1. President Carriuolo’ s Mid-year Report
February 20, 2013

2. PRESIDENT CARRIUOLO’S
2013 MID-YEAR REPORT
PART I
What have we accomplished since the opening coffee hour in August?

3. On Election Day, Rhode Island voters said “yes” to Question 3.

6. Assistant Professor Steven Threlkeld

7. On Election Day, Rhode Island voters
said “yes” to Question 3.

9. Media Recognition

10. ADP American Democracy Project

11. Education Trust Report

12. GoLocalProv.com

13. Viola Davis ’88

14. Jennie Johnson ’00

15. Carolyn Rafaelian

16. Student and Faculty Recognitions

17. Esther Kingston-Mann Award Julie Kessler Jamilah Pittman

18. 20 graduate students earned Certificates of Graduate Studies in Autism Education

19. Scholarship Winner Malinda Bridges ’12

20. Professor Frederic Reamer

21. NEASC

22. Emily Danforth

23. American College Theatre Festival
Sarah Pothier winner of the Richard Maltby Jr. Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre.
Student Stephanie Harrop winner of The Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas Award for Excellence in Design Technology.
Alan Pickart and the Technical Crew and cast of A-MIRROR-CA winner of The Kennedy Center Golden Hammer Award for outstanding skill and knowledge of backstage practices.
The Drowsy Chaperone - Outstanding Execution of Design and Outstanding Musical Ensemble
A-MIRROR-CA - Excellence in Writing, Ensemble and Execution
Jessie Darrell Jarbadan for The Miracle Worker winner of Outstanding Costume Design.
A-MIRROR-CA is up for the Kennedy Center National Awards to be announced at a later date.

24. What else has the Academic Division accomplished in fall 2012?

25. Programs Under Development
B.A. in Youth Development   
B.S. in Community Health and Wellness
B.S. in Early Childhood Education  
B.S. in Health Sciences  
First blended-learning academic program: a Certificate of Undergraduate Study in Youth Services 

26. Learning for Life (L4L)

27. Central Falls District and RIC Potential Collaboration

28. New First-Year Experience Program

29. Revised General Education

30. Professional Studies and Continuing Education

31. Urban and Community Farming Educational Program
“Going Local”

32. New Beekeeping Initiative

33. New Community Garden

34. RIC and the National Grid Foundation

35. 2012 Sustainable Schools Summit

36. TACO – John Hazen White, Jr.

37. Student Affairs

38. Facilities

39. The Keefe Transportation Center

40. The Yellow Cottage

41. Richard Hillman
Garden

42. Enhanced Technology
Improved Blackboard support: Implemented a coordinated, seamless support model for Blackboard where USS and FCTL staff systematically coordinate to provide the best support by the appropriate experts. 
Expanded support options for faculty and staff: In addition to walk-in, telephone and assistance, faculty and staff are now able to use Track-IT! self-service to create and track their own online work orders to request assistance.
Improved feedback mechanism for Help Desk support: Developed more informative Help Desk satisfaction survey sent to 100 percent of work order requestors.
Website improvements: Consolidated Web pages, created new instructions and continue to update existing pages.

43. E-Classroom Upgrades Installed large-screen TV in Kelley Board Room.
Upgraded obsolete and failing equipment (specifically, analog to digital; standard definition to high definition) in 24 e-classrooms for Fall 2012 and four e-classrooms for spring 2013 (in process).
Opened RIC’s first Testing Lab in CL 131.
Renovated and enhanced modern languages and media e-classroom in CL132.
Installed 4 multimedia-enhanced rooms in the Yellow Cottage.
Installed two large-screen TVs in Admissions in the Forman Center in conjunction with iPad support for recruitment purposes.
Installed large-screen TV in Kelley Board Room.
Installed numerous multimedia/AV capabilities throughout the Rec Center.
Spring upgrades: Currently planning upgrades, primarily in Alger e-classrooms.

44. Office of Research and Grants Administration:
A Unit of Academic Affairs

45. ORGA FY 2013 July 1, 2012 – December 31, 2013
Awards received in the first two quarters of FY 2013 total $7,497,679. (Reflects proposals submitted in FY 2012 and 2013.)
Proposals submitted in the first two quarters of FY 2013 total $7,548,293. (Proposals submitted in FY 2013 only.)
Award amounts are in line with mid-year FY 2012, a banner year!

46. Office of Research and Grants Administration
PI Name
Sponsor Name
Grant Name
Antosh, Anthony
US Department of Education
Vision Services (RIVESP)
Measured Progress
RI Alternate Assessment
Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE)
Surrogate Parents/Educational Advocates
US Department of Education /RIDE
RI State Personnel Development Grant
RI Department of Education
ORS Employment and Training
RI Department of Human Services
Early Intervention Training and Technical Assistance
RI-Department of Children Youth and Families
Positive Behavioral Supports (PBIS) Training for the RI Training School
Dual Sensory Impairment
RI Technical Assistance Project (RITAP)
US Dept. of Health & Human Services
UCEDD - Univ. Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Beardwood, Marie
US Dept for Veterans' Affairs
Virtual CPRS Educational Platform (VCEP)

47. Office of Research and Grants Administration
PI Name
Sponsor Name
Grant Name
Cook, Jennifer
National Writing Project
Rhode Island Writing Project
de Oliveira, Glenisson
National Science Foundation
RI Technology Enhanced Sciences (RITES)
Dygert/McKamey
Rhode Island Council on the Humanities
Promising Practices Conference
Filinson/Padula/Evans
HRSA Bureau of Health Professionals
Geriatric Education Center
Forte, Paul
US Department of Education
Key Issues Addressing Student Access and Completion
Giroux, Jenifer
Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE)
Contextualized Training
Rhode Island Department of Human Services (DHS)
Refugee Employment and Training (Project GRAPHIC)
RI Dept. of Labor & Training
Providence/Cranston Workforce Investment
United Way RI
United Collaboration of Training Resources
Glantz, Tonya
RI Department of Children Youth & Families
Child Welfare Institute
System of Care/FCCP Training

48. Office of Research and Grants Administration
PI Name
Sponsor Name
Grant Name
Montvilo, Robin
RI Dept. of Behavioral Health (BHDDH)
Persons with Developmental Disabilities and Addiction Recovery
Murakami, Brandon
National Science Foundation
RUI: Rare lepton decays in the eras of the LHC and MEG experiments
Pearlmutter, Sue
RI Foster Parents Association
Consolidated Youth Services
US Department of Health and Human Services
RI Partnership for Family Connections
Works Wonders
Pitt, R./Penfield, G.
US Department of Education
Learning for Life
Pitt, Ron
RI Office of Higher Education
Complete College Rhode Island Initiative
Roberts, Eric
EPSCoR Year
Sanders, Kathryn
S-STEM Quahog Cohort
Sidorkin, Sasha
Common Core Standards and College Preparedness
Simson, Earl
RI Senate Fiscal Office
Modern Language Studies in Portuguese
Sullivan, Mary
Building Arithmetic Fluency using iPad Technology

49. College Advancement

50. MAJOR NEW GIFTS SINCE FALL
The 1854 Society, established in fall of 2011, inducted 34 new members at its second annual dinner this past fall. We are pleased to report that the society now has 178 supporters of the college whose lifetime giving ranges from $10,000 to $1 million.
MAJOR NEW GIFTS SINCE FALL
(Cash gifts of $25,000 or more, totaling $224,516)
Nancy Bond
Xenia Shmaruk ’40 Endowed Scholarship
Carter Family Charitable Trust
Art Center enhancement Drive
John J. Smith, Jr. ’63
Keefe Transportation Center in honor
of Anna Veronica (Keefe) Smith ‘33
Eunice O. Shatz, former faculty
Eunice O. Shatz Endowment
Rita Munzer (Estate)
Munzer Family Scholarships
Marilyn Walsh ’75
Nursing Program-Technology equipment for students.

51. GIFTS IN-KIND WERE GIVEN:
Bob and Marie Petrarca
Paintings for campus
GRANTS SECURED SINCE THE FALL INCLUDE:
The Champlin Foundations
$250,000
Improvements to the laboratory facilities in the Fogarty Life Sciences building
Overall productivity for the six months ending Dec. 31, 2012, which includes new gifts, pledges and expectancies, totals $907,460, up three percent over last year.

52. Office of Alumni and College Relations

53. Alumni Association Newport Polo Event

54. Marketing and PR

55. mobile-friendly access
RIC webpage with
mobile-friendly access

58. Service to RIC

59. Service to RIC 10 YEARS Ronald Ansell Landscaping and Grounds
Ken Deady Maintenance and Repairs
Anthony Moore Custodial Services
Peter Andreozzi Mathematics and Computer Science Department
Jonathan Dyson Sherlock Center on Disabilities
Henk Sonder Network and Telecommunications
Elizabeth Cabana Human Resources
Julie Teixeira Physical Plant Administration
Cheryl Duguay Office of the Bursar
Carlo Cantarella Intercollegiate Athletics, Intramurals, and Recreation
Jo-Ann D'Alessandro Intercollegiate Athletics, Intramurals, and Recreation
Phillip Tow Network and Telecommunications
Mark Lawrence Custodial Services
Anne Goodrow Elementary Education Department
Donna Christy Mathematics and Computer Science Department
Glenisson de Oliveira Physical Sciences Department
Christine Marco Psychology Department
Andrea Nemirow Intercollegiate Athletics, Intramurals, and Recreation
Paula Pestana Custodial Services
Hugo Pineda Custodial Services

60. Service to RIC 20 YEARS Carla Weiss Adams Library
Robin D'Agostino Custodial Services
Maurice Dillon Custodial Services
Debra Ginolfi College Dining Services
Paul Banna Maintenance and Repairs
Dennis Redihan Landscaping and Grounds
Charles Simpson Physical Sciences Department
Robert Shein Arts and Sciences
Thomas Meedel Biology Department
Paul Tiskus Educational Studies Department
Elizabeth Henshaw Elementary Education Department
Robin Auld Health and Physical Education Department
Leslie Schuster History Department
Ying Zhou Mathematics and Computer Science Dept.
Mary Byrd Nursing Department
Claus Hofhansel Political Science Department
Beverly Goldfield Psychology Department
Charles Wilson Security and Safety Department

61. Service to RIC 30 YEARS Thomas Lavin Counseling Center
William Angell Management Information Services
Lenore Olsen MSW Program
Lloyd Matsumoto Biology Department
Robert Panciocco Custodial Services
Stephen Albanese Landscaping and Grounds

62. New Hires NON-CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES
Ms. Leslie Grinner Coordinator, Access & Retention Initiatives Learning for Life Program
Ms. Kelly McNulty Educational Support Facilitator Learning for Life Program
Mr. Paul Brooks Interim Coordinator of the President’s Staff Office of the President
Ms. Nachel Glynn Area Coordinator Residential Life & Housing
Ms. Sharon Hartley Interim Assistant Director of Alumni/College Relations Alumni & College Relations
Ms. Alyssa Incollingo Interim Assistant Director College Dining Services
Ms. Laura Meade Kirk Associate Director Office of Communications & Marketing
Ms. Nanci Martin Interim VP of Advancement & College Relations President’s Office
Ms. Tami-Marie Mildner Assistant Bursar Office of the Bursar
Ms. Valerie Pecchia Assistant Coordinator -Explorations Henry Barnard School
Mr. Justin Sjovall Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine and Club Sports Athletics & Recreation
Ms. Julie York Admissions Officer Admissions Office

63. New Hires CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES
Mr. Louis Sciotti Housekeeper Custodial Services, Physical Plant
Mr. Robert Dupre Cook Donovan Dining Center
Mr. Donald Choquette Housekeeper Donovan Dining Center
Ms. Anne O’Connell Cook’s Helper Donovan Dining Center
Mr. Victor De Jesus Cook’s Helper Donovan Dining Center
Ms. Karen Drager Cook’s Helper Donovan Dining Center
Ms. Julie Whaley Cook’s Helper Donovan Dining Center
Ms. Karen Yates Cook’s Helper Donovan Dining Center
Ms. Christina Messina Cook’s Helper Donovan Dining Center
Ms. Corissa Perry Cook’s Helper Donovan Dining Center
Ms. Lina Lopes Cook’s Helper Donovan Dining Center
Ms. Laurene Starkey Cook’s Helper Donovan Dining Center
Ms. Colleen Canario Cook’s Helper Donovan Dining Center
Ms. Cindy Ventura Cook’s Helper Donovan Dining Center
Mr. Joseph Gause, Jr. Cook Donovan Dining Center

64. Staff New Assignments, Promotions and Upgrades: Non-Classified
Mr. Nicholas Budano Formerly Network & Systems Engineer Network & Telecommunications
Now Manager – Network Services Network & Telecommunications
 Mr. Anthony Carlino Formerly Supervisor of Distribution Services Audio Visual
Now Information Technologist Audio Visual
 Mr. Julio Contreras Formerly Tech III – Distribution Services Audio Visual
Now Information Technologist Audio Visual
 Mr. Peter Gibb Formerly Resident Hall Director Residential Life & Housing
Now Area Coordinator Residential Life & Housing
 Ms. Catherine Hanrahan Formerly Accountant I Development & College Relations
Now Director of Constituent Relations Development & College Relations
 Ms. Janet Phillips Formerly Principal Cook Donovan Dining Center
Now Assistant Director Catering and Production Services
Ms. Melissa Souza Formerly Accountant II Accounting
Now Assistant Controller Accounting
Mr. Brian Stevens Formerly Admissions Officer Admissions Office
Now Assistant Director for Undergraduate Admissions Admissions Office
Mr. Donald Tencher Formerly Director – Athletics, Intramurals & Recreation
Now Director – Athletics, Intramural & Recreation/Asst. VP of Administration
Mr. Philip Tow Formerly Programmer Network & Telecommunications
Now Manager of Technical Services Network & Telecommunications
Ms. Susan Turcotte Formerly Accountant I Accounting Office
Now Accountant II Accounting Office

65. Staff New Assignments, Promotions and Upgrades: Classified
Mr. Louis Sciotti, Jr. Promotion to Housekeeper Donovan Dining Center
From: Housekeeper Physical Plant
Ms. Virginia Porter Formerly Senior Word Processing Typist Counseling, Educational
Leadership, and
School Psychology Department
Now Higher Education Finance Office Pre-Audit Clerk Accounting Office
Mr. Carl Soares Formerly Cook’s Helper Donovan Dining Center
Now: Housekeeper Custodial Services

66. RIC Adjunct Faculty Union Leaders
Deborah Kaspin, President       Anthropology           
Joe Szpila, Vice President            English         
            Danielle Lavendier, Secretary   English       
              Gary Garzone, Treasurer          Economic Finance    

67. PRESIDENT CARRIUOLO’S
2013 MID-YEAR REPORT
PART II
Where Are We Headed?

68. Enrollment

69. Spring 2013 Enrollment Report
Rhode Island College
Spring 2013 Enrollment Report
Official Census - 02/04/13

70. Spring 2013 Renovations

71. Capital Projects Art Center Renovation - Ongoing
Replacement of Unit Ventilators - Clarke Science
Renovation of Parking Lot U (lower lot at Fogarty)
Roof Replacement - Murray Center
Parking Lot D/E - Design
Main Campus Transformer Replacement - Design
Burying Overhead Wires (College Road, East Campus, Parking Lot B, Behind Track)
Gaige and Craig-Lee Halls Project - Selection of Architect and Design)
Fogarty Life Science - Completion of Feasibility Study, Selection of Architect and Design
Fogarty Life Science Lab 107 Renovation - Design
College Road (One-Way to Two-Way Conversion) - Design, Possible Construction
Energy Performance Contract (ESCO) - Selection of Vendor, Possible Initiation of Project

72. Facilities and Operations
Upgrades to handicap access
Electrical upgrade in Adams Library
Upgrades to power plant and affiliated issues
Upgrade Parking Lot D lighting to LED
Campus-wide lighting upgrade to LED
Planting of new trees
Correct drainage issues in Buildings 7, 8 and 10
Continued parking lot conservation - sealing and striping

73. IT Work
• A web-based application system for prospective graduate students
• An all-electronic method of generating a new college catalog every year to shorten the lead time for catalog production
• An expansion of EMS will allow department chairs to submit their class schedules electronically and shorten the 11-month lead time for producing a new schedule every semester.
• The college will be soliciting bids for a Web-based system for submitting, reviewing, and storing research protocols for IRB evaluation of research with human participants.
• (Spring) Departmental support program planning: Developing and launching a focused support model where our instructional technologists work directly with departments to customize professional development to departmental needs and requirements.
• Improved E-classroom documentation: Over the spring semester, will be providing each e- classroom with one-page instruction sheets for room equipment (also available on the Web) and a “sticker” that includes the Help Desk phone number and website for detailed room instructions.

74. New Initiatives
Enhanced technology support for Disabilities Services Center
Provide iPad support
Develop and support e-signature process
Provide support for digital media curriculum changes in Communication
Researching options for enhanced capabilities for lecture-capture, video streaming and closed-captioning video.

75. New Programs Under Development in the Spring

76. Professional Studies and Continuing Education
Term
Section Enrollment
Change
Sections
Revenue
Fall 2011
188 26
$128,808
Fall 2012
271
44% 44
69%
$208,957
62%

77. Cohort Programs Current Programs and Partners:
Feinstein School of Education and Human Development
Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate (3 cohorts)
BS Early Childhood Education with T.E.A.C.H./Ready to Learn Providence
IMEd Urban Multicultural Special Education
Elementary Education Teacher Certification and IMEd with Teach for America
MAT Elementary Education
Middle Level Education Certificate
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Certificate of Graduate Study in Mathematics Content Specialist Elementary (three cohorts)
School of Social Work/Outreach Programs
Certificate of Undergraduate Study in Case Management
Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning
Certificate of Continuing Study in Hybrid Teaching and Learning
Term
Section Enrollment
Change
Sections
Revenue
Fall 2011
188 26
$128,808
Fall 2012
271
44% 44
69%
$208,957
62%

78. Green and Sustainability Studies
Programs:
Host for Fruit Hill Farmers Market
Beekeeping with RIBA
Bee School
Green Business Forum Speaker Series (launch in spring 2013)
Sustainable Systems Institute (launch in summer 2013)
Youth Nature Camp (launch in summer 2013)
Sustainable Communities Initiative
Community Garden
Sustainability Studies (launch in summer 2013)
Term
Section Enrollment
Change
Sections
Revenue
Fall 2011
188 26
$128,808
Fall 2012
271
44% 44
69%
$208,957
62%

79. Financial Wellness
Offered by Sovereign/Santander Bank in Partnership with Rhode Island College
Spring 2013 Programs offered free and open to the public
Understanding Credit
What is Identity Theft and How to Protect Yourself
Benefits of Home Ownership: A Home of Your Own
Exploring Refinance Options and Making the Most of Your Home’s Equity
Budgeting and Savings: Practicing Effective Money Management
Term
Section Enrollment
Change
Sections
Revenue
Fall 2011
188 26
$128,808
Fall 2012
271
44% 44
69%
$208,957
62%

80. Rhode Island College to Launch Sustainable Communities Initiative

81. Student Affairs

82. ANCHORMEN TAKE OUT KEENE STATE, 86-64 RIC Clinches Outright Little East Regular Season Title

83. Campus-wide Initiatives

85. RIC History

86. Valentine Love Notes from Students to Faculty and Staff