Congratulations to Jessica Pilkington, AMS '07!  Jess will be participating in the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.  The institute provides teachers and students with primary pource documents from the colonial period through the Great Depression.  From June 3 - June 10, 2006, she will be focusing on the history of slavery and abolition in the United States, meeting with historians Ira Berlin and David Brion Davis, and visiting important sights in New York City related to black history. (NOTE:  Jess was one of 300 people from 195 different colleges and universities who applied for this fellowship)

American Studies majors at Providence College are academically engaged and involved in the community both at home and abroad.

A Profile of AMS Majors - Spring 2006

45 Majors: 

• 9 double majors (Political Science, English, Economics, Marketing)
• 20 minors (Film, Public & Community Service, Writing, Sociology, Theology, Womens Studies, Art History, Political Science, and Music)
• 11 certificate programs (Liberal Arts Honors and  Business Studies)
• 6 interns ranging from Hartford Business Journal to Channel 5 to Massachusetts Statehouse
• 11 Study Abroad participants (summer, semester, and full-year)

  Find out what the majors from the class of 2006 are up to...