The program was created to establish an academic environment for incoming freshmen and student engagement throughout their time at Providence College.
This year's common reading book for the Providence College Class of 2018 is Outliers, the Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. Students have the opportunity to be in contact with the Providence College community throughout the summer and the academic year by participating in online discussions on Facebook, Twitter, and posting pictures on Instagram. Weekly contests are held in each social media forum. Events relating to Outliers will be held throughout the year.
06/13/2020
Our Common Reading Program book selection has been postponed until the 2021-22 academic year.
Providence College Common Reading Program Tara Westover’s celebrated book, Educated: A Memoir (Penguin Random House), has been chosen as the 2020-21 Providence College Common Reading selection. Published in 2018, Educated traces Westover’s journey from the poorly schooled daughter of survivalists in Idaho to Trinity College in England ....
03/09/2020
Tara Westover’s celebrated book, Educated: A Memoir (Penguin Random House), has been chosen as the 2020-21 Providence College Common Reading selection. Published in 2018, Educated traces Westover’s journey from the poorly schooled daughter of survivalists in Idaho to Trinity College in England – where she would earn a doctorate in history.
Providence College Common Reading Program Tara Westover’s celebrated book, Educated: A Memoir (Penguin Random House), has been chosen as the 2020-21 Providence College Common Reading selection. Published in 2018, Educated traces Westover’s journey from the poorly schooled daughter of survivalists in Idaho to Trinity College in England ....
01/22/2020
Rehabilitating LA gang members with tenderness - CNN Video Homeboy Industries founder Father Greg Boyle talks to Christiane Amanpour about his work rehabilitating gang members in Los Angeles and how tenderness can help treat "every social dilemma we face."
10/10/2019
Congratulations to the Essay Contest Winners! The winners were announced at the Providence College Welcome Breakfast over Homecoming Weekend.
1st place: Samantha Gabree
2nd place: Jonthan Montalvan
3rd place: Liam Casey-Minnik (not pictured)
Honorable Mention: Katherine Sklarosky
09/26/2019
The Common Reading Program sponsored a Community Walk led by half full, llc. During the walk, Providence College students learned about the efforts of the Smith Hill Community Development Corporation and other organizations to improve the quality of life in Smith Hill.
09/23/2019
Get to know the neighborhood you live in! Join us for a Community Walk on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 4 p.m. at the Eaton St. Gates. Reception to follow at the Smith Hill Annex.
08/15/2019
Today's the day! Submit your essay by 11:59 p.m. today, Thursday, Aug. 15, for your chance to win $300! prov.ly/friarbookessay
08/14/2019
Pictures from the 6th Annual Global Homeboy Network Gathering.
08/11/2019
Submit your essay by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 15 — You MIGHT win $300. prov.ly/friarbookessay
08/06/2019
08/03/2019
Tamar Manasseh founded Peace of Pizza - "a chance meeting with
Father Gregory Boyle of Los Angeles’s Homeboy Industries
— a non-profit touted as the world’s-largest gang intervention, employment, and re-entry program — inspired her to bring job training into the equation"
New South Side Pizza Parlor Tackles Chicago’s Gun Violence Peace of Pizza offers pies, slices, wings, and more in Beverly