{"id":18027,"date":"2023-11-29T21:50:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T21:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/?p=18027"},"modified":"2023-11-29T22:02:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T22:02:28","slug":"prssa-takes-a-field-trip-to-cherokee-indian-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/blog\/2023\/11\/29\/prssa-takes-a-field-trip-to-cherokee-indian-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"PRSSA Takes a Field Trip to Cherokee Indian Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Public Relations Student Society of America, PRSSA, chapter here at Western attended a field trip to the Cherokee Indian Hospital, Tuesday, Nov. 7\u00a0to learn about the public relations department.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cWe wanted to give our members the opportunity to connect with professionals and the organizations in our surrounding area,\u201d said Sarah Pruitt, social media and events coordinator for PRSSA.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">There were eight student members that attended the trip, and they received a tour from the director of public relations, Britney Lofthouse and Dr. Richard Bunio, director of clinical services.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThey explained how the hospital works and the public relations tactics they use and the challenges they face with that,\u201d said Pruitt.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Public relations is a field that is constantly changing and adapting to new ways every day. The group had a big takeaway from this experience.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cPublic relations has many different shapes and forms and looks different everywhere,\u201d said Pruitt. \u201cAs professionals, we must find the best ways to support our company and organization.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">PRSSA plans on offering more professional development opportunities to members in the future to network and connect with public relations professionals.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Public Relations Student Society of America, PRSSA, chapter here at Western attended a field trip to the Cherokee Indian Hospital, Tuesday, Nov. 7\u00a0to learn about the public relations department.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3345,"featured_media":18029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18030,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18027\/revisions\/18030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}