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262 college grads to get Wavemaker student loan reimbursements

Government 10/17/2023

PROVIDENCE – Two hundred and sixty-two college graduates will get student loan reimbursements of up to $6,000 annually under refundable tax credits announced by...

121 college grads to get student loan reimbursements under Wavemaker Fellowship

Economic Activity 09/22/2022

PROVIDENCE – One hundred and twenty-one recent college graduates will receive student loan reimbursements under refundable tax credits announced by R.I. Commerce Corp. and...

R.I. student-loan reimbursement program sees applications drop 40%

Economic Activity 08/31/2022

PROVIDENCE – A state incentive program aimed at luring college graduates to work in critical industries through student-loan reimbursement may be losing its luster. Just...

HELPING HAND: The state recently announced the fourth round of recipients of Wavemaker Fellowships, which help STEM and design professionals defray student-loan debt.

R.I. reopens applications for Wavemaker Fellowship program

Education 06/29/2022

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee announced on Wednesday that applications are open once again for the Wavemaker Fellowship program, a student loan reimbursement...

PRODUCT TEST: Amanda Jamieson, left, assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at Brown University, holds plaque assays of GC Ink, a graphene ink developed by Graphene Composites USA Inc. that is believed to kill viruses when applied to surfaces. Brown researchers, including Delia Demers, center, and Meredith Crane, are testing the product thanks to a grant GC received from the R.I. Commerce Corp.’s Innovation Voucher Program. / COURTESY GREG SERPA

Where is Commerce headed? McKee may give R.I. agency new direction...

Coronavirus 04/16/2021

Amid the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic last June, Daniel J. McKee appeared frustrated. McKee, then Rhode Island’s lieutenant governor, took the unusual step of...

STAYING PUT: Adam Anderson, owner of landscape architecture firm Design Under Sky and a Wavemaker fellow, stands near the remnants of his “10,000 Suns” sunflower installation in Providence. Anderson is still paying off his student loans and says the Wavemaker program is one of the factors that kept him in Rhode Island. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

STEM-ing the flow: Is R.I.’s Wavemaker program reducing ‘brain drain’?

Cover Story 02/21/2020

Architectural designer Kaitlin DeGregorio was weighing a job offer in New York 2½ years ago when she instead made a commitment to a construction...

MAKING WAVES? Gov. Gina M. Raimondo wants to expand the Wavemaker Fellowship program, but the state can’t say if it is actually keeping young workers and recent college graduates from leaving Rhode Island. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Ensure state programs are successful before expanding them

Editorial and Op-Ed 02/21/2020

State lawmakers are being asked to expand two incentive programs that, taken at face value, are hard to argue against. This week’s cover story focuses...

Should the state expand popular Wavemaker Fellowship tax credits beyond those...

This Week's Poll 10/04/2019

The state recently announced that 153 college graduates working in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and design fields in Rhode Island will receive Wavemaker Fellowship...

GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO and the R.I. Commerce Corp. announced 240 new Wavemaker Fellowship awards to help STEM and design professionals defray student loan costs.

More than 150 applicants to receive latest Wavemaker Fellowship awards

Government 09/27/2019

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp. and Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced Friday that 153 college graduates who work in STEM – science, technology, engineering...