Summary
The US onAir Network will be working with volunteers from Rhode Island universities, colleges, and nonprofit organizations to oversee the curation and moderation of posts, aircasts (online discussions), and in person events for the Rhode Island onAir Hub … related to federal, state, and local elections and government.
Our first outreach will be to University of Rhode Island partly because of its proximity to the state capital. We have identified many of University of Rhode Island ’s civic engagement, academic, internship and research programs related to making democracy and civic responsibility a focus of higher learning on their campus … for students, faculty, staff, and local community. This post, over time, will have similar information on other collaborating organizations in the state.
Contact ben.murphy@onair.cc for more information on how to involve your organization.
About
The University of Rhode Island’s onAir chapter will initially focus on training interested undergrad and graduate students on how to curate Rhode Island onAir content especially submitting Top News articles, events, videos, and information and moderating forums in each post they curate.
Student curators will also work with state senate and house committee chairs to produce aircasts on issues being discussed and bills being proposed in their committees.
During election season, students with other other organizations like the League of Women Voters, will coordinate and produce aircasted debates with candidates.
University of Rhode Island
The University of Rhode Island is a diverse and dynamic community whose members are connected by a common quest for knowledge.
As a major research university defined by innovation and big thinking, URI offers its undergraduate, graduate, and professional students distinctive educational opportunities designed to meet the global challenges of today’s world and the rapidly evolving needs of tomorrow. That’s why we’re here.
With nearly 18,000 students representing 48 states and 76 countries, URI continues to grow.
In the last 12 years, $834M has been invested in capital projects and improvements across all four campuses, with new facilities for engineering, chemistry and forensic science, pharmacy, and communications. The 182,000 square-foot, $150M Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering, which opened in September 2019, rivals any in the world
