Published on April 5, 2017, at 1:20 p.m. by Kahla Anderson. The American Advertising Federation awards the “Most Promising MultiCultural Student” award (MPMS) every year to the top 50 students in the country. Students can be advertising or public relations majors. The program consists of
Published on October 31, 2016, at 12:08 p.m. By Melody Schmidt As more and more students apply to schools across the country and the recruitment process becomes increasingly competitive, universities have had to find new ways to stand out. Some schools have chosen to focus
Published on March 2, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. by Mackenzie Ross. As football fans, alumni and students stepped off the plane at the Phoenix airport before the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship. A large billboard greeted them with the words, “Roll Phoenix Roll.” This
Posted on February 2, 2016, at 5:45 p.m. by Hayley Kilgo. Long gone are the days when reading a newspaper and turning on the television were the only ways people could find out the latest news around the world. Today, it’s as easy as powering
Posted: May 12, 2015, 9:27 a.m. by Esther Workman. The best ideas hit you when you least expect it. For The University of Alabama’s Ad Team Account Executive Morgan Aceino and Art Director Matt Williams, it happened in a parking lot at 1 a.m. in
Posted: March 16, 2015, 10:49 a.m. by Annslee Wilson. In today’s public relations industry, some practitioners do not believe that academic research is a valuable resource. Crisis management research, in particular, is often overlooked as a key player in providing practitioners the best practices used
Posted: March 16, 2015, 10:49 a.m. by Kaitlin Goins. Sitting in Dr. Meg Lamme’s advertising and public relations management graduate course a few weeks ago, you would have found 10 students staring intently at our professor as she quickly wrote words on the whiteboard during
Posted: February 4, 2015, 8:05 p.m. by Connor Fox. On this day in 2005, the University of Alabama Board of Trustees established a center to help develop and recognize outstanding performance in the public relations profession and classroom. Its namesake? An honor to UA alumna
Posted: November 17, 2014, 1:45 p.m. by Jean Faircloth. Not even two years out of college, Sam Nathews has been chosen as a “rising PR star” by PR News. PR News Online defines the characteristics of the individuals that are nominated for this honor as the “top
Posted: November 5, 2014, 7:50 p.m. by Katie Lansford. Target. Home Depot. Jimmy Johns. What do these three companies have in common? They have all been victim to data breaches that, in turn, resulted in stolen customer financial information and assets — and, in Target’s
