RWU PRSSA hosts an annual PR Career Week each spring semester. The first PR Career Week was held in March, 2011 in the Mary Teft White Center at the RWU Library. Speakers presented on a variety of topics related to the PR Industry each day which allowed students the oppportunity to network with PR professionals.
The 2012 PR Career Week schedule is as follows:
Monday, 3/26:
10 a.m. Ruth Bazinet, Director of Media Relations and Social Media at RWU (Social Media & the Young PR Professional)
12:00 p.m. Nick Brown, Caster Communications (Ins and Outs of Agency Work)
2:00 p.m. Shawn Simmons, StyleWeek PR (Fashion PR and Event Planning)
Tuesday, 3/27:
10 a.m. Michael Masseur and Liz Schweitzer, RDW Group (Entering the Agency World after College)
12:00 p.m. Tyler Rowley, Founder of TonightInRI.com (Creative Careers in Communications)
2:00 p.m. Jeff Lavery, Rhino PR (The PR Job Application Process)
Wednesday, 3/28:
10 a.m. Sarah Beron and Liz White, Advocacy Solutions (Public Affairs & Advocacy 101)
12:00 p.m. Artie Tefft, Assignment Editor at NBC 10 (What the media needs from you & pitching horror stories)
2:00 p.m. Jamie Pachomski, FM Global (Managing a Crisis - The FM Global/MF Global Mix-up)
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