The Mackerel Wrapper

A weblog for Pete Ellertsen's mass communications students at Benedictine University Springfield.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Central Illinois PRSA blog

Useful link: The central Illinois chapter of the Public Relations Society of America has a blog with links and promotional material about PRSA. Liz Kerns, who teaches public relations at Benedictine, is webmaster. (logmaster?) Good resource for students. Or anyone else who wants to keep up with the state of public relations in downstate Illinois.

I'll just post Liz' Who is PRSA Central Illinois? blurb in its entirety.
Chartered in 1979, the Central Illinois Chapter brings together people who are involved in public relations through professional development and advances the profession through public education, service and high standards of conduct.

The Central Illinois Chapter is part of the Public Relations Society of America, the world's largest organization for public relations professionals.

PRSA represents a great value to its members who represent business and industry, counseling firms, government, associations, hospitals and other professional services. PRSA stands behind its new code of ethics, which was approved at the Fall World Congress in Chicago in October 2000.

We have developed strong ties with PRSSA chapters in Bloomington-Normal, Charleston, Peoria and Macomb which depend on us for professional guidance and upon which we depend for fresh new ideas and youthful vigor. Illinois State University, Eastern Illinois University, Western Illinois University and Bradley University maintain active student chapters which contribute to the strength of our region and other universities throughout the region offer students strong PR education. Regardless of a student's affiliation with PRSSA, we welcome all communication students to our meetings from throughout the region. Other universities who have had students participate in our PRSA meetings but without a PRSSA chapter include Millikin University, Springfield College in Illinois/Benedictine University, Eureka College, and Illinois College.

Please look through our web site to learn more about the Central Illinois Chapter and all that we have to offer.
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Springfield (Ill.), United States
I'm a retired English, journalism and cultural studies teacher at Springfield College in Illinois (acquired by Benedictine University and subsequently closed). I coordinate jam sessions for the "Clayville Pioneer Academy of Music" at Clayville Historic Site and the Prairieland Strings dulcimer club, and I sing in the choir and the contemporary praise team at Peace Lutheran Church in Springfield. On Hogfiddle I post links and video clips for our sessions and workshops on the mountain dulcimer (a.k.a. "hog fiddle"), as well as research notes on folklore and cultural studies, hymnody and traditional Anglo-Celtic and Scandinavian music. I also posted assignments and readings in my interdisciplinary humanities classes. The Mackerel Wrapper (now on hiatus), carried assignments and readings for my mass comm. students. I started teaching b/log when I chaired SCI-Benedictine's assessment committee, and reopened it as the privatization of public schools grew increasingly troubling and closer to home.