Tag: Wavemaker Fellowship
Will expanded Wavemaker keep teachers in R.I.?
When it was first launched in 2016, the Wavemaker Fellowship was designed to be an incentive to persuade new, highly trained college graduates working...
262 college grads to get Wavemaker student loan reimbursements
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
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%
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...
R.I. reopens applications for Wavemaker Fellowship program
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee announced on Wednesday that applications are open once again for the Wavemaker Fellowship program, a student loan reimbursement...
Where is Commerce headed? McKee may give R.I. agency new direction...
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...
STEM-ing the flow: Is R.I.’s Wavemaker program reducing ‘brain drain’?
Architectural designer Kaitlin DeGregorio was weighing a job offer in New York 2½ years ago when she instead made a commitment to a construction...
Ensure state programs are successful before expanding them
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...
The state recently announced that 153 college graduates working in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and design fields in Rhode Island will receive Wavemaker Fellowship...
More than 150 applicants to receive latest Wavemaker Fellowship awards
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Commerce Corp. and Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced Friday that 153 college graduates who work in STEM – science, technology, engineering...
