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Gyrene Nation - Ave Maria Sun

Dec 4, 2024 | avemariasun.com | Roger Williams

On a weekday evening late in the supper hour, Ava Murphy is talking to a reporter. Patiently, intently, with no sense of urgency or haste, as if she has nothing better to do. A starting guard for the Gyrenes and a senior from Kansas City studying health sciences at Ave Maria University, Murphy is in women’s basketball, not boot camp.
Three Things Consumers Value More than Price When Choosing a Brand

Nov 26, 2024 | retailtouchpoints.com | Roger Williams |Adam Blair

November 26, 2024 at 8:10 AM EST By Roger Williams, Marigold Jack F-stock.Adobe.com Money isn’t the only thing that makes the world go ‘round. There are many reasons why consumers choose the products they buy and the brands they buy them from. Certainly, the price is high among them. However, according to the latest research from Marigold’s recently published Relationship Marketing Trends: Brand Rankings Report, there are things consumers look for beyond price that drive purchase decisions....
Roger Williams University Adds Varsity Men's Ice Hockey,

Sep 12, 2024 | globenewswire.com | Roger Williams |Mel Thibeault

Bristol, R.I., Sept. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Responding to the growing popularity among collegiate athletic competition, Roger Williams University (RWU) will be adding three new varsity athletic programs – Men’s Ice Hockey, Women’s Ice Hockey, and Women’s Golf – bringing the total number of varsity sports at RWU to 25. Both Men’s Ice Hockey and Women’s Golf will debut in the 2025-26 academic year, with Women’s Ice Hockey starting in the 2026-27 academic year.
Congressman Williams Pens Letter To Biden-Harris Administration Opposing Failed Rent Control Policies

Sep 5, 2024 | texasgopvote.com | Roger Williams

Congressman Roger Williams (TX-25), sent a letter in response to the Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement introducing new actions to implement failed and misguided rent control policies. “Rent control measures by the Biden-Harris Administration is yet another socialist policy that will only decrease housing availability and quality, making the problem worse,” said Congressman Williams.
Organizing the Unorganized: A Radical Introspective or a Top-Down View?

Mar 20, 2024 | industrialworker.org | Roger Williams

I just finished listening to the 9-episode podcast “Organizing the Unorganized” about the militant Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) union organizing of the 1930s and 40s by Benjamin Y. Fong and sponsored by Jacobin Magazine. Making this old but essential history accessible to today’s workers and activists is extremely important, and the show is generally well-produced and structured.
Roger Williams University Announces Endowed Faculty Professorships

Jan 25, 2024 | prlog.org | Roger Williams

BRISTOL, R.I. - Jan. 25, 2024 - -- Roger Williams University (RWU) has received a grant of $3 million to make four matching gifts to launch endowed professorships in the Mario J. Gabelli School of Business. The first endowed professorship to be announced is the Yeaton Professor of Finance, Director, Center for Advanced Financial Education (CAFE), funded through a matching gift from the family of Timothy B. Yeaton and Susan Yeaton.
Best Sports Movies 2023

Jan 10, 2024 | editorial.rottentomatoes.com | Michael Jordan |Roger Williams |sean durkin

Four of the top five sports movies of the year were based on true stories, and the best of the lot saw the on-screen reunion of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in Affleck’s Air, which took what could have been a rather dry corporate puff piece and filled it with taut writing and dynamic performances from a stellar cast.
Building Relationships With Coworkers is the Precondition to All Good Organizing

Dec 14, 2023 | industrialworker.org | Roger Williams

There’s one main mistake people make when they start organizing their workplaces that’s responsible for more stumbles, setbacks, and losses than any other: they don’t really get to know people before they try to take direct action with them. If people don’t know each other, how can they be expected to take risks together, especially when breaches of trust can put everyone in danger?
Roger Williams University Named a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense

Dec 6, 2023 | prlog.org | Roger Williams

BRISTOL, R.I. - Dec. 6, 2023 - -- Roger Williams University has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) by the National Security Agency, identifying the university as a leader in cybersecurity education. The NSA's prestigious designation recognizes RWU's commitment to excellence in the cybersecurity and cyber defense fields and ability to develop a pipeline of highly skilled cybersecurity professionals.
Stamped from the Beginning

Oct 26, 2023 | metacritic.com | Roger Williams |Ibram X. Kendi |David Teague

Director Roxanne Benjamin Gender-Flips Gaslighting and Parental Tropes in Horror Film 'There's Something Wrong With the Children' Danielle Turchiano 'To me, [the film] was more about the idea of family and what it's supposed to look like,' the director tells Metacritic. 'You might have to fight against that continually until you die.'