I'm Back!!!!

Sorry it took me so long to write another blog. I've been extremely busy this week! We had Communication Week so there were many speakers and events I had to attend. Monday, I had a Spanish test so I could only go to the afternoon events but I went to the networking round-table discussion and met a lot of successful people. It was good to hear what they had to say about the workload for journalists and other related fields.

Tuesday, I met Bryan Monroe. He is the vice-president for Ebony and Jet Magazines. He had two sessions on Tuesday and I went to both of them. I learned a lot about the magazine business and journalism in general. I want to be a writer for a magazine so it was very beneficial to hear him speak. I also liked that he had pictures to back up his stories. I'm more of a visual and hands-on learner so it helped me out to see exactly what he was talking about. Also on Tuesday, I went to a session called "The Write Stuff". This session gave tips of how to be a better writer. I took a lot of notes that I will hopefully be able to utilize in the future. Then there was a pizza party and later I was awarded a scholarship!!! I was very grateful for that!

Wednesday, I was at PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America). Although I'm not an Integrated Marketing major, I wanted to get involved with an organization that was related to my field but not exactly the same. Here, I had a good time networking with professionals and listening to presentations that dealt with what is going on in the world of communication.

Overall, it was a good week. Well, a good three days (ha). I'm looking forward to a much needed fall break, although I won't be doing anything except studying and resting.