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Failure is Never Fatal
I think one of the biggest challenges of living, working and being part of an urban community is that it’s so easy to fail and then stop," says Alex Lucini ’09.
Training the Next Generation in Nonviolence
“The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Putting Civility Back into Civil Discourse
Civil discourse is a skill that seems to be in decline in our current political climate
We Teach Rhode Island: School of Education Produces National Leader
Rhode Island College Impact“My entire career has focused on eliminating whatever obstacles or barriers are in place so that adults and youth who didn’t think postsecondary education was an option for them could achieve it. That’s been my life’s work and it started at Rhode Island College.”
RIC Alum Fosters Love of Learning in ELL Students
“A student’s primary language is a big part of their identity,” Rivera said. “It should be viewed as a valuable resource that can be, and should be, maintained as students acquire and develop English language proficiency.”
We Teach Rhode Island: RIC is Responding to Shortage of ELL-Certified Teachers
Elisa Rivera, a second-grade, dual-language teacher, works with a child on reading.
MEET OUR GRADUATES: Mia Palombo Teaches Highschoolers How to Find Common Ground
Rhode Island College ImpactAn outstanding student teacher and future teacher
RIC Graduate Student Named 2018 Schwarzman Scholar and 2019 Gates Cambridge Scholar
The Schwarzman Scholarship and the Gates Cambridge Scholarship are two of the most prestigious, highly competitive international scholarships available. Seth is the first student in RIC history to receive these awards.
Autism on the Rise - How RIC is Changing the Outcomes
Rhode Island College ImpactRIC partners with Sherlock Center to create autism education certificate program
Segregation is Back in America’s Public Schools
On November 14, 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges integrated the William Frantz Public School. In retaliation, white parents withdrew their children and Bridges’s father was fired from his job. Ruby completed the first grade alone. Ruby’s walk to school the first day, escorted by U.S. Marshals, inspired the 1964 Norman Rockwell painting “The Problem We All Live With.”