Category Archives: Events

Kuhlin Center plays host to NFL Broadcast Boot Camp

by Bob Cunningham BGSU Marketing and Communication Bowling Green State University played host to the NFL’s 12th annual Broadcast Boot Camp from April 9-11. There were 35 participants from the NFL, including 14 current players, who took part in a … Continue reading

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Student media director promotes Toledo Press Club event

Bob Bortel, director of student media, has been busy promoting a Toledo Press Club panel on fake news that will be held Feb. 25. Bortel, who was featured on WTOL-11 in Toledo on the morning show, will moderate the panel of local … Continue reading

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Kuhlin Center Ribbon Cutting

Bowling Green State University invites BGSU Media and Communication alumni and friends to the Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the opening of the Michael & Sara Kuhlin Center (formerly South Hall), new home of the BGSU School of Media & Communication.

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NFL players learn about journalism on campus at boot camp

Thirteen NFL players participated in the BGSU NFL Journalism and Radio Boot Camp April 14-17. Faculty participants included Jim Foust, Terry Rentner and Kelly Taylor from the Department of Journalism and Public Relations; Lori Liggett and Stephen Merrill from the … Continue reading

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Hurrell wins Collins Scholarship

Collins scholarship winner, Leslie Hurrell, junior public relations major. Award presented by Richard A. Maxwell, 1970 graduate of the department, and retired director of broadcasting for the NFL.

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German broadcaster shares his perspective on the refugee crisis in Europe

German broadcast journalist Christian Schlegel gave a presentation about “Refugee crisis in Europe with a focus on the situation in Germany” to journalism students on the afternoon of April 5. He briefly reviewed the development of the story before answering questions. … Continue reading

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2016 Journalism and Public Relations Awards

The Department of Journalism and Public Relations held its annual awards ceremony April 8, 2016, in the Bowen Thompson Student Union. It was an opportunity to honor outstanding current students as well as successful alumni. Also receiving awards but unable … Continue reading

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Journalism and PR students hear from New York City publicist

by Kayla Shadler Reporting Student Networking and working connections are key to good public relations, Norah Lawlor, a New York City public relations practitioner, told a mostly student audience on April 4 during her talk in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union theater. … Continue reading

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Panelists explore what it means to be a journalist

Lecturer Kelly Taylor was part of a panel discussion March 18 titled “What is a Journalist in the Digital Age,” sponsored by The Press Club of Toledo at the Toledo Lucas County Public Library. The panel discussion was part of … Continue reading

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Pulitzer Prize winner talks journalism strategies with senior reporting class

Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo talked about reporting and finding ways and using technology to cope with your weaknesses when she visited the public affairs reporting class on Feb. 23. For example, she knew from the beginning that she was … Continue reading

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PR students rally against heroin

Students from the senior capstone public relations campaigns class in the Department of Journalism and Public Relations participated in a rally against heroin sponsored by Team Recovery.  The rally took place on Sunday, Feb. 21 at the Zepf Center in … Continue reading

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Ohio Pulitzer website created to honor winners in the last century

A team of students and three faculty members from the department of journalism and public relations created a website honoring Ohio Pulitzer Prize winners as part of an initiative conceived by the Ohio Newspaper Association in conjunction with the centennial celebration of … Continue reading

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PRSSA members visit Joe Louis Arena

by Rebecca Erwin “In PR, you don’t know what to expect, every day is something different,” said Detroit Red Wings Public Relations Coordinator Kyle Kujawa to 30 PRSSA students from BGSU as part of a networking experience. The venue of the … Continue reading

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PR students make it a social media Halloween

Several PR majors from the department decided to make Halloween a social media event by dressing up as various social media sites.

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High school journalists learn new skills at workshop

High school students from Northwest Ohio converged at Bowling Green State University on Oct. 13 to learn new skills in journalism involving, among other things, social media, TV news and newswriting. Department of Journalism and Public Relations faculty members, along … Continue reading

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Jostens yearbook workshop finds new home at BGSU

Jostens representatives from Northwest Ohio partnered with the department of journalism and public relations this year to host their annual fall yearbook workshop and the response was better than either partner expected. “Attendance at last year’s workshop, which was held … Continue reading

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PR alumni provide insight on life after college

  The Public Relations Student Society of America hosted a post-grad panel during its general meeting on Oct. 6. The panel included recent grads: Rebecca Barth, Stevon Duey, Rebecca Shirling and Colin Andrews. The purpose of the panel was to … Continue reading

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Saturday Night at NFL 2015 Sports Journalism Boot Camp

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Alumna gives advice for finding a career you love

By Terrin Bates Reporting Student In the 12 years she has spent finding a career, alumna Amanda Atkins has always kept one thing in mind: your career should be the love of your life. She shared this piece of advice … Continue reading

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Students visit Pro Football Hall of Fame

Twenty-five students from the School of Media and Communication and Sport Management headed to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH on Friday, April 10 as part of Richard Maxwell’s “Public Relations Practitioners in the NFL Reunion.”  Students had the opportunity … Continue reading

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