Alumni News

Junior advertising and public relations and communication studies double major, Emily Conard, will receive the Roy and Catherine Yaley Student Leadership Award from the Nebraska Alumni Association. 

Spring has sprung, and we are busy preparing for in-person commencement ceremonies. Our graduate students will have their degrees conferred at 4 p.m. on Friday, May 7, at Pinnacle Bank Arena, and our undergraduates will participate in a ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 8, at Memorial Stadium. While interactions at both ceremonies will still be limited, I’m so happy our students will get to physically cross the stage this year.

Jacht Agency received the prestigious recognition of becoming a Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) Nationally Affiliated firm. Although there are over 100 student-run firms operated by PRSSA Chapters worldwide, only a select few are PRSSA Nationally Affiliated. As part of the national affiliation process, Jacht Agency established  a new Public Relations department as part of the student-run agency. After a semester's worth of planning and collaborating with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) PRSSA Chapter, Jacht Agency successfully implemented two Public Relations positions within the agency.

Randy Gordon, president and CEO of the National Grain and Feed Association since 2012, will retire from the association on March 31 following a nearly 43-year career at NGFA. A Nebraska native, Gordon is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with undergraduate degrees in journalism, history, and political science. Prior to joining NGFA, he worked at the university’s Agricultural Communications Department for three years.