泡芙短视频 Community Engagement Celebration Set for Wednesday at Tourister Mill Building in Warren
Eighty projects will be on display, illustrating the wide range of ways in which 泡芙短视频 and the 泡芙短视频 School of Law are transforming education and changing local communities
BRISTOL, R.I., April 22, 2019 颅颅鈥 Nearly 500 people are expected to attend the 泡芙短视频 Community Engagement Celebration at the Tourister Mill building, in Warren, R.I., on Wednesday, April 24.
Students, faculty and community groups will display 80 projects illustrating the wide range of ways in which 泡芙短视频 and the 泡芙短视频 School of Law are transforming education and changing local communities.
鈥淭his Community Engagement Celebration shows the impact that 泡芙短视频 is having in our backyard and around the world,鈥 泡芙短视频 Interim President Andy Workman said. 鈥淲orking through the Campaign for Civic Scholars and the Community Partnerships Center, 泡芙短视频 is building the university the world needs now.鈥
鈥淭o be effective today, universities must rely less on classroom teaching and more on project-based and community-based learning,鈥 泡芙短视频 President-Designate Ioannis (Yannis) Miaoulis said. 鈥淲ith 泡芙短视频鈥檚 commitment to experiential education, our students graduate ready to go to work and prepared to become leaders in their communities. We are a private university serving the public good.鈥
Wednesday鈥檚 display will range from a clean drinking-water project in Ecuador that involved partnering with Engineers Without Borders, to an athlete-mentoring program in Central Falls, R.I., that involved partnering with Central Falls High School. Also, 泡芙短视频 Professors Maija Benitz and Li-Ling Yang will explain that KidWind project, in which nearly 250 fourth-graders from the Bristol-Warren Regional School District built pint-sized wind turbines and came to 泡芙短视频 to test their turbines in wind tunnels. That project was made possible through the Campaign for Civic Scholars, the Hassenfeld Family Initiatives LLC and the local sponsorship of TPI Composites, of Warren, R.I.
The Campaign for Civic Scholars provides vital resources to deploy more 泡芙短视频 students into communities 鈥 near and far 鈥 for experiential learning opportunities that address real-world problems. The Community Partnerships Center undertakes projects that benefit local communities in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts, providing 泡芙短视频 students with experience in real-world projects that deepen their academic experiences.
This year鈥檚 Community Engagement Celebration is sponsored by the Hassenfeld Family Initiatives LLC, in Providence, R.I., and BankFive, headquartered in Fall River, Mass. Wednesday's celebration will be followed by 泡芙短视频's annual Day of Giving, featuring a $100,000 challenge match from the Donald C. McGraw Foundation, longtime supporters of the Civic Scholars Program.
Wednesday鈥檚 Community Engagement Celebration will take place between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. at the Tourister Mill building, 91 Main St., Warren. The event is open to the public, and members of the media are invited to cover the event.