C&IS STUDENTS HELP
AERN SPREAD ITS WORD
Both graduate and undergraduate students
provide the writing, editing, photography
and design for the media under the
direction of Dr. Edward Mullins, former
dean of UA’s College of Communication
and Information Sciences and now the
director of communication and research
for the Center for Community-Based
Partnerships, an initiative of the Division of
Community Affairs, headed by Dr. Samory
T. Pruitt, vice president.
Mullins, who provides editorial
leadership for these students, said,
“We have worked with the Alabama
Entrepreneurial Research Network to
connect UA information and expertise with
rural communities seeking to improve
economic and social condition. We recruit
students with beginning and intermediate
experience in journalism and help
them develop to full-fledged journalists
capable of finding jobs in a competitive
environment.”
startup firms. Six jobs have already
been created in rural Fayette from
the collaborative efforts of education,
business and governmental leaders,
with the potential to grow to 50 jobs
within three years.
Ribbon-cutting for Fayette Fabrication: Mark McClanahan,
president, CEO of Fayette Fabrication; Gov. Robert
Bentley; and Daniel Boman, Alabama State
Representative – 16th District
On Sept. 24, Mary Patterson, AERN
director, traveled to Centreville to assist the
Bibb County Chamber of Commerce and its
director, Tracey Mitchell, in bringing website consultant Strickland to speak to Bibb
County business owners on
website creation.
SIX JOBS
HAVE ALREADY BEEN
CREATED
IN RURAL FAYETTE.
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