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Join IRC’s final meeting for discussion on migrant workers and immigration
salvetoday Posted On April 13, 2021


Join the Inclusive Reading Club (IRC) for its last meeting of the spring 2021 semester on Thursday, April 22 at 4:00 p.m. For this IRC, the book club will be a bilingual discussion with co-facilitators Fr. Scott Pontes, University chaplain, and MaryAnne Davey, director of the Mercy Center for Spiritual Life. To register, go to the library’s event page.

Attendees will be reading selections from Francisco Jiménez’ memoir “The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child” (“Cajas de cartón: relatos de la vida peregrina de un niño campesino”).

In this memoir are the stories of the author’s migrant family in the 1940s, campesinos (farm laborers) whose lives were defined by poverty and impermanence, but also faith and hope, as they worked picking crops in California, moving from one labor camp to another.

The book club will explore the life and treatment of migrant farm workers in the 1940s, and how they endured racism, indifference, lack of healthcare and food insecurity. Attendees will also examine how Catholic ministries using Catholic Social Teaching are responding to these same issues facing farm workers today, bringing in the complex issues around immigration and refugees.

The readings, available in English or Spanish, are posted on the library’s website under Course Reserves. Participants can post their thoughts as they read and find much more information about the Inclusive Reading Club on the IRC’s online bulletin board.

To register for this last IRC for the semester, go to the library’s event page.

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Mercy Mission  / Student Life
Mercy Mondays: Updates from the Center for Community Engagement and Service
salvetoday Posted On April 12, 2021


The Center for Community Engagement and Service has some updates for the month of April — including an upcoming service retreat to Block Island and an update on a social justice retreat that happened in March.

Read below to find out more information.

Upcoming service retreat to Block Island

Kaitlyn Brilhante ’21, senior service advocate, is planning a service retreat to Block Island on Saturday, April 17 from 9:30 a.m to 7:30 p.m. The retreat will be focusing on the critical concern of earth, and attendees will be doing beach cleanups; volunteering at local churches to do landscaping work, cleaning and possibly some repairs; and volunteering at a few other places that are yet to be confirmed.

This retreat is important because it is an opportunity to allow current service advocates to get together and work with first year service advocates by instructing and providing them with new insights about the service advocate program here at Salve Regina. All new service advocates in the Office of Community Engagement and Service and current junior service advocates that are interested in applying for senior service advocate positions are welcome to participate in the retreat.

Participants will be transported from campus to the ferry landing by bus, where they will then board a ferry to Block Island. Once on the island, service advocates will be walking to the churches and other nearby locations within walking distance from ferry landing.

For more information, contact Kaitlyn Brilhante at kaitlyn.brilhante@salve.edu.

Update on NAACP social justice retreat 

Salve Regina student volunteers spent a weekend expanding their understanding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Newport chapter on March 19-20. Volunteers explored the organization, learned about the mission and interacted with significant board members in an important social movements.

This retreat was co-sponsored by Center for Community Engagement and Service and the Mercy Center for Spiritual Life. It encouraged students to dive deeper into building up the local NAACP Newport Chapter with social media outlets, website and updating of policies and procedures. A deep commitment to social justice issues were expanded on as students learned more about the critical concerns of Mercy.

Salve Serves blog 

The Center of Community Service and Engagement launched a blog this semester called Salve Serves, where it will be highlighting a new blog post each week. They will be sharing blogs written by current students, alumni and community partners.

This post is part of an ongoing series called Mercy Mondays that highlights Salve Regina’s dedication to its Mercy Mission. Search the tag Mercy Mission for more updates on the Mercy branches of Salve Regina.


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Student Life
Students raise awareness for violence against children
salvetoday Posted On April 9, 2021


Students in the SOA-420: Gender Violence course are organizing a campus event called “Violence Against Children: Be Aware, Choose to Act” to raise awareness about various ways children face gendered violence during the month of April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

“Violence Against Children: Be Aware, Choose to Act” includes a display of national and international research to demonstrate conditions that produce violence against children and the effects of violence on children and those with whom they interact. The display will be located on the first floor of McKillop Library between Monday, April 12 and Thursday, April 15, and it and will culminate with a “Paint a Fingernail Day” on April 15 to encourage the Salve Regina community to paint a nail to end violence against children.

SOA-420 Gender Violence is an elective course in both the sociology and anthropology and the women, gender and sexuality studies programs. Research teams from the class have gathered data on sexual assault and incest, harassment and bullying, violence against LGBTQ+ youth, children who observe intimate partner violence, children in sex work and clergy sexual abuse of children.

Information on the “Paint a Fingernail Day” and the movement behind it will be available in the foyer of McKillop Library during the week of April 12. There will be fingernail polish for those who need it, which was generously provided by Ocean State Job Lot.

For more information, contact Dr. Laura O’Toole at laura.otoole@salve.edu.


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Student Life
Room selection process for rising sophomores getting underway
salvetoday Posted On April 8, 2021


With the annual room selection process getting underway, now is the time for first-year students to be looking ahead to their sophomore year. All first-years and sophomores who are not commuting to campus from their parent’s homes are guaranteed housing and are required to live on campus. Because of the residency requirement, current freshmen will not need to place a housing deposit and will automatically receive a room selection letter.

Only those students who have registered for the fall 2021 semester are eligible to participate in the room selection, and students who select a room obligate themselves to a full academic year of University housing.

Upcoming events related to room selection include:

  • Monday, April 5 – Roommate selection opens and is available through MyHousing through selection.
  • Tuesday, April 6 – Selection times distributed through MyHousing.
  • Monday, April 12 – Room selection for Rising Sophomore Pell Honors students who chose to participate in the Pell Honors Housing in Wallace Hall.
  • Tuesday, April 13 – Room selection for rising sophomore males will be held from 9am-5pm online through MyHousing.
  • Thursday, April 15 – Room selection for rising sophomore females will be held from 9am-5pm online through MyHousing.
  • Tuesday, April 20 – Juniors and seniors housing selection will be held from 9am-5pm online through MyHousing.

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University announces the creation of McAuley Day, April 14
salvetoday Posted On April 7, 2021


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.

Building on a suggestion from Salve Regina’s faculty, Armstrong developed Salve Surprise Day in the fall of 2020, which was a huge success. For the spring semester, the idea has continued to evolve into the now officially named McAuley Day, which will be held on Wednesday, April 14.

The concept of McAuley Day is simple: It will be an annual day devised to give the campus community a small break from the norm and make people smile. The emphasis is on taking moments to be thankful and enjoy Salve Regina’s wonderful community spirit, as well as self-care amidst the busy end of the semester.

On McAuley Day – next Wednesday, April 14 – classes and work-related meetings are cancelled, but the University will remain open. Students and employees are encouraged to participate in the activities and food truck offerings, or to simply take time to enjoy our beautiful campus.

“McAuley Day speaks to the spirit of Catherine McAuley, who recognized both the value of self-care and the strength of community in carrying out the corporal and spiritual works of Mercy,” said Armstrong. “While still somewhat constrained by the pandemic, our hope is to begin this tradition now to celebrate how we have worked to support one another during difficult times, and then see where it takes us as we open the new academic year in the fall.”

While there are still some details and event beings solidified for McAuley Day, below is a list of activities that will be held on that day.

McAuley Day Activities

President’s Office: Tea or Coffee Voucher

The president’s office will be offering vouchers to students, faculty and staff for a comfortable cup of tea or coffee at Jazzman’s, McKillop Library or Starbucks. The voucher may be used at any time through April 30. Vouchers are offered on a first-come-first-served basis and are available for pick up at the Mercy Center for Spiritual Life between 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on April 14.

The Mercy Center for Spiritual Life: Yoga and Prayer

The Mercy Center for Spiritual Life is happy to share a “Mercy-FULL Yoga Class” event, which will be led by MaryAnne Davey, director of the Mercy Center for Spiritual Life. Anyone interested will be able to access this inviting experience virtually via YouTube. Be sure to bring an open mind and heart, as well as a chair for the practice.

Also, the Salve Regina community is invited to take a few moments and reflect on Catherine McAuley’s work and words through a self-guided “McAuley Day Prayer” presentation.

McAuley Hall Lawn

In-person meditation sessions with Dr. Paula Martasian, associate professor in the Department of Psychology, will be offered outdoors at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on the oceanside lawn of McAuley Hall. The sessions will be moved inside the O’Hare Academic Building to Bazarky Lecture Hall if weather is inclement.

Gerety Hall Lawn 

Students can enjoy various activities on the lawn of Gerety Hall.

Food Trucks

Everyone on campus is invited to visit a variety of food trucks, which will be parked at various points on campus.

Binge BBQ Food Truck
Gerety Hall from noon to 4 p.m.     

Offering the following options:

  • Sandwich:
    • Pulled pork sandwich with slaw and pickles.
    • Fried Chicken Sandwich with white BBQ and pickles.
  • And one side:
    • Hand cut fries.
    • Mac and cheese croquettes.

Flat Waves Food Truck
McAuley Hall lawn from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Offering the following options:

  • One or two tacos:
    • Grilled chicken tacos.
    • Beef tacos.
  • All options come with tortilla chips on the side.

Basil & Bunny Food Truck
Gerety Lawn from noon to 4:00 p.m.

Offering the following options:

  • Pick one of the burger or sandwich options:
    • Bunny Mak: Two housemade bean and mushroom patties, lettuce, grilled onions, pickles from Backyard Foods Company, vegan cheddar cheese and fancy sauce on a double-decker bun.
    • Bunny Blake: Seasoned Impossible Burger with choice of single or double — with vegan cheddar cheese that contains coconut oil, Bunny Sauce, lettuce, tomato, grilled onions and garlic dill pickles from Backyard Foods on a local toasted bun.
    • Buff Bunny: House-made fried “chicken” seitan, lettuce, tomato, slaw buffalo sauce on a toasted local sesame seed roll.
    • Judy Hops: House-made fried “chicken” seitan, lettuce, tomato, slaw, avocado, hemp seeds, vegan ranch and maple bourbon bbq on a toasted local roll.
  • One side:
    • Fries.
    • Cheezy bunny fries with cashew cheese sauce.

A Mano Pizza Food Truck
Editor’s Note: A Mano Pizza Food truck will no longer be coming on McAuley Day.


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Introducing the newest member of the Salve Regina family…
salvetoday Posted On April 6, 2021


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 as a member of the Office of Safety and Security once he has completed his training. It is expected that he will be on hand to welcome new and returning students for the fall 2021 semester.

Salve Regina’s community resource dog will work alongside security officers to promote student engagement and offer comfort during stressful times. Dogs’ innate ability to sense anxiety and sadness is well-documented, and studies have shown that interacting with dogs can have a positive effect on physical and emotional well-being. Pet therapy stress busters held each semester have proven to reduce anxiety and provide a deeper connection to the University.

While the puppy will be “on duty” as he visits with students, it is anticipated that he will become a celebrity of sorts, both on campus and in the greater community. Michelle Caron, security officer, will be taking on the role of primary handler and will have full responsibility for the dog, assisting with veterinary appointments, grooming and continued training. She will also facilitate requests for special appearances at games, campus events and community outreach programs.

Michelle Caron, security officer, will be taking on the role of primary handler for the new community resource dog.

“I am excited to welcome our new puppy and to get started with this amazing program. It is a great opportunity to connect with students in a different way, get to know them better and bring the Salve community together,” said Caron.

The puppy will be the first campus community resource dog among higher education institutions in Rhode Island. Michael Caruolo, director of safety and security, presented the idea to University leadership as a way to encourage positive interactions between his officers and students.

“I’m thrilled that President Armstrong and our administration are willing to invest in such a worthwhile program,” said Caruolo. “In addition to encouraging community engagement, our dog will help calm people and de-escalate situations so our officers can effectively provide assistance. During investigations, the dog can help reduce stress and anxiety, while increasing communication. Community resource dogs are becoming increasingly popular on college campuses across the country. The dog’s constant presence around our campus will contribute to the positive student experience here at Salve.”

Name that puppy

For now, the puppy needs a name. Students are invited to submit suggestions on what to call Salve Regina’s furry friend by April 13 and a list for consideration will be selected from the entries, followed by campus-wide voting from April 14-20 to choose his name. To submit a name idea, use the form here.

“I’m thrilled to welcome the newest addition to our Salve family,” says Dr. Kelli J. Armstrong, president. “We are known for our warm and supportive environment, and what could be more comforting than a puppy? And we could certainly use some happy news these days. I can’t wait to see our puppy on campus and am excited to hear the students’ naming ideas.”


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Student Life
English and Communications seniors to give thesis presentations
salvetoday Posted On April 6, 2021


Nineteen seniors majoring in English communications, literature and creative writing will give their thesis presentations via Zoom April 9-10. Featured will be students’ examination and in-depth analysis of a variety of cultural topics drawn from popular contemporary novels, classic literature, television shows, movies, journalism, and social media, among others.

Seniors have been working under the supervision of Dr. Madeleine Esch, associate professor of English, and Dr. Matthew Ramsey, chair and associate professor of English. For Zoom links, please contact Dr. Ramsey at dmatthew.ramsey@salve.edu.

Friday, April 9, from 5-7 p.m.

  • Michael DeFusco: “‘Will you accept this rose?’: Romantic Reality Television and the Depiction of Gender Relations”
  • Allison Orsini: “Gender, Sex, and the Disney Princess”
  • Robert Welcome: “ ‘To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim’: Queer Theory and Authorial Intent in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray”
  • Bethany Disanno: “Make Art, Not War: An Exploration of Female Creativity in The House of the Spirits”
  • Sarah Salemy: “Breaking the Barriers: The Lady of Shalott’s Commitment to Herself”

Friday, April 9, from 7:30-9:30 p.m.

  • Aaron White: “American Sniper: Entertainment or Call to Action? Analyzing American Propaganda”
  • Gavin Parent: “Family Narratives of Divorce in Doubtfire: How Does it Affect the Family Dynamic?”
  • Emily Grant: “‘Living in the After’: Examining How Grey’s Anatomy Portrays Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder”
  • Samantha Tarbox: “Deadly Articles: Analyzing the Relationship Between Mass Shootings and Print Media”

Saturday, April 10, from 10 a.m to 12 p.m.

  • Juliana Verrelli: “Gothic Re-imaginings and Postcolonial Interventions in Bram Stoker’s Dracula”
  • Isabel Thornton: “‘That is a Huge Wardrobe and Clothing Mistake!’: The Unethical Consumption Habits of YouTube’s Fashion Influencers and the Environmental Consequences of a Disposable Lifestyle”
  • Margaret Johnston: “‘Love is Colorblind—or is it?’: Bridgerton’s Utopic Portrayal of Interracial Relationships in Shondaland’s Reconstruction of Regency-Era England”
  • Abigail Ransegnola: “Survivor on the Decline? Diversity, Voyeurism, and the Niche”
  • Amanda Lumpkins: “Maybe There is a Beast: The Environmental Impacts of Colonialization in Golding’s Lord of the Flies” 

Saturday, April 10 from 4-6 p.m.

  • Alix Hughes: “Instagram and the Fashion Industry: Instagram Updates Transforming the Way Customers Purchase Items Online”
  • Anna Cloherty: “Time to Roast: How Wendy’s Uses Internet Humor and Memes on Twitter to Win Over Customers”
  • Caidan Zhuoma: “How Tibetan Women Represent Themselves in the Contemporary World”
  • Joseph Morelli: “A Hoppip, Skiploom, and a Jumpluff to Stardom: How Pokémon Became the Most Successful Multimedia Franchise in Just 25 Years”
  • Ashley Bunnell: “Candid Camera: Understanding the Evolution of Men’s Pranks”

Featured image by Getty Images/Natalia Shabasheva


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Join Salve Regina’s inaugural Mercy Summit on Equity and Inclusion
salvetoday Posted On April 6, 2021


Salve Regina’s inaugural Mercy Summit on Equity and Inclusion begins at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, April 9, and staff, faculty and students are all invited to attend this important day of programming. For a full list of the day’s programming and to register, please visit the summit’s website.

As one of the signature events sponsored by the Presidential Commission for Equity and Inclusion, this virtual gathering will offer the University community to listen and understand more fully the scope of issues related to diversity and inclusion on college campuses.

“Over the past few weeks, we have on numerous occasions been able to recognize the many gifts that each member of our University community offers not only to life on campus, but also to family, friends, colleagues and those in need,” said President Kelli J. Armstrong. “We know that Salve Regina is a special place and that amazing things happen when we all come together as one. Through this summit, we have an opportunity to make Salve Regina even better by recognizing the individual dignity of all, and the challenges faced by many, particularly within the college environment. ”

Staff, faculty and students are all invited to participate, either for the entire day or when they are able to as their schedule allows. Most of the programming is offered by members of Salve Regina’s community, and the attendees will be supporting important research and endeavors across campus to help bring more inclusion and diversity to the the University. The sessions should spark good discussion that carries Salve Regina further into its Mercy mission as the future enfolds.

To see all of the information about the day, to register for the full day of virtual programming or a breakout session, please visit the summit’s website.


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Arts and Humanities  / Event Coverage  / Faculty/Staff
Attend presentation on an upcoming social justice art collaborative project
salvetoday Posted On April 5, 2021


McKillop Library is hosting a joint faculty and student presentation entitled “Arts for Social Action: ‘It’s More Than a 1 Credit Course,’ ” to help spread the word about a collaborative social justice art project that students in the DNC-310 Arts for Social Action course are currently working on with local artists.

The online event will be given by Melody Gamba, adjunct professor in the Department of Theater, Music and Dance, as well as Nycole Marvelous, one of the artists involved in the project on Thursday, April 8, from 4:30-5:30 p.m. To register, go to the event on the library’s website.

The Arts for Social Action course, co-taught by Gamba and Marvelous, is open to any Salve Regina undergraduate student who is interested in social justice and utilizing the arts as a means to evoke community conversations, self reflect and strengthen their own voice for advocacy and change. The course is a requirement within the dance major, but it welcomes students from all majors to join, and prior art experience is not a required. All modes of artistic expression are explored and invited.

“The goal of the course is to inspire a new generation of change makers with the intention that the topics and conversations go far beyond the classroom walls and one semester of work,” said Gamba. “It is a life long journey.”

Students are currently involved in a project in collaboration with local artists to plan, design and install a Black Lives Matter community art piece at McKillop Library. During the upcoming online presentation, attendees will join Gamba, Marvelous and students as they share their community-based, anti-oppressive pedagogical approach in engaging in the story of Black Americans while examining their own power and privilege through the making of art. This presentation will share the methods that Gamba and Marvelous explore to build trust and community within the classroom with the hope of cultivating the next generation of compassionate social activists embodying the Mercy mission beyond Salve Regina’s gates.

The Black Lives Matter community art piece will be created on Salve Regina’s campus on Friday, April 9 through Sunday, April 11, with community partners and artists like Marvelous and Jy-Tique Harris, as well as Professor Gamba and students from the course. The completed art will be installed in the library on April 11. The goal is to find a permanent home on Salve Regina’s campus upon completion of the library installation, and participants are looking forward to exploring locations on campus for its permanent home.

Nycole Marvelous is an artist, arts educator, community activist, and social justice advocate. She is a member of several boards and is working toward equitable business ownership opportunities for artists of color in the North End of Newport. She can be found every week hosting a livestream event for community engagement and art making on Instagram.

Melody Gamba is a dance artist, educator, mental health counselor and dance/movement therapist who is an advocate for inclusive and equitable educational outreach, therapeutic interventions and social justice programming within her community. In addition to teaching at Salve Regina, she is also currently a program therapist at Butler Hospital.

To register, go to the event on the library’s website. Salve Regina community members who are interested in collaborating on this project are welcome to reach out via email to Melody.Gamba@salve.edu.

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Mercy Mission  / News
Mercy Mondays: A new kind of anointing on Easter
salvetoday Posted On April 5, 2021


This Lent and this Easter bring with it a renewed sense of hopefulness for us as a Mercy community of faith and love. We have lived through a year like no other, longing for some semblance of “normalcy.” We learned to exist, survive and pivot in ways we never expected. At times it feels like our Lent has lasted for much longer than 40 days!

MaryAnne Davey, director of the Mercy Center for Spiritual Life

Yet here we are at Easter, the promise given to us by Jesus. Here we remain within the pandemic an Easter people. What does this mean for our lives and who we are called to be as people of faith?

I think the answer lies in Mary Magdalene. We hear in the Easter reading how the women, in their fear and terrible grief, mustered up courage and strength to do what was necessary for Jesus. They tracked to the tomb, distraught but not crippled by their grief. They showed up for Jesus because they knew his love changed them, and they needed to show their love for him in return. In their terrible grief, they arrived. They went to anoint Jesus with oil and to do their duty of preparing his body with love and respect.

When I contemplate this moment, I often think of them walking into the tomb and being so confused and in trauma. In the noticing and realizing of what has taken place, I imagine the immense surge of joy and disbelief: that moment of realization and the dropping of the oils on the slab where Jesus had been laid.

Then oil still spilling, dripping, oozing, and the women running through the oil, their feet anointed. Then their running – oh, the running with such hope and anticipation – as their need to share the incredible and miraculous good news that their savior had risen grew inside them. Then their ministry to evangelize this good news to the apostles. Then the arrival of Simon and John and their anointing in that tomb of hope.

This Easter, we have Mary Magdalene and the women as our models of the work of Easter. In the midst of all that is before us, there is still a new anointing that has taken place this Lent and perhaps this entire pandemic. We have showed up in places ready for one thing, ready to serve in one way or simply to survive. What we have encountered has been much different then what we expected, but sacred none-the-less.

This Easter it is our job to notice the oil upon our feet as we have done our duty of loving others with mercy. How have you showed up with love and been changed by what you have found? How has God fashioned you this Lent to be empowered to share the love that changed you? How are you ready to live this message of transformation as we continue forth as Easter people in the pandemic? How has your anointing already happened?

Written by MaryAnne Davey, director at the Mercy Center for Spiritual Life

This post is part of an ongoing series called Mercy Mondays that highlights Salve Regina’s dedication to its Mercy Mission. Search the tag Mercy Mission for more updates on the Mercy branches of Salve Regina.


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