by Anna Fobair, junior ADPR and broadcasting student
The UNL Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter was honored to receive seven awards at the 2016 Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Nebraska Paper Anvil Awards Gala on Thursday, Dec. 8.
The awards include Student Best of Show, three Awards of Excellence and three Awards of Merit.
“We’re so incredibly proud of our students winning all of the awards because they’ve done great work for so many years and they’ve been so successful, “Associate Dean and ADPR sequence head Frauke Hachtmann said. “The work that they’ve done has had an impact on the community and that has been especially cool. Our students make us so proud. They work so hard, and the greatest experience is when we see them be so successful. They represent our program very well.”
The UNL PRSSA Bateman team earned awards for their work with Student Veterans of America. Their campaign “Duty Always” helped to increase awareness about student veterans on college campuses and communities and won the Best of Show designation.
UNL PRSSA members received awards for work with the mentoring program and their alumni outreach campaign.
PRSSA member Ryann Lynn also received two individual awards for her internship at AARP Nebraska.
Integrated Marketing Communication master’s student Mikaela Yeager won the James W. Leuschen Fellowship Award, a $500 award to a public relations practitioner working to earn an educational degree.
The complete list of honors is as follows:
BEST OF SHOW:
Duty Always Campaign (Bateman Team)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE:
Outstanding Classroom Campaign
Duty Always Campaign (Bateman Team)
Outstanding Relationship-Building Project
UNL PRSSA Mentoring Program
Outstanding Strategy to Address a Problem
UNL PRSSA Alumni Outreach
AWARD OF MERIT:
Outstanding Community or Nonprofit Event
Student Veteran Advocacy Panel (Bateman Team)
Outstanding Strategy to Address a Problem
UNL PRSSA & the Nebraska Caregivers Coalition
Outstanding Professional Development
AARP Nebraska Internship/Ryann Lynn