Week of September 29, 2008

• Welcome to PC's New, One-Stop News Web Page!
  Beginning with this issue of PC Now, Providence College is launching a timely, "one-stop" news Web page on its homepage, intended to appeal to busy online readers.  More
• College to Receive $3-Million Distribution from Whitcome Estate
  Providence College will receive an additional distribution of more than $3 million from the estate of the late Philip J. Whitcome, Ph.D. '70, who bequeathed the largest single gift for scholarships in College history shortly before his death in 2005.     More
• PC One of 10 Schools Nationally Selected for Fidelity Investments' Student Philanthropy Program
  Providence College has been chosen as one of 10 higher education institutions in the U.S. to participate in the 2008-09 Fidelity Investments Students4Giving program. Financed by Fidelity Investments, the program provides students at PC with oversight of a $15,000 donor-advised giving account. More
• PC's Emergency Management Director Aids Hurricane Relief Efforts
  Koren Kanadanian, Providence College's director of emergency management, has been assisting in federal relief efforts stemming from two recent hurricanes.  More
• PC Faculty Senate Elects New Officers
  Dr. MaryJane Lenon, associate professor of economics and a former three-term president of the Faculty Senate, has been elected Senate president for the 2008-09 academic year. Two other new officers also have been elected. More

Read more headlines in PC News.

• Capt. Cromie '05 Awarded Elite Military Honor for Valor
  U.S. Army Capt. William G. Cromie '05, a graduate of the College's ROTC program, received the third-highest award for valor during combat at a ceremony in Afghanistan. More

• Dr. MaryJane Lenon, associate professor of economics and president of the Faculty Senate, was interviewed live by local and national broadcast outlets for her expertise on the federal government's $700 billion bailout plan. Lenon was interviewed by ABC-6 TV in Providence on September 19 and by National Public Radio (NPR) in a five-state simulcast program that originated in Wisconsin on September 20. She also was interviewed for later broadcast purposes by WPRI-TV Channel 12 (CBS) in East Providence on September 29.

• PC to Host 2009 BIG EAST Field Hockey Championships
  The BIG EAST Conference has awarded the 2009 field hockey championship to Providence College. The event, which is scheduled for next November 7-8, will be held at the Friar Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex on campus. More

Featured events:

• Wednesday, October 1
  7:00 p.m. Women's Field Hockey vs. Boston College
• Friday, October 3
  7:00 p.m. Women's Ice Hockey vs. Ohio State
  

• October 1-30
  Exhibit: The Life and Work of John Fogarty: Congressman and Catholic
• October 3
  Liberal Arts Honors Program Convocation
• October 4
  Friars Club 80th Anniversary Celebration

View more events in PC's Event Calendar.

• Rhode Island's college students--including those at PC--rank fourth nationally among states' college students in volunteering in the community. Last academic year, more than 3,500 PC students devoted nearly 44,000 hours of community service to a wide array of schools, churches, agencies, and more in Greater Providence.

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