2008 eNews Vol. IV

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What's in this issue?

1. Let's Network – May 20, after-work with Press Club, others
2. Meet new members & Renewals
3. New Jobs locally, Looking Globally
4. Pyramid Building at SIUC
5. St. Louis Media Halls of Fame - 2008 Event in June

Faces in the Crowd

Kristen Kelley	Rachel Parr	Rebecca Rodgers	Kimberly Van Oosten

Also see more faces at our April 24 Young Pros Happy Hour.

1) Let's Network

In an effort to link our members and friends to other professionals in the community, your PRSA-St. Louis Social Committee is busy looking for networking opportunities. Here's our first for 2008.

Meet new friends and network with The Press Club, River City Professionals, and the Minority Business Council at the Outfield at The Outfield at Mike Shannon's - 620 Market St., downtown St. Louis, 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 20. Sponsored by 10 Cane Rum (free drink ticket for the first 50 RSVP’d guests) RSVP here by Friday, May 16. Proceeds to benefit the ALS Association.

2) Say Hello to These New Chapter Members

• Melanie Renee Winograd, Marketing Specialist, IMPACT Group

And Welcome Back These Renewals & Reinstatements

(03/01/08-03/31/08)

• Pamela L. Bolden, YWCA Metro St. Louis
• Elizabeth Fagan, Missouri Baptist Medical Center
• Kaite Flamm, Nestle Purina PetCare Company
• Sarah Fuhrmann, v-Fluence Interactive Public Relations, Inc.
• Donna-Jean Gamache, The Lawrence Group, Inc.
• Kimberly Groneck, KSG Consulting
• Corrie Anne Hendrix, St. Louis County Economic Council
• Jeanne Howard, Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
• Michelle Mason, APR, Hughes Group STL
• Ann Marie Mayuga, Sturges Word Communications
• Sandra McBride, Centenne Corporation
• Dallas McNeeley, APR, Consultant
• Michael Montague, Sci Com, LLC
• Wesley Morgan, Consultant
• Danielle Oser, APR, Benefit Plus Plans
• Mark Polzin, Fleishman -Hillard, Inc.
• Stephen Robin, Solutions Not Problems
• Sylvia Sharockman, BJC HealthCare
• Shuntae Shields-Ryan, Consultant
• Erica Stelling, Susan G. Komen for the Cure St. Louis
• David Strand, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
• Brian Swift, Swift Incentives
• David Thurston, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Jeff Waldman, Bethesda Health Group

3) Job Bank, Volunteer Opportunities

Looking for a job? Check out the PRSA-St. Louis Job Bank for the latest local needs. Four new ads were posted Monday. Also, post your resume (anonymously), and access nearly 2,000 active jobs through PRSA National's Job Center. Create a Job Alert too. The PRSA's redesigned Job Center includes salary information, over 120 PR career related articles, and a special career pack for those new to the field. If you are looking to acquire the best talent for your company? May is the time. Through May 31 – Chapter Members will save $100 when posting jobs to the PRSA Jobcenter. For only $250, PR agencies, corporations, or recruiter agencies can place an ad of any length for jobs in PR, Corporate communications, Marketing communications, or Media relations. There's no code to enter, as this discount is built into our system. Ads in the St. Louis Job Bank, which run for 30 days, are $75. Also, don't forget Volunteer Opportunities within our community as well.

4) Pyramid Building – at SIUC

In 1980, Pyramid Public Relations opened its doors as a component of the Raymond D. Wiley chapter (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale) of PRSSA. In 1987 and again in 1989, Pyramid was honored as the outstanding student-run agency in the country by PRSSA. In 2004, chapter leaders developed the firm as a separate entity. Since then, the firm has had an average of 15 to 20 employees every semester, serving an average of three to five clients in the southern Illinois community. Pyramid is seeking certification from PRSA through PRSA-St. Louis as a “Nationally Affiliated PRSSA student-run firm.” There are only 11 others in the country with this affiliation.

PYRAMID PR – Pyramid PR and PRSA-St. Louis meet. Left to right are: Eric Welch, VP of operations, Pyramid PR; Hillary Popejoy, past PRSSA chapter president; Kelse Schmid, new director of Pyramid, and fellow SIUC members and Ashley Gammon and Jim Braibish, PRSA-St. Louis. Not pictured is Josh Houston, PRSSA faculty advisor.

5) St. Louis Media Halls of Fame

The Third Annual St. Louis Media Halls of Fame Gala, honoring St. Louis media professionals in print, public relations/advertising, radio and television, is set for 6:30 p.m., June 7, 2008, at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel. Cost is $90 (individual ticket); $55 for children 18 and under. Click on to St. Louis Media Halls of Fame for more information. Or go here to register.

2008 Inductees:

* Deceased