Week of January 19, 2009

• Providence College Adds Four Classrooms; Capital Improvements Top $200 Million Since 1994
  The former Blackfriars Theatre in Harkins Hall was renovated during the summer and fall and includes a large, senate-style meeting space. more
• PC Leases Shuttle Vans in Pilot Program
  In an effort to increase community service opportunities and co-curricular programming for students, the College has rented four additional shuttle vans for use during the spring semester. more
• Obama Inauguration, Workshop Headline MLK Week at PC
  The Balfour Center for Multicultural Affairs at Providence College is sponsoring three events for its annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Week celebration on campus from January 19-23. more
  
• Read more headlines in PC News.

• Lafrennie Joins NBA as VP of Marketing Communications
  David M. Lafrennie '82, a onetime student assistant in the Providence College Department of Athletics, has been named the National Basketball Association's vice president of marketing communications. more

• Karen Ignagni '75 was interviewed for a story that aired on the January 6 edition of NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. The story, "Can America afford to heal its healthcare?" focused on President-elect Barack Obama's proposed healthcare policies. Ignagni is president and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the trade association representing the nation's health maintenance organizations.

• Athletics Hosts 1,100 Schoolchildren at "Project Providence"
  Elementary school students from around Rhode Island gathered for activities relating to health, education, and sportsmanship. more

Featured Events

• January 19, 8:00 p.m.
  Men's basketball vs. Cincinnati
• January 20, 7:00 p.m.
  Women's basketball vs. South Florida
• January 23, 1:00 p.m.
  Swimming and diving vs. Drexel
• January 23, 7:00 p.m.
  Men's ice hockey vs. Northeastern
• January 24, 11:00 a.m.
  Swimming and diving vs. Villanova
• January 24, 2:00 p.m.
  Women's ice hockey vs. Boston University

• Music Faculty to Headline Recital on January 25
  Nine Providence College Department of Music faculty members will perform musical selections by several musical composers. more
• January 20, 7:00 p.m.
  Rebroadcast of President-elect Barack Obama's Inauguration, Moore Hall
• January 21, 7:00 p.m.
  A CALL to Action, Moore Hall III
• January 23, 8:00 p.m.
  Diana Smirnov Memorial Concert by Alexey Shabalin, Ryan Concert Hall

View more events in PC's Event Calendar.

• Maureen McKenna Goldberg '73 has been named acting chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. McKenna was appointed to the position after Chief Justice Frank Williams retired on December 30.  more
  

Nikki McDaid '11
Biology Major
Boise, Idaho

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Ellen P. Salvatore, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Public and Community Service Studies /
Associate Director of the Feinstein Institute for Public Service

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Leonard N. Alsfeld  '74
President and CEO, FBT Investments, Inc.

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