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The Newport MFA presents virtual readings, craft talks with best-selling authors
salvetoday Posted On January 3, 2022


Best-selling authors Andre Dubus III and Emily Bernard are among the award-winning writers who will present virtual guest readings and craft talks during a week-long winter workshop being hosted Sunday, Jan. 2, through Sunday, Jan. 9, by Salve Regina ’s master of fine arts in creative writing program – the Newport MFA.

Guest readings via Zoom will also being presented by Kate Moulton, Adrienne Brodeur and Lily King. For more information, please e-mail Cecilia Negron, assistant director of graduate admissions, at cecelia.negron@salve.edu.

All events will be held at this Zoom link.

Andre Dubus III

The schedule is as follows:

Guest reading with Katie Moulton
Thursday, Jan. 6 at 4 p.m.

Moulton is a 2021 MacDowell Colony Fellow whose essays, stories and articles have appeared in The Believer, Sewanee Review, The Rumpus, Tin House, Oxford American, No Depression, Catapult, Boulevard, Bitch Magazine, the Denver Post, Ninth Letter, Post Road, Village Voice, and elsewhere. Her audio memoir entitled “Dead Dad Club” is forthcoming from Audible.

Originally from St. Louis, Moulton lives in Baltimore and teaches at Goucher College. Her work has been supported by fellowships and awards from Bread Loaf, Art Omi, Djerassi, Hub City Writers Project, Jentel Foundation, Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, Tin House Summer Workshop, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Virginia Center for Creative Arts and Indiana University, where she earned her MFA.

Emily Bernard

Guest readings with Andre Dubus III and Emily Bernard

Friday, Jan. 7 at 5:15 p.m.

Dubus III has written seven books, including the New York Times best-sellers “House of Sand and Fog,” “The Garden of Last Days” and his memoir “Townie.” His most recent novel, entitled “Gone So Long,” was a selection for The Boston Globe’s “Twenty Best Books of 2018.” A 2001 Guggenheim Fellow, he is a recipient of The National Magazine Award for Fiction, two Pushcart Prizes and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature.

Bernard is the author of “Black is the Body: Stories from My Mother’s Time and Mine,” which was named one of the best books of 2019 by Kirkus Reviews and National Public Radio. It also won the 2020 Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for autobiographical prose. Her book “Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten” earned a New York Times notable book of the year honor. Her work has been featured in the Oprah Magazine, Harper’s, The New Republic, NewYorker.com, Best American Essays, Best African American Essays and Best of Creative Nonfiction.

Adrienne Brodeur
Guest reading on Friday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m.
Craft talk on Saturday, Jan. 8 at 11 a.m.

Brodeur’s memoir “Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover and Me” was published in 2019, and its film rights have been bought by Chernin Entertainment with “Edge of Seventeen” director Kelly Fremon Craig slated to adapt and direct. She was founder and editor-in-chief of the fiction magazine Zoetrope: All-Story and a four-time National Magazine Award winner in the fiction category. More recently, she become creative director and then executive director of Aspen Worlds, a literary arts program of the Aspen Institute. In 2017, she launched the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

Lily King

Saturday, Jan. 8 – Lily King (3:30 p.m. craft talk and 7 p.m. guest reading)

King is the award-winning author of five novels. Her most recent novel, entitled “Writers & Lovers,” was published in 2020, and her first collection of short stories, entitled “Five Tuesdays in Winter,” was released in 2021.

“Euphoria,” King’s 2014 novel, won the Kirkus Award, The New England Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Award. Named one of the 10 Best Books of 2014 by The New York Times Book Review, “Euphoria” was named a top book of the year by TIME, Amazon, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly and Salon’s Best Books.

All events will be held at this Zoom link.

About the Newport MFA

Salve Regina’s low-residency Newport MFA program immerses students in the creative life through residencies, mentorships, publishing and editing panels, and craft talks. The two-year program guides aspiring writers to the terminal degree in their field through eight-day residencies held in Newport twice a year and a residency option in Cuba, where they focus on their preferred genre of fiction, poetry, nonfiction or historical fiction. Students, who also gain insights into the business of publishing and editing, spend the months between residencies writing and reflecting in an individualized mentorship with eminent writers. The program culminates with each student completing a polished manuscript.

For more information on any of the Newport MFA’s January events, e-mail cecelia.negron@salve.edu.


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News  / Salve Spotlights
Announcing the Top 10 Stories of the Year on SALVEtoday
salvetoday Posted On December 30, 2021


2021 was another eventful year at Salve Regina, and the news stories posted on SALVEtoday highlighted the University community in a variety of ways. As the year 2021 comes to a close, the newspaper is sharing the Top 10 Stories of the Year from 2021’s coverage.

These news story rankings are based on the overall traffic they received throughout the year of 2021. Read below to see which stories were viewed the most by the world — including an international student who received two master’s degrees, welcoming a new campus resource dog, a surfer who loves Salve Regina and an employee who is helping people process grief.

1. Salve Success: Graduate student from Barbados received two master’s degrees while in Newport

“Ryan Alleyne ’21 (M.S.), an international student from Barbados, has done what many couldn’t pull off. He’s completed two master’s programs simultaneously—one at the Naval War College and other here at Salve Regina. And he did it all in one year…”

Read more here.

2. University announces the creation of McAuley Day, April 14

“When Dr. Kelli J. Armstrong became Salve Regina’s eighth president in 2019, she asked students what they would like to see more of on campus. ‘Traditions’ was one of the more popular answers. For the spring semester, the idea has continued to evolve into the now officially named McAuley Day…”

Read more here.

3. Salve Regina climbs to 23rd in U.S. News’ Best Colleges rankings

“Salve Regina’s ranking among the best institutions of higher education in the United States climbed eight places from a year ago to 23rd, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges survey in its Regional Universities – North category. The University was also recognized nationally for best undergraduate teaching, as a best value school…”

Read more here.

4. Princeton Review selects Salve Regina as 2022 ‘Best in the Northeast’

“Salve Regina has been selected by The Princeton Review as one of 223 colleges it considers “Best in the Northeast.” The rankings appear on the publication’s website feature, “2022 Best Colleges: Region by Region,” released today, Aug. 31. In all, The Princeton Review selects 655 colleges and universities nationwide to recommend as “bests” across five regions…”

Read more here.

5. MaeLynn Patten named Salve Regina’s first chief advancement officer

“MaeLynn Patten, a senior development professional and philanthropic fundraising consultant with extensive experience in higher education advancement, has been named Salve Regina’s first chief advancement officer (CAO). In this new position, Patten will lead Salve Regina’s advancement team in all aspects of fundraising…”

Read more here.

6. Salve Regina employee creates ‘wind phone’ to help others process grief

“Dawn Emsellem-Wichowski, director of library services at Salve Regina, has spent years creating a project that finally came to fruition this summer. She’s made a “wind phone” to help others process their grief in a safe, quiet and beautiful environment. The idea originated from a man in Japan named Itaru Sasaki…”

Read more here.

7. Tucker Coleman ’25 to compete at national surfing championships in California

“Salve Regina surfer Tucker Coleman ’25, an undecided major from Montauk, New York, will compete for a national championship title alongside the country’s top qualifiers in the open men’s division of the 2021 National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) championships. These are held Nov. 16-23 in Huntington Beach, California….”

Read more here.

8. The Nest ushers in new era of late-night dining in Gerety Hall

“The much-anticipated opening of The Nest, the brand new late-dining option located in Gerety Hall, is officially having its grand opening this weekend on Saturday, Sept. 25 from 7-10 p.m. The grand opening will also be highlighting many other exciting renovations to Gerety Hall, and students are invited to come experience the updates to their student center…”

Read more here.

9. Introducing the newest member of the Salve Regina family…

“In the coming months, the campus community will meet the newest member of the Salve Regina family: a 5-month-old Labrador retriever who has been selected as the University’s first-ever community resource dog. The puppy will be making short visits to campus to become acclimated to his new home, and he will then take up permanent residence in Tobin Hall…”

Read more here.

10. Simone Cardoso ‘17 to be one of the featured artists at CAB fall concert

“What better way to celebrate the chance to gather as a student community than to bring back a Salve Regina alumna as the opening act of the concert? Simone Cardoso ‘17, who graduated with a music education major degree, is now a singer and songwriter in Las Angeles, California, and she will be making a special appearance at her alma mater…”

Read more here.


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Arts and Humanities  / News
Best-selling historian Colin Woodard named visiting senior fellow at Pell Center
salvetoday Posted On December 23, 2021


Colin Woodard, a New York Times best-selling historian and Polk Award-winning journalist, has been named a visiting senior fellow at Salve Regina’s Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy. The author of six books — including “Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood” as well as “American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America” — Woodard will build a Pell Center initiative focused on the preservation of American democracy.

International observers and democracy experts have warned that the United States is experiencing “democratic backsliding” with voting restrictions, the ineffectiveness of Congress, and gerrymandering altering the prospects for responsive politics across the U.S.  The “Big Lie” pushed by former President Donald Trump — that the 2020 election was stolen from him — and the Jan. 6 insurrection inspired by those claims underscore the peril to American democracy.

“We booked Colin for an episode of ‘Story in the Public Square,’” described Jim Ludes, executive director of the Pell Center. “To get ready, I read ‘Union,’ and I was blown away by its sweep, its power, and its meaning for today. Here is a scholar and a gifted storyteller who reminds us that the power of story is central to America’s national existence. But Colin isn’t just a gifted historian and author. He recognizes that America needs a story that unifies it in the 21st century, and he’s willing to help contribute to it.  That project fits perfectly with what we’re doing at the Pell Center and we’re excited to work with him.”

Currently living in Maine, Woodard is one of the most respected authorities on North American regionalism, the sociology of U. S. nationhood and how our colonial past shapes and explains the present. He is a POLITICO contributing editor and the state and national affairs writer at the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, where he received a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. A longtime foreign correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Chronicle of Higher Education, Woodard has reported from more than fifty foreign countries and seven continents from postings in Budapest, Zagreb, Washington, D.C. and the US-Mexico border. He also covered the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and its bloody aftermath.

“I started my career in Eastern Europe and the Balkans during and after the collapse of the Soviet empire, where nation-states and federations were revisiting their histories and national myths, arguing over who truly belonged and who did not, and trying to build liberal democracies or consolidate ethno-nationalist regimes — by means of genocide and civil war in some cases,” Woodard explained. “Those experiences have always informed my work on North America’s history, but in recent years have become alarmingly relevant to our present trajectory, with the near-term survival of the American Experiment now far from certain.”

Woodard’s work has appeared in dozens of publications, including The Economist, The New York Times, Smithsonian, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Newsweek and Washington Monthly, and he has been featured on CNN, the “Rachel Maddow Show,” Chuck Todd’s “The Daily Rundown,” “The PBS News Hour,” and NPR’s “Weekend Edition.” He’s also been an expert for numerous television documentaries on Discovery Channel, the History Channel, Netflix, the Smithsonian Channel and TLC. He was also a historical consultant for an Ubisoft video game inspired by “The Republic of Pirates,” a New York Times best-selling history of Blackbeard’s pirate gang that was made into a primetime NBC series with John Malkovich and Claire Foye.

Woodard is a graduate of Tufts University with a bachelor’s in history and the University of Chicago with a master’s in international relations. He had a past Pew Fellowship in international journalism at the Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Study. He received the 2004 Jane Bagley Lehman Award for Public Advocacy and was named 2014 Journalist of the Year by the Maine Press Association and one of the Best State Capitol Reporters in America by the Washington Post.

“I’m excited to be working with the Pell Center — with its commitment to interdisciplinary research and to connecting the worlds of scholarship and public policy — on these vital issues confronting the United States,” Woodard said.


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News  / Science and Technology
Nursing department awarded Champlin grant for high-fidelity manikin in sim lab
salvetoday Posted On December 21, 2021


From its blinking eyes and responsive pupils to its spontaneous breathing and seemingly limitless number of programmable illnesses, a highly sophisticated new patient equipped with the latest in medical simulation learning technologies will be moving into Salve Regina’s nursing lab for an extended stay thanks to a $84,621 grant from The Champlin Foundation.

With the funding, Salve Regina’s Department of Nursing will purchase SimMan 3G Plus, known in the medical field as a high-fidelity manikin, on which students will practice their clinical skills in the University’s nursing simulation lab in O’Hare Academic Building. The sim lab is already home to 10 such manikins, “patients” of all ages from newborns and toddlers to adults, including five high-fidelity, three medium-fidelity and two low-fidelity devices.

The new SimMan 3G Plus is upgraded with many features not available in older 3G manikin models, including heightened realism and new learning bundles detailing a myriad of real-life medical scenarios. It will be capable of representing a diverse array of patients with interchangeable face skins, articulating limbs for improved clinical utility, and will allow for students to use real clinical devices to assess and monitor vital signs, heart sounds, breath sounds, administer medications, evaluate patient response to treatment and more.

Ten manikins are already utilized by Salve Regina’s nursing students for simulations.

“As a teaching methodology, simulation training for students enhances critical thinking skills, strengthens clinical decision making, and provides vital experience in the practice of clinical procedures leading to improved patient safety and outcomes in the healthcare environment,” said Debra Cherubini, assistant professor and chair of the Department of Nursing.

Changes in the National Council Licensure Examination, the national test to become a nurse, are placing an emphasis on evaluating critical thinking skills, so it’s also important to position Salve Regina’s updated and expanded sim lab as a critical teaching tool to better prepare students for successful outcomes in taking the exam and securing their license to practice.

The lab’s high-fidelity manikins have the technology to talk back to students, providing human-like responses during treatment, important feedback for students when practicing proper administration of medication dosages and setting intravenous fluid rates.

Cameras in the lab record student responses as they move through real-life scenarios interacting with both patients and families. Students can review their performance with instructors to assess strengths and weaknesses in their physical assessment skills and clinical performance.

“By working with both low- and high-fidelity manikins, nursing students can practice a wide range of skills in a simulated hospital environment, from providing physical care, administering medications and treatments, and intervening in emergency situations,” Cherubini said.

Salve Regina’s sim lab features the same manikins used at medical schools around the world, and the University has ongoing partnerships that provide access to the technology for professional development opportunities. Newport Hospital staff have used the sim lab for emergency room training procedures that included Newport Fire Department personnel. And a partnership with the Rhode Island Division of Elderly Affairs’ respite care project provided its students access to the lab for training in palliative and end-of-life nursing care. Future outreach efforts include a plan to support EMT training.


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Graduate News  / Student Life
Robin Smith receives Salve Regina’s first Ph.D. in international relations
salvetoday Posted On December 21, 2021


Robin Smith recently received Salve Regina’s first Ph.D. in international relations. The newly titled Dr. Smith successfully defended her dissertation, “Acculturation Strategies of Russian Immigrants in the United States,” during the fall 2021 semester.

Smith’s qualitative case study interviewed 32 Russian immigrants representing time periods of emigration spanning 68 years from 1947-2015. The ages of the subjects ranged from 24-88 years, and they currently reside in diverse areas of the United States.  The sample also represented different religions, educational levels and occupations.

The research that Smith conducted demonstrated that the diverse group of interview subjects identified specific qualities that, in aggregate, contributed to their ability to successfully acculturate in the United States.

Smith is an instructor in the writing center at the U.S. Naval War College. She is a retired college administrator who specialized in teaching English to second language learners at the college level.


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News
Faculty and staff holiday raffle winners announced
salvetoday Posted On December 20, 2021


Prior to the pandemic, Salve Regina began a new holiday tradition that brings University faculty and staff together in Ochre Court for a casual and festive gathering. The event not only celebrates the joys of the season, but it also enables many community members to meet new employees or reconnect with colleagues they don’t often get to spend time with during the course of the fall semester.

Unfortunately, this year’s gathering was postponed given the uptick in COVID-19 cases throughout campus and the greater Newport community. Although they were unable to join together as members of our mercy community in person, Salve Regina faculty and staff carried on with two components that also made the tradition so special: helping others through the Angel Tree Gift Drive program and a holiday raffle.

The following employees listed below were winners in the holiday raffle. All winners should’ve already been contacted via email on how to receive their prize.

Raffle Items and Winners

Warm and Cozy Holiday Packages:

  • Soft blanket in woven basket with candle and hot chocolate.
    Sheryl Burns, Housekeeping
  • Woven red and green basket with wine, glasses, books, snacks, and holiday ornaments.
    Samuel Chernakoff, Admissions
  •  Salve Regina puzzle and ornament, wine and Newport Architecture book.
    Lisa Kenyon, McKillop Library

Relax and Reflect with Salve Packages:

  • Bodhi Spa gift card, bottle of Newport Vineyard wine, chocolates, note pads and a candle.
    Nadia Archambault, Chemistry
  • 2 Salve Regina wine glasses and bottle of wine
    James Hurley, Food Service
  • Salve Regina beach bag, towel, 2 tumblers with packets of Del’s Lemonade, a Salve T-shirt and framed print.
    Alexandra Chabot, Nursing
  • Salve Regina blanket and wine glasses
    Jeffrey Lacroix, Facilities/Maintenance
  • Salve Regina terry/fleece sweatshirt and Columbia windbreaker
    Susan Padula, Career Development Center

Home and Hearth packages:

  • Home Depot gift card
    Nina Hind, Admissions
  • Sony mini wireless speaker
    John Moriarty, Enterprise Systems
  • Dash mini waffle maker
    Josie Rock, Strategic Communications/Design Services
  • George Foreman grill
     Kaitlyn Brilhante, Community Engagement and Service
  • Potter League gift basket
    Amy Cady, Mercy Center for Spiritual Life

Gift Cards and More….

  • Bag of gift certificates from Subway, Taco Bell, Dunkin and Starbucks
    Nicholas Verrastro, Philosophy
  • Cru Café gift card
    Gabriel Alfieri, Music, Theatre and Dance
  • Chili’s gift card
    Kate Borgueta, Strategic Communications and Public Affairs
  • Dunkin gift card
    Timothy Demy, International Relations
    Michael Coffey, Music, Theatre and Dance
    Dylan Nagy, Athletics
    Nancy Gordon, Counseling, Leadership and Expressive Arts
  • Panera Bread gift card
    Tim Neary, History, American Studies
    Khadine Higgins, Chemistry
    Deborah Nellis, Mail Services
  • Uber Eats gift card
    Thomas Arruda, Chemistry
    Louise Sullivan, Nursing
  • Stop and Shop gift card
    Emily Winsor, Chemistry
    Brandi Gifford, Counseling, Leadership and Expressive Arts
    Frederick Zilian, History, Political Science
    Jerry Steinhofer, Philosophy
    Anthony Costa, Music, Theatre and Dance

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Event Coverage  / Mercy Mission  / News
Mercy Mondays: A list of spring 2022 events held by the McAuley Institute for Mercy Education
salvetoday Posted On December 20, 2021


With the success of the “Voices of Mercy: What Matters to Me and Why” luncheon speaker series this past fall, the McAuley Institute for Mercy Education is gearing up for even more events during the spring 2022 semester.

A list of all the events are summarized below so that the Salve Regina community can be aware, plan ahead and register to attend as many as they’d like.

Voices of Mercy: What Matters to Me and Why


The “Voices of Mercy: What Matters to Me and Why?” luncheon speaker series will continue in the spring with Dr. Paula Martasian, associate professor and chair of the Department of Psychology on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, and Dr. Kelli J. Armstrong, president of Salve Regina, on Wednesday, April 6. Both luncheons will be held in the State Dining Room of Ochre Court at Noon. To register for lunch with Dr. Paula Martasian, click here, and to register for lunch with Dr. Kelli Armstrong, click here.

McAuley Institute Critical Concern Lecture and Dialogue series

The McAuley Institute for Mercy Education will also begin the spring semester with the launch of the McAuley Institute Critical Concern Lecture and Dialogue series.


Political Power and the Common Good: Why Climate Action is Hard
Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 from 4-5:15 p.m.
Bazarsky Lecture Hall in the O’Hare Academic Building

Dr. J. Timmons Roberts, professor of environmental studies and sociology at Brown University and executive director of the Climate Social Science Network will present a lecture entitled “Political Power and the Common Good: Why Climate Action is Hard.” After the lecture, Salve Regina’s delegates to the COP26 global climate summit will be participating in a dialogue. Those delegates were: Dr. Jim Chace, chair of the Department of Cultural, Environmental and Global Studies and professor of biology, Cassidy Curry ’23, sustainability coordinator environmental studies major, and Florencia Reiche Blanco ’23, a double major in environmental studies as well as sociology and anthropology.

To register, go here.

Confronting a Silenced Past: Black Catholic Nuns in the United States History
Tuesday, April 5, from 4-5:15 p.m.
Bazarsky Lecture Hall in the O’Hare Academic Building

Dr. Shannen Dee Williams, associate professor of history at the University of Dayton will offer a lecture and dialogue entitled “Confronting a Silenced Past: Black Catholic Nuns in the United States History.” In this talk, Dr. Williams will consider how the master narratives of women’s religious life and Catholic participation in the Black freedom struggle fundamentally change when the lives and experiences of African American nuns are taken seriously.

Dr. Williams is an historian of the African American experience with research and teaching specializations in women’s, religious and Black freedom movement history. Williams is the author of the forthcoming book, “Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle” from Duke University Press, which will be published in 2022.

To register, go here.

Mercy faculty collaboratives on earth and race roundtable events

In addition to the above events, the McAuley Institute for Mercy Education will be offering research roundtables with members of both of the Critical Concern Faculty Collaboratives on earth and race.  These faculty collaboratives focusing on the critical concerns of earth and race have six McAuley Scholars named to each collaborative. The research roundtables are offered in collaboration with the McKillop Library faculty lecture series.

Mercy Faculty Collaborative on Race research roundtable event
Thursday, March 3, at 4 p.m.
McKillop Library

The collaborative on race will be hosting a research roundtable through the McKillop Library faculty lecture series. McAuley Scholars Dr. Oyenike Balogun-Mwangi, Lindsay Guarino, Dr. Amanda Minor, Dr. Tim Neary, Dr. Tracy Pelkowski and Dr. Heather Pizzanello will share out their teaching, research or University initiatives advancing work on the critical concern of race over the past two years.

 

Mercy Faculty Collaborative on Earth research roundtable event
Thursday, April 21, at 4 p.m.
McKillop Library

During Earth Week, the earth collaborative will be also host a research roundtable through the McKillop Library faculty lecture series. McAuley Scholars: Dr. Tom Arruda, Dr. Heather Axen, Dr. Jim Chace, Dr. Craig Condella, Dr. Jen McClanaghan and Jodie Goodnough will share out their teaching, research or University initiatives on advancing work on the critical concern of earth over the past two years.

If anyone is interested in attending any of these events with a class or entire department, please email McAuleyInstitute@salve.edu.


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News  / Salve Spotlights
Sarah DeWolfe ’20 combines passions for communications, sports at ESPN Next
salvetoday Posted On December 16, 2021


Some college students begin their studies with clear plans for the future, while others explore different programs to discover their passion. Sarah DeWolfe ’20 understands this journey well. After majoring in communications with a minor in sports management at Salve Regina, she is combining those passions at ESPN Next, ESPN’s leadership development program for young professionals.

Finding career passions at Salve Regina

Hailing from Massachusetts, DeWolfe was drawn to the University’s tight-knit community that mirrored the small-town environment in which she grew up. She was impressed by the faculty she met from different programs, and her journey to declaring a major was laborious. She recalled spending hours looking at the list of majors and crossing them out – only to start over once she was left with options that didn’t spark her interest.

DeWolfe was undecided until the second semester of her sophomore year, when she took a sports writing class with Dr. Kevin Esch, adjunct faculty in the Department of English, Communications and Media. DeWolfe notes that she didn’t have much interest in writing prior to the class, but she found herself emailing Esch and asking to go beyond the assigned page limits.

“I’ve always loved sports. It’s kind of a lifelong thing,” DeWolfe said. “I realized I actually like writing about sports.”

Communicating about something she was passionate about changed DeWolfe’s view on writing, and for the first time she had a clear path forward. “I immediately went to my advisor, Dr. Madeleine Esch [associate professor in the Department of English, Communications and Media], and I said, ‘Your husband changed my life!'” she said. She also chose to add a sports management minor.

The opportunities at Salve Regina prepared DeWolfe for ESPN Next.

Laying educational foundations for real-world experience

Once DeWolfe had a clear vision of what she wanted to study, she began to take advantage of extracurricular opportunities. When she joined Mosaic, Salve Regina’s student newspaper, there were no sports writers on staff, and the editors were excited to include her content.

“I was writing five articles a week, which was probably more than I was doing for school at the time, but I didn’t mind doing it,” she explained. “It was exciting.”

The work-study position that DeWolfe had with Ed Habershaw, associate athletic director for sports information, also provided valuable skills. She gained experience calling games, researching and recording statistics, breaking down games play by play and paying attention to emerging storylines.

An internship at Rhode Island’s NBC 10

DeWolfe’s sports media internship at NBC 10 WJAR allowed her to learn how the television industry works from the inside. During the first semester of her internship, DeWolfe watched professional, college and local games while studying statistics and shot sheets and picking out highlights. During the second semester, she learned how to research human interest stories, conduct interviews and write scripts.

“Internships are a great way to network with people in the industry,” she said. “I was in the sports department with three guys that were so nice. It was cool being able to pick their brains – they’re my friends now.”

Standing out at ESPN Next

The hard work DeWolfe exhibited during her undergraduate studies and after graduation stood out during the intense interview process to be a production assistant at ESPN Next.

“The 18-month program is a path to a permanent position, and at the end of it there is the opportunity to stay on board and be promoted to a content associate,” she said. “I’ll be training and working in the studios of different shows at the Bristol headquarters doing things like cutting highlights, pulling from archives, editing digital content and whatever else they ask me to do.”

After three interviews in which DeWolfe showcased her skill, experience and character, she was one of 30 people hired out of 700 applicants. She currently works with SportsCenter at Night, where she’s learning about the fast-paced environment of television and breaking news. She’s now in a program called RISE, which is responsible for creating original, specialty content to be shared across platforms and programming at ESPN.

“The content RISE produces is original and insanely creative,” she said. “They find the coolest video to tell stories ranging from game recaps to weekly NFL previews and player reels. They are also responsible for creating the tease that opens SportsCenter shows, outlining the important storylines and best moments from the night.”

DeWolfe is working under the guidance of mentors who are committed to developing her skills. “It’s all about enjoying the ride and learning as much as possible from your peers,” she said. “The opportunity for growth within the company is really amazing.”

Reflecting on the journey

DeWolfe stresses the importance of experience and networking for communication and sports management majors. “My advice for current students would be to go out and dive into something that deepens your skill set, as well as your passion for your career,” she said. “Real life experience is so important, and any experience can be a resume builder no matter how small it seems.”

She added that it’s important to apply for jobs despite the fear of rejection, and to follow your passions as far as you can. “I never expected to have a job in sports media, let alone at ESPN, but I found something I liked and ran with it,” she said.

Article by student writer Anna Downes ’22


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Event Coverage  / Graduate News  / News
Writers will benefit from upcoming virtual Newport MFA Workshop
salvetoday Posted On December 16, 2021


The Newport MFA program at Salve Regina is offering a Newport MFA Workshop, where writers of fiction and nonfiction are invited for a virtual weekend of writing critiques, craft talks and readings in the presence of best-selling authors on Jan. 7-9, 2022. For more information and to register, please find out more here.

The Newport MFA Workshop will be an excellent way for writers who aren’t necessarily ready to commit to a full MFA program to find writing inspiration and work on their projects.

For the Newport MFA Workshop, New York Times best-selling authors Emily Bernard and Andre Dubus III will lead workshops centered on aspiring writers. In addition to in-depth attention to a writer’s work, each writer will have an immersive weekend of readings and craft discussions, including a talk on the process of publishing and promoting a book.

Emily Bernard

Andre Dubus III

The program will be held virtually and overlaps with events of the official Newport MFA program’s winter residency for its graduate students. The Newport MFA Workshop participants will get a peek inside the full MFA program by attending craft talks and readings by MFA faculty and visiting writers.

Fiction and nonfiction writers alike will deepen their prose and leave with community, connection and inspiration. No matter what stage in one’s writing life, this workshop will help a writer connect to their writing in a fresh, new way.

Space is limited to ensure personal attention and in-depth discussion of each writer’s work. For more information and to register, please find out more here.

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News
Annual Angel Tree Gift Drive’s deadline approaches
salvetoday Posted On December 14, 2021


This holiday season, the Center for Community Engagement and Service will coordinate its 18th annual Angel Tree Gift Drive. All items will be due Monday, Dec. 20, before noon to Gerety 201.

The Angel Trees are set up in multiple locations across campus and are decorated with a variety of tags that help support individuals in the community, animals in shelters and after school programs. In addition to the tags, a QR Code will be found on the back of each tag to the center’s website.

This year, the Angel Tree drive will support Child and Family Services; the Salvation Army in Newport; Newport Schools; Tashirat Orphanage in Morelos, Mexico; YMCA After School Programs; Boys and Girls Club; the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center and the Potter League for Animals.

If someone doesn’t have time to shop for Angel Tree items, they can donate and the Center for Community Engagement and Service will do the shopping. To donate, go to the Angel Tree Eventbrite page. Another option is gift cards, which can be dropped off or mailed to Gerety 201.

People can also use Amazon or another online shopping service and simply ship their gifts to the center.

If mailing items, the address is:

Center for Community Engagement and Service
100 Ochre Point Ave, Gerety 201
Newport, Rhode Island 02840

All items will be due Monday, Dec. 20, before noon to Gerety 201. For more information, contact the Office of Community Engagement and Service at (401) 341-2440 or community.services@salve.edu.

Featured photo by Getty Images/Inside Creative House


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