Class gains real world sales experience


Students in the fall semester JMC 426 class sold over $14,000 in advertising to support the 2018 edition of Gateway Magazine, a product of The Murray State News. From the left they are: Row 1 – Mary Katelyn Hayden and Mary Kathrine Curtis; Row 2 – Instructor Robert Valentine, Savanna Hatfield, Jessica Wellington, Katelyn Suitor; Row 3 – Morgan Rutledge, Laura Miller, Brittany McClain; Row 4 – Ali Alajmi, Austin Carner, Rachel Solomon; Row 5: Mohammed Alshatti, Chandler Cochran, Patrick Wadlinton, Aziz Liu, and John Bivins. (Not shown: Joe McMahon, Sydney Cline)

The spring semester class will sell ads to make possible the use of a smartphone app to provide directions, schedules and enrollment information for the 2018 Summer Orientation program. JMC 426 students regularly bring in more than $30,000 each year to support MSU print products used in enrollment and recruitment activities.


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