Special Announcement: #PRStudChat Back to School Night on 10/19/11
On October 19, 2011, at 8:30 p.m., #PRStudChat will hold its annual “Back to School Night” for our students, educators and professionals. The session will focus on PR education and the ever-changing learning environment. Students will get a glimpse of what’s being done in other classrooms and professionals will get a full view of the current academic environment.
We’re excited to announce our panel of professors who will be joining us that night:
Stefan Pollack:
As president & chief financial officer of The Pollack PR Marketing Group, Stefan plays an integral role within the agency. His responsibilities include management of client services, new business development and financial planning for the agency. Stefan also oversees and directs media relations, social media and outreach programs on behalf of several clients in various industries in addition to leading the agency’s professional service firm practice. He is the Immediate Past Chair, Americas Region Board of the Worldcom Public Relations Group and is an Adjunct Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California. Follow Stefan on Twitter @stefanpollack.
Stefan was recently interviewed for an Examiner post about Success in the Public Relations Classroom and beyond.
Amy Sauertieg:
Amy Sauertieg joined the faculty of Penn State Harrisburg in Fall 2010, where she teaches course in Public Relations, Event Planning and Public Speaking. She began her career developing and marketing entertainment vehicles for such companies as Procter & Gamble, Kraft Foods and Anheuser-Busch, and has been a marketing and public relations executive in a variety of industries, including television, economic development and social services. Previously, she taught at the Fashion Institute of Technology (SUNY) and Marymount Manhattan College. Amy is a member of the PRSA and is a board member of Healthy Media Choices. She received her BFA in theater from Boston University and her MA in media studies from The New School. You can follow Amy on Twitter @asauertieg.
Amy was recently interviewed in the Examiner regarding the Academic Perspective.
Kirk Hazlett, APR, Fellow PRSA:
Kirk Hazlett, APR, Fellow PRSA, is Associate Professor of Communication at Curry College in Milton, MA, where he teaches undergraduate public relations courses, oversees the public relations concentration, and serves as Faculty Adviser for the Curry College Public Relations Student Association. In addition, he is Lecturer in Communications at Regis College in Weston, MA, where he teaches graduate communication courses and serves on the College’s Graduate Communications Advisory Committee. You can follow Kirk on Twitter @kirkhazlett.
Prior to his move into academia, Kirk practiced nonprofit and government public relations and marketing for more than 35 years in the US as well as Asia. During his professional career, he managed communication programs for healthcare and member services organizations as well as the US Army and US Air Force in Vietnam, the Philippines and the United States. He also provided consulting services for both the Manila and the Singapore Red Cross.
Accredited by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Kirk a Member of PRSA’s national Board of Directors and has held leadership positions with PRSA Educators Academy and PRSA Northeast District as well as with the Boston and Hawaii PRSA chapters. He was inducted into PRSA’s prestigious College of Fellows in 2009 and is one of just two actively-teaching college professors in Massachusetts to have earned this distinction.
Kirk was recently interviewed in an Examiner post, where he shared his Advice for College Students and Professors.
Karen Russell:
Karen Russell is a PR professor at the University of Georgia and the editor of the Journal of Public Relations Research. Karen joined us last year for the October 2010 #PRStudChat Back to School Night. You can follow Karen on Twitter @karenrussell.
A few of the questions that we’ll be asking our panel of professors and our community members will be:
Q1. What are the most effective learning tools used in the classroom today?
Q2. What are your favorite books and why?
Q3. How do you collaborate on group projects (social groups vs. physical setting)?
Q4. How do you integrate internships into the academic setting?
Q5. PRStudChat PSA – What hashtag or social media effort would you like to share with the community?
Q6. What are you learning inside of the classroom that you can’t learn anywhere else?
Q7. What’s your favorite assignment?
Q8. What professor(s) have influenced you the most and why?
Q9. What sort of technology would you like to see professors using in the classroom?
We’re really excited about our Back to School night session and look forward to helping students and professionals to uncover different ideas and techniques to use in the classroom environment. If you have any questions for our special guests, please feel free to post them on our LinkedIn Discussion Group. Hope to “see” you on the 19th!
A Little More About PRStudChat:
It began with a simple question asked by Angela Hernandez, then President of PRSSA at Central Michigan University (CMU). “Is PR Right for me?” A follow up blog post by PR 2.0 expert Deirdre Breakenridge inspired a series of direct messages on Twitter between Breakenridge and fellow PR industry pro, Valerie Simon. This was an important question and one that should be explored beyond one student or one blog post. Why not build a community to help students across the country, and even the globe, learn from the experience and perspective of industry professionals… A community where everyone can learn and grow together. Read more
