{"id":80732,"date":"2022-09-15T17:46:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T17:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=80732"},"modified":"2022-10-04T18:02:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T18:02:52","slug":"uris-fully-renovated-ranger-hall-opens-its-doors-to-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/uris-fully-renovated-ranger-hall-opens-its-doors-to-students\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s fully renovated Ranger Hall opens its doors to students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I.<\/strong> \u2013 Sept. 15, 2022 \u2013 With the start of the fall 2022 semester, students in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Harrington School of Communication and Media got their first look at the fully renovated Ranger Hall\u2014Harrington\u2019s vibrant hub on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, the University completed the final round of renovations to the historic structure located along 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s iconic Quad. The latest updates, along with an initial round of renovations completed in 2016, provide Harrington students with a dedicated learning and creative space, complete with media and film labs, video editing facilities, active-learning classrooms, computer labs, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students make use of a state-of-the-art digital editing suite in Ranger Hall. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A formal grand opening for the new facility is scheduled for late October, but as fall classes begin at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston campus, the new Ranger Hall is already buzzing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an exciting moment for the Harrington School and for the University as a whole,\u201d said Ammina Kothari, a professor of journalism and director of the Harrington School. \u201cIt\u2019s rare for a communication and media school to have a dedicated building with state-of-the-art facilities like we have in Ranger Hall. It goes a long way toward creating an inclusive community across our academic programs where our students can meet, collaborate, learn, and create.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first part of the project completed in 2016 renovated Ranger Hall\u2019s first floor. That phase of the project created a film screening room, video editing suites with modern computers and software, computer labs, classroom space, and a living\/learning room for students to gather, study, and collaborate. A media equipment center provides cameras, microphones, and other equipment for multimedia projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The newly completed final phase of the project renovated Ranger\u2019s second, third, and fourth floors, opening an additional 23,600 square feet of usable space. The newly completed work adds a total of seven new classrooms, including active-learning classrooms that provide students a learning environment designed for collaboration. Two new editing suites are available for visual media projects. The new Film Production Lab serves as a teaching sound stage, with a green screen, property room and space to build walled sets. There are informal study spaces throughout the building to provide students with spaces to work, relax, or chat with classmates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vision for Ranger, Kothari says, was to create a space that serves all of Harrington\u2019s diverse student population. The Harrington School offers seven academic programs<\/a>, including communication studies, journalism, public relations, sports communication and media, writing and rhetoric, film media and more. While each program offers students unique and specialized opportunities, Kothari says, they\u2019re also interconnected in ways that offer students opportunities to collaborate. Having Ranger Hall as Harrington\u2019s hub on campus will deepen those collaborations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis building is about bringing people together,\u201d Kothari said. \u201cWe\u2019re building community among our students and faculty and adding to the vibrance of the campus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abby Wildgoose, a junior film media major from Warwick, agreed that bringing Harrington students together is an important part of the new Ranger Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey designed this space to better reflect the way our community operates,\u201d Wildgoose said. \u201cThe students who go to Ranger know they’re entering a space where community is the base of our education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jenna Wentworth, a senior from Tewksbury, Massachusetts, double majoring in theatre and communication studies, agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI’m in two very different majors, and this is a space where I can get together with my classmates from both to collaborate,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christoff Bandele, a junior film media major who hails from Brooklyn, New York, and currently lives in Pawtucket, said he\u2019s looking forward to utilizing some of Ranger\u2019s specialized spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI’m really excited to see what the new and improved Ranger has to offer,\u201d he said. \u201cWith the new film production lab and upgraded editing suites, I’m excited to see what the new school year will bring and what I’ll be able to produce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new spaces in Ranger complement communication and media facilities elsewhere on campus, including Harrington\u2019s state-of-the-art Broadcast Center<\/a> located in Chafee Hall. The renovations also provide space for Harrington\u2019s administrative staff, giving students easy access to advising and other services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRanger now provides the Harrington School with a true home on campus,\u201d Kothari said. \u201cIt\u2019s very exciting to watch our students getting to know this new space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A host of donors, led by Richard and Jean Harrington, along with funding from 溏心vlog免费B站 made the new facility possible. In all, the renovations represent an investment of nearly $15 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis project will solidify Harrington\u2019s reputation as a nationally recognized leader in communication and media education,\u201d said Jeannette Riley, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in which Harrington is housed. \u201cWe are deeply grateful to our donors who shared our vision for this project and played critical roles in making it happen.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The University plans to celebrate the generosity of Harrington\u2019s donors at a grand opening event in October. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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