The 108-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.
Campus Parking
All Graduate and School of Continuing Education students, as well as visiting, practitioner, and adjunct faculty members, are eligible to park on campus at no cost, but only after applying for and receiving a parking sticker. Parking stickers are valid for the academic school year. Parking and operating a motor vehicle, on the Providence College campus, is a privilege, not a right, and constitutes acceptance by the individual of the responsibility to ensure that his or her vehicle is neither parked nor operated in violation of any of the College regulations. A parking sticker allows a student to park on campus but does not guarantee a parking space.
The Office of Transportation and Parking manages all Providence College parking activities, and enforcement of rules and regulations is conducted by Public Safety Officers of Providence College. Parking on campus is limited, in high demand, and is strictly regulated in an effort to ensure the smooth flow of traffic and provide pedestrian safety. All vehicles on campus are required to have a parking permit displayed.
All Graduate and School of Continuing Education students, as well as visiting, practitioner, and adjunct faculty members, are able to register online for parking stickers for the academic year at: https://friarsprovidence.sharepoint.com/sites/transportation.
Stickers must be placed on the lower left part of the driver’s side windshield. The sticker is not to be removed or transferred. A replacement sticker may be obtained for a newly purchased vehicle or a replacement windshield at the Transportation Office located at Alumni Hall LL06. Please email transportation@providence.edu with any questions.
Academic Facilities
Classroom and laboratory facilities are found in Accinno Hall, the Ceramics Building, the Feinstein Academic Center, Harkins Hall (also the main administration building), Howley Hall, Hunt-Cavanagh Hall, Moore Hall, Phillips Memorial Library, Ruane Center for the Humanities, Ryan Center for Business Studies, St. Catherine of Siena Hall, Smith Center for the Arts, and the Science Complex.
Disability Services and Policies
The College’s ADA/Section 504 coordinators are available to facilitate students’ access to College programs and activities for students with documented disabilities. Students who require accommodations for equal access to campus facilities and events should contact the Dean of Students Office (Slavin Center); students who require accommodations for equal access to the College’s academic programs should contact the Student Success Center (Phillips Memorial Library). For more information, please visit https://dean-of-students.providence.edu/disability-accommodations/ or https://academic-services.providence.edu/services/. The College provides these services in compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended by the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act of 2008, and Rhode Island law. Student procedures for ADA/504 Grievance Resolution can be found in the Student Handbook, available at http://www.providence.edu/student-affairs/Pages/student-handbook.aspx.
Technology Classrooms/Facilities
All of the College’s general use classrooms are equipped with multimedia technologies. Our classrooms have the latest in audio, visual, computer, and Web connectivity to enhance the instructional environment. Accinno Hall houses three computer laboratories. Additional computer labs are found in Howley Hall, the Ryan Center for Business Studies, and the Science Complex.
Technology Resources
Providence College is focused on providing anytime-anywhere access to information. With CyberFriar, the main Web interface with the College’s administrative database, students can manage their personal and academic records from their desktops, laptops, or mobile devices. They can register for courses, view address, and personal information, access 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 Canvas, a learning management system used in many graduate courses, students have another way to communicate with faculty members, participate in online discussion groups, check course syllabi, submit assignments, and efficiently manage their classwork.
Providence College’s mobile app includes information on courses (login required), directory information, campus events, library resources, interactive campus maps, athletics, dining, transportation, and laundry facilities, among others.
Students have access, at no additional cost, to Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, LinkedIn Learning, SkillSets Online, and collaborative applications such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams. The Azure Virtual Desktop platform has been provisioned, to provide students with access to curricular software. No matter what type of computer the student uses, they have access to a virtual computer from off-campus or on-campus in order to work with college-provided software and resources.
Phillips Memorial Library
The Phillips Memorial Library provides resources, services, technology, and spaces in support of the College’s intellectual mission. With more than 100,000 square feet of space, the library can accommodate approximately 1,015 patrons. There are nearly 900 seats for individual and small and large-group work in collaborative, quiet-zone, and deep-quiet-zone spaces; 119 Windows and Apple desktops, printers, and scanners; classroom space for research and primary source education sessions; and two flexible, technology-enhanced classrooms.
The library provides access to extensive research resources in print and digital formats, including journals, books, databases, and multimedia. There are approx. 140 print periodical subscriptions and access to more than 86,000 full-text electronic periodicals; nearly 242,000 print book volumes and access to more than 2,500,000 electronic books; over 300 subscribed databases; nearly 300 loanable technology items and streaming access to more than 33,000 multimedia items. Services include support for access and research, technology and print issues, multimedia processing and production, circulation of course-reserve items, and more. In addition, students have quick access to millions of items through our local academic consortium (HELIN/Higher Education Library Information Network), and the library’s interlibrary loan service connects students to worldwide resources free of charge.
The library building is open more than 100 hours per week, with extended hours during mid-term and final exam periods. For more information, including library hours, call 401-865-1993 or visit the website: https://pml.providence.edu/.
Chirico Career Center
The Chirico Career Center (https://chirico-career-center.providence.edu/), located in Slavin 108, offers graduate students full access to all events and resources. Students can schedule virtual and in-person coaching appointments year-round through our Handshake system. Handshake is also the place to register for events and apply for jobs and internships. The center provides access to the following virtual resources: VMock - resume review, FriarLink - alumni networking, and Big Interview - interview preparation.
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 Smith Center also includes several general use classrooms that serve both undergraduate and graduate courses. 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, the O’Hurley Rehearsal Room, a 20-keyboard piano lab, a film screening classroom, a new Music Technology and Production lab, and choral and instrumental practice rooms. The building also contains the Reilly Art Gallery, as well as offices and conference rooms for the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Film and the Department of Music.
Slavin Center
Slavin Center, the student union, is one of the main hubs of the Providence College campus. It is open 24 hours a day during the academic year and is home to the College’s many student clubs and organizations. It also houses a variety of offices and facilities that provide services to students, including the Offices of Residence Life & Housing, the Dean of Students Office, Student Activities & Cultural Programming, the Chirico Career Center, the Center for Orientation, Transitions & Leadership, the Providence College Bookstore managed by Barnes and Noble, a branch of Santander Bank, an ATM machine, and Dunkin’ Donuts. Additionally, it offers numerous meeting rooms and comfortable lounge spaces. The Alumni Hall Food Court and McPhail’s Entertainment Facility, which is open seven days a week and hosts events throughout the academic year, are accessed through the lower level of Slavin Center.
Bookstore
The bookstore is located in the lower level of Slavin Center. The store carries all of the required course materials for classes, as well as a large assortment of Providence College merchandise, school supplies, and snacks. Place orders through our website (www.providence.bncollege.com), or simply stop by the Bookstore. Questions and comments should be directed to pcbook@providence.edu, or by phone at 401.865.2181.
Dining Services
There are various places where graduate students can dine on campus, seven days a week, no matter the class location.
Eaton Street Café, located in the Ryan Center for Business Studies, offers a grill, grab-and-go options, Starbucks coffee, and a Sandella’s Flatbread Café.
Alumni Hall Food Court, accessed from the Slavin Center’s lower level, offers four distinct platforms, including Handcrafted Deli, Burger Shop grill, Fuego Texmex, Bird n Brine Chicken Kitchen, and grab-and-go salads.
If you are looking for a place to sit and have a meal before class, Ray Dining provides a wide range of offerings such as comfort foods, vegetarian, full salad bar, deli, pizza, grill, dessert, and the Blessed Beans and Bakery, featuring a Starbucks.
Other dining operations include Dunkin’ Donuts, located in the lower level of Slavin Center, and a Starbucks located in the Ruane Center for the Humanities.
Alumni, Eaton Street, and Ruane Café also offer mobile ordering using the FRIARSGO app. Just download the app, set up your payment options, and order ahead for quick and easy service.
Learn more about the FRIARSGO app and dining hours of operation by visiting DINING.PROVIDENCE.EDU.
Concannon Fitness Center
Full-time graduate students may purchase a membership to the state-of-the-art Concannon Fitness Center for a nominal fee of $50 per semester.
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 Harkins Hall and in the St. Thomas Aquinas Priory-Gragnani Dominican Center, the principal Dominican residence on campus, and the oratory in Siena Hall.
Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies
The Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies is located in the former Aquinas Chapel, opposite St. Dominic 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 transformed by God’s grace so that we might help change the society around us, the Center serves as a place of intellectual exploration and dialogue where students, faculty, staff, administration, and alumni can gather for study, discussion, and reflection on the ministry shared by all God’s children.
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.
The Office of Public Safety
The Office of Public Safety provides service to the campus community 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The Office strives to ensure that members of the College community learn, work, and live in safe and secure environments. Members of the community share this responsibility and are expected to help the Office of Public Safety identify and report behavior that constitutes a violation of College policy and/or criminal law, and to take reasonable safety precautions. Additional information, along with Providence College’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, is available on the Office of Public Safety website:
https://safety.providence.edu/.
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