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SMITHFIELD, RI – Bryant University’s Master of Science in Physician Assistant (PA) Studies program has been granted full accreditation by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA),earning Accreditation-Continued status.

This rigorous full accreditation is a distinction that has proven especially challenging for the state’s PA programs to achieve, and Bryant’s program is the first PA program in R.I. to receive it.

Bryant’s PA program was launched in January 2014 as the first program of the University’s School of Health Sciences. During the conditional accreditation period, the program has met or exceeded the required standards to be granted Accreditation-Continued status. The next review of the program will be June 2028 and will include periodic compliance reporting and a visit by members of the ARC-PA…Click to Read More

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Speaking at a Jan. 8 summit on postsecondary mental health convened by Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, Brown University President Christina Paxson said that first-rate mental health support for undergraduates is crucial not just because it aids them during college, but because it positions them for successful lives and careers as well.

“The thing that is most highly correlated with good health — mental and physical — throughout life is having a college degree,” Paxson said. “And so getting students out of high school, into college and through college — this is something that’s going to pay off in tremendous ways throughout their lives.”

Paxson joined Rhode Island College President Frank Sánchez and Roger Williams University Interim President Andrew Workman for a panel discussion that explored best practices in successfully meeting the mental health needs of today’s college students…Click to Read More

By Vicki-Ann Downing

Basketball courts at a Providence park have been transformed into a public art installation thanks to a team of alumni, staff, and students from Providence College.

Bold and vibrant patterns of color — the design of Providence mixed-media artist Jim Drain — now decorate the surface of adjacent basketball courts at Fargnoli Park on Smith Street, a short walk from PC’s campus. The project was accomplished with $45,000 in contributions from Friends of Friars Basketball, $15,000 from Providence College Galleries, and the labor of 130 volunteers, including PC students.

“The basketball court is a great bridge between the College and the community,” said Chris Carter ’11 & ’14G, president of Friends of Friars Basketball. “It makes a big statement. It’s a rare concept to be able to renovate a court in artistic fashion. And if it’s unique enough to get kids to go outside and play more often, that alone is a worthwhile endeavor on our part.”…Click to Read More

Dr. Jon Marcoux, associate professor and coordinator of the Noreen Stonor Drexel Cultural and Historic Preservation Program, has received the Southwestern Archaeological Conference’s Patty Jo Watson Award for best article or book chapter on southeastern archaeology.

“A Seventeenth-Century Trade Gun and Associated Collections From Pine Island, Alabama” was published in the 2017 issue of Southeastern Archaeology. Co-authored by Marvin Smith from Valdosta State University, Erin Grendell from Yale Peabody Museum and Gregory Waselkov from the University of South Alabama, the article was selected from a pool of 22 nominations.

“My colleagues and I are honored to receive this award,” Marcoux said. “The goal of this project was to work with the Yale Peabody Museum and Native American groups to help repatriate burial goods. It is particularly satisfying to know that our research helped return these sacred objects to their rightful place.”…Click to Read More