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Clinical Issues in Adoption and Foster Care Certificate Program graduates its first class

By Lori Marcotte ’09, Staff Writer

The first five students to complete the Clinical Issues in Adoption and Foster Care Certificate Program will graduate on Friday, Nov. 20. Also on this day, there will be a free presentation on ethics and adoption in Alger 110 from 8:45 to 11:30 a.m.

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Date Posted: November 9, 2009


RIC hosts Rhode Island’s first Reggio Emilia Institute

Rhode Island's first Reggio Emilia Institute was held in October at Rhode Island College. It was sponsored by the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development and the Early Childhood Education Program.


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Date Posted: November 5, 2009


Segregation is back in America’s public schools

By Gita Brown, Staff Writer

In a lecture on Oct. 21, educational activist Jonathan Kozol spoke to a full house in Roberts auditorium. The facts he presented raised historical questions. Didn’t the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 solve the problem of segregated schools? According to Kozol, “Yes and no.”

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Date Posted: November 2, 2009


A children's story by RIC President Nancy Carriuolo

RIC President Nancy Carriuolo's writing exercise for National Day on Writing on Oct. 20 resulted in her children's story, "Witches are Beautiful, Too."

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Date Posted: October 30, 2009


Congress to Campus at Rhode Island College

RIC’s Congress to Campus event from Oct. 25-28 offered a look at politics and public service in a series of forums, informal meetings with college and community members, and interviews with local media.

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Date Posted: October 30, 2009


New teaching workshop aims to give RIC students a competitive edge

By Matthew C. Boyden-Wilson, Staff Writer

The one-credit workshop is scheduled to start on Jan. 5, 2010 and will take place over the course of the month.

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Date Posted: October 26, 2009


RIC alum leads community art project at a Providence church

By Lori Marcotte, ’09 Staff Writer

Members of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Providence will see the result of their community art project led by parishioner, artist and RIC alumni Heather Annis ’95, in November.

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Date Posted: October 20, 2009

RIC grad Nicholas Urban receives New England Psychological Association's Undergraduate Scholars Award

By Lori Marcotte ’09, Staff Writer

Nicholas Urban ‘09 was one of six students to receive the New England Psychological Association’s (NEPA) Honorary Undergraduate Scholars Award at a conference at Worcester State College on Oct. 9 and 10.

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Date Posted: October 15, 2009


MEd in TESL cooperating teachers meet with award-winning author, storyteller Norah Dooley

By Liz Garofalo, Coordinator of Special Projects
Feinstein School of Education and Human Development

Four MEd in TESL cooperating teachers from the Pawtucket School District recently attended a private book signing and discussion with Norah Dooley, author of “Everybody Bakes Bread” and “Everybody Cooks Rice.”

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Date Posted: October 14, 2009

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