Competitions conducted in drawing, dance, music and drama on the theme of environment for children from 7 villages in Madurai and prizes awarded to winners.Each child was given a drawing kit: paints, colour pencils and crayons & drawing note-book in a bag. Sponsors : USEFI and SMC. Community Relations and S.A.P. - in Semester I for Class of 2006 of the Department of Public Relations along with Community Based Organisation (CBO) - the Covenant Centre for Development (CCD) at Madurai in Sep. 2006

Dinathanthi 18-09-2006

Report on old age homes release
A report on the study of the status of old age homes in and around Chennai was release by Sr Rita Marnani, Secretary, Stella Maris College at a function here on Friday Sep. 29 2006 organised by Department of Public Relations.

City Express 30-09-2006

From September 4-6, 2006, Dr. Sundari Krishnamurthy, Academic Dean, Stella Maris College, Chennai and a former Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Hillsborough Community College, Florida, and 14 students from the Public Relations Department, Stella Maris College, Chennai, conducted a project with Covenant Centre for Development (CCD), a CBO, in a few villages in Madurai.

Indian Fulbrighter : A Newsletter Vol. XIII No. 4, Fall 2006

Indian Fulbrighter Creates Awareness of Environmental Issues among Villagers

A national seminar for `fostering Corporate Social Responsibility', (CSR) organised by the Public Relations Department of Stella Maris College along with Covenant Centre for Development, Madurai, and Lead India, New Delhi, will be held at the college premises on December 5 and 6.

http://www.hindu.com/edu/2006/12/04/stories/2006120400261000.htm

CHENNAI: The U.S. Consul General in Chennai David T. Hopper on Tuesday said that the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives of a company should be related to its core business activity.

The seminar on "Co-Creating prosperity, Fostering corporate social responsibility and community based organisation partnerships" was organised by the Department of Public Relations, Stella Maris College (Autonomous).

http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/06/stories/2006120615500200.htm

A conference on `Environment and community' will be held at Stella Maris College, organised by the Department of Public Relations, on December 19 and 20. This meet emerged out of a project undertaken by the college and supported by the U.S.E.F.I.

http://www.hindu.com/edu/2006/12/18/stories/2006121800410400.htm

CHENNAI : Students from city colleges participated in a two-day conference on environment and community, organised by the Department of Public Relations of Stella Maris College...

http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/27/stories/2006122721020500.htm

A conference on ‘‘Environment and Community‘‘ was held at Stella Maris College, Chennai, December 19-20, 2006 organised by Department of Public Relations. At the inaugural session on ‘‘Community Involvement in Environmental Issues: A U.S. perspective‘‘, Chennai Vice Consul Ms. Jane Gamble spoke on environmental protection in the US at the federal, state and local community levels.

Indian Fulbrighter : A Newsletter Vol. XIV No. 1, Spring 2007

Fulbrighter - Student Conference on ‘‘Environment and Community‘‘

By Leaps and Degrees : the new and pioneering MA Public Relations degree offered by Stella Maris College
Education Monitor Dec. 2006 Vol:9 No : 12 - pp 53
Education Monitor Dec. 2006 Vol:9 No : 12 - pp 54

P.R. and Infrastructure Development in India

PRecis - A journal of the Public Relations Society of India, Chennai March 2008, pp 14 - 15

Words and pictures play their part, page 14
Words and pictures play their part, page 15

Words and visuals constitute ‘mental infrastructure‘ in the modern era. said Dr. Sundari, Head Department of Public Relations introducting the session on language and communication. Jagruti Trivedi, CEO, MINE and former Secretary Vadodara Chapter of the PRSI and Pablo Bartholomew, ace Indian photographer, were the speakers.

http://www.prsichennai.org/html/eventsseminar.htm#29aiprc

CHENNAI: Thursday afternoon was a time for bus drivers, conductors and staff at Metropolitan Transport Corporation’s Mandaveli Depot to learn about the myths and facts of epilepsy from neurologist R. Lakshminarasimhan of Government Stanley Hospital. This was part of the Prajna campaign to demystify epilepsy of the PR Department of Stella Maris College (Autonomous).

http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/04/stories/2008040458610200.htm

CHENNAI: Did you know that Swedish innovator Alfred Nobel, former South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes, Emperors Alexander and Julius Caesar, and writer Charles Dickens had epilepsy? Their condition did not stand in the way of their success.

EXPRESSING SUPPORT: Students of Public Relations of Stella Maris College taking out a rally on the Marina to create awareness of epilepsy in Chennai on Saturday.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/13/stories/2008041358610300.htm

EXPRESSING SUPPORT: Students of Public Relations of Stella Maris College taking out a rally on the Marina to create awareness of epilepsy in Chennai on Saturday.

Thinasari Newspaper

PRecis - A journal of the Public Relations Society of India, Chennai June 2008, pp 5 - 7

Two PRSI stalwarts remembered :

While Stella Maris is 60 years old, the all-India PRSI body has completed 50 years, and the PRSI, Chennai Chapter, 40 years. It wasa red letter day when the Public Relations Department, Stella Maris, and PRSI, Chennai Chapter, got together to organise a memorial lecture in honour of Mr. Gyan Haksar and M. Goplakrishnan, pioneers of PR education in India.

http://www.prsichennai.org/precis-pdf/PRECIS_June08.pdf

The class of 2008 - I M.A. PR students - along with faculty of the Department : Camped at Vadanerkulam Village, Tindivanam District on Sep 19 & 20, 2008. Dr. Arivudai Nambi, Mr. P. Rajasekaran Program Executive and field staff of the N.G.O. : Save the Eastern Ghats Organization along with the Panchayat Union President and others in the village helped in the SAP and specialization - Community Relations, participant survey study.

Dinamalar September 23, 2008 - Puduchery Edition

On Gandhi Jayanthi, Oct 2, 2008 Mr. Ramasubramanian, Chief, Samanvaya and others revived the networking of people and institutions interested in ‘‘Community Access’’ (CA) by launching a newsletter of the same name (page 1). The Department of Public Relations, Stella Maris College (Autonoumous), Lead India, New Delhi & The Covenant Centre for Development, Madurai had in December 2006 had organized a National Conference and this is was applauded (page 4). Now Department of Public Relations has been enrolled as a Key Partner in this effort and Dr. K. Sundari named as Advisor (page 7).

Community Access Newsletter October 2, 2008 Volume -1 Issue-1 pg 1

Community Access Newsletter October 2, 2008 Volume -1 Issue-1 pg 4

Community Access Newsletter October 2, 2008 Volume -1 Issue-1 pg 7

The Department of Public Relations Stella Maris College and the SAARC Chamber Women Entrepreneur Council (SCWEC) organized on October 3, 2008 a collaborative seminar on social entrepreneurship and on October 6, 2008 on Economic Entrepreneurship. Several leading N.G.O‘s participated on October 3, 2008 and leading service organizations participated on October 6, 2008.

The Hindu Education Plus October 27, 2008 pg 7

SCWEC Activities Report 2007-2008

October 3, 2008 Seminar on Social Entrepreneurship pg34

October 6, 2008 Seminar on Economic Entrepreneurship pg35