Grady Gala

Last night, Grady hosted a gala to launch the new Centennial Campaign. Over 400 people attended as sixty-four individuals, mostly Grady Grads, were inducted into the Charter class of Grady Fellows. The Fellows are people who have dedicated their time, energies and/or financial support to the Grady College and the University of Georgia for many years. What a stellar group they are too.
Deborah Norville of CBS Inside Edition and Deborah Roberts of ABC News presented the Fellows. Dean Cully Clark provided personal commentary on each of the recipients and Tim Mapes served as his assistant. Several ADPR alums were honored including Maxine Clark, Founder and CEO of Build-a-Bear. Ron Lane, looking very dapper, was around to congratulate her.
Former Dean, Tom Russell, was also inducted as a Fellow. He was joined by his wife Judy and his co-authors Ron Lane and Karen King at the event.
Several Grady faculty including Jay Hamilton and Spencer Tinkham were on hand to congratulate the Fellows. Other ADPR faculty who attended included Tom Reichert, Lynne Sallot, Kristen Smith, Jennifer Griffith, Bryan Reber and Dean Krugman.

Grant Funded

Congratulations to Dr. A for being awarded a $4,000 grant from the Office of the VP for Research to fund her project: "The production and local reception of a telenovela when global distribution is privileged over local consumption."

Here is a description: This study will investigate the following research questions: How do Venevision executives define the "international" or "universal" telenovela? How are these codes defined in successful Telemoundo? How will Padron, a seasoned telenovela author adapt to this new television environment? How will his creative and writing strategies change? How will actors react to this new type of storylines? How will the Venezuelan audience receive this mandated change in his style? Will audience members still be able to recognize themselves in this telenovela? How will network Venevision react to the reception (positive or negative) of this telenovela in the local market?

PRofessional Connection

Don't forget PRofessional CONNECTION is next Wednesday.
It is a great opportunity to network with PR professionals.

PRSSA Headed to D.C.

PRSSA is planning a Washington DC Agency Tour for February 25-27. Valerie Elston, president of the Washington chapter of Grady alumni is helping Dr. Jones coordinate with PR agencies, nonprofits and government officials for two days of
tours and one day of shadowing opportunities.

PRSSA Sponsors PR Workout

PRSSA is planning a special event for Saturday, January 24 called PR Workout. They have invited PR directors from all the student organizations to join them for a series of workshops that will enable them to perform their duties for their clubs across campus. Senior PRSSA members who are will conduct these workshops on such topics, as writing news releases, planning events, fundraising, designing fliers and
posters, blogging, working with the media and recruiting and
retaining members.

Debbie Ebalobo is chairing the steering committee; other
members are Kelli Hammock, Lauren Rohde and Katie
Williamson.

Ellen Hartman Visits

Ellen Hartman is coming to guest speak in Dr. Sallot's PR Theory class tomorrow Ms Hartman is head of Fitzgerald + Co (Coke account) & Weber Shandwick in Atlanta. She just received PRSA's national Paul Lund Award for service, much of it to Jimmy & Roslyn Carter. She is in the GA PR Hall of Fame here at Grady.

Ad Club ATL Ageny Tour a Success!

UGA AdClub had their fall Atlanta Agency Tour this past Friday, Nov 7th. There were 61 students that participated in the tours of Grey Atlanta, The Creative Circus,
and TG Madison. Afterward AdClub hosted an alumni mixer at Gordon Biersch. According to faculty advisor, Dr. Kirsten Strausbaugh-Hutchinson, a number of alums came out to mingle with our students on the cold and rainy night.
Thanks to all the host agencies and to the alums who attended.