From the June 21, 2011 edition

By Lisa Vernon-Sparks

Journal Staff Writer

With scores of social media sites crowding cyberspace, Kayla Ferria felt that Twitter was just another one out there.

The 20-year-old Bryant University communications student was not alone. Aside from Facebook, Ferria and lots of her classmates didn’t think much of Twitter, much less LinkedIn, as a way to communicate with the world.

Recently, Ferria had a change of heart, especially when she learned the value of creating an online presence at a workshop about personal branding held at the school in the spring.

Read the original Providence Journal article in its entirety:

http://www.projo.com/lifebeat/content/CONNECT_SOCIAL_MEDIA_06-21-11_G9OKL8O_v23.45730.html

By PBN Staff

December 16, 2010

SMITHFIELD – Bryant University has created the “Institute for Public Leadership” to help provide public officials with the skills they need to govern effectively, the school announced in a news release on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

Bryant grad masters the French treat 

Two little cookies sandwiched together with buttercream, ganache or jam, these bite-size treats have nothing in common with the coconut-flavored cookies we call macaroons.

“They were all over the place in different colors and flavors, so they’d catch your attention as you walked down the street,” he said. Read the rest of this entry »