Student News
Six Students Graduate from Prestigious Leadership Program
Six Providence College students recently graduated from
the Leadership Rhode Island College Program (CLRI), where they fostered
leadership skills and deepened their understanding of community issues.
CLRI provides students insight into the inner workings
of Rhode Island’s non-profit, for-profit, and government sectors. Modeled after
Leadership Rhode Island’s (LRI) Core
Program for business and community leaders, CLRI supports students in their
transition from college to the workforce.
Twenty-eight college students or recent college
graduates took part in the most recent session of the program, meeting four
times at different locations. Students were nominated to participate in the
program.
The PC graduates are Saadia Ahmad ’14 (Monmouth
Junction, N.J.), Jennifer Anello ’13 (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Caroline Heider ’15
(Beavercreek, Ohio), Kelsey Newton ’13 (Westport, Mass.), Joanne C. Rebelo ’12
(Holtsville, N.Y.), and Michael Rose ’13 (Dighton, Mass.).
“The program helped me network with professionals who
have a real concern for and understanding of Rhode Island. It also gave me a
deeper appreciation for what Rhode Island has to offer in terms of careers,”
said Rose.
Participants in the program went to (add)ventures, a
marketing, communications and advertising company headquartered in South
Providence; Crossroads Rhode Island, a homeless shelter located on the west side
of Providence; Amica Insurance, a national insurance company headquartered in
Lincoln; and the Rhode Island State House in Providence.
“The variety of speakers in corporate, non-profit, and
governmental leadership positions across Rhode Island gave me a unique view of a
variety of leadership styles,” said Rose.
Ahmad explained that the program was designed to teach
students about leadership and networking, in addition to exposing them to
political, social, and economic circumstances that are specific to the
state.
“Specifically, I was made aware of the intense personal
struggles that my fellow college students experience both in their personal
lives as well as professionally,” said Ahmad.
Since 2004, CLRI has graduated more than 150 college
students. Class sizes range from 20-30 participants in their sophomore, junior,
and senior years, as well as graduate students and those that have graduated
less than a year before the start of the program.
The value of participation in CLRI can’t be overstated,
said Robert Ferreira ’83, PC assistant vice president for alumni relations and a
2011 graduate of LRI.
“The College Leadership Rhode Island program gives
student leaders the opportunity to really get to know and learn from influential
people throughout the state,” said Ferreira, who is a LRI Board of Governors
member “The exposure they have to behind-the-scenes issues is invaluable as they
prepare to become future leaders in their own communities.”
—Genevieve Marie Ilg
’14
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Art Major Takes Part in Musical Collaboration
Studio art major, Kristen Kern ’14 took part in Professor Roger Cichy’s composition on February 2nd. The lecture/recital entitled “Bugs” was performed in Ryan Concert Hall in collaboration with the music department. Kristen drew in real time on a projection screen as she responded to the performance. The six part composition was composed in order to reflect the nature of the movement of different types of bugs. Along with each movement, Kristen drew the bug the composition represented. Her drawing of the ant is seen above.
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Photography Club Invites You To Join!
The Providence College Photography Club is an organization on campus that works to engage the student body in a common interest of photography. Our club is open to students of all years and majors, and you don't have to be an expert to join. We welcome all students of every skill level to take part! As a club, we meet twice a month on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm in the Library basement, room LL01. Each week we have a theme to go by and the photographs that our members submit for the meeting will go along with that theme. Some of themes we will be having this year include landscape, nature, portrait, black and white, and candid.
Our events for the year include a campus-wide scavenger hunt, photography lessons, field trips to scenic destinations, trips to photo galleries, and exhibitions at the end of each semester to display the great photography that the club members have taken. We look forward to a great year filled with many fun activities and opportunities to engage in photography with fellow students. Join in on the fun!
Any questions can be directed to:
President, Kara Flanagan, kflanag3@friars.providence.edu
Vice President, Lauren O'Loughlin, loloughl@friars.providence.edu
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Eileen Donovan '14 Reflects on Her Maymester in The U.K.
This past May, a group students went on a trip of a lifetime, in the name of learning and history. The Maymester course, Clash of Cultures: Late Roman Britain vs. Early Christian Ireland consisted of classroom instruction followed by traveling abroad to England and Ireland. Junior Art History major Eileen Donovan was thrilled to be able to participate in the class. She said, “There is a lot of crossover between the History and Art History disciplines. I had learned about Stonehenge and the Book of Kells in Ancient and Medieval Art History, but I was then able to look at them with a new perspective and place them in a different context with this course.”
During the ten day trip, the students traveled English and Irish cities and countrysides visiting many fascinating and important sites. In England they saw Londinium Walls, Roman baths, palaces, and villas, Hadrian’s Wall, and Stonehenge. In Ireland they visited Abbeys in Glendalough, Cashel, and Skellig Michael, the Hills of Tara, and the Book of Kells at Trinity College. “It is always thrilling to be so close to such old works of art and buildings. We take art for granted because we can so easily look up high quality pictures online. But there is nothing like the sensory experience of craning your neck to peer at a sculpture in a museum, or smelling the remains of a crumbling church in the misty rain” says Eileen.
Our first day included a driving tour of London’s greatest sights. The Prince Albert Memorial was commissioned by Queen Victoria in honor of her late husband. Its marble friezes celebrate the international industry and artistic achievements of the Victorian era, while demonstrating the opulence and ornamentation of that time period
Bath Houses at Chesters, Hadrian’s Wall, Chesters England, 122 CE.
As Hadrian’s Wall was built to be a military stronghold and symbol of Roman control in Britain, many forts were necessary to house the numerous soldiers that protected the border and conducted business. The Maymester class stopped at the two forts of Chesters and Housesteads, and was able to see barrack walls, underground plumbing, a treasury, and a well preserved bath. The Tyne river helped in preserving the Chesters bathhouse so that the divisions of the Frigidarium (cold room), Tepidarium (warm room), and Caldarium (hot room), can be clearly seen and explored.
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Students Envision Social Justice Through Photography
It is our pleasure to invite you to a collaborative photo exhibition titled Visualizing Peace and Justice, presented by Providence College and Providence ¡CityArts! for Youth. The Event will be held on April 19th 2012 from 6-8pm at the ¡CityArts! Gallery located on 891 Broad Street Providence, RI 02907.
Through photography, artists from both Providence College and ¡CityArts! worked together to define, capture, and create their own visions of peace and justice. These images have provided each artist a unique way of expressing and defining what peace and justice is, and how it is found within their own communities, as well as communities’ abroad.
This project began in early February when Providence students enrolled in a course titled, “Global Community Lens”. The class was created to teach students basic concepts, techniques, and history of photography. The class had two other core objectives, aside from learning the skills of photography. The first objective was to work in collaboration with ¡CityArts!, a community based art program for youth. Providence College students led art classes and shared their knowledge of photography with Providence youth. This partnership allowed the group to discuss issues of peace and justice and attempt to capture those concepts and ideas through the art of photography. The second objective of the class was to include for a global component for the experience. During the month of March, a group of PC students traveled to Ecuador to explore more deeply how art can be used as means for social change and a way to promote ideas of Peace and Justice.
We invite you to join in our project and to engage in our discussion of visualizing peace and justice. Come see how we have used photography to illustrate our ideas, and we hope you will also share yours! Please let us know if you are able to attend by calling or emailing Katrina Lipinsky (klapinsk@friars.providence.edu) or Nick Longo (nlongo@providence.edu or 401-932-8010).
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PC Photographer Reflects on Sport:Art Exhibition
March 15, 2012,
Jessica Ho '14 is majoring in Studio Art (Photo and Digital Imaging concentrations) and an Art History minor. She took some time recently to reflect on her participation in the Sport:Art student photo exhibit in Hunt Cavangh Hall.
" I enjoy taking pictures that tell stories. They could convey beauty and joy, challenges and agonies. The pictures that I took here show the perseverance, resilience and the spirit of the athletes. At every game, they put on their game face, beat the clock, and triumph. They inspire us! I want to capture that synergy, that audacity!
The biggest challenge that I had with this assignment was to make sure that I could capture our athletes at their best moments. At the same time, I needed to make sure I had the right setting on the camera, that I framed the picture at the right angle, and that I was at a safe distance from them! That is why the zoom lens is very important. The pictures also need to be sharp! This sounds easy, but it really was not because the subjects were moving at the speed of light. However, it is also because of these challenges that made Sports Photography fun for me.
I have to thank our athletes for their commitment and their professionalism in all the games. They looked great in the field and there were many great and exciting moments, and, of course, victories! Our very talented athletes made my job as a photographer easier. I was very fortunate to be part of the Sports Photography class and to have this opportunity to tell stories of their victories with my pictures.
Teamwork is the underlining engine and the integral part of any winning team. The athletes worked together as a team to achieve victories. Our Sports Photography class worked as a team and put together an exhibition to show off our athletes. I have to thank Professor Eric Sung and my fellow photographers: Dominic Channon, Michael Dineen, Shannon Pustis, Andrew Sayer. Each one of us was dedicated and passionate about what we did. We are honored to showcase our work."
Jessica, her peers, and Professor Sung worked diligiently to create evocative images of PC student athletes and in doing so contributed a great deal to the success of the Sport:Art Exhibition as a whole.
To learn more about Sport:Art, please visit the webpage for the event here .