The Rhode Island College Foundation has generously provided mini grants (up to $2,000) to support faculty projects focused on student engagement. This funding opportunity was initiated by RIC Foundation Board President Joyce Stevos, who is also a three-time RIC alumna (’65, ’97 and ’05).
U.S. Representatives Bill Posey (R-Florida) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Florida) joined with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) to discuss the bipartisan legislation they introduced to promote students’ access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in schools.
In 2021 alone, 36 teenagers died from opioid-related overdoses in the Bay Area, and according to the California Department of Public Health 224 teenagers statewide have overdosed fatally in the past two years