Club members at the annual end-of-year cookout at Mr. Beckman's house.  Click Photos to see other pictures.

Please consider joining the PR/Business Club.  The Club provides activities for communication and business majors/minors that will aid them in their professional development. This is achieved through speakers, shadow days and trips to the Twin Cities to network with professionals.  Here is a partial list of activities from recent years.

• Year-long publicity campaign for Safe and Sober of Winona County.  Teamed with local law enforcement to promote the dangers of drinking and driving and the importance of seat-belt use.
• Safe and Sober activity day on campus.  Demonstrations included “drunk goggle” challenges and a rollover simulator.  The drunk goggles simulated impaired vision, while the rollover simulator demonstrated the dangers of not wearing a seat belt in a car accident.  The activity day resulted in a front-page story the following day in the Winona Daily News. 

• Press Conference announcing our partnership with Safe and Sober.  That resulted in a news article in the Winona Daily News and news stories, including audio clips on the Winona radio stations.

• Annual Kids Carnival at Winona Mall.  Raise money for local charities

• Field trips to tour General Mills, Best Buy Corporation, Padilla Spear Beardsley, Hubbard Broadcasting, Tunheim, Weber Shandwick, St. Paul Saints, Target Center the Target Corporation, and more.  Networked with alumni at each place and received career advice.

• Hosted guest speaker Sarah Denham, academic coordinator at Brainco, the Minneapolis School of Advertising, Design and Interactive Studies.

• Sponsored the “Park it Here” fundraiser that allowed a student to park their vehicle in any lot on campus during the second semester.

If you are interested in becoming a member, please contact PR&Business Club President Sandy Mason.   

The Public Relations Club also assists campus organizations in publicizing their groups and events.  Past publicizing campaigns have included Web design, radio spots, press releases, news stories or announcements that have been published in the Cardinal and the Chatter Box, PO stuffers, posters and other promotional activities.  If you are interested in becoming a client, please contact Sandy.