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The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) is a new club on campus this semester that aims to help students interested in public relations explore careers in the field.
PRSSA defines public relations as a strategic communication process that builds mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their publics. The club is aimed at marketing and media and communication majors but welcomes all students. It helps members learn what a career in public relations entails and gain real-world skills for the industry. It is unique in its underclassman involvement, with almost all of the leadership team being freshmen and sophomores.
PRSSA helps students network both within the industry and with other students in what Abby Wolniakowski, PRSSA president, described as a “niche area of study.”
PRSSA has already held a notable meeting with guest speaker Meredith Eades, an ETSU alumna who works as a publicist for a public relations firm in Nashville. At the meeting, Eades shared “about her own PR experience as well as advice for newcomers in the industry,” Wolniakowski said.
The club meets biweekly in Warf-Pickel Hall, room 419, from 4-5 p.m. The next meeting will be Nov. 18. To learn more about ETSU’s PRSSA, find the club on Instagram at @etsuprssa.
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