Student Activities

Get Involved!

There are plenty of opportunities

• Write for the student newspaper
• Take a leadership role in event programming or student government
• Join WXIN, the student-run FM radio station
• Participate in athletics, recreation, or the performing arts
• Choose a multi-cultural or department organization
• Attend New Student Fest
• Select from over 70 student organizations - the newest is Ultimate Frisbee

Or, start your own organization. Visit www.ric.edu/student_activities/sorganizations.php to learn more.

On-Campus Activities

• Block Party, Horroween, RIC END
• Acoustic performances in the cafè
• Midnight Madness
• Homecoming
• Trips to Montreal, NYC, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
• Talent showcase
• Resident student welcome barbecue

Outside of Class, Go To

• The Quad for major outdoor events like Campus Activities Day and Block Party
• Student Union, home of offices for student activities and student organizations, the cafè, and the bookstore
• Media Center, where you'll find The Anchor, the student newspaper; WXIN radio; and Anchor TV
• Donovan Dining Center, which serves resident and commuter students with flexible meal-plan options, as well as ethnic and vegetarian fare and accommodations for special dietary needs
• Rec Center, where you'll automatically be a member of our 45,000 square-foot facility with indoor track; interchangeable courts for basketball, tennis, and volleyball; a pool; dance studio; cardiovascular and fitness equipment; and an active intramurals program.
  An $11 million renovation to the center is slated to begin in 2009-10

Providence and Nearby

• Concerts and sporting events at the Dunk (Dunkin' Donuts Center), including Providence Bruins hockey
• Paw Sox baseball at McCoy Stadium
• Broadway shows at the Providence Performing Arts Center
• Great shopping, resturants, and nightlife
• Plays at nationally known Trinity Rep and other theatres
• Bank of America Skating Center
• WaterFire
• Active arts scene and ethnic street festivals
• 30 minutes from the beaches
• An hour away from Boston, and from Newport, even less

Student Activity Highlights

• Nearly forty-five student organizations and clubs
• Monthly calendar of events for day, evening, and weekend activities
• Student Organization Day held every fall
• Annual celebration of African American History Month
• RIC End - a weeklong festival held each spring
• Annual Leadership Weekend
• Intercollegiate Leadership Consortium activities
• OlympRICs - annual spring activity, with fun, Olympic- style events
• Spring Cotillion dinner dance

Sampling of Recent RIC Student Activities

• Tubing down the Farmington River in Connecticut
• Red Sox baseball
• Martha’s Vineyard ferry trip
• Bus trip to Six Flags
• Late-night special events in the Recreation Center
• Boston Museum of Fine Arts bus trip
• New York City bus trip