Check out these pics from the creation and installation of last year's newest art piece on campus! 🎨: "Full Circle" by Ed Andrews | Commissioned by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts through the Allocation for Art for Public Facilities Act

Season 16. Episode 8. ⏯️ Our very own episode of The College Tour is NOW STREAMING on Amazon Prime Video! ⚓️ Watch as 10 Anchors take us inside campus life at Rhode Island College, and what it's like to be part of the RIC community. Watch today: https://amzn.to/4uCG6fG

Get career & life ready with the spring 2026 RIC Magazine - OUT NOW! ⚓️ Click here to learn more and read select stories: https://bit.ly/43eZnbZ

Amy Brown & Cassie Neff, students in the School of Social Work, received a grant through the First Lady’s Litter-Free Rhode Island (LFRI) program. The RIC Clean Up and Conversation included a visit from First Lady Susan McKee & the Wildlife Rehabilitation Association of RI.

NEW @ RIC! We recently dedicated our state-of-the-art track and field complex with a special ribbon cutting ceremony. ☀️ Click here to learn more: https://bit.ly/4vkugaS

Meet Jordan Melo, a recent graduate of our Film Studies program! 🎓 Read more about this 2026 RIC GRAD: https://bit.ly/435xwuF

Meet Gabriel Cuellar, a recent graduate that plans to follow in his mother Mirna's footsteps to become a military nurse. Mirna Cuellar also graduated this year, earning her M.S.N. in the adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner program. 🎓https://bit.ly/4uK8JIn

Meet Ella Lewis, a recent 2026 RIC GRAD taking her talents to the New England College of Optometry this August, where her journey into vision care continues. 🎓 Click here to read more: https://bit.ly/3R07A0H

Hope Scholar for life ❤️ 🎓 💛

Meet Victoria Adu-Gyamfi, 2026 RIC Nursing graduate and Hope Scholar! 🎓 Read more here: https://bit.ly/4tP50cm

More from Commencement 2026 🎓 ⚓️

Rhode Island College Alum ✅ 🎓

The big day is here – congratulations to the CLASS OF 2026!! 🎓 ⚓️ ✨

Cheers to the CLASS OF 2026! 🥂 🎓

TOMORROW 🎓 ⚓️ Click here to learn more about Saturday's Undergraduate Degree Ceremony livestream from Amica Mutual Pavilion: https://bit.ly/4t9WmnF

Meet Felix Fonseca Garcia, who is graduating this week with a B.A. in world languages education, with a concentration in Portuguese. 🎓 Click here to read more about this 2026 RIC GRAD: https://bit.ly/4w5aFwJ

Congratulations to each and every one of you – not only from me, but from the entire community here at RIC! We could not be more proud of what you’ve achieved, and we certainly couldn’t be more excited to see what you do next. Onward! 🎓⚓️ - President Jack R. Warner

Meet Carina Lebrun, who wrote and illustrated a children’s book designed to help young patients and families understand medical imaging in a way that is fun and easy to understand! 🎓 Read more about this 2026 RIC GRAD here: https://bit.ly/3P4vIif

Commencement ready! ✅ 🎓 Advanced Degree Ceremony Thursday, May 14, 5:30pm RIC Recreation Center 🎓 Undergraduate Degree Ceremony Saturday, May 16, 10am (procession at 9:20am) Amica Mutual Pavilion ⚓️Click here for livestream info & more: https://bit.ly/4t9WmnF

A campus in bloom 🌷

Meet Nakena Kilgore, a Master of Social Work student who received recognition at the National Association of Social Workers 2025 awards ceremony for her leadership, advocacy and commitment to community. ✨ 🎓 Read more about this 2026 RIC GRAD's journey on our website: https://bit.ly/3OyMfed

Celebrating Earth Day 🌎 with a spotlight on the Leslie Cameron Greenhouse! RIC’s greenhouse was originally created to propagate plants for the Department of Biology for their botany studies back in 1971.

Exciting news for RIC! 🎁 A transformational $1 million gift to the Rhode Island College Zvart Onanian School of Nursing is helping expand critical support for students, especially those at risk of falling behind in one of the college’s most rigorous programs.

1️⃣ MONTH until the big day! 🎓

The reviews are in! 🤩 ⏯️ See what all the hype is about and stream our episode of The College Tour now: https://www.ric.edu/college-tour

The Zvart Onanian School of Nursing recently launched their NEW Student Success Coaching Program, designed to help Anchors stay on track with individualized guidance and support. ✨ Read more: https://bit.ly/4ck10t5

RIC Professor of Social Work, Jayashree Nimmagadda, is busy leading an initiative that introduces social work to high school students through case-based learning activities with Onward We Learn. ⚓️ Read more here: https://bit.ly/4cyQSOk

ICYMI: The all-star cast for our episode of The College Tour has been announced! 🍿 Interested in attending the World Premiere? Click here: https://our.ric.edu/news-events/events/world-premiere-college-tour-ric

Introducing Janna Lawrence: RIC’s first emergency management director. 🔗 Click here to read more: https://our.ric.edu/news-events/news/janna-lawrence-rics-new-director-emergency-management

Feeling lucky to be an Anchor, today and every day 🍀

Welcome back, Anchors!! ⚓️ We hope everyone had a restful spring break.

WinterFest 2026: The picture-perfect end to a truly memorable winter season 📸❄️

Women's History Month: Past & Present ⚓️

RIC will be closed on Tuesday, February 24 due to severe winter weather and an ongoing State of Emergency for RI. 🔗Click here for more information: https://our.ric.edu/department-directory/division-administration-finance/emergency-management

Due to severe winter weather, Gov. Daniel McKee has declared a State of Emergency. Rhode Island College will be closed on Monday, February 23. 🚨 Click here for more info: https://our.ric.edu/department-directory/division-administration-finance/emergency-management

We ❤️ you, Anchors!

“I’m back in my element. I’m immensely grateful to RIC for letting me return to my roots” – read more about Cesarina Hernández's RIC journey here: https://bit.ly/4kkVgTs

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This February, we honor National Black History Month and the theme of “A Century of Black History Commemorations”. ✨ Click here for Unity Center events & more: https://bit.ly/40Upzbs.

THANK YOU to our Facilities & Operations teams for keeping our campus safe! ❄️ We would also like to shout out Campus Police and all essential employees.

Please be advised that we are monitoring weather reports and will post any campus updates as they become available.

Welcome back, Anchors! ⚓️ Here’s to another fantastic semester!

The spring semester is coming – who's ready? ⚓️

Thank you @govdanmckee.bsky.social for making college accessible to more RIers by making the Hope Scholarship permanent! A RIC degree delivers real return on investment for students & students who benefit from this scholarship will deliver real return on investment for our state! #RISOTS

New year, new art ✨ ⚓️ 🎨

RIC runs in the family for Professor Emeriti Lynn Blanchette '82! ⚓️ Read more: https://bit.ly/4q7vTXg

Our hearts go out to Brown and their community during this tragic and devastating time. 🤎

Good luck on your finals, Anchors! ⚓️ Study hard, get lots of rest and take a stroll around campus to relax.

Geráld recently graced us with his good side! 🦃 Happy Thanksgiving, Anchors!

Join us in congratulating our Onanian School of Nursing Dean, Justin DiLibero, for being inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing! ✨ Read more here: https://bit.ly/4oKKhUP