Composed Sept. 17, 2011
The capstone course, COM 450 Senior Seminar with a focus on Ethics taught by the Berry COM Dept. has grounded into memory Kant, Utilitarianism, Hypodermic Needle Theory and of course make sure to be fully prepared with your portfolio. “You will be remembered by your worst piece…” That looming thought followed us all semester long. Vividly I remember the day I got my portfolio back and wondered where it was going. I think it sat for awhile in the back of my car… then it moved into my basement… I’d just graduated and while graduation is supposed to be an exciting time, at the same time, to see “pieces of Berry” hurt.
Yet, everything in that class spending countless all-nighters stressing over circumstances out of my control and still trying to make it through, seem for at the moment to have been worth it. A recommendation made during that final semester was to create a Website. The Website that I built in a couple of hours had a URL that was just generically assigned, but still provided me the opportunity to actually show that I’m better than what paper and words say.
The combination of my unfinished website, portfolio I had dusted off while running out the door and the resume which I created gave me the opportunity that I am now working at. I’m truly excited to be in my assistantship, working in communication, while going to school. It’s an awesome. I’m able to interact with people my own age that are going to school, while at the same time I hold a job that allows me to be both in and out of office.
I’m excited to be doing my own thing and in a field that I just can’t define as ‘work.’ I’m so happy that Berry gave me the tools and knowledge to be a solid worker and that I can now define all of this through the education and work I am receiving from KSU. It’s pretty neat in my opinion. And the people here are supper nice.