Community College Of Rhode Island
Recent News About Community College Of Rhode Island
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Virtual City Service Meeting on June 8
Virtual City Service Meeting on June 8
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TENTATIVE: Observatory open to the public on June 8
TENTATIVE: Observatory open to the public on June 8
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Seventeen students from Accelerate program earn college credits as high school seniors
Seventeen seniors from Providence’s public high schools will graduate from their respective high school this year as part of the Community College of Rhode Island’s Accelerate program, a collaboration between the Rhode Island Department of Education, CCRI, and the Providence Public School Department to provide students to earn up to 24 free transferable college credits before graduating high school
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Spring 2022 Dean's List
Students enrolled in a degree program who have completed 12 credits with a grade point average of 3.25 or higher this semester with no grade lower than “C” are eligible for this scholastic honor.
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Caps, gowns, and smiles return to The Dunk as CCRI hosts Commencement 2022
From the festive, well-decorated graduation caps to the sounds of Pomp and Circumstance filling the arena, the Community College of Rhode Island returned in style to the Dunkin’ Donuts Center for its first in-person commencement ceremony in three years.
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Brown to confer nine honorary degrees during Commencement and Reunion Weekend
The University will bestow honorary degrees on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Dr. Seth Berkley of the Vaccine Alliance, recording artist Shaggy and six other accomplished leaders.
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Enrollment Day on May 25
Enrollment Day on May 25
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CCRI named finalist in Lumina Foundation’s Million Dollar Community College challenge
The Community College of Rhode Island is one of 10 finalists nationwide in Lumina Foundation’s The Million Dollar Community College Challenge, which will award $1.9 million in grant funding to amplify brand-building and strategic marketing efforts at America’s community colleges.
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2022 Success Stories: Ryk McIntyre
At 60 years old, Community College of Rhode Island theater student Ryk McIntyre often jokes that he’s older than most of his professors.
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Collegiate DECA, Professor Orabone shine bright at annual international convention
The Community College of Rhode Island’s Collegiate DECA chapter closed out a strong academic year at the 2022 International Career Development Conference (ICDC) with several team and individual awards in addition to Business and Professional Studies Professor Joanne Orabone winning another Teaching Excellence award.
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The Pirates of Penzance on April 30
The Pirates of Penzance on April 30
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Motivated by family, persistent DelValle returns to CCRI to finish what he started
Jose DelValle will finally receive his college diploma from the Community College of Rhode Island this spring, ending a decade-long journey by crossing a commencement stage for the first time since kindergarten.
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Writing Center Virtual Drop-in Tutoring Session on April 7
The CCRI Writing Center is having multiple online drop-in tutoring sessions.
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After more than three decades, former Engineer tackles latest challenge at CCRI
Even after working 17 years as a Software Engineer and putting four of her own kids through college, Cumberland’s Esther Paris remains driven by the desire to seek and conquer a new challenge.
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Hands-on learning, close-knit environment guide Physical Therapy student to success
For several years, Alissa Prew bounced between two cities and two different colleges as she tried to balance her schoolwork with her husband’s military schedule.
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CCRI's annual commencement returns to The Dunk for the first time in two years
After COVID-19 forced the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) to pivot to virtual commencement ceremonies in 2020 and 2021, the college today announced it will return to an in-person commencement at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence on May 12.
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Cost of college was unchanged for all students at Community College of Rhode Island
In-state tuition and fees were unchanged for 2018-19 at Community College of Rhode Island, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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Community College of Rhode Island enrolls 14,539 undergrads
At Community College of Rhode Island, 59 percent of undergraduate students are traditional students - age 24 or younger - and 58 percent are female, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
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Graduates earn 2,247 degrees, certificates from Community College of Rhode Island
About 45.2 percent of the 2,247 degrees and certificates handed out by Community College of Rhode Island in 2017-18 were to students in liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
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Two cases of criminal fondling reported on Community College of Rhode Island campus in 2017
There were 2 on-campus cases of criminal fondling in 2017 on the campus of Community College of Rhode Island, located in Warwick, according to the most recent crime statistics available on the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) website.