Hands-on learning is a critical part of the Rivier experience. You can test your knowledge and develop skills in our well-equipped classrooms, laboratories, and studios or through special assignments and internships designed to take you off campus and into the workplace.
- Nursing students gain practical experience in a physical assessment lab and nursing
skills simulation lab
- Education students develop teaching experience in the Early Childhood Center, spending 150 hours in the classroom before they begin student teaching
- Business students serve as consultants for area companies
- Communications students gain firsthand experience in TV broadcasting by working in our on-campus television studio
- Liberal arts and sciences students take advantage of internships arranged to complement their major course of study
- All students participate in a service learning project which allows them to identify a community problem and volunteer time to work on a solution
- The McLean Center for Finance and Economics provides access to real-time financial data and breaking world news headlines.
- The BAE Student Research Laboratory offers students an opportunity to gain hands-on experience by assisting in faculty research and developing their own independent biology research projects.
With the opportunity to integrate learning and doing, your academic experience at Rivier will become truly personalized, guided by your own motivation and interests.
