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Attention high school Crusaders! Our schedule for college visits is heating up for April vacation this year. You can choose from among eight great campuses to visit, so watch your mail for the signup form. Check out the list below and make plans to get on board! (Above, Crusaders explore the beautiful campus of Salve [...]

It’s been a busy season of college visits for high school Crusaders this fall and winter. So far, more than 200 students have participated. We’ve been to Northeastern University, University of Rhode Island, Providence College, Roger Williams University, Pine Manor College, and Connecticut College, touring each campus and learning all about academic majors and college [...]

Crusaders from three Providence middle schools are reaching for the stars – literally! Since September, 50 seventh graders have been attending our afterschool science workshops in astronomy, held in partnership with URI’s Pathways for Success in Science and Technology program. They researched the solar system, modeled clay planets, worked with astrophotography from Harvard University’s Chandra [...]

October was a month of discovery and exploration for 75 middle school Crusaders who visited the University of Rhode Island. On two Saturdays, October 10 and October 24, they toured campus, talked with current students, hunted down all the secret Rams signs in the student union, and went to football games. On the 24th, they [...]

“Lead with your strengths. Be yourself. Don’t close any doors. Ask yourself, what am I really interested in finding out about this college? Ask the college, can you take me where I want to go?”
Dozens of high school Crusaders, and their families, got loads of great advice recently at the 2009 Regional College Fair, held [...]

Today ends a whirlwind week of college visits for Crusaders. Busloads of middle school and high school students have been heading off for campus destinations all over Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts and Connecticut. There was a special surprise for high school Crusaders who attended the visit to Salve Regina University in Newport on Wednesday [...]

Last week, we told you about all the colleges that high school Crusaders are exploring during the 2009 April school vacation. Our middle school Crusaders also have a week’s worth of college visits planned! Here is where they are going:
Monday 4-13
Roger Williams University
Rhode Island College
Tuesday 4-14
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Wednesday 4-15
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of [...]

Hundreds of high school Crusaders will spend their 2009 April school vacation touring colleges in the region to get a close-up view of campus life. Here is their travel schedule:
Monday 4-13
Wheaton College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Tuesday 4-14
Providence College
Regis College
Wednesday 4-15
Newbury College
Salve Regina University
Thursday 4-16
Nichols College
Clark University
Merrimack College
Friday 4-17
Trinity College
Crusaders! To sign up for any of these college [...]

This fall’s Getting to College Conference was held on October 11 at Jorge Alvarez High School in Providence. A big hit of the day was the premiere showing of video that a team of Crusaders worked on over the summer as a public service announcement. Not only did they do all the project planning and [...]