Spring 2004 Messages (Adv. and PR Students)

MESSAGE FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING STUDENTS - Spring 2004

REGISTRATION FOR MINITERM AND SUMMER SCHOOL opens Monday, March 1. You do not have to be advised before you register for these sessions. Whether a class "makes" depends upon the number of students who register. If you plan to attend any of these sessions, register early.

STUDENT AD CLUB is planning a trip to the Knoxville Ice Bears v. Winston-Salem on March 18. The club will pay for the tickets. If you are interested in going, email Jonathan Fish at jfishl@utk.edu by Friday, Feb. 27.

INFORMATION PACKETS FOR MIAMI AD SCHOOL are available in the School office. See Dr. Haley if you are interested in having one.

ADVISING SESSIONS FOR FALL REGISTRATION will be held soon after spring break. Check your email for dates and times.

THE SCHOOL OF ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS will undergo an academic program review during March 1-3. A team of five university professors will study the school, its programs, and its students.

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MESSAGE 2- Spring 2004

NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITE TEACHER for College Teaching Award. Go to the College home page to fill out the form online. http://excellent.comm.utk.edu/forms/nomination.php

YOU'RE INVITED TO ADV 470 PRESENTATIONS, Thursday, March 4, Black Cultural Center: Come see what ideas teams have come up with to make Florida the premiere vacation destination for the U.S.

5:30-6:00pm -- Red Eye Solutions

6:10-6:40pm -- Raisins and Steaks

6:50-7:20pm -- Creative Asylum

7:30-8:00pm -- Prime 9 Advantage

Immediately after the last presentation, the judges will meet to decide the winning team and announce which team "won" the account and will represent UT in Distric 7 competition. Hope to see you there.

GROUP ADVISING FOR ADVERTISING MAJORS: Group advising for all advertising majors will be held on Wednesday, March 17. There will be two sessions: one at 12:00 Noon and one at 4 p.m. Both sessions will be held in Com 208. You may attend either session; however, students whose last names begin with the letters A-L should come to the noon session, if possible, and students whose last names begin with the letters M-Z should come to the 4:00 pm session.
Please bring a list of courses you intend to take summer and fall semesters. If you plan to graduate in fall semester, please bring a copy of your transcript and your DARS report if you have questions about meeting graduation requirements.

GROUP ADVISING FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS STUDENTS: Group advising for all public relations students will be held on Monday, March 22. There will be two sessions: one at 12:00 Noon and one at 4 p.m. Both sessions will be held in Com 208. You may attend either session; however, students whose last names begin with the letters A-L should come to the noon session, if possible, and students whose last names begin with the letters M-Z should come to the 4:00 pm session.
Please bring a list of courses you intend to take for summer and fall semesters. If you plan to gradaute in fall and have questions about graduation requirements, bring a copy of your DARS report and your academic history.

ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS STUDENTS: PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING POLICIES regarding enrollment in classes in the College of Business Administration.

POLICY REGARDING Business Administration 101:

-- BA 101 is one of the prerequisites to BA 201

-- A student may test out (proficiency) at one of the appointed times during the course of the semester. We have currently scheduled the following testout date:

Tuesday March 2 - 11:00am 1:00pm
Monday March 15 - 2:00pm 4:00pm

Interested students should contact Peggy Gilbert (pgilbert@tennessee.edu). Please note that students who have received a NC for a previous enrollment are not permitted to test out.

The following courses are automatically approved for substitution:

Agriculture and Natural Resources 290
Computer Science 100
Child and Family Studies 102
Human Resource Development 210
Hotel and Restaurant Administration 102
Nutrition 102
Retail and Consumer Sciences 102

If a student has a petition approved for one of the aforementioned classes and they intend to take BA 201 the College of Business Administration must be notified by the college granting the exception.

POLICY REGARDING Business Administration 201, Finance 301, Management 300, and Marketing 300:

All students will be enrolled in these classes for Fall 2004 by the College of Business Administrations advising staff.

Prerequisites for these courses will strictly be enforced.

Students in other colleges need to e-mail their requests to busad@tennessee.edu. Their request must include the following:

NAME, I.D. NUMBER, SECTION DESIRED, REGISTRATION DATE - (PETITION INFORMATION FOR BA 101 IF APPLICABLE)

Students will be enrolled on their registration date (provided their advising flag is cleared and there are no holds) in the order they contacted the office. If there is a problem associated with their request they will be contacted via e-mail for resolution.

There are no acceptable substitutions for BA 201 and all upper division classes in the Business minor must be taken in residence.

POLICY REGARDING Other pre-2002 Business Minor 300 Level Elective Options: Enrollment remains open on the following classes: Business Law 301, Marketing 310, all 300 level Economics and Statistics courses.

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MESSAGE 3

PUBLIC RELATIONS PAID INTERNSHIP. Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Communications, a full-service public relations firm (located just outside Nashville) specializing in media relations,corporate communications, public affairs and issues management, is seeking a public relations intern for summer 2004. This is a paid internsihp. Direct inquiries to:

Kristi Gooden, Senior Account Executive
Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Communications (www.kvbpr.com)
5141 Virginia Way, Suite 420
Brentwood, TN 37027
(615) 248-8202, Fx: (615) 248-8120

UNPAID INTERNSHIPS. Bohan Agency is Nashville has one unpaid internship in public relations and one unpaid internship in creative, specializing in graphics. Interested students should email a letter of interest and resume to Patty Dondeville (pattyd@bohanideas.com) You can also fax your application to (615) 327-8123.

JOBS WITH FEDEX. Margaret Boaz, a 1985 advertising graduate, and now part of a strategic planning group with FedEX, reports that FedEX has openings for communcations majors in Tennessee. To learn more go to: http://www.fedex.com/us/careers/companies/services.html

PART-TIME POSITION. Edward Artigue with tiffanytown.com is seeking part-time help to market Tiffany Lamps. You can contact him at sales@tiffanytown.com or 865-740-0234

ATLANTA INTERNSHIP. Ann Lawson, a 2001 advertising graduate, works with a small agency in Atlanta that offers a paid summer internship at $8/hr. You can send your resume to Ann at the address below and she will forward it to the agency principals.

Ann Lawson
708 Old Ivy Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30342
P: 404-664-8628

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MESSAGE 4

PUBLIC RELATIONS PAID INTERNSHIP. Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Communications, a full-service public relations firm (located just outside Nashville) specializing in media relations,corporate communications, public affairs and issues management, is seeking a public relations intern for summer 2004. This is a paid internsihp. Direct inquiries to:

Kristi Gooden, Senior Account Executive
Katcher Vaughn & Bailey Communications (www.kvbpr.com)
5141 Virginia Way, Suite 420
Brentwood, TN 37027
(615) 248-8202, Fx: (615) 248-8120

UNPAID INTERNSHIPS. Bohan Agency is Nashville has one unpaid internship in public relations and one unpaid internship in creative, specializing in graphics. Interested students should email a letter of interest and resume to Patty Dondeville (pattyd@bohanideas.com) You can also fax your application to (615) 327-8123.

JOBS WITH FEDEX. Margaret Boaz, a 1985 advertising graduate, and now part of a strategic planning group with FedEX, reports that FedEX has openings for communcations majors in Tennessee. To learn more go to: http://www.fedex.com/us/careers/companies/services.html

PART-TIME POSITION. Edward Artigue with tiffanytown.com is seeking part-time help to market Tiffany Lamps. You can contact him at sales@tiffanytown.com or 865-740-0234

ATLANTA INTERNSHIP. Ann Lawson, a 2001 advertising graduate, works with a small agency in Atlanta that offers a paid summer internship at $8/hr. You can send your resume to Ann at the address below and she will forward it to the agency principals.

Ann Lawson
708 Old Ivy Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30342
P: 404-664-8628

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MESSAGE 5

BUSINESS SCHOOL CLASSES: A number of questions have arisen concerning Business School classes and the Pre-reqs. We are re-sending an email as a reminder that you must contact the Business School for classes.

ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS STUDENTS: PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING POLICIES regarding enrollment in classes in the College of Business Administration.

POLICY REGARDING BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 101:

-- BA 101 is one of the prerequisites to BA 201

-- A student may test out (proficiency) at an appointed time during the semester.

Interested students should contact Peggy Gilbert (pgilbert@tennessee.edu). Please note that students who have received a NC for a previous enrollment are not permitted to test out.

The following courses are automatically approved for substitution:

Agriculture and Natural Resources 290
Computer Science 100
Child and Family Studies 102
Human Resource Development 210
Hotel and Restaurant Administration 102
Nutrition 102
Retail and Consumer Sciences 102

If a student has a petition approved for one of the aforementioned classes and they intend to take BA 201 the College of Business Administration must be notified by the college granting the exception.

POLICY REGARDING Business Administration 201, Finance 301, Management 300, and Marketing 300:

All students will be enrolled in these classes for Fall 2004 by the College of Business Administrations advising staff.
Prerequisites for these courses will strictly be enforced.
Students in other colleges need to e-mail their requests to busad@tennessee.edu. Their request must include the following:

NAME, I.D. NUMBER, SECTION DESIRED, REGISTRATION DATE - (PETITION INFORMATION FOR BA 101 IF APPLICABLE)

Students will be enrolled on their registration date (provided their advising flag is cleared and there are no holds) in the order they contacted the office. If there is a problem associated with their request they will be contacted via e-mail for resolution.

There are no acceptable substitutions for BA 201 and all upper division classes in the Business minor must be taken in residence.

POLICY REGARDING Other pre-2002 Business Minor 300 Level Elective Options:

Enrollment remains open on the following classes: Business Law 301, Marketing 310, all 300 level Economics and Statistics courses.

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MESSAGE 6

BELOW ARE THREE LISTINGS FOR POSITIONS RECENTLY RECEIVED IN THE SCHOOL OF ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS.

POSITION 1 (ACTUALLY 5), according to an alum:

After graduating from UT in December 2002, I remember frantically searching for a job in advertising. Thankfully, I received an email such as this one which eventually landed me a job with OMD Atlanta as an Assistant Strategist. Well, I have good news for those of you pondering your professional future; we currently have a handful of media planning positions available:

2 Assistant Strategist Positions: entry-level

2 Strategist Positions: 1-3 years experience

1 Associate Director of Strategy: 6-8 years experience

OMD is a worldwide media planning agency with accounts such as McDonalds, Pepsi, Nissan, etc. Feel free to review OMD's Web site at www.omd.com for more information regarding the company and its clients. Specifically, OMD Atlanta concentrates on Cingular Wireless. All of the positions above are located in Atlanta and will be working on the aforementioned account. If you are interested in applying, send your cover letter and resume to stephanie.butler@omd.com and I will forward them to the appropriate people.

POSITION 2, Sales in Memphis

Sales/Management for a Medical Technology company

Sales position with an Internet and software development company. We are seeking an outgoing professional who is interested in learning to sell Software and Internet services. This is a stable company that has been in business for almost 8 years.

Upon proving ability in sales, this person will be given the opportunity to move into a management position.

Responsibility: Call on physician offices to offer web services. This would entail speaking with the physician, office manager or administrator by telephone and/or at the business. You will be asked to call on the medical community in the Memphis and Mid-South market to find physicians who are seeking Internet and software services. The medical community is now beginning to adopt technology; therefore the opportunity has much potential

Product: Interactive Web Sites, Custom Software and Consulting

Hours: Part time or Full time available

Compensation: Draw + Commission; based on sales experience and time commitment to the company.

Contact: Scott Vogel a - svogel@isysit.com

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MESSAGE 7

NORTH STAR DESTINATION STRATGEGIES WILL BE ON CAMPUS, FRIDAY, APRIL 16 TO INTERVIEW FOR TWO INTERNSHIPS IN NASHVILLE. Samara Hughes, a 2003 advertising graduate, will be on campus on Friday, April 16, to discuss these internships with interested students. Information regarding the internships was previously distributed and is reprinted below. If you are interested in attending the group session at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 16, in the School office, send an email message to adv@utk.edu. by Wednesday Noon, April 14. Bring your resume to the group session on Friday.

North Star Destination Strategies is a marketing consulting firm that specializes in helping small to mid-size destinations in identifying and developing their brand through research, strategic planning and creative implementation. The available position will allow students to help develop marketing and communication strategies. The internship will require the student to be available at least 20 hours per week (Monday through Friday). Pay is $8 per hour. In some cases, weekend travel may be necessary. Responsibilities include: Assisting the President, Marketing Coordinator and Marketing Manager with daily tasks, consumer profiling, tracking and monitoring projects and data entry and analysis.

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MESSAGE 8

Please vote for the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Associate: The College of Communication and Information offers an annual award to the graduate teaching associate who does the best job of teaching. This award is determined by the students. Below is a list of current GTAs. Please vote for the one you think deserves the award. The deadline for voting is Thursday, April 15 at noon. Thanks for helping us honor a top teacher.

Karen L. Adams Linda P. Jurczak

Catherine E. Crawley Chioma N. Marbrey

Amy R. Drews Tiffany J. Shoop

Maria I. Fontenot Janet C. Tate

Kristin N. Haun Larry S. Taylor

Please send your response to Diana King at diking@utk.edu

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MESSAGE FOR ADVERTISING AND Public Relations MAJORS

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES IN CLASSES FOR MINITERM, SUMMER, AND FALL SEMESTER, AND THE POLICY REGARDING PRACTICUM CREDIT.

MINITERM: ADV 380 (for public relations majors) has been cancelled.

SUMMER: ADV 340 has been cancelled. An additional section of Adv 340 has been added to the fall course schedule.

ADV 380 has been cancelled.

PR 320 has been cancelled. An additional section of PR 320 has been added to the fall schedule.

FALL

Sections of PR 270, ADV 250, ADV 340, PR 320, ADV 310, and ADV 490 have been addded.

ADV 490 is special topics, and the topic is Interactive Media. The instructor is Dr. Sally McMillan and the course meets 10:10 to 1:10 on Wednesday. Course pre-req is Adv 360 and enrollment is limited to 12. ADV 490 is open to both graduate and undergraduate students. For undergraduates ADV 490 can count as a communication elective. For graduate students it may count as an elective.

There have been changes in meeting times and classrooms as well. Most notable is the flipflopping of Adv 450 and Adv 470.

The schedule for advertising and public relations courses is printed below.

The School has accommodated all requests it has received from majors to be added into advertising or public relations classes, and most 300-level classes are now full.

Advertising Course Schedule, Fall 2004

250

10556 , 3, 11:10-12:25, TR, HSS 123 ------- Haygood
10569, 3, 8:00-8:50, MWF, Com 208 ------- McMahan
10572 , 3, 2:30-3:20, MWF, Com 208 ------- Crisp

310

10598, 3, 10:10-12:05, MW , Com 316 ------- Blakeman
10645, 3, 9:40-10:55, MW , Com 316 ------- Crisp

340

10585, 3, 12:40-1:55, TR, Com 208 ------- Hoy
10661, 3, 2:10-3:25, TR, Com 208 ------- Hoy

350

10603, 3, 12:40-1:55, TR, Com 314 ------- Hovland
10616, 3, 5:05-6:20, TR, Com 316 ------- McMahan
10632, 3, 2:10-3:25, MW , Com 314 ------- Blakeman

360 10658, 3, 2:10-3.25, TR, Com 309 ------- McMillan

380

10674, 1, 5:05-6:20, TR, Com 208 ------- Staff
10687, 1, 5:05-6:20, TR, Com 208 ------- Staff

450 10721, 3, 3.40-4.55, TR, Com 208 ------- Haygood

470 10747, 3, 11:20-12:25, TR, Com 208 ------- Haley

480 10750, 3 , 9:40-10:55, TR, Com 208 ------- Morrison

490

10823, 3, 10:10-1:10 , W , Com 207 ------- McMillan
The above section's topic is Interactive Media. Prereq is Adv 360.

492 10763 , 3, 5:05-6:20, T, Com 476B ------- Taylor

493 10776, 3, TBA ------- Taylor

510 10789 , 3 , 2:10-3:25, TR , Com 207 ------- Haley

520 10792 , 3, 2:10-4:50, W , Com 207 ------- Taylor

590 10810, 3 , 11:20-12:25, TR, Com 208 ------- Haley

597 10807, 3 , TBA ------- Taylor
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Public Relations Course Schedule, Fall 2004

270

77939, 3, 2:10-3:25 TR , HSS 123 ------- Palenchar
77984, 3, 9:05-9:55 MWF, Com 208 ------- Shaw
78058, 3, 1:25-2:15 MWF , Com 208 ------- Shaw

320

77942, 3, 12:40-1:55 TR , Com 321A ------- Riechert
77955, 3, 1:25-3:20 MW, Com 310 ------- Morrow
77968, 3, 3:40-4:55 MW , Com 310 ------- Morrow
78074 , 3 , 10:10-11.25 MW , Com 310 ------- Shaw

370

77997, 3, 9:40-10:55 TR , HSS 113 ------- Palenchar
78003, 3, 5:45-8:35 M, Com 317 ------- Staff

380

78016, 1, 5:05-6:20 TR, Com 314 ------- Staff
The above section is for public relations students only. The section meets August 18-October 6.

470

78029, 3, 8:10-9:25 TR , 321A ------- Fall
The above section is for students entering the Bateman Competition.
78032, 3, 12:40-1:55 TR, Com 309 ------- Fall

492 78061, 3:35-4.25 F, Com 208 ------ Fall

493 78087, 3, TBA -------- White

540 78134, 3, 5:05-7:45 T , Com 309 ------ Riechert

590 78147, 3, TBA ---------- White

597 78118 , 3, TBA -------- White

SUMMER PRACTICUM CREDIT. The School does not offer practicum or field experience credit in the summer. However, you may earn credit in the summer and register for the credit in fall semester. PR Majors should have already made arrangments with Dr. Fall and ADV majors should pick up forms in the School office. THERE IS NO RETROACTIVE CREDIT FOR PRACTICUM OR FIELD EXPERIENCE; YOU MUST FILE REPORTS WHILE YOU ARE COMPLETING THE WORK. You can not come back in the fall and expect to receive credit for a summer job when you have not made prior arrangements to file reports and to receive credit.