Sacred Heart hosts leading PR executive

Sacred Heart University”™s School of Communication and Media Arts will both host and sponsor a conversation with Richard Edelman, president and CEO of Edelman, one of the world”™s leading communications and marketing firms.

Edelman topped PRWeek”™s list of most powerful executives; was recognized as the third-highest rated CEO by HR/career company Glassdoor; and is a member of the Arthur W. Page Society”™s Hall of Fame, which recognizes top talent in public relations. Edelman was named “PR Agency of the Decade” by both Advertising Age and The Holmes Report. SHU”™s Executive-in-Residence Katie Burke will moderate the talk.

The event is free and open to the public. It takes place at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, at SHU”™s Martire Business and Communications Center, 5151 Park Ave., Fairfield.

More than 8,000 students attend SHU”™s six colleges: Arts & Sciences; Health Professions; Nursing; University College; the Jack Welch College of Business; and the Isabelle Farrington College of Education. The school offers more than 70 undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and certificate programs on its main campus in Fairfield and at satellites in Connecticut, Luxembourg and Ireland.