Clips from: Serenity, Two Strike Park, and Live It Up.
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Author: Brandon Fuller
2017 GSLIS Annual Gathering
April 21st, 2017, 6 – 10pm Alumni Center, URI Kingston Campus GSLIS alumni, students, faculty, and friends came together at The Graduate School of Library and Information Studies annual gathering to celebrate our anniversary. Celebrating our Alumni of the Year: Catherine Damiani, East Providence Public Library Dhana Whiteing, Providence Community Library — Mount Pleasant Celebrating the […]
Continue reading "2017 GSLIS Annual Gathering"Public Relations Student Society of America to host annual speaker series
By: Kelly Cucciniello ’17, Public Relations PRSSA’s annual speaker series is coming back to URI March 21-23 and will feature three leaders in different aspects of the PR industry: David Preston, Gail Alofsin, and Betty Galligan. David Preston is founder and owner of New Harbor Group. He specializes in crisis communications and community relations. Some […]
Continue reading "Public Relations Student Society of America to host annual speaker series"The Harrington HUB Grand Opening
The Harrington School presents the opening of our new facility: The Harrington HUB. Equipped with new high tech facilities and learning spaces, the Harrington School provides all the tools necessary to prepare students for the ever-growing world of communication and media!
Continue reading "The Harrington HUB Grand Opening"Ashish Chadha
Ashish Chadha has been making films for decades, but they are not the kind you might see at, say, a Showcase cinema. Chadha’s films are experimental or, as one critic puts it, “deliberately incomprehensible,” yet “visually seductive.” They explore themes of death, time, and ritual rooted in the religion, history, and philosophy of India, where he grew up.
Continue reading "Ashish Chadha"Katlin Fox ’09
Like many new grads entering the job market in the first years of the recession, Katlin Fox knew she might need to re-adjust her immediate expectations. Graduating in 2009 with a B.A. in Public Relations, she had hoped to find a marketing position, but her first post-URI job was as an executive assistant in a construction company. She made the most of it, and her success jumping into middle management even landed her in the pages of The Wall Street Journal.
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Thanks to an incredibly generous gift from Jonathan Herman ’99, students who have unfortunately lost a parent either before or during their studies at URI are now eligible for scholarships from the Arthur and Helen Herman Scholarship Fund, named for Jonathan Herman’s parents, both of whom passed on while Jonathan was very young. Adam Roth, interim director […]
Continue reading "Alumnus Creates Unique Scholarship For Students"Christiane Amanpour Recognized for Excellence
Christiane Amanpour, a URI alum and Chief International Correspondent with CNN, accepts the prestigious Burton Benjamin award with humility and grace. She begins by addressing his daughter with warmth, reverence and compassion, expressing her desire to do justice to the honorable memory of her father, Burton Benjamin.
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Harrington students discuss their experiences studying abroad
Continue reading "Student Study Abroad Experiences"PR Students Promote Active Citizenship on URI Campus
Everywhere we turn, we are reminded it is election year – even at URI. Students enrolled in PR courses this semester participated in a fast-moving social media campaign to facilitate “Rock the Vote”.
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