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These Secondary Ed Majors Are Training the Next Generation in Nonviolence

“The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

΢Ȧ Students Are Positioning Themselves for Leadership

΢Ȧ Impact

Each year, Leadership Rhode Island invests in the personal and professional growth of young leaders. Seven of ΢Ȧ’s students will be participating this year.

Medical Data Isn’t the Problem. Understanding It Is.

Alumna Roberta Powell is competing for a share of more than $100,000 seed money for her new app that translates medical data for the layperson.

Never Start at No

΢Ȧ Impact

“I changed more in four months than I had in my entire life,” says Joshua Abreu about his study abroad experience.

΢Ȧ’s New Dean of Education, Jeannine Dingus-Eason

΢Ȧ Impact

Like many of the students at ΢Ȧ, Dingus-Eason is a first-generation college graduate who firmly believes that higher education opens doors of opportunities.

Go Where the Opportunities Are

With Rhode Island as his launch pad, Gregory Kittelson ’97 has built an international life of business and entrepreneurship.

Turning Children Loose on Language

΢Ȧ Impact

From July 8-19 campers in grades one through 10 freely explored their individual voices through the genre of creative writing.

΢Ȧ Responds to Shortage of Mental Health Professionals in R.I.

΢Ȧ Impact

Providence County designated a professional mental health shortage area. Grant-funded projects by ΢Ȧ's School of Social Work focus on mental health workforce development.

Alumna Awarded Employee of the Year

No one deserves this citation more, says Varner's co-workers at Rhode Island District Court.