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2020’s Newman Civic Fellow will focus on education equality

Eden Zaleski ’21, a double major in elementary and special education, has been named a 2020 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a nonprofit organization supporting civic engagement on college campuses throughout the country with a coalition of over 1,000 universities.

“Salve has prepared me so well for this opportunity, and I feel really fortunate that I have the privilege of having this position,” said Zaleski, who is originally from New Jersey. “I hope that I can fill the role, and I hope that I’m able to make some kind of meaningful impact for the people that I’ll be working with.”

Newman fellowships recognize students who engage in collaborative action with others in order to create long-term social change, take action in addressing issues of inequality and political polarization, and demonstrate the motivation and potential for effective long-term civic engagement. The 2020 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows is the largest one to date, with 290 students each participating at their prospective university…Read More

RWU Receives Classification as a Leader in Community Engagement

BRISTOL, R.I. – Roger Williams University today received the highly selective Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, recognizing the university as a leader in community-engaged work and civic scholarship.

Roger Williams is one of only two institutions in Rhode Island with this Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, an optional designation that demonstrates a university’s dedication to community-engaged work. Across the nation, only 359 colleges and universities hold this classification from the Carnegie Foundation…Read More

Students in three Wintersession travel courses learn through hands-on work with local artisans in Mexico.

“IT’S ONE THING TO SEE a Diego Rivera mural in an auditorium slide show,” says Assistant Professor Sean Nesselrode Moncada. “But it’s totally different to see it on-site, in conversation not only with the architecture but also with the climate, the food, the language, the people. It’s an experience you just can’t get in a classroom or from a book.”

“It’s an experience you just can’t get in a classroom or from a book.”ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SEAN NESSELRODE MONCADA

Moncada recently partnered with longtime RISD faculty member Winifred Lambrecht to teach Pre-Columbian Architecture and Traditional Crafts In Mexico, one of three Wintersession travel courses that brought students south of the border in January and February…Read More

At MLK Convocation, Ndaba Mandela encourages young people to ‘dream and dream big’

By Vicki-Ann Downing

Ndaba Mandela, grandson of South African civil rights leader Nelson Mandela and founder of the Africa Rising Foundation, urged students at the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation at Providence College to work for the change they wish to see in the world and to not become discouraged.

Despite the message conveyed by the media, we live in a time of abundance, a decade that could be called “Twenty Plenty,” Mandela told students, faculty, staff, and alumni in Peterson Recreation Center.

“I am trying to encourage young people to dream and to dream big,” Mandela said. “If your dreams do not scare you, you are not dreaming big enough. It is important that we encourage our young people to dream and that we give them the necessary tools and resources.”…Read More