Tag: Education
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PBN 2023 Manufacturing Awards
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTIVITY: Community College of Rhode Island
FOR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND, workforce development is a key part...
Answering the Call
For more than a century, Johnson & Wales University (JWU) has focused on offering pioneering, industry-driven education. Founders Gertrude Johnson and Mary Wales emphasized...
Voters go to polls to select new congressman, school bond measures
PROVIDENCE – Voters on Tuesday are going to the polls to either elect a new congressman to represent Rhode Island in the U.S. House...
Trombly named director of National Offshore Wind Institute
FALL RIVER – Jessica Trombly, who previously served in a leadership role at the New Bedford Economic Development Council, has been named director of...
What more can the business community do to help improve the...
A coalition of Rhode Island business groups on Nov. 2 announced a new alliance focused on improving education and student achievement across the state.
The...
R.I. business groups form alliance to support education
PROVIDENCE – A collection of prominent groups representing hundreds of businesses across Rhode Island on Thursday formed a new alliance to support better education...
5Q: David N. Cicilline
5Q: David N. Cicilline | CEO and president, Rhode Island Foundation
1. When you were named the foundation’s new CEO and president, you told...
Finding workforce is labor intensive for local nonprofits
The COVID-19 pandemic’s cascading aftereffects have been complicated and hard to shake for Rhode Island’s nonprofits, which employ 67,000 Rhode Islanders. That number represents...
Bryant University’s ‘Giving Day’ raises school-record $2.34M
SMITHFIELD – Bryant University’s annual Giving Day on Wednesday was another record-setter for the private university.
The university’s 24-hour fundraising initiative raised $2.34 million through...
URI poll: Education funding should increase, trust in government low
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Rhode Islanders feel that state and local K-12 education funding should increase and support investment in the blue economy but they...