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At its Annual Meeting on February 5, 2008, the RICH Board of Directors elected 5 new directors, who will begin their 3-year terms of service on March 1, 2008. The Council also elected its officers, appointing Roger Blumberg of Providence to the role of Board Chair, effective March 1, 2008. Officers serve 1-year terms.

RICH welcomes the following new directors: Brian Dunckley, Financial Advisor with Morgan Stanley; Kathryn C. Kilguss, LL.M, J.D., community philanthropist and attorney; David Lux, Ph.D., Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Bryant University; Robert W. Martin, E-Government Specialist for the City of Warwick; and Anaezi Modu, founding Executive Director of ReBrand.

The Tom Roberts Prize for Creative Achievement in the Humanities is awarded annually to an individual or group whose work demonstrates an inventive and innovative approach to traditional humanities fields of study.

The $2,000 prize, made possible through an endowed fund established in 2001 by Council board members, will be presented at our annual Celebration of the Humanities in October 2008.

Deadline for nominations is February 29, 2008.

RICH grantee exhibition and lecture series by Pettaquamscutt Historical Society

View exhibit at: 2636 Kingstown Road (On Rt 138 - Across from URI/Upper College Road ) Kingston, RI 02881, PH: (401) 783-1328
The Society is open on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday afternoons from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and at other times by appointment.

Save the Date: upcoming lecture

Sunday, March 16, 2008, 2pm
Potter Hall, Kingston Free Library
The One-Room School Houses of South Kingstown: Where have they Gone? by Kathy Bossy and Chris Bickford.

EnRICHment Opportunities lecture by Michael Bell

Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 1pm
Quonset Officers Club, Quonset Base

When you bite into an apple, do you think about the processes and people that have sustained such delectable moments since William Blackstone planted Rhode Island's first orchard in 1635? Michael Bell offers a window into the taken-for-granted world of apple growing families and orchard workers; a behind-the-scenes view of fruit stands, farmers' markets, and pick-your-own; of apples from the Yellow Sweeting' to the Honey Crisp' and activities from cider-making to pie-baking; of the yearly cycle of planting, pruning, spraying, thinning, harvesting, and marketing.

RICH grantee lecture by Newport Art Museum

Sunday, February 23, 2008, 2pm

Griswold House, 76 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840, PH: (401) 828-8200

Part of NAM's 81st Annual Winter Lecture Series, this lecture by art historian and curator James Craig will shed light on the life and works of the 19c painter Fitz Henry (Hugh) Lane from Gloucester, Ma.

RICH grantee lecture by Pell Center at Salve Regina University

Thursday, February 27, 2008, 6pm

Bazarsky Lecture Hall, Salve Regina University, 100 Ochre Point Ave, Newport, RI 02840

R.S.V.P. by February 25, 2008 to pellcenter@salve.edu or (401) 341-2927

This lecture kicks off the Pell Center's Courage to Speaklecture series. Awista Ayub was born in Kabul but escaped to the United States with her family during the war with the Soviet Union. The events of Sept. 11, 2001, and the fall of the Taliban spurred her to create the Afghan Youth Sports Exchange. She brought eight Afghan girls to the United States in 2004 to learn soccer and represent their country in the International Children's Games.