Since 1973, the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) has hosted an annual case study competition for college public relations students across the nation. This is an opportunity for four to five students to apply what they’ve learned in the classroom and in their internships to create and implement a full-blown public relations campaign…
Kailyn Sanders selected as a Most Promising Multicultural Student
Kailyn Sanders, a fourth-year advertising major at Grady College, has been named to the 2018 American Advertising Federation of Most Promising Multicultural students. Every year the American Advertising Federation selects 50 multicultural students nationwide that they feel represents some of the top emerging talent in the advertising industry. Through this program students attend a four-day…
2018 Washington D.C. Agency Tour
The Washington D.C. Agency Tour celebrated its 10th Anniversary this year from January 31 to February 2, 2018. As a part of the tour, Grady students got to network with PR professionals, communicators and government officials at various nonprofits, agencies and government offices. Before heading back to Athens, the trip wrapped up with a UGA…
Silicon Valley Tour
Seven AdPR students traveled to Silicon Valley in California in January 2018 to meet with Fortune 500 companies and learn more about digital and new media in the technology industry. Students and faculty visited eBay, Google, Kiip, Facebook/ Instagram, Oath/ Verizon, and Twitter. Each visit predominantly consisted of presentations on current company projects,…
Happy Holidays from AdPR@UGA!
Wishing our friends, alumni, faculty and students a happy holiday season! Thanks for all you do to make our department great. If you didn’t receive it already, we also thought you might enjoy reading a letter written by one of our proud alumna, Tucker Berta Sarkisian (ABJ ’00), who is currently the PR Director for…
AdPR Student Spotlight: Claire Jordan
Claire Jordan is a senior from Canton, Georgia. She is a public relations major with a minor in Spanish and a certificate in new media. Claire works as a public relations student assistant for the School of Social Work and is on the media lead team with Wesley. She also works part time as a…
Dr. Bryan Reber, head of the Department of ADPR weighs in on “The Art of the Apology” with ABC News
Dr. Bryan Reber, department head of AdPR contributes his expertise on crisis communications via ABC News as he weighs in on apology statements by those accused of sexual misconduct. http://abcn.ws/2Ap5h
AdPR senior, Gaby Reyes is out to change the world!
Gaby Reyes, an Advertising student at Grady College and Goizueta Foundation scholarship recipient, is doing great things in her last year at UGA. Read more about what she is up to and her post graduation plans here! We are so proud of you Gaby and can’t wait to see how you change the world!
AdPR Week 2017
UGA’s Grady College, Deptartment of Advertising and Public Relations celebrated AdPR Week 2017 with enlightening industry speakers, a women’s leadership panel and the first ever AdPRide Games! [#AdPRide Runs Deep During AdPR Week (with images, tweets)]