Archive for the Student Work Category
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My students were rock stars this term. They all completed the blog assignment and did so with flying colors. I had lots of favorite posts and enjoyed reading their blogs. But I picked out a few to share (in no particular order). Courtney Parks shares some Words to Live By and discusses a great post on Ragan.com about getting the most from a PR major. She ruminates on her own experience and adds to the original author’s advice. Shannon Sloan in bound for Portland and the SOJC’s Senior Experience program this spring. She shares her hopes, fears and goals with readers in this post: Portland Experience, Here I Come. (Shannon, you will be GREAT!) Ashley Aronson is one of two students who blogged about event planning (and did so very well!). Ashley shares some advice on Keeping Your Guests Happy. Good advice on some oft-overlooked details. Lindsay Lake, the other... Continue Reading
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A new slate of student bloggers in my J452: Strategic PR Communications class are taking to the blogosphere! Please welcome them. If you’re interested in the why and how of this assignment, you can get the skinny here. Katherine Allred Ashley Aronson Kathryn Beck Austin Clark Rachel Gehr Antonia Gomez Aundria Hanset-Clark Allie Hawes Olivia Johnston Gun Kang Erin Kelley Lindsey Lake Hannah Longo Dawn Noufer Courtney Parks Tracy Reiss Darby Rousseau Joe Schiller Micaela Sicroff Shannon Sloan Hao-Lin Su ... Permalink
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My Strategic PR Communications students were immersed in blogging this term. In fact, they wrote a minimum of fifteen posts over the course of about eight weeks. And they did a great job. Keeping up that kind of schedule is demanding, as you bloggers know. I want to showcase some of my favorite posts from the term. I have at least one favorite from each student. Best of the Best These six students really took flight with their blogs. The posts I’ve selected here stand out as the very best. Daniel McCrone had two great posts. Daniel’s a really good writer, so I encourage you to hang out on his blog and check out some of his other posts, but these were my two favorites: In Twitter Symptoms May Vary, Daniel explores the five stages of twitter from an older post by Rohit Bhargava. And in Behind Every Success There are... Continue Reading
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It’s that time again! My class of Strategic PR Communication students take to the water and launch their blogs. For many of them this term they’ve blogged before – although not on a topic of their choice, more of a multimedia journalism endeavor. So this is new territory! If you have a moment, take some time to read a few and say hello (what blogger doesn’t like comments?). Crystal Barce Katie Brennan Mackenzie Davids Nicole Hyslop Ayan Jama Caitlin Jarvis Andy Jenness Rachel Koppes Heather Lee Daniel McCrone Isabelle Morse-Dias Julia Neff Alaina Revoir Stephanie Sahagian As a bonus shout-out for last spring’s class & hopefully some inspiration for this term’s ducklings, here are my picks for “best of” from Spring 2011.... Permalink
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My J452: Strategic PR Communication students have been blogging all term. As I grade their blogs today, I’m finding a lot of great stuff and wanted to highlight the best of the term’s posts. I encourage you to check them out! One thing I have loved this term (and I need to explore more with my classes) is the beautiful cross section of interests. Whether it’s sports and PR, fashion and PR, public health, or art and PR – these students are focused and clear on what they love and how PR will help get them there. *** Lance Heisler: And Post!…Slow Down, Champ Lance’s post about finding your voice & getting comfortable with blogging is has some great insights and some tips for doing it right. Jenna Starkey: Overcoming Nerves and Procrastination Jenna, like many over-achieving PR students, has a lot on her plate and at the beginning of... Continue Reading
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[note: my J452 strategic PR communication class is taking over PROpenMic next week. I'm pretty excited for them and think they will do an amazing job. Tune in, join the conversation and participate! The text below is from the email the leadership team (Nicole Perkins, Ana Strgar, Allison Moran and Samantha Luthra) sent out today] To the PROpenMic Community: As a class of aspiring public relations practitioners from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication, we’re looking forward to serving as PROpenMic community managers all next week (May 3 – 7). We will be providing content, asking questions, initiating discussion and encouraging you, the PROpenMic members to share your experiences. Our theme is “The Many Faces of PR,” and we will be posting articles, podcasts or videos each day to correspond with a new daily topic. PR is multifaceted and we hope to provide a glimpse of that... Continue Reading
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A new bunch of students from J452: Strategic PR Communication is taking off on a blogging adventure. Students in this class post twice per week: one on a topic of their choice & one based on prompts that I post under the title of “linky love” each week (my best-of for the week). I’m sure my students would love it if you dropped by and read a post or two or even leave a comment. In no particular order… my spring term paddle of ducklings: Ana Strgar Lance Heisler Lauren Switzer Joani Jones Alison Klapper Colette Bryant Sara Hamler-Dupras Brandon Watt Kate Malinoski Kathleen Sumagit-Rivera Allison Moran Jenna Starkey Amy Shelton Nicole Perkins Samantha Luthra... Permalink
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Between Professors Tiffany Gallicano, Tom Hagley, and myself, we’ve required well over 100 students to start a blog in Advanced PR Writing. I don’t feel like doing math right this minute, so that number will have to do as an estimate. Over the two years we’ve done this, most students see it as a requirement and then move on once the term is over, but a few students have really taken to it and continued to blog well after the final grades were entered. I know this isn’t a comprehensive list (please tell me if you’re still blogging and I missed you!), but here’s a go at rounding up the talented young professionals (and Duck alums) still active in the blogosphere: Staci Stringer’s If I Only Knew The Words Megan Soto’s Searching for Savvy Jessica Lomelin’s A Moment of Wonderful Sara Szatmary’s P.R.emier Sarah Essary’s Consuming PR Heidi Gill &... Continue Reading
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School’s back in session and we all survived week one. I know I have some new readers and I want to encourage anyone who has not to join PROpenMic. Seriously. All the cool kids are doing it. About PROpenMic: PROpenMic? A metaphor. Step up and speak your mind. Our goal is to be the social network for PR students, faculty and practitioners worldwide. We are ad free and nonprofit with an education focus. Already, we have members from over 40+ countries and 140+ universities worldwide. Meetup and share. From future internship & job searches to discussions about class projects and activities … PROpenMic is your network for connections and learning. Ultimately, the network is about you helping others. Our focus is to help students & faculty explore answers to their questions with a perspective from around the world. Enjoy!... Permalink
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On Saturday, our seniors walked across the stage in MacArthur Court to receive their diplomas. Well deserved. Many of “my” seniors are going on to some great position with agencies. Here are a few: Heron Calisch-Dolen: Gooby, Silverstein & PartnersAndrea Nowack, Marisa Olson and Peter Lytle: Waggener EdstromJulie Ma: Koopman OstboNicole Wasowski: LEWIS PR, San FranciscoDevon Ashbridge: Verve Northwest CommunicationsKristin Hunt: Chevalier Advertising, Marketing and Public RelationsMaya Shaff: SZPR I’m sure there are some I’m forgetting or haven’t heard about yet. If you’ve landed a job or internship, let me know!... Permalink
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