The PR switch

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Ohio Northern University has made a crucial decision when it comes to future students looking at majors. They have officially announced that they will be moving the Public Relations major into the business college. Usually the public relations students are held in the Freed building on campus and earn a Bachelor of Arts. This has students taking additional fine arts credits. Now moving public relations students into the business college will require them to take more business classes such as marketing, management and career planning courses.

With it being a new move there is a lot of uncertainty for the students and staff. This move is very strategic for the university because of how many students it can bring in. Public relations is such an impressive degree and is very lucrative in the current workforce. Mixing it into a business college will help bring in unsure business students looking for something they would enjoy. Even just having a background like social media could help management and marketing majors grow to be better in their jobs.

I think that this should have been a switch much earlier. It can help keep the public relations major alive while teaching the students stronger skills to help boost them to be an even better professional. This will also give current public relations students a chance to interact with clubs such as AMA and SAM. This also give business students a chance to join PRSSA. Having such a mix of students gives a diversity of ideas when it comes to client work or case study competitions.

Hopefully with the switch more press and recognition is brought to Ohio Northern Universities public relations major. It is very impressive with many skilled students and deserves higher recognition. This switch will bring more light to Ohio Northern’s incredible staff and bright students. Fingers crossed it all goes very smoothly.

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