Tag: Wheaton College
Wheaton College awarded $560K grant to look at inequities in health...
NORTON – Wheaton College was recently awarded a $560,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support the liberal arts college’s humanities-centered curricular pathways to...
Democrat Gabe Amo becomes R.I’s first Black candidate elected to Congress
Democrat Gabe Amo defeated Republican Gerry Leonard to win Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District seat Tuesday, becoming the state's first Black candidate elected to...
Brown ranked No. 9 nationally in U.S. News’ annual Best Colleges...
PROVIDENCE – Brown University continues to climb in the rankings as being among the best colleges and universities across the U.S., while Providence College...
Ghadessi appointed new RISD provost
PROVIDENCE – About a year after she began the same full-time position at Wheaton College, Touba Ghadessi shifted her sights to Rhode Island to...
College leaders positioned to meet post-pandemic challenges
Since 2019, eight of the region’s 13 four-year colleges have hired new long-term leaders. And another four-year school, Rhode Island College, still has an...
Meet the new guard: Whelan’s presidency brings Wheaton ‘full circle’
When Michaele Whelan became Wheaton College president in January 2022, it brought the Norton-based liberal arts college back to its roots in a way.
The...
Mass. Military Support Foundation receives $1.9M in federal funds for new...
BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. – The Massachusetts Military Support Foundation announced Monday that it has secured $1.9 million in federal funding for a new organization...
11 local colleges ranked in Washington Monthly’s annual ‘Best Bang for...
PROVIDENCE – Eleven local colleges, including nine within Rhode Island, were ranked among the best institutions in the U.S. on how they help less-than-wealthy...
Brown ranks No. 13 nationally in U.S. News’ annual Best Colleges...
PROVIDENCE – Brown University saw its national ranking as among the best colleges and universities in the U.S. rise up one spot, according to...
Ghadessi named Wheaton College’s new provost
NORTON – Touba Ghadessi, an art history professor at Wheaton College who has been the college’s interim provost for the past year, has been...