About IAU PR Club
IAU PR Club has been established by the Head of the Department of Public Relations and
Publicity Asst. Prof. Deniz Akbulut in 2016-2017 academic year. The purpose of the
Club is to provide the students with the opportunity to combine the theoretical
knowledge and practice they have learned in the courses and to increase the preference of
Istanbul Aydın University department graduates by the sector. In addition, it is aimed to carry
out strategic public relations practices with faculty members and students, and to contribute to
strengthening cooperation between natural persons and legal entities and students in the public
relations sector.
IAU PR Club consists of three department: Event Coordinator, Social Media Coordinator
and Copywriting Coordinator. At the head of these departments there is a 4th grade student,
and the Club Coordinator to which they are affiliated, is responsible for the management
of the entire Club. Club members works actively every week day in the R
Block -4
th floor. News, articles and interviews are regularly published on the website and blog
of the Club by the students. At the same time, activities, announcements, news about sector
etc. are currently published on social media accounts. In these activities, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th
grade students participate voluntarily.
At the same time, IAU PR Club carries out a series of activities named "Public Relations
and Publicity Students Meet with the Sector" in order to bring the department students together
with the sector professionals. In this context, a total of 9 events were held in the 2016-2017
academic year, and 8 events were held in the 2017-2018 academic year, and valuable names
of the sector were hosted at the university.
In the 2017-2018 academic year, students gathered under the leadership of Head of the
Department of Public Relations Asst. Prof. Deniz Akbulut made ‘’Be Aware of My Profession’’
project. The main problem of the project is the lack of awareness of the public relations
profession of small and mid-sized enterprises and the confusion with other professions in the
society such as marketing, secretariat, and receptionist. It is a huge problem for those who are
aware of the profession to define it incorrectly and assign their profession practitioners in wrong
positions. For this reason, in the first place IAU PR Club students asked for support by
writing an open letter to the public relations sector and the public, the students who prepared
amateur sketches accompanied by scenarios tried to explain what the public relations profession
is not with the videos and visuals they prepared. The students called out to public with the
slogan “Be Aware of My Profession” from their blog and social media accounts.
In the context of campaign, IAU PR Club which required 1 minute video as a memory,
experience, message about perception of the public relations profession from communication
professionals, academicians and students, sharing these contents on social media accounts and
blogs with the slogan ‘’Be Aware Of My Profession’’. In this way, it aims to continue the
project as much as possible with the posts they share and to keep the subject on the agenda in the sector.
You can follow the current activities of IAU PR Club from the interactive contact
addresses below:
Web Site: www.pratolye.com
Blog: www.iaupratolyesi.wordpress.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/iaupratolye
Twitter: www.twitter.com/iaupratolyesi
Instagram: www.instagram.com/iaupratolye
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnqDapYKMXGIqF29z384qdA
