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Renee Vachon Danho, RWU’s first-ever director of student and family assistance, helps empower students with the confidence to succeed as independent adult learners. Additionally, students and families in distress can seek the information they need to effectively navigate crisis situations, including medical leave of absence. Renee can be reached at 401-254-3009 or rdanho@rwu.edu.
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Orientation, Convocation, Commencement, Homecoming, and Family Weekend are wonderful times when families can get better acquainted with the Roger Williams campus and Bristol community.
The Parent & Family Association invites parents to serve as ambassadors for RWU in the following areas: Admission, Advancement, Career Services, and Student Life.
The Roger Williams University Board of Trustees announced that Ioannis (Yannis) Miaoulis, who transformed the Museum of Science, Boston into an institution of national and international prominence, will become RWU’s new president, beginning in August.
Senior captain Austin Coene became the all-time leading scorer in RWU men’s basketball history, tallying his 1,928th point. And on Feb. 2, Coene made history again by becoming the first 2,000-point scorer in RWU men’s basketball history.
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.
The University Events Calendar is your resource to share campus events that are open to the greater campus community. When you submit an event, it's promoted to the entire campus community -- Bristol and Providence campuses -- on the University Events Calendar page and via This Week at Roger, the weekly newsletter of Roger Williams University. Visit the University Events Calendar to view all events and access the event submission form. Or go directly to the event submission form here.
Back in the 1980s, the Mail Center was located in the Administration Building. It was actually situated in the space where Financial Aid currently operates, and was later moved downstairs into the building’s basement.
Because of an increased need for more workspace, the Mail Center was relocated again in 2000; this time to a former building on a site where The Commons sits now. Back then, the building was very small and housed both the Mail Center and Facilities Management. The Mail Center operated there in a space the size of a two-car garage, quickly becoming too small for RWU’s growing needs. Hence, an even larger space was again needed.
In 2006, the Mail Center moved into the current location, which at that time was half its current size. Eleven years later, the Mail Center doubled in size to accommodate the influx of incoming packages to the RWU community. The updated Mail Center now features a large lobby so that customers no longer wait outside in the elements. A large loading dock with two garage doors was also added. In addition, the Mail Center currently hosts and operates the university’s copy center.
From its modest beginnings in a garage until now, here are some fascinating facts about the RWU Mail Center:
Some statistics that may surprise you -- numbers from the past four years relevant to incoming packages delivered to the RWU Mail Center:
(Source: NEOPOST Database)
When you stop into your Mail Center, you are greeted by its smiling staff and/or work-study employees. Many students, former students, parents, faculty and staff sometimes pop in to thank the Mail Center staff for all their hard work. The staff is humbled when they receive tokens of appreciation such as phone calls, cards, high fives, and even treats from their customers.
So next time you visit your Mail Center you’ll be in the know!
