Dr. Meghan Hughes, the fifth President of the Community College of Rhode Island, announced last week she will step down effective Aug. 31. In a letter to college colleagues Hughes wrote, “I … more

Meghan Hughes is all about optimism. The fifth president of the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) is focusing efforts on how she can continue to build a team and inspire community to build the … more

By KELLY SULLIVAN On Oct. 20, 1916, 13-year-old Dorothy Hughes told her mother she didn't feel well enough to practice the piano that day. Her mother, Florence (Gardner) Connolly, asked her what was wrong. Dorothy hadn't been acting normally for weeks. more