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News
PRSA Boston sponsors new programs, information and
activities every month. Use this site to stay up-to-date on upcoming
programs, local public relations news, timely issues, job opportunities,
and much more. NEWS PRSA BOSTON ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 4th ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP GRANT PROGRAM FOR COMMUNICATIONS STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS BOSTON, Massachusetts- February 19, 2004 -The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Boston chapter is accepting applications for its 2004-2005 Scholarship Grant Program, which provides financial support for worthy college students or researchers in the communications field. Undergraduate and graduate students attending a college or university in eastern Massachusetts are eligible, as are individuals conducting communications or public relations research. Additionally, the grant can be used by a student working in an unpaid internship at a nonprofit organization. Worth $1,000, the grant will be awarded based on financial need and academic merit. Last year's grant was won by Kathryn Lee George, now an Emerson College junior studying marketing communications and public relations, whose goal upon graduation is to work for a public relations firm specializing in promoting the arts. Toward that end, she has undertaken a diversity of internships and volunteer assignments on behalf of the Boston Philharmonic and the Wang Center for the Performing Arts, and is a founding board member of "Arts in Education," an organization which stresses the importance of arts in elementary, middle, and high school curricula. Grant applications are available now . Applicants can obtain a copy by contacting Boston chapter administrator Beth Bryant at 617-926-3013 or bbwrites@comcast.net The deadline for applications is April 5, 2004. The winner will be announced at at a chapter meeting later in the spring, and . the grant will be paid in September. PRSA Background PRSA is the nation's largest public relations prof essional association with about 20,000 members; t he Boston chapter is one of the organization's largest chapters. PRSA was chartered in 1948 to serve PR practitioners in business and industry, counseling firms, government, associations, hospitals, schools, professional services firms, and nonprofit organizations . Contact: Arthur Dimond
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