Professor Stephen Quigley, APR, was awarded the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) 2011 Outstanding Educator of the Year Award during the PRSA 2011 International Conference. This award honors a PRSA member who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of public relations education through college or university teaching. Quigley is the third COM… Read More
In 2009, Kristen Ruby (’09) left her secure corporate job to start her own social media site. Two years on, her risk has reaped rewards and her site is getting some national media attention. An excerpt from a Q&A with TIME MAGAZINE.com: That week, I left my job, along with the comfort and stability of… Read More
Watching cartoons like SpongeBob SquarePants paid dividends for Bonnie Kim (’12). Not only did she learn to speak English while watching Nickelodeon as a child, she also turned her love for the network into a summer internship at the network. How did you find out about this internship? Professor [Stephen] Quigley mentioned that MTV was… Read More
Boston University’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter will host its fifth annual regional conference, PR Advanced: Be the Change on February 26, 2011 at the Boston University Photonics Center from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The theme of the conference is driving change in the public relations industry through personal and professional… Read More
Peter Shankman (CGS’92, COM’94), media entrepreneur and founder of Help a Reporter Out, a website that connects journalists and sources, sits down to talk about the role of social networking in our daily lives – and how it can lead to a job. For more on social networking, watch a panel led by Shankman speak… Read More
By Harold Burson (Hon. ’88) The founder and chairman of global communications firm Burson-Marsteller, on the past, present and future of the field he has influenced for 57 years. My greatest frustration as a lifelong public relations professional is that so many of my fellow professionals cannot define public relations in its totality. Otherwise, I… Read More
(Boston) – Boston University today announced that it has named Donald K. Wright the Harold Burson Professor in Public Relations and Chair, Department of Mass Communication, Advertising, and Public Relations. The appointment, effective for five years beginning September 1, 2010, was announced by Tom Fiedler, Dean of BU’s College of Communication (COM), who called Wright… Read More
BU students placed fifth out of 19 finalists and more than 150 competing schools at the American Advertising Federation’s National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) on June 10–12 in Orlando, Florida. This was the team’s first run at a national title. State Farm Insurance sponsored the 2010 conference. The assignment: make State Farm important/relevant to young… Read More
Rachel Sprung (’11, SMG’11), president of Boston University’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), was recently elected to the PRSSA National Executive Committee. Rachel, a double major in public relations and business administration, decided to run for the position of national vice president of regional activities after helping plan and coordinate… Read More
Associate Professor of Communication Judy Austin received the Becker Family Teacher-of-the-Year Award at the COM Commencement on May 16, 2010. This is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a College of Communication professor and was established in memory of David Brudnoy, a legend in Boston broadcasting and a professor at COM. Austin was… Read More