If you’re searching for a job right now, you are certainly not alone. According to the United States Department of Labor, the number of unemployed persons was 8.3 million in January and the unemployment rate was 5.6 percent.

That number will create a competitive job market for graduates in the next few years. To help students prepare for the job market, the Career Development Center offers workshops and the Gateway to Success Job Fair (Mar. 31).

On the morning of April 24, approximately 250 athletes will arrive at the track and field facilities at Rogers High School in Newport. During the next few weeks, Special Olympics teams from around Rhode Island will be preparing for the East Bay Area Games to be hosted this year by the Salve Regina East Bay Area Games Special Olympics Committee, chaired by Carla Lyder.

Alyx Kellington, a retired combat photojournalist spoke at Salve Regina on March 23, 2004, in Rogers Recreation Conference Room. She spoke about the role of the media in today’s society and her experiences on the front line.

A lecture hall of befuddled faces stares back at the student who is trying to recruit people to her Relay for Life team.

“Relay for what?” a confused voice asks. “It’s called the Relay for Life…It’s a really great cause. All of the proceeds go to the American Cancer Society,” the student replied, thinking, “Cancer! Please help! I know you’ve heard of it!”

In fact, if you have had classes in O’Hare Academic Center or visited the lobby of Miley during the last few weeks in March, you may have noticed a group of students trying to spread cancer awareness.

What really makes a woman “phenomenal”? Is it her looks, or her successes? Is her talents or achievements? Is it her ability to stand her ground in the face of danger? Or is it her ability to see beyond the confines of what society thinks she is capable of?

On March 26, members of the Salve Regina community met in the Ochre Court Dining Room to honor four women whom they felt exemplified the very concept of a “phenomenal woman” at the Fourth Annual Celebration of Salve’s Women of Courage and Vision.