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35-686: Rhode Island College was first established as the Rhode Island State Normal School by the Rhode Island General Assembly in 1854. Its creation can be attributed to the labors of Henry Barnard , the first state agent for education in Rhode Island who had established the Rhode Island Teachers Institute at Smithville Seminary in 1845, and his successor, Elisha Potter . The Rhode Island State Normal School

70-476: A document stamped by an English king. Even nearly seventy years after U.S. independence, Rhode Island continued to operate with the 1663 Charter, leaving it after 1818 (when Connecticut , the other holdout, dropped its colonial charter for a contemporary constitution) the only state whose official legal document was passed by a foreign monarch. While the 1663 Charter was democratic considering its time period, rising national demands for voting suffrage in response to

105-648: A member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division III . The Anchormen are a member of the Little East Conference . Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. The Intercollegiate Athletic Arena , an 8,000-seat facility,

140-450: A semi-autonomous organization financed by the college's student activity fee, consisting of an executive board, parliament, and several committees. Student Parliament consists of 34 student positions and a number of by-lawed positions. Those positions include seats taken by administrators, faculty, staff and alumni. All student representatives of Student Parliament represent a constituency whose concerns they are supposed to represent throughout

175-466: Is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit membership organization that performs peer evaluation and accreditation of public and private universities and colleges in the United States and other countries. Until federal regulations changed on July 1, 2020, it was one of the seven regional accreditation organizations dating back 130 years. NECHE then became an institutional accreditor recognized by

210-526: Is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education . Among the five colleges, individual departments have received additional accreditation from the following associations: Council on Social Work Education , National Association of Schools of Art and Design , National Association of Schools of Music , National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education , and

245-525: Is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island . A bicameral body, it is composed of the lower Rhode Island House of Representatives with 75 representatives, and the upper Rhode Island Senate with 38 senators. Members are elected in the general election immediately preceding the beginning of the term or in special elections called to fill vacancies. There are no term limits for either chamber. The last General Assembly election took place on November 3, 2020 . The General Assembly meets at

280-538: Is the home of the Rhode Island College Anchormen basketball teams. The Rhode Island College Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance was established in 1972. Theatre students in the program have been top competitors at the Region I Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival , either winning first, second or honorable distinction. Professional choreographers and celebrated filmmakers are often guests of

315-539: The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education . Forbes magazine ranked the college 618th. Enrollment is predominantly from Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Of the students, 67% are female. The school's newspaper, The Anchor , has been running since 1928 as an independent, student-run publication. Its radio station is 90.7 WXIN Rhode Island College Radio. Student activities and clubs on campus are governed and funded by Student Community Government, Inc.,

350-611: The Industrial Revolution put strains on the colonial document. By the early 1830s, only 40% of the state's white males could vote, one of the lowest white male voting franchise percentages in the entire United States . For its part, the General Assembly proved to be an obstacle for change, not eager to see its traditional wealthy voting base shrink. Constitutional reform came to a head in 1841 when supporters of universal suffrage led by Thomas Wilson Dorr , dissatisfied with

385-649: The Rhode Island State House on the border of Downtown and Smith Hill in Providence . Smith Hill is sometimes used as a metonym for the Rhode Island General Assembly. On June 12, 1775, the Rhode Island General Assembly met at East Greenwich to pass a resolution creating the first formal, governmentally authorized navy in the Western Hemisphere : "It is voted and resolved, that

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420-593: The Board of Trustees of State Colleges decided to keep the college independent and strengthen it overall. In 1958, the college was moved to its current campus in the Mount Pleasant section of Providence. In 1959, the Rhode Island Commission to Study Higher Education recommended the development of the institution into a general college which was approved by the General Assembly. Reflecting the broadening of purpose,

455-580: The Declaration of Independence for Rhode Island. A decisive march ending with the defeat of British forces commanded by Charles Cornwallis began in Newport, Rhode Island under the command of French forces sent by King Louis XVI and led by the Comte de Rochambeau . The American forces in the march were jointly led by General George Washington . The march proceeded through Providence, Rhode Island and ended with

490-464: The General Assembly. The college now offered a four-year program which upon a student's completion would grant a Bachelor of Education degree. At this time the observation school, which dated back to the 1890s, was renamed the Henry Barnard School. The college's graduate program also originated in the early 1920s and the first master's degrees were conferred in 1924. For the next three decades

525-1199: The Rhode Island House of Representatives include Maria Cimini (Class of 2002), Raymond Gallison (Class of 1974), Karen MacBeth , Mary Messier , Patricia Morgan , William O'Brien , Thomas Palangio , Harold Metts , David Bennett . Graduates in the Rhode Island State Senate include Maryellen Goodwin , Nicholas Kettle , Daniel Issa , J. Michael Lenihan , Roger Picard , Juan Pichardo , Leonidas Raptakis , James Sheehan , Adam Satchell , and Frank Lombardo . Other alumni in politics include Allan Fung (Class of 1992), Congressman James Langevin (D-RI-2, Class of 1990), 70th Lieutenant Governor of RI Sabina Matos (Class of 2001), and Robert J. Healey (Class of 1979). Other notable graduates include 1995 US Women's Chess Champion, Sharon Ellen Burtman ; mountaineer, educator, and suffragist, Annie Smith Peck ; and pioneering African-American educator and chemist, Josephine Silone Yates (Class of 1879). Rhode Island General Assembly Minority (5) Minority (10) The State of Rhode Island General Assembly

560-416: The academic year. The James P. Adams Library is the main library. Students, faculty, staff, and the community have access to a wide variety of knowledge resources including electronic reference resources, e-books, databases, audiovisual materials, and special collections. The library is also the academic, social, and intellectual center of the campus, hosting a variety of lectures, exhibits and performances to

595-929: The benefit of the campus community. RIC has six residence halls which house 1,194 undergraduate students. Penfield Hall, a new $ 30 million, energy efficient, LEED-certified residence hall opened in 2007. The 125,000-square-foot (11,600 m) building expanded the institution's existing housing capacity by 44%. The Unity Center is non-denominational with many religions, ethnic groups, and academic concentrations represented. Rhode Island College has recently seen an increase in Greek life on campus. The Greek Council consists of two fraternities and three NPC sororities, as well as numerous multicultural organizations. Fraternities at Rhode Island College include Alpha Sigma Phi and Kappa Sigma . Sororities at Rhode Island College are Alpha Sigma Tau , Delta Phi Epsilon , Theta Phi Alpha , and Zeta Phi Beta . Rhode Island College teams participate as

630-506: The college remained a teachers' college with a student body of four to six hundred men and women. Early in the 1950s that calm was shattered by intense debate that arose over the college's role in the state system of higher education and for a time serious doubt was cast on its continued existence. There were plans to merge the institution with Rhode Island's other four-year college, the University of Rhode Island . After careful consideration,

665-592: The college; his term ended on June 30, 2022 and was replaced by Jack R. Warner. Academic programs at Rhode Island College are divided into five colleges : the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development, the School of Business, the School of Nursing, and the School of Social Work. These schools offer more than 90 undergraduate and 30 graduate programs for students. Rhode Island College

700-428: The committee of safety be, and they are hereby, directed to charter two suitable vessels, for the use of the colony, and fit out the same in the best manner, to protect the trade of this colony... "That the largest of the said vessels be manned with eighty men, exclusive of officers; and be equipped with ten guns, four-pounders; fourteen swivel guns, a sufficient number of small arms, and all necessary warlike stores. "That

735-544: The conservative General Assembly and the state's conservative governor , Samuel Ward King , held the extralegal People's Convention, calling on Rhode Islanders to debate a new liberal constitution. At the same time, the General Assembly began its own constitution convention dubbed the Freeman's Convention, making some democratic concessions to Dorr supporters, while keeping other aspects of the 1663 Charter intact. Elections in late 1841 and early 1842 led to both sides claiming to be

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770-570: The defeat of British forces following the Siege of Yorktown at Yorktown, Virginia and the naval Battle of the Chesapeake . Nathanael Greene was a member along with his cousin, Christopher Greene . Over a decade after the war, the General Assembly led by the Country Party pushed aside calls to join the newly formed federal government , citing its demands that a Bill of Rights should be included in

805-548: The institution settled into a period of steady growth punctuated by periodic moves to larger quarters. The general favor won by the school, after its first difficult years had passed, was confirmed in 1898 when it moved into a large building specially constructed for it on Providence's Capitol Hill near the State House . In 1920, the Rhode Island Normal School was renamed Rhode Island College of Education by order of

840-538: The institution's name was changed to its current name Rhode Island College in 1959. The East Campus includes the former grounds of the Rhode Island State Home and School for Dependent and Neglected Children , the first post-Civil War orphanage in the country. In recent years, many efforts have been undertaken by Rhode Island College and its benefactors to preserve the Yellow Cottage (or Cottage C), one of

875-503: The legitimate state government , each with their own respective constitutions in hand. In the days following the highly confusing and contentious 1842 gubernatorial and state legislature elections, Governor King declared martial law. Liberal Dorr supporters took up arms to begin the Dorr Rebellion . The short-lived rebellion proved unsuccessful in overthrowing Governor King and the General Assembly. The Freeman's Constitution eventually

910-587: The new federal U.S. Constitution and its opposition to slavery. With a Bill of Rights under consideration and with an ultimatum from the new federal government of the United States that it would begin to impose export taxes on Rhode Island goods if it did not join the Union, the General Assembly relented. On May 29, 1790, Rhode Island became the last of the Thirteen Colonies to sign the U.S. Constitution, becoming

945-468: The original structures from the State Home. The president is the chief executive officer; prior to 1920, the chief academic officer of the college was known as the principal . Jack R. Warner is the eleventh president, and 19th chief officer of Rhode Island College, starting his position in 2022. On January 6, 2022, previous president Frank Sánchez announced that he would not seek a third term as president of

980-581: The program. In September 2020, The Recording Academy placed the Rhode Island College Concert Chorus on the Official Ballot for the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards for their virtual performance of "When I Think of You." The chorus earned their Grammy Award Considerations in two categories: Best Pop Duo or Group Performance and Best Music Video. This was the first Grammy Award Consideration for a music performance group at Rhode Island College in

1015-538: The school was moved to Bristol where it lingered until 1865 before closing. However, in 1869, the newly appointed state commissioner of education, Thomas W. Bicknell , began a vigorous personal campaign to revive the school. His efforts were rewarded in 1871 when the General Assembly unanimously voted a $ 10,000 appropriation for the school's re-opening in Providence. Renamed the Rhode Island Normal School ,

1050-1087: The school's history. On October 2, 2020, Rhode Island College President Dr. Frank Sánchez hosted an event at Sapinsley Hall for music producers Al Gomes (class of 1986) and Connie Watrous, along with Chorus Conductor and Professor of Music Teresa Coffman, to announce the Grammy Awards news live to the entire Rhode Island College community including administration, staff, students, and alumni. Notable alumni of Rhode Island College in arts and media include Grammy-, Tony -, Emmy -, and Oscar -winning actress, Viola Davis (Class of 1988); actor and playwright, Ron McLarty (Class of 1969); visual artist, Patricia Cronin (Class of 1986); Grammy-nominated composer, Peter Boyer (Class of 1991); Jefferson Award-winning music producer, Al Gomes (Class of 1986); figurative painter, Ann Gale (Class of 1988); and Family Guy producer Danny Smith (Class of 1981). Alumni in journalism and reporting include new anchor, Anaridis Rodriguez , and sports anchor, Jim Rose . Alumni who have served as members of

1085-461: The small vessel be manned with a number not exceeding thirty men. "That the whole be included in the number of fifteen hundred men, ordered to be raised in this colony... "That they receive the same bounty and pay as the land forces..." The Rhode Island General Assembly was one of the thirteen colonial legislatures that rejected British rule in the American War of Independence . The General Assembly

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1120-457: The thirteenth U.S. state (and the smallest). From 1663 until 1842, Rhode Island's governing state constitution was its original colonial charter granted by King Charles II of England , a political anomaly considering that while most states during the War of Independence and afterwards wrote scores of new constitutions with their newly found independence in mind, Rhode Island instead continued with

1155-525: Was debated upon by the legislature and passed by the electorate. Although not as liberal as the People's document, the 1843 Freeman's Constitution did greatly increase male suffrage in Rhode Island, including ending the racial requirement. [1] Further revisions in the 1843 document were made by the General Assembly and passed by the electorate in 1986. New England Commission of Higher Education The New England Commission of Higher Education ( NECHE )

1190-414: Was one of the nation's first normal schools (teacher preparatory schools), which grew out of the humanitarian groundswell of the mid-19th century spurred by educational missionaries like Horace Mann . The school attracted hard working young people who came chiefly from ordinary backgrounds. Not yet thoroughly convinced of the school's value, the General Assembly curtailed its financial support in 1857 and

1225-643: Was the first legislative body during the war to seriously consider independence from Great Britain . On May 4, 1776, five months before the Continental Congress formally adopted the United States Declaration of Independence , Rhode Island became the first colony of what would soon be the future United States to legally leave the British Empire . William Ellery and the first chancellor of Brown University Stephen Hopkins were signatories to

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