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Jeannette E. Riley
KINGSTON, R.I. – April 7, 2021 – Jeannette E. Riley, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University Rhode Island, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. Riley joins four other new members on the 19-member board. Their terms began April 1.
“These leaders bring experience in strategic storytelling and branding, higher education, finance, and business development,” the humanities council said in its April 6 press release announcing the new members. “Each is deeply involved in communities across Rhode Island.”
“I’m thrilled to join the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities team and work with them to further their efforts in spreading humanities initiatives across the state,” said Riley. “The humanities expand how we understand history, our own and other cultures, what we value, and who we can become. Most importantly, the humanities develop empathy, creativity, imagination, and civic
Hear the Voices of Women Leading from the Top: Part III
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In recent years, across all levels of government, an unprecedented number of women have been elected to public office, many of whom are the first woman or the first woman of their race, ethnicity, religion or gender identity to hold such a position.
Likewise, a historic number of women at Rhode Island College have taken on top leadership positions. They are VPs and deans, they are seasoned and they are young, they are white and they are women of color, some of them speak more than one language but they all have come to the table ready. They sit on the President s Executive Cabinet, they make up the majority of the Provost Council and they lead all but one of the six schools.