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A Higher Calling: Amy Kempe, chief of staff at the Community College of Rhode Island, has guided the college through crisis and growth, including the Rhode Island Promise Program, believing that leadership means equipping others. 
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Amy Kempe

PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026 AMY KEMPE Community College of Rhode Island chief of staff Amy Kempe, the chief of staff at the Community College...

PBN’s 2026 Leaders & Achievers celebrated and honored

WARWICK – Gina Helm believes that to succeed, the environment can be just as important as the individual. "Find a company that values you,"...

PBN unveils 2026 Leaders & Achievers honorees

PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News has named 24 honorees for its 2026 Leaders & Achievers Awards program. The individuals chosen for this year’s program –...
FEELING UNEASY: Ironworkers Dorian Costa, left, and Oronde Hale have been working on the construction of Vineyard Wind out of the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal, visible in the background. But they’re now concerned about the future of the offshore wind industry. 
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MICHAEL SALERNO

FADING PROMISE: Trump orders take toll on regional wind industry; will...

It was a breezy summer afternoon at Quonset Point in North Kingstown when tradesmen Lucileno Gomes and Antonio Gianfrancesco clocked out after their shift...
HEALTHY CHANGE: Rosemary A. Costigan began her career in health care and worked at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island in Pawtucket for more than 20 years before becoming the Community College of Rhode Island’s interim president. 
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Costigan always felt at home at CCRI

2024 Business Women Awards INDUSTRY LEADER | EDUCATION: Rosemary A. Costigan Community College of Rhode Island interim president A RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE and first-generation college...

CCRI to privatize campus bookstores

PROVIDENCE – A search is underway by the Community College of Rhode Island for a private vendor to take over operations at the...
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE of Rhode Island is a finalist in the Lumina Foundation’s 'The Million Dollar Community College Challenge.' / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

CCRI a finalist in Lumina Foundation’s $1M prize to boost marketing...

WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island is among 10 community colleges from around the U.S. in the running for a seven-figure grant...
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE of Rhode Island is requiring all students to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before the start of the fall semester. / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

CCRI to require students to be fully vaccinated by start of...

WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island is the latest local college to require all students to be vaccinated for COVID-19 before returning...
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE Island will bring back some previously laid-off employees and restore pay increases for staff. / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

CCRI to bring back some laid-off employees, restore pay increases

WARWICK – Community College of Rhode Island President Meghan L. Hughes announced late Thursday that the college will bring back some previously laid-off employees...
BROWN UNIVERSITY is one of several colleges in Rhode Island that has seen declined enrollments from year to year. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Egan: Local colleges facing significant financial strain if second stimulus doesn’t...

PROVIDENCE – Daniel P. Egan, president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Rhode Island, sees resiliency in students returning to local...
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