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The 105-acre campus of Providence College, situated in Rhode Island’s capital city, is removed from the traffic and noise of the metropolitan area but still remains close to the many cultural and educational offerings of Providence, a city that is enjoying a lively urban renaissance. The city is located only an hour’s drive from Boston and just a few hours’ drive from New York City. Interstate bus, train, and air transportation are conveniently available. For a virtual tour of the campus, please go to www.providence.edu and click on Virtual Tour.
Campus Parking
Parking is allowed only upon issue of a permit from the Office of Safety and Security, open at times convenient for graduate students. Students must present a current student ID card, driver’s license, automobile registration, and proof of automobile insurance. All cars must be registered. Strict ticketing and driving rules are enforced.
Note: While display of a campus parking permit allows a student access to designated parking areas, the availability of a parking space is not guaranteed. Students may have to park on adjacent streets, as city parking codes allow.
Academic Facilities
Classroom and laboratory facilities are found in Accinno Hall, Albertus Magnus Hall, the Ceramics Building, the Feinstein Academic Center, Harkins Hall (also the main administration building), Hickey Hall, Howley Hall, Hunt-Cavanagh Hall, Koffler Hall, Moore Hall, Phillips Memorial Library, St. Catherine of Siena Hall, Smith Center for the Arts, Sowa Hall, and Sullivan Hall. To view PC’s academic buildings, go to www.providence.edu and click on About PC > Campus Buildings > Academic.
Technology Classrooms/Facilities
Providence College continues to increase the number of its multimedia classrooms. These classrooms have the latest in audio, visual, and computer and Web connectivity to enhance the instructional environment.
Technology facilities are located in buildings across the campus. Accinno Hall houses the College’s Department of Information Technology and four computer laboratories. Additional public computer labs are found in Albertus Magnus Hall, Howley Hall, and Koffler Hall. For more information about computer technology at PC, go to www.providence.edu and click on Academics > Technology Resources > Computer Labs.
Desktop Technology
Providence College is focused on providing anytime anywhere access to information. With CyberFriar, the main Web system that interfaces with the College’s administrative database, students can manage their personal and academic records from their desktops. They can register for courses, view address and personal information, view mid-term and final grades, view all financial aid and billing information on their accounts, view and request academic transcripts, and monitor their progress toward completion of their degree requirements.
With ANGEL, a course management system used by many PC faculty members, students have another way to communicate with faculty members, participate in online discussion groups, check course syllabi, submit papers, and efficiently manage their class work.
For more information about CyberFriar and ANGEL (A New Global Environment for Learning), go to www.providence.edu and click on Academics > Technology Resources.
Phillips Memorial Library
The Phillips Memorial Library is at the heart of the College’s intellectual life and the main area of the library is architecturally impressive.
The library maintains a collection of approximately 375,000 volumes and 1,600 current periodical subscriptions, and has access to more than 37,000 full text electronic journals. The library also offers an extensive collection of print and electronic reference materials, including 120 bibliographic and full-text electronic databases, the second largest collection of electronic databases in Rhode Island (after Brown University). Patrons also have access to 250,000 federal and Rhode Island state government documents in paper and microform. In addition, the library houses the Providence College Special and Archival Collections, several academic departments, and the Office of Academic Services.
The library is a member of the HELIN (Higher Education Library Information Network) consortium, which gives students access to 5 million materials from any of eight collegiate libraries in Rhode Island. In addition, the library’s interlibrary loan service connects students to worldwide resources.
The Phillips Memorial Library has been recently renovated. In the “commons” tradition, the library offers 75 public access computers, digitization resources, 32 laptops with Web access (for student check-out), and an array of productivity software, as well as an electronic classroom. The Phillips Memorial Library accommodates approximately 600 students in quiet and group-study areas.
For more information, including library hours, call 401.865.2242 or go to www.providence.edu and click on Academics > Phillips Memorial Library.
Smith Center for the Arts
This building serves as the premier teaching and performance facility for undergraduates enrolled in performing arts courses or participating in extracurricular activities involving music, theatre, and dance. The primary performance venues are the 283- seat Angell Blackfriars Theatre and the 272-seat Ryan Concert Hall. Teaching spaces include a “black box” studio theatre, the Bowab Studio Theatre; the Higgins Clark Dance Studio; a 20-keyboard piano lab; a film screening classroom; a music library; and choral and instrumental practice rooms. The building also contains the Reilly Art Gallery, as well as offices, conference rooms, and storage areas for the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Film and the Department of Music.
For more information, click on About PC > Campus Buildings > Academic on the PC Web site.
Slavin Center
Slavin Center, the student union, is one of the main hubs of the Providence College campus and is home to the College’s many student organizations and clubs. It also houses a variety of offices and facilities that provide services to students, from the Office of Off-Campus Living and the Providence College Bookstore to the Office of Career Services and ’64 Hall, which serves as a theatre, cinema, ballroom, and lecture hall.
The Alumni Hall Food Court is accessed through the lower level of Slavin Center. For more information about the Slavin Center/Student Union, go to www.providence.edu and click on About PC > Campus Buildings > Administrative > Slavin Center.
Bookstore
The bookstore is located in the lower level of the Slavin Center. Regular bookstore hours during the academic year are Monday-Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (excluding intersessions and holidays). Students can call the bookstore at 401.865.2181 for the extended hours at the start of each semester to accommodate graduate students.
Alumni Hall Food Court
The Alumni Hall Food Court is located in the lower level of the Slavin Center. The food court is open seven days per week during the academic year: Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. until midnight; Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 1:00 a.m.; Saturday from noon until 1:00 a.m.; and Sunday from noon until midnight. Hours of operation are limited during the summer months, holidays, and other times when classes are not in session.
Campus Chapels
Providence College encourages the spiritual as well as the intellectual growth of each student. St. Dominic Chapel and the Campus Ministry Center are the center of spiritual life on campus. Additional chapels are located in Davis and Harkins halls and in the St. Thomas Aquinas Priory-Gragnani Dominican Center, the principal Dominican residence on campus, and the oratories in Harkins and Siena halls.
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
The Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies is located in the former Aquinas Chapel. Administratively, the center serves under the auspices of the Office of Mission and Ministry and, in collaboration with the Office of the Chaplain/Campus Ministry, it assists in coordinating the college wide process of maintaining, enhancing, and promoting the distinctive mission of Providence College as a Catholic and Dominican college.
Believing that we are called to be transformed so that we may transform society, the center serves as a place of intellectual exploration and dialogue where students, faculty, staff, administration, and alumni can gather for study, discussion, reflection, and service.
Through a variety of events and educational opportunities for the College community, the center strives to share the richness and diversity of the Catholic and Dominican intellectual and spiritual traditions, which offer crucial perspectives for today’s challenges and concerns and invite us together to partake of and benefit from a common mission inspired by faith and enabled by grace.
Safety and Security
The Office of Safety and Security operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, year-round. The principal objective of the office is to safeguard members of the College community and to protect private and institutional property on campus. The office attempts to contribute to the smooth functioning of College community life by stressing crime prevention, the individual’s obligation to take necessary precautions, the cooperation of each member of the College community to safeguard personal and College property, and the care that must be taken to comply with fire regulations.
The Providence College Office of Safety and Security maintains a “Lost and Found.”You can check for lost items or turn in something you have found at the office. The Information Desk in the Slavin Center also maintains a “Lost and Found.”
For more information about the office’s services, go to www.providence.edu > Student Life > Services for Students > Safety and Security.
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