Category: Features

Female Executives at Providence College

Executive Boards on Campus are Composed of Female Leaders By, Gabriella Pisano ’18 Assistant News Editor While Hillary Clinton may not have won the 2016 presidential election, four female Providence College students, Phionna-Cayola Claude ’18, Marcie Mai ’18, Elizabeth Jancsy ’18, and Simran Madhani ’18, have been elected to serve as presidents of four of […]

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Featured Friars: Providence in Argentina

  by Thomas Edwards ’20 News Staff Providence College student Ann Kleinschmidt ’19 and Gabriella Sanchez ’18 found themselves in San Miguel de Tucumán, the capital of Tucamán province in Northern Argentina by way of the Smith Fellowship. This fellowship is a program for rising juniors and seniors to spend six weeks serving or studying […]

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Students Granted Clare Boothe Luce Scholarship

by Daria Purdy ’19 News Staff Three Providence College students have been chosen as recipients of scholarships that let them further their interests and passions above and beyond the classroom. Bianca Saliba ’18 and Emma Burgess ’18 are recipients of the Clare Boothe Luce scholarship, and Phoebee Jean ’19 has been chosen as a Newman […]

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Club Spotlight: Sustainability Club

by Sarah Gianni ’18 News Staff As   environmental  protection continues to be a prominent issue in today’s news, students at Providence College have created a club committed to finding and creating new ways to promote sustainability. The Sustainability Club was implemented in March 2017, and is currently comprised of 20 active members. “The Sustainability […]

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Spare Parts Named 2017 Common Reading Book

by Patrick Healey ’17 News Staff For incoming freshmen and transfer students coming to Providence College, the first assignment they will receive will be to read what is known as the “common reading book,” which all freshmen are required to read during the summer leading up to their first semester at PC. The College takes […]

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Club Spotlight: Golf Club

by Meaghan Dodson ’17 News Co-Editor

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Friar Flashback: Commencement

by Gabriella Pisano ’18 News Staff Commencement is a celebration of all that students have learned and worked for during their education at Providence College. This celebratory event is the last event that the graduating class has with one another. Commencement at PC is a long program with many parts. Throughout the years, the College […]

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Club Spotlight: Debate Society

by Sarah Gianni ’18 News Staff Small but mighty. This phrase is fitting for the Providence College Debate Society (PCDS), an organization of about 20 students who travel to compete against teams from a variety of colleges and universities. The team is led by President Jillian O’Melia ’17, Vice President Mackenzie Tor ’17, Treasurer John […]

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Go Green!

by Alex Duryera ’18 Guest Columnist Barack Obama left the White House with many long-term goals to help reduce our global environmental impact. He put plans in place to reduce greenhouse emissions and maintain clean water resources, ratified the Paris Agreement as part of a global effort to curb rising temperatures to well below two […]

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Off-Campus Beat: Crisis in Colombia

by Tait Becker ’19 News Staff The lives of 254 Colombians have been claimed after a mudslide, followed by torrential rain that tore through many towns in southern Colombia. The most affected area was the province of Mocoa and its surrounding towns, as many rivers in the area began to flood the streets, sending a forceful […]

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