Written by Grace Cortez Our chapter won the PRSSA Star Chapter Award for the 2019-2020 year. This is the first time in our chapter’s history to win this award, which shows our organizations’ determination for continual growth and excellence.
Dr. Jacquelyn Shaia, UAB PRCA/PRSSA’s faculty advisor, said, “This kind of recognition is important--the professionals in this field understand how much work, skill and talent goes into winning this kind of award.” Over 9,000 students from 375 different colleges are members of PRSSA. These students help to make up a total of 30,000 members in PRSA, our nationally recognized parent organization. Winning awards is nothing new for UAB PRCA/PRSSA. Our organization and students regularly win awards, but this first-time award is a new milestone for our chapter. The PRSSA Star Chapter Award is a highly esteemed award. The award recognizes students for completing goals such as chapter leadership, relationship building, student-run public relations firms, local high school outreach and positive media exposure. It is one of the highest achievements that a chapter can receive from PRSSA. Isabella Henke, Courtney Cole and Kiara Harris, executive officers and members of the PRSA/PRSSA, were three students who worked tirelessly to write and submit the application for the award. Many thanks to them for pushing our chapter to exceed and win this award! Tehreem Khan, the current chapter Co-President said, "I am proud of my team for winning this award. I am so grateful to be part of this hard working, professional, and ethical group. We will make sure that we continue to hold the high standards we have set for ourselves." UAB PRCA/PRSSA has had many successful achievements this past year that qualified us for Star Chapter. Chapter members volunteered with Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School, a high school in the Birmingham area. UAB News also featured a story about one of our members and her work in PRSSA. Continually, members also created multiple student-run public relations firms to assist local non-profit organizations. Student-run firms are something the PR program does each year and prides itself in doing so, as it provides students with “real-world” PR practice. Congratulations again to everyone, this is a great success!
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