Category: Campus

Vaccine Rollout Starts Spring-ing Into Action: April Brings Increased COVID Vaccinations for Friars, Rhode Islanders

by Katherine Morrissey ’22 News Staff After enduring the COVID-19 pandemic for over a year, the Friar Family and residents of Rhode Island can breathe a sigh of relief with vaccination eligibility expanding in the state of Rhode Island. The happy news was communicated to Providence College students Thursday evening through a series of emails […]

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Addressing the Pain of the Past: PC Hosts Interview With Comedian Trevor Noah

by Hannah Langley ’21 News Co-Editor Before the class of 2022 began their journey as Providence College Friars, they were asked to read Trevor Noah’s autobiography, Born a Crime, which documents his life as a child of a Black mother and white father in apartheid South Africa. On April 15, Noah was invited to answer […]

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#PCShouldBePROUD: BOP and SHEPARD Host Week to Celebrate LGBTQ+

by Hannah Langley ’21 News Co-Editor From April 19 to April 23, the Board of Programmers and SHEPARD—Stopping Homophobia, Eliminating Prejudice and Restoring Dignity—is hosting events to celebrate and educate Providence College about the LGBTQ+ community.  The week included several events, beginning with a Schitt’s Creek watch party and discussion on Monday, followed by “How […]

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Former Friar is on Fire: PC Hosts Entrepreneur and Podcast Star John Lee Dumas ‘02

by Sydney Olinger ’23 News Staff John Lee Dumas ’02, author of The Common Path to Uncommon Success and host of the award-winning podcast Entrepreneurs on Fire, spoke to students via Zoom on Tuesday, April 13. Dumas shared his story and journey to financial freedom and fulfillment after graduating from Providence College in 2002. He […]

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Strong, Resilient, and Beautiful: Women Empowered Creates Own Community

by Savannah Plaisted ’21 and Nicole Patano ’22 Opinion Editor and Asst. Copy Editor Before Easter break, The Cowl had the opportunity to interview members of Women Empowered’s executive board and discuss the importance of the club’s presence on Providence College’s campus.  Women Empowered was founded in 2012 to give a space to women of color […]

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PC Plans to Celebrate In-Person Commencement

by Max Waite ’21 News Staff On Thursday, May 20, commencement exercises for the class of 2021 will be celebrated with an in-person ceremony at Hendricken Field. As much as this past year has been uncertain, it is remarkable to see how far the Providence College community has come in order to make this event […]

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Providence College Welcomes Dr. Laurie Santos: Yale University Psychologist to Give Commencement Address

by Andrea Traietti ’21 and Hannah Langley ’21 Editor-in-Chief and News Editor At Yale University, Dr. Laurie Santos, a cognitive scientist and psychology professor, studies some of life’s age-old questions—questions like “What makes us happy?” and “What can we do to achieve the good life?”  Providence College students have likely encountered these kinds of questions […]

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“Darty Season” Spells Impending Disaster: Off-Campus Parties Anger Many Members of PC Community

by Hannah Langley ’21 News Co-Editor It was a beautiful day in Providence, RI on Saturday, April 10. With not a cloud in the sky and the promise of a warm 70 degrees, Providence College students began to spill out of their dorm rooms and off-campus houses to enjoy the weather. Ignoring social distancing, mask […]

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Celebrating Women and Feminism for 110 Years: PC Holds Events to Honor International Women’s Day

by Katherine Morrissey ’22 News Staff Over the duration of March, the Providence College community has been simultaneously celebrating women’s achievements and raising awareness of women’s and gender issues in light of International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day takes place annually on March 8. According to the International Women’s Day website, it is a global […]

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COVID Campus Updates

by Kyle Burgess ’21 News Co-Editor With the arrival of spring comes a renewed sense of hope and excitement in the Friar community. On March 6, a school-wide email from Dean and Vice President of Student Affairs Steven Sears announced that a gradual return to normalcy would be coming in the next few weeks. Some […]

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