Daniel Singh ’26 finds — and builds — community at Providence College
Daniel Singh ’26 finds — and builds —community at Providence College
By Vicki-Ann Downing ’21G
Daniel Singh ’26 wanted a college that would prepare him for law school, but community was important to him, too. At Providence College, he found both.
Singh, from the Bronx, New York, is majoring in psychology with a minor in marketing. He came to PC from Salesian High School in New Rochelle, which he attended through a full four-year scholarship as a member of its Math Leaders Program. He played basketball, volleyball, and trumpet, and made lifelong friends.
“The love I have for my high school is endless,” Singh said.
Singh traveled to Providence for the first time with Salesian as a high school sophomore. During the visit to PC, he noticed that everyone seemed happy. He saw that he could be involved in his faith. Two years later, with an invitation to join the Honors Program and a generous financial aid package, he attended a day for accepted students with his parents. He was impressed by how easy it was to talk to Steve Sears, Ed.D., senior vice president for student affairs and dean of students, who walked about the room seemingly introducing himself to everyone.
“Salesian was a brotherhood. PC is a family,” Singh said. “If you’re down, people make sure to check in on you and ensure that you are OK. You always have a friend here, and people are always looking forward to connecting with you.”
Community has been a thread throughout Singh’s college years. In February 2024, when he was a resident assistant for first-year students on the fourth floor of Raymond Hall, he helped coordinate a student effort to raise money so that a college security guard could visit his family in Nigeria for the first time in a decade. A video showing the guard’s emotional reaction to the check presentation was widely shared on social media and highlighted as a Morning Boost by Hoda Kotb on NBC’s Today show.
“James has been to Nigeria at least twice,” Singh said. “He still remembers all our names and loves to chat with us whenever we visit him.”
Singh, who was raised in the Pentecostal tradition by parents from Jamaica, began a Bible study group during his sophomore year. It continues to meet Wednesday evenings in the library of the Campus Ministry Center, on the lower level of St. Dominic Chapel, under the guidance of College Chaplain Rev. Simon Teller, O.P. Singh counts it as the highlight of his college experience.
“My relationship with God is undoubtedly the most important part of my life,” Singh said. “I come from a very pious family. I learned about Scripture in depth at church and wanted to continue my spiritual growth after high school. Once a student, I am now a teacher presenting the Word of God to my peers. The community consists of people from diverse backgrounds coming together to learn about the Bible. It’s a new, dynamic, and fun way of spreading the Word.
“If leading Bible study was the only extracurricular that I was able to participate in on campus, I’d still feel fulfilled.”
For his senior year, Singh was selected to join the Benjamin Family Social Media Fellowship, a group of 10 students who market the School of Business on social media. As community manager, he has worked to build engagement and a sense of unity among followers through captions, polls, and success stories about faculty and student internships.
Singh has enjoyed two summer internships thanks to his experience with the Chirico Career Center, where Liz Lombard ’18G, then an associate director, introduced him to INROADS, a nonprofit that connects students with paid internships and a support network.
Through INROADS, Singh spent the summer of 2024 as a human resources intern at LVMH in New York City, the largest fashion company in the world. He worked with both the human resources and legal teams, learning about employment law, general counsel practices, and regular HR functions. During the summer of 2025, again through INROADS, he was a human resources intern learning about immigration law at Henkel in Stamford, Connecticut, a global company that manufactures adhesives and consumer products.
Singh spent the fall semester of his junior year at Queen Mary University of London, a city that he had always hoped to visit.
“It was such a lovely experience, one of my top three experiences of college,” Singh said.
Singh lived with eight students in an apartment and took four courses, two in psychology, one in evolution, and one about the politics of East London, where the university is located.
“They once called it Little Delhi. Before that, it was a Jewish community,” Singh said. “The course gave me insight into British civic structures and culture. Living in London is just like living in New York City, but it’s nearly twice the size.”
While abroad, Singh traveled to Spain, Morocco, and Italy. He’s also joined the Honors Program on spring break trips to Paris and Vienna. On campus, he was a member of the Afro-Caribbean Association and played intramural basketball and soccer. Besides Raymond Hall, he’s been a resident assistant in McDermott and McCarthy halls and now lives in an apartment in DiTraglia. He’s a self-described foodie who loves to cook and bake, drawing on Caribbean traditions from his family.
In the Honors Program, Singh has found like-minded students who enjoy being challenged. He chose psychology as a major because of the prevalence of mental illness he saw in his community growing up, and because of his inquisitive nature. When his grandmother was diagnosed with dementia, he wanted to understand how neurodegenerative loss occurs.
As he takes the LSAT in preparation for law school applications, he is grateful to mentors such as Quincy Bevely, Ph.D., vice president of institutional diversity, equity, and inclusion, and his Development of Western Civilization professors, Licia Carlson, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, and Adrian Chastain Weimer, Ph.D., professor of history.
“Growing up in my community in the Bronx, a lot of people don’t have the opportunity to go to a private university, especially to a school like Providence College, or to travel abroad,” Singh said. “I want to leverage all the skills I’ve acquired here to provide for and ultimately benefit my community.”
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