USU public relations students get positioned to win again
Utah State will be hosting the first annual Utah Public Relations Conference April 13. The theme around which the day-long conference will be centered will be titled Position to Win, said Alyson Bauer, junior in public relations.
This theme is based on providing winning situations for students and professionals by bringing them together to develop skills.
“USU has decided to host this conference to give PR professionals and students the opportunity to come together for networking and for learning skills that will benefit them in the PR field,” said Preston Parker, adviser of the USU chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA).
The skill that will be focused on at the conference and help students seeking careers in public relations and similar fields in communication, Bauer said.
“A public relations person’s main purpose is to communicate what the company or whoever they are working for is doing with the public,” Bauer said.
The conference is aimed at amplifying students skills to be successful in their future careers, Bauer said.
“Especially with the struggling economy, we want PR students to hit the ground running after graduation and this conference is a great way to prepare them for what lies ahead,” Parker said.
The conference will have many events throughout the day with key speakers like Ronn Gunnell, PR worker for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, as well as free Aggie Ice Cream, Bauer said. The conference caters to more than just journalism and communications students and invites all USU students to participate.
“It will focus on all aspects of media – marketing, business, PR, communications; it’s for all USU students,” she said.
To learn more about the April 13 conference in the Eccles Science Learning Center, students are encouraged to visit www.usu.edu/prssa.
–beck.turner@aggiemail.usu.edu