For Immediate Release–Nov. 1, 2001
Contact: Bonnie Riechert
865-548-2603 cellular
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UT Student, Chapter
Take National Awards
More than 20 University of Tennessee students were among more than
1,100 students from around the United States participating in the Oct.
26-30 national conference of the Public Relations Student Society of
America in Atlanta. The conference is held in conjunction with the national
conference of the Public Relations Society of America, which was attended
by more than 2,500 public relations professionals from throughout the country.
Isaac “Zac” Wright, treasurer of the UT PRSSA chapter, received
the national organization’s two most prestigious student awards. A Whittle
Scholar at UT, he received both the PRSSA National Golden Key Award and the
Betsy Plank Scholarship, named in honor of a leader in PRSA.
The UT PRSSA chapter, the Sammie Lynn Puett Chapter, received the
Outstanding PRSA/PRSSA Chapter Relationship Award, which recognizes the
strong relationship between the PRSSA chapter and its sponsoring PRSA
chapter. The UT chapter is sponsored by the Volunteer Chapter of PRSA,
which is based in Knoxville. Volunteer PRSA Chapter members on hand for the
awards ceremonies included Gary McCormick, APR, one of the chapter’s
professional advisors to the student chapter; Mary Beth West, APR,
immediate past president of the Volunteer Chapter; Susan Dimmick and Bonnie
Riechert, APR, advisor to the student chapter.
The awards banquet was highlighted by the induction of 1994 UT
graduate Travis Parman, former national president of PRSSA, into the PRSSA
Hall of Fame.
Theme of the PRSSA conference was “Connections at Your
Fingertips.” Keynote speakers included human rights advocates Andrew Young
and Coretta Scott King, as well as economist Lester Thurow.
Officers of UT’s Sammie Lynn Puett Chapter of PRSSA are Bridget
Vrba, president; Kathleen Kinser, vice president ; Kimberly Malone, public
relations director; Seannalynn Brandmeir, national liaison; Lee Marie
Ligon, secretary; Jessica Neal, historian, and Wright.
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Bonnie Parnell Riechert, Ph.D., APR
School of Journalism and Public Relations
College of Communications
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
330 Communications Building
1345 Circle Park Drive
Knoxville, TN USA 37996-0330
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