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CCRI steps into apprenticeship gap

Rhode Island reached a record number of jobs in 2025 – with the count exceeding 515,000 last April – but industry leaders warn that...
TEACHING MOMENT: Aarin B. Clemons, second from right, workforce manager at Polaris MEP, speaks during a panel discussion about education at Providence Business News’ 2026 Workforce Development Summit on Feb. 19. Also on the panel are, from left, Henry Young, assistant provost at New England Institute of Technology; Donna Remington, senior director of experiential education and career services at Johnson & Wales University; John Olerio, executive director of the Office of Strategic Initiatives at the University of Rhode Island; Rosemary A. Costigan, president of the Community College of Rhode Island; and Katharine Amaral, director of programs and community partnerships at Junior Achievement of Rhode Island. 
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PBN summit: Workforce readiness starts before graduation

Rhode Island’s workforce challenges are no longer confined to unemployment rates or post-pandemic churn. Instead, educators and industry leaders say the pressure point has shifted...
KARL WADENSTEN, third from the left, CEO and president VIBCO Inc., speaks at the Providence Business News Workforce Development Summit on Thursday morning. Also on the first of two panels is, from left, Matthew Weldon, director of the R.I. Department of Labor and Training; Farouk Rajab, CEO and president of the Rhode Island Hospitality Association and the Rhode Island Hospitality Education Foundation; and Rosa Brito, workforce development manager for Brown University Health. PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing, moderated. PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: Skills gaps, demographics challenges linger for R.I. workforce

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s labor market is stable by the numbers, with unemployment below 5% for more than four years, yet for many employers,...

CCRI gains federal approval to continue Prison Education Program

WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island has received federal approval to expand its Prison Education Program at the state’s medium security facility...

CCRI professor Murray honored with 2025 ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award

WARWICK – Maureen A. Murray, an associate business and professional studies professor at the Community College of Rhode Island, was recently named the recipient...
SMOOTHER PATHWAY: Rosemary Costigan is the interim president of the Community College of Rhode Island, which is partnering with Rhode Island College on a fully online program that will provide students a smoother pathway to a Bachelor of ­Science in nursing degree.
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

2 colleges join forces to clear path for nurses

When Patricia Kelling’s son was born with severe heart problems years ago, she struggled to understand what was wrong. “I didn’t know what the doctors...
FEELING COMFORTABLE: U.S. Navy veteran Lidell Booysen says the University of Rhode Island has eased his transition from the military. URI is one of six local colleges that have received the Military Friendly School designation. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

These local colleges prove to be ‘military friendly’

Lidell Booysen is a U.S. Navy veteran and a mechanical engineering student at the University of Rhode Island. The 25-year-old isn’t like most of...

CCRI partners with RIC to launch online RN to BSN program

PROVIDENCE – The Community College of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College recently announced a fully online Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in...

CCRI, United Way open 211 satellite office

WARWICK – United Way of Rhode Island Inc. has partnered with the Community College of Rhode Island for the nonprofit to open a 211...

R.I. Commerce Corp. awards $282K in innovation vouchers

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. board of directors on Monday unanimously awarded four innovation vouchers totaling $282,921 to accelerate product innovation and expand high...
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