Meet Our Marketing Interns!

This year we decided to offer two marketing/PR internships to help us with new ideas for promoting our services. After seeing many great applicants, we chose two motivated and creative students who have backgrounds in everything from online journalism to public relations. Meet Kari Nickell and Ryan Pfefferle!

Kari is a Junior Public Relations major and Journalism minor from South Charleston, Ohio. In the future she hopes to take her passion for public relation and global culture and work internationally for a large corporation or the government. Kari hopes to gain experience from her internship as well as being able to see through the exciting public relations plan the interns created for CSLS.

Ryan is a senior at Ohio University, currently in the process of completing dual programs in Online Journalism and Economics. He grew up in Dublin, Ohio in a family of five and intends to follow in the footsteps of his father, sister, and sister-in-law by attending law school next academic year following his graduation from Ohio University in June.  While he is not completely sure where an education in law will take him in life, he eagerly anticipates the academic and professional challenges that await him the future.  He initially applied for the internship with CSLS to get his foot in the door at a successful non-profit legal assistance program, but he is finding that the implementation of good Public Relations and Marketing strategies are essential for any group’s success. He is excited to be a part of a team as diligent as those at The Center for Student Legal Services.

So far this quarter, Kari and Ryan have been working with Chairperson Tracy Kelly, Intern Director Allison Arnold and Program Coordinator Heidi Sochia to implement the public relations plan they formulated at the end of November. So far this quarter, they have been putting a lot of effort into their first endeavor, the CSLS Website Launch Party, set to take place on January 17th. Next on their plate will be planning a promotional event to celebrate our 15th anniversary in February. We are excited to showcase the talents of our hardworking interns!