Liberty University Student wins PRWeek Student of the Year Award

Liberty University senior Keri Cook has been named Student of the Year by PRWeek.

(PRWEB) March 02, 2012

Cook was one of five finalists for the award, presented at the annual PRWeek Awards in New York City on Thursday, March 1. She receives $5,000 and a paid internship at Hill & Knowlton, a leading communications services firm with national and global clients.

Cook will be featured in the April issue of PRWeek.

To enter the contest, each participant devised a public relations campaign to showcase the technological innovation of Ford Motor Company. At Liberty, the contest was a requirement for students in Dr. Angela Widgeons public relations strategy class.

"Students had to put together an Integrated Marketing Communication campaign to promote Fords SYNC (voice recognition) technology, said Widgeon. Students conducted secondary and primary research, developed a strategic message for the campaign, created original public relations and advertising samples, proposed a media plan, budget and measures of success.

PRWeek chose five finalists, who presented their campaigns in front of an expert panel on Jan. 24 in New York City. The competition consisted of three parts: a public relations plan, a response to a crisis communication situation and a media pitch. The judges chose two finalists and Cook learned she was the winner during an awards dinner on Thursday night.

Its a big honor representing Liberty University in this way, Cook said. The judges know our name now. People at the agencies that I talked to think well of our school.

She said winning the award encouraged her even more to pursue a public relations career.

I feel really encouraged in Gods direction, that this is the path Im supposed to be on career-wise, she said.

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