Published on November 27, 2017, at 5:11 p.m. by Hope Todd. Last week I was sitting in an executive board meeting for The University of Alabama’s PRSSA chapter. Our PRSA liaison, Halle Russo, asked if anyone would be interested in going to Birmingham, Alabama, for
Published on October 23, 2017, at 7:26 p.m. by Hyland Stockton. It is called “professional” development. So, it must just be for professionals, right? Ashleigh Kathryn, PRSSA’s vice president of professional development, expressed the importance of professional development for students and said that if you
Published on October 12, 2017, at 6:45 p.m. by Kirby Tifverman. Brasfield & Gorrie communications manager Meg Burton says the best career advice she has received is, “there is no substitute for hard work,” and her journey as a public relations practitioner is a testament
Published on May 16, 2017, at 8:09 a.m. by Baylee Akins, Contributing Writer. We are living in historic times of change, but intense change presents immense opportunities. With trust in the media at an all-time low, the media paradigm is shifting and students entering the workforce
Published on April 10, 2017, at 8:22 a.m. by Tristen Gell. “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” — Walt Disney The Walt Disney Company teaches children to dream big. From a young age, Alyse Goodwin had a
Published on February 20, 2017, at 8:18 a.m. by Lynn Brantley. If you’re anything like me, you have gone through (or are going through) a stage in your life where you have no idea what you want to do with your major — let alone your
Published on February 17, 2017 at 4:53 p.m. by Erica Cooke. We all go through it at one time or another. There’s always that one week when you are flooded with three tests, a paper, a class presentation and it’s the deadline to apply to that dream
Published on November 29, 2016, at 1:37 p.m. by Sonny Franks. As is the case in any field, the public relations industry has its fair share of titans. Some may even call them legends. Two such icons graced the stage at the Public Relations Student
Published on November 21, 2016, at 7:25 p.m. By Megan Perkins. Compassionate, driven, authentic — these are the three words Sarah Dougherty used to describe this year’s Public Relations Student Society of America national president. Dougherty, the vice president of career services for PRSSA, has
Published on October 17, 2016, at 4:33 p.m. by Sonny Franks Attending a conference in any industry can be daunting. But when you think about attending an event full of the best and brightest of the public relations industry — a group that prides itself on
