Category: Campus

Working on Yourself Inside and Out: PC Holds Week Full of Events to Promote Student Health

by Malena Aylwin ’22 News Staff One of the major concerns on all college campuses in the U.S. is that students are not spending enough time on their own mental and physical health. Beginning on Feb. 4 and ending Feb. 8, Providence College is holding activities to promote both mental and physical health awareness, “cultivating […]

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The Great Equalizer: Education

By Julia Acquavita ’22 On Friday, January 25, the Humanities Forum hosted Nikole Hannah-Jones, a staff writer at the New York Times Magazine.  Hannah-Jones came to Providence College to discuss her upcoming book Choosing a School For My Daughter in a Segregated City, adding to the special events organized for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Hannah-Jones […]

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PC Community Comes Together for Convocation

By Hannah Langley ’21 One of the current missions Providence College has been working towards over the past several years has been to build a stronger community by promoting and building on-campus diversity and equality. Working towards this goal, the College celebrated its second annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation this past Thursday, January […]

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PC Performers Go Behind the Scenes

By Kellie Johnson ’22 Between managing an insanely busy rehearsal schedule and keeping up with classes, theatre, dance, and film (TDF) majors are very driven students. Both Aisling Sheahan ’19 and Mireya Lopez ’19 provided insight into their lives behind the scenes. To audition for a production at Providence College, students are expected to prepare a two-minute […]

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Dominicans Dedicate Feast Day Mass in Dormitory’s Namesake: Aquinas Hall Celebrates St. Thomas Aquinas’ Legacy

by Kyle Burgess ’21 News Staff This Monday, January 28, saw residents of Aquinas Hall come together to celebrate the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas with a special mass in Aquinas Lounge. The main celebrant for the occasion was Providence College’s Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministry, Reverend Peter Martyr Yungwirth, O.P. As any […]

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Riding the Radio Waves: Christopher Judge Gives Inside Look At PC’s Podcast

by Matthew Mazzella ’20 News Staff There are many voices to be heard around Friartown, and the Providence College Podcast team is looking to find them by sharing the stories of the people who make this campus so special. The Providence College Podcast releases new stories from people in the PC community in the form […]

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Friars Join in the Fight for Life: PC Students and Faculty Travel to D.C. for the March for Life

by Kyle Burgess ’21 News Staff This past Friday, January 18 members of the Providence College community marched the streets of Washington, D.C. to join fellow members of the pro-life movement in the 46th annual March for Life demonstration.  PC students and faculty made the roughly six-and-a-half-hour trek from Rhode Island to join a procession […]

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Agency to End Abuse Sets Up On-Campus Training

by Alexandra Huzyk ’20 News Staff   Throughout the month of February, Providence College  will be holding training sessions on sexual assault, hosted and conducted by a Rhode Island agency called Day One. The training is open to all members of the PC community, as well as anyone else in the area who is interested. […]

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Featured Friar: Winifred Kennedy ’20

by Brian Garvey ’20 Providence College is home to countless talented students, but a star might be in the making before our eyes.  Winifred “Wini” Kennedy ’20  is from Grafton, Massachusetts and has a bright future ahead of her. “I actually hadn’t even heard of Providence until my sophomore year of high school when my […]

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Professors Discuss Building a ‘Beloved Community’

By Matthew Mazzella ’20 In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Providence College hosted Dr. Comfort Ateh, associate professor of education, and Maco L. Faniel, professor of black studies, for its’ monthly FaculTEAS event on January 22, 2019. This event was held in rememberance and reflection on Reverand Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,’s legacy. […]

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