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DeSanctis named Associate VP for Newport County Campus

CCRI holds groundbreaking for Newport County Campus

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About CCRI Newport County Campus Citizens Advisory Committee Co-Chairs

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DeSanctis named Associate Vice President for Newport County Campus

Dr. Vincent DeSanctis, currently Dean of Lifelong Learning at the Community College of Rhode Island, has been appointed interim Associate Vice President for the CCRI Newport County Campus, a position he is assuming immediately.

Prior to coming to CCRI, DeSanctis served as president of the Warren County Community College in New Jersey for more than 15 years. He has also worked as the executive officer of the Shenango Valley campus in Pennsylvania State University's multi-campus system. During his professional career, DeSanctis has held significant administrative posts at Southern Illinois University and at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

DeSanctis holds a doctorate in administration and supervision from Rutgers University, a master's degree in social studies from Montclair State University and a bachelor of arts degree in social studies from William Patterson University. His academic scholarship includes numerous published articles on the subject of the adult learner.

As Associate Vice President, DeSanctis will be responsible for directing academic programs as well as college services at the Newport County Campus. He hopes to create a learning-centered environment for the new campus, one that takes full advantage of the latest technology and of existing community resources. In addition to overseeing day-to-day operations of the campus, DeSanctis plans to actively engage the community in identifying and addressing the population's educational needs.

All advisory committee members are invited to visit with the new Associate Vice President at a community reception held in his honor at the Newport Housing Authority, One York Street, Newport, on Friday, Dec. 10 from 8 to 10 a.m. To confirm attendance and receive directions to the reception, please contact Public Relations Officer Laura Hart by phone at 825-1175 or by email at lhart@ccri.edu.

CCRI holds groundbreaking for Newport County Campus

10-28-2003
At a groundbreaking ceremony for the Community College of Rhode Island’s $12.4 million Newport County Campus, CCRI President Thomas D. Sepe addressed the 100+ guests assembled at the 5.5-acre site off Connell Highway by remarking, “Opening a comprehensive college campus in the East Bay will bring education and job training to individuals who may not otherwise have access to higher education.”

Slated to open in 2005, the campus will prove a boon to the area economy by providing existing and future businesses with a skilled workforce in their own backyard, said Sepe. Toward this end, CCRI representatives have spent the last five years surveying and interviewing East Bay business leaders in an effort to tailor the college’s curriculum to the community’s specific needs. Most recently, CCRI has launched a feedback form on its Newport Web site, www.ccri.edu/Newport, to solicit community input on education and training needs.

Other speakers at the event included Lt. Governor Charles Fogarty, Mayor Richard Sardella, Board of Governors for Higher Education Chair Frank Caprio and Commissioner of Higher Education Jack Warner.

Sepe also announced the creation of a 25-member Newport County Campus Advisory Committee, co-chaired by retired educator and former mayor Paul Gaines as well as by CCRI alumna and Bank of Newport Chief Operating Officer Sandra Pattie. The advisory committee, which includes members of key East Bay businesses and social service agencies, will serve as community ambassadors and advocates for the community college’s future campus. In addition to the main advisory committee, the college has assembled a development committee to help with future financial needs of the campus, and is in the process of tapping area educators to create a Newport County Campus educational advisory committee.

This latest capital project represents the realization of a 40-year-old plan by the RI General Assembly to create a four-location community college network—a network that will make higher education accessible to all Rhode Island residents. The Newport campus will be the fourth in a statewide network of community college campuses, including current CCRI locations in Warwick, Lincoln and Providence, and will be situated on land donated by the U.S. Navy.

The Shingle-Style, 65,000-square foot campus building designed by Newport Collaborative Architects, will feature a student services complex, an auditorium and a classroom/laboratory wing. DePasquale Building and Realty Company will oversee construction of the project. The Newport County Campus has been funded by a $10.9 million bond issue in 2000, with additional monies granted by the RI state legislature last summer.

Among the programs to be offered at the Newport County Campus are Nursing; rehabilitative health programs such as Occupational Therapy Assistant, Physical Therapist Assistant and Therapeutic Massage; career programs such as Business and Accounting, Computer Technology, Criminal Justice, Hospitality/Culinary and Human Services; liberal arts programs such as Art, Biology, Chemistry, English, Foreign Languages, Math, Physics, Psychology and Social Sciences; and a variety of non-credit training, community service and personal enrichment courses.

More than 1,000 students from the East Bay—Barrington, Bristol, Jamestown, Little Compton, Middletown, Newport, Portsmouth, Tiverton and Warren—attend classes at either CCRI’s Newport satellite, located at Newport Hospital, or at one of the college’s main campuses in Warwick, Lincoln and Providence. However, while the statewide average of high school graduates enrolled in CCRI is 17 percent, the average of East Bay high school graduates enrolled at CCRI ranges between 5-15 percent, thereby demonstrating a compelling potential for growth. Sepe estimates the headcount enrollment for the Newport County Campus to climb to 2,000 after a single year of operation.

Renderings of the campus are available in digital form at www.ccri.edu/Newport

Newport County Campus Citizens Advisory Committee

Co-Chair Paul Gaines, Retired Educator, Newport Public Schools & Bridgewater State College
Co-Chair Sandra Pattie, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Bank of Newport
Jean Anderson, CEO, Visiting Nurse Services of Newport & Bristol Counties
J. Clement Cicilline, Executive Director, Newport County Community Mental Health Center
Mike Davis, Full Channel TV
Gerry DiSchino, Executive Vice President, Hinckley Company
Roberta Emerson, Newport Coordinator, Literacy Volunteers of America/RI
Louis Fazzano, President, Health & Education Leadership for Providence
Lee Fenton, Middletown School Committee
M. Lynne Francis, Vice President of Nursing, Newport Hospital
Amanda Fryeleinhos, Director, Martin Luther King Center
David Gordon, Newport School Committee Member and Former Newport Mayor
Matthew Hayes, Publisher, East Bay Newspapers
Walter Jachna, Board Member, Community College of Rhode Island Foundation
Frank Landry, Sales Consultant, Newport Ford Autocenter
George Loftus, Executive Director, OSHEAN
Rhonda Mitchell, Hope VI Director, Newport Housing Authority
RADM Roger Nolan, Executive Vice President, Aquidneck Management Associates
Arthur Sampson, President and CEO, Newport Hospital
Richard Sardella, Mayor of Newport
Susan Schenck, Deputy Director, New Visions for Newport County
Robert Schmeck, General Manager, Newport Marriott
Howard Shea, Director of Navy Campus Office/Newport
Keith Stokes, Executive Director, Newport County Chamber of Commerce
Jody Sullivan, Deputy Director, Newport County Chamber of Commerce
Lee Silvestre, Director of Raytheon Integrated Synthetic Environments, Raytheon Company
Ron Turgeon, Newport Lodging, Restaurant and Tourism Association

About Newport County Campus Citizens Advisory Committee Co-Chairs

CCRI alumna Sandra J. Pattie (’76) serves as executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Bank of Newport. For several years, she has been an active member of the CCRI Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps fund a variety of CCRI initiatives. She has also served on a community advisory board for the United Way and on the board of governors of Newport Hospital. In addition to her degree from CCRI, Pattie also holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from PC. Pattie is a resident of Bristol, RI.

Paul Gaines, a retired educator from both Bridgewater State College and Rogers High School, has a long history of community involvement in the East Bay area. This former mayor of Newport currently serves on boards or committees for the Rhode Island Foundation, the Newport County Branch of the NAACP, The Newport Hospital Corporation and the Newport Naval War College. He also serves on the Capital Campaign Steering Committee and the Equity in Education Committee for the Newport Public School System. A graduate of Rogers High School, Gaines holds a BS in education/American history from Xavier University of Louisiana and an M.Ed in counseling from Bridgewater State College. He currently resides in Newport.

Capital Campaign Steering Committee

Co-Chairs: Arthur Sampson, Newport Hospital

Richard Sardella, City of Newport

Richard Buchanan, Raytheon

Thomas Brady, Brady Enterprises, Inc.

William Corcoran, Newport Tent Company

Ellen Ford, People’s Credit Union

David Gordon, Newport School Committee

Robert Healey

Marilyn Kaplan

Mary Jane MacLean, Newport Public Education Fund

David Miller, SEA Corp.

Stephen Ostiguy, Church Community Housing

Leonard Panaggio, Newport Harbor Corp.

Charles Shoemaker

Charlotte Yeomans

Education Committee

Jeremy Brodeur, Tiverton School Board President

Mary Canole, Newport Superintendent

Ralph Cassese, Portsmouth School Committee President

William Estrella, Jr., Bristol-Warren Regional School Board President

Liana Ferreira-Fenton, Middletown School Committee

Steven Fezette, Tiverton High School Principal

David Gordon, Newport School Committee

Jack Harrington, Rogers High School Principal

Gerald Kowalczyk, East Bay Educational Collaborative Executive Director

Rosemarie Kraeger, Middletown Superintendent

Robert Littlefield, Portsmouth High School Principal

Edward Mara, Bristol-Warren Superintendent

Joseph Martins, Newport Area Career & Technical Center Director

James Miskel, Naval War College Dean

Ellen Murphy, Newport County Fund Coordinator

Diane Nobles, SPATE Project Director

William Rearick, Tiverton Superintendent

Steven Ruscito, Middletown High School Principal

Nancy Ryan, Newport Even Start Director

Timothy Ryan, Portsmouth Superintendent

Margaret Vendituoli-Ferreira, Mount Hope High Principal

	Press Releases CCRI Foundation announces new phase of Newport County Campus fundraising campaign DeSanctis named Associate VP for Newport County Campus CCRI holds groundbreaking for Newport County Campus Citizens Advisory Committee About CCRI Newport County Campus Citizens Advisory Committee Co-Chairs Capital Campaign Steering Committee Education Committee DeSanctis named Associate Vice President for Newport County Campus Dr. Vincent DeSanctis, currently Dean of Lifelong Learning at the Community College of Rhode Island, has been appointed interim Associate Vice President for the CCRI Newport County Campus, a position he is assuming immediately. Prior to coming to CCRI, DeSanctis served as president of the Warren County Community College in New Jersey for more than 15 years. He has also worked as the executive officer of the Shenango Valley campus in Pennsylvania State University's multi-campus system. During his professional career, DeSanctis has held significant administrative posts at Southern Illinois University and at Pennsylvania College of Technology. DeSanctis holds a doctorate in administration and supervision from Rutgers University, a master's degree in social studies from Montclair State University and a bachelor of arts degree in social studies from William Patterson University. His academic scholarship includes numerous published articles on the subject of the adult learner. As Associate Vice President, DeSanctis will be responsible for directing academic programs as well as college services at the Newport County Campus. He hopes to create a learning-centered environment for the new campus, one that takes full advantage of the latest technology and of existing community resources. In addition to overseeing day-to-day operations of the campus, DeSanctis plans to actively engage the community in identifying and addressing the population's educational needs. All advisory committee members are invited to visit with the new Associate Vice President at a community reception held in his honor at the Newport Housing Authority, One York Street, Newport, on Friday, Dec. 10 from 8 to 10 a.m. To confirm attendance and receive directions to the reception, please contact Public Relations Officer Laura Hart by phone at 825-1175 or by email at lhart@ccri.edu. CCRI holds groundbreaking for Newport County Campus 10-28-2003 At a groundbreaking ceremony for the Community College of Rhode Island’s $12.4 million Newport County Campus, CCRI President Thomas D. Sepe addressed the 100+ guests assembled at the 5.5-acre site off Connell Highway by remarking, “Opening a comprehensive college campus in the East Bay will bring education and job training to individuals who may not otherwise have access to higher education.” Slated to open in 2005, the campus will prove a boon to the area economy by providing existing and future businesses with a skilled workforce in their own backyard, said Sepe. Toward this end, CCRI representatives have spent the last five years surveying and interviewing East Bay business leaders in an effort to tailor the college’s curriculum to the community’s specific needs. Most recently, CCRI has launched a feedback form on its Newport Web site, www.ccri.edu/Newport, to solicit community input on education and training needs. Other speakers at the event included Lt. Governor Charles Fogarty, Mayor Richard Sardella, Board of Governors for Higher Education Chair Frank Caprio and Commissioner of Higher Education Jack Warner. Sepe also announced the creation of a 25-member Newport County Campus Advisory Committee, co-chaired by retired educator and former mayor Paul Gaines as well as by CCRI alumna and Bank of Newport Chief Operating Officer Sandra Pattie. The advisory committee, which includes members of key East Bay businesses and social service agencies, will serve as community ambassadors and advocates for the community college’s future campus. In addition to the main advisory committee, the college has assembled a development committee to help with future financial needs of the campus, and is in the process of tapping area educators to create a Newport County Campus educational advisory committee. This latest capital project represents the realization of a 40-year-old plan by the RI General Assembly to create a four-location community college network—a network that will make higher education accessible to all Rhode Island residents. The Newport campus will be the fourth in a statewide network of community college campuses, including current CCRI locations in Warwick, Lincoln and Providence, and will be situated on land donated by the U.S. Navy. The Shingle-Style, 65,000-square foot campus building designed by Newport Collaborative Architects, will feature a student services complex, an auditorium and a classroom/laboratory wing. DePasquale Building and Realty Company will oversee construction of the project. The Newport County Campus has been funded by a $10.9 million bond issue in 2000, with additional monies granted by the RI state legislature last summer. Among the programs to be offered at the Newport County Campus are Nursing; rehabilitative health programs such as Occupational Therapy Assistant, Physical Therapist Assistant and Therapeutic Massage; career programs such as Business and Accounting, Computer Technology, Criminal Justice, Hospitality/Culinary and Human Services; liberal arts programs such as Art, Biology, Chemistry, English, Foreign Languages, Math, Physics, Psychology and Social Sciences; and a variety of non-credit training, community service and personal enrichment courses. More than 1,000 students from the East Bay—Barrington, Bristol, Jamestown, Little Compton, Middletown, Newport, Portsmouth, Tiverton and Warren—attend classes at either CCRI’s Newport satellite, located at Newport Hospital, or at one of the college’s main campuses in Warwick, Lincoln and Providence. However, while the statewide average of high school graduates enrolled in CCRI is 17 percent, the average of East Bay high school graduates enrolled at CCRI ranges between 5-15 percent, thereby demonstrating a compelling potential for growth. Sepe estimates the headcount enrollment for the Newport County Campus to climb to 2,000 after a single year of operation. Renderings of the campus are available in digital form at www.ccri.edu/Newport Newport County Campus Citizens Advisory Committee Co-Chair Paul Gaines, Retired Educator, Newport Public Schools & Bridgewater State College Co-Chair Sandra Pattie, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Bank of Newport Jean Anderson, CEO, Visiting Nurse Services of Newport & Bristol Counties J. Clement Cicilline, Executive Director, Newport County Community Mental Health Center Mike Davis, Full Channel TV Gerry DiSchino, Executive Vice President, Hinckley Company Roberta Emerson, Newport Coordinator, Literacy Volunteers of America/RI Louis Fazzano, President, Health & Education Leadership for Providence Lee Fenton, Middletown School Committee M. Lynne Francis, Vice President of Nursing, Newport Hospital Amanda Fryeleinhos, Director, Martin Luther King Center David Gordon, Newport School Committee Member and Former Newport Mayor Matthew Hayes, Publisher, East Bay Newspapers Walter Jachna, Board Member, Community College of Rhode Island Foundation Frank Landry, Sales Consultant, Newport Ford Autocenter George Loftus, Executive Director, OSHEAN Rhonda Mitchell, Hope VI Director, Newport Housing Authority RADM Roger Nolan, Executive Vice President, Aquidneck Management Associates Arthur Sampson, President and CEO, Newport Hospital Richard Sardella, Mayor of Newport Susan Schenck, Deputy Director, New Visions for Newport County Robert Schmeck, General Manager, Newport Marriott Howard Shea, Director of Navy Campus Office/Newport Keith Stokes, Executive Director, Newport County Chamber of Commerce Jody Sullivan, Deputy Director, Newport County Chamber of Commerce Lee Silvestre, Director of Raytheon Integrated Synthetic Environments, Raytheon Company Ron Turgeon, Newport Lodging, Restaurant and Tourism Association About Newport County Campus Citizens Advisory Committee Co-Chairs CCRI alumna Sandra J. Pattie (’76) serves as executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Bank of Newport. For several years, she has been an active member of the CCRI Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps fund a variety of CCRI initiatives. She has also served on a community advisory board for the United Way and on the board of governors of Newport Hospital. In addition to her degree from CCRI, Pattie also holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from PC. Pattie is a resident of Bristol, RI. Paul Gaines, a retired educator from both Bridgewater State College and Rogers High School, has a long history of community involvement in the East Bay area. This former mayor of Newport currently serves on boards or committees for the Rhode Island Foundation, the Newport County Branch of the NAACP, The Newport Hospital Corporation and the Newport Naval War College. He also serves on the Capital Campaign Steering Committee and the Equity in Education Committee for the Newport Public School System. A graduate of Rogers High School, Gaines holds a BS in education/American history from Xavier University of Louisiana and an M.Ed in counseling from Bridgewater State College. He currently resides in Newport. Capital Campaign Steering Committee Co-Chairs: Arthur Sampson, Newport Hospital Richard Sardella, City of Newport Richard Buchanan, Raytheon Thomas Brady, Brady Enterprises, Inc. William Corcoran, Newport Tent Company Ellen Ford, People’s Credit Union David Gordon, Newport School Committee Robert Healey Marilyn Kaplan Mary Jane MacLean, Newport Public Education Fund David Miller, SEA Corp. Stephen Ostiguy, Church Community Housing Leonard Panaggio, Newport Harbor Corp. Charles Shoemaker Charlotte Yeomans Education Committee Jeremy Brodeur, Tiverton School Board President Mary Canole, Newport Superintendent Ralph Cassese, Portsmouth School Committee President William Estrella, Jr., Bristol-Warren Regional School Board President Liana Ferreira-Fenton, Middletown School Committee Steven Fezette, Tiverton High School Principal David Gordon, Newport School Committee Jack Harrington, Rogers High School Principal Gerald Kowalczyk, East Bay Educational Collaborative Executive Director Rosemarie Kraeger, Middletown Superintendent Robert Littlefield, Portsmouth High School Principal Edward Mara, Bristol-Warren Superintendent Joseph Martins, Newport Area Career & Technical Center Director James Miskel, Naval War College Dean Ellen Murphy, Newport County Fund Coordinator Diane Nobles, SPATE Project Director William Rearick, Tiverton Superintendent Steven Ruscito, Middletown High School Principal Nancy Ryan, Newport Even Start Director Timothy Ryan, Portsmouth Superintendent Margaret Vendituoli-Ferreira, Mount Hope High Principal



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