Welcome Back!

So, we know it's February and all, but things are settling down a bit, and we're finally getting back to blogging. Hopefully everyone has a great schedule and the semester has gotten off to a good start. We're really excited about the events and speakers we have coming up in the next few weeks. Be sure to give us some feedback via blog comments, @mentions on Twitter or the good old traditional in-person conversation. We'd love to hear what you think.

This week (Weds at 6:30 in LIT101), we have Jane Adams coming to speak about lobbying. A little background about Mrs. Adams:

• Vice President of University Relations for UF
  
• U.S. Senate Press Secretary
  
• Vice President of Government Relations and Manager of Media Relations for Walt Disney World
• Director of Communications and Public Relations for Disney Cruise Line
• Vice President of Media Relations in the Washington, D.C. office of Burson-Marsteller
• A graduate of Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism and Political Science

If you're interested in politics, lobbying is an exciting area of public relations that is not covered much by our curriculum, so this is your chance to learn a little more about it.

We're looking forward to seeing you all this Wednesday and getting to know everyone even better this semester. Let us know if you have any questions or concerns. See you in the J-School!

Something for us all to remember in practicing responsible public relations:

"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was." - Joseph Hall