Rhode Island College News

An exhibit that spotlights black gay men who live in Rhode Island opened at the John Hay Library at Brown University in Providence on Nov.

There were two brawls at the end of the Division IV state girls soccer championships held at Rhode Island College on Sunday.

The Patriot Battalion celebrated Halloween early this year. On Friday, Oct. 30, at 6:30 a.m., the Battalion conducted its annual Halloween Run.

Eight months after he first emerged as a possible 2010 political contender, Republican defense lawyer Erik B. Wallin put the state Board of Elections and the rest of Rhode Island on notice Wednesday - he is running for attorney general.

State tax collections plunged over the last four months, yet another sign that Rhode Island's economy is going nowhere fast.

The Montpelier Chamber Orchestra delivered a challenging and ultimately rewarding concert, Sunday afternoon at Vermont College of the Fine Arts' College Hall Chapel, that featured works of Mozart, Beethoven.

Two men who may face off next year in the race for Rhode Island governor will be discussing the political legacy of their families.

A total of four dozen fourth- and fifth-graders fanned out across the Rhode Island College campus.

We don't like to flog too many events here at N4N. But for all you political junkies, this is one worth knowing about.

Since he first trudged through the woods to found Providence, Roger Williams has been variously called an American statesman, a canny trader and a champion of religious freedom.

Dream Studios of Cape Cod has opened at 1 Reardon Circle in South Yarmouth. The performing arts school has a community center feel, with three studios, a parents lounge and a Wi-Fi homework room included in its facility.

Brenda Dann-Messier, longtime president of the state's largest adult education center and an ardent advocate for low-income families and immigrants, has been confirmed as an assistant secretary of education by the U.S. Senate.

They had a community meeting Wednesday night to discuss the longtime problems with drunken and misbehaving college-age people who live south of the Providence College campus in Elmhurst.

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It's going to get harder to become a teacher in Rhode Island. Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist , who has made teacher quality the cornerstone of her three-month-old administration, is raising the score that aspiring teachers must achieve on a basic skills test required for admission to all of the state's teacher training programs.

The Rhode Island College/American Federation of Teachers Adjunct Faculty Union has ratified a contract agreement with the state Board of Governors for Higher Education, the union announced on Friday.

When the economy is down, community college enrollment typically increases. For the Community College of Rhode Island, the trend has shown that it's continuing.

Higher education officials say they plan to avoid imposing midyear surcharges or tuition increases on students to make up for recent state cuts to Rhode Island's three public colleges, and instead will save money by leaving open scores of positions and trimming small academic programs.

" The R.I. Board of Governors for Higher Education on Monday night voted to raise in-state tuition and fees at the state's three public colleges by 8 to 10 percent for the school year that starts in September 2010.

Rhode Island is not training enough workers for "middle-skill" jobs. A report titled "Rhode Island's Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs," released Tuesday, says that in 2007, about 48 percent of all jobs in the state were classified as middle-skill jobs, but only 37 percent of the workers had the necessary education or training to fill those positions.