Mission: Tower Agency is a team of emerging professionals creating dynamic, client-focused solutions through collaborative relationships and storytelling.
TOWER AGENCY
Benefits for Students:
- Real-world experience
- Services: graphic design, videography, social media, event planning, copywriting, etc.
- Opportunities for involvement for students of all majors
- Opportunities to manage projects
- Lead teams
- Work with clients on and off campus
- Gain practicum hours
CLIENTS
For those interested in our services, please fill out an intake form and email it to toweragency@wartburg.edu.
ADVISORS
Chris Knudson, M.A., PRSSA Professional AdvisorDirector, Wartburg Marketing & Communication Office
Email: chris.knudson@wartburg.edu
Chris serves as the chief marketing officer and generates marketing strategies and approaches for the college. He manages the Marketing & Communication Office. As an independent consultant, his clients have been based in Washington, D.C., New York, Charleston, S.C., New Orleans, and other locations around the Midwest. He is a past national vice president for PRSSA National and has been a Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) member since 2003.
Dr. Penni Pier, PRSSA Faculty Advisor
Professor, Department of Journalism and Communication
Email: penni.pier@wartburg.edu
Dr. Pier holds a B.A. degree in communication from Minnesota State University at Moorhead, an M.A. degree in communication from Missouri State University at Springfield, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Pier is a member of the National Communication Association and International Communication Association. She is the co-author of three books, Campaign ’96, published in 1999, The Primary Decision: A Functional Analysis of Debates in Presidential Primaries, published in 2002, and Campaign 2000, published in 2003.
History
Seeing a need for an organization that would allow public relations majors to practice the skills they learned in the classroom, the Tower Agency was created in the spring of 1996. Under the advisement of Shelly Green, the Tower Agency was founded by Wartburg students Christi Larson ’97, Eric Allen ’98, Melissa Jacobson ’99 and Suzanne Behnke ’97. Larson served as the organization’s first Chief Executive officer.