PC News, Fall 2019
Care for our common home
The student organization Lightening Others’ Loads collected 200 used items — including eight refrigerators, 15 microwave ovens, 16 fans, and 35 storage crates — from students moving off campus for the summer and redistributed them to students in need at Move-In Day in August.
Lightening Others’ Loads, which began five years ago, is a collaborative effort of Campus Ministry, the Office of Admission, and the Office of Residence Life. It is aimed at reducing waste while helping students who cannot afford to buy extras for their rooms or who cannot transport large items from home.
As students moved out of residence halls in May, the Office of Environmental Health and Safety coordinated the collection of 3,000 pounds of non-perishable food for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and 300 bags of gently used clothing — approximately 2,500 pounds — for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
A Sustainability Committee, formed as an initiative of PC200, the College’s new strategic plan, is dedicated to increasing environmental stewardship on campus, inspired by the message of Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’, “On Care for Our Common Home.”
Neronha ’88 named PC general counsel
Christopher M. Neronha ’88 began work on July 1 as the new vice president and general counsel at Providence College. He replaces Marifrances McGinn ’19Hon., the first in-house general counsel in the College’s history, who retired after more than 20 years in the role.
A political science major at PC, Neronha holds a law degree from the University of Notre Dame Law School. He formerly was vice president, general counsel, and secretary at Spring- field College and associate general counsel at Roger Williams University. He has worked at National Life Insurance Company, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, and Hinckley Allen & Snyder in Providence, where he began his career in law.
Neronha will provide legal and risk management advice, guidance, and services to the Board of Trustees, president, senior staff, administrative officers, and faculty. He also will serve on the President’s Senior Cabinet, the primary adminis- trative and policy-making body at PC.
