AdPR hosts AEF speakers Hillary Traylor and Janis Middleton

National Ad(PR) Week got off to a great start with special AEF visitors Hillary Traylor and Janis Middleton visiting classes Tuesday, September 30. Both work in social media at 22-squared based in Atlanta.

Traylor and Middleton spoke about both the art and science involved in today's advertising. They shared their message in a large intro class as well as a graduate management course. They also consulted with students about student class projects based on social media. After a day of guest lecturing, Traylor and Middleton met with students during dinner before addressing UGA's Ad Club.

Traylor is an AdPR/UGA alum as well as a social media director at 22-squared. Middleton is a social media manager at 22-squared. She has a journalism degree from Clark Atlantic University.

22-squared establishes scholarship in memory of Grady alumna

Christabel Belonwu (center), pictured with 22-squared and Grady representatives,  is the first recipient of the Free Spirit Scholarship, in honor of Grady alumna Brittney Watts.

Christabel Belonwu, a senior majoring in advertising and minoring in fashion merchandising and a New Media certificate, is the first recipient of the Free Spirit Scholarship established by 22-squared, an Atlanta advertising agency. The scholarship is in memory of Brittney Fox Watts, a 2007 Grady College advertising alumna and 22-squared employee who was killed in Atlanta last year. 


"Today we celebrate a beloved member of our family," 22-squared said on the company's Facebook page last week. "She lives on in our hearts, and in The Brittney Fox Watts Free Spirit Scholarship at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia."


"I am so grateful to be chosen as the first recipient and I am honored to keep Ms. Brittney Watts' memory alive," Belonwu said.


Belonwu is currently interning at Turner's offices in Atlanta as a marketing affiliate sales intern. Her previous internship work includes internships at Saatchi and Saatchi's Nigeria offices, Connect to Athens and SNIP Insider in Athens. On campus, she is involved in Ad Club, University Union, Caribbean Student Association and is a resident assistant for Campus Housing.