Winter 2022
Community Stories
![Creative Problem-Solving One “Hack” at a Time]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653579588/provday/zjd0jbfbrdifcadaolmy/IDEAS_Hackathon_3_small_no-names.jpg","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1653579588/provday/zjd0jbfbrdifcadaolmy/IDEAS_Hackathon_3_small_no-names.jpg","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1653579588/provday/zjd0jbfbrdifcadaolmy/IDEAS_Hackathon_3_small_no-names.jpg","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1653579588/provday/zjd0jbfbrdifcadaolmy/IDEAS_Hackathon_3_small_no-names.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1653579588/provday/zjd0jbfbrdifcadaolmy/IDEAS_Hackathon_3_small_no-names.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653579588/provday/zjd0jbfbrdifcadaolmy/IDEAS_Hackathon_3_small_no-names.jpg","width":2000}])
The first-ever Providence Day School Hackathon welcomed over 170 PD students to campus on a Saturday last October. Small groups of participants in the Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools had fewer than three hours to answer a prompt, provided the morning of the Hackathon, which challenged students to produce a solution.
![Q&A: Carol Lawrence]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1653406569/provday/xfmh3j8wwi6pd5gz0bhz/Carol-Lawrence_cropped.png","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1653406569/provday/xfmh3j8wwi6pd5gz0bhz/Carol-Lawrence_cropped.png","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1653406569/provday/xfmh3j8wwi6pd5gz0bhz/Carol-Lawrence_cropped.png","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1653406569/provday/xfmh3j8wwi6pd5gz0bhz/Carol-Lawrence_cropped.png","width":1000}])
Carol Lawrence reflects on 15 years of teaching and coaching at PD.
![Q & A: Brian Li]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1641315822/provday/yckbg9s9svyn1furzvcd/Realizinghiswifeisintheaudience.jpg","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1641315822/provday/yckbg9s9svyn1furzvcd/Realizinghiswifeisintheaudience.jpg","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1641315822/provday/yckbg9s9svyn1furzvcd/Realizinghiswifeisintheaudience.jpg","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1641315822/provday/yckbg9s9svyn1furzvcd/Realizinghiswifeisintheaudience.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1641315822/provday/yckbg9s9svyn1furzvcd/Realizinghiswifeisintheaudience.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1641315822/provday/yckbg9s9svyn1furzvcd/Realizinghiswifeisintheaudience.jpg","width":2200}])
The 21-22 Downing/Williams Endowed Chair of Teaching Excellence reflects on his path to PD.
![Corley May (right) inside "The Studio," a digital makerspace she helped establish with Librarian Nicole Collins (left).]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1641313803/provday/qe9xtqk8jgvzdrb2uljl/CopyofPreferredCollinsandMay.jpg","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1641313803/provday/qe9xtqk8jgvzdrb2uljl/CopyofPreferredCollinsandMay.jpg","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1641313803/provday/qe9xtqk8jgvzdrb2uljl/CopyofPreferredCollinsandMay.jpg","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1641313803/provday/qe9xtqk8jgvzdrb2uljl/CopyofPreferredCollinsandMay.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1641313803/provday/qe9xtqk8jgvzdrb2uljl/CopyofPreferredCollinsandMay.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1641313803/provday/qe9xtqk8jgvzdrb2uljl/CopyofPreferredCollinsandMay.jpg","width":2200}])
Corley May wants our students to experience the thrill of finding a new favorite book, the fun of a “serendipitous discovery” on our shelves, and the warmth that can come from a community of readers who can come together to pass along recommendations and bond over shared favorites.
![Making History]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1578426858/provday/u6ljc5jqlwsuwsaf0fd0/Making-History_Nancy-Downing-2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1578426858/provday/u6ljc5jqlwsuwsaf0fd0/Making-History_Nancy-Downing-2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1578426858/provday/u6ljc5jqlwsuwsaf0fd0/Making-History_Nancy-Downing-2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578426858/provday/u6ljc5jqlwsuwsaf0fd0/Making-History_Nancy-Downing-2.jpg","width":1000}])
Nancy and Bruce Downing establish the first-ever Endowed Chair for faculty.
![Q&A: The Long View]([{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1574453040/provday/qsh0p9bijrbjzvfn9kk3/QA_Chris-Mullis.jpg","width":256},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1574453040/provday/qsh0p9bijrbjzvfn9kk3/QA_Chris-Mullis.jpg","width":512},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1574453040/provday/qsh0p9bijrbjzvfn9kk3/QA_Chris-Mullis.jpg","width":800},{"url":"http://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1574453040/provday/qsh0p9bijrbjzvfn9kk3/QA_Chris-Mullis.jpg","width":1000}])
Dr. Chris Mullis '90 Shares his Passion as the First Alumnus to Lead the Board of Trustees