Vol. 2 No. 3 Community College of Rhode IslandNovember 2005

November 2005

CCRI awarded $1.8 million to enhance health care programs

English faculty pioneers in new literacy program pilot

Hitting a high note

RI Mineral Hunters donate collection to CCRI for student use

CCRI Players gain regional recognition

College implements new graphic standards, athletics Knight mascot gets a makeover

NBC seeks student reporter

Department Profile - Physical Plant

Smith named Dean of Lifelong Learning

What Ever Happened to? Prof. Dwight Decker

Real Talk: Youth summit confronts inner-city violence

State Employees' Charitable Appeal campaign kicks off

Knight Estate preservation a Foundation priority

Office administration offers dual major option

Psychology club active and growing this year

Book store partners with Dell to offer discounted computers

Welcome receptions for adjunct faculty

Lifelong Learning graduates second Electronics Assembly class

Harvest Fest in October

Get Fit RI

The "CCRI Scrabblers"

News Briefs

Sports:

What’s new in CCRI athletics

RISports.net to Webcast CCRI basketball games

Three CCRI fall athletes named NCJAA Athletes of the Week


Past Issues:

Vol 2, No. 6 - March 2006

Vol 2, No. 5 - February 2006

Vol 2, No. 4 - December 2005/January 2006

Vol 2, No. 3 - November 2005

Vol 2, No. 2 - October 2005

Vol 2, No. 1 - September 2005

Vol 1, No. 6 - July/August 2005

Vol 1, No. 5 - June 2005

Vol 1, No. 4 - May 2005

Vol 1, No. 3 - April 2005

Vol 1, No. 2 - March 2005

Vol 1, No. 1 - February 2005

RI Mineral Hunters donate collection to CCRI for student use

Left to right: Terry and Victor Wells, members of RIMH; Karen Kortz, faculty member, CCRI Physics Department; Stephen Millard, president of RIMH; and Nancy Millard, faculty member, CCRI Physics Department and member of RIMH.

A collection of gems and minerals mined from throughout New England were recently donated to the Community College of Rhode Island by the RI Minerals Hunters (RIMH). The donated materials will be on display at the Knight Campus in Warwick to assist students studying geology.

More than 20 different kinds of gems and minerals were donated including quartz crystals, garnet, fossil fern, bowenite (RI state mineral), and cumberlandite (Rhode Island state rock).

The mineral hunters are dedicated to conservation, the education of students and hobbyists about minerals and fossils, and generating funds for college scholarships. RIMH also sponsors the annual Gem and Mineral Show at the CCRI Warwick Campus that is attended by thousands of New Englanders.