Providence College Podcast

On this episode of the Providence College Podcast, Kelly Roosa Cohen '00 of Cohen Closing & Title describes the evolution of her business from its founding in 2015 to now, with five locations in southern New Hampshire and Maine. She also discusses challenges posed by the current housing market and shares advice for both new homebuyers as well as Friars considering careers in real estate themselves.Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

2022 was a busy year for Abby Mansolillo '21, because she was crowned Miss Rhode Island in May and competed in the Miss America pageant in December — all while attending law school. We discuss what inspired her pageant pursuits, how she reflects on the pageant experience as a women's and gender studies major, and her ambition to become the second female attorney general of Rhode Island. Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

Danika Bebe '23, a former dream coach for the Transitions Program, joins us on the Providence College Podcast to discuss how the program helped her grow as both a participant and a student leader. Bebe, who grew up in Tiverton, Rhode Island, is a public and community service studies and global studies double major and business and innovation minor. She is a member of the Honors Program and serves as president of the Board of Multicultural Student Affairs.  Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

Satoya Isophe '24 and Myles Johnson '24 join us on the podcast to discuss their work as mentors for the Friar Foundations program, which helps to ease the transition from high school to college ​for a small group of incoming Providence College students. Isophe and Johnson discussed their paths to their majors and minors and the many extracurricular activities they have enjoyed as Friars. Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

As Black History Month draws to a close, revisit our conversation with Judge Melissa DuBose ’90, a product of Providence in every sense.She grew up in the Mount Hope section of Providence, R.I., before attending Providence College. She taught history in Providence Public Schools before turning to a career in law. She is an associate judge on the Rhode Island District Court, a member of Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Foundation, and a National Alumni Association award recipient. In this episode, DuBose weighs in on important questions like representation in the judiciary, the characteristics of a good judge, and the performance of the Friars men’s basketball team.Read more about DuBose in Providence College Magazine.Please note: This episode was recorded before the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court. We discuss the vacancy on the court, but not Jackson specifically.Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, an

Get to know Rev. Dr. Anderson Clary, Jr. ’69, who was honored last week with Providence College's MLK Vision Award, recognizing people who advance the principles embodied by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.We talked with him on the Providence College Podcast about his path from segregated schools in Virginia to playing basketball for coaches Joe Mullaney ’65Hon, ’98Hon. and Dave Gavitt ’89Hon.; his work as the first black high school teacher in Pawtucket, R.I.; and the mentors at Providence College who guided his call to ministry.Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

When competing with the big players in the beverage industry proved to be challenging, Jon Mason '96 pivoted his energy drink company into a lifestyle brand. We chat with this former Friar baseball player and entrepreneur about his journey from his hometown of Norwood, Massachusetts, to the West Coast and back to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where he now runs SwingJuice. What started as a home-based business with 10 golf-themed t-shirt designs has now grown into a successful brand, partnering with organizations such as MLB and the PGA. Mason shares his experiences attending Providence College, building SwingJuice, and bringing the company to where it is today.As a special treat for our listeners and members of the Friar family, SwingJuice is offering a 25% discount when you use the code "GoFriars25" at checkout. To support other Friar-owned businesses visit Friars Shop Friars. 

Patricia Smith, an award-winning author of eight critically acclaimed books of poetry and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, visited Providence this fall. Smith was the most recent acclaimed guest of the Jane Lunin Perel Poetry and Fiction Series, named for beloved English and creative writing professor emerita. Please enjoy Smith’s spirited presentation and a moving reading of her poetry, with an introduction by professor and poet Chard diNoird.Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

The Providence College podcast caught up with Paul Tremblay ’93 just days after he attended the red-carpet premiere of M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin, an adaptation of his novel “The Cabin at the End of the World.” Tremblay — who has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, and Massachusetts Book awards — talks about what it’s been like optioning his books, visiting Shyamalan and the actors on set, and writing bestselling novels while sustaining a 25-year career as a math teacher. He also shares how his latest release, “The Pallbearers Club,” includes autobiographical references from his years at PC, such as visits downtown to the old Club Babyhead. Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

Marketing major Catherine Moran '23 discusses how the Chirico Career Center helped her land a summer internship at Trailblaze Marketing in Providence. Moran also shares how a class that she took just because it fit her schedule sparked an appreciation for musical theatre, and why she and three other daughters of her mother's roommates, all members of the Class of 1989, decided to become Friars themselves.Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

Curious what it was like to work for the Queen? Historian Kathryn LaMontagne, Ph.D. ’01, ’03G worked in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace and joins the Providence College Podcast to discuss what that means, what it was like to meet the late queen, and her continuing scholarship on Catholic women in Britain.  LaMontagne is a lecturer at Boston University, a member of the Providence College National Alumni Association Council, president of the South Coast Mass. Alumni Club, former president of the London Alumni Club, and has completed several distinguished academic fellowships at Boston University and Roger Williams University. Learn about the history and future of the British monarchy (among other topics) in this royally interesting episode of the Providence College Podcast.Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, get to know two recipients of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. scholarship, Emily Kim '26 and Justin Andries '23. Kim, an undeclared student in the Honors Program, describes her work on the MLK Convocation Committee. Andries, who designed his own individualized major in global health equity, discusses his research on fruit fly and ant metabolism with James Waters, Ph.D., associate professor of biology, as well as the way his semester abroad with Civ in London has impacted his graduate school plans. Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

Given the country’s current hostile political climate, it can feel like American politics is polarized to a historic degree. This week, the Providence College Podcast asks Darra Mulderry, Ph.D. — a scholar of political and intellectual history — about the history of political division in the United States. How do our times stack up compared to the years preceding the Civil War, the tumultuous Vietnam years, or other periods of intense division? What is different in our politics now compared to then? What can political leaders and voters learn from history about political conflict and reconciliation?Mulderry is director of national and international fellowships and scholarships and associate director of the Center for Engaged Learning. She is also a visiting professor in the Department of History.NOTE: this episode was recorded before the convening of the 118th Congress and lengthy process to elect a speaker of the House of Representatives.Mulderry mentions Jeffrey L. Pasley’s The Tyranny of Printers, a histor

Prepare for the new year by revisiting on our most popular episodes of the Providence College Podcast in 2022: our conversation with the faculty directors of the Civ in London Program, Stephanie Boeninger, Ph.D., associate professor of English, and Margaret Manchester, Ph.D. ’83G, associate professor of history. The study abroad program for second-semester sophomores continues this spring with two new faculty-in-residence: Elizabeth Bridgham, Ph.D., and Robert Stretter, Ph.D., both associate professors of English. Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

In this special edition of the Providence College podcast, we present a compilation of weekly homilies offered by our Dominican fathers during Advent, concluding with a Christmas homily from Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard, O.P. ’78, ’82G, the college’s president. Also sharing reflections on the Gospels are Rev. Justin Brophy, O.P.; Rev. Jordan Zajac, O.P. ’04; Rev, Augustine Reisenauer, O.P.; and Rev. James Quigley, O.P. ’60.Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

As students receive notifications of their early admission to Providence College, Megan O’Rourke, associate dean of admission, and her colleague, admission counselor Michael Splann ’19, join the podcast to share insights into today’s college search process. We talk about parent involvement and support, lessons learned during COVID, higher-ed return on investment, and the difference between regular decision and early decision II applications — both due to PC on January 15, 2023. O'Rourke and Splann also talk about reading applications — and the one essay question that reveals some creative and musical answers. (Spoiler alert: Applicants pick their personal theme songs!)Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

If you missed Lessons and Carols, Providence College’s signature Advent celebration, you’re in luck. Listen to the podcast of the event, which featured performances by the combined choirs of Providence College.Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

For years, Quincy Bevely, Ph.D., assistant vice president for institutional diversity, and Nick Longo, Ph.D. '96, professor of global studies and public and community service studies, have taught the Dialogue, Inclusion, Democracy course together, teaching students across academic disciplines to solve public problems through dialogue and deliberation. Now, with the help of a $250,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, they are helping faculty, staff, and students embed these techniques in other classes, on campus, and in their student organizations. Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

Andres Heredia-Belliard '23, this year's Newman Civic Fellow, joined us to discuss his community workstudy with Providence middle school students, his internships in Washington, D.C., and how financial aid made his Providence College experience possible.Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn. 

For this special bonus episode of the podcast, we wanted to feature a conversation on gratitude, presented by the Office of Human Resources. Three faculty members discussed what gratitude means to them and what it can do for all of us and our wellbeing. Rev. David Orique, O.P., assistant professor of history, led the presentation, followed by Matthew Ericksen, Ph.D., professor of management, and Patricia McLaughlin, J.D. '84, who has taught general law in the School of Continuing Education for more than 20 years. Subscribe to the Providence College Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, and YouTube.  Visit Providence College on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and LinkedIn.