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Providence Clemente Veterans' Initiative Receives High Honor
July 29, 2020
Providence CVI has been awarded the Innovation in Humanities Award by the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, an honor that recognizes the work of the program in making the state a vital place to live and work.
The honorees will be celebrated at a virtual Celebration of the Humanities event on October 15, 2020. The
Providence Clemente Veterans' Initiative is supported by the
National Endowment for the Humanities and offered in partnership with
Bard College and
Trinity Rep . It offers a two-semester class in the humanities to veterans, regardless of race, gender identity, service years, deployment history, disability status, or discharge status. Faculty from the Rhode Island School of Design, the University of Rhode Island, and UMass-Dartmouth teach in the program.
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