Drake students and alums were front and center at the Public Relations Society of America Central Iowa Chapter’s annual conference on Oct. 18 at Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield headquarters in downtown Des Moines. Guest speakers included Andy Gerlt, JO’02, senior director of global innovation communications of Visa, and Emily Abbas, JO’97, MCL’09, senior...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Oct. 15, 2018
Advertising class visits local agency The Advertising Account Planning class visited Trilix agency to learn about their use of research in developing consumer understandings for strategic media planning. Alumna Haley Austin, bottom right, the Digital Media Specialist at Trilix, ran the session and then led students through a tour of the agency. 100 attend SJMC-hosted talk by...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Oct. 8, 2018
Welcome Denise to SJMC! Denise Ganpat will join the School of Journalism and Mass Communication on Wednesday as the newest member of the SJMC team. Denise will become the School’s administrative assistant, in charge of making sure the office runs smoothly for students, faculty and staff, and helping with School events and other important initiatives....
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Drake students present at international PR conference
Students from Drake’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) were invited to present at the international PRSSA conference in Austin, Texas, Oct. 7-9. The student conference is held in conjunction with the annual professional public relations conference. Seniors Karoline Sandusky, Emma Haselhuhn, Meghan Kearney and Ellen Converse, and junior Ben Heinze presented...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Oct. 1, 2018
Graduate, undergraduate, professional PR scholarships offered The Central Iowa Public Relations Society of America chapter offers three scholarships annually to help students and professionals in the pursuit of public relations education. Ferne Bonomi and Dr. Henry Milam Undergraduate Scholarship: $1,500 scholarship for a PRSSA member (student scholarship) Advanced Degree Scholarship: $500 scholarship for PRSA member...
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SJMC to host Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Pulitzer Prize-winning Iowa journalist Art Cullen will read from his new book, “Storm Lake: A Chronicle of Change, Resilience, and Hope from a Heartland Newspaper” on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. in the Cowles Library Reading Room. Cullen will also answer questions and sign books. The event is free and open to the public...
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Drake University signs articulation agreement with Iowa community colleges
Drake University has signed an agreement, effective immediately, that will ease the transfer process for students moving from Iowa’s community colleges to Drake. Under the articulation agreement, Iowa community college students who have completed at least 60 semester hours of courses and maintained a cumulative GPA of 2.0 can transfer to Drake University with all...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Sept. 24, 2018
Learn about cool internships The E.T. Meredith Center for Magazine Studies is sponsoring an internship panel tonight, Monday, Sept. 24, 7-8 p.m. in Mer. 104. Hear from fellow students who have interned at The Newseum, Meredith Corporation, Choose Chicago, The Chicago Tribune, Two Rivers Marketing, and more. Students from across all SJMC majors who are interested...
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Work by public relations seniors grabs PRIME awards
Campaigns created by Drake University public relations students have won three PRIME awards from the Public Relations Society of America Central Iowa Chapter. The Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s senior PR class of 2018 created campaigns for Creative Visions, a Des Moines nonprofit organization that supports vulnerable communities through education and economic empowerment....
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Drake SJMC students win AEJMC honors for website, writing
Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) students won seven magazine and writing awards at the recent Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication contest. Urban Plains, the website produced by the Magazine Media, News and Digital Media Production seniors, placed second in the Online Magazine category. The judge said of Urban Plains, “More than ever...