Coming from a small town where everyone knows you and your family for years, then comes college where you may only know a hand full of people for your high school. I will admit that it was a little bit of an adjustment for me because I always saw someone I know one way or another. Also leaving my teachers, who I have known for what seems like centuries, that I have developed great relationships with. But being in college for only three months I have found out that I still can develop relationships with my teachers to, who knows they might help me get my “dream” job when I graduate.
When coming to college I know right way who I want to have on my side for my major because I already knew someone who has gone through the program and is working in New York City after graduating this summer. She told me what advisor to “suck up” to and when to take certain class. So I have alright has a mentor to help me out in college even before it began. I hope to maintain contact with her because in my particulate field, fashion, it is all about networking hands down.
Besides knowing someone who has gone through my program, I starting to get to know my advisor, Michele Lee, who is an amazing person. Even though she will be my advisor for a year I don’t see that harm in not getting to know here because I still need to pay for college and when I need a recommendation she will be the first person I go to. Plus, if I get to know her, she will be more likely to tell the other advisors, especially the one that can get me the good internships, good things about me. I always a positive to have your advisors put a face to a name when a recruiter for a designer or magazine wants to know who they should pay special attention to because that could make or break you getting a dream internship or first job.
In anyone chosen major networking is always key. And when you find out who will help you get the job of your dreams or give you a little extra help in classes and developing a relationship with the person(s) can be priceless. You never know who is going to help you in live without getting to know who they are first.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Trend Magazine
When I went to ClubFest I had three clubs in mind. Two of them deals with my major, Trend and M.O.D.A., and the other one was Dance Marathon. But the one I am most involved in is Trend Magazine because it is the closest thing to a career path I want to do at the moment.
Trend Magazine is a student run organization with one adviser Ann Thye. It is run like a really fashion magazine with editors and directors. The magazine meets once a week at 7 pm in the Molecular Biology, Rm. 1414. Dues are $15 per semester or $20 for the whole year. Public Relations, Advertising, and Features are the three subcommittees. In Public Relations there is another three subcommittees: Event Planning, Fundraising and General. I am in the Event planning committee for Public Relations. The director I am under is Kristin Merchant and the assistant director is Danielle Powers. There are a total number of 11 committee member excluding the directors.
What the does the events planning committee do?? Well we plan any events that Trend puts on. The next upcoming event is “Fall into Fashion with Trend and Lyla’s.” It is a truck show that we are planning that allows that fashion conscious person (men or women) to see what the new up and coming trends are, how to wear them, and how to recreate make-up trends. For this event, along with any other event we plan, we have to get donations from clothing and shoes companies and it if we want to have any drinks or food at the event. So we have to contact many people and companies and plan way in advance to have everything all in order into pull of the event smoothly. Along with the truck show we also have to plan the release party and the Alumni party towards the end of the year and any events that the just the club gets to do.
I love it! Because I was to work in public relations that put on the fashion show and photo shoots. Plus when I start looking for an internship or a job it will look good on my resume and show my future employer that have some experience in the public relations field. Also I can tryout all the other committees throughout my college career to figure out what I want to do and may even become a director.
Joining a club of any kind is a good idea because it gets you involved. Also it shows your future employers that you are able to time manage, gain leadership skills, able to work in a group, and gain experience in your future career field. All in all joining a club or student organization helps you discover who you are as a person and getting to know other people around campus.
Trend Magazine is a student run organization with one adviser Ann Thye. It is run like a really fashion magazine with editors and directors. The magazine meets once a week at 7 pm in the Molecular Biology, Rm. 1414. Dues are $15 per semester or $20 for the whole year. Public Relations, Advertising, and Features are the three subcommittees. In Public Relations there is another three subcommittees: Event Planning, Fundraising and General. I am in the Event planning committee for Public Relations. The director I am under is Kristin Merchant and the assistant director is Danielle Powers. There are a total number of 11 committee member excluding the directors.
What the does the events planning committee do?? Well we plan any events that Trend puts on. The next upcoming event is “Fall into Fashion with Trend and Lyla’s.” It is a truck show that we are planning that allows that fashion conscious person (men or women) to see what the new up and coming trends are, how to wear them, and how to recreate make-up trends. For this event, along with any other event we plan, we have to get donations from clothing and shoes companies and it if we want to have any drinks or food at the event. So we have to contact many people and companies and plan way in advance to have everything all in order into pull of the event smoothly. Along with the truck show we also have to plan the release party and the Alumni party towards the end of the year and any events that the just the club gets to do.
I love it! Because I was to work in public relations that put on the fashion show and photo shoots. Plus when I start looking for an internship or a job it will look good on my resume and show my future employer that have some experience in the public relations field. Also I can tryout all the other committees throughout my college career to figure out what I want to do and may even become a director.
Joining a club of any kind is a good idea because it gets you involved. Also it shows your future employers that you are able to time manage, gain leadership skills, able to work in a group, and gain experience in your future career field. All in all joining a club or student organization helps you discover who you are as a person and getting to know other people around campus.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
My Best
When do you feel at your best? Is it completing a time consuming, mind draining project; winning an election for a presidency; or playing your favorite sport no matter the outcome? Whatever the reason is you feel on top of the world and wish that everyday could be like that forever. For me, I just can’t pick one particular time, but I would have to say that my “best” was the last year of high school.
There are many people out there who loved high school and wish they could go back. I am not one of those people and will most likely never be one of them. I would have to say that I was somewhat an “outcast” at my school because I always looked at the bigger picture in life and thought ahead. Case in point, I am going to college to work in the fashion industry, but majority of my class in going into health care or something business related. Needless to say I got the stares of yea right or no you most likely won’t make it. They don’t know me very well. Because of this it pushed me to focus more on my future and less on trying to get into the “in crowd.” Plus the minor fact that the next year I will be in a college that none of them are attending. It was very gratifying to know that walking across the stage at graduation that I will most likely never see them again.
Besides feeling the relief that I was never going to be in high school again, was all the hard work I put into scholarships. About a month after school started, I started on scholarships even though none of the local ones where available yet. I couldn’t tell you how many I did, just that it was well into the double digits. My classmates thought I was crazy and halfway through the year some even came up to me a said, “What if you don’t get any scholarships? You will have wasted so much of your time for nothing.” Let me just say that fueled my desire even more to prove them wrong. By the time the local scholarships were available I had an idea what to do and how to manage my time to get them done and in on time. When May 15 rolled around, I was excited and nervous at the same time because it was my final day of high school and it was the awards ceremony to find out what scholarships I received. I was on air walking up to the stage when my name was called because of all the hard work paid off and that I was one of the top students in my class to receive the most scholarships. I never wanted that day to end.
Just the feeling of accomplishment is enough to send someone to cloud nine, this is how my senior year felt like. I am a person who loves to get involved in several activities; it helps me with time management. Getting involved and setting goals I plan to accomplish is what I hope to continue on doing college. If I didn’t have goals I want to accomplish or I wasn’t in any clubs I won’t be successful in college. I have high expectations of myself and failure is not an option. If it doesn’t turn out the way I want it to or think it should, I always find away to manipulate it in my favor. People will probably say that I am crazy for having too high of expectations or being busy all that time, but I can’t imagine it any other way. College is what you make of it and I plan to do it my way.
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