2008 Woodie Awards
New Dean Begins First Full Year at PC
Chris Donnelly '08
Issue date: 9/13/07 Section: News
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The start of 2007-2008 school year marks the beginning of Adrian Beaulieu's, dean of international studies, first full year at Providence College. Beaulieu was hired by the College in April to serve as the head of the Center for International Studies, which was created last year to service international students and students looking to study abroad.
"I found it exciting to enter on the ground floor of an institution that wanted to do something new and different," said Beaulieu. "Providence College was at a crossroad; there seemed to be new energy."
Before the Center for International Studies, there was no unified office representing international students and the College's study abroad program. The international students of PC were previously helped through the Personal Counseling Center and Dr. John Hogan, director of the personal counseling center, served as their advisor. The Study Abroad Office, formerly under the direction of Dr. Seana McGovern, existed solely for those students interested in studying abroad.
"I think it was an important step to providing better help for the study abroad students," said Nicole Chininis '09. "Now I feel like the help will be more direct and the program will improve.
Chininis, a global studies and Spanish major, will be studying abroad in Sevilla, Spain, next semester.
"The study abroad program, I have felt, is not one of PC's strongest, and I think through the establishment of the international studies department, we can improve our program for people such as global studies majors who are required to spend some time abroad," said Chininis.
The Center for International Studies Web site has also changed since Beaulieu came to PC. The new Web site includes a blog by Mitch Haddad '09, chronicling his experiences studying abroad in Granada, Spain in the fall and Buenos Aires, Argentina in the spring semester. Currently, the web log has three entries documenting his pre-departure feelings, his London stop-over, and his arrival in Granada.
"I found it exciting to enter on the ground floor of an institution that wanted to do something new and different," said Beaulieu. "Providence College was at a crossroad; there seemed to be new energy."
Before the Center for International Studies, there was no unified office representing international students and the College's study abroad program. The international students of PC were previously helped through the Personal Counseling Center and Dr. John Hogan, director of the personal counseling center, served as their advisor. The Study Abroad Office, formerly under the direction of Dr. Seana McGovern, existed solely for those students interested in studying abroad.
"I think it was an important step to providing better help for the study abroad students," said Nicole Chininis '09. "Now I feel like the help will be more direct and the program will improve.
Chininis, a global studies and Spanish major, will be studying abroad in Sevilla, Spain, next semester.
"The study abroad program, I have felt, is not one of PC's strongest, and I think through the establishment of the international studies department, we can improve our program for people such as global studies majors who are required to spend some time abroad," said Chininis.
The Center for International Studies Web site has also changed since Beaulieu came to PC. The new Web site includes a blog by Mitch Haddad '09, chronicling his experiences studying abroad in Granada, Spain in the fall and Buenos Aires, Argentina in the spring semester. Currently, the web log has three entries documenting his pre-departure feelings, his London stop-over, and his arrival in Granada.