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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 [...]

So you want to be a DJ? Middle school Crusaders at Saturday Cru Club got a treat last weekend when professional DJ and award-winning science teacher Ulysses Gallman came to visit. He brought all his DJ gear – mixers, turntables, CD players, speakers, and microphones – and he even set up a light show in the [...]

Crusaders, it’s a new year, and you have a lot to look forward to on Saturdays. Come to Johnson & Wales University Harborside Campus to see why!
Our 2010 Saturday Cru Club program is packed with interesting skill-building activities in writing, time management, learning styles, studying and test taking, and active listening. Visiting career speakers will [...]

This fall at Saturday Cru Club, high school and middle school Crusaders learned about lots of careers from local professionals who came by to talk about their work experiences and educational training. Many thanks to these visiting career speakers: Dana Carvalho & Frank Colon Jr. (law enforcement); Thomas Evans (business); Saikon Gbehan (law); Jose Gonzales [...]

On November 14, a hundred middle school and high school Crusaders at Saturday Cru Club welcomed a special visitor – Senator Jack Reed! Senator Reed visited classes in the morning and then joined us for a big celebration and awards ceremony. One of the speakers for the event was Chanravy Proeung, a Cru Club instructor [...]

Brian Estrada, a graduating Crusader at Mount Pleasant High School, is traveling to San Francisco next month to attend a special Youth Leadership Summit on education. The event is sponsored by the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) and takes place July 18-22. Brian will represent Rhode Island as one of only 30 [...]

College Crusade communications intern Liz Oberg, a senior at Providence College, organized our Crusade Alumni Career Panel, which took place on March 28 at Saturday Cru Club. Here is Liz’s report from the day:
“On Saturday, March 28, The College Crusade held its first ever Crusade Alumni Career Panel. Middle school and high school Crusaders attending [...]

Coming up soon on Saturday, March 28, The College Crusade will host our first ever Crusade Alumni Career Panel! Our invited speakers are all former Crusaders who will share stories and advice with current Crusaders in middle school and high school about what it’s like to be a college graduate starting a career.
The Career Panel [...]

Last week, about 180 sixth-grade Crusaders spent part of their February school vacation launching businesses, delivering mail, writing speeding tickets, cashing checks, publishing a newspaper, and handling a million other details of the grown-up world. Somebody even got to be mayor. All of it happened around the busy Exchange City town square, located at Johnson [...]