<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/ubalt-stories-renewed-pr-course.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>03/05/2026</pubDate><title>Mock event invigorates revised PR course</title><description>When UBalt professor Marion Winik started planning her public relations course, she wanted it to be memorable and dynamic. She devised a plan: Students would face a semester-long project revolving around an imagined event. Then at some point, they would throw the students a curveball. </description><author>UBalt Stories</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/pr_class-feature.jpg" alt="A male student wearing a ballcap looks at a smart phone to watch a Reel video."/></image><image-cap/><quote>It really challenged me to think about these different audiences, what their needs are, and how to appeal to them.</quote><quote-name/><quote-info/><tags><tag>Academics</tag><tag>Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences</tag></tags></item>