By Josh Ferrari I accepted an award last Monday night. My parents spent the afternoon driving up from Deltona, dog in tow, to see me. I briskly walked down the street from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications to meet them when they arrived in Gainesville. After quickly tossing them my apartment…… Continue reading It’s Not About The Awards
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Top Educator Awards Go to PR Leaders
Two friends and public relations leaders received well-deserved recognition for their significant contributions to education during last week’s annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) in Montreal. Frank Ovaitt, president and CEO of the Institute for Public Relations (IPR), received the Gerald Sass Distinguished Service Award, presented by the Association of…… Continue reading Top Educator Awards Go to PR Leaders
PR Education Rising in Respect and Potential
Kudos to my DePaul University colleagues for putting our PR program on the map. Although we didn’t win the big prize (congratulations Georgetown), the DePaul PRAD program was one of the top five education programs honored at last night’s PR Week Awards event in New York. The five finalists were: American University Brigham Young University…… Continue reading PR Education Rising in Respect and Potential
Congratulations to PR Students and Young Pros
Two of the 35 award categories at last night’s PR Week Awards got the effervescent (e.g. noisy) crowd to pay attention. Almost everyone in the Grand Hyatt Ballroom in New York was curious to meet and celebrate the future of the profession—PR students and young professionals. Sarah Corder of Liberty University was named PR Student…… Continue reading Congratulations to PR Students and Young Pros