Author Archive: Karen Donovan
Social Media Intern
The College Crusade of Rhode Island Internship Specification Title: Social Media Intern Time commitment: 15 hours per week Reports to: Director of High School & Postsecondary Operations BACKGROUND: The mission of The College Crusade is to increase high school graduation, college and career readiness, and college completion for youth in Rhode Island’s […]
The College Crusade Announces New College Admissions Staff Members
September 12, 2018 Providence, R.I., September 12, 2018 – The College Crusade of Rhode Island announced it has hired two new Associate Directors of College Admissions, Cortney Lima of Pawtucket, R.I., and Lani Willmar of Providence, R.I. Their role is to support students and families throughout the college search, selection, […]
Director of Fund Development
THE COLLEGE CRUSADE OF RHODE ISLAND JOB SPECIFICATION TITLE: Director of Fund Development REPORTS TO: President and CEO SALARY: $67,000 to $82,000 OVERVIEW The Director of Fund Development at the College Crusade is responsible for helping the organization meet annual fundraising goals through individual contributions, corporate sponsorships, and special events. […]
Block Island Science Adventures
Forty Crusaders in grades 9-12 traveled to Block Island over five weeks in July and August to study biodiversity with the Block Island Maritime Institute’s Dolphin Program. They spent a whole week on the island, studying local ecosystems, gathering data, and working together to answer the question, “In what ways […]
We (Heart) Our Funders
The College Crusade is grateful for the support of so many funders who make our work on behalf of students possible. We especially want to thank the following organizations for their recent contributions. Many thanks to The Angell Foundation, which is providing $75,000 to support our college completion programs at […]
Sabina + Kicha Go to the Youth Leadership Summit
Story by Patience Adegboyega ’16 Above, Sabina Mercado and Kicha Pinthiere pose with College Crusade staff members Josh Corria and Justin Roias at the 2018 Youth Leadership Summit, sponsored in July by the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) in Washington, D.C. The Summit brings together high school […]
Our Declassified High School Survival Guide: Passageways
Story by Patience Adegboyega ’16 Teacher, professional athlete, orphan, homeless person – what’s in a label? Crusaders in our summer Passageways program played the label game to learn about social attitudes and become more aware of how people treat one another based on labels. The game introduced the day’s lesson […]
Summer Learning Adventures at CAAP
Story and photographs by Patience Adegboyega ’16 Our Crusade Academic & Adventure Program, or CAAP, packs dozens of different skill-building activities together with having fun and making friends. To describe CAAP, Crusaders who are participating in this summer’s program used words like “trust” and “communication” and “leadership.” Their adventures included […]
Solving Puzzles + Making Mysteries
Story and photographs by Patience Adegboyega ’16 I’m not alive, but I have five fingers…what am I? (A glove.) Which tire doesn’t turn when the car turns right? (The spare tire.) Middle school Crusaders spent three weeks at our Wheeler Summer Program solving brain teasers like these. But the puzzles […]
Photography 101
Story by Patience Adegboyega ’16 Did you know you can make a camera out of cardboard and tape? For a week at the Rhode Island School of Design, high school Crusaders attending RISD’s Project Open Door learned the science behind the cameras they carry around through their smartphones and other devices. Under […]
