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Polar PRSSA


When I was searching for colleges, I knew I wanted a university that had a PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America )chapter and affiliation. The colleges I looked at had a big program (Ohio University) or didn't have a program (Ohio Wesleyan University). When I looked at Northern and had researched the chapter I knew it was going to play an intricate part of my ONU experience if I chose to go there.
               Following up on Ohio Northern's public relations chapter and the PRSSA chapter was something I found necessary to do. After sharing some email exchanges with Dr. Alisa Aigozzino (Aggie), I had set up a time to meet some members for dinner and sit in on a PRSSA meeting.  Dinner was at El Campo with Michaela (Long) Carter and Ashley Dentinger! They were super welcoming to me as I was a prospective student, and they were upperclassmen in the program. I not only got to learn their involvement on Northern's campus but their participation in the public relations major and the work that they were doing that semester.
The PRSSA meeting was right in my interested field as well! The speaker had worked in many different areas of PR but spoke about her time with the state. While there, she handled crisis management for the State Fair Accident of 2017. The other members were also welcomed to be a high school student sitting in on their meeting. To see the familial aspects of the group really sparked my interest even more.
               That was one helpful hint that Ohio Northern was the right place for me. The sprinkles on the cake occurred when I visited again for Accepted Students day and had a meeting with Aggie and Joe! Joe was a junior at the time, and his goal at the time was to be on PRSSA National Board. His work through PRSSA, the department, and his hands-on experience helped to make anything possible for him.  Aggie and her students knew what they were doing, what worked, and what they were improving on. I wanted to be in this fantastic program. That was when I knew I was going to be a polar bear and a member of PRSSA.
               Now that I am an active member of PRSSA and an undergraduate of public relations, the tide still runs true for what I saw in the meeting I attended. The department works hard as a unit supports others in their personal endeavors and is a close-knit family. I am so pleased to be apart of this family and excited to make my legacy on ONU's PRSSA Chapter, and in the field, I dearly adore!

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