Are you a public relations student (or recent grad) just getting started using Twitter? It’s usually best to test the waters a bit before you dive in. Try following some (or all) of these people or organizations in my Twitter Starter Pack for PR Students. They all have something in common: they tweet useful or [...]

Last fall, I led a First-Year Experience class for freshmen at Georgia Southern. One of the biggest stresses for freshmen is their first or second round of final exams.
It seemed timely to repost what I shared with them about how to prepare for a final exam.
[Reposted from Making Connections: Facebook & Beyond, November 21, 2008]
Final [...]

On my campus, and probably on most campuses, we’re approaching finals time.
If you’re a parent, it means it’s almost time to send off a final exam care package.
If you’re a faculty member, it means even more. Here are a few of my thoughts as the semester winds down.
Students are stressed because “they are so busy.”
HINT: Yes, [...]

An Open Note to All of Prof. Nixon’s Students at Georgia Southern University:
We’re almost off and running in our Spring Semester classes at GSU. This semester, I’m teaching two classes; the classes, with hyperlinks to the syllabi, are listed below:

Public Relations Publications :: PRCA 3339
Introduction to Public Relations :: PRCA 2330

So that we can make [...]

Reposted from Natalie Tindall, Student Advisory Committee for the National Black Public Relations Society (NBPRS)
Would you like a chance to win a scholarship to attend the NBPRS Conference and Career Fair in Atlanta (November 12-16 2008) –the largest gathering of African American PR Professionals?
The conference will provide four inspiring days of networking, training and honoring [...]

Back in the dark ages (two years ago), Todd Defren of SHIFT Communications wrote a pair of blog postings about the state of public relations education for undergrads. He wrote about The Trouble with Undergrad PR Programs and Fixing Undergrad PR Programs. Since I teach public relations at Georgia Southern University, this topic piqued my interest. [...]