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Sometime during my first semester in PRSSA, a PR pro offered our exhausted Monday group a piece of advice: come into the office knowing today’s headlines. If I remember correctly, this advice came from Fahlgren Mortine’s Arron Brown. March of 2018 was only my second month of being in PRSSA. As a non-journalism student, I … Continue reading Study the Local News, Not Just National Headlines →

Growing up, I could not wait to go to college, find my independence and be an adult. I’ve always been an assertive presence, so I thought I was ready to take on the world. Moving to college sounded like paradise, and I couldn’t wait to thrive. When move-in day came, however, my confidence shattered. I … Continue reading Senior Farewell: Maura Anderson – The Friends You Make →

It’s 9:00 p.m. and I turn on some sad music. It’s 9:15 p.m. and I start scrolling through all of my college pictures. It’s 9:30 p.m. and I start writing. It’s 9:35 p.m. and I erase it all. It’s 9:45 p.m. and I pour myself a glass of wine. It’s 10:00 p.m. and I start … Continue reading Senior Farewell: Alyssa Murtagh – You Are What Make Goodbye So Hard →

I spent my first-ever Welcome Weekend crying to my parents at the OU Inn. I was scared to live away from home and worried I made the wrong decision on going to OU. Boy, was I wrong. This is so beyond cliché, but choosing Ohio University has been the best decision I have ever made. … Continue reading Senior Farewell: Margaret Mary Hicks – Until We Meet Again →

It’s August 2014. I find myself on a college tour of none other than Ohio University. This is my third trip to the university and although I haven’t been accepted into the school yet, I am confident that I want to pursue a strategic communication major in the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism. On … Continue reading Senior Farewell: Emily O’Flynn – “How lucky I am…” →

During the first week of my freshman year, my learning community leader told me I had to drop my Monday night art class because it conflicted with PRSSA meetings. Trusting someone I had just met that week, I figured out how to drop that class so I could attend PRSSA meetings on Mondays. Looking back … Continue reading Senior Farewell: Natalie Butko – My Lighthouse →

Don’t blink, they said. Freshman year will be over before you know it. Don’t blink, they said. Sophomore year will be over before you know it. Don’t blink, they said. Junior year will be over before you know it. Don’t blink, they said. Senior year will be over before you know it. Well, I blinked, … Continue reading Senior Farewell: Sadie Newman – Don’t Blink →

Scripps PRSSA was more than pleased to welcome Laura Villwock, Communications and Development Coordinator at Direction Home, the Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities, to speak to the Chapter. Laura Villwock earned a Bachelor’s of Arts degree from the University of Akron and a Masters of Business Administration from Ohio University. Laura spent … Continue reading April 22 – Laura Villwock, Direction Home →

OHIO Homecoming 2018 We all came to Ohio University knowing our lives would change. However, it wasn’t until today, as I’m sitting here and reflecting on these past four years, that I truly understood the magnitude to which being a Bobcat would change me. I never knew that I would meet a group of people … Continue reading Senior Farewell: Brigitte Meisse – The Things I Never Knew →

Scripps PRSSA was more than pleased to welcome four professionals to speak to the Chapter on the topics of diversity and inclusion in the industry. We heard from Dr. Edmond Y. Chang, an Assistant Professor in the English department at Ohio University with research interest in technoculture, race and sexuality; MaryKathyrine Tran, the Assistant Director … Continue reading April 8 – Diversity Panel →