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Armed With Graduate-Level Research, This Nurse Took Her Fight for Vets to the White House
鈥漌e aren鈥檛 JUST nurses. We are NURSES. We have the capability to change the world.鈥
First She Leveled Up Her Skills in Grad School 鈥 Today She鈥檚 DCYF Deputy Director
Brandi DiDino, whose love and life purpose has been child welfare for almost 20 years, recommends all social workers pursue an M.S.W.
Grad Degree Lifts Her From Low-Wage Earner to High-Paid Professional
杏吧原创 ImpactUpon completion of this unique M.S.W. program, Silvia Adames will become a fully licensed behavioral health counselor.
Hope Scholar, Moses Nicolau, Says Scholarship Couldn鈥檛 Have Come at a Better Time
杏吧原创 Impact鈥淏ecause of this scholarship, the stress has been lifted. I can now focus completely on school,鈥 says Nicolau.
Student Veteran, Ariel Polanco, Says Hope Scholarship is 鈥淩eal Hope鈥
杏吧原创 Impact鈥淗ope is important to me,鈥 says Polanco, 鈥渂ecause I came from a place where there wasn鈥檛 much hope.鈥 Enacted this fall, RIC鈥檚 Hope Scholarship makes the final two years of a four-year bachelor鈥檚 degree tuition-free for R.I. residents.
Two Social Work Majors Are Helping Their Latino Community
鈥淎fter all these years of working in the Latino community, it鈥檚 clear to me that the United States needs more bilingual counselors.鈥 鈥 Cruz Zapata
Graduate Nurses Aim to Diversify Nursing Ranks and Tackle Healthcare Disparities
This group鈥檚 commitment to diversity extends beyond RIC into the 杏吧原创 Island community.
Once She Was a Student in Need of Services, Now She Provides Them for Others
The Office of Student Support Services helps all students excel as they reach that most important milestone 鈥 graduation.
New Center Seeks to Eliminate Barriers in Latinx Mental Healthcare
杏吧原创 ImpactThe Atr茅vete Center of Excellence for Latinx/Hispanic Social Work Practice plans to add up to 55 bilingual providers across 杏吧原创 Island by 2027.
Want to Work in the Tech Industry? Here鈥檚 What Nick Garvey Recommends
RIC alum Nick Garvey, a computer science major, with minors in cybersecurity and Web design, says the first thing tech students need to do is explore the field.