Alumni News

In North Kingstown this week, Community College of Rhode Island President Rosemary A. Costigan, Ph.D., RN., Senesco Marine President Ted Williams, and Polaris MEP Director Christian Cowan announced a new 14-week collaborative welding program that combines on-site welding with classroom instruction and job shadowing opportunities.

The Community College of Rhode Island has launched its annual Season of Giving, bringing together students, faculty, and staff across the state to support local community partners and neighbors in need ahead of the holidays.

CCRI has been granted recognition by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), a non-profit, non-governmental higher education accreditor recognized by the US Department of Education, for offering high-quality non-credit workforce programming, based on a comprehensive evaluation of CCRI's non-credit offerings.

CCRI and Office of Energy Resources (OER) have announced the development and launch of a new HVAC/R and Heat Pump Workforce Training program.

The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) announced it has been awarded $1.54 million through the RI Department of Labor and Training's RealJobs Rhode Island program and the Rhode Island Rural Health Transformation Program. The funding will empower CCRI to address the growing demand for qualified healthcare support professionals in the state's rural communities.