Coming Events

Noon

4th Annual Fr. Mychal Judge Memorial Golf Tournament, Lake Isle Golf Club, Eastchester, N.Y.; buffet lunch at noon; shotgun/scramble start at
1 p.m.; sponsored by PC Alumni Club of New York; for details and registration, click here.

October 24, 2007
7:30 – 9 a.m.

The Greater Boston Alumni Club 4th Annual Breakfast Roundtable Seminar, Boston Private Bank & Trust Company, Ten Post Office Square, Boston, Mass. For more information, contact Rich Del Sesto by clicking here.

October 26-28
& November 2-4, 2007
8 p.m. - Fri. & Sat.
2 p.m. - Sunday

Noises Off, by Michael Frayn, Angell Blackfriars Theatre, Smith Center for the Arts; presented by the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Film; for details and ticket information, click here.

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The 23,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Concannon Fitness Center was dedicated and blessed on October 4 before an audience of 175 members and friends of the College community. The construction of the $12 million facility caps a decade-long capital improvements drive that has reached $110 million. [more]

As the first barometer of PC's four-year pilot program that gives admission applicants the option of submitting SAT and ACT examination scores, the Class of 2011 is a more diverse and academically talented group. Christopher P. Lydon, associate vice president for admission and enrollment planning, reports that this year's class has 48 more undergraduates from minority groups than its predecessor. Its overall grade-point average of 3.47 is .01 higher than the Class of 2010. [more]

The Class of 2011 includes 145 members who are legacy students—those who have either a parent or a sibling who has graduated from or attends PC. That tradition is important to the College because it signifies the strength of the relationship that PC already has with a family. [more]

A team of eight higher-education administrators and faculty members will evaluate the College from October 14-17 as the final phase of the review process conducted by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. (NEASC). The College's reaccreditation efforts have been led by Dr. Sheila M. Adamus and Dr. Brian J. Bartolini, co-chairs of the Self-Study Steering Committee. [more]

The Liberal Arts Honors Program plans five events in observance of the 50th anniversary of its founding in 1957. In addition to its annual Convocation, which will take place on October 20, the program is sponsoring four other events, including a trip to France. Dr. Stephen J. Lynch, program director, said a special effort is being made to invite all Honors Program alumni to the anniversary events. [more]

The works of 21 alumni will be featured beginning this month in a campus photography exhibit honoring PC faculty member Richard N. Elkington. The exhibit, 35 Years of Vision: The Students of Richard N. Elkington, recognizes the pending retirement and legacy of Elkington as a professor and mentor. [more]

The Women's Involvement Network (WIN) of the Providence College National Alumni Association is seeking volunteers to help sort donated food at two food bank nights this month. A total of 85 volunteers are needed at food banks in Hatfield, Mass., and Providence, R.I. [more]

In conjunction with the Department of Athletics and several alumni, the Office of Institutional Advancement is sponsoring two upcoming Sports Night Fundraisers to benefit the Friars Forever Athletic Fund. Fundraisers are scheduled in Boston on October 9 and in New York City on October 16. Join Athletic Director Robert G. Driscoll, Jr. and Friar head coaches such as Tim Welsh, Phil Seymore, Tim Army '85, and Bob Deraney as they begin another exciting year of action. For details and registration, click here.

The countdown to "Late Night Madness" continues for Friar men's and women&'s basketball fans, with the official start of the season on Friday night, October 12, in Mullaney Gym in Alumni Hall. For the schedule and a prospectus of each team, as well as the latest in fall sports action, go to www.friars.com.

• Avid stamp collector Rev. James A. Driscoll, O.P., retired assistant professor of theology, has put together a stamp collection on four prominent Dominican saints (Saints Dominic de Guzman, Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas, and Catherine of Siena) that is on exhibit in the Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies through November 15.
• The Providence College Bookstore recently celebrated the completion of renovations that include a newly located entrance with a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by College President Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. '80.

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