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Jessica Boyd - Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Major/Minor: Public Relations/Women’s Studies

Academic Achievements: Presidential Scholarship, University Honors Program, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Golden Key Honor Society, University of Alabama President’s List, University of Alabama Dean’s List, Listed as one of Top 2 Public Relations Students (2007 & 2009)

Jobs, Internships & Other Achievements: University of Alabama Undergraduate Admissions Student Recruiter (2007-present); Phelps, Jenkins, Gibson & Fowler LLP Office Runner (Summer 2009)

Community Service: Turning Point volunteer, Take Back the Night participant, Holt Elementary mentor, Say Adios to Domestic Violence project coordinator, Relay for Life team captain

Organization Membership: University Stewards (President 2008-2009), Alpha Chi Omega Sorority (Vice President of Fraternal Relations 2009), 21st Order of The XXXI- Senior Women’s Honor Society, Student Government Association (Public Relations Committee), Freshman Forum Creative Campus Team, Blue Key Honor Society, Cardinal Key Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society

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Realize a company’s true character is expressed by its people. - Arthur Page PR counsel: interpreting the public to his client and in helping to interpret his client to the public. - Edward L. Bernays Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. - Marian Anderson With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed. - Abraham Lincoln The highest form of treason: to do the right thing for the wrong reason. - T.S. Eliot Prove it with action. - Arthur Page Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics. - Jane Addams It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. - Warren Buffett Public opinion is entitled to the facts in matters of public concern. - John Hill The relationship of a company to the people . . . involves far more than saying—it involves doing. - Ivy Lee Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. - Winston Churchill I am easily satisfied with the very best. - Winston Churchill Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all. - Dwight D. Eisenhower Ethics is a code of values which guide our choices and actions and determine the purpose and course of our lives. - Ayn Rand You must do the thing you think you cannot do. - Eleanor Roosevelt Corporate enterprise operates under franchise from public opinion. - John Hill Always do right—this will gratify some and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain The public relations counsel is first of all a student. His field of study is the public mind. - Edward L. Bernays Always do right—this will gratify some and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. - Ray Kroc