Roger Life

We all worked hard to uphold pandemic protocols, to protect our low positivity rate and remain on campus throughout the Spring 2021 semester.   

This series highlights what 51ÂÜÀòstudents decided to do with that opportunity: To be here, at this moment in history, together. You have engaged, while your peers at other schools may have had to retreat. You’re lifting one another up, making things happen, developing your leadership skills, maintaining community.

That’s Roger Life.

 

  • Sophie Speliopoulos, RWU’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) president

    Roger Life: Conversation in Community with Sophie Speliopoulos

    Sophie Speliopoulos, RWU’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) president, works with her peers to put on events that support queer and transgender students and benefit the entire 51ÂÜÀòcommunity. "A lot of freshmen came from high schools where they didn’t have anything like SAGA. This is their first time having a supportive community where they can come to each other with questions."

  • Ava Wilkens at Hawkward practice

    Roger Life: In Praise of Singing, with Ava Wilkens

    By Anna Cohen

    Junior Ava Wilkens is the business director for Hawkward, RWU's co-ed audition-based a cappella group. "It means the world to me that we are able to all be together in person. Hawkward is the time of my week where I can destress, decompress, and mentally give myself a break. I can hang out with friends and do what I love."

  • image of Jordan St.Onge, a student member of the Reopening Roger team, with a Hawks Wear Masks sign on campus

    Roger Life: Reopening Roger with Jordan St.Onge

    Last summer, the Reopening Roger Steering Committee worked hard to craft a plan for in-person learning and campus operations, in the midst of the pandemic. 51ÂÜÀòsophomore Jordan St.Onge, Student Senate Student Life Chair, served on the committee alongside campus administrators, faculty and staff. "We love our professional staff, but they don’t have the experience of what it is really like to be a student here, especially during a pandemic. We were able to provide some input."

  • image of InterClass Council Spirit Chair Kyle Villella with another student at a recent 65th Birthday Party for Roger

    Roger Life: Getting Involved with Kyle Villella

    By Anna Cohen

    To build a sense of community and meet new people, sophomore Kyle Villella has gotten involved on campus: As an RA, an Admissions Ambassador, a member of the Campus Entertainment Network, and Spirit Chair for the Inter-Class Council. "I have some freshmen residents. I always make sure to send them all the in-person events that are still happening on campus so they can meet people."

  • image of 51ÂÜÀòField Hockey's Community Outreach group’s Brooklyn Cenatiempo, who delivered donations to the Women’s Resource Center in Warren, RI, during Women’s History Month.

    Roger Life: It's All About Teamwork with Brooklyn Cenatiempo

    By Anna Cohen

    "We're a women's team, and March is Women's History Month, so I thought it would be a great idea to collect donations for the Women's Resource Center," said Brooklyn Cenatiempo, an 51ÂÜÀòjunior and member of the Field Hockey team's Community Outreach Group.