Providence College
Catholic university in Providence
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| 2024 | Kim English begins his second year as head coach of the Providence Friars men's basketball team for the 2024-25 season. |
| 2024 | Providence Friars will compete in the Big East Conference during the 2024-25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. |
| 2024 | Garwey Dual transferred from Providence Friars to Seton Hall. |
| 2024 | Donvoan Santoro transferred from Providence Friars to Green Bay. |
| 2024 | Providence Friars men's basketball team completed their 2023-24 season with a 21-14 overall record and a 10-10 conference record in Big East play, finishing tied for sixth place. |
| 2024 | Josh Oduro graduated, completing his graduate senior year with the Providence Friars. |
| 2024 | Devin Carter declared for the 2024 NBA draft and was selected 13th overall by the Sacramento Kings, marking his transition from Providence Friars to professional basketball. |
| 2024 | Recruit reclassified from the class of 2025 to the class of 2024, changing their anticipated year of team participation. |
| 2024 | Davonte Gaines graduated, concluding his graduate senior year with the Providence Friars. |
| 2024 | Providence Friars men's basketball team added multiple new players to their roster through the 2024 recruiting class, strengthening the team's lineup for the upcoming season. |
| 2024 | Providence received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament as the No. 4 seed in the Seton Hall bracket, where they were defeated in the first round by Boston College. |
| 2024 | In the Big East tournament, the Friars defeated Georgetown in the first round and Creighton in the quarterfinals before being eliminated by Marquette in the semifinals. |
| 2024 | Rafael Castro transferred from Providence Friars to George Washington. |
| 2023 | Ed Cooley concluded his tenure as men's basketball team coach. |
| January 2021 | The college enrolled 4,128 undergraduate students and 688 graduate students, bringing the total student population to 4,816 in the spring semester. |
| 2018 | Providence College constructs the Science Complex for natural science studies and opens the $30 million Ruane Friar Development Center (RFDC), featuring improvements for student-athletes including an innovation lab, expanded sports medicine center, and student-athlete fueling station. |
| 2017 | The school topped The Princeton Review's list of most segregated colleges. |
| 2016 | Archbishop Christopher Cardone becomes the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Auki in The Solomon Islands |
| 2016 | Providence College modified its core curriculum, reducing required credits in natural science and social science while adding credits in a 'core focus' area and introducing proficiencies in intensive writing, oral communication, diversity, and civic engagement. |
| 2015 | Providence College men's hockey team won its first NCAA Division I National Championship. |
| 2015 | Men's hockey team won its first NCAA Division I National Championship. |
| 2013 | Groundbreaking of the Arthur and Patricia Ryan Center for Business Studies as part of the campus development initiative. |
| 2013 | Implemented handicap accessibility improvements to Aquinas Hall, enhancing campus infrastructure for inclusivity. |
| 2013 | The Ruane Center for the Humanities was built specifically to house the Development of Western Civilization program lectures and seminars. |
| 2013 | College purchased Huxley Avenue and initiated a campus transformation project to develop facilities and meet growing student needs. |
| July 2013 | Providence College became a founding member of the new Big East Conference, breaking off from the original Big East with five other Catholic basketball-centric colleges at the start of the 2013-14 academic year. |
| 2012 | The School of Business successfully received AACSB accreditation after initiating the accreditation process in 2008. |
| 2012 | Groundbreaking ceremony held for the Ruane Center for the Humanities. |
| December 2012 | The new Development of Western Civilization Program was implemented, featuring a revised curriculum with three semesters of standard lectures progressing chronologically from ancient to modern history. |
| 2011 | President Brian Shanley created an Office of Institutional Diversity and hired a Chief Diversity Officer. |
| 2011 | Ed Cooley began coaching the men's basketball team. |
| 2010 | Karen Thatcher competes in the United States women's national ice hockey team, winning a silver medal. Cammi Granato serves as a broadcaster for NBC Sports during the Vancouver Olympics. |
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