Tag: Rhode Island College
R.I. College’s Sherlock Center receives $3M federal grant
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College’s Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities has been awarded a five-year, $3 million U.S. Department of Health and Human...
Moore’s interpreting skills are in high demand
It wasn’t until she took a Bootstrap Bootcamp course for entrepreneurs that Shirley Moore, 40, fully realized the idea for her business, something that...
R.I. expands monkeypox vaccine eligibility
PROVIDENCE – In an effort to get ahead of the global monkeypox outbreak, the state announced Wednesday it is expanding its vaccine eligibility to...
Gubernatorial candidates spar over the environment at RIC forum
PROVIDENCE - From clean air to better transportation and the future of the embattled R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council, six gubernatorial candidates sparred over...
R.I. colleges bucking national enrollment decline trends
PROVIDENCE – Across the country, colleges and universities are seeing fewer and fewer students fill academic halls and dorm rooms over the last few...
MAKING A MARK: Gaining influence takes time in U.S. House
When he arrived at the U.S. Capitol in January 2001 as a newly elected House member, Rep. James R. Langevin, D-R.I., understood that helping...
Pacheco named new CEO and president of Special Olympics Rhode Island
EDWIN R. PACHECO, formerly the interim executive director of external relations and communications at Rhode Island College who was also a state representative and...
Pacheco, former congressional candidate, now Special Olympics R.I.’s new CEO, president
SMITHFIELD – Four months ago, Edwin R. Pacheco set his sights on wanting to be the newest member of U.S. Congress from Rhode Island....
Leaders lay groundwork to ‘supercharge’ training
It was a first at Rhode Island College.
At the start of the spring semester, the college started offering a fully online degree – a...
Former R.I. higher ed commissioner tapped as RIC interim president
PROVIDENCE – Jack Warner, who served as commissioner of the R.I. Board of Governors for Higher Education during Donald L. Carcieri’s tenure as governor,...