Community Stories

March is Women’s History Month—a celebration and recognition of the vital influence and contribution women have played throughout our nation’s history (and still today.) For this year’s celebration, we are featuring longtime RISD community member and current Senior Career Advisor and Internship Manager Karen Harris 86 IL. Karen was recently recognized by GoLocalProv as an “Artist to Know.”   In the article, … Read more

Meet Derek Furry, Lead Integration Analyst/Developer in Information Technology Services, who was recently promoted into this role after applying for the open position through Workday. Prior to his promotion, Derek worked with the ITS team for more than eight years as an Application Developer/Analyst. “I had always thought about being a lead developer at some … Read more

February is Black History Month, and we are thrilled to share a number of initiatives and opportunities that took place across campus and on social media over the past several weeks in recognition of this important celebration: In early February, risd.edu featured a Five Questions interview series with members of RISD’s full-time faculty who joined the community in fall 2021 as part … Read more

Starting in February 2022, the RISD at Work newsletter will include a new, ongoing feature focused on RISD staff who have moved into new positions or have been promoted into new roles across the college. It’s no secret that the RISD at Work On the Move feature is among our most popular content, and want to … Read more

In March 2021, RISD administered its third Staff Engagement Survey, which was met with a 59% response rate. Since that time, response data has been analyzed and the results have been presented widely across our campus and are now available for review. The 2021 Staff Engagement Survey presentation includes a survey overview, response guidelines, overarching … Read more

RISD HR is excited to introduce the newest member of our team—Talent Acquisition Partner Yesenia Figueroa! Yesenia joined us on January 10th after serving for 12 years in the U.S. Army. During her time in the Army, she worked as a Talent Acquisition Manager and held several other roles within Human Resources. “I was drawn … Read more

There was no shortage of good cheer on December 15th and 16th as RISD faculty and staff celebrated this year’s Winter Gathering at Moore Terrace with a fun and festive food truck event. With more than 250 employees joining in on this year’s festivities, guests had the opportunity to enjoy a variety of delicious hot … Read more

Vice President for Campus Services Jack Silva recently announced the appointment of Anna Brookes as RISD’s newest Director of Public Safety following an extensive, nationwide search. Prior to assuming this role, Anna served as the College’s Interim Director of Public Safety, as well as Deputy Chief of Public Safety. Anna began her career in emergency … Read more

November is National Native American Heritage Month, and in celebration, we are excited to introduce our community to Sháńdíín Brown—RISD’s inaugural Henry Luce Curatorial Fellow for Native American Art at RISD Museum. A graduate of Dartmouth College, prior to joining our community in June 2021, Sháńdíín worked at the Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced … Read more

RISD Dining has started the school year out strong despite many challenges faced due to industry-wide product shortages, supply chain challenges, and labor shortages. With the help of more than 30 volunteers from around campus, our Dining team was able to serve more than 39,000 meals in September! This would not have been possible without the help … Read more