Building Bridges: Using the Office Consultation Project to Connect Students to Theory and Practice

The Office Consultation Project is an innovative capstone project that partners graduate students in student affairs preparation programs with academic and student affairs practitioners. It provides an opportunity for students to apply research and scholarship to practical settings, while giving practitioners new insight into their units, additional work support, and expanded professional networks. The project benefits graduate preparation programs by cultivating cross-divisional networking and increasing campus awareness about the student affairs profession that could generate new practicum and assistantship opportunities

Student Affairs Division Day

Division Day is a student affairs gathering at Boston University to advance best practices in engaging students. This item contains the program schedule for this event

The CRA and subprime lending

The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) has been under much scrutiny amid the subprime lending bust. Critics of the CRA contend that the law pushed banking institutions to undertake high-risk mortgage lending. A Federal Reserve Board staff analysis finds that the CRA was neither a source nor driver of the housing market's collapse. In this issue, we examine the CRA and its role in the mortgage market and distinguish it from causes of the subprime failure.Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 ; Subprime mortgage ; Subprime market

Latino Policy Institute at RWU Names New Director

Gabriela Domenzain brings national experience in Latino policy, politics and the press

LPI / HousingWorks Data: Housing Costs a Challenge for Latinos in R.I.

Local homes and apartments unaffordable for the average Latino household living in Rhode Island

MNS Lab Technician Wins International Microphotography Competition

Combining science and art, Kathryn Markey earns honors in Olympus BioScapes Competition for stunning video of marine life on microscopic scale

RWU Kicks Off “State of the Ocean” Series with Lecturer, Book Examining Impact of Sea-Level Rise

Sea-level rise is one of the most pressing issues of our time, bringing with it potentially devastating impacts on the environment and humanity. As a campus surrounded by water and in a state where most of the population lives near water, Roger Williams University will examine this critical issue through a year-long series of events, titled “Ocean State/State of the Ocean: The Challenge of Sea-Level Rise Over the Coming Century.

University Named to President\u27s Honor Roll for Community Service

Award recognizes service efforts in 2014, including the 10th annual Community Connections program, which took place last August

Marine Aquarium Fish Trade Study Reveals Fewer Fish, More Species Imported

First study of its kind finds aquarium tropical fish imports to the U.S. often misreported