AdPR’s Executive Advisory Council guides students to “Being Job Ready”

AdPR’s Executive Advisory Council participated in a panel, “Being Job Ready” to provide advice to AdPR juniors and seniors as they plan for their future beyond graduation. Topics covered included, 1) resume writing – how to stand out among the rest, 2) interviewing – how to put your best foot forward, 3) leadership – once you have the job,…

Spring 2019 Yarbrough-Grady Fellows

  From Grady College of Mass Communication: Grady College has named two Yarbrough-Grady Fellows for the spring 2019 semester: Maddie Fiorante from Portland, Oregon, and Allison Miller from Sandy Springs, Georgia. Fiorante will focus on public relations while Miller focuses on graphic design. The fellowship, funded through Grady College alumnus Dick Yarbrough (ABJ ’59), is an experiential work program in which Grady College students work alongside the office of…

PRSSA Classic City Tour of Athens

On Thursday, November 15, Grady College students participated in the third annual PRSSA Classic City Tour of Athens. Led by professor Kim Landrum, students visited Jackson Spalding, See.Spark.Go and UGA’s Sports Information Office to learn about working with clients, creating relationships and managing reputations. Brian Brodrick, Alison Geist and Bryan Harris led the discussions at…

Advertising Faculty Member at Grady College Sees Life through Virtual Reality

Some people go through life as optimists. Others are pessimists. But, for Sun Joo “Grace” Ahn, an assistant professor of advertising at Grady College, she is a realist—a virtual realist. Virtual reality is becoming part of the everyday lexicon for many consumers, but it has been in Ahn’s everyday vocabulary for nearly 10 years. While…

PRSSA members visit Atlanta agencies for annual tour

On January 27, sixteen junior and senior UGA PRSSAmembers headed to Atlanta for the day to take part in our annual agency tour.  Led by PRSSA advisor, Kim Landrum, students visited Jackson Spalding, MSLGroup and Edelman to learn what the future of public relations looks like. Jackson Spalding Hosts Christina Phillips and Rita Izaguirre welcomed…

Public relations professor co-authors textbook about diversity in journalism

Maria Len-Ríos (MA ’08), associate professor of advertising and public relations at Grady College, has just published an introductory textbook, “Cross-Cultural Journalism: Communicating Strategically About Diversity.” The book aims to teach college students how to navigate a continually changing world and write professionally and successfully about diversity and culture. Len-Ríos edited the book with Earnest…