Green & White Magazine - Summer 2026

Alumni stories, campus news, and a look at what's next for CCRI

CCRI Joins Lowe's Foundation Building Futures Skilled Trades Coalition to Help Strengthen America's Skilled Trades Workforce

The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) today announced it is joining the Lowe's Foundation's Building Futures Skilled Trades Coalition, a national effort bringing together organizations from across the skilled trades ecosystem to help train and develop 1 million people for skilled trades careers by 2035.

Featured Story

Building Rhode Island's Future

A proposed 44,000-square-foot Workforce Innovation Center at the Knight Campus could reshape how CCRI trains Rhode Islanders for in-demand careers — if voters approve a bond measure this November.

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Alumni Features

The Shot Before the Shot

CCRI alumnus and WPRI-TV co-chief videographer Johnny Villella '97 has spent three decades telling Rhode Island's most memorable stories, one frame at a time.

The Diploma That Started It All

A first-generation graduate, Mileiry “Milly” De La Cruz '18 traces her career in higher education — now at URI's College of Business — back to the associate degree that started it all.

From Silver Lake to the World Stage

Anne Marie Riccitelli '66 began her journey at CCRI's very first campus — a converted mill building on Promenade Street — and went on to build a career in television, global communications, and international advocacy at the United Nations.

Philanthropy

CCRI Presidential Legacy Fund

Established in honor of President Rosemary A. Costigan '78, CCRI's first alumna president, the new fund invests in student success and workforce innovation.

It invites donors to invest in students and honor a legacy, providing enduring support that will expand pathways for students and strengthen CCRI’s role as Rhode Island’s engine of educational and economic opportunity.