Providence College News

The following are announcements of academic accomplishments for Milton residents.

June dance classes offered at Providence College: June 3-28 with several outstanding teachers from around Rhode Island.

A year ago today: The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to delay the transfer of Jason Wayne Pleau from state prison to federal authorities for prosecution in a murder case.

The Very Rev. Robert Barron, creator and host of the "Catholicism" documentary series and founder of a global media ministry, gives the commencement address Sunday at Providence College.

The "Townie Project" wants your help. You can have a lot of fun while lending a hand and digging into your wallet.

One of my former colleagues calls me a "bon vivant" of news. When news happens some how I usually find some bizarre connection to it whether through a close friend, family, or myself.

A group of students and faculty at Providence College is asking the school to take steps to combat what it calls a pattern of racial profiling of minority students on campus and a hostile climate.

Submitted by readMedia for Providence College The following Shrewsbury residents were recently inducted into the Providence College chapters of national honor societies: Erica Barnum , a member of the class of 2013 at Providence College, was inducted into Sigma Delta Pi, the national honor society for Foreign Language Studies.

The Providence College Athletics Department held its annual Winter/Spring Letter-Winners Ceremony at 64 Hall located in the Slavin Center on campus on Friday, May 3. Fifty-one student-athletes were awarded varsity letters for their participation in athletics this winter and spring.

A group of students and faculty at Providence College is asking the school to take steps to combat what it calls a pattern of racial profiling of minority students on campus and a hostile climate.

A Providence College basketball player and his ex-girlfriend were arrested after a violent argument in his dorm room on Friday.

A group of Providence College students will hold a press conference Wednesday to protest what they say is a hostile climate for minority students and faculty.

Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, Tom Lanigan is keeping Irish culture alive and well in Rhode Island and throughout New England and beyond.

For Shrewsbury resident Sam Burr, life is all about the people around him. The 23-year-old rapper, who records under the pseudonym SAMiAM, says "we" a lot when describing his music, and is quick to promote his friends and collaborators before himself.

The Rev. Robert Barron, creator and host of the 10-part Catholicism documentary and an on-air contributor and analyst for NBC News and other media outlets such as Fox News, CNN and EWTN, will be the featured speaker at Providence College's 95th commencement May 19.

If Rhode Island joins the rest of New England in allowing gay and lesbian couples to wed, it will be because a formidable opponent, Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed, moved out of the way.