{"id":207636,"date":"2018-11-12T13:03:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T18:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/?p=207636"},"modified":"2019-05-21T13:03:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T17:03:28","slug":"montclair-state-prssa-celebrates-10th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/2018\/11\/12\/montclair-state-prssa-celebrates-10th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Montclair State PRSSA Celebrates 10th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRSSA President Genesis Acevedo (R), Public Relations Director, Megan Daniel (C), and Vice-president Stephanie Michael organized a last minute October 28 Autism NJ fundraiser with the John J. Cali School to raise $1,000.<\/em><\/p>\n

The School of Communication and Media is celebrating the 10th<\/sup> anniversary of the Public Relations Student Society of America.\u00a0 The organization was founded in 2008 by its current faculty adviser, Larry Weiner.\u00a0 The PRSSA is the student affiliate of the public relations profession\u2019s governing body, the Public Relations Society of America, the world\u2019s largest organization for public relations professionals. The goal is to provide hands on public relations experience to its members through actual client work, provide skills building workshops, and offer network opportunities.<\/p>\n

While speaking to the founder of Montclair State University\u2019s PRSSA about what the PRSA organization means to him, Weiner stated, \u201cAt this point in my career, it has an extra special meaning. First, by joining almost 15 years ago, it meant that I endorsed the ethical standards set forth by the PRSA that guide the profession\u2019s practices, and those standards would guide how I conducted myself as a PR professional. \u00a0But now that I have achieved the rank of \u2018Fellow PRSA,\u2019 it means that I have been recognized by the PRSA for giving a lifetime commitment to the profession.\u00a0 There are less than 400 Fellows in the entire world, and Fellows represent the very best of the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before this chapter was founded, Weiner thought about what he could do to improve the life of students studying public relations.\u00a0 That is when he thought of the idea to begin a new chapter of PRSSA at Montclair. \u201cFor a student interested in PR as their chosen career, having membership in PRSSA on their resumes is invaluable,\u201d Weiner said. \u201cIt\u2019s an immediate connection to the thousands of professionals who are in PRSA, and it provides a large degree of legitimacy to our PR program. It also gives its members opportunities to hone their PR skills in ways they would never get in the classroom or through internships, and the chance to work together for a common good. \u00a0They learn how groups can produce better outcomes than individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Considering some students know nothing about what this society can do, Weiner explained, \u201cOur Autism NJ fundraisers, which have raised nearly $30,000 in total over seven years have featured two Tony Award winners \u2013 Laura Benanti and Melba Moore; two more actresses who have a total of five additional Tony nominations \u2013 Stephanie J. Block and the late Marin Mazzie; and even an accomplished movie star, Moira Kelly (Nala in \u201cThe Lion King\u201d).\u201d \u00a0Montclair State PRSSA students worked with the Metropolitan Opera Guild to develop and produce a classical singing competition called \u201cThe Curtain Call Awards.\u201d\u00a0 The organization produced a fundraiser for the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center that was headlined by the US\u2019s most acclaimed Olympic gymnast, Shannon Miller.\u00a0 And, it even helped publicize two Andy Kaufman Comedy competitions. In addition, the PRSSA\/PRSA offers scholarships, awards, networking, and additional opportunities for expanding a student\u2019s PR skills.<\/p>\n

In addition to all these fundraisers and events, Weiner also mentioned a brand partnership with the John J. Cali School of Music.\u00a0 Together they held a concert on October 28 at the Kasser Theater. \u00a0They were able to get an incredible piece of specially signed memorabilia from the world\u2019s greatest operatic soprano, Anna Netrebko. \u00a0And, in the spring of next year, the PRSSA will hold their seventh April fundraiser for the organization, and that will be headlining the original Broadway star of \u201cLittle Mermaid,\u201d Sierra Boggess.<\/p>\n

As to what hopes are to be attained in the future, Weiner says, \u201cMy hope is that we can use the success of the PRSSA to continue to build the SCM PR program, and, conversely, as our enrollment numbers grow, we can also grow the PRSSA and do even more \u201cbig things.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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