We are honored to recognize Amgen Foundation, and the many Amgen volunteers who give their time as career speakers for Crusaders, as our Partner in Philanthropy for 2011. Several staff members from The College Crusade celebrated recently with representatives of the Amgen Foundation at the National Philanthropy Day in Rhode Island! Pictured from left to [...]

Crusaders at Mount Pleasant High School welcomed U.S. Senator Jack Reed and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse to their school library today! A big group of state education officials and College Crusade staff members joined them for a press conference to celebrate the announcement of a $3 million federal GEAR UP grant for Rhode Island. Featured [...]

Sixteen alumni of The College Crusade joined us for our annual dinner in June and gathered for this impressive group portrait. Several of the professionals in this photo are currently working on our staff as Crusade Advisors. The others are employed in fields as diverse as education, law, human services, research science, and business. They [...]

A million thanks to 60 University of Rhode Island students who took our visiting crew of middle school Crusaders under their wings for URI Shadow Day on February 23. Crusaders observed classes, toured campus, and got an up-close and personal view of what it’s like to be a URI student. Rich Norris, our Advisor at [...]

Our 2011 Crusader E-Mentoring Program launches this month with a pizza party! Sixty lucky Crusaders will be corresponding via email for the entire spring term with six former Crusaders who are currently in college. As mentees, they will be able to ask their e-mentors all about what it’s like to be a college student, and [...]

Passageways is an afterschool program that teaches ninth-grade Crusaders a lot about how to survive and thrive in high school. In this photo, Ivaniel Cepeda and Nehemy Theodore respond to guest speaker Kalomo Vanterpool during a Passageways presentation this fall at Mount Pleasant High School. At Mount Pleasant, Advisor Dwayne Clement also challenged his students [...]

Crusaders, are you ready for a great school year? Seek out the College Crusade Advisor at your school and get a burst of energy and optimism to start the year. Your Advisor is ready to welcome you and tell you about all our fall college-readiness programs. We have four new Advisors joining our staff this [...]

Ways to A’s has started! Our summer study-skills program for students who are joining The College Crusade this fall is packed with up-and-coming 6th graders from Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, and Woonsocket. Their coursework includes exercises in active listening, note taking, reading, and writing, memory improvement, test taking, learning styles, and time and classroom management. [...]

As school drew to a close and got busier than ever this spring, dozens of high school Crusaders dedicated their time and energy to creating successful community service projects. The Tomorrow Fund was one of the beneficiaries this year. Based at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, The Tomorrow Fund provides emotional and financial support to [...]

The College Crusade was grateful to receive a generous grant this year from the TG Public Benefit Grant Program. On May 27, TG came all the way from Texas to visit us! Our staff, board, alumni, and students were delighted to welcome Kristin Boyer, who is director of public benefit grants for TG. During her [...]