Events Calendar

THIS EVENT IS RAIN OR SHINE

Please join Team YARI (Yale Alumni of Rhode Island) and members of the public at the shoreline cleanup at Conimicut Point Beach, Warwick, organized by Save The Bay. We'll do our part to keep trash, particularly plastics, out of the ocean and keep the beach naturally beautiful. Families are welcome (ages 8+ recommended).

Save The Bay will provide disposable gloves, trash bags and hand sanitizer. You may want to bring your own work gloves, trash grabber, or bucket. Wear closed-toe shoes and dress for the weather. We go rain or shine, unless it's stormy.

You will need to sign a waiver - you can either print it at home and bring it with you, or sign it when you arrive. Please arrive by 9:50 AM so we can identify each other among the other volunteers. Look for the "Y" flag at the far end of the parking lot. Call Brian if you can't find Team YARI (you'll get the number when you register).

Additional event details are on Save the Bay's website, but do not register directly with Save the Bay because we are pre-registered as a team.

Looking forward to seeing you on the beach!

Who's Coming?

Contact: Brian Wu '86, '88 MFA

Please join us in conducting mock college-admission interviews with high school students participating in College Vision's summer program. College Visions is a Providence non-profit that seeks equitable access to higher educational opportunities for all historically underserved communities.

Alumni and their family and friends are welcome. Prior college interviewing experience is not required. Online orientation will be available live and recorded prior to the interview dates. Each each of the two days will be divided into two blocks, 9:00 to 10:30 and 10:30 to 12:00. You may sign up for one or more of the four blocks.

This event is the first for the new Rhode Island Alumni Service Corp, conceived by the Yale Association of Rhode Island to be a way to combine the forces of all alumni clubs in our area to tackle larger service projects.

College Visions is a 20-year-old Providence non-profit that empowers low-income students to gain college admission and succeed once there. Every student in the 2023–2024 class of their College Access Program was admitted to college, with destinations comprising URI, RIC, CCRI, Bentley, Hampshire, Smith, Stanford, and UMass Boston. Learn more about CV at https://collegevisions.org/

Our job will be to give a practice college-admission interview to each of the 90 students voluntarily enrolled in CV’s Summer Prep Program and to provide feedback to them.

No prior college interviewing experience is required. Written briefing will be provided beforehand. You are welcome to bring along any college-grad friends or family to interview too.

There will be a 9:00–10:30 “A” session and a 11:30–1:00 “B” session, each divided into half-hour interview slots. Volunteers are encouraged to come for the entire A or B session (or both) to simplify logistics, but you can come for any two or more interviews. Please plan to arrive at least 10 minutes before your first interview.

Spanish-speaking volunteers will be especially appreciated. A handful of students will be English-language learners and we want them to be focused on interview skills, not language.

This event follows the successful YARI-led interview program for CV’s 2022 summer program (photo above), which drew volunteers from many colleges. It will be an intercollegiate effort again. It was a fun and rewarding time for the interviewers. For many of the students it was the first time in an interview situation. They get so much out of it, and they carry the experience for life. They truly appreciate it.

Thanks for stepping forward to help them leap ahead!

Contact: Brian Wu '86, '88 MFA