• PRD Social at the Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery. Cash bar with complimentary hors d'oeuvres and fun sponsored by Texas Tech University. Reservations required (limit 100); send e-mail to Lisa Fall (lfall@utk.edu).

Friday, August 8

• Bill Adams/Edelman Luncheon. Speaker to be announced. Sponsored by Edelman Worldwide. Reservations required (limit 85); send e-mail to Patricia Swann (pswann@utica.edu)

The slate of officer nominees to be presented includes:

• Colleen Connolly-Ahern, vice head-elect,
• Brooke Liu, secretary,
• Michael Palenchar, elected delegate.

Research and Teaching Papers Sessions

• Wednesday: Three high-density research paper sessions.
• Thursday: Scholar-to-Scholar and high-density teaching papers session.
• Friday: Posters
• Saturday: Top research papers.

• Wednesday: Graduate Service Learning
• Friday: New Books and the Authors, the Hush-Hush of Online Doctorates, and Pioneering Practitioner Contributions to Education
• Saturday: Online Social Media Communities and Ethical Conflict Resolution.

See the complete PRD program agenda in the Summer 2008 Newsletter, including the index of presentations and their institutions.

Call for Panel Proposals

All members of the Public Relations Division are encouraged to develop panel proposals for the 2008 AEJMC Convention. The deadline for submitting proposals is Friday, October 12, 2007, and the convention will be August 6-9, 2008, in Chicago.

FIRST – GET AN IDEA. The wider the appeal of the proposed panel topic, the better its chances. Of particular interest are panel topics on teaching and PF&R (professional freedom and responsibility).

SECOND – GET A CO-SPONSOR. Each division or interest group has a limited number of slots for the conference. To increase the number of programs the Public Relations Division can offer, it is important that we work with other divisions and interest groups to jointly sponsor programs that are of interest to the members of both groups. Thus, your proposal has a greater chance of making it to the winter meeting and into the final program if you identify a co-sponsor. Further, the co-sponsor should agree to be listed and to cooperate in the production of the panel. To find the programming chairs for different divisions, go to www.aejmc.org. Pull down "About" to "groups" and then to "divisions." For each division listed, you can click on "current officers" and look for the programming chair. If the proposal is submitted to both PRD and the co-sponsor, it is more likely to appear in the proposals discussed at the winter meeting.

THIRD – BE FLEXIBLE. Given the importance of co-sponsors, don’t pack the panel proposal with PRD members. The co-sponsor will likely want to have some of their members on the panel. Further, do contact those you list on your panel. If those listed do not agree to participate, you seriously damage the panel’s chances for selection. Also remember that it is often necessary to merge one or more program proposals or to modify a proposal to find a different co-sponsor.

FOURTH – SUBMIT ELECTRONICALLY OR BY HARD COPY. A proposal should include the following: (1) contact information for the person(s) proposing the panel, (2) contact information for the co-sponsoring division or interest group, (3) a title for the session, (4) a description of 500-1,000 words, and (5) the names and institutional affiliations of proposed panelists. Submit no later than October 12 to Susan Gonders (SGonders@charter.net), Department of Communication, MS 2750, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 (573.339.0774). Members who propose panels will be notified in December about the panels that have been programmed.

Questions or comments about the program?

Send an e-mail to Susan Gonders, PRD Vice Head and convention program chair.