Advertising Organization Chartered at Athens State University
ATHENS, Ala. - Athens State University in
collaboration with American Advertising
Federation-North Alabama has created a student AAF
chapter at Athens State University. This is the
first time a student AAF club has been on the
Athens State campus. Membership is open to any
student with an interest in marketing,
advertising, art and graphic design. Students
will have the opportunity to network with future
colleagues in these areas and scholarships are
available to student members. Members can
compete for Student ADDY Awards, a unique
national awards program where student’s work is
judged.
The Athens State club recently elected officers
- Layton Holman, President, Flat Rock, AL; Alex
Coronado, VP, Powell, AL; Jake Worthington,
Treasurer, Athens, AL; Leonard Morris, Public
Relations, Decatur, AL. Athens State Faculty
Advisers are Professor Laura Lynn Kerner and Dr.
Jim Kerner.
Photo from left to
right: Leonard Morris, Jake Worthington, Alex
Coronado and Layton Holman
AAF-Athens State plans to offer students the
opportunity to mix with different professionals
from north Alabama and the chance to attend a
larger monthly meeting at the AAF-NA chapter in
Huntsville. Future plans include, raising money
to send members to conferences across the
country where they will have access to national
leaders in the fields of marketing, advertising
and graphic design. This is truly an exciting
opportunity for students at Athens State.
AAF offers many resources to students in the
advertising world. AAF has over 40,000 business
professional members around the country and over
2,000 student members. It offers scholarship
programs, awards, conferences, and limitless
networking. Students will participate in monthly
meetings in which local business men/women will
present presentations about different aspects of
marketing.
Guy McClure
Guy.McClure@athens.edu
256-233-8296
January 5, 2012
www.athens.edu