Colorado State University has suspended defensive line coach Greg Lupfer for two weeks without pay for shouting an anti-gay slur at a Washington State player during the teams’ bowl game Saturday. The slur – reported to be “F… you, you f…..” – embarrassed the university when it made headlines nationally. It also took attention away from the team’s dramatic comeback win.
The Colorado State chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America is hosting a digital reputation breakfast event in August. The event will focus on helping attendees develop a strategy for increasing their digital footprints, identify their most important keywords and phrases, quickly and easily monitor what’s being said online and create engaging online content.
Details
7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Colorado State University’s Denver Center
410 17th Street, Suite 1400
Denver, CO 80202
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I’m not sure which one of us has a more appropriate last name for being in the public relations business, but, regardless, congratulations to CBS4 reporter Mike Hooker. He has been named executive director of Public Affairs and Communications at Colorado State University. Hooker, who beat out about 100 other applicants, has spent the past 17 years at CBS4 as its Northern Colorado bureau reporter.
Colorado State University has named Kyle Henley director of Denver public relations. His role will be to lead CSU’s media relations, marketing and community relations activities in the Denver metro region, which is home to more than 40,000 CSU alumni. Henley formerly was with CoBank and Cohn Marketing.
Colorado State won the 2007 PR Nonprofit Award for Media Relations at a ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The school was recognized for its campaign to gain increased coverage in Denver media.
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