housing at high interest rates, rental issues, pallet housing, NIMBY issues,…
Read MoreProvidence College and SCOTUS Affirmative Action decision (read ruling)
A statement from Providence College: Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the plaintiffs in a pair of cases, with the effect of prohibiting the consideration of race in college admissions. While we will modify our processes and procedures to comply with the law, we will not waver in our commitment to creating a community that mirrors the…
Read More$10Million gift to PC’s new nursing school in memory of Ben Mondor. Facility will bear his name.
Providence College (PC) announced today that the facility which will be home to the College’s new School of Nursing and Health Sciences will be named in honor of Bernard Georges “Ben” Mondor ’04Hon., the Rhode Island industrialist and philanthropist best known for building the Pawtucket Red Sox into a model minor league baseball franchise by creating…
Read MoreNotice: Providence College active shooter training TODAY, May 24, 8am to 2pm
TODAY, Wednesday, May 24th, the Providence College Office of Public Safety will conduct a full-scale, active shooter training exercise in conjunction with the Providence Police Department. This exercise will take place on the PC campus beginning at 8am and running to approximately 2pm. During this time, neighbors in the surrounding community may hear loud noises…
Read More“You are a Friar. Friars hold doors open…” – Hill Harper to PC grads – Ann Clanton
by Ann Clanton, contributing writer Photos: Providence College You are a Friar. And Friars hold doors open. That was the common theme that actor, author and humanitarian, Hill Harper, reminded the graduates when he delivered the commencement speech, and received the Doctor of Humanities at Providence College’s 105th commencement on Sunday, May 21st at the…
Read MoreHill Harper to give Providence College 105th commencement address
PC commencement to feature Hill Harper
Read MoreRI Veterans: Did you know? TriCare, local events, resources… – John A. Cianci
RI Veterans: Did you know?
Read MoreProvidence College designated a Military Friendly® School
PC Awarded Silver Rank Providence College (PC) announced today that it has earned the silver rank of a 2023-2024 Military Friendly® School designation. Institutions earning the Military Friendly® School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. More than 1,800 schools participated in the 2023-2024 survey, 530 schools earned…
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