URI public relations student Lance Faria of Riverside honored for outstanding achievement

Kingston, RI - The University of Rhode Island's Harrington School of Communication and Media honored 12 students March 22 at its annual Public Relations Excellence Award Ceremony. The awards were presented in the following categories: community impact, campus involvement, leadership, global impact, most innovative and outstanding internship.
Lance Faria of Riverside, R.I., received the Campus Involvement Award.
Faria is involved in URI's campus life, especially through his role as a resident advisor in Hillside Hall. He listens to students, their concerns and deals with whatever crisis might occur. Faria is also a member of the Student Entertainment Committee and of Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity. He is participating in an internship at the College of Pharmacy.
This year's honorary chair was URI alumna Laura Shubel, '15, a double major in public relations and French graduated from URI in 2015. She distinguished herself in an internship at the Alliance Francaise of Providence where she quickly progressed and finally planned the organization's very first event. Shubel is now a senior account coordinator at Caster Communications. But she has not forgotten URI. She teaches in URI's Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. She visits several classes during the year to share her professional experience with public relations students.
The University of Rhode Island's pioneering research extends the University's influence well beyond its coastal borders, while its unique interdisciplinary courses provide its 16,637 undergraduate and graduate students with global opportunities in an intimate environment. In May 2016, more than 3,200 undergraduate and about 660 graduate degrees were awarded. The University now has more than 120,000 alumni worldwide.