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PROVIDENCE COLLEGE'S annual "Friars Give" fundraising initiative ob Thursday raised a record $3.2 million for the college. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

PC’s ‘Friars Give’ day raises record $3.2M

Education 04/05/2024

PROVIDENCE – Last spring, Providence College Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement Greg Waldron previously told Providence Business News he had at the time...

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE announced Thursday that it has received a $5 million gift that will support some of the college's athletics programs, as well as finance the construction of the Ben Mondor Center for Nursing and Health Sciences building. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Providence College receives anonymous $5M gift to support athletics, Mondor Center...

Education 12/21/2023

PROVIDENCE – A Secret Santa, of sorts, provided Providence College quite the present this holiday season. An anonymous donor has given PC a $5 million...

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE'S ATHLETICS PROGRAMMING raised a school record $7.4 million in the 2023 fiscal year. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Providence College athletics program raises record $7.4M in 2023 fiscal year

Education 08/11/2023

PROVIDENCE – Financial support for Friartown’s athletic programming has reached a new all-time high. Providence College announced Friday that $7.4 million was raised from more...

MONEY MOVES: Brett Berard, a junior forward for Providence College this past hockey season, made some cash under new rules on student-athletes profiting from their names, images and likenesses. By season’s end, Berard had signed a pro hockey contract and left school.  COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

A piece of the action: Local college athletes trying to make...

Economy 04/14/2023

During the hockey season, Providence College player Brett Berard was a busy man. Not only did he power through a grueling 36-game Division I schedule,...

Local college athletes are getting paid

Editorial and Op-Ed 04/14/2023

The U.S. Supreme Court in 2021 cleared the way for college athletes to earn money from endorsements, public appearances and the like. Since then,...

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE is anticipating continued momentum campuswide despite the departure of men's basketball coach Ed Cooley. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

PC anticipates continued positive momentum despite Cooley’s departure

Education 03/29/2023

PROVIDENCE – For more than a decade, Ed Cooley did not just bring solid consistency to the Providence College men’s basketball team. He was...

KIM ENGLISH, the head coach of George Mason University men's basketball team, has reportedly been hired to be the next men's basketball coach at Providence College. / COURTESY GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

PC hires English as new men’s basketball coach

Education 03/23/2023

PROVIDENCE – Goodbye, Ed Cooley. Hello, Kim English. Providence College on Thursday confirmed that it has hired English as the next head coach of the...

ED COOLEY has agreed to a multiyear extension to remain as the head coach of the Providence College men's basketball team. / AP FILE PHOTO/MARY SCHWALM

Cooley agrees to multiyear extension to remain as Providence College men’s...

Education 09/06/2022

PROVIDENCE – Ed Cooley will remain in charge of the Providence College men’s basketball team for years to come. College President The Rev. Kenneth R....

Five Questions With: Steven Napolillo

Education 03/01/2022

Steven Napolillo is the senior associate athletic director for Providence College. The Dominican Friars college announced Jan. 26 that Napolillo on July 1 will...