Thursday , April 18 2024

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From DJ to Peace Corps: Engstrom’s origin story

Dr. Craig Engstrom with alum Maggie Burke meeting up at RAGBRAI 2021.

Many SIU students know of Dr. Engstrom as the face of the online CMST 101 or 280 courses, he produced, or as the Undergraduate Director of Communication Studies. However, many do not know Dr. Engstrom’s story or how he came to be the professional we know today. Before he was …

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Salukis generate PR, goodwill through pumpkin carving

Jack and his friends aglow.

The city of Carbondale has always been good to its university students. As a result, many organizations on campus are happy to help around the community in any way they can. Saluki Service Days are the University’s way to give back and generate positive PR, too. What are Saluki Service …

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Video games open new realms for public relations

Travis Scott in Fortnite.

Traditionally, video games and the companies that produce them utilized public relations to promote their product and influence public opinion of the games. Now, video games are being used directly as PR tools. While there are many video games used for PR, the two most prominent are Epic Games’ Fortnite: …

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