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I am so excited to announce the 2018 Speed Mentoring event will be on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The event is a great networking opportunity for all of our EMU PRSSA members. The event will offer a variety of topics within the PR field. Mentors range from political PR to healthcare, museum, agency and more! Be sure to bring your resumé and business cards with you to the event. Members with have 5 minutes to spend with each mentor to ask whatever they w

Identity PR will be holding an event on Thursday, March 22 called Navigating the Hiring Landscape. Mix and mingle with professionals in the industry, ask any questions you might have, and get advice from the best of the best. Click here to find out more information about our agency tour to Identity PR this Friday!

PRSSA will be touring Identity PR in Bingham Farms this Friday, March 2. The link to register can be found here; if you are interested in carpooling, we will be meeting at Starbucks in the Student Center at 8:15 A.M. This agency tour is free to attend, with money donations strongly encouraged for this carpooling. Please let us know if you have any questions!

The Public Relations Society of America Detroit Chapter is accepting applications for the Donald P. Durocher Memorial Scholarship. Two awards of $2,000 will be given to students studying PR, communication, journalism, or a related field. More information about the scholarship can be found here. The deadline to apply is March 31st.

With the ever-evolving world of public relations, social media have been quickly established alongside other great tools in the public relations arsenal. As more people than ever find themselves browsing social media sites, public relations practitioners must continue increasing their efforts to reach those same audiences. While social media grant us instant access to those publics, we must not forget that traditional media sources are still out there, fighting hard against t

Source: Josie Bobeck PRSSA has been the highlight of my college experience. I always talk about how much I love this organization, and it's because I really do love and advocate for this organization with everything in me. I wouldn't be where I am if I hadn't joined this PRSSA, plain and simple. PRSSA has opened up a world of opportunities. I've travelled, presented (twice!) at the National Conference, networked my heart out, and have met people from all around the world beca

Are you looking to advance your career in public relations? Looking to work for high-tech company over the summer? Look no further! The 2018 Digital Summer Clinic Internship Information Session is on Tuesday, March 6 at 4 pm in the College of Business. Learn about working for local startups in the Ann Arbor SPARK startup incubator. Internships are a minimum of 10 hours a week (with room more expansion) with pay at $15 an hour. 24 positions are available and the internship run

As graduation quickly approaches, the anxiety of job searching becomes more real day after day. Job searching is stressful, no doubt, but with proper preparation, you can nail that interview and land the job of your dreams. Here are a few interview tips to keep handy while you embark on your search for the perfect post-grad job. Source: Abby Cousineau 1. Know the details beforehand. Research the company, know their history, what they do, what products or clients they work wit