Umar Farouk is an ACCREDITED PR Practitioner (APR) and an Award-Winning Administrator with extensive knowledge in strategic communications. He has over 15 years’ practice in PR and events planning with both local and international exposure. He is currently an Assistant Registrar and Head of the Protocol Section in the Directorate of Public Affairs.

Umar has worked as a Protocol and Events Management/Planning Officer with the Public Relations and Protocol Section (PR/P) and also as a Reporter with the Documentation and Information Section (DIS). He has had a reporting stint with the Public Agenda, an Advocacy Newspaper with sponsorship from ISODEC in the 2000s, as its Central Regional Correspondent. 

With a Bachelor’s degree in English and Classics, and a Master’s Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, Farouk has built for himself, a solid communication background to enable him execute any PR agenda. His commitment to work and administrative duties won him the heart of the University Management when in 2018, he received the Outstanding Administrator Award.

Umar has served on both Local and International Committees as a Recorder, Secretary, or Member, some of which include the Congregation Planning Committee, Association of Commonwealth Universities International Conference, UCC/Unilorin International Conference, 15th RUFORUM AGM, among others. He has also attended several international and local Workshops and Conferences. 

He belongs to a number of professional bodies including the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), Institute of Public Relations, Ghana (IPR Ghana) and the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, UK (CIPR).

Umar Farouk is an avid reader, writer, editor, communicator and well-connected individual with strong negotiation skills. 

Participant/Member of LOC at 15th RUFORUM AGM, University of Cape Coast, Ghana . 2019-12-01 Secretary, Public Relations & Protocol Sub-Committee at 15th RUFORUM AGM, University of Cape Coast, Ghana . 2019-12-01 Participant at Two-Day Seminar organized by the Institute of Public Relations, Ghana (IPR Ghana), University of Cape Coast Ghana . 2019-10-01 Participant & Member of International Organising Committee at 4th International Conference of the U6 Initiative for Development, University of Cape Coast, Ghana . 2016-09-01 Participant/Member & Secretary of International Organising Committee at ACU Conference of University Leaders on the theme: “Defining the responsible university: society, impact and growth”, Accra International Conference Centre, Accra, Ghana . 2016-07-01 Participant & Member of IOC and LOC at 3rd Joint UCC-Unilorin International Conference on Education for Sustainable Development in Africa, University of Cape Coast, Ghana . 2013-08-01 Participant and Media Liaison at 56th ICET World Assembly, University of Cape Coast, Ghana . 2012-07-01 Coordinator at Meeting of Members of Association of West African Universities (AWAU), University of Cape Coast, Ghana . 2012-08-01 Participant at Two-Day Seminar organized by the Institute of Public Relations, Ghana (IPR Ghana), University of Cape Coast, Ghana . 2019-10-01 Participant at 3rd Protocol Matters Conference organized by Proselin Events Ghana Ltd. on the Theme: “Managing Events in the Corporate and Hospitality Industry: The Importance of Protocol”, Accra International Conference Centre, Accra, Ghana . 2019-11-01 Participant at Advanced Diplomacy, Protocol and Etiquette Workshop organised by the Association of African Universities, University of Mauritius, Mauritius . 2019-05-01 Participant at Masterclass on Protocol & Diplomacy for UN Agencies, Government, International Organisations & Major Corporations, Balalaika, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa . 2014-10-01 Participant at 3-Day In-Service Training/Workshop on Tax Returns, Time Management, Financial Management, University of Cape Coast, Ghana . 2014-11-01 Participant/Vice-Chancellor's Delegation at Convocation Ceremony for the University of Ilorin, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria . 2012-10-01 Participant at PR Training Programme for Practitioners, University of Cape Coast, Ghana . 2012-08-01 Participant/Admitted as ACCREDITED Member (APR) at National PR & Communications Summit/28th AGM, Volta Hotel, Akosombo . 2022-01-01 Secretary (LOC) at 6th John Evans Atta Mills Commemorative Lecture hosted by the University of Cape Coast in Partnership with the J. E. Atta Mills Centre for Law and Governance, GIMPA-Theme: Atta Mills the Servant Leader delivered by Her Excellency Joyce Banda, Former President of Malawi., University of Cape Coast . 2016-07-01 Participant at 3-Day Training on Online Electronic Promotion Application for Senior Members organised by the Training and Development Section, ICT Centre, University of Cape Coast . 2023-03-08