Roger Williams hosted over 70 students from ACE (Architecture, Construction, Engineering) Mentor Program of Rhode Island.  ACE, housed at the Providence Career and Technical School (Providence) and Blackstone Academy (Pawtucket), is an after-school program providing high school students with an introduction to the design, construction and engineering disciplines.  The program pairs the students with professional mentors from around the state, provides scholarship opportunities and advances preparation for college. 

10 RWU students from Architecture, Construction Management and Engineering, including Teresa Campos (current 2^nd year architecture) and Matt Bjorklund (current 1^st year architecture) – both ACE scholarship recipients – gave campus tours, presented an overview of the programs and answered questions.

Commencing Fall 2012, Roger Williams University offers a joint JD + Master of Science in Historic Preservation degree, advancing the university’s position as a leader in historic preservation education with Boston University, the University of Georgia and the University of Pennsylvania as the only other institutions in the country that offer a similar programs; benefitting from collaboration with the Roger Williams School of Law, the only law school in Rhode Island. The program was proposed and developed by a team of faculty from the School of Law and the School of Architecture, Art and Historic Preservation led by Jeremy Wells, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation, along with Philip Marshall, Professor of Historic Preservation, Bruce Kogan, J.D., Professor of Law and Diana Hassal, J.D. Professor of Law.

Roger Williams’ American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Chapter organized a Resume/Portfolio Workshop with practitioners and practicing faculty on Wednesday October 24. The Workshop was attended by more than 80 students and faculty, and led by architect Christine West from Kite Architects, and adjunct faculty practitioners Vin Giambertone of architecture3S, Boston and Karen Hughes Architect, Providence. Hughes also serves as the School’s Intern Development Program (IDP) Educator Coordinator. The group explored expectations and preparations regarding launching careers in architecture, from earliest placements as interns through career placements. The school benefits greatly from a strong presence of practicing faculty, and a sense that the school is a meeting place for architecture in the region.

Student work from the inaugural offering of the Emerging Artist Program organized between the Town of Bristol and Roger Williams University was on view in the SAAHP Atrium from September 27th to October 11th. Four students from Mount Hope High School, Bristol, coordinated by Art instructor Kathleen Dwyer, enrolled alongside Roger Williams students in a VARTS 101 Foundations of Drawing class taught by Adjunct Faculty and Art on Campus Coordinator Rob Rustermier in the Summer 2 Session from early July to mid-August. The effort is supported by a Town of Bristol-Roger Williams University Cooperative Committee, and Mount Hope High School was supported in Summer and Fall 2012 through a grant from the Bristol-Warren Educational Foundation.

The Emerging Artist Program continues in Fall 2012 with nine Mount Hope High School students enrolled in VARTS 201 Drawing the Figure, taught by Adjunct Faculty Tayo Heuser.