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PRSSA AT LSU BUSINESS MEETING. Thursday, April 24, 2014. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Congratulations to our Chapter and diversity committee for being awarded the Love Purple, Live Gold Outstanding Collaborative Program Award!. ANNOUNCEMENTS. New fundraising director congratulations,
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PRSSA AT LSU BUSINESS MEETING Thursday, April 24, 2014
ANNOUNCEMENTS • Congratulations to our Chapter and diversity committee for being awarded the Love Purple, Live Gold Outstanding Collaborative Program Award!
ANNOUNCEMENTS • New fundraising director congratulations, • End of the Year social will be Thursday, May 1 and awards will be passed out. FREE FOOD AT CALIENTE! • Members toured Celtic Media Centre today as an added bonus to Hollywood Under the Oaks.
PRSSA 2015 NATIONAL CONFERENCE • When: October 10-14, 2014 • Where: Washington, D.C. • Cost: $300 for PRSSA members + hotel + flight • Theme: Intersections: The meeting place of communications & culture • Visit prssa.org/events/conference for more information. • Deadline to register is September 9. • Email prssalsu@gmail.com if interested ASAP.
PRSA Associate Membership • Graduating in May and looking for a job? PRSA is the perfect way for you to network and meet professionals. • With 22,000 members, PRSA is the world’s largest professional organization for public relations practitioners. Just a few of the benefits of membership include: • Subscriptions to two award-winning publications, the quarterly Strategist magazine and the monthly PR Tactics tabloid newspaper. • Access to the online Public Relations Journal, which showcases original communications research of PRSA members. • PRSA Issues and Trends, our news monitoring service that delivers daily industry buzz straight to your e-mail inbox. • PRSSA members can join for a discounted $60 (originally $300). • Visit prsa.org or prsabatonrouge.org for more information.
SCHOLARSHIPS & INTERNSHIPS • Available to you: • PRSSA at LSU database password: geauxintern • PRSSA National Internship Center prssa.org/career/internships • Manship database • Join the PRSSA National Twitter Chat on Tuesday, April 15 regarding the internship hunt. • Upcoming PRSSA National Scholarship opportunities • Any PRSSA at LSU member can apply. • PRSA Diversity Multicultural Scholarship due May 23. • Axia Public Relations Scholarship due May 31. • Betsy Plank/PRSSA Scholarship, Hall of Fame Award, Lawrence G. Foster Award, National President’s Citation, National Gold Key Award, Stephen D. Pisinski Memorial Scholarship all due June 6. • Cheseter Burger Scholarship of Excellence, John D. Graham Scholarship, Marcia Silverman Minority Student Award, Neumeier Family Leadership Award, Ron Culp Scholarship for Mentorship, Ofield Dukes Multicultural Student Award all due June 13. • Congratulation to Erin Kenna for being awarded the Ruth Edelman PRSSA Award!
JOE MARTIN AND MATT DARDENNE • Topic: Owning your own PR firm • Join the conversation using #geauxPRSSA
THANK YOU From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for an amazing year. We hope you had a lot of fun and learned even more. See you in August! New alumni — keep in touch! -E-board PRSSA at LSU @prssalsu PRSSA at LSU @prssalsu PRSSA at LSU