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Salve Regina offers commemorative gift collection, popular mercy sweater
salvetoday Posted On December 15, 2022


The holidays are on the horizon and the new year is approaching. With this in mind, the Office of Alumni and Family Engagement and the Office of Advancement is reminding the University community about the commemorative gift collection, which features a line of items that could be a perfect gift for someone who loves Salve Regina during the upcoming holiday season.

As a part of the 75th Anniversary Limited Edition Collection, the commemorative gift collection includes the popular mercy sweater that was seen around campus during Fall Festival Weekend. Each purchase of a sweater includes a $10 gift to The SALVEfund, which allows more than 85 percent of Salve Regina’s students to receive financial assistance during the academic year.

The commemorative gift collection also includes items like Christmas tree ornaments, puzzles, blankets and more. All orders receive free shipping. For guaranteed delivery before Christmas, orders should be placed by Tuesday, Dec. 20. To purchase items, go here.

 


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Pick up free copy of IRC’s January read, which will coincide with MLK Week
salvetoday Posted On December 13, 2022


The Inclusive Reading Club (IRC) will be partnering alongside Salve Regina’s annual MLK Week in January to celebrate topics around social justice. Over the past few years, a book has been chosen for the MLK Week Community Read that students, staff and faculty read to discuss.

Free copies of the book are being offered so that participants can read it over Christmas break. Copies of the book are available, while supplies last, at McKillop Library’s circulation department, through the Office of Multicultural Programs and Retention, or through Miso Gatehouse.

The Salve Regina community is invited to read “All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake” by Tiya Miles for the MLK Week Community Read. This book was a National Book Award winner in 2021 for nonfiction.

“All That She Carried” tells the story of several generations of Black women who must confront their ancestral history of slavery and racism. In “All That She Carried,” historian Tiya Miles traces these Black women’s stories through archival records, objects, art and the environment to write a singular history of the experience of slavery and uncertain freedom afterward.

The IRC will be discussing “All That She Carried” on Thursday, Jan. 26, at 4 p.m. in DiStefano Lecture Hall in Antone Academic Center. To register for this event, go here.

Dr. Ikea Johnson

The meeting will feature special guest facilitator Dr. Ikea Johnson, assistant professor of English, communications and media at Salve Regina. Dr. Johnson’s research often centers around Buddhist and Kemetic liberty, and she explores comparative methods from literary, philosophical, spiritual, and cultural studies lenses.

Dr. Johnson often writes about topics like the socio-political history of African American discourse, Black-Orientalism, and contemporary African American and Womanist scholarship on Black spirituality and Asian religions. She also studies and teaches Afrofuturism, comparative literature, world literature and philosophy.

For more information, visit the IRC’s online message board.

This IRC event is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Programs, the Office of Mission Integration and McKillop Library.


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Tenth national season of “Story in the Public Square” to premiere January 2023
salvetoday Posted On December 13, 2022


“Story in the Public Square,” the six-time Telly Award-winning series from the Pell Center at Salve Regina, is set to premiere its tenth national season on public television beginning the week of Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, via the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA).

The new season will feature  new episodes with guests who shed light on the stories that shape politics and culture, helping viewers make sense of current events.

“Story in the Public Square” is a weekly, 30-minute series that brings audiences to the intersection of storytelling and public affairs. The long-running series is a creative collaboration between its hosts: Jim Ludes, vice president for strategic initiatives at Salve Regina and the executive director of the Pell Center, and G. Wayne Miller, staff writer at The Providence Journal and leader of the Pell Center’s new Ocean State Stories initiative. It has been in production at Rhode Island PBS since January 2017.

Kicking off the series’ tenth national season, hosts Ludes and Miller will welcome guests both virtually and in-studio at Rhode Island PBS.  The show continues to broaden its reach, featuring guests from across North America and beyond.

“I still like to remind people that the show began as an effort to highlight the narratives we, as citizens, are bombarded with on a daily basis,” said Ludes who studies the history of disinformation. “And each week, we’re still talking to storytellers who are either creating worlds with words or using words to understand and often change the world around us. It is incredibly exciting to continue this work.”

“Story in the Public Square” is currently seen in more than 85 percent of the nation’s television markets with nearly 500 weekly broadcasts nationally. It has won Telly Awards for excellence in politics and commentary, as well as social impact, in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018.

“Looking forward to our tenth national season, I find myself reflecting on the incredible guests and team that has given this show its spark from the beginning,” said Miller. “Ten seasons on national public television is truly an accomplishment, and it wouldn’t be possible without all they bring to our set.”

The Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy is a think tank on Salve Regina’s campus in historic Newport, Rhode Island. Its programs on domestic and international issues are designed to generate new ideas, to expand public understanding of important issues and to help the public and its leaders make better decisions. Dedicated to honoring Sen. Claiborne Pell’s legacy, the center promotes American engagement in the world, effective government at home and civic participation by all Americans.

The National Educational Telecommunications Association is a professional association that serves public television licensees and educational entities in all 50 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Since 1967, NETA’s reason for existing has been to connect public television people and ideas by providing quality programming, educational resources, professional development, management support and national representation.


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Cheyenne Boyd ’16 is a 737 pilot for Southwest Airlines
salvetoday Posted On December 8, 2022


For Cheyenne Boyd ’16, the sky has truly become her limit. After years of training and studying, she is now a 737 pilot for Southwest Airlines.

It’s clear she’s not afraid of hard work. At Salve Regina, Boyd triple majored in business administration, finance and global business and economics. This work ethic continues to pay off, as she is one of the few females in a male-dominated industry – something she is passionate about changing in the future.

From Arizona to Rhode Island

Born and raised in Arizona, Boyd had an active childhood. She started playing ice hockey at the age of 5 and fell in love with the sport. She wanted to play in college, but it wasn’t offered at schools on the West Coast. She began to search for schools on the East Coast and discovered Salve Regina.

“I got to meet the hockey team there,” Boyd said. “It was a favorite school and had a beautiful campus, and they had the majors that I wanted.”

Moving to Newport was a culture shock, but Boyd quickly grew close with the ice hockey team and lived with her teammates for her junior and senior year. She has many fond memories from her time on the team. “We were super close,” she said. “On bus rides, we always had little superstitions where we all had to sit in the same seat.”

Cheyenne Boyd ’16 was on the women’s ice hockey team at Salve Regina.

Becoming a major airline pilot

While Boyd was an undergraduate student, she was also working on becoming a pilot. She had been flying under supervision for decades, completing her first official flight at just 10 years old. Her dad was a pilot, and his career inspired hers. “I always loved it,” Boyd said. “It’s something that’s challenging and that I’m passionate about.”

Boyd took flight classes in the summers, and after graduation she headed to Florida to complete her flight instructor training. As a flight instructor, she faced many challenges, but her time at Salve Regina prepared her to be self sufficient.

“While I don’t have a career in [my majors], I still use what I learned in those college classes,” she said. “It’s everything I brought with me from my college experience: Four years living so far away from home and really growing up that allowed me to flourish into whatever path I took. And my path became a flight instructor and a pilot.”

Boyd’s dedication led her to a job flying for her first major airline, Southwest Airlines, as a 737 pilot. “I used to get made fun of for always having a 10-year plan, so it’s funny how it worked out that I wanted to be a pilot when I was 18, and I just turned 28,” she said. “It was 10 years in the making. Every step along the way I worked hard, and I appreciated every step.”

Boyd took her first flight lesson when she was just 10 years old, inspired by her dad’s career as a pilot.

The Sisters of Mercy’s critical concern of women

Boyd understands the impact and importance of being a female in a male-dominated industry. It’s an important issue for her, and it aligns with the Critical Concerns of Salve Regina’s founding Sisters of Mercy, especially in regards to women.

“I think one of the coolest things is that only 4.7% of pilots are female, and I knew maybe two female pilots my whole life,” she said. “Growing up and my dad being in aviation, I got to do a lot of things like Women in the Aviation, which is a program where other female aviators do events together.”

Boyd hopes to inspire other children, especially young girls, to become pilots. “Whenever a little kid comes up to see the flight deck, I let them sit in the seat – and especially if they’re female,” she said. “It’s cool to help them see themselves doing something they might not have seen themselves doing before.”

Article written by student writer Amanda Graves ’23


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Graduate News  / News
Students win multiple awards at behavior analysis conference
salvetoday Posted On December 6, 2022


Nine Salve Regina students from the undergraduate psychology program and graduate behavior analysis program recently attended the Massachusetts Professionals in Behavior Analysis (BABAT) annual conference, taking home two awards for their posters and presentations.

“Every year, BABAT attracts presentations from prominent researchers from around the world,” said Dr. Cody Morris, assistant professor and graduate program director for behavior analysis. “Students attending the conference get a chance to meet and learn from leaders in the field of behavior analysis, and students who present at BABAT get an opportunity to share and discuss their research with these leaders.”

Although Morris has attended the conference previously, this was the first BABAT experience for his students. Salve Regina was well represented, accounting for 35% of the student poster presentations. Hannah Grey ’21, ’22 (M) and graduate student Jacob Oliveira won first place in the poster competition, and Tatiana Pullar ’22 (M) won the only honorable mention of the event.

Hannah Grey ’21, ’22 (M) and graduate student Jacob Oliveira won first place in the poster competition.

“Several conference attendees approached me during the poster session to rave about the quality of the students’ research and the professionalism of their presentations,” Morris said. “I was delighted by how well all of the students presented and felt very honored to be involved with each of their presentations. The students deserve to feel gratified in their collective accomplishment – not only did they represent Salve exceptionally well, but they also shared important research that can help improve the treatment for highly vulnerable populations, such as individuals with severe developmental disabilities.”

The topics that the students presented included strategies related to teaching sight words to children with developmental disabilities, assessing and treating problematic behavior, data collection integrity and state licensing laws for behavior analysis.

Gray and Oliveira’s poster, “The Effects of Using Compound Stimuli to Train Sight Words,” investigated effective stimulus presentation methods for teaching students to identify sight words. “The basis of the project is adhere caution when teaching sight words using compound stimuli and to assess it before wasting time teaching a skill with faulty stimulus control,” Oliveira said.

“Participating in BABAT was a fantastic professional development opportunity to network and get feedback from other professionals in the field as I begin my journey as a professional in the field of behavior analysis,” Gray said. “It is always an honor to attend these conferences and represent Salve and the behavior analysis program.”

This experience was made possible through the Sister Jane Gerety Experiential Learning Fund.

Tatiana Pullar ’22 (M) won the only honorable mention of BABAT. 


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History majors to give thesis presentations
salvetoday Posted On December 6, 2022


The Department of History will hold their annual senior thesis presentations Friday, Dec. 9, and Saturday, Dec. 10, in the DiStefano Lecture Hall in the Antone Academic Center.

Sixteen seniors are scheduled to present and defend their theses throughout the two-day period. Members of the Salve Regina community and the general public are invited to attend, and they may stay for any length of time.

The schedule is listed below. 

Friday, Dec. 9

  • Noon – MacKenna M. Hadawi: “Remove the Hyphen: The German American Struggle for Acceptance in Chicago during World War I”
  • 12:45 p.m. – Daniel P. Graziano: “The Right Man at the Right Time: Jackie Robinson’s Integration of Major League Baseball”
  • 1:30 p.m. – Alejandra B. Garcia-Silva: “Invasion, Indoctrination and Assimilation: The Entrance of Los Angeles into the United States”
  • 2:15 p.m. – Talia C. Williams: “Love Can Conquer All: Queen Victoria’s Motives for Marrying Prince Albert”
  • 3 p.m. – Alicia Rose Lopez: “Dereliction of Duty: The U.S. Government’s Use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War”
  • 3:45 p.m. – Elizabeth J. Nickerson: “America’s First Female President? Edith Wilson’s Role Following President Wilson’s Stroke”
  • 4:30 p.m. – Steven Passodelis: “From Friends to Enemies: The Deterioration of Franco-American Relations, 1790-1800”

Saturday, Dec. 10

  • 9 a.m. – Meaghan R. Lancaster: “From Illustrator to Artist: Norman Rockwell’s Embrace of the Civil Rights Movement”
  • 9:45 a.m. – Morgan M. Lee: “Lasting Liberty: Uses of the Declaration of Independence throughout U.S. History”
  • 10:30 a.m. – Lindsey M. Smith: “Accept All of Me: Pauli Murray’s Struggle to Center Black Women within the Racial and Gender Activism of the Sixties”
  • 11:15 a.m. – Kyra A. Laiuppa: “Sisters by Choice: The Twinning of Kinsale, Ireland, and Newport, Rhode Island”
  • 1:15 p.m. – Kathleen M. Mountcastle: “Who Will Pay the Piper? The Psychological Impact of Operation Pied Piper in World War II”
  • 2 p.m. – Christina E. Cannilla: “Undressing the Politics of Fashion: The Sartorial Symbolism of the First Ladies from Jackie Kennedy to Hillary Clinton”
  • 2:45 p.m. – Katelin Emma Rogers: “A Martyr for Patriotism and Feminism: How Joan of Arc Became an Inspirational Icon for Centuries”
  • 3:30 p.m. – Jessica A. Wright: “The True Meaning of Christmas: The German Public’s Reaction to Wartime Propaganda, 1914-1918”
  • 4:15 p.m. – Jillian P. Kelley: “A Year Like No Other: Examining Black Student Experiences during the Boston Busing Crisis, 1974-1975”

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Counseling Services is hosting a sound bath meditation for stress relief
salvetoday Posted On December 2, 2022


Counseling Services is hosting an event entitled “Sound Bath Meditation with Allison Schumann” on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 8 p.m. in the Mercy Center for Spiritual Life. While the event is geared towards students, faculty and staff are invited to attend as well.

Sound baths are an ancient tradition passed down through the ages, and they are an incredible way to find a state of calm and peace during the stressful end of the semester.

A sound bath is a form of meditation that guides listeners into a deep state of relaxation using the sounds and vibrations from instruments — which can include including gongs, crystal singing bowls and chimes. It’s time where people can lie down, close their eyes, let the tension of the day go, and listen to the calming vibrations and sounds. Attendees will leave this event feeling restored, refreshed, relaxed and in tune with one’s inner self.

Allison Schumann, a local yoga teacher, will lead the event for a relaxing, cozy, restorative evening of sound. Schumann is a recognized wellness facilitator and spiritual mentor with more than 20 years of experience in body, breath and vibrational work. Her career has woven luxury hospitality, yoga wisdom and education into a rich fabric of deep connection with self awareness and the human experience.

Feel free to bring anything to feel comfortable sitting or laying down — props like a yoga mat, blanket, pillow, eye mask, comfortable clothes, etc. If anyone doesn’t have props, they can come as they are.

For questions about the event in general or accessibility issues, please contact Counseling Services at (401)341-2919 or counselingservices@salve.edu.

Featured photo by Getty Images/GummyBone


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Arts and Humanities  / News  / Salve Spotlights
Carli Lynch ’20 joins Sony Pictures Imageworks as a production coordinator
salvetoday Posted On December 1, 2022


Carli Lynch ’20 recently began working as a production coordinator for Sony Pictures Imageworks in Los Angeles. A communications major with a minor in film, she credits the lessons and connections she gained at Salve Regina for enabling her to land her dream job.

As a child, Lynch spent a lot of time in Newport and fell in love with the mansions and ocean. She knew about Salve Regina and kept it in the back of her mind, but decided to take a gap year after high school. Lynch spent the year in Hawaii, participating in the Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms program, in which participants live and volunteer on organic properties.

“You can do it anywhere in the world, but you stay on a farm and do work,” she said. “The work varies based on which farm you are at, but it was a good way to travel and learn about a place through its land.”

After her time in Hawaii, Lynch traveled back to Newport to attend Salve Regina. “I had heard there was a film minor, and then I met people at orientation, and I was like, ‘Okay, I can make this work,'” she said. “There’s a film production club called Salve Studios, so that was a big thing for me, finding those little extracurricular activities that I could really dive into.”

Life on Salve Regina’s campus

Lynch was an active student and took advantage of all the programs that Salve Regina had to offer in relation to her passion for film. She joined Salve Studios and served as president during her sophomore, junior and senior years.

She also met James McGuire, adjunct faculty in the Department of English, Communications and Media, who quickly became her mentor. “He took me under his wing, and I did a lot of filming for Salve’s website videos and other things,” Lynch said. “As I progressed in school each year, I got to do more and more.”

Lynch was able to work closely with Salve Regina’s marketing and communications office to produce and edit video content for admissions, alumni programs and student organizations.

Lynch was president of Salve Studios, the film production club on campus.

Working at Sony Pictures Imageworks

After graduation, Lynch did freelance photography and video editing. She decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue her career and began working at a photography studio. Soon after she arrived, McGuire used his connections to get her resume into Sony Picture Imageworks, and she was hired as a production coordinator.

“Salve directly helped me get this job, and it’s definitely been great,” Lynch said. “Even though I’ve learned a ton of new stuff, a lot still applies from things that I learned while working at Salve.”

Lynch is working on her first animated film: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.” She is in charge of client and producer schedules while also managing the six-person production assistant team. Through her job, Lynch is able to watch the process of developing a film from start to finish. She is usually interacting with directors, producers and supervisors, getting to hear their ideas on how to make the film look its best.

“I get to sit in reviews with the directors and see the actual process of what they’re doing and the feedback they give,” she said.

In the future, Lynch hopes to remain in the film industry and possibly branch out to more niche audiences. “I want to be part of the film industry in any capacity, even if it’s at a smaller scale as I get older,” she said. “I think that would be my goal, just keep creating and feeling like I’m part of a creative process, even if it’s on the production side.”

Article written by student writer Amanda Graves ’23


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Salve Regina will hold annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Luminaria event
salvetoday Posted On November 30, 2022


‘Tis the season to be jolly, and what better way to celebrate than Salve Regina’s third annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Luminaria event? On Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 5 p.m., Salve Regina will be offering a celebration that will include Christmas music, caroling, a visit from Santa Claus and refreshments. This event is open to the Salve Regina community, as well as the general public.

For the third year, Salve Regina will also welcome the holiday season with a display of paper lanterns. The lanterns started in December 2020 as a way to bring the Salve Regina community together safely during the pandemic with an outdoor event, and the luminaria event captured the hearts of many and became a new campus tradition.

This year’s event will feature 1,000 paper lanterns, many of which will shine in tribute for a Salve Regina community member’s loved one. For a small donation, participants can submit the names of loved ones to honor or remember them, and each lantern will be inscribed with a tribute. Donations for the luminaria must be submitted by Noon on Dec. 2.

Luminary decorated the grounds of the Salve Regina in 2020. 

Students from Sigma Phi Sigma are providing volunteer hours to prepare the lanterns and lay out the display on Dec. 6. The luminaria will be lit prior to the event’s official start, and they will be located in the vicinity of McAuley Hall. The lanterns will remain lit for the remainder of the evening, and visitors are welcome to view the lanterns any time that evening. Street parking is available nearby.

Christmas refreshments will be served during the entire event. If there is inclement weather, the luminaria will be inside Our Lady of Mercy Chapel, and the Christmas Tree lighting still take place with covered viewing available at McAuley Hall or the O’Hare Academic Building.

The Salve Regina choral group Pitches with Attitude performed at the Christmas tree lighting in 2020. 


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Roundtable will discuss how to handle political conversations during holidays
salvetoday Posted On November 29, 2022


The Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy will host another roundtable discussion Friday, Dec. 2, from 11:45 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. in O’Hare Academic Building, Room 121. A free lunch will be provided. Salve Regina staff, faculty and students are invited to participate.

Worried Uncle Ned is going to talk conspiracy theories after two glasses of red wine at the family holiday celebration? Or maybe that second cousin once removed is going to discuss both the 2020 elections and recent midterms? The holidays can be a stressful time, especially when there are landmines of touchy political topics separating family and friends on opposing sides of the red-blue divide.

Join the roundtable to discuss approaches to uncomfortable conversations about complex topics that elicit strong emotions and opinions. The discussion will elucidate the components of difficult conversations and unpack the practicality of expert advice in such situations.

The discussion will be lead by Dr. Jim Ludes, vice president for strategic initiatives at Salve Regina and the executive director of the Pell Center, and Kathryn Langford, associate director and fellow at the Pell Center.

Roundtable discussions are open to students, faculty and staff at Salve Regina. The Pell Center will provide a free lunch. Space is limited. Please RSVP to pellcenter@salve.edu.

Featured photo from Getty Images/SeventyFour


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