{"id":1181,"date":"2013-03-22T19:43:42","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T19:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/experience\/?p=1181"},"modified":"2024-08-21T13:33:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T17:33:54","slug":"public-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/public-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fullwidth\">\n<p>Participating in an internship is a great way to put classroom learning into practical experience. While engaged in the supportive environment of an internship, you can test career goals, enhance professional skills, develop self-reliance, self-esteem, and responsibility. Furthermore, these opportunities encourage networking with professionals and will provide increased marketability for employment after graduation.<\/p>\n<p>Below are your two options for earning experiential credits. Please meet with your academic advisor before making a final decision regarding which option is best for you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"step-container\">\n<h3>PRS 477: Public Relations Internship<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public Relations majors only<\/li>\n<li>Prerequisite: PRS 340<\/li>\n<li>Permission of instructor and application required<\/li>\n<li>Internship must be approved by Public Relations coordinator<\/li>\n<li>Special procedures for summer internships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Logistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public Relations Internship<\/li>\n<li>Supervised experience in public relations with weekly class meeting<\/li>\n<li>Minimum of 120 hours (3 credits) or 240 hours (6 credits)<\/li>\n<li>3 or 6 credits (Graded)<\/li>\n<li>May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Professor Regina Bell<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:rbell@uri.edu\">rbell@uri.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>401.874.2857<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><div class=\"content\"><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-notice-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-notice\" data-hash=\"d65ff28ddb6596a5f4f3359463ca5cf4\"><h1>ITR302\/304: Field Experience &amp; Seminar<\/h1><p><b>Requirements<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2.0 cumulative GPA or higher<\/li>\n<li>Minimum 60 credits prior to internship<\/li>\n<li>Available free elective credits<\/li>\n<li>Good academic and social standing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Logistics<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ITR 302 Field Experience: 3-12 credits (S\/U grade)<\/li>\n<li>ITR 304 Seminar: 3 credits (letter grade)<\/li>\n<li>Seminar is asynchronous online via <a href=\"http:\/\/brightspace.uri.edu\">Brightspace<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Contact<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Your <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/ces-assignments\/\">Career Education Specialist<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"fullwidth\">\n<h3>Explore Past Internship Opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>The following list is a <strong><em>SAMPLE<\/em><\/strong> of placements in which students have participated for experiential credits. <strong>This list is not exhaustive.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"cl-tiles halves\">\n<div>\n<h4>Rhode Island Internships<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Southern RI Chamber of Commerce<\/li>\n<li>Rhode Island Monthly Magazine<\/li>\n<li>New Harbor Group<\/li>\n<li>WaterFire Providence<\/li>\n<li>Alashan Cashmere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h4>Out-Of-State Internships<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Campbell Soup Company<\/li>\n<li>Boston Celtics<\/li>\n<li>Barstool Sports<\/li>\n<li>Chasen Creative Media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Sources: ITR Enrollment Data from Spring 2017-Summer 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 or 6 credits (Graded)<br \/>\nSupervised experience in public relations with weekly class meeting<br \/>\nMinimum of 120 hours (3 credits) or 240 hours (6 credits)<br \/>\nMay be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":706,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/706"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1181"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53502,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181\/revisions\/53502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}