Christine Zanfini recently updated us on her activities: "I am working for the RI Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I have been a volunteer for this organization for almost 3 years and even did an internship here while a student. I love having the opportunity to be part of an organization I have so much passion for! I am the Campaign Coordinator for one their programs called Team In Training, an endurance training and fundraising program. I completed the program twice myself. My job encompasses all aspects of my Communication Studies major."

(posted Aug. 2000)

Sherry Giarrusso-Mulhearn a Communication Studies major earned her law degree from Boston University. She practiced law with the firm of Adler Pollock & Sheehan. In April of 1997 she became the youngest person to head a government agency in Rhode Island: Director of Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation. She was recently featured in the cover story in URI Quad Angles (Summer 2000), a publication of the URI Alumni Association.

(posted Aug. 2000)

Gerald Williams ('95) a Communication Studies alumnus has been named Program Director of URI's Talent Development Program. Additional information on the Talent Development Program is available online at http://www.uri.edu/talent_development/.

Todd Graham (95') has been accepted in the Masters program at the University of Amsterdam. He will be studying European Communication Studies. He expects to finish his graduate work in June 2002.

(posted: August 2000)

Rachel I. Turner ('93) is now Rachel I. Minardi. In November of 2002, Rachel married Michael Minardi whom she met while competing for URI's debate team. Michael and Rachel took a year off from school to travel cross country before settling in South Florida to attend law school. In May of 2002, Rachel graduated from Nova Southeastern University earning her law degree with honors and is now clerking for the Chief judge of the Fourth District Court of Appeals in the state of Florida. Rachel intends to pursue a career as a trial attorney.

(posted: February 2003)

Michelle Ruberto Fonseca ('87) has recently become part of the commercial law firm of Holland & Knight. The firm is one of the twenty largest law firms in the world. Michelle is based in the Providence office and concentrates in the areas of real estate, commercial transactions, creditors' rights, general litigation, and tax credit syndication. As an undergraduate Michelle was a champion debater.