Public Relations Association of Mississippi

CPRAM Scholarship Deadline February 15

State college public relations officials are doing their part to encourage students to continue their interest in the area of communication at Mississippi's two and four-year colleges with two $1000 scholarships.

Students  applying for the CPRAM (College Public Relations Association of Mississippi) scholarship must be majoring in one of the following fields of study: public relations, communications, journalism, advertising, mass communications, political communications, crisis management, graphic design, or other communication-oriented major. The scholarships could be awarded to a student entering or enrolled at the state's two-year colleges or the state's four-year colleges. The student must also be a full-time student.

Scholarship applicants must be in good standing and present three letters of recommendation from individuals connected to his/her academic institution. This includes college advisors, high school teacher/official, home-school teacher, etc. Students may be recommended by an active CPRAM member.

The applicants must complete in full the scholarship application and have it returned to the scholarship committee no later than Feb. 15, 2009. Applicants also must include a 500-word essay entitled, "What I Hope To Offer The Field of Communications."

For more information, contact CPRAM scholarship chairman Steve Diffey at (662) 472-9068 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . The scholarship application can be found at cpram.org.

Marketing Expert Speaker Forum at Millsaps College, Leggett Center, Jackson
Tuesday, March 31 at 8:30a.m.
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Click here to meet the 2009 PRAM Board.

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PRAM Central – 2009 Meetings

Mark your Calendars and Join Us

All meetings will be held at the Capital Club located at 125 South Congress Street on the 19th Floor of the Capital Towers Building in downtown Jackson at the corner of Pearl and Congress Streets. Meetings will begin at 11:45 a.m. on the fourth Wednesday of each month except where noted below:

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