In her course, "Children and Books," professor Rachel McCormack demonstrates the value of experiential learning for future educators and teaches students of all majors that picture books are not just for kids.
In the dance/performance program, students learned from and collaborated with artist in residence, hip hop artist and breaking practitioner Raphael Xavier, ultimately showcasing their work in a final performance.
This January, members of the RWU Chapter of Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC) headed to Alajuelita, Costa Rica, to learn about and volunteer at a clinic for refugees from Nicaragua.
In order to empower students to create social change, RWU will host a nonviolent civil disobedience training as part of a series of activism education events.
In their first semester at RWU, students learn skills that will serve them throughout their four years at RWU through an interactive, game-based curriculum.
Students used poetry as a vehicle for voicing their passions, anger, and ideas for change, in the slam on Thursday, November 8. A new Spring course will offer an opportunity to continue this powerful work.