The Harrington School is fully committed to helping its students achieve success. The Harrington School Mentoring Program is one of the many ways it prepares students for the real world.
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Former WPRI Eyewitness News anchor Karen L. Adams H’10 has made a $1 million commitment toward her endowment to support female students at URI’s Harrington School of Communication and Media.
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Fly to Los Angeles, be in the audience for the Ellen DeGeneres Show, meet the show’s executive producer, tour Warner Bros. Studios, and learn from Harrington alumni in the film and TV industry.
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Working at ESPN is unlike anything else. That’s because we’re always finding new ways to interact with fans – however and wherever they connect with sports. When you have the latest technology, game-changing ideas and world-class talent on your team, every day is extraordinary. ESPN is offering multiple internship opportunities ranging from Programming, Communications, Social […]
Continue reading "ESPN 2019 Summer Internships"Nikki Noya ’00 finds smooth landing on travel show ‘The Jet Set’
Nikki Noya ’00 loves competing and setting goals. So when the chance to become co-host of a nationally syndicated travel show suddenly popped up, Noya took the gamble.
Continue reading "Nikki Noya ’00 finds smooth landing on travel show ‘The Jet Set’"Summer 2019 Paid Internships: Knight Foundation
Application deadline: Feb. 1, 2019 The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is mission-driven and results-oriented. We were established by our founders to support informed and engaged communities. We value innovation and initiative, teamwork and transparency, all toward achieving positive impact and progress in our field of work. We take our core beliefs from […]
Continue reading "Summer 2019 Paid Internships: Knight Foundation"LuAnne Roth joins professional and public writing faculty
by Mariana Zardetto Alves & Delaney LePage LuAnne Roth, Ph.D., joins the professional and public writing department as a senior lecturer. Roth received her doctorate degree in English from University of Missouri, Columbia. She also has a master’s degree in folklore and mythology from the University of California, Los Angeles and a bachelor’s degree in […]
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by Delaney LePage The Harrington School has hired event expert, Sarah Daly-Van Oot, as a temporary, full-time lecturer of communication studies and public relations. Daly-Van Oot received her master’s degree in integrated marketing communication from Emerson College and her bachelor’s degree in communication studies from Simmons University. Daly-Van Oot brings over 20 years of marketing […]
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by Delaney LePage The Harrington School has a new face in the journalism department: Jason Jaacks, assistant professor of multimedia journalism. Jaacks received his master’s degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley and his bachelor’s degree in documentary studies from the College of Santa Fe. Jaacks comes to the Harrington School with an […]
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by Juliana Dellamarggio For high school seniors, deciding where to go to college is one of the hardest decisions they have to make. Some knew right away where they wanted to go. For others, like freshman Siobhan Richards, more research had to be done before choosing which college to attend. Richards, a public relations and […]
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