Are you curious about the pharmacist’s role in various settings? Join us on Zoom to hear a panel of alumni discuss their day-to-day responsibilities, what they love about their jobs, their path to their current roles, and what they wish they knew on their first day of work. Through personal stories and professional insights, they’ll highlight how their URI experience prepared them to lead, innovate, and make a difference—both during the Pharm.D. program and beyond. Current and prospective PharmD students are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to ask questions and learn about the unique value pharmacists bring to the healthcare team.

Community colleges are often celebrated as engines of access and mobility. But behind the institutional curtains lies a more complicated story—one shaped by frontline educators and leaders who labor to transform structures not built for them or the students they serve. This talk draws on insights from a three-year Research-Practice Partnerships with equity leaders across 20 California community colleges. Through their stories, we see the burdens of racial battle fatigue, the persistence of performative commitments to equity, and the creative ways practitioners use their limited agency to push institutions toward deeper transformation. More than just a recounting of barriers, this talk surfaces acts of resistance and imagination—new roles invented, resources redirected, and cultures challenged from within. By illuminating the lived experience of those doing equity work, I ask: What does it take to stay in the fight? And how do we move from one-off initiatives to sustained, structural change? Come behind the curtains, and explore how equity leaders advance notions of racial justice in spaces that constrain and catalyze the work.Associate Professor at San Diego State University, Dr. Eric Felix studies higher education reform and racial equity, with a focus on community colleges and critical policy implementation.Brought to you by The URI Honors Colloquium, an annual fall lecture series hosted at URI, serves as a university-wide educational forum that’s also open to the public. The Colloquium offers presentations and discussions of emerging lively, challenging intellectual issues.Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

Community colleges are often celebrated as engines of access and mobility. But behind the institutional curtains lies a more complicated story—one shaped by frontline educators and leaders who labor to transform structures not built for them or the students they serve. This talk draws on insights from a three-year Research-Practice Partnerships with equity leaders across 20 California community colleges. Through their stories, we see the burdens of racial battle fatigue, the persistence of performative commitments to equity, and the creative ways practitioners use their limited agency to push institutions toward deeper transformation. More than just a recounting of barriers, this talk surfaces acts of resistance and imagination—new roles invented, resources redirected, and cultures challenged from within. By illuminating the lived experience of those doing equity work, I ask: What does it take to stay in the fight? And how do we move from one-off initiatives to sustained, structural change? Come behind the curtains, and explore how equity leaders advance notions of racial justice in spaces that constrain and catalyze the work.Associate Professor at San Diego State University, Dr. Eric Felix studies higher education reform and racial equity, with a focus on community colleges and critical policy implementation.Brought to you by The URI Honors Colloquium, an annual fall lecture series hosted at URI, serves as a university-wide educational forum that’s also open to the public. The Colloquium offers presentations and discussions of emerging lively, challenging intellectual issues.Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

The GSC Craft Club is a welcoming space where students can relax, de-stress, and connect with friends while creating fun and easy crafts. No experience is required—just bring your creativity and enjoy making something new each week! All are Welcome!Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

Join us each Tuesday during the semester for worship and a meal. Our worship is rooted in tradition while we discuss how to live into the example of Jesus in our present day. We seek to respect the dignity of all people, so whoever you love, whatever you look like, or wherever you're from... you're welcome here.We gather for worship at 6pm in the church, and then eat together around 6:45pm downstairs. You're welcome to join for either or both!Visit URInvolved for complete event details.

Join us each Tuesday during the semester for worship and a meal. Our worship is rooted in tradition while we discuss how to live into the example of Jesus in our present day. We seek to respect the dignity of all people, so whoever you love, whatever you look like, or wherever you're from... you're welcome here.We gather for worship at 6pm in the church, and then eat together around 6:45pm downstairs. You're welcome to join for either or both!Visit URInvolved for complete event details.