Media mania
As I was logging yet another media call a few moments ago, my curiosity got the best of me, and I spent a few minutes tallying the number of media calls the public relations office has handled just this month. Drum roll, please! As of today, the 25th of April, we have responded to 20 media inquiries. Not impressed? Last April, we had only five media inquiries. One more impressive stastic that I must throw out there — by this point in 2006, we had logged 25 media inquiries. To date, we have logged 47 media inquiries in 2007. Im{PR}essed?
Of course, managing media requests is not all that we do in the public relations office. All the while, we were writing, editing, and posting news releases, coordinating public events like the Cultural Series and Choral Arts, facilitating conversations about web technologies, preparing newsletters, scheduling traveling music ensembles, and providing advice and support to other campus departments. I’m exhausted just skimming through that list. This PR staff? Im{PR}essive!
Spring is always busy at Messiah. With just about two weeks of classes left, every music ensemble and academic department is showcasing student talent and the work of the past academic year. You can still catch a night of opera, a lecture or two, and plenty of student scholarship presentations. Personally, I’m looking forward to this Friday when the students from the School of Mathematics, Engineering, and Business wow us with their projects. My guitar hero, Jeff Bennett, will present his “Cellulosic Ethanol Project” at 3 p.m. in Frey 110. I’ll be there; how about you?