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Public Relations Society of America reviewers on campus last week recommended that the national organization certify the School of Journalism in all nine standards reviewed.

The team visited Wednesday through Friday of last week, just after a team from the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications reviewed the school and all of its programs. (See related story.)

The nine areas PRSA reviewed  were curriculum, faculty, equipment and facilities, students, assessment, relationships with professionals and alumni, relationships with the school and university, PRSSA chapter and diversity. The reviewers met with faculty, current and former students and with community organizations and professionals who have worked with the school’s public relations classes.

Fewer than 20 of the hundreds of public relations programs in the country have been certified by PRSA, according to instructor Beth Wood. “Ours is a relatively new program, so this is a major win,” she said.