Providence College is a Catholic liberal arts institution founded in 1917 by the Dominican Order, located on a compact 105-acre campus in the Smith Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. It is one of only a handful of colleges sponsored by the Dominicans and is known for its required Development of Western Civilization (DWC) program — a two-year interdisciplinary humanities sequence taken by all students. With approximately 4,200 undergraduates and a strong residential culture (students are required to live on campus through junior year), PC emphasizes intellectual and spiritual format…
