Community College of Rhode Island

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Community College of Rhode Island
Community College of Rhode Island Knight Campus.jpg
The front side of the Knight Campus in Warwick, designed in Brutalist style.
Type Public community college
Established1964;60 years ago (1964)
Academic affiliations
 Space-grant
President Rosemary Costigan (interim)
Academic staff
300
Students17,000
Location
Warwick (Knight Campus), Lincoln (Flanagan Campus), Providence (Liston and Downcity Campuses), Newport (Newport County Campus), Westerly (Satellite Campus)
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Rhode Island
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United States
Colors Green and Grey
MascotCCRI Knight
Website www.ccri.edu
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The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) is a public community college in Rhode Island. It is the only community college in the state and the largest community college in New England. The college's primary facility is located in Warwick, with additional college buildings throughout the state.

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History

It was founded as Rhode Island Junior College, "RIJC", in 1964 with 325 students studying at the Henry Barnard School in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1965, a portion of the nearby former Brown & Sharpe manufacturing facility was converted into classroom space and served as the college's primary facility until 1972. The Knight campus in Warwick, RI built on the donated Knight Estate, opened in 1972 as the school's first permanent building and flagship campus. It was followed by three additional campus and 2 satellite locations.

The Margaret M. Jacoby Observatory, located on the Knight Campus grounds, was opened in 1978. The school was renamed the Community College of Rhode Island in June 1980.

Campuses

Liston campus, in South Providence. CCRI Liston Campus.jpg
Liston campus, in South Providence.

The college's primary facility is located in Warwick, with additional college buildings throughout the state.

Architecture

Knight campus by Perkins + Will Community College of Rhode Island Knight Campus-side.jpg
Knight campus by Perkins + Will

The college's flagship Knight building in Warwick was designed by the Chicago and New York architecture firm of Perkins & Will, in conjunction with Providence firms Harkness & Geddes and Robinson Green Beretta. [2] The campus was designed to house all academic, social, and recreational functions in a single building. [2] The building itself is an enormous concrete structure which terminates in a semicircle, and ranges in height from four to six stories. [2] The design is a notable example of Brutalist architecture, and was heavily influenced by the philosophy of Le Corbusier. [2] The building was hailed by the Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission as "one of the most striking and innovative contemporary structures in the state" when it opened in 1972. [2]

Over time, the Brutalist style generally lost its appeal and became seen as "drab," "hulking," and "bureaucratic," associated with large-scale mass-planning. [3] In 2019, the Knight campus building made local news after being named "eighth ugliest college campus in the United States" by a lifestyle blog. [4]

Academic profile

The college offers the following degrees:

Several one-year certificates are also awarded.

Student life

The school's student newspaper is The Unfiltered Lens, which began publication in 2007. It replaced the Knightly News, which had been active in the 1980s, but had become defunct several years prior to the Lens' founding.

Sport

The college athletics teams are nicknamed the Knights.

Notable alumni

See also

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