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Sep 8, 20182 min read

Meeting Recap: Marissa Walters of Miller Brooks

By Marley Vawter Last week Marissa Walters of Miller Brooks, an agency located in Zionsville, Indiana, joined us to talk about all things...

Sep 8, 20182 min read

Five New Year’s Resolutions for PR Majors

By Morgan Polizzi As we enter into the New Year it is natural to come up with the basic New Year’s resolutions that everyone seems to...

Sep 8, 20183 min read

Gaining Experience in Unexpected Places

By Alexandra Crump One of the biggest challenges that any college student faces is resume building. Just going to class and getting good...

Sep 8, 20183 min read

My PR Resolution: Bravery

By Thomas Hershberger Bravery is a difficult thing to define. It is an often subjective attribute that dangles precariously between...

Sep 8, 20184 min read

Networking: How I left a concert with a business card

By Natalie Glidewell Anyone that knows me knows that I love music and going to concerts. I’ve heavily considered beginning my career in...

Sep 8, 20182 min read

A Letter from PRSSA Chapter President Isaac Reynoso

Dear PRSSA members, The Public Relations Student Society of America has and always will be about inclusivity. At Ball State University we...

Sep 8, 20181 min read

What PR did for me

By Kelsey Kolb During my freshman year of college, I was stuck. I had no direction as to where my life was heading and it was scary. As I...

Sep 8, 20182 min read

Why I’m Thankful for Public Relations

By Natalie Glidewell As Thanksgiving ends and the winter holidays quickly approach, I’ve found myself busier than ever. I’m wondering how...

Sep 8, 20185 min read

Five Takeaways from My Internship at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

By Morgan Polizzi As a kid growing up, the Indianapolis 500 became my favorite tradition. My dad would take me to practices,...

Sep 8, 20184 min read

Adopt the Latest Tech or Feel the Effects of Digital Darwinism

By Thomas Hershberger The internet has come to supplement, if not supplant, all media that came before it. While this concept is hardly...

Sep 8, 20184 min read

Summer of Firsts

By Sydney Thompson New opportunities and experiences directly correlate with personal growth. When we have an opportunity to do something...

Sep 8, 20182 min read

Tools and Apps That Take Care of Tasks

By Jillian Wilschke This summer, during my internship with Addison Avenue Marketing in downtown Muncie, Indiana, I was introduced to some...

Sep 8, 20184 min read

6 PR Lessons Learned From My Cat

By Rose Flood Anyone that knows me knows that I’m very fond of my pet cat, Phantom. He’s an entertaining little dork that never fails to...

Sep 8, 20183 min read

Three Lessons I Learned Studying Abroad

By Marley Vawter During the most amazing summer of my life, I got to live in Granada, Spain and do things I never dreamed of. Although I...

Sep 8, 20183 min read

On that Pesky “P”: Marrying Social Anxiety and PR

By Thomas Hershberger That little “P” has always terrified me. The “P” in “PR,” that is. That “P” that represents “public,” and–for...

Sep 8, 20182 min read

The Best Semester Yet

By Kelsey Batson What’s the biggest thing you’ve gained from this semester? How have you grown as a professional and a person? What goals...

Sep 8, 20182 min read

How to Be an Invaluable Intern

By Adriana Howell As an account coordinator for BIGfish Communications, one of my tasks is overseeing our internship program. In this...

Sep 8, 20182 min read

Experience Pays

By Kendall Davies When it comes to internships, we all want a paid opportunity. Who wouldn’t? We are college students and need every...

Sep 8, 20183 min read

How J-Day Helped Me Find My Major

By Jillian Wilschke Early spring of my junior year, I hopped on a yellow school bus with roughly twenty other high school students from...

Sep 8, 20183 min read

5 Tools to Keep PR Students Organized

By Sarah Deitz Organizational skills are critical to be successful in the public relations field. For a college student, that may sound...