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Bryant Spotlights 2007

Man who has seen 447 colleges rates Salve in Top 10

Newport Daily News - Newport, RI, USA
He spent Tuesday at Salve Regina University, his 447th campus visit since he started his trek in 1984. “I was in Boston back then and saw all these …

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By: Michael Skocpol

With the trappings of an international peace conference and the jovial atmosphere of a wedding reception, President Ruth Simmons and Rhode Island School of Design President Roger Mandle officially signed an agreement Friday afternoon to launch the new Brown/RISD dual degree program.

The two presidents met at the University Club on Benefit Street - neutral territory, of course - to swap friendly words and affix their signatures to an official memorandum of understanding at a brief ceremony attended by roughly 30 people from both universities.

The program - slated to bring its first students to campus in Fall 2008 - will enable a select group of up to 20 students per year to earn both a bachelor of fine arts from RISD and a bachelor’s degree from Brown. Their studies will be split evenly between the two campuses over the course of five years, with students taking all of their classes in a given semester on one campus in order to avoid conflict between the two schools’ differing calendars.

By Kevin Drawbaugh

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (Reuters) - Brown University offers a fine education for big money — almost $49,000 a year — but this exclusive school is below average in one way.

Needy students here graduate with an average of $17,000 in debt, lower than five years ago and below the fast-rising U.S. average of $22,000 for private four-year universities.

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Students and Bristol volunteers will participate in the International Coastal Cleanup on Sept. 15

BRISTOL, R.I., Sept. 7, 2007 - Next weekend, a group of Roger Williams University students will tally the trash they pick up on the Bristol, R.I., shoreline as part of the International Coastal Cleanup, sponsored locally by the Audubon Society of Rhode Island. And the University is seeking members of the public to assist in its efforts.

On Saturday, Sept. 15, all interested volunteers are invited to work with the students to clean the beach under Mount Hope Bridge near the University’s Bristol campus. The trash tally will produce current trash data, which has previously been used in legislative hearings to support the need for coastal preservation.

New governing body poised to lead the University in increasingly international environment

BRISTOL, R.I., Sept. 5, 2007 - Roger Williams University today announced the election of 13 new trustees including noted leaders from business, education and the international community. These trustees are reflective of the core values of the institution and the increasingly diverse and global nature of the world for which it prepares its students.

“I am looking forward to starting the next half century in the life of Roger Williams University,” said Richard Bready, Chairman and CEO of Nortek and recently elected Chairman of the board of trustees. “These trustees reflect the diverse mosaic of competencies, backgrounds and interests consistent with the values and trajectory of Roger Williams.