My Types of Chatter
As a planner enthusiast with relentless positivity, I am passionate about all things organizational and creative. Public relations combines those talents and enables me to do what I love the most: bringing communities together and amplifying the voices of others.
Despite being labeled the family "chatterbox," I learned to harness words and visuals to be purposeful and capture audiences in an effective and strategic way through research, planning, execution, and evaluation.
I am a life-long learner with packed bookshelves and an eager heart. I enjoy dancing to anything that has a beat and meeting new people to learn from them.
Thank you for taking the time to learn a bit about me and my work. I hope I get the opportunity to learn more about you and I am excited about the opportunity to collaborate and bring your ideas to life. Let's chatter with purpose and create something extraordinary together!
ELISA
STOCKING
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Education
2022 - 2024
Bachelors of Arts
Communication with a concentration
in Public Relations
Graduated Summa Cum Laude with my education in various forms of communication to develop relationships across audiences, including corporate press releases, creating media content, and planning events and campaigns for clients.
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I served as the Chapter President of the Public Relations Student Society of America, became Opinion Writer of the Year for my work in The Reflector student newspaper, represented MSU at the 2023 Plank Center Summit on a travel scholarship, and was named one of the 2024 MSU Public Relations Student of the Year.
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Skills: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Photoshop, Express, Canva, DSLR and Phone Photography, Meta Business Suite, AP Style, WordPress, and Microsoft 365
Mississippi State University
2024
Certificate in Principles of
Public Relations
PRSA
In addition to completing my degree, this certificate challenged me to demonstrate a mastery of not only core PR concepts, but how to apply them to real-world situations.
I feel confident in my deep knowledge of strategic communication, business literacy, communication models, ethics, law, and so much more.
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Awarded by the Public Relations Society of America, I studied under Dr. John Forde to prepare and ultimately achieve this certification.
2020 - 2022
Associate of Arts
General College
Northwest Mississippi
Community College
Graduated Summa Cum Laude with my college basic classes while juggling a full students involvement schedule. I served as Chapter President of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, earned academic scholarships for choir performance, was awarded Hall of Fame and Outstanding Student, and gained a spot on the 2022 All-State Academic Team.
Career Experience Highlights
2024 to Present
Mississippi State University
Welcome Center
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Oversees all Welcome Center needs and plans all related programming.
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Researches, initiates, implements, and reviews all outreach efforts.
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Collaborates with departments across campus to improve the visitor experience.
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Advises student tour organization.
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Redesigned and teaches new tour guide member class intensive, coordinating presentations, tours, collaborative assignments, and examinations.
Coordinator
2023 - 2024
Hall School of Mechanical Engineering
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Created content across all M.E. platforms by capturing and editing photos and designing graphics.
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Worked directly with students, faculty, organizations, and departments across campus to promote the school.
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Composed press releases for M.E. website following AP style.
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Redesigned over 30 M.E. webpages and created first Mechanical Engineering Advising webpage.
Communication Intern
Summer 2023
U.S. House of Representatives
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Researched and drafted a floor speech, video script, and social media caption.
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Composed meeting memos and conducted U.S. Capitol tours.
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Handled constituent concerns with positivity and empathy.
Communication Intern
2022 - 2023
Mississippi House of Representatives
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Created social media graphics with images and brief descriptions of upcoming bills using Canva and Adobe Illustrator.
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Researched and completed information for Adjournment in Memory forms.
Communication Intern
2022 - 2023
Everything But Donuts Bakery
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Designed company logo and subsequent branding using Canva.
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Managed company social media by creating original content daily and following social media trends, growing over 1k followers across Instagram and Facebook.
Social Media Manager
2022 - 2023
NWCC Writing Center
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Collaborated with students at all points of the writing process, identified lagging skills, and practiced encouragement in over 100 sessions.
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Researched and created a course module that is permanently embedded in the NWCC Tutor Training course.
Consultant
"Elisa Stocking is an intelligent, enthusiastic, professional, and standout public relations student. Her commitment is demonstrated in her leadership role as PRSSA president, her experience as an Alumni Delegate working with a diverse group of people, her internship in Congress, and her work experience at a local business. These varied experiences and her desire to learn strategies to create an inclusive work environment will lead to success in her career. Elisa is one of the absolute best students I have taught in 36 years."
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- Dr. John Forde, PR Professional and Retired Mississippi State University Professor
