Posted: March 7, 2014, 9:00 p.m. by Morgan Daniels. Online profiles are an inescapable reality of today’s digital world; and what good is a profile without the perfect picture to represent who you are to the world? Whether on Facebook, LinkedIn, a company website, Match.com or Petfinder.com, you spend hours trying to achieve the perfect […]
Posted: March 6, 2014, 9:50 a.m. by Devon Landman. Chick-fil-A’s friendly atmosphere and positive company culture have created a high level of customer satisfaction for the restaurant. It’s hard not to leave the drive-thru window without a smile on your face after interacting with such happy people. I have never had a single bad experience […]
Posted: March 5, 2014, 2:50 p.m., by Molly Moore. For a Richmond, Va., mother of four, kindness is not an act; it is a lifestyle and a profession. “Kindness changes everything,” Patience Salgado said. Salgado is a birth photographer and a blogger for The Huffington Post, but the title she is most known for is […]
Posted: March 5, 2014, 2:33 p.m. by Stefanie Dunlap. Let’s say you go to a restaurant and you have impeccable service, amazing food and a great overall experience. What do you do next? You tell all your friends about the remarkable experience that you had. The restaurant relies on its incomparable food and service to […]
Posted: March 3, 2014, 2:15 p.m. by Maggie Jones. From my mom telling college stories of the exciting times in Mobile watching parades, to my friends all rushing down to New Orleans to start the party – there seems to be an ongoing feud about which city does Mardi Gras better. Mardi Gras, French for […]
Posted: February 28, 2014, 1:15 p.m. by Morgan Daniels. The name James Spann is synonymous with all things weather in Alabama, but his reach has spread beyond his TV weather segments to include the Twittersphere and other social media. From a sunset over the Las Vegas skyline, to snow storms in Denver, down to the […]
Posted: February 28, 2014, 1:10 p.m. by Molly Moore. Edward Bernays, often referred to as the “father of public relations,” launched a 1920s campaign that changed the perception of women smoking in public. His campaign eliminated the age-old negative associations with female cigarette smoking. Bernays hired women to smoke cigarettes in the 1929 Easter Sunday […]
Posted: February 26, 2014, 2:22 p.m. by Stefanie Dunlap. Social media is ever changing, and Facebook is no exception. Month after month, Facebook users have seen big and small changes in this medium. Upon scrolling through your Facebook page, you may recognize an abundance of articles and videos that people are sharing with their friends. […]
Posted: February 26, 2014, 2:03 p.m., by Jonae Shaw. This summer, undergraduate integrated marketing communication students from Wichita State University are taking their communication campaigns class on the road. They will be traveling to promote WSU’s Geology Field Camp, with the main goals of raising awareness about the camp at a national level and increasing enrollment […]
Kyle Borland – Prattville, Alabama and Ramstein, Germany Majors: Public Relations/Business and Political Science Academic Achievements: Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, President’s List Jobs, Internships & Other Achievements: Social Marketing Coordinator- The EDGE Tuscaloosa (August 2013-present); Outreach Director- Alabama International Relations Club (April 2013-present); Asst. Director of Marketing- UA Dance Marathon (April […]
