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R.I. Foundation gives Best Practice Awards

Nonprofit 06/06/2014

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation recognized five nonprofits with 2014 Best Practice Awards on June 4. The winners and their awards were: The Providence...

ALEX AND ANI employees also have volunteered nearly 1,200 hours to non-profit organizations nationwide, not including Charity By Design staff. The company aims to have its more than 1,500 employees engaged in community volunteer work by 2016.

Alex and Ani charity program gets award

Nonprofit 06/06/2014

PROVIDENCE – Alex and Ani’s Charity by Design philanthropic program has won a Silver Cause Marketing Halo Award at the 12th annual Cause Marketing...

RWU names McTiernan new business school dean

Education 06/05/2014

BRISTOL – Susan McTiernan, a scholar, educator and administrator, will become dean of Roger Williams University’s business school, effective July 31. McTiernan, who will lead...

Chafee lauds three R.I. schools for energy education achievements

Education 06/05/2014

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee on Thursday honored Scituate High School, Park View Middle School in Cranston, and Calcutt Middle School in Central...

PROVIDENCE SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHERS recorded an average absentee rate of nearly 13 days, well above the average for 40 urban school districts studied by the National Council on Teacher Quality. / COURTESY NATIONAL COUNCIL ON TEACHER QUALITY

Providence teacher absenteeism slightly above average, national study finds

Government 06/03/2014

PROVIDENCE – Providence teachers missed on average about 13 days in the school year, slightly above cities’ national average of 11 days for absenteeism,...

Rhode Island to participate in regional financial aid project

Education 06/02/2014

BOSTON – Rhode Island, along with Maine and Massachusetts, will participate in redesigns of college-level student financial aid programs through a project offered by...

PONAGANSET HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER David Moscarelli has been named the 2015 Rhode Island Teacher of the Year by the state Department of Education. Moscarelli, who teaches a variety of science courses and is the instructional technology coordinator for the Foster-Glocester Regional School District, began teaching at Ponaganset straight from college 22 years ago. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Ponaganset High ‘digital guru’ is 2015 R.I. Teacher of the Year

Education 06/02/2014

GLOCESTER – David Moscarelli, a science teacher and digital-portfolio coordinator at Ponaganset High School in the Foster-Glocester Regional School District, has been named 2015...

MORE THAN WORDS: Emily S. Harrington, president and CEO of Qualified Resources International, has worked to carry on the entrepreneurial spirit instilled in her by her father. / PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Entrepreneurial success followed father’s advice

Entrepreneurship 05/31/2014

A father’s dying words propelled Emily S. Harrington toward becoming the entrepreneur she’d always wanted to be. Harrington, 58, the president and CEO of Cranston-based...