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CCRI Awarded $1M Grant From Lowe's Foundation To Support Trades Careers

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CCRI Awarded $1M Grant From Lowe's Foundation To Support Trades Careers

July 21, 2025

CCRI Joins Achieving The Dream Network To Advance Student Success And Community Impact

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CCRI Joins Achieving The Dream Network To Advance Student Success And Community Impact

June 16, 2025

CCRI Students Blending Art And Science In Unique Exhibition Funded By NSF Grant

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CCRI Students Blending Art And Science In Unique Exhibition Funded By NSF Grant

June 04, 2025

CCRI Launches Bold Expansion of Work-Based Learning to Strengthen Rhode Island's Workforce

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CCRI Launches Bold Expansion of Work-Based Learning to Strengthen Rhode Island's Workforce

May 22, 2025

CCRI and Delta Dental of Rhode Island Partner to Strengthen Dental Workforce for Rhode Island's Future

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CCRI and Delta Dental of Rhode Island Partner to Strengthen Dental Workforce for Rhode Island's Future

May 20, 2025

CCRI Celebrates its 60th Commencement with Powerful Speeches, Generational Milestones, and a Proud Legacy of Alumni

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CCRI Celebrates its 60th Commencement with Powerful Speeches, Generational Milestones, and a Proud Legacy of Alumni

May 16, 2025

CCRI and RIC Launch New Fully Online RN-to-BSN Program

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CCRI and RIC Launch New Fully Online RN-to-BSN Program

May 06, 2025

CCRI Partners with United Way to Open 211 Satellite Office

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CCRI Partners with United Way to Open 211 Satellite Office

April 29, 2025

CCRI Launches Free Ophthalmic Technician Training Program

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CCRI Launches Free Ophthalmic Technician Training Program

April 23, 2025

CCRI and Rhode Island Energy partner to launch free utilities career exploration program

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CCRI and Rhode Island Energy partner to launch free utilities career exploration program

April 17, 2025

CCRI Achieves Gold Status as Military Friendly® School

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CCRI Achieves Gold Status as Military Friendly® School

April 10, 2025

CCRI Celebrates First Cohort of MC3 Graduates, Expands Apprenticeship Readiness Program to Providence and Newport Campuses

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CCRI Celebrates First Cohort of MC3 Graduates, Expands Apprenticeship Readiness Program to Providence and Newport Campuses

April 08, 2025

CCRI Dental Hygiene Clinic to Host Free Sealant and Fluoride Community Day for Children & Teens

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CCRI Dental Hygiene Clinic to Host Free Sealant and Fluoride Community Day for Children & Teens

March 31, 2025

Governor McKee, CCRI Announces Launch of Associate Degree in Culinary Craftsmanship

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Governor McKee, CCRI Announces Launch of Associate Degree in Culinary Craftsmanship

March 07, 2025

CCRI Players Celebrate 50 Years of Excellence

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CCRI Players Celebrate 50 Years of Excellence

February 14, 2025

Black History Month

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Black History Month

February 10, 2025

College's Division of Workforce Partnerships earns 2024 PACE-RI Academic Partnership Award

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College's Division of Workforce Partnerships earns 2024 PACE-RI Academic Partnership Award

December 12, 2024

CCRI announces partnership with Building Futures to deliver new Apprenticeship Readiness program

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CCRI announces partnership with Building Futures to deliver new Apprenticeship Readiness program

November 22, 2024

CCRI recognized as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting

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CCRI recognized as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting

November 20, 2024

Second high school joins CCRI's free advanced manufacturing dual-enrollment certificate program

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Second high school joins CCRI's free advanced manufacturing dual-enrollment certificate program

October 29, 2024

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News Image CCRI Professor Maureen A. Murray Honored with 2025 ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award

July 23, 2025

The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) proudly announces that Business and Professional Studies Associate Professor Maureen A. Murray, of Exeter, RI, has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Teaching Excellence Award by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). This prestigious honor recognizes educators who exemplify excellence in teaching and dedication to student success within business education.

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News Image CCRI Awarded $1M Grant From Lowe's Foundation To Support Trades Careers

July 21, 2025

The Lowe’s Foundation awarded $1 million to the Community College of Rhode Island as part of a select group of community and technical colleges receiving Gable Grants. Since awarding its first grants in 2023, the foundation has expanded skilled trades career pathways through its growing roster of funded partners of 60 community colleges and nonprofit organizations across 28 states.

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News Image CCRI Players' Summer Rep Returns With Adaptation of Shakespeare's 'The Comedy of Errors'

July 18, 2025

The Community College of Rhode Island Players’ 2025 Summer Rep is just around the corner. The annual theater season begins Thursday, July 31 with CCRI Players’ adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors”, which will be directed by Karen Carpenter and run through Sunday, Aug. 3. The performance, rehearsals for which began this week, is the first of a two-part series that will conclude with a four-day run of Shakespeare’s “Richard III” premiering Wednesday, Aug. 20.

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News Image CCRI Alumni Association Elects Announces New President and Officers

July 17, 2025

The Community College of Rhode Island Alumni Association has elected a new President. Cumberland native Malida Khim, a 2019 CCRI graduate and Impact Coordinator for Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy at CVS Health, will replace Jeffrey Wright Jr., a Woonsocket resident who has held the role since 2023.

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News Image CCRI Welcomes Chef Kenneth Watt To Lead New Culinary Arts Program at Newport Campus

July 15, 2025

The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) proudly announces the hiring of Chef Kenneth Watt, CEC, MBA, as Assistant Professor of Culinary Arts. Chef Watt will lead the college’s all-new Culinary Arts program, which is unique to CCRI’s Newport County Campus.

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