Families Association
A single digital destination serves the needs of RISD Families.
Have questions about student life? Want to discover opportunities for RISD families? Hoping to connect with other families?
RISD’s Office of Alumni + Family Relations and Student Affairs have created the RISD Families Association website as part of their commitment to providing broader and more meaningful support to RISD families. The site was developed with guidance from Deb Mankiw P 22 and Greg Mankiw P 22, co-chairs of the Families Association, and members of the Families Association Leadership Council to serve as a single digital destination serves the needs of RISD families.
On the new website, we invite you to stay up to date on what’s happening with the Families Association and get involved:
• Find needed information, including timely updates from Student Affairs, answers to questions and contacts in key offices across RISD.
• Be in the know with a calendar of important dates and learn the rhythm of the school year.
• Connect with RISD’s community of artists and designers as well as fellow RISD families through involvement with family-focused programs.
Written by June Lee, CASE intern
Ambassadors Support New RISD Families
The International Families Committee of the RISD Families Association, with the guidance of Student Affairs and Alumni + Family Relations, recently launched a new Family Ambassador program. This resource for incoming families connects them with families of students who have been at RISD for at least a year and who are willing to share their firsthand knowledge of RISD.
Incoming families are encouraged to ask their family ambassadors about everything from how their student adjusted to life at RISD to how best to support their student to ensure a successful first year. The program also provides an easy way for families to make new friends.
Shefali Kushalani P 22, Dr. Shanming Shi P 21 and Mingyuan Song P 21, are co-chairs of the association’s International Family Committee.
Interested in getting involved or learning more? Please contact Sanaa Nelson, alumni relations officer for volunteer engagement, at 401 709-8585 or snelso02@risd.edu.
