March 3.12.05 • 8-11
p.m. New
York City Young Alumni St. Patty's Party at
Uptown Restaurant & Lounge, Manhattan. Proceeds to benefit
LT Brian McPhillips '00 Scholarship.
3.16.05 • 7:30
a.m. Boston
Breakfast Roundtable Seminar on
maximizing your professional impact; at State Street Financial
Center. Click
here for more information.
3.10.05 • 4:30-6:00
p.m. "Celebrating
Islamic Culture" —
Islamic carpets and textiles
presentation and bazaar featuring functional
art; Slavin Center '64 Hall.
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Father Sicard appointed next
executive VP Rev.
Kenneth Sicard, O.P. ’78 & ’82G, dean
of residence life since 1997, has been selected to serve
as executive vice president in the next administration
at the College. His appointment is the first to be made
by Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. ’80, who recently
was elected to serve as PC’s 12th president. Both
executive officers will begin their new positions on
July 1, 2005.[more]
Helen
Bert Gala to spotlight women’s athletics The
College will celebrate the life and legacy of the late
Helen A. Bert, the founder of the women’s athletics
program, at a special event on April 16. The Helen
Bert Gala, to be held at The Westin Providence, will
honor
the accomplishments of women’s athletics at PC.
Open to the College community, it is sponsored by the
Office of Institutional Advancement and the Department
of Athletics. Proceeds will support the women’s
athletics program. [more]
Randall Distinguished
Professor gives lecture Rev.
Aidan Nichols, O.P. presented his first lecture as the
Rev. Robert Randall Distinguished Professor in Christian
Culture on February 23 at the College. A
renowned historical theologian, Father Nichols is an
affiliated lecturer at the University of Cambridge in
England. He is the second recipient of the Randall Professorship,
which is the College’s first endowed chair. [more]
Liberal Arts Honors
Program to welcome scholar Scholar
and author Dr. Jocelyne Cesari, who is a visiting associate
professor of Islamic studies at the Harvard Divinity
School, will present a lecture, “Islam and Democracy
in the Global Era,” on Thursday, March 17, at 7:00
p.m. in Slavin Center ’64 Hall. Her presentation
is sponsored by the Liberal Arts Honors Program. All
members of the College community are invited. [more]
Celebrating PC’s
women grads, then and now The
Women’s Involvement Network of Providence College
will celebrate its fifth anniversary and 30 years of
women graduates at PC with a special event on Thursday,
March 31. The evening program will include a light-fare
reception at the Pavilion in Suites Hall and a slide
show and panel discussion in the Angell Blackfriars Theatre
of the Smith Center for the Arts. The slide show will
feature images from the past three decades, while the
panel will comprise two alumnae from each decade. [more]
Fred M. Roddy Foundation
pledges additional funds The Fred M. Roddy Foundation,
Inc. has extended its scholarship support to the College
with a pledge of nearly $200,000 over the next three
years. In addition to the direct scholarships it provides
to deserving students who plan careers in medicine, the
foundation has established an endowed scholarship. Since
2002, the foundation has pledged $390,000 in student
financial support. [more]
Gomes shoots to top
of PC career scoring list All-American
Ryan Gomes ’05
(Waterbury, Conn.) added glitter to his star-studded
basketball career by becoming PC’s all-time leading
scorer in the Friars’ 67-54 victory over Seton
Hall on February 23. Gomes broke the 38-year-old record
of 2,045 career points—held by Jimmy Walker ’67—when
he sank a three-pointer from the left wing with 9:14
to play. The 6-7, 240-pound forward scored 19 points and finished the game
with 2,048 career points.
His eight rebounds also gave him 1,001 for his career, making
him the fifth Friar to reach 1,000 rebounds.
Did
you know?
• The
PC Web site has experienced a 31% average monthly increase
in site visits since it was redesigned 18 months ago.
And, it recently earned the highest score among the College’s
top eight admission competitors in East Coast focus groups
comprising high school juniors and seniors.
•
Despite a sub-.500 record, the men’s basketball
team played before four sell-out crowds at the Dunkin’ Donuts
Center this season and attracted 164,235 fans in its 17 regular season home games—the fourth-highest
total among BIG EAST Conference schools.
[e•newsPC is
produced by the Providence College Publications Center, Division of College Relations and Planning,
on behalf of the Office of
Institutional Advancement.]
Rev.
Kenneth Sicard, O.P. ’78 & ’82G, dean
of residence life since 1997, has been selected to serve
as executive vice president in the next administration
at the College. His appointment is the first to be made
by Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. ’80, who recently
was elected to serve as PC’s 12th president. Both
executive officers will begin their new positions on
July 1, 2005.
The
College will celebrate the life and legacy of the late
Helen A. Bert, the founder of the women’s athletics
program, at a special event on April 16. The Helen
Bert Gala, to be held at The Westin Providence, will
honor
the accomplishments of women’s athletics at PC.
Open to the College community, it is sponsored by the
Office of Institutional Advancement and the Department
of Athletics. Proceeds will support the women’s
athletics program.
Rev.
Aidan Nichols, O.P. presented his first lecture as the
Rev. Robert Randall Distinguished Professor in Christian
Culture on February 23 at the College. A
renowned historical theologian, Father Nichols is an
affiliated lecturer at the University of Cambridge in
England. He is the second recipient of the Randall Professorship,
which is 
All-American
Ryan Gomes ’05
(Waterbury, Conn.) added glitter to his star-studded
basketball career by becoming PC’s all-time leading
scorer in the Friars’ 67-54 victory over Seton
Hall on February 23. Gomes broke the 38-year-old record
of 2,045 career points—held by Jimmy Walker ’67—when
he sank a three-pointer from the left wing with 9:14
to play. The 6-7, 240-pound forward scored 19 points and finished the game
with 2,048 career points.
His eight rebounds also gave him 1,001 for his career, making
him the fifth Friar to reach 1,000 rebounds.
