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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 STUDENTS: Budding Filmmaker Emerges from Shadow of Genocide

Rhode Island College Impact

In a voice so soft one must strain to hear him, RIC communication major Virgile Mahoro speaks of the atrocities he witnessed.

MEET OUR STUDENTS: Jose Rosario – An Odd Twist of Fate Led to His Life Purpose

This 19-year-old, who uses a wheelchair, is determined to help support at-risk teens.

Meet Our Students: Camden O’Brien Interns in Austria

Rhode Island College Impact

The Salzburg Global Seminar in Austria is not simply another study abroad program. More than 70 international students gathered to change the world.

MEET OUR STUDENTS: Nicholas DeLuca, Army ROTC Cadet

Rhode Island College Impact

RIC students normally travel overseas via study abroad, but Nicholas DeLuca crossed continents by another route – ROTC (the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps).

MEET OUR STUDENTS: Joseph Sherry – Film Scholar

His research will be presented at a conference by the leading academic film and media studies organization in the country.

Meet Our Students: Amber Lopez

Rhode Island College Impact

RIC junior Amber Lopez used to describe herself as an “extremely shy girl from Providence,” but since studying abroad, she “can find enough common ground” to communicate with anyone.

Prov. Police Officer Earns Degree in Spanish to Better Serve Community

Rhode Island College Impact

Patrolman Taylor Britto, 33, who has worked for the Providence Police Department for eight years, has completed a bachelor’s degree in modern languages/Spanish at Rhode Island College.