TOLENTINO, Jim Austin M.
ABCO2 - A 10

PR Programs for the Department

1. "Adopt-a-Family" program: each class of the Mass Communication Department will adopt at least two families, vising them with goods, lectures on health and hygiene, and helping around in the activities of the house. This aims to expose the students in urban and below average lifestyles of media consumers, and also get to ask them as to how media affects them, especially the children, and extending assistance while doing it. The activity will last for a month, in June. Each class will present their outputs with photo proofs.

2. "Dialogue on Public Service with the Officials" program: Every end of the month, political/social heads around Bacolod will be invited to speak to students of the university as facilitated by the Mass Communication Department. Youth/student leaders will be asked to participate in leadership workshops. This activity will be conducted on the months of the first semester.

3. "Piso Laban kay Ondoy" program: Mass Communication Department students will be asked to do pledges of one peso a day to help riase funds for vicitms of Typhoon Ondoy. The one-peso contributions will be collected daily by a designated secretary-treasurer of the class and will be sent to any of the various bodies that facilitate extending help to the victims.

4. "MassComm Ako, Mahalaga Ako" program: Selected students under the Department will be recognized once a month for their accomplishments in school or outside. The rest will be nominating students whom they know to have done something in the span of the current month for selection of the Mass Communication Department staff.

5. "Communicators-Teachers' Day" program: Spearheaded by the seniors, who have already encountered all of the teaching staff of the department, the members will be invited for a dinner with the Mass Comm society officers for a reminisce of their stay in the department for the last four years under them. This activity will be held on the last month of the second semester.

6. "Ask 'Nes'" program: a half-day program in the departmental offices that gives time for the students to relay their comments and suggestions to the Department Chair for brainstorming of solutions and formulation of new regulations within the department. The Chair reserves the right to judge each proposition if it is for the best interests of the majority of the members of the Society.

7. "Froshies'/Sophies'/Juniors'/Seniors' Retreat" program: each of the year levels will conduct a half-day retreat at the first Monday of each month to get balanced with their scholastic and spiritual selves. First, second, third and fouth months, all on the first Mondays, will be designated to the seniors, juniors, sophomores and fresnmen respectively.

8. "Mass Media Local Exposure" program: Sophomores, as part of their Communication introductory courses, will be visiting media production sites around Bacolod and only as far as neighboring towns and cities to observe the practices of rural/provincial mass media production. This activity will be conducted while the students are taking their Intro to Mass Comm course.

9. "Christmas is Communication" program: observed before school closes at Christmas season, students will be going out to a specific community and hold a Christmas program there, complete with giving of goods and entertainment to members of the chosen community.

10. "Parent-Communicator" program: Parents will be invited to a special program in which the students will be offering them a tribute for having been allowed and supported by them in pursuit of a communications degree. Exclusive to the graduating seniors, this activity will be held on February.

TOLENTINO, Jether Budd M.
ABCO2 - B 10 PR Programs for the Company/Department

1. "Help Us Help the Typhoon Victims" program: the department will collect funds and send it to aid-facilitating groups in Manila for the affected areas of the typhoon. This will be spearheaded by the society officers and overseen by the department chair. Collection will include money donations, in kind donations like used clothing and packed or canned food, at least 20 pesos per member, 1 piece of clothing and 1 food item. Program will be conducted over July, and the collected donations will be sent first week of August.

2. "Who's Who Among U?" program: the department will hold a communications technology contest for everyone in specific fields of mass communication like Advertising, Journalism etc. with the participation of prospective college communication students in high schools around Bacolod. This aims to introduce the department's curriculum to graduating high school seniors. Each of the classes taking up the fields to be competed in will host their respective contests. To be conducted in September, this will be a one-day event.

3. "A Paper within a Paper" program: under the leadership of the journalism instructor, juniors will be doing a paper under their official journalism paper's name to be circulated outside the university for a more commercial journalism experience. There will be a one-time low circulation on the second to the last week of the journalism course and it will contain the same print journalism content as that of dailies but will mainly feature departmental activites of the society.

4. "Books to be Kept, Books to be Read" program: A Book Fair launched by the members of the department to be handled by the Book Publishing class which will be selling used books at minimal prices. The books to be sold will be collected from members of the society who wil be willing to give old books and novels away. Proceeds will go to departmental funds. Scheduled in October, as extra activity for the teachers' day celebration.

5. "Hand-in-Hand with NSTP" program: a joint program to be launched by the department and the NSTP program in which the department will help in the service program of NSTP. Members and Officers of the society will go with the NSTP students to their selected areas of assistance to extend service like streetside clean-ups and hosting entertainment programs to the members of the chosen community. To be held every first Saturday of the month

6. "Political Service Forum:" inviting a few local aspiring politicians for 2010, the students will be listening to their proposed leadership schemes and plans of the prospective candidates. This will be headed by the seniors for their PolSci minor subject but will be open to the university. This activity will be conducted on March, the last month of the second semester in preparation for the coming May elections.

7. "Rock enroll to School" activity: a competetive rock concert featuring local bands to raise funds for departmental activities. To be held in the outdoor ampitheatre, this activity will be scheduled on the last Saturday night of June.

8. "Search for Mr. and Ms. Communications" pageant in which the winners will perform ambassadorly duties of goodwill. This will include students from Communications programs of colleges and universities around Bacolod City. Judges will include the reigning MassKara Queen and the city's First Lady, together with USLS Mr. and Ms. Freshman of 2010. The activity will be held in the eve of Valentines Day.

9. "Future Broadcasters' Press Conference" activity: Communication students around Bacolod and Iloilo will be invited to compete in a Broadcasting tilt which will be participated in by local radio and TV stations as judges to be held on August of the Academic Year.

10. "Sharing my Santa Claus" program: to be held on the last day of school before Christmas vacation, students will be collecting used toys and clothes for distribution to street children along La Salle avenue. This program is in support of Jollibee's "Ma-'Aga' ang Pasko" program, since a Jollibee branch is also located on the said street.