High school Crusaders participating in our weeklong Choices program at Brown University had a treat on Friday – a visiting panel of six Crusade alumni dropped in to talk about important choices they have made. Recent alums Chris Calderon ’10, Yvonne Snead ’10, and Edgar Meza-Lopez ’11 offered their perspectives on what worked for them [...]

Congratulations to 68 high school Crusaders in grades 9-12 who participated in our Choices program at Brown University during February school vacation week. They spent two full days exploring their ideas about themselves and making the connection between education and good careers. Each student then concluded his or her journey by creating “My Plan to [...]

Visitors from Amgen Foundation dropped in to see Mayor Marc Saldarriaga and the rest of his City Hall staff at Exchange City this week! Pictured here from Amgen, along with the mayor’s excellent judicial and law enforcement personnel, are Kathy Demarest, Executive Director, Quality Analytical Labs; Christina Evon, Associate, Corporate Communications & Philanthropy; and John [...]

For high school Crusaders, winter school vacation means our Choices program! A group of 9th and 10th graders are spending today and tomorrow on the campus of Brown University, working through a curriculum of interactive exercises that help them see how the choices they make now will affect their lives in the future. This morning’s [...]

Pilot David Nigri, director of aviation for Textron Inc., came to Saturday Cru Club at Johnson & Wales University on February 5 to talk with Crusaders about his career and to share his passion about being a pilot. As a graduate of Central High School in Providence, David always knew he wanted to have a [...]

What do a lawyer, a surgeon, a theatrical stage manager, and a dog trainer have in common? They all participated as speakers for our middle school Career Day last Saturday! A total of 133 middle school Crusaders traveled to Bryant University on December 12 to hear ten local professional people describe everything about what they [...]

“One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.” (Eleanor Roosevelt) During July, over 90 high school Crusaders spent a [...]

At Saturday Cru Club on May 1, a classroom of high school Crusaders welcomed Jeff Gardner, senior quality engineer for Amgen, as their guest career speaker. Jeff described how new drugs are developed for the pharmaceutical market and how his work as a statistician fits into the overall process at Amgen. He also shared the [...]

Now that’s a crepe! In a big finish to their April school vacation week, over two dozen middle school Crusaders enjoyed a daylong campus experience at Johnson & Wales University in downtown Providence. Hosting the visit was the JWU President’s Leadership Council, an organization of 65 academically successful students who serve as a liaison between [...]

Last week, during February school vacation, over 160 ambitious sixth-grade Crusaders took the government and business world into their own hands. They became residents of Exchange City, an interactive civics environment created by Education in Action and hosted by Johnson & Wales University’s Harborside Campus. They appointed a mayor, developed city rules and regulations, established [...]