Tag: J&W
Saturday Cru Club Kicks Off
Over 160 Crusaders gathered at Johnson & Wales Harborside Campus this weekend for the first Saturday Cru Club day of the year! We welcomed a packed classroom of new 6th grade Crusaders to our Ways to A’s study skills program. Other classrooms of middle school Crusaders got involved with language arts games, advisory activities, and [...]
Posted: November 1st, 2011 under Cru Club, High school, Middle school.
Tags: academics, Cru Club, J&W, science, URI, ways to a's
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A Photo with the Mayor
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 [...]
Posted: February 24th, 2011 under Funders and supporters, Middle school.
Tags: amgen, careers, J&W, supporters
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To Infinity… and Beyond!
Seventh-grade Crusaders at Roger Williams Middle School and Nathanael Greene Middle School got to see the universe up close in their afterschool science workshops this fall. They met weekly with instructors from the University of Rhode Island to discover the science of astronomy. They explored how telescopes work, learned how to download digital space photography, [...]
Posted: December 22nd, 2010 under Middle school.
Tags: academics, J&W, science, URI
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Thanks to Our Partners in Philanthropy!
The College Crusade honored two local individuals as Partners in Philanthropy at the 2010 National Philanthropy Day breakfast event on November 23. They are Denise Jenkins, grant program officer for the Rhode Island Foundation, and Dr. Irving Schneider, president of Johnson & Wales University and a College Crusade board member. We are very grateful for [...]
Posted: November 29th, 2010 under Funders and supporters.
Tags: J&W, supporters
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Todd Flaherty Speaks to J&W Class
College Crusade CEO Todd Flaherty shared his philosophy of leadership with Johnson & Wales University students in Professor Laurie Lapane’s Foundations of Leadership course last week. His talk was part of a presentation on community leaders that a group of students prepared for the class. Among the members of the student project team was Geraldine [...]
Posted: August 16th, 2010 under Family engagement.
Tags: families, J&W
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Welcome to Johnson & Wales University
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 [...]
Posted: April 27th, 2010 under Middle school.
Tags: careers, college visits, J&W
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JWU Talent Show to Benefit Scholarship
The Latino American Club at Johnson & Wales University is holding a benefit talent show for The College Crusade this month! The event is called Chaotic Talento and is scheduled for April 30 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Xavier Auditorium on the JWU Downtown campus. There will be cash prizes for winning performances and [...]
Posted: April 22nd, 2010 under Events, Funders and supporters.
Tags: J&W
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Crusade City
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 [...]
Posted: February 25th, 2010 under Middle school.
Tags: careers, J&W
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Ulysses Gallman Spins at Cru Club
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 [...]
Posted: January 13th, 2010 under Cru Club.
Tags: careers, Cru Club, J&W
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What’s Your Plan for Saturday?
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 [...]
Posted: January 4th, 2010 under Cru Club, High school, Middle school.
Tags: academics, careers, Cru Club, J&W
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