Monday , December 30 2024

Executive Board announced for 2020-2021

PRSSA Spring 2020

Each spring, one of the responsibilities of outgoing officers is to help select the new slate of officers to lead our Executive Board for the following school year. This year brought an assortment of talented applications, and we have our new officers listed below. Thank you to all who applied, …

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So long, farewell the seniors

graduating seniors 2020

Our three top officers are also our three seniors graduating this spring. Haven Thompson (Vice President of Operations and Director of Pyramid), Madeline Reinhardt (Vice President), and Savannah Coady (President) are all moving on and leaving PRSSA behind. While we were are super excited to see them off, we also …

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Alum Madison Case discusses the post-graduation job hunt

Madison Case

Alum and former SIUC PRSSA President Madison Case joined the weekly meeting via Zoom on Wednesday to discuss her experience looking for a job post-graduation. Case had a bit of a winding path to her current position, but emphasized the benefit of building experience–even if it means taking an internship. …

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How to create graphics with Canva workshop

Canva

Thanks to PRSSA President Savannah Coady for her workshop on using Canva! Canva is an online graphics creation platform that allows you to easily and for free to create graphics and layouts for everything from Facebook pages to printed flyers. Check out the video embedded here. Thanks again, Savannah.

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How to write a press release workshop

Fashion Week PR

Thanks to Haven Thompson, our VPO and Director of Pyramid (our student run PR firm), for her Zoom session on writing press releases! The Zoom session is embedded here, so you might need to skip ahead a bit in it to get to the beginning of Haven’s talk. She also …

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PRSSA wishes a happy Valentine’s Day

Valentine's Day 2020

No matter if you’re celebrating the holiday alone or with someone, everyone has something they love! PRSSA celebrated Valentine’s Day by sharing some fo their personal loves. Check out the video here!

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PR students celebrate Halloween through event and class

Halloween class

In conjunction with the Department of Communication Studies, PRSSA hosted their first ever Halloween Spooktacular! The event, held on campus, invited students to participate in seasonal games and foods while coming dressed in their ghoulish best. That event was followed by professor Justin Young’s classes being invited to come dressed …

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