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Are you thinking about a career in sports marketing or communications?

Posted in professional media, speaking events, tagged , , , , , on March 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Then you’re going to want to come to “So You Want to be a Sports PR Pro?” 

Update: Due to inclement weather, this event has been moved to Friday, April 5 from 2:00 to 3:30pm.

This panel of sports marketing professionals will take place on Friday, March 8 from 12 noon to 2:45pm in the School of Communications, Room 253.  It’s open to all students in the School of Communications.

Panelists will include:

  • Jeff Garner, Vice President,  The New Britain Rock Cats
  • Frank E. Russo, Jr., Senior Vice President Business Development and Client Relations,  Global Spectrum, Arena Managers Worldwide and newly appointed operators of Hartford’s XL Center and UConn’s Rentschlear Field
  • Ken Sweeten, Sport Information Director, Quinnipiac
  • Jay Sloves, Partner, Elkinson + Sloves Marketing Group.

Questions?  Contact Professor Andrea Obston at andrea.obston@quinnipiac.edu or 860-803-1155.

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Sports public relations panel for School of Communications students

Posted in new media, professional media, School of Communications, student media, tagged , , , , , , on October 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »

By Andrea Obston
Professor of Public Relations

Did you ever wonder what it would be like to work in the world of professional sports communications?  Would you like to meet some folks who do?  Then you’re going to want to come to an upcoming panel open to all students in the School of Communications called, “So You Want to be a Sports PR Pro?”  This panel of sports marketing professionals will take place on Friday, October 19 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. in the Mancheski Executive Seminar Room, Lender School of Business.

Panelists will include:

  • Jeff Garner, Vice President, The New Britain Rock Cats
  • Frank E. Russo, Jr., Senior Vice President Business Development and Client Relations, Global Spectrum, Arena Managers Worldwide
  • Ken Sweeten, Sport Information Director, Quinnipiac
  • Jay Sloves, Partner, Elkinson & Sloves Marketing Group.

And there will be pizza!  Feed your mind, fuel your career, and eat a little pizza!  Why wouldn’t you come?

Questions?  Contact Professor Andrea Obston at andrea.obston@quinnipiac.edu

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