Champions For PRSSA

Betsy Plank Scholarship Endowment Fund announcement
Chapter pledge form (PDF format)

Champions for PRSSA 2008 Directory

The Champions for PRSSA (formerly the Friends of PRSSA) is an organization for current or retired professionals who seek to better students’ education in public relations. The members contribute funds on a yearly basis to support scholarship and award programs for students of PRSSA.

The annual membership fee of $50 is tax deductible, and is payable to the PRSA Foundation, noted Champions For PRSSA, 33 Maiden Lane 11th Floor, New York, NY 10038. Fees are used for national programs and incentives that could not otherwise be provided by PRSSA or its parent organization, The Public Relations Society of America. Champions stay up-to-date on students and their education through newsletters and FORUM, the PRSSA publication.

The Champions sponsor PRSSA's National Scholarship Program, awarding a minimum of $4,250 annually to outstanding students, and make annual grants of approximately $3,000 for PRSSA Chapters earning top honors for their programs, including community/university service, student-run firms, newsletters, outstanding PRSSA Chapter advisors and sponsoring PRSA chapters. Champion b j Altschul, APR, sponsors an annual internship award and an annual scholarship is named for the late Champion, Stephen D. Pisinski, APR, Fellow PRSA, Past President of PRSA. The awards are presented at the Awards Ceremony during the PRSSA National Conference.

Co-chaired by PRSSA Past President Kent Landers, PRSA Past Presidents Judith Bogart, APR, Fellow PRSA, and Betsy Plank, APR, Fellow PRSA, and former PRSSA Chapter Advisor, Gary McCormick, APR, the Champions supplement the dedicated work of PRSA and advisors to PRSSA. It has the enthusiastic support of PRSA and PRSSA leaders, who encourage strong and productive relationships between professionals and the next generation that will shape the future of public relations.

An Invitation for Professionals

Founded in 1981, the Champions For PRSSA, formerly called Friends of PRSSA, bring together those who have special, ongoing interests in PRSSA, its student members, and in public relations education. Its roster includes practitioners and educators, companies, agencies, other organizations and PRSA Chapters. Individuals who are not PRSA members are also welcomed, as well.

If you are interested in becoming a Champion For PRSSA, please click on the following link and complete the membership form provided. Please fax it back to Heidi Plumb at 212-995-0757.

Application Form (PDF file)

For more information about becoming a Champion, contact PRSSA Headquarters at 212-460-1476, or write 33 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038-5150.