Bully Awareness Raised at Stanton School by Kent State Students
Public relations campaign "Bullies to Buddies" aims to lessen incidents of bullying
How do you stop, or at least slow down, bullying in grade schools? A group of Kent State University students are trying to find that answer, and they're doing it via a partnership with Stanton Middle School to raise awareness of bullying among students and parents. Robert Batyko, Megan Corder, Cindy Deng, Bethany Johnson and Shannen Laur, all public relations majors at Kent State, brought their campaign "Bullies to Buddies" to Stanton as part of the Public Relations Society of America’s Bateman Case Study Competition, a national competition between college students belonging to chapters of PRSA. The students are working closely with faculty and staff at Stanton to teach seventh graders about bullying and its effects. "We're trying to …
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