Elon University Wins Outstanding Education Program at the 2019 PR Week Awards

Recognizing Elon’s programs achievement and innovation

March 21, 2019

News Facts
- Elon University’s School of Communications wins the Outstanding Education Program
PR Week Awards
- Live Oak Communications, the school's student-run communications agency, gives
students an opportunity to work with six to eight ongoing local, for-profit, and nonprofit
clients to gain experience working in communications
- 96% of May 2017 Elon graduates were employed or in graduate school nine months after
graduation and 92% of those employed were doing work related to their career goals
- Elon students have interned at heavy-hitter PR agencies and organizations inside and
outside the U.S.
- Elon Student, Anissa Cooper came in second for the Outstanding Student Award. In the
past four years, Elon students have taken six of the top five spots for this award.
Quotations
- “Elon is a wonderful place to collaborate with faculty, staff, alumni, and industry partners
to help develop future generations of journalists, strategic communicators, filmmakers,
television professionals, designers, researchers grounded in analytics, sports managers,
and other professionals whose communications skills will help them excel.”
- Rochelle Ford, the new dean of the School of Communications
- Employers say “Elon has become a top recruiting school for us.” The communication
graduates “have skill sets and come ready to play.”
Multimedia
- Photo (hi/lo resolutions): Elon University at PR Week Awards
- Link to traditional news release (PDF)
- Video (30 secs): Elon University Wins PR Week Award
Related Links
- Elon University
- PR Week Awards
About Elon University
Located in Elon, NC., Elon University is a four-year university of 6,045 students. The
private institution was founded in 1889.

For More Information

Molly Belyea
Director of Media Relations
abelyea@elon.edu