Week of February 8, 2010

• Providence College to Host Inaugural Friar 5K
  Providence College will host the first annual Friar 5K race at the College on Sunday, April 18. The race is open to the public. more
• PC Education Professor Receives Award for Efforts with IEPs
  Dr. Lynne Ryan, PC professor of education, recently was named the co-recipient of the Rhode Island Parent Information Network's "Education Service Community Award." more
• Hundreds Attend Vigil Held for Haitian Earthquake Victims at PC
  Providence College remembered the earthquake victims of Haiti in a solemn prayer vigil held at St. Dominic Chapel on campus. more
• Students Spend Week in New Orleans Rebuilding Through NOLA Immersion
  Eleven Providence College students recently spent a week in New Orleans participating in community service projects as part of the College's NOLA Immersion experience. more
• Read more headlines in PC News.

• Former head men's basketball coach and athletic director Dave Gavitt '89Hon. was the focus of a January 26 Providence Journal story entitled "From one coach to another, Barnes thanks Gavitt."

• SCE Student Selected for a Prestigious Science Fellowship
  Kelly Melendez Loaiza, a student enrolled in the Teacher Certification Program in PC's School of Continuing Education, was selected as the 2009 Physical Science Teaching Fellow by the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation. more
  

• Military Years Lead to Career in TV, Movies for McCulley '01
  Gavin M. McCulley '01, who was commissioned in the U.S. Army through PC's ROTC Program, has starred and served as a military advisor for the television series Army Wives. He also has a role in the upcoming film, Dear John. more

• February 9
  Wellness Clinic: Indoor Tanning
• February 9
  BOP Coffeehouse 
• February 10
  "Christian Philosophy is an Oxymoron"--Dr. Laura Landen, associate professor of philosophy
• February 11
  Caffeinated Catholicism
• February 11
  Dominicans in Europe and the Americas: 1850--2000
• February 12-14
  Talk Radio by Eric Bogosian 
• Through March 19
  Studio Faculty Exhibition 2010 
• New Exhibits Spotlight Cartoonist, Birds, Jackson Pollock
  The Phillips Memorial Library at Providence College is displaying three varied exhibits throughout the Spring 2010 semester. more
  
  

• Ex-Friar Thatcher '06 Eyes Olympic Gold
  Former PC women's ice hockey forward Karen Thatcher '06 is confident the 2010 Olympic women's ice hockey team can compete for an Olympic gold medal. more

             Featured Events

• February 9
  Men's basketball vs. Georgetown
• February 12
  Women's hockey vs. Connecticut
  

• The Providence College Student Congress is in its 60th year of service. The primary purpose of the Student Congress is to pass legislation that accurately represents the student body in all facets of college life.

Samuel Burr '11
Shrewsbury, Mass.

Meet Sam

Rev. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Meet Fr. Austriaco

Adenrele Abiade  '99
Policy and Projects Coordinator in the Providence, R.I., Office of U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.

Meet Adenrele Abiade