HELPING HANDS: Online classes, grants speed training of desperately needed CNAs
Anyone who has spent even a little time in a nursing home or hospital has seen whose hands do the essential feeding, dressing, cleaning...
BOUNCING BACK: Manager training widens career path
Think of it as a combination of a Boy Scout campfire game and a classic round of Jenga. Teams make piles of sticks, scraps...
‘Federal Hill has come back in a strong way’
Olivia DeAngelis has only worked in the hospitality industry and considers Providence’s Federal Hill “a second home.” Now the general manager for both Scialo...
Shaping industry leaders: RWU offers real-world, cross-disciplinary training
The Rhode Island construction industry is a critical economic cornerstone, facing an increasingly sophisticated landscape. The challenge is aligning the industry’s workforce development with...
APPRENTICING FOR SUCCESS: Aging workforce needs infusion
Earlier this year, first-year carpenter apprentice Luis Mercedes got to spend a few months helping install windows at the former Windmill Street Elementary School...
IN THE WIND: Nascent local industry holds promise of job growth
When Rhode Island political leaders, educators and employers consider the future of offshore wind – with lots of big, white turbines spinning in the...
Attracting more teachers will take ‘a collective effort’
Jeannine Dingus-Eason said Rhode Island College remains “on the cutting edge of teacher preparation nationwide.” Dean of the Feinstein School of Education and Human...
HEAD OF THE CLASS: Programs designed to attract more people to...
Kyisha Threats walks the halls of Providence’s DelSesto Middle School, where she’s worked as a teacher for the last seven years, saying good morning...
‘Biotechnology is an industry’
Your grandmother with Alzheimer’s disease, your friend with depression and the people we all know with cancer. Biotechnology is knocking on the door of...
‘Technology has infiltrated every job function’
If you want a career in banking today, being tech-savvy is a must, says Kristen DiSanto, The Washington Trust Co.’s senior executive vice president,...
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