Posts Tagged with “academics”

Bryant among Princeton Review’s ‘Best 377 Colleges’

August 20th, 2012

SMITHFIELD, R.I.  - Bryant University is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to "The Best 377 Colleges," the 2013 college guide released by The Princeton Review  Aug. 21.

The rankings are based on The Princeton Review's survey of 122,000 students (about 324 per campus on average) attending the 377 colleges in the book. The 80-question survey asked students to rate their schools on several topics and report on their campus experiences.

In the two-page profile of Bryant, students praised the curriculum's hands-on experiences, which "provide you with a sense of how business operates." The students also noted that the faculty "are highly accessible outside of the classroom and very passionate about what they teach" and "bring a lot of real-world experience in their field to the classroom," which helps to "make learning interesting rather than a chore."

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Bryant launches curricular innovation program

August 2nd, 2012

Bob Shea, director of faculty development, tells the Providence Business News that the University considers the First-Year Gateway "as an engine of change for the rest of our curriculum."

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Bryant revises freshman courses

July 31st, 2012

The University's new First-Year Gateway represents "a sea change in the way Bryant approaches the freshman-year experience," the Providence Journal reports in its coverage of the new core curriculum that will begin with the Class of 2016.

"Students come to us thinking there are right and wrong answers," Robert Shea, director of faculty development, told the Journal. The task of the First-Year Gateway "is to help them understand that there are multiple perspectives, that real-life problems are not always well defined. We want them to be more conscious about their thinking, to move beyond the textbook."

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University launches multi-year curricular innovation with First-Year Gateway; grant from Davis Educational Foundation will support initiative

July 25th, 2012

SMITHFIELD, R.I.  - With the arrival of the Class of 2016 this September, Bryant University will launch the First-Year Gateway, a program so distinctive that the Davis Educational Foundation has given Bryant a three-year grant to support it.

"The First-Year Gateway is the initial component of a multi-year plan that is transforming Bryant's approach to teaching and learning," said Vice President for Academic Affairs José-Marie Griffiths. "The aim is to produce graduates equipped not only with the professional skills to succeed in a global economy but also with the critical-thinking skills needed to succeed as citizens of the world.

"In making its award to the Gateway, the Davis Educational Foundation has endorsed the path Bryant is taking toward its goal of becoming an agent of change in higher education," she said.

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Tucked under the surface of a course in management principles is a passion for service learning

May 17th, 2012

This video was prepared for the nonprofit Gotta Have Sole by members of Team Heart and Sole as part of their service-learning project for "Management Principles and Practice" (Management 200).

SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Watch a homeless child's face light up when given a pair of brand-new shoes, or an elderly person's eyes sparkle while learning how to use a computer for the first time.

Those are just two of the outcomes of more than 50 service-learning projects undertaken by Bryant students enrolled in "Management Principles and Practice"(Management 200), a course in which students break into teams to work with area nonprofits.

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Getting ‘REDay’ for research

January 30th, 2012

BizEd magazine, a publication of AACSB International. features Bryant's inaugural Research and Engagement Day (REDay) in its Idea Exchange column.

The second annual REDay, to be held on campus April 18, will be open to the public. "Showcasing academics is a challenge for many universities, especially those that aren't Research I," Carol DeMoranville, professor of marketing and one of the organizers of the inaugural REDay, told the magazine. "There's so much going on here. We just want to celebrate our academics."

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Faculty and students celebrate expanding scope of research with REDay

April 28th, 2011

SMITHFIELD, R.I. - Peering at millennia-old cells through a powerful microscope; plugging volumes of data into prototype statistical models; teasing out the critical components of a business case study - all in a day's work for Bryant faculty and students.

But such research often occurs in the margins of the day, in solitude or among small teams. Outcomes of the work often are reserved for an audience of journal readers.

Bryant's inaugural Research and Engagement Day (REDay) set out to change that. On April 20, the University suspended classes and extracurricular activities through 5 p.m. in order to showcase the many ways the Bryant community generates new knowledge.

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Bryant making science its business

April 21st, 2011

The Providence Journal reports on Bryant's first-ever Research and Engagement Day, which showcased the University's expanding scope of research and course offerings in the sciences.

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Classes canceled April 20 for daylong focus on faculty and student research

April 18th, 2011

SMITHFIELD, R.I.  - On Wednesday, April 20, Bryant University will suspend classes and extracurricular activities through 5 p.m. in order to focus University-wide on faculty and student research and consulting.

The 160 presentations during the University's inaugural Research and Engagement Day - or REDay  - cover a range of subjects studied and taught in the College of Business, College of Arts and Sciences, and the Graduate School of Business. More than 300 faculty and students will share their research findings, participate in panel discussions, present senior theses, and offer poster sessions on a variety of topics, including:

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Dean of Rutgers’ business school accepts post in R.I.

February 24th, 2011

The New Jersey Business Journal reports on Michael Cooper's appointment as dean of Bryant's College of Business.

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