Lucky 13
Work hard and surround yourself with people smarter than you, and you can be awfully lucky.” As I read this quote in a blog by Dave Kerpen, CEO of Likeable Local, it brought to mind Northwestern and...
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Friday: GMCS Day 6 – And That’s a Wrap!
The week has come and gone so quickly. It seems like just a couple days ago that my American Airlines flight graced the runway at Heathrow. I’ll always remember that moment and the excitement that...
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Northwestern University’s 156th Annual Commencement
On June 20th, about 15 MSC to-be graduates participated in Northwestern University’s 156th Annual Commencement. We all met at Francis Searle, helped one another figure out how to wear our ‘hoods’,...
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Journey To The Final Stretch
It’s crazy to think that entire program has come and (almost) gone. It seemed like only yesterday that I was making the final preparations to move to Illinois and start this program. And now? We’re at...
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Celebrating 30 Years of MSC
More than a hundred alumni and faculty filled historic Annie May Swift Hall on Saturday, October 11, 2014 with the energy and enthusiasm characteristic of the MSC community. Attendees of the MSC 30th...
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MSC Program Can Help Me Prepare A Career in Sports Media
Getting accepted into the School of Communication graduate program at Northwestern University, widely regarded as one of the top universities in America, was the proudest moment of my life. I recalled...
View ArticleThankful
As I gear up for the holidays and reflect on my MSC experience thus far, I have to say I am thankful. The past three months in the MSC program have been amazing – from the practical lessons learned in...
View ArticleIt’s A Wrap!
The Fall quarter has wrapped up and I have to say that the first leg on the MSC trek has been quite enjoyable and positively life changing! After convening every Saturday at the Searle building, it...
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2015 Alumni Panel | Leveraging Your MSC Degree
On February 7, 2015 a panel of MSC alumni spoke to current students during a lunchtime presentation about how to best leverage the MSC degree. Panelists included: Penelope Johnson, MSC 2013...
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The Ice Rink is OPEN!
I recently read an article in The Daily Northwestern indicating the general student consensus on Winter Quarter is that it is something to “get through.” The author of the article had additional...
View ArticleThe Beginning
Here we are, in the middle of our first MSC quarter where the weeks seem to be flying by. We all are adjusting our lives to fit the new course load, the Saturday classes and balancing school with work....
View ArticleExpress Your Own Voice
Here we are, finishing our first quarter of the MSC program. The amount I have learned the past 10 weeks is unimaginable. Learning about changes within a company, how to make the changes work, what...
View ArticleRetail Shopping
We all shop, whether we go to the store or shop online. However, where you decide to shop effects other stores surrounding you. Some stores are using a great strategy to get your business, which seems...
View ArticleThe Future: Selling Less of More
Chris Anderson in his novel, The Long Tail, discusses where the future of business is headed. Stores are moving away from selling a lot of one specific product to selling small amounts of a lot of...
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Long Tail vs. Blockbuster Strategy
Long tail and blockbuster strategy might be terms you have heard before, or they could be completely new to you. Both are very important to understanding how companies determine how to spend and invest...
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Social Media and its Effect on the Youth
I was assigned a book report for my Understanding Media Markets class, and I stumbled upon this really great novel about social media and how it is effecting the youth in today’s society. Many people...
View ArticleSpring Break!
The day is here. We have completed the second quarter of the MSC program, the quarter we were told was going to be the more difficult because it was 10 weeks straight with no break, in the middle of a...
View ArticleSpring Quarter
Welcome back, everyone! I hope each and every one of us enjoyed our two weeks off. Time to get back into school mode. After the first class of the spring semester, I felt confident in my elective...
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Infographics in Everyday Life
Visual communication surrounds us everyday. In class this past week, our assignment was to design an inforgraphic displaying numerical data that would otherwise be boring. I used right brain vs. left...
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Sunny & 75
Today, I got a glimpse of what summer class sessions are going to be like. Everyone in class knew the weather was so nice outside and couldn’t wait for lunch break and go experience the beautiful...
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