In its 5th year, the Rhode Island School of Design’s (RISD) MLK Day of Service took place on Monday, January 18, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. RISD’s Center for Student Involvement partnered with the Mt. Hope Learning Center and Dorcas International Institute of RI to put on an amazing day of service. […]
Archives for February 2016
Regional Training Opportunity: Measuring Engagement Outcomes
Engagement Outcomes: Measures of Success On Wednesday, March 2, the University of Connecticut at Storrs will be hosting Dr. Hiram Fitzgerald as a keynote speaker on Engagement Outcomes: Measures of Success. Connecticut and Rhode Island Campus Compact members are invited to attend this free event to hear the keynote speaker, stay for lunch, and join […]
VISTA Voices: Gus Cantwell
Gus Cantwell is currently serving as a RICC AmeriCorps*VISTA with First Star URI Academy, a collaboration between the University of Rhode Island and Adoption Rhode Island to expand college access for foster youth. Host Site: First Star URI Academy Where did you go to school? I attended the University of Rhode Island, where I earned a […]
VISTA Voices: Joshua Rodriguez
Joshua is currently serving his second term at Breakthrough Providence, a non-profit that supports academically motivated middle schoolers to get and stay on a path to college and trains and encourages talented high school and college students to become teachers. Joshua is Breakthrough’s College Bound Coordinator, organizing twice-annual conferences in collaboration with College Visions to support […]