If you’re interested in becoming more involved with the chapter and want to further develop your skills utilizing PRSA, a few positions have opened on the Board.  You must be an active PRSA member to serve on the Board.  We’re looking for people interested in filling the following positions:

            Ethics Chair (Anyone interested in filling this spot must have an APR certification.)

PRSSA liaison (Serve as liaison between the chapter board and the leadership of our student chapters at UTSA and UT-Pan Am, travel not required)

Sponsorship Chair (Helps garner corporate support for the October Professional Development workshop)

Please contact Clarissa Rodriguez at (210) 476-4490 or crodriguez@ssfcu.org.

Scholarship originally established by San Antonio PRSA

Marisa Shipley, a senior in Communications at Trinity University, has been awarded the Ellis Shapiro Scholarship in the amount of $1,000.  Chapter president, Robert E. Sheldon, APR, recently attended a reception at the schoolon the chapter’s behalf. 

The San Antonio PRSA chapter established the scholarship in 1970 in Shapiro’s name with a gift of more than $4,500 ($20,000+ in current dollars) raised by donations from members and the community.  Shapiro was a former San Antonio public relations consultant and founder of the Good Government League during the transformative 50s and 60s in the city’s history. He was also involved with the development of the Hemisfair in 1968. Shapiro died in 1978 after a long illness. More...