Posted in Curriculum, Grads, Writing on Nov 25th, 2011 No Comments »
Currently a communications consultant at Redbrick Communications, Lisa Timoshenko is the winner of this year’s Gary Schlee Scholarship. The Centennial College Corporate Communications & Public Relations graduate completed an internship with Redbrick this fall. Lisa has a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree from Wilfrid Laurier University.
The Gary Schlee Scholarship goes to a CCPR student [...]
Posted in Curriculum, Grads, Writing on Nov 18th, 2010 Comments Off
Salza Khakoo, who is wrapping up a communications internship at Women’s College Hospital, is this year’s winner of the Gary Schlee Scholarship. Salza’s passion for writing isn’t a new interest. In addition to nearly completing her Centennial certificate in Corporate Communications and Public Relations, she is a Journalism graduate of Ryerson University. Congratulations, Salza!
Previous scholarship [...]
Posted in Curriculum, Grads, Writing on Nov 20th, 2009 1 Comment »
Congratulations to Jessica Wolfraim, winner of the second Gary Schlee Scholarship awarded to the top writer in Centennial College’s Corporate Communications & Public Relations program.
Jessica works for Morneau Sobeco, the human resources consultancy where she did her internship. Two other program graduates — Andrea Nasello and Jacqui Fabro — are also communications consultants at Morneau [...]
Posted in Careers, Curriculum, PR education on Oct 11th, 2008 3 Comments »
In a recent post, Ann Subervi of The Ethical Optimist blog notes that PR Programs Get Failing Grade. Her concern is based on a lack of ’smarts’ she sees in recent PR grads when it comes to some of the basic media relations skills required by her agency.
As tempting as it is to wonder why [...]
Posted in Colleges & Universities, Curriculum, Internships on Jun 18th, 2007 Comments Off
Last week’s meeting of OPREG (Ontario Public Relations Educators Group) was a chance for co-ordinators from six of the 12 colleges with PR programs to compare notes. One of the discussions, naturally enough, was the topic that always tops the interest-meter for applicants: internship.
Whether it’s called Field Placement, Work Placement, Field Work, Independent Study or [...]
Posted in Colleges & Universities, Curriculum, PR education on May 10th, 2007 7 Comments »
Getting all the formal approvals to launch a new academic program can be a lengthy and trying process. That’s why it’s good news to see that the new Master of Communications Management degree program at McMaster University’s DeGroote School of Business has received approval from the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies. The program, which had [...]
Posted in Curriculum, PR education on May 3rd, 2007 2 Comments »
Grades are posted
I haven’t been in this space for awhile and the reason is best summed up in the first word at the top. The bane of a teacher’s existence, marking can be is labour intensive. The bigger the class, the bigger the swath of time needed to evaluate the work.
New instructors are often surprised [...]
Posted in Curriculum, PR education, Social Media on Apr 10th, 2007 1 Comment »
Projects and initiatives currently on the go — a look at just four.
#1 Five events in two weeks
Students in Centennial’s Event Management course learn the ropes by planning and carrying out events. Five teams are rolling out a variety of functions, starting with tonight’s Caesar’s Palace Karaoke Night that is raising money for the [...]
Posted in Curriculum, Social Media on Mar 16th, 2007 2 Comments »
A growing number of PR academics are using social media tools in the classroom as a way to provide students with first-hand experience with these interactive tactics. In a business devoted to establishing relationships, that shouldn’t be surprising. At Centennial, we’ve just posted PoRtFOLIO, a class site of student work using a blog template. While [...]
Posted in Curriculum, PR education on Mar 6th, 2007 11 Comments »
Public Relations — lots of varied activity, plenty of creative tools to use. That’s the beauty of it. But, when it comes to preparing students in PR postgrad programs that are less than a year long, it’s a curse. The goal is to expose them to all the needed skills and knowledge. The trick is: [...]