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PRSA will mark the achievements of five of its members with awards for their outstanding contributions and service to the communications profession during ICON 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee, Oct. 15-17. The award winners were nominated by their peers and selected by PRSA’s Honors and Awards Committee.

The 2024 Bateman Case Study Competition will be focused on the magazine Culturs, and task students with creating awareness of the magazine on college campuses and its mission to enhance community and foster human connection.

PRSA announced the Officer and Director nominees for its 2024 Board of Directors. Membership delegates will vote on the nominees and any petitioning candidates at the annual PRSA Leadership Assembly on Saturday, October 14, in Nashville, Tennessee, prior to ICON 2023.

PRSA announced it has elected 19 new applicants to the College of Fellows, representing professionals and educators who have made a significant impact on the public relations and communications profession.

PRSA is pleased to announce it is the recipient of two EXCEL Awards for excellence and leadership in association media, publishing, marketing and communication. The awards were presented by SIIA at a live ceremony in Washington, D.C., last night.

PRSA tonight announced the winners of the 2023 Anvil Awards, which recognize the best public relations tactics and campaigns of the year and the highest standards of performance for the profession.

The PRSA Foundation announced today its first class of fellows in the Foster the Future Initiative, which creates pathways for individuals who’ve been historically excluded from leadership positions by offering opportunities to gain valuable work experience while offsetting some of the financial burdens of tuition and other education expenses.

PRSA, the nation’s leading professional organization serving the communications community, announced today that New York Times bestselling author and science writer David Epstein will be a keynote speaker at ICON 2023, being held Oct. 15-17 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

PRSSA announced today that The University of Florida was named the winner of the 2023 Bateman Case Study Competition. Earning second place was The University of Colorado Boulder -- The Daily He(a)rd, followed by Louisiana State University in the third-place spot.

PRSA announced today that Michele Norris will be a keynote speaker at ICON 2023, being held Oct. 15-17 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

PRSSA announced the election of its 2023-2024 National Committee. Sankalp Sharma was elected as National President and will lead the group of volunteer student committee members beginning their one-year term on June 1.

PRSSA today announced it will be establishing new Chapters at Nevada State College (NSC) and Niagara University (NU).

Michelle Egan, APR, Fellow PRSA, PRSA 2023 Chair and Chief Communications Officer for Alyeska Pipeline Service, has been named to PRNEWS’ 2023 class of Top Women in PR. She was honored in the Industry Champion category, which celebrates women “who’ve had an exceptional impact on the direction and advancement of the P.R. and communications industry beyond their impact at their own companies.”

Applications will be accepted for the 2024 PRSA Board of Directors beginning on Monday, April 3, and will be accepted through Friday, May 12.

PRSA today announced the finalists for the 2023 Bronze and Silver Anvil Awards, which recognize and honor the very best communications programs planned and executed each year.

PRSA has been recognized with a 2023 Gold Trendy Award for its 75th anniversary publication, “75 Years of Impact and Influence: People, Places and Moments in Public Relations History.”

PRSSA today announced it will be establishing a new Chapter at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst.

The PRSA Foundation announced today it is expanding its partnership with Mission North and bringing in three additional partner agencies, AGEAN Public Relations, LaunchSquad, and Method Communications, to create fellowships that will focus on public relations/communications college students of color.

PRSA has named Errol Cockfield and Juan-Carlos Molleda as Senior Counsel to the 2023 Board of Directors.

The PRSA Board of Directors has adopted a new three-year Strategic Plan, beginning in 2023, which provides a roadmap for organizational growth, leadership and capabilities. The plan came together with learnings from member interviews, surveys, focus groups and sessions with non-member industry leaders, and is centered around three pillars: