SPRF Announces Formation of Southern Public Relations Hall of Fame

 
  
By Pam Swain

BATON ROUGE, La. (Aug. 16, 2010) - The Southern Public Relations Federation (SPRF) announced today the creation of the Southern Public Relations Hall of Fame. The Hall, to be housed in the Mitchell Memorial Library on the campus of Mississippi State University, will recognize outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of public relations, and is co-sponsored by SPRF and the MSU Department of Communications.

 

The inaugural class will be inducted at the organization’s 2010 Conference to be held Sept. 26-28 at the Hilton Capitol Center.

 

The purpose of the Southern Public Relations Hall of Fame is to recognize the distinguished accomplishments, commitment and leadership of professional public relations practitioners and educators from the southeastern U.S., for the benefit of promoting the PR profession. Inductees will be former southern public relations practitioners or educators who have brought honor to the PR field.

 

Induction into the Hall is intended to identify past leaders in our industry whose memory should be honored and promote the profession about the extraordinary achievements, accomplishments and contributions of the inductees as well as SPRF and its members and member organizations.

 

“The board is particularly excited that this year’s conference will be the one where we induct the inaugural class into the Southern Public Relations Hall of Fame,” said Jarrod Ravencraft, SPRF President. “To be able to honor those in our region who so richly deserve this recognition is not only personally satisfying, but I want our members to know that we are working closely with Mississippi State’s Department of Communications to create something all our members can be proud and will want to visit.”

 

Founded in 1972, SPRF is a regional network of more than 1,300 public relations professionals from Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and north Florida who share a common interest in the public relations field.

 

SPRF exists to further the professional and networking interests of today’s public relations and communication professionals in private, public and nonprofit businesses and organizations.  Along with networking, SPRF serves to advocate on behalf of and assist its members through ongoing professional development and defining ethical behavior. SPRF is the umbrella organization for the Public Relations Council of Alabama, Public Relations Association of Mississippi, the Public Relations Association of Louisiana and the Emerald Coast Public Relations Organization.

 

SPRF, along with eight other regional and national public relations organizations, is a participating member of the Universal Accreditation Board (UAB), the national body which administers the Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) mark. Members certified as APRs have successfully demonstrated competency in the knowledge, skills and abilities required to practice public relations effectively in today’s business arena.