UF Public Relations Department

Congratulations to Pat Ford on his induction into the @PRWeekUS Hall of Fame! Pat’s decades of leadership and impact in PR continue to inspire our students, faculty, and the industry. To learn more about his award and this year's honorees, visit: bit.ly/4lFk8o0

Congratulations to the @UF for winning Outstanding Education Program at the PRWeek US Awards! Congratulations! #PRWeekAwardsUS

Congratulations to PR students Chloe Oakes and Clare Meyers on making the top five for @prweek ’s 2025 Outstanding Student! We are so proud of you both and can’t wait to see what you do next! #gogators ! 🐊 #prweekawardsus

So excited and honored to have been named the Outstanding Education Program winner for the 2025 PRWeek Awards! It’s an incredible achievement that we owe to all our amazing faculty, staff, alumni & of course, our students! 👏 #prweekawardsus

We're so excited to be named a top-five Outstanding Education Program finalist for the fifth year in a row at the 2025 @PRWeekUS Awards! Thank you to all of our exceptional faculty, staff and students who contribute to the success of our program! We're so proud! #PRWeekUSAwards

“At UFCJC, the power of words and the way people choose to tell their stories is something that has stuck out to me," says junior public relations student Connor Ferguson as he serves in the Florida National Guard and excels at UF. Read more: lnkd.in/e3FR-Fnm

Two UF public relations students Angelina Gamba and @pristinethai were awarded the Frank Karel Fellowship in Public Interest Communications. Congrats to them, and we wish them luck in D.C.! Read more about the fellowship here: jou.ufl.edu/2024/04/30/two…

Congrats to Rebecca Wolff, Chloe Oakes, Mariela Dothe, Katrina White and faculty advisor Pat Ford for winning the Grand Prize in the @awpagesociety and @InstituteForPR 2024 Student Case Study Competition. Read more about their winning submission here: hubs.la/Q02spt9y0

Congratulations to Rebecca Wolff, Mariela Dothe-Marcial, Chloe Oakes, and Katrina White, and their advisor Pat Ford from @UF on receiving the 2024 Jack Koten Page Principles Case Study Award! 👏🏻 Read their winning submission here: hubs.la/Q02spkdZ0

Congratulations to @ufjschool PR alumna Sarah Criser Elwell, B.S. Public Relations 2009, for being selected for the UF Alumni Association's 2024 "40 Gators Under 40" Awards. Read More: jou.ufl.edu/40-gators-unde…

PR Adjunct Lecturer Kristi Dosh (@SportsBizMiss) is featured in a segment on the SEC Network's "The Paul Finebaum Show," discussing the legal impacts of the NIL on NCAA and student athletes. Watch more here: vimeo.com/917685427?shar…

Public Relations Professional-in-Residence and Senior Lecturer Mickey Nall is quoted in "HCA North Florida Hospital: 'BOLO' for Mainstreet Journalist" published in the Main Street Daily News. @NewsGainesville Read more here: mainstreetdailynews.com/health/hca-nor…

Stand up and holler! Gator Nation Giving Day is back today. Your generosity made the CJC the #1 college for 4 out of the past 5 years. Can we count on you to do it again? Let’s do it #AllForCJC Every Bit Counts! info.jou.ufl.edu/CJC2024

We're excited to announce Dr. Wenlin Liu will be joining us in the fall as an associate professor! Her research focuses on multiethnic community building, organization-public relationships and social media-mediated disaster communication. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Liu! 🐊

Public Relations professor and director of Internal Communication Research @RitaMen_UF is quoted in "Workers are Unionizing. How Should Management Respond" published in @FortuneMagazine. Read more here: fortune.com/2024/01/23/wor…

PR professor and @UFJSchool executive associate dean @skiousis is co-author of the opinion column "Is Media Messaging Making the Gaza War Worse? We Need to Revisit How Fights are Framed" published in the Tampa Bay Times on January 30. Read more here tampabay.com/opinion/2024/0…

PR Professor and Director of Internal Communication Research @RitaMen_UF was quoted in a @FortuneMagazine article titled "Workers are Unionizing. How Should Management Respond?" Read more here: jou.ufl.edu/2024/01/23/lin…

The new issue of the @JournalofPIC was published in December and is centered around the stories of underrepresented groups. Volume 7, Issue 2 addresses the need for communications that drive change and dismantle entrenched power structures. Read more: jou.ufl.edu/2024/01/23/rol…

We’re so excited to be named a top-five finalist for the Outstanding Education Program in the 2024 @PRWeekUS Awards! Thank you to all of our amazing faculty, staff and students who contribute to the success of our program! We’re so beyond proud! #PRWeekAwardsUS #GoGators 🐊

We're saddened to hear that PR Council member Mark Weiner passed away yesterday. Mark was an expert in PR measurement, a supportive colleague and friend. He was very involved as a frequent guest speaker and was always available to help our students. He will be greatly missed.