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Cleared for Curation: America’s Cup Avenue and the Creation of Newport’s “Historic” Downtown
No full textThe second half of the twentieth century marked a decisive turning point in the “renewal” of the physical landscape near the Newport harbor front. Devon T King, in “Cleared for Curation: America’s Cup Avenue and the Creation of Newport’s ‘Historic’ Downtown,” aptly presents the history of plans to re-make this historic area—efforts that stretched back into the nineteenth century. It took at least half a century for the city to begin to realize those plans. It was another several decades before demolition and construction in the downtown area were completed. Using maps, models and photographs, King lays out the various twentieth-century redevelopment efforts that resulted in a radically redrawn cityscape. A recent graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he studied history, King was a Buchanan Burnham fellow at the Newport Historical Society in the summer of 2018. He is continuing his studies in preservation and urban planning, and currently works in the Boston area with an architectural preservation firm
Salve Regina Oral History Project: Priscilla Escajeda [audio]
No full textOral History interview with Priscilla Escajeda who worked various secretarial positions at Salve Regina. This interview was conducted on June 28, 2018
Salve Regina Oral History Project: Caroline Salvatore [audio]
No full textOral History interview with Caroline Salvatore who worked at Salve Regina as a psychology professor. The interview was conducted on July 12, 2018
Salve Regina Arboretum Ten Year Plan to Reach Level III Accreditation
Get PDFThe Salve Regina University Arboretum, located in Newport, Rhode Island is currently registered as a Level II arboretum and is intertwined with the city of Newport Arboretum. The university now has intentions to reach Level III status, as part of a ten-year plan. This plan was developed by the students of the Spring 2018 BIO 255: Conservation Biology course, instructed by Dr. Jameson Chace, Associate Professor of biology at Salve Regina University. As part of a curriculum geared towards civic engagement, the class focused on creating and optimizing strategies that can be applied to the ten-year plan. These strategies were applied to the plan categorically: a team to inventory the current tree collection; a team to develop formal educational programming; a team for informal educational programming; a team to establish goals for conservation initiative related to the arboretum; a team dedicated to research related to arboreta; and a team to develop a list of species of special interest to add to the arboretum in the coming years.
In the following document, each team’s strategies for the ten-year plan are outlined. Each of the components of this plan incorporate means to fulfill the conditions to meet Level III arboretum status so that the arboretum can apply for official registration. The aforementioned teams were tasked with designing a foundation on which to work up from. This includes formal educational programming to be applied to classroom settings and informal educational programming which can be applied to community outreach-based settings. The teams that worked to strengthen the arboretum’s mission of conservation focused on researching trees that can fit into the current landscape while providing some sort of benefit to the surrounding flora/fauna. Further, many of the species of interest, such as the chestnut, hold historical value to the greater Rhode Island region. In all, the Salve Regina Arboretum must achieve a total of 500 unique species of trees and woody plants as part of its efforts to apply for Level III status.
In addition to the programming and research performed so far by the student teams, the arboretum must also hire a curator to manage the programming and to oversee the arboretum as a whole. Additionally, the arboretum must continue to actively collaborate with other arboreta and should encourage scientific research. It is important to recognize that the Salve Regina University Arboretum has already been utilized in the field of microbiology and has gained some attention at the university as a resource for further research and investigation.
This ten year plan, along with resources within in it, is designed to provide a list of potential guidelines and ideas that can be applied for the arboretum’s benefit and growth. The Salve Regina University arboretum is a continually growing and developing part of the greater Newport, Rhode Island community, and will continue to strengthen its mission and that of the university which oversees its success.https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/bio255_arboretum/1000/thumbnail.jp
Consider the Audiobook or the Hermeneutics of Close Listening: Literary Sound Studies, Critical Theory, and David Foster Wallace\u27s Literary Journalism
No full textWhat difference does it make whether one reads or listens to a narrative? “Consider the Audiobook, or The Hermeneutics of Close Listening” explores the literary, cultural, and political implications surrounding the fastest growing industry in American publishing: audiobooks. It grounds its analysis in Foucault’s notion of the author function and Gerard Genette’s concept of paratextuality, situating each within the burgeoning and interdisciplinary field of Literary Sound Studies. “Consider the Audiobook” aims to rediscover a new conception of authorship, the book, and what Literature and hermeneutics might mean in a time of increasing re-mediation and adaptation of the printed word. This thesis contributes to conversations current in Literary Sound Studies and Critical Theory, David Foster Wallace Studies, and Literary Journalism Studies
Salve Regina Oral History Project: Juliette Relihan
No full textOral history interview with Dr. Juliette Relihan, who taught in the Education Department of Salve Regina beginning in 1990 and retired in 2018. The interview was conducted on December 5, 2018
Reflection: Caroline Ruocco Scott
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Reflection: Peggy Machado Donelly, Ten Things I am Grateful for at Salve
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