A week was the most I had ever spent away from my family. Now I was going to embark on a journey that would require me having to leave everything and everyone behind and basically start from scratch. To say that I was terrified is a major understatement. At times I thought about not doing …
Graduate School can be difficult for prospective students to wrap their heads around, especially if they’ve been out of school for a few years. What classes am I going to take? What does this school offer? Am I ready to make a move to a place where I may not know anyone? While you can …
As college students, often times we find ourselves spending money one way or another but not always making that same money back. We have to budget, learn to save, or sometimes just say “no.” How can we go to class on a weekly basis along with other activities and commitments, but still find a way …
Millennials are projected to be riddled with substantially more student debt compared to their parents. The price of attaining higher education seems to go up every year. However, the investment into one’s education will pay off in the long run, especially as the job market gets more competitive. The economic payoff of attaining an advanced …
If you play your own game, you’ll never lose. This was the crux of Mark Miller’s lecture last Thursday in the second installment of the year’s Eric Mower lecture series. Divulging stories that were featured (and a few that were purposefully left out) of his new book Legacy in the Making (co-written by Lucas Conley), …
As master’s students from the Newhouse School, my cohort and I attended graduation on May 12, 2018 with. While many people graduated and are going off for jobs and fellowships, we had a small week break and had to be right back at Newhouse bright and early on the following Monday. Many were confused as …
I am now in the same position as the people I looked up to and wished well as they graduated from Newhouse-land and went off into the world this time last year… Say what? How did I get here? Why did two years go by so fast? Did I accomplish everything I wanted before I leave? …
DISCLAIMER: At the time of the speaker session, Ryan Parkhurst was the existing General Manager of AKQA. “The best advertising isn’t advertising.” AKQA is in AdAge’s December 2017 list of 50 companies “creatives would kill to work for.” AKQA’s mission: To invent the future with their clients. Parkhurst describes AKQA as an idea and invention shop made of …
After a few months here in Washington, D.C. it’s become a routine for me to go to my internship and class like it’s my nine to five, forty-hour work week. I appreciate the semester and emphasis on the internship as a way to transition myself back into the real world, but I’m often left feeling like …