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MEET OUR GRADUATES: Holly Cekala

Rhode Island College Impact

“I found my calling, or it found me, through my own addiction,” says Holly Cekala, who has been in recovery for 12 years. Today she is is one of the state’s leading advocates in the field of addiction recovery and executive director of RICARES.

MEET OUR GRADUATES: Justin MacDonald

Rhode Island College Impact

MacDonald likes working with his hands, particularly when it comes to digging up the past.

MEET OUR GRADUATES: Shoi Parker

Rhode Island College Impact

Shoi Parker traded a career in financial services for a career in healing.

MEET OUR GRADUATES: Bruno Ramos

Rhode Island College Impact

Born in Portugal and raised by his mother in Cape Verde, Bruno Ramos settled in the United States at age 16 to live with his father and pursue a degree in medicine. Awarded a STEM Scholarship for high scholastic achievement at Rhode Island College, the future doctor also discovered the field of research.

MEET OUR GRADUATES: Travis Dumais

Rhode Island College Impact

A budding neuroscientist, Travis Dumais is “brilliant,” “an extraordinary student,” “able to absorb information at unbelievable speeds and problem-solve even faster,” says RIC faculty, which is why it is hard to imagine that back in high school his singular ambition was to become a rock star.

Beethoven – Lone Genius or Collaborator?

RIC music performance major Cami Sylvia

Autism on the Rise - How RIC is Changing the Outcomes

Rhode Island College Impact

RIC partners with Sherlock Center to create autism education certificate program

Professor Richard Weiner’s Scholarship Garners International Attention

Professor of Political Science Richard Weiner’s recent publication of “Les Reciproqueteurs: Post-Regulatory Corporatism” in the “Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning” is one of four research projects garnering international recognition.

Filmmaker Jay Heyman Lectures on the Making of a Documentary

“Jay’s visit was an opportunity for our students, who are at the beginning of their filmmaking careers, to see and hear how challenging, unpredictable and, above all, rewarding this kind of work can be,” said Adjunct Professor Soren Sorensen.