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New executive board spotlight: Executive Vice President Ben Clos

Introducing Scripps PRSSA's 2014-2015.... Executive Vice President Ben Clos  Major/Minor/Specializations/Certificates: Strategic Communication and Entrepreneurship Certificate Hometown: Urbana, Ohio Why did you decide to run for eboard?: I decided to run for executive board again this year because I really enjoy helping members. I remember how scatter-brained I felt about the PR world and school in general my freshman … Continue reading New executive board spotlight: Executive Vice President Ben Clos →

4 Tips On Getting The Most Out Of Your Time Abroad

By Allison Rumsas I'm sure you've all done it- stared longingly at the hundreds of Instagram posts, Tweets, and Facebook albums of friends studying abroad. It seems that they are never actually studying, instead they spend their time traveling across the country or countries, taking pictures of various monuments and picturesque views that you have … Continue reading 4 Tips On Getting The Most Out Of Your Time Abroad →

New Executive Board Spotlight: President Cidnye Weimer

Introducing: the 13 members of the 2014-2015 Scripps PRSSA executive board! Once a week for the next 13 weeks, we will be posting a spotlight of each new executive board member. Get to know them by reading their answers to these serious and silly questions. President Cidnye Weimer Major/Minor/Specializations/Certificates: Journalism Major (Strategic Communication Track), Business Minor … Continue reading New Executive Board Spotlight: President Cidnye Weimer →

My Freshman Year Experience: Gentry Bennett

By Gentry Bennett I have a strong belief that no one understands Ohio University until they come here. I too was once someone that wrote off OU as a backup school, and only applied here as such. Little did I know, four months after receiving my acceptance letter to the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, I … Continue reading My Freshman Year Experience: Gentry Bennett →

Increasing Your Productivity With Google

By Kelly Hayes If you’re not a Google user, jump on the bandwagon and create a Gmail account now. Google has so many tools that you can use to make your life organized and easier. These select few are just a glimpse at what Google offers its users:   Boomerang Boomerang is an app/tool for … Continue reading Increasing Your Productivity With Google →

Tips for Saving Money While Traveling Abroad

By Lindsey Zimmerman  There are some things that just can’t be learned in a classroom – you have to go out into the world and experience them firsthand. Whether you’re with a study abroad program, a volunteer project or simply traveling independently, international travel is one of the absolute best experiences money can buy.  The … Continue reading Tips for Saving Money While Traveling Abroad →

How To Craft The Perfect Twitter Bio

By Jess CarnprobstChances are, you have a Twitter account. At this point most of us do. However, one thing that many of us don’t have is the perfect Twitter bio. Mine is by no means perfect, and I am still playing around with what works for me, but there are some uniform tricks to creating … Continue reading How To Craft The Perfect Twitter Bio →

9 Things About the PR World You Don’t Believe Until You’ve Lived It

By Ashleigh Mavros, Ohio University graduate I’m an odd one; I did the whole graduation thing a bit differently. I got a job, received my diploma and will return next week to walk at commencement. Usually, it’s the other way around. Nonetheless, I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to dive into the PR industry at … Continue reading 9 Things About the PR World You Don’t Believe Until You’ve Lived It →

A President’s Open Letter to Scripps PRSSA

Nicole Spears Scripps PRSSA President 2013-14 Graduation is about two weeks out now, and I—like many other Scripps PRSSA seniors—am hearing a lot of “what am I going to do without you?” But, you see, you’ve got it all wrong. What am I going to do without you? You; who haven’t made plans on a … Continue reading A President’s Open Letter to Scripps PRSSA →

Breaking Up is Hard to Do: My Letter to You, Scripps PRSSA

Ali Cupelli Scripps PRSSA Dues-Paying Member The last two years in PRSSA have been a crazy, fast whirlwind with friends, networking on and off campus, working with the Bateman team, among a million other amazing opportunities that PRSSA has brought me. I’ll admit, the very first time I came to a PRSSA meeting when I … Continue reading Breaking Up is Hard to Do: My Letter to You, Scripps PRSSA →