Spring 2004 Messages (PR Majors)

MESSAGE FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS STUDENTS - Spring 2004

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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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.

IN PLANNING YOUR SCHEDULE FOR FALL, REMEMBER THE PRE-REQS. These are now strictly enforced. You must complete PR 270 before you take any other public relations courses. Journalism 200 and PR 270 are pre-reqs for PR 320. PR 270 is a pre-req for PR 370. Both PR 320 and PR 370 are pre-reqs for PR 470.

BATEMAN COMPETITION. A special section of campaigns (8:10-9:25, TR) has been designated for the Bateman Competition. Students registering for this section of campaigns will be expected to continue work on campaigns during Spring Semester 2005 under an independent study credit.

SUMMER FIELD EXPERIENCE (PR 492). PR 492 is not offered for credit during the summer. However, you can complete 492 during the summer and register for the credit in Fall 2004. To do this, YOU MUST have the internship approved by Dr. Lisa Fall no later than April 30, 2004, and you must file a formal application by that date. You must file your reports in summer as you are completing the work and then register for PR 492 for fall semester.

PR 380--PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR. The public relations program now has its own one-hour professional seminar. If you planning to substitute PR 380 for the field experience requirement, be sure to register for PR 380 and not for Adv 380.

CAN'T FIND COM LAW, COMM 400? Many courses that previously had a COM or JOURN or BRDST prefix, now carry the Journalism and Electronic Media (JEM) prefix. What was formerly known as COM 400 is now listed as JEM 400, Mass Communication Law. The previous Journ 280 is now listed as JEM 280.

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FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED MAJORS ONLY

PUBLIC RELATIONS CLASSES are filling up quickly for spring semester. If you have not registered for classes, you need to do so right away. There is still space available in PR 320, PR 370, and PR 470.

IF YOU ARE TRYING TO ADD Adv 380 (Professional Seminar for Public Relations Students) send an email to adv@utk.edu indicating that you would like to be added to the class.

JOURN 280 is closed. However, if you are trying to schedule this class for spring semester, send an email to adv@utk.edu indicating that you would like to add Journ 280 to your schedule. If there are enough public relations students who want the class this spring, we will ask the journalism program to add a section.

We have asked the Comm Studies program to consider adding another section of Speech 440. As of now, they do not have the funding to do so.

THE SCHOOL OF ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS WILL ATTEMPT TO ACCOMMODATE ALL REQUESTS FOR ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS CLASSES AND FOR JOURN 280 THAT IT RECEIVES THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK.

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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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East Tennessee Children's Hospital has a Community Relations Internship and part-time Print Shop position (PAID). Must be able to work 12-15 hours per week, flexible to work some evenings and weekends with advance notice, access to transportation, proficient in PageMaker and Microsoft Word on Macintosh and PC platforms, basic writing and editing courses completed along with photography experience preferred.

Interviews will be held April 26-27, 2004. If interested, call 541-8165 for an appointment.

Ackermann PR is seeking GRADUATING seniors for a full time job as an assistant account executive position in the Knoxville office. The person should have a degree in communications or marketing, and a couple of years experience in the field is preferable. Capabilities required include excellent writing skills, media relations experience, and strong interpersonal and organizational skills. Please email resumes to: srobertson@ackermannpr.com.

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MESSAGE FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS STUDENTS

East Tennessee Children's Hospital has a Community Relations Internship and part-time Print Shop position (PAID). Must be able to work 12-15 hours per week, flexible to work some evenings and weekends with advance notice, access to transportation, proficient in PageMaker and Microsoft Word on Macintosh and PC platforms, basic writing and editing courses completed along with photography experience preferred.

Interviews will be held April 26-27, 2004. If interested, call 541-8165 for an appointment.

Ackermann PR is seeking GRADUATING seniors for a full time job as an assistant account executive position in the Knoxville office. The person should have a degree in communications or marketing, and a couple of years experience in the field is preferable. Capabilities required include excellent writing skills, media relations experience, and strong interpersonal and organizational skills. Please email resumes to: srobertson@ackermannpr.com.

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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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We have had an inquiry from a local PR firm (Knoxville) that is looking for someone to work on a technology project with "significant responsibilities" at $8 - 10 per hour.  Sounds like a good opportunity if you don't already have something lines up.  If you are interested, call Susan Barnes at (865) 974-3046.