Week of August 10, 2009

• Slavin Center Addition Nearing Completion
  The $6 million Slavin Center addition is on schedule to be open when students return to campus in early September. more
• Career Services Director Selected for Fulbright Seminar
  Dr. John B. Nonnamaker, PC executive director for career services, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar to the International Education Administrators Program. He will travel to Germany in October in conjunction with the honor. more
• Faculty, Students Awed by Theology Study Trip
  A group of 16 Providence College students and two faculty members recently took a 10-day study trip to Italy to learn about ancient Greco-Roman and early Christian historical, cultural, and religious heritage. more

• Read more headlines in PC News.

• PC Alum Directing Green Initiatives in Rhode Island
  Mark Kravatz '03 has merged his sustainability organization, the Sustainable Business Network of Rhode Island, with the Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living, a Providence-based group that promotes environmentally healthy practices. more
• Freshman and New Student Receptions
  • Tuesday, August 11: South Coast Area Alumni Club, Hawthorne Country Club, North Dartmouth, Mass.
  • Thursday, August 13: Newport County Area Alumni Club, Home of the Brice Family, Newport, R.I.

• John J. Partidge '61, a member of the Providence President's Council, was cited in a July 21 Providence Business News story entitled "Rhode Island Public Radio Announces New Board Members."

• Incoming PC Soccer Player Roncarati '13 Named To WPSL All-East Second Team
  Jenna Roncarati '13 competed against some of the top amateur and collegiate players in the nation for the Bay State Select. more

• Through August 31
  Exhibit: Army Specialized Training Program 

View more events in PC's Event Calendar.

• Providence College's Army ROTC Program -- known as the Patriot Battalion -- is one of 272 such programs at colleges and universities throughout the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. The programs have a total enrollment of more than 25,000.

Al Daniel '11
Gainesville, Ga.

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Rev. Joseph Torchia, O.P., Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy

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Sister Deborah A. Blow, O.P. '78 & '09H 
Executive Director/Co-founder of North Country Mission of Hope

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