Tag: Wheaton 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...
Masks back on at Roger Williams University, Wheaton College
BRISTOL – Roger Williams University is instituting a partial indoor mask mandate on campus for students and faculty starting Thursday until May 17, the...
RIC, JWU to make masks mostly optional on campuses in coming...
PROVIDENCE – Both Rhode Island College and Johnson & Wales University will be making masks optional on their respective campuses, including inside most buildings,...
Brown University to make masks indoors mostly optional starting March 14
PROVIDENCE – Less than two weeks after making some modifications to its mask-wearing policy on campus, Brown University has now gone further with that...
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