Rhode Island School of Design

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD, /ˈrɪzdiː/) is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It has been ranked among the best art and design universities in the United States.

Founded in 1877, it is located at the base of College Hill; the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and offer joint courses. Applicants to RISD are required to complete RISD's famous two-drawing "hometest", one of which involves the trademark RISD bicycle drawing.

It includes, on the Fall 2015 term, about 470 faculty and curators, and 400 staff members. About 2,014 undergraduates and 467 graduate students enroll from all over the United States and 57 other countries. It offers 16 undergraduate majors and 17 graduate majors. RISD is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), a consortium of thirty-six leading art schools in the United States. It also maintains over 80,000 works of art in the RISD Museum.

Rock Island-Milan School District 41

Rock Island-Milan School District No. 41 is a Public School District serving the Rock Island, Illinois and Milan, Illinois areas of the Quad Cities. Dr. Michael Oberhaus, Ed.D, serves as the current superintendent.

Administration

The school district's current key administrative staff include:

Board of Education

The district, alike most, is governed by a board of education. The current district BOE members are: