Community College of Rhode IslandFoundation begins Phase II of fundraising
The CCRI Foundation kicked off Phase II of the CCRI Newport County Campus fundraising campaign at a breakfast ceremony on Friday, April 8 at the Newport Hospital Courtyard. Speakers included Salve Regina University President Sr. M. Therese Antone, Rhode Island Commissioner of Higher Education Jack Warner, and People’s Credit Union CEO Ellen Ford.
“The CCRI Newport County Campus will provide our
neighbors, our coworkers and our friends with the opportunity for
accessible education ... ”
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The fundraising goal for Phase II of the campaign is $1 million, according to Dean of Institutional Advancement and Community Relations Julie White. These funds will help increase the campus library holdings, purchase rehabilitative health equipment, underwrite scholarships, supply disability resources and endow campus technology.
“The CCRI Newport County Campus will provide our neighbors, our coworkers and our friends with the opportunity for accessible education, the opportunity for affordable education, and the opportunity for a flexible education that takes work and family into account,” said CCRI President Thomas D. Sepe. Sepe expressed his gratitude for the community’s generosity in outfitting the campus with technology, but adds that there are more needs that the community can fill in Phase II of the campaign. “Beyond just providing a campus, we need to make sure that our students have the right resources to achieve student success.”
As part of the morning’s program, Ford reported on the success of Phase I of the campaign, which in a year’s time reached its goal of $1 million to provide state-of-the-art technology and equipment for the Newport County Campus. BankNewport President Tom Kelly and COO Sandra Pattie presented the CCRI Foundation with a check for $100,000. The college plans to name the Newport County Campus Atrium in BankNewport’s honor.
Other naming opportunities conferred during Phase I of the campaign are the van Beuren Charitable Foundation Auditorium, the Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust Learning Resource Center, the Prince Charitable Trusts Student Success Centers, the Fred M. Roddy Foundation Nursing Laboratory, the People’s Credit Union Computer Laboratory, the Anteon Corporation Bookstore, the Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems Computer Laboratory and the Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems Mathematics Laboratory.
Additional donors to Phase I of the campaign include the Champlin Foundations, the Amica Companies Foundation, Brick Alley Pub and Restaurant, the Emma C. Harris Foundation, Louis Fazzano, the Herbert E. and Daisy Stride Memorial Foundation, Walter and Eileen Jachna, the John Clarke Trust, the Lockheed Martin Corporation, Marriott International, McLaughlin & Moran Inc., The Newport Daily News, NewportFed, the Newport Harbor Corporation, the Northrop Grumman Foundation, Ocean State Charities Trust, the Rotary Club of Newport, the Samuel and Diana A. Adelson Memorial Fund, the Wal-Mart Foundation, and Vice Adm. and Mrs. Thomas Weschler.
Construction on the $12.4 million campus is scheduled for completion this summer, with classes to be held on site this fall. Currently, CCRI is holding classes at its satellite location at Newport Hospital. It has also established temporary office space at the Newport Housing Authority, One York St., Newport.
