Ryan Thompson, Ashley Mittlemeier, Kit Stetzel, Janet Creque and Mellissa Boyd are the members of our PR Staff. (Photos courtesy www.adrian.edu)
When students at Adrian College look at events like Bruiser’s debut and Declaration Day, they often don’t have the opportunity to see what goes on behind the scenes. The Public Relations Office, located in the basement of the Shipman Library is often hard at work, putting together some of the major events on this campus. They sponsor campus activities, publicize events to the campus and community through flyers, and newer technology, such as face book groups and blogs.
The department consists of Mellissa Boyd, director of public relations, Janet Creque, web content editor , Ashley Mittlemeier, communications assistant, Ryan Thompson, sports information director and Kit Stetzel, assistant sports information director.
Students are beginning to notice all of their hard work.
“They did a really good job advertising the Switchfoot concert, I really like the little feet they put in our mailboxes,” said junior Crystal Cieslak.
The Public Relations office also employs many work study students, to assist in the smaller day to day tasks of office life.
“It is really cool to be a part of some of the things the PR office promotes,” said junior Erin Laurell, a worker in the PR office. “For Bruiser’s debut we got to meet the dog and take pictures with him. It was a lot of fun.”
Creque, a 2006 AC alum, with a major in communications, describes her job as mostly consisting of updating the AC Facebook pages and creating new groups for students to join. She also assists student organizations with the creation of fliers and web pages.
When asked what she wished students knew about the Public Relations office, Creque had many things to say.
“If a group has an event that they want a lot of people to attend, make sure to come see us at least two weeks in advance,” she said. “We can help write up a press release, design fliers, post it on the website and/or Facebook. We can arrange to have a student photographer attend.”
The PR office is always looking for photos depicting student life on campus.
“We love Photos!” Creque said. “If students have photos of their life at AC and they want to share, we are always happy to have them. Of course they must be appropriate and not all photos will be used, but our office isn’t always available to be at those fun, spontaneous moments; corn hole tournaments on a Saturday afternoon or ice cream runs to the Spotted Cow, but these are the types of photos we love because they show what life is like as an AC student.”