Join us for another “Senior Scaries” episode in this week’s episode of Around the Sphere. Senior advertising major Sydney Lepley sits down with MDJ alumnus, Ellie Plessinger (2017) to talk about how to survive in the “real world” post-grad. Learn skills to help build your portfolio, tips for finding a job and why it’s okay to not have a job lined up right after graduation.  

Also in this episode, hear from TV2 and learn about our student-powered design agency, IdeaBase.

Episode12: Senior Scaries: Advertising Alumna Ellie Plessinger (2017) talks life post-grad

The National Millennial / Gen Z Community was founded in 2016 to change the conversation about two constantly misrepresented, career-ready generations. Today NMGZ represents more than 44 colleges and universities in over 40 states, Washington, D.C., and Guam. The Kent State NMGZ chapter is a subcommittee of PRKent’s PRSSA and represents all of Ohio when our students talk to executives across the country in person and online. Chapter Chair Mia Cadle recently visited Boston with the group and member William Dakin traveled to the San Francisco Bay Area to meet with Fortune 500 companies and students from across the country. Also in this episode, KentWired brings summer news and a special thank you to our student project and production managers for their hard work this past year.

Spring 2022

Episode13: Kent State NMGZ and Thanking Our Student Podcast Managers

Join us for an interesting look into internships on this week’s episode of Around the Sphere! Senior public relations major Hannah Mayer interned with Live Nation and senior journalism major Reegan Saunders interned with the San Francisco Chronicle. Both had amazing stories and advice for students just starting to look for internships. 

Also in this episode, hear from PRSSA about what they are, and what meetings are coming up!

Episode 14: Internships! Two CCI Students Speak about Their Experiences

Join us for a unique look into banned books, the Freedom of Speech and what went into planning Kent’s second annual Banned Book Read-In. Kent State professor Stephanie Smith, the key organizer of the Read-In, joins Paul Haridakis, the director of the School of Communication Studies, Marianne Martens, a Kent State professor, and Alton Northup and Jamie Brian, Kent State students, to give their perspectives. 

Also in this episode, hear from Franklin Advertising about what they are, and what meetings are coming up!

Episode 15: Banned Book Read-In

In this episode of Around the Sphere, Dr. Cheryl Lambert and Professor Thor Wasbotten sit down to discuss the McGruder Award, including what it is, how it began, why it’s so important, and more. Both have worked closely together to plan the ceremony and honor the winners and Robert G. McGruder’s legacy. Also, in this episode here from KentWired’s Emma Andrus, the editor-in-chief as to what KentWired is, their accomplishments, and how to get involved.

Episode 16: The McGruder Award & Why It's Important

In this episode of Around the Sphere, Kent State Professor Mike Jackson and members of Cross Country Mortgage provide insight into the world of advertising and how to network professional connections. Cross Country Mortgage is an incredibly successful nationwide full-service lender with thousands of employees and hundreds of branches Franklin Advertising, a student-run organization, organized a networking event with help from faculty advisor Professor Jackson to help students form lasting relationships with real-world professionals. Also, in this episode, hear from TV2’s Shane Troyano, the general manager, as to what TV2 is, what they do and how to get involved. 

For more information on TV2 feel free to contact Shane at stroyano@kent.edu

Episode 17: Breaking into Advertising

In this episode of Around the Sphere, two MDJ students, Lauren Blue in the Advertising program and Kaitlyn Finchler in the journalism program, come together to discuss how they feel about graduation, how they are dealing with the job search and their time at Kent State. Also, in this episode, hear from the leader of Franklin Advertising, Rafael, about his recent trip to New York through Franklin Advertising and about an upcoming event with PRSSA, Comm Conn.

Learn more about Kent State’s Journalism program by https://catalog.kent.edu/colleges/ci/mdj/journalism-bs/ 

Learn more about Kent State’s Advertising program by https://catalog.kent.edu/colleges/ci/mdj/advertising-bs/ 

PRSSA Schedule: 

https://www.prssakent.com/schedule.html 

Rafael’s email: 

rguedesb@kent.edu 

Cynthia’s email: 

Ckristof@kent.edu

Episode 16: Two MDJ Seniors on Graduation, Job Search & More

The power of storytelling: The School of Media and Journalism, one of five schools in Kent State’s College of Communication and Information, helps students discover the power of storytelling – the news story, the feature story, the multimedia story, the client’s story and the short film. And in the process, we help students discover their own brand stories: who they are, what unique skills they offer and what they want to do with their professional lives. This is our podcast.

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