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Students who want professionals to give them feedback about their portfolios have until Wednesday, Oct. 5, to sign up for appointments during the Experts Workshop set for Friday, Oct. 14.

Each semester, the Experts Workshop brings in alumni who are working professionals from a range of media to campus each semester.
Guests for this event are Emily Shirden, BAJ’03, senior account supervisor at Ruder Finn Public Relations in Chicago, and Susan Keller, BAJ’74, assistant news editor, Washington, D.C., bureau of the New York Times.

The two will evaluate students' work in advance and meet one-on-one for 20 minutes with each student who signs up, giving them advice about their work and answering their questions about opportunities in the media.

How to sign up:

• Students who want to participate must sign up for appointments no later than 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5.
• Take five to seven samples (hard copies) of appropriate work (newspaper articles or public relations writing) to undergraduate assistant Linda Long in the Ernie Pyle Hall main office (room 200).

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