Handy named Citizens’ R.I. president
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. has announced that Edward “Ned” O. Handy III has been appointed president of its Rhode Island division to...
Innovation is at core of the road ahead
Quick, what local organization can hold a once-a-year, two-day conference in Providence with speakers from across the United States and beyond, charge a minimum...
Customer service can break you
“Customer service in America stinks.”
That’s what my friend Tom Peters, author of the blockbuster book, “In Search of Excellence,” said many years ago....
Bryant one-year MBA is expanding
When Sara Marino graduated in May from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in economics, she knew she wanted to pursue an...
Branding efforts build school pride
After a months-long process and input from across campus, two slogans were placed on Rhode Island College President Nancy Carriuolo’s desk. It was her...
Their charge: finding the road ahead
Regardless of the problem – recession, health care, climate change – technology is an oft-cited solution. A new machine or computer program will provide...
Gist: Plan to raise student test scores is coming
It appears Deborah A. Gist isn’t one for wasting time.
Gist, who took over as Rhode Island’s commissioner of elementary and secondary education on July...
Community colleges eye stimulus aid
To Jack Sprega, $12 billion sounds awfully good.
Sprega, president of Bristol Community College, has spent recent years grappling with state funding cutbacks and classroom...
Citizens’ R.I. chief to join Wash. Trust
WESTERLY – Joseph J. MarcAurele, president of Citizens Financial Group Inc.’s Rhode Island division, will become a top executive at The Washington Trust Co....
WLNE-TV shakes up executive ranks
PROVIDENCE – WLNE-TV (ABC 6) has had some changes in its top ranks in recent weeks.
Robinson Ewert, one of the two co-founders of Global...