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Great jobs before winter break

Financial Services major Eric Mauricio ’19 aspires to one day become a financial planner and assist those who need help reaching their financial goals. Though still a senior in college, he’s recently accepted a job as a Financial Solutions Advisor for Merrill Edge that will bring him one step closer to that objective. And he’s not alone – Mauricio is just one of Bryant’s seniors who have secured a job in their chosen field.

Courses in personal financial planning and consumer behavior, taught by leading scholars and industry professionals, helped Mauricio prepare for an internship with Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Advisor Development Program. That experience ultimately yielded several job offers, including the one he accepted.

“David Beausejour, my personal financial planning professor, would talk about his experiences with his clients, which I really enjoyed because he brought that real-world touch to what he taught,” Mauricio says.

He also valued Bryant’s focus on developing well-rounded professionals.  “I like that Bryant allows me to take a variety of courses from all different disciplines,” says Mauricio. “My friends ask me, ‘Aren’t you a Financial Services major? Why are you taking marketing? Why are you taking actuarial science? Why do you take this, why do you take that?’ And I tell them, ‘Because I’m going to need it.’”…Click to read more

Eric Mauricio ’19, Amy Sullivan ’19, and Jacob Mingola ’19 are just a few of the Bryant students who have secured great jobs before winter break of their senior year.

JWU Graduate Designs Conversation Spaces on Wickenden Street

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — October 1, 2018 – The City of Providence has installed 15 conversation benches, designed by a Johnson & Wales University (JWU) graduate, along Wickenden Street in the Fox Point neighborhood.

In collaboration with Providence City Councilman Seth Yurdin, the Wickenden Area Merchants Association and the Fox Point Neighborhood Association, Jonathan Harris, associate professor in the JWU College of Engineering & Design, led a class project in which students submitted designs for benches and tree grates that serve as conversation spaces.

“This kind of project gives our College of Engineering & Design students an opportunity to showcase their talents and capabilities, all while making a positive impact in the community,” said Jonathan Harris, associate professor. “It also provides students a chance to help a neighborhood achieve its goals. I’m proud of this collaboration and look forward to finding other ways to partner with the community.”

“Great thanks to Johnson & Wales University, the Wickenden Area Merchants Association, and the Fox Point Neighborhood Association who worked together to make this project happen,” said Councilman Seth Yurdin, Ward One, who successfully advocated for Community Development Block Grant funding for the project. “This is great example of how our public and private sectors work together to make a better neighborhood for residents, strengthen Providence’s unique urban fabric, and support our local businesses. A special congratulations to JWU Alum, Ali Aljassas, whose design was chosen for this project.”…Click to read more

Rhode Island starts early to develop offshore wind workforce pipeline

On a mild afternoon last month, dozens of Rhode Island high school students shuffled aboard a two-level ferry, eager to see offshore wind turbines up close for the first time.

A new education program called Wind Win RI hopes to build a workforce pipeline for New England’s fast-emerging offshore wind industry by offering experiences like this field trip to the Block Island Wind Farm, a five-turbine wind farm about three miles off Rhode Island’s coast.

The offshore wind industry is expected to create 16,700 jobs in the Northeast by 2028. Rhode Island is already a leader in the nascent sector. The state’s second offshore wind farm, from Revolution Wind, is expected to start producing electricity by 2023…

Organizers also want to further develop and formalize relationships with post-secondary institutions like the New England Institute of Technology, the Community College of Rhode Island and the University of Rhode Island. Urbach will work with colleges to accept the high school certification and apply the credits to a degree program, while also building off or integrating some of their existing coursework.

The New England Institute of Technology, for example, is developing a career-mapping matrix for high school students. Henry Young, who oversees the school’s renewable energy program, said it will help students understand how their interests align with careers in wind energy projects. “We have to reach back to high school and middle schools to develop a pipeline of students,” he said…Click to read more 

The Block Island Wind Farm’s five turbines sit about three miles off Rhode Island’s coast.

Bisnow Dives into the Ryan Center: Architecture That Evokes the Power of We

Earlier this month, the commercial real estate media group Bisnow and architectural firm SMMA came together to publish a piece about Providence College’s new home for its business school, the Arthur F. and Patricia Ryan Center for Business Studies. The building unites the east and west campuses and has become a destination for students of all majors when studying, grabbing a coffee, meeting up with friends, or going to class. It has become “the centerpiece of campus,” according to Bisnow.

 

 

 

 

 

Groups of PC students gather in the atrium of the Ryan Center to study, do homework, or just hang out.

After a design competition in which architectural firms submitted their ideas for the building, SMMA and principal John Scott were chosen to bring the College’s vision to life.

Scott’s ideas for the center called upon the concepts of crossroads and intersections and revolved heavily around wanting to unify new and old spaces. The back half of the Ryan Center is the old Dore Hall – a dorm building on campus that has not been in use in recent years. SMMA repurposed the building within a larger structure that now houses offices, classrooms, study spaces, a café, a finance lab, multiple computer labs, and large open spaces for students to gather. The firm wanted to bring “new life” to Dore Hall, according to Scott. And they did exactly that…Click to read more