SMC Senior Wins National PR Awards
UALR Senior Gabriella Corriere, a strategic communication major with a minor in advertising, won the national Public Relations Society of America’s Silverman Award and the group’s Yoshimura Scholarship at the association’s annual conference in Orlando.
Corriere is only the second recipient of the award, named for former Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide Chair Marsha Silverman. Corriere is believed to be the first UALR student to win a national PRSA prize.
Announcement of the award came at the 2011 national PRSA student society convention held in Orlando with the national PRSA conference. Corriere was at the national convention to receive the Gary Yoshimura Scholarship when she was surprised by receiving the Silverman.
“I am still in shock,” said Corriere, who accepted the award from Mickey G. Hall, managing director of Ogilvy’s Atlanta division. “I am incredibly honored to have won such a prestigious award and am excited about the career opportunities it will offer me at the national level.” Full Story