Gardner, Borchard & Michalski Public Relations

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Contact Person: Elizabeth Gardner
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Oct. 29, 2014
For Immediate Release
VIRTUAL REBEL REACHES STATUS OF REGISTERED STUDENT ORGANIZATION
LAS VEGAS The Office of Civic Engagement and Diversity approved Virtual Rebel as a
Registered Student Organization this semester, allowing Virtual Rebel to expand and grow
readership beyond the community of UNLV.
Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies sponsors Virtual Rebel as a
strictly online newspaper that is independent from the official UNLV paper, Rebel Yell.
Registered Student Organizations are legitimized clubs that include at least five active
students and a full-time faculty advisor.
Virtual Rebels becoming a Registered Student Organization is a new level of
awesome, said Kim Ulmanis, managing editor. The status will help us grow and become more
visible in our community.
As a newly appointed RSO, Virtual Rebel is eligible for funding through the
Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. CSUN, as an undergraduate
student government, has a Ways and Means Committee that has the power to allocate money to
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Dr. Gregory Borchard, Virtual Rebels faculty advisor, proposed to attain funds in order
to heathen the prominence of the website.
Ulmanis plans to use funding to increase website functionality by implementing
improved article searches and tweaking aesthetics.
Students, faculty and UNLV alumni are encouraged to publish stories and build portfolio
pieces.
Virtual Rebel also has the opportunity to take part in the Student Involvement Fair and
set up a table in the Student Union at the beginning of each semester.
For additional information, please visit the Virtual Rebel website at virtual-rebel.com or
email an editor at VirtualRebelWebsite@gmail.com.
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