By Dr. Bonnie Riechert

Five Belmont students were among honorees at the 2020 Parthenon Awards event sponsored by the Public Relations Society of America Nashville Chapter. The event was held virtually, as a Facebook live event Aug. 31 on https://www.facebook.com/prsanashville.

A team of four students from Public Relations Campaigns service-learning class in fall 2019 received a Parthenon Award, student category. Honored for their campaign, “Unlocked: Jewelry with a Purpose,” were Ladara Lucas (Class of 2019) and seniors Madeline DiMauro, Emily Stembridge and Aliah Tayyun.

Chandi Morar received an Award of Merit for her research project, “Marketing/Communications and Emerging Technologies,” completed in Public Relations Research class.

Area professionals in public relations and communications also were honored by award presentations. PRSA is the nation’s leading professional organization serving the communications community, with more than 30,000 professional and student members. The Nashville Chapter sponsors five student chapters of Public Relations Student Society of America, including Belmont PRSSA.