Rhode Island College Digital Commons @ RIC What's News? Newspapers 1-20-2003 What's News At Rhode Island College Rhode Island College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/whats_news Recommended Citation Rhode Island College, "What's News At Rhode Island College" (2003). What's News?. 36. https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/whats_news/36 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Digital Commons @ RIC. It has been accepted for inclusion in What's News? by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ RIC. For more information, please contact [email protected]. What’s News at Rhode Island College Vol. 23 Issue 6 Circulation over 46,000 Jan. 27, 2003 Highlights Oh, what a night! In the News RIC hosts Carcieri’s inaugural block party Jan. 7 RIC hosts Carcieri Inaugural Jan. 7 by Jane Fusco What's News Editor RIC nursing school ranks first in state Multi-cultural event cele– brated the diversity of the RIC student develops state’s 39 cities and towns with on-line daycare monitoring music, food, entertainment and system traditional favorites. hey came to meet the new gov- Features ernor, the state’s 57th. Nearly UConn professor to T5,000 Rhode Island residents gathered at the athletic complex on develop time-machine the Rhode Island College campus using laser technology Tuesday night, Jan. 7, to meet the man who promised change and vig- Nurse alum named Roger orous leadership for at least the next four years. Donald Carcieri, his Williams Hospital wife Suzanne M’93, and their large ‘Employee of the Year’ extended family, greeted the guests and invited them to enjoy food Alumni News and entertainment that reflected the multi-culturalism of the smallest RIC President John Nazarian (left) escorts state in the union. Gov. and Mrs. Donald Carcieri into the Priscilla Young ’89 heads Athletic Complex for the governor's inau- Big Sisters Instead of the usual formal affair, Carcieri opted for a casual block gural block party celebration Jan. 7. party, free and open to the public, (At right) Gov. Carcieri welcomes the Sesquicentennial for his first day as governor. He crowd. (Photos by Suzanne Russell, Committee announced chose the College because of its sta- On-Site Photography) tus as Rhode Island’s oldest public institution of higher learning, on of the event. “We wanted there to be 2003 Alumni Awards, call the cusp of celebrating its 150th something for everyone that night.” for nominations anniversary, according to Deborah A colorful draping of flags from Smith, inaugural chairperson. each of the state’s 39 cities and “If everyone is having fun and is Sports towns spread across the entire back happy then I’m happy,” Carcieri said wall of the complex, serving as a to the enthusiastic crowd midway RIC men's basketball team backdrop for two stages that con- through the evening. sets pace for season tinuously presented entertainment “It can best be described as a gath- dancers. Strolling through the crowd including the URI Jazz Big Band, hip- ering of all those things that say were Big Nazo puppets, yo-yo expert hop break dancers, full-costumed Arts & ‘Rhode Island’,” said Peg Brown, vice Larry Sayco and “professor” Mike Latin, Polynesian and Cambodian president for development and col- dancers, and quick-footed Irish step Story and photos continued on page 8 Entertainment lege relations for RIC and co-chair B. J. Ward Stand-Up Opera Jan. 31 RIC student develops first child care Nearly 95% of grads pass nursing exam — Chamber Music Series : center with internet viewing access Love in 3/4 time Feb. 12 RIC’s nursing By Jason Colgan Big Band Dance Party President/Safer Start University Feb. 20 school tops Imagine sitting at your desk at RIC Theatre: The Art work and clicking onto a website in the state of Dining Feb. 12-16 that lets you see your child in day- care. That is what parents who by George LaTour enroll their children in A Safer What's News Associate Editor Index Start Child University in Cranston can do. RIC senior Lynsey Fullerton In Memoriam 2 developed a program to incorpo- In the year ending last Sept. 30, rate Internet accessible web cam- 93.1 percent of Rhode Island College Foundation & eras into the daycare facility model, nursing graduates passed the nurs- Alumni News 4 so parents can monitor their chil- ing certification. And between July Picture Spread 8-9 dren on-line at any time. Parents and September of 2002, when most click on a website and type a pass- of RIC’s May graduates took the Sports 11 word to see their children anytime test, 94.7 percent passed. during the day. By both measures, the College Dean's List 12-13 A Safer Start University is the Rhode Island College senior Lynsey ranked first among the state’s five Arts/Entertainment 14-15 first daycare facility in the state to Fullerton reads to students in the Safer nursing schools, said Jane Williams, Start Child University. (Photo by Jason Calendar 16 Continued on page 10 Colgan) Continued on page 7 Page 2– What’s News, Monday, January 27, 2003 In Memoriam — Supreme Court Justice and former faculty member Former director of Victoria Lederberg Health Services Dr. J. Scanlan Rhode Island Supreme Court She began teaching at RIC in 1968 Justice Victoria (Santopietro) and in 1974, while attending Suffolk Lederberg, 65, who had taught psy- University Law School, made her Dr. James J. chology at Rhode Island College first run for political office, win- Scanlan, the for 25 years prior to going on ning a seat in the House of retired director the bench, died unexpectedly at Representatives. She got her law of Rhode Island home Dec. 29. She was the wife of degree in 1976, and the following College Health Seymour Lederberg, professor emer- year became affiliated with the Services, died itus of biology at Brown University. Providence law firm of Licht & Nov. 18 at Our A graduate of Brown, Lederberg Semonoff. Lady of Fatima sat on the state’s highest court Lederberg was a reform-minded Hospital, North since May 1993. After her tenure Democrat in the House and Senate, Providence. He at RIC and before being elevated sponsoring conflict-of-interest and was the hus- to the Supreme Court, she had band of Mary open meetings legislation. DR. JAMES been a municipal court judge in V. (Crickett) In 1991 — the year she left the SCANLAN Providence. Scanlan to Assembly — she became a part-time (File photo) Before becoming a judge, she was judge on the Providence Municipal whom he had a prominent Democratic state legis- Court and in 1993, became a candi- been married for lator and represented her East Side date for a vacant seat on the Rhode 53 years. district for 14 years, first in the Island Supreme Court. Having joined the RIC staff as state House of Representatives and Justice Lederberg was a member College physician in 1970, he offi- later in the state Senate. She ran of the boards of trustees of Roger cially ended his tenure as Health unsuccessfully for secretary of state VICTORIA LEDERBERG Williams University and Suffolk Services director 30 years later on in 1982. (File photo) University and had received numer- Oct. 7, 2000. During that time he Gov. Lincoln Almond called ous honors and awards. tended to the aches and pains, Lederberg “a fine member of the College at Brown University, where Besides her husband, to whom coughs and fevers of RIC students, bench who approached her work in 1959 she graduated with honors she was married for 43 years, she always with a fatherly concern and with such grace and dignity. In every with a degree in biology. It was dur- is survived by two children, Sarah often with a touch of humor. step of her career, Judge Lederberg ing her senior year at Brown that (Lederberg) Stone of Westwood, Dr. Scanlan was an author, hav- has been a tremendous role model. she married Seymour Lederberg, Mass., and Tobias Lederberg of ing written a book on the life of Her death is a tragic loss for all who was just starting his career as Providence, and six grandchildren. the College’s first health director, Rhode Islanders.” a professor. The funeral was held at Temple Florence M. Ross, who served the Justice Lederberg graduated from Lederberg also received a mas- Beth-El. Burial was in Swan Point College from 1922 to 1954, and Classical High School summa cum ters degree in biology and a doctor- Cemetery, Providence. a translation of the 13th century laude, then went on to Pembroke ate in psychology at Brown. Latin work De animalibus (Man and the Beasts) by Albertus Magnus, a Former assistant Tullio DeRobbio, trustee, executive 600-page tome published in 1987. He also wrote a history of LaSalle to presidents Peg officer, headed RIC Foundation Academy, his alma mater, and had published numerous pieces in the Smith Tullio A. DeRobbio, 77, of legacy. medical field as well as book reviews Saunderstown, a past treasurer and “We have lost a friend, role model, for the Providence Journal, among president of the Rhode Island College advisor, and mentor,” said Brown. other writing endeavors. Margaret B. “Peg” Smith, 87, Foundation, whose nearly 20 years DeRobbio was the president and He, himself, had been the subject former assistant to Rhode Island of devoted service contributed to the owner of M. DeRobbio & Sons Inc., of several articles in the College’s College president Joseph F. its rapid growth, an import and specialty-food whole- newspaper, What’s News, one of Kauffman, died Nov.