Clemson E-board for 2009-2010

Last night at the Clemson PRSSA meeting we elected our executive board for this coming academic year. Meet the new executive board!

President – Madison Fisher @madison fisher

VP Events and Committess – Alyssa Maute @amaute

VP Membership – Leslie Farmer @lfarmer226

Treasurer – Cara Clanton @cclanto

Secretary - Cara Mitchell @caramitchell

Public Relations Director – Lauren Gaulin @lgaulin

Webmaster/Historian/Photographer – Erin Martin @eemarti

Fundraising Chair – Bryson Young @brysonyoung

Volunteer Chair – Kelly Krause

Clemson PRSSA Member Meeting

PRSSA Member Meeting March 25

Fundraising

• April 3 Duke baseball game
• Send Sallie an email to sign up
• Be there at 4pm to set up

PRSSA Constitutional Amendments

• Officers must be elected before APRIL 20th of each year
  
• A person must have previously served on the executive board to run for president
• Combine Webmaster and Historian/Photographer
• Add a position: Volunteer Chair
• any executive board member can be removed from office by unanimous vote of all other 8 executive board members and the faculty adviser

Nominations for new offices

President

• Madison Fisher

VP of Events and Committees

• Alyssa Maute
• Erin Sanders

VP of Membership

• Allie Fox
• Meg Reid
  

Treasurer

• No nominations

Secretary

• Lauren Gaulin

Public Relations Director

• Lauren Gaulin
  
• Meg Reid
• Alyssa Maute
  

Webmaster/Historian/Photographer

• No nominations
  

Fundraising Chair

• Bryson Young

Volunteer Chair

• Leslie Farmer

In order to run for a position you must turn in your transcripts to Dr. V by April 10. At the top of your transcript list what positions you would like to apply for. All executive board members must maintain a cumulative 3.0 GPA. All executive board members must be able to serve for the Fall and Spring Semesters

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Career Launch Day

Clemson communication students, and area communication professionals: Mark your calendars for:

Career Launch Day

Wednesday, April 8 12-3 pm

Clemson House ballroom

What to expect:

• internships
• networking
• career advice
• resume critique

Students, please register here.

If you’re a communication professional (PR, journalism, etc.) and would like to participate, please register here.

This event is organized by 5 Clemson communication students, with financial help from Clemson Student Government, the Department of Communication Studies, and Clemson PRSSA.

Paid internship – Atlanta area

Heidelberg USA (www.us.heidelberg.com)
Seeks a candidate with strong writing, organizational and project
management skills for an internship position. Responsibilities include
assisting the Marketing Department on a variety of projects including the
writing and editing of: newsletters, e-mails, Intranet/Internet copy and
press releases. Other responsibilities include database management &
administrative duties. 40 hours/week, $10/hour. Furnished Housing included.
Prefer current Public Relations, Journalism or Communications major or recent graduate.
Printing industry experience a plus. Interested candidates should e-mail
cover letter, writing samples and resume to: Tim Henschel, Public
Relations Manager, timothy.henschel at heidelberg.com. No calls
please.

Heidelberg is the world’s leading solutions provider for the print media
industry with roughly 18,000 employees in 170 countries. Headquartered
in Heidelberg, Germany, the company manufactures sheetfed press
systems as well as prepress and postpress components, software and
consumables for all printing applications. Heidelberg has by far the
largest manufacturing and support network in the industry with 18
manufacturing sites and 250 support centers worldwide providing
240,000 customers with service and knowledge.

Executive Board Meeting – March 8

Executive Board Meeting

March 8, 2009

 

       I.            Nest Meeting is March 25 at 7pm

a.       Speaking about:

                                                              i.      Resumes and cover letters – How to land a great internship

1.      Michelin Career Center

b.      Been in contact with Brett Turner (PRSA) presidents to see if he knows any PRS members that would like to speak

c.       Vote on Constitution changes at March meeting

                                                              i.      Combining Historian and Webmaster

                                                            ii.      Create new position for Volunteer Chair

                                                          iii.      Person must have served on the executive board to run for the position of president

                                                          iv.      Changed the election date to April 20

d.      Caitlin will be getting snacks

    II.            Chili’s Social March 31

 III.            Voting for April Meeting – April 15

a.       Nominations made at March or April meeting

b.      Must have a speech prepared to give at this meeting if running for a position

c.       Must bring in an unofficial transcript to Dr. V by April 10 if running for an exec board position

 IV.            Mentorship Program – Dr. V

    V.            Baseball Fundraising

a.       April 3

b.      Everyone needs to be there at 5 to set up (tentative time)

 VI.            PRSSA Scholarship

a.       Sally drafting letter

VII.            Membership Certificates

a.       Awarded at the April 15 meeting

b.      Points will be tallied and certificates created between April 3 and April 15

If you are interested in social media take a look this article to see how the Police Departments uses these tools:

Police Department Keeps Public Informed on Twitter

PRSSA’s Regional Activities

I hope that everyone enjoyed the meeting last night with Geno Church from Brains on Fire.  His case study and example really showed how Brains on Fire sets themselves apart from other PR firms.  Recently, I was e-mailed a few regional activities that would be helpful for our chapter to attend.  Listed below are the activities.  Please contact me @madisonfisher if you have any questions or if you’re interested in going to any of these activities!

Western Carolina University
“Crisis Communication Day”
April 3

http://www.wcu.edu/12660.asp

PRICES:
$35 for professionals
$20 for students

Elon University
“PR Outside the Box”
March 8

http://www.elonprssa.webs.com/

PRICES:

PRSSA Member Price: $35
PRSSA Affiliate Price: $37
Non-Member Price: $40

Middle Tennessee University
“Discover Your Opportunities, Opening Doors to Your PR Profession”
March 20-22

http://www.mtsuprssa.webs.com/Home.html

PRICES:
Prior to March 2, 2009
$45 full registration
$25 for Saturday only
$20 for Sunday only

After March 2, 2009
$55 full registration
$30 for Saturday only
$25 for Sunday only

Virginia Commonwealth University

“PRomoting Success:  Finding Your Place in the Big World of PR”

April 18

http://vcuregionalactivity.webs.com/

PRICES:

$7 PRSSA members
$10 PRSSA affiliates
$15 non-members, faculty and staff

University of Florda and University of South Florida (At University of South Florida)
“You and the World:  How to Solidify Your Presence”
February 27-28
http://www.ufusfregionalactivity.com/
PRICES:
$40 to attend regional activity both Friday and Saturday
$25 to attend regional activity on Saturday only
(Includes $15 dinner benefitting St. Jude Children’s Hospital

Louisiana State University
“Geaux Governmental:  Communicating in the Capital City.”
April 17-18
http://prssaregionalactivityatlsu.webs.com/index.htm
PRICES:
PRSSA Member: $50
PRSSA Affiliate: $55
Non-PRSSA Member: $60

Pictures from February Meeting

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February 24 PRSSA Meeting – PR Challenge

If you are unable to make it to the meeting tonight in McAdams 119 you can follow our meeting here at the live blog.    Click Here Geno Church from Brains on Fire will be presenting Clemson PRSSA with a real PR challenge.  Follow along to get great advice and see how we do.

REAL WORLD PR ‘09- Atlanta

For those of you who missed out on this year’s Real World PR in Atlanta and want to know more about what happened, please follow the tweeters below:

@esande- Erin Sanders

@meried- Meg Ried

@Rachel_366- Rachel Doyle

@laurenzahn- Lauren Zahn

@caitlingreeley- Caitlin Greeley

@madisonfisher- Madison Fisher

Also, blog posts are coming soon to recap the day’s events:

Madison Fisher-

Erin Sanders

Meg Ried

Caitlin Greeley

Don’t forget about our meeting on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in 119 McAdams.  If you would like to get to know our speakers a little better before the meeting: @genochurch and @spikejones.  See you there!