Posted: April 28, 2015, 2:50 p.m. by Laura Gregory and Sarah Parker. For the past six months, debate has raged regarding police brutality and race relations. At the center of this issue is Ferguson, Missouri, where an African-American 18-year-old was shot and killed by a
Posted: April 24, 2015, 4:00 p.m. by Laura Gregory. These days social media is omnipresent. On a daily basis, it can be cumbersome and time-consuming to manage our personal accounts for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat and more. It’s no wonder people complain about younger
Posted: April 14, 2015, 11:08 p.m. by Laura Gregory. Every spring, young and eager undergraduates count down the days to the one they’ve been working toward their entire lives: graduation. With their last exam officially behind them, they celebrate the end of their collegiate careers
Posted: April 13, 2015, 2:15 p.m. by Laura Gregory. The United States Secret Service has long been considered one of the most respected and elite groups of individuals in the nation. These servicemen and women are held to the highest standards while on the job
Posted: March 27, 2015, 5:18 p.m. by Laura Gregory. Years ago the concept of “job hopping” was considered a massive red flag on a potential employee’s résumé. An article in Forbes magazine even characterized it as “career suicide.” Employers were reluctant to hire someone who
Posted: March 24, 2015, 11:51 p.m. by Laura Gregory. In March 2013, Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Facebook, published “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead”, a book that digs deeper into why women are stalling in reaching their full potential in
Posted: February 20, 2015, 2:00 p.m. by Laura Gregory. As public relations students, we learn time after time that the key to crisis communication is an immediate and sincere apology. However, the news headlines seem to indicate that this is not the approach most often
Posted: January 30, 2015, 4:32 p.m. by Laura Gregory. The advent of social media has allowed people from all over the world to communicate as easily as a simple tap on an iPhone screen. Particularly, in the wake of great national tragedies, the people of
