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2019

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Rwu And Bon Appétit Offering Brunch And Super Bowl Party Packages To Coast Guard Families, Edward Fitzpatrick Jan 2019

Rwu And Bon Appétit Offering Brunch And Super Bowl Party Packages To Coast Guard Families, Edward Fitzpatrick

Featured News Story

Active-duty members of the Coast Guard and their families are welcome to come to Roger Williams University on Sunday, Feb. 3, for brunch and a “Super Bowl Party Package” to take home for the big game.


Rwu Alumni Launch A New Way To Wage The Fight Against Malaria, Jill Rodrigues Jan 2019

Rwu Alumni Launch A New Way To Wage The Fight Against Malaria, Jill Rodrigues

Featured News Story

For two Roger Williams University alumni, seeing the first thriving crops of the sweet wormwood plant in the fields of Kentucky represent seeds of hope that their company’s new method of producing antimalarial medicine will revolutionize the fight against malaria.


Boston District Attorney Rachael Rollins Shares Six Secrets For Success With Rwu School Of Law, Julia Rubin Jan 2019

Boston District Attorney Rachael Rollins Shares Six Secrets For Success With Rwu School Of Law, Julia Rubin

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Boston's new District Attorney Rachael Rollins is changing the culture of criminal justice.


Rwu To Host Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Training On Feb 9, Julia Rubin Jan 2019

Rwu To Host Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Training On Feb 9, Julia Rubin

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On Saturday, Feb 9, Roger Williams University will host a nonviolent civil disobedience training to provide community members with tangible tools for dissent.


Leaving Their Mark: Internship Provides Students Work Experience On Seccm Labs Project, Courtney Dell'agnese Jan 2019

Leaving Their Mark: Internship Provides Students Work Experience On Seccm Labs Project, Courtney Dell'agnese

Featured News Story

As the grinding clash of massive steel beams coming together pierces the walls of the construction trailer, sophomore Julia Pateman examines shop drawings and material data submitted from subcontractors while senior Chris Bartorelli marks up floor plans with last-minute changes. While most students and staff aren’t allowed in the construction area, these two construction management majors were working with Shawmut Design and Construction on the SECCM Labsconstruction project during the fall semester.


Students Leading Effort To Measure Sustainability At Rwu, Courtney Dell’Agnese, Jill Rodrigues Jan 2019

Students Leading Effort To Measure Sustainability At Rwu, Courtney Dell’Agnese, Jill Rodrigues

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With sustainability embraced as a university mission and campus culture, students are tracking and evaluating how Roger Williams University measures up in making greater strides toward sustainability from energy conservation to teaching concepts.


Rwu And Bon Appétit Offering Hot Meals To Coast Guard Families Amid Federal Government Shutdown, Edward Fitzpatrick Jan 2019

Rwu And Bon Appétit Offering Hot Meals To Coast Guard Families Amid Federal Government Shutdown, Edward Fitzpatrick

Featured News Story

In response to the partial federal government shutdown, Roger Williams University and its food service provider, Bon Appétit Management Company, will provide free hot meals to active-duty members of the Coast Guard and their families on Tuesday, Jan. 15.


Boston Da Rachael Rollins To Deliver Mlk Address At Rwu Law, Edward Fitzpatrick Jan 2019

Boston Da Rachael Rollins To Deliver Mlk Address At Rwu Law, Edward Fitzpatrick

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Rachael Rollins, the first African-American woman to serve as District Attorney in Massachusetts and the first female DA in Suffolk County, will deliver this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Keynote Lecture at the Roger Williams University School of Law.


Rwu Ranks No. 1 Among Four-Year Colleges In Rhode Island, According To Schools.Com, Edward Fitzpatrick Jan 2019

Rwu Ranks No. 1 Among Four-Year Colleges In Rhode Island, According To Schools.Com, Edward Fitzpatrick

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Roger Williams University ranks No. 1 among four-year colleges and universities in Rhode Island, according to a new analysis by Schools.com.


Esl Teacher Certification Program Gets Approval To Expand Statewide, Edward Fitzpatrick Jan 2019

Esl Teacher Certification Program Gets Approval To Expand Statewide, Edward Fitzpatrick

Featured News Story

University College at Roger Williams University will be able to expand its English-as-a-Second Language Teacher Certification Program throughout the state now that the Rhode Island Department of Education has granted approval.


In The Roger Seminar, First Year Rwu Students React To The Past, Kindell Brown, Justin Wilder, Julia Rubin Jan 2019

In The Roger Seminar, First Year Rwu Students React To The Past, Kindell Brown, Justin Wilder, Julia Rubin

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A fisherman with a giant sea turtle, an elderly gentleman with a cane, and a pastor walk into a church.


Reflecting On The Context Of A Teaching Philosophy, Judith Platania Jan 2019

Reflecting On The Context Of A Teaching Philosophy, Judith Platania

Arts & Sciences Faculty Publications

Teaching experience is only valuable when we reflect on our practices as professors. This reflection should expand our realization of the challenges we face in the classroom.As faculty, we have an obligation to our students and to ourselves to participate in continued assessment of our teaching philosophy.Not only is it important to do so from a pedagogical perspective, it reminds us of our responsibility to inform our students through evidence-based practices and the science of our respective disciplines.


Radical (Re)Naming Through A Tapestry Of Autoethographic Voices: Finding Healing Through Dis/Ability Theorizing, Kelly Vaughan, David I. Hernandez-Saca, Jamie Buffington-Adams, Mercedes Cannon, Sandra Vanderbilt, Ann G. Winfield Jan 2019

Radical (Re)Naming Through A Tapestry Of Autoethographic Voices: Finding Healing Through Dis/Ability Theorizing, Kelly Vaughan, David I. Hernandez-Saca, Jamie Buffington-Adams, Mercedes Cannon, Sandra Vanderbilt, Ann G. Winfield

Education Faculty Publications

In this article, we engaged in a multi-layered collective autoethnography about disability, ableism, and identity within the context of schools and society by exploring the relationship between Curriculum Studies and Dis/ability Studies in Education. While excerpts of our individual narratives are embedded in the article, our final piece weaves together our individual reflections to illustrate that there is no single experience of dis/ability; however, there are themes about dis/ability and resistance to ableism that can be gleaned from hearing a multiplicity of voices within a context of intersectionality for radical individual, social and (inter)disciplinary transformation.


An Open Impediment: Navigating Copyright And Oer Publishing In The Academic Library, Lindsey Gumb Jan 2019

An Open Impediment: Navigating Copyright And Oer Publishing In The Academic Library, Lindsey Gumb

Library Faculty Publications

Academic libraries around the world are leading the way to support the adoption, revision, and creation of open educational resources (OER), both saving students money and encouraging pedagogical innovation in the classroom. While there are varying definitions depending on the organization, it is generally accepted that a resource used for teaching, learning, or research can be considered an OER if it is both free and openly-licensed under Creative Commons (CC), general public license, or is in the public domain.


A Brief Dialogue With Members Of The Wpa-L Working Group And Nextgen Listserv. [Where We Are: Dialogue And Disciplinary Space], S. Baniya, S. Doan, Brian Hendrickson Jan 2019

A Brief Dialogue With Members Of The Wpa-L Working Group And Nextgen Listserv. [Where We Are: Dialogue And Disciplinary Space], S. Baniya, S. Doan, Brian Hendrickson

Arts & Sciences Faculty Publications

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