Community College Of Rhode Island News
Browse past news stories for Community College Of Rhode Island in Warwick, RI:
- CCRI is spread too thin to train 21st-century work force, report finds (The Providence Journal)
posted on November 14, 2009 at 03:19:00 am
With more than 70,000 Rhode Islanders out of work, hard questions are being asked of the state's only community college and its ability to train Rhode Islanders for 21st-century jobs. - Massasoit men’s soccer team No. 2 seed in New England Regional (The Brockton Enterprise)
posted on October 30, 2009 at 06:22:17 am
The Warriors, who are 10-5-1, will play ASA of Brooklyn, N.Y., at Dean College in Franklin on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. - Left behind: Jon Polis has been jobless for 18 months (The Providence Journal)
posted on October 16, 2009 at 04:03:03 am
A growing number of Rhode Islanders, after spending months looking for work, are seeing the jobless benefits expire. - R.I. teachers express concern over proposed evaluations (The Providence Journal)
posted on October 14, 2009 at 01:47:24 am
Only 35 teachers, most of them from Coventry, attend a state Board of Regents hearing. - R.I. education official to give nations adult learners stronger voice (The Providence Journal)
posted on October 10, 2009 at 09:32:05 pm
Rhode Island's Brenda Dann-Messier becomes an assistant secretary of education under President Obama. - Tuition hikes approved for RI’s state colleges (NBC 10 Providence)
posted on October 6, 2009 at 05:56:30 pm
The Board of Governors says the tuition hikes are in response to cuts in state aid. - Tuition Spiking Again at RI Public Colleges (ABC 6 Providence)
posted on October 6, 2009 at 02:16:16 pm
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) - Tuition and fees at Rhode Island's three public colleges are on the rise again. - Cost of a college education in RI on the rise (Boston Globe)
posted on October 6, 2009 at 01:32:38 pm
Tuition and fees at Rhode Island's three public colleges are on the rise again. The Board of Governors for Higher Education, while acknowledging that its decision means financial hardship for students and their families, voted Monday night to hike tuition and fees from about 8 to 10 percent for the 2010-2011 academic year. - Board votes to increase tuition at state colleges (The Providence Journal)
posted on October 6, 2009 at 02:32:06 am
Officials acknowledge increases will put an added burden on many Rhode Island families. - State colleges hope to avoid midyear surcharges (The Providence Journal)
posted on October 4, 2009 at 01:47:24 am
The Board of Governors for Higher Education will likely approve a proposed budget Monday night. - 205 R.I. Guard members headed to Guantanamo (The Providence Journal)
posted on September 30, 2009 at 03:02:54 am
The deployment of two military police units to Guantanamo is only the beginning of another round of call-ups. - Students behind emergency-planning Web site for families (The Providence Journal)
posted on September 30, 2009 at 02:31:43 am
The STEP program was created by two North Providence teachers in cooperation a FEMA official. - Two National Guard units head to Cuba (NBC 10 Providence)
posted on September 29, 2009 at 04:26:20 pm
Two National Guard units will deploy for Cuba on Thursday. - CCRI golf classic raises funds for scholarships (Providence Business News)
posted on September 24, 2009 at 10:58:31 pm
Warwick, R.I. – Sept. 24, 2009: The Community College of Rhode Island raised more than $30,000 for student scholarships through its 2009 CCRI Golf Classic held at the Warwick Country Club on Sept. 21. On one of the most spectacular days of late summer, 134 golfers played in the tournament and raised more than $30,000 for student assistance for the Ferland/DiMaria Student Assistance Fund. The ... - Gist starts school in Central Falls (Pawtucket Times)
posted on September 1, 2009 at 11:26:07 pm
CENTRAL FALLS — When Superintendent of Schools Frances Gallo discovered Deborah Gist, the Rhode Island Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, wanted to spend the first day of school in her fair district, she admitted being excited – and honored. - 700 compete for 100 positions at job fair (The Providence Journal)
posted on August 26, 2009 at 01:47:00 am
CVS Caremark Corp. is seeking pharmacy technicians to staff a new call center in Cumberland. - CVS will hire 100 new pharmacy jobs (WPRI Providence)
posted on August 20, 2009 at 04:24:24 pm
CVS, the Woonsocket based corporation, needs full-time pharmacy technicians for its new Cumerland call center. - CVS to hire 100 workers (Pawtucket Times)
posted on August 20, 2009 at 02:27:56 am
CUMBERLAND — Need a job or interested in a new career? CVS Caremark is looking for a few good candidates. The Woonsocket-based corporation is looking to hire 100 full-time pharmacy technicians for its new Cumberland call center. - Special court schedule launched to handle credit-card claims (The Providence Journal)
posted on August 16, 2009 at 01:01:09 am
Capital One leads the parade of companies taking Rhode Island customers to court to collect their money. - MHT Tech Education Directory, Part II (Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology)
posted on August 14, 2009 at 01:05:03 pm
The 2009 Mass High Tech New England Tech Education Directory is a compendium of the colleges and universities offering courses and concentrations related to all aspects of technology. This is the second of two parts of the directory. - Proposed federal investment could help CCRI (NBC 10 Providence)
posted on July 16, 2009 at 04:02:14 pm
A proposed federal plan to fight unemployment could help Rhode Island’s community college. - ATV driver enters plea in fatal crash (The Providence Journal)
posted on July 10, 2009 at 11:50:21 am
Gregory Hebert pleads no contest to a charge of driving to endanger, death resulting, in the Coventry accident that killed Ashley R. Phelps in 2007. - In Warwick, a treacherous curve takes a young life (The Providence Journal)
posted on July 8, 2009 at 01:16:13 am
Kory Kenyon wanted to follow his father into firefighting and was studying fire science at the Community College of Rhode Island. - Warwick teen killed in overnight crash (WPRI Providence)
posted on July 7, 2009 at 09:09:08 am
Flowers marked the spot Tuesday afternoon where a 19-year-old man was killed in an early morning crash in Warwick. - New student loan benefits reduce debt fears (NBC 10 Providence)
posted on July 2, 2009 at 05:10:36 pm
Some new federally funded benefits will make life easier for college students. - Students graduate from Davies Tech (The Woonsocket Call)
posted on June 19, 2009 at 01:29:59 am
WARWICK — Still a good 45-60 minutes from the actual reception of his diploma, Miguel Trejo, an 18-year-old from Central Falls, stood by a stairway railing overlooking the decorated Vincent A. Cullen Field House and just blurted out: “I really can't believe it's over. - At the ACI, inmates who better themselves (The Providence Journal)
posted on June 13, 2009 at 01:16:58 am
Well over a thousand ACI prisoners receive diplomas or certificates for completing educational programs at the state prison. - Stars in your eyes (The Providence Journal)
posted on June 3, 2009 at 02:02:52 am
Prof. Brendan Britton, director of the Margaret Jacoby Observatory, on the grounds of the Community College of Rhode Island in Warwick, directs the new 16-inch reflector telescope inside the observatory, which will be open to the public Wednesday night, weather permitting. Story, B3. - Public invited to telescopes debut at CCRI (The Providence Journal)
posted on June 3, 2009 at 02:02:52 am
The public is invited to a "first light" party on Wednesday for CCRI's new 16-inch reflector telescope. But a stormy forecast may delay the event. - College material: Early taste of higher education whets appetite for success (The Providence Journal)
posted on May 31, 2009 at 01:33:02 am
PROVIDENCE - A year ago, the 19 students in Moira Collins' writing class didn't think of themselves as college material.