A Magazine of Bryant University’s College of Arts & Sciences
ENCOURAGING POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT: THE ROAD TO ELECTION 2016 Joseph Rinaldi ‘19, Bryant Student Senator
Issue 3, Spring 2016 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Social Impact in Sociology….……………….....2
Can you imagine a country where only 16%
The committee began by hosting the Rhode
of eligible citizens vote in a primary election?
Island Board of Elections for an in-state regis-
A&S: A Community Within
Or one in which only 11% of tomorrow’s leaders
tration drive. We also held a “logo contest” kick
a University..……..............2
cast their ballots in a midterm election? Unfor-
-off event. The winning logo, seen here, was
tunately, these are the percentages of Bryant
designed by a student, Nicholas O’Hara ’17,
Undergraduate and
students who participated in the 2012 and 2014
who received a cash prize generously donated
elections, and they are typical of the low en-
by the Provost’s Office. As things were ramp-
gagement of college students across the coun-
ing up to the Iowa caucuses in early February,
try. At Bryant, we don’t settle for “typical,” so
we held a voter registration drive at the
having become aware of these numbers, we are
Rotunda Organizations Fair. This event allowed
working together to find solutions.
students to register online to vote in their home
In early November 2015, individuals from a
states using just their driver’s license.
Alumni Profiles……….…….3 Around the Departments……………...4-7 The Bryant Literary Review……………….…....….8 Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies……....….9
also
Being a MyPath Mentor....9
members of the Bryant
helped coordinate a panel
From the Dean….............10
Student Senate, faculty
discussion on global
volunteers
depart-
terrorism, with faculty
ments across the College
members from the Global
of Arts & Sciences, and
Studies program, late in
staff from various offices
the fall semester, and an
including the Office for
event early in the spring
Campus
Engagement,
semester, with Professor
Bryant Goes to the New
came together to tackle this
Nicole Freiner, at which
Hampshire Primaries...…13
number of student groups,
from
The
committee
A Semester in D.C............11 New Arts Administration Course….………….............12 The Master’s Degree in Communication..…….……12
issue head on. To do so, this committee con-
students shared their perceptions about the
Applied Analytics Center
ceived of a special initiative called “The Road
New Hampshire primaries. On March 1, a
Takes a Walking Tour……13
to Election 2016.”
“Super Tuesday” viewing party, attended
2016 Bryant IDEA…....14-15
The goal of the “Road to Election 2016”
by over 85 students, was held in the Fisher Stu-
initiative is to increase voter turnout, facilitate
dent Center, with commentary by the Political
engaging campus discussions of important is-
Science program. And on April 7, in the Bello
sues, and encourage our future leaders to be
Center, a panel of outside experts will address
politically aware and active so that they are
the question: “Will American Democracy
ready to take on the problems of tomorrow.
Survive the 2016 Election?”
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