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Community College of Rhode Island
The front side of the Knight Campus in Warwick, designed in Brutaliststyle.
Type Publiccommunity college
Established 1964; 60 years ago(1964)
Academic affiliations
Space-grant
President Rosemary Costigan (interim)
Academic staff
300
Students 17,000
Location
Warwick(Knight Campus), Lincoln(Flanagan Campus), Providence(Liston and Downcity Campuses), Newport(Newport County Campus), Westerly(Satellite Campus)
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Rhode Island
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United States
Colors Green and Grey
Mascot CCRI Knight
Website www.ccri.edu

TheCommunity College of Rhode Island(CCRI) is apubliccommunity collegeinRhode Island. It is the only community college in the state and the largest community college inNew England. The college's primary facility is located inWarwick, with additional college buildings throughout the state.

History

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It was founded as Rhode Island Junior College, "RIJC", in 1964 with 325 students studying at the Henry Barnard School in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1965, a portion of the nearby former Brown & Sharpe manufacturing facility was converted into classroom space and served as the college's primary facility until 1972. The Knight campus in Warwick, RI built on the donatedKnight Estate, opened in 1972 as the school's first permanent building and flagship campus. It was followed by three additional campus and 2 satellite locations.

TheMargaret M. Jacoby Observatory, located on the Knight Campus grounds, was opened in 1978. The school was renamed the Community College of Rhode Island in June 1980.

Campuses

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Community College of Rhode Island is located in Rhode Island
Knight
Knight
Flanagan
Flanagan
Liston
Liston
Newport
Newport
Westerly
Westerly
Woonsocket
Woonsocket
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Location of Community College of Rhode Island campuses. Reddots represent satellite campuses.
Liston campus, in South Providence.

The college's primary facility is located inWarwick, with additional college buildings throughout the state.

  • Knight Campus (Warwick, opened in 1972)
  • Flanagan Campus (Lincoln, opened in 1976)
  • Liston Campus (Providence, opened in 1990)
  • Newport County Campus (Newport, opened in 2006)
  • Satellite Campus, Westerly Education Center (Westerly)
  • Satellite Campus, Woonsocket Education Center (Woonsocket)[1]

Architecture

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Knight campus by Perkins + Will

The college's flagship Knight building in Warwick was designed by the Chicago and New York architecture firm ofPerkins & Will, in conjunction with Providence firmsHarkness & GeddesandRobinson Green Beretta.[2]The campus was designed to house all academic, social, and recreational functions in a single building.[2]The building itself is an enormous concrete structure which terminates in a semicircle, and ranges in height from four to six stories.[2]The design is a notable example ofBrutalist architecture, and was heavily influenced by the philosophy ofLe Corbusier.[2]The building was hailed by the Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission as "one of the most striking and innovative contemporary structures in the state" when it opened in 1972.[2]

Over time, the Brutalist style generally lost its appeal and became seen as "drab," "hulking," and "bureaucratic," associated with large-scale mass-planning.[3]In 2019, the Knight campus building made local news after being named "eighth ugliest college campus in the United States" by a lifestyle blog.[4]

Academic profile

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The college offers the following degrees:

  • Associate in Arts (A.A.)
  • Associate in Science (A.S.)
  • Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.)
  • Associate in Applied Science in Technical Studies (A.A.S.-T.S.)
  • Associate in Fine Arts (A.F.A.)

Several one-year certificates are also awarded.

Student life

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The school's student newspaper isThe Unfiltered Lens, which began publication in 2007. It replaced theKnightly News, which had been active in the 1980s, but had become defunct several years prior to theLens'founding.

Sport

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The college athletics teams are nicknamed the Knights.

Notable alumni

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For a more comprehensive list, see Category:Community College of Rhode Island alumni.

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Governor McKee, Elected Officials Cut Ribbon on Woonsocket Education Center, Adding Workforce Training and Education Options for Northern Rhode Island".Office of the Governor, State of Rhode Island. Retrieved15 September2023.
  2. ^abcde"CCRI moves to the Knight Estate in Warwick".Warwick Digital History Project. Town of Warwick. Retrieved10 July2018.
  3. ^Hill, John (9 January 2016)."Brutal Beauty: Post-war architects broke with pre-war past". The Providence Journal. Retrieved13 June2020.
  4. ^"CCRI-Warwick Named 8th Ugliest College Campus in America". 18 September 2019. Retrieved13 June2020.
  5. ^"Rheal Cormier Stats".Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. RetrievedMarch 8,2021.
  6. ^"Rebecca Haynes". WNBL. Archived fromthe originalon September 30, 2009. Retrieved2012-01-13.
  7. ^Jackson (2022-10-29)."Rhode Island TikTok Star JVKE Has Viral Hit in 'Golden Hour'".FUN 107. Retrieved2022-11-17.
  8. ^"Class of 1999".ccri.edu. RetrievedSeptember 15,2023.
  9. ^"Senator Cynthia Mendes".State of Rhode Island General Assembly.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved2021-05-07.
  10. ^"Alex Owumi".njcaa.org. RetrievedSeptember 15,2023.
  11. ^Hadden, Douglas (May 2, 2006)."Former pro wrestler throws hat in ring for Pawtucket mayor".The Pawtucket Times. Archived fromthe originalon May 17, 2006. RetrievedOctober 12,2020.
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