TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Kathy Kwuntawee Nontasak of Jackson, Miss., a senior advertising major in The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences, is one of 40 students chosen for the American Advertising Federation 2005 Most Promising Minority Students program.
The MPMS program helps provide highly qualified minority candidates to corporations seeking top-tier advertising and marketing talent. The MPMS program will be held Feb. 8-10 at the New York City Athletic Club.
“The AAF’s academic network is providing record numbers of outstanding young graduating advertising students to the industry,” said AAF President and CEO Wally Snyder. “We are really pleased to present this year’s outstanding minority candidates to the eager recruiters we know will be in attendance.”
The program, managed by the AAF Mosaic Center on Multiculturalism, has assisted more than 245 minority candidates.
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