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Public Relations Student Society of America

The Public Relations Student Society of America is a national, pre-professional, public relations organization. Becoming a PRSSA member offers you the opportunity to enhance your leadership and public relations skills, attend local and national meetings and conferences and network with public relations professionals in Northeast Ohio and across the country.

With more than 10,000 students and advisers in 300 chapters nationwide in Argentina, Columbia and Peru, PRSSA has a reputation for developing highly qualified young-professionals.

 also works in conjunction with its parent organization, the , to cultivate mutually beneficial relationships between students and professional public relations practitioners.

 

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Chapter 

The Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ PRSSA Chapter was established in 1968. The executive committee of the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Chapter is called the Darrow Committee, which is named after the former coordinator of Kent’s PR sequence, Ralph C. Darrow.

On a national level, PRSSA Kent received the Outstanding Chapter award in 2014 and 2019, the PRSSA National Star Chapter Award nine years in a row and has received several Teahan Awards. By coordinating meetings and events that offer professional development and networking opportunities, PRSSA is growing into one of Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹’s strongest student organizations. 

The Public Relations Student Society of America is a national, pre-professional, public relations organization. Open to all majors looking to advance their career in the communications space.