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PRSSA presents their new Executive Board and readily welcomes new members with trivia games and candy during the WOW Week Club Showcase.

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Inside the Issue • General info meeting recap

• Ethics

• Halloween Social

• Alumni spotlight

• Member spotlight

• Upcoming events and reminders

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PRSSA is made up of

more than 11,000 students and advisors organized into 300+ chapters in the U.S, Argentina and Columbia. Its parent organization is nationally known, Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and offers: • Professional development • Networking opportunities • News

Enhance your Education!

Broaden your Network!

Launch your Career!

Welcome to Cal Poly PRSSA CA

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PRSSA Gives Back۔۔۔Clothing sale - PRSSA members host this during Spring quarter to raise money for our career fair. It is held in the UU with clothing racks and tables filled with donated clothes from students and downtown boutiques!

Mentor Mentee Program - Executive Board members give their insight and guidance to PRSSA members on topics such as professional development skills and class scheduling

Meet the E-Board! Audrey Willis: President Chloe Janda: Vice President Dylan Reid: Communications Director Sophia Vincent: Outreach Director Sofia Vu: Digital Media Director Julia Treasurer Tettamanzi:

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“If your loyalty is to a thing and not to people, you are not doing what the PR profession hopes that you would do.”

Bill Loving

Do you practice Good Ethics? CA

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Oct. 16. Professor Bill Loving, co-author of one of the most recognized texts on mass media law, came to speak about how to practice ethics in the workplace and in every day life. Loving cautions us that at some point in our public relations careers, we will be asked to say or write something to the media that may be unethical in order to maintain the company’s image. He states that too many people have put their loyalty above the truth, which puts them in unethical situations.

In order to be ethical we must: • be honest• have good strength of character• practice good ethics in everything we

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PRSSA Member Spotlight...Karen Garcia

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PRSSA Member since October ’13

What are you currently involved in? The organization I work for the nonprofit student run radio station, KCPR. I am a disk jockey and I work with ore than ten other students providing the local airwaves with alternative sounds and tunes. Right now I am in the process of ending my training so I am currently playing music during the graveyard shift. What is your favorite part about this position? My favorite aspect of the experience is getting to learn more about music and learning how a radio station works. When I turn on my radio in my car I never really think twice about the process of selecting music that should be played on air. What is an average day on the job for you? As I explained before right now I am in the process of finishing training so I play music during graveyard shift which is either from 12-3 or 4-7 in the morning. My slot is 4 to 7 a.m. on Thursdays and I usually walk into a deserted building half awake and begin to select my music. Im always at least twenty minutes early because picking music to play for three hours is tough—there’s a certain flow you want to achieve.Any advice to anyone interested?My advice to give to a perspective member or student thinking of joining is, just do it. It’s so much fun to be surrounded by a sea of music lovers with so many different types of genre preferences.

“I never thought twice about what it takes to be on air. It’s a nerve-wrecking concept to think that even a few people are listening to you—do I really sound like that?”

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Nov. 6 Guest speaker from Verdin Marketing

Nov. 13PRSSA members will have professional head-shots taken

Nov. 16 Exclusive Hearst Castle tour with Journalism Professor, Dan Eller

Mark your calendars! Upcoming Events...

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