Vol. 1 No. 4 Community College of Rhode IslandMay 2005

Is Catholicism on the decline?

CCRI ranks fifth among peers nationwide

Students strut their stuff at Statehouse

Four chosen for NASA project

Taking a closer look at diversity, tolerance

President's Party raises funds for the arts and humanities

Dengal gives for the future of others

Join CCRI in setting a course for Newport

Raytheon, CCRI create job training program

CCRI hosts educators from Denmark

Foundation begins Phase II of fundraising

Token of Appreciation

Long-time CCRI worker Craig plans for retirement

Galliano named coordinator for Newport Lifelong Learning

Bus Stop director returns to her roots

Summer 2005 Academic Calendar

Commencement 2005

Student named New Century Scholar

Professor of history retires after 39 years with CCRI

Alumni golf tourney seeks players, sponsors

Heard on Campus

Sports

Professor of history retires after 39 years with CCRI

Ralph Scorpio

After 39 years, Professor of History Ralph Scorpio will retire at the end of this semester. Scorpio has been with the college since its infancy, teaching various history classes, including Western Civilization and more recently focusing on American history. His legacy to the college, though, will be the class that he created on America’s Experience in Vietnam.

Scorpio says he plans to make time for himself in retirement, after decades spent giving of his time in the classroom, but that he hasn’t ruled out the possibility of once again teaching the Vietnam course.

“It’s been a great career that I’ve had at CCRI. The college does a lot of good for a lot of people,” says Scorpio, “but I’m looking forward to a rest.”