Jan. 6, 2021
What does it take to stand out among thousands of competitors?
Four Cal State Fullerton communications students, whose work took top honors in national and statewide competitions in fall semester, share how it takes passion, resilience and opportunities to practice and master a craft. Here are their stories of success:
Alex Bosserman ’20 (B.A. communications-advertising, minor in philosophy)
Credit: Alex Bosserman
“Solipsism” (Daily Titan) won 1st place, Best Comic Strip at the College Media Association 2019-20 Pinnacle Awards
The comic is the combination of my interests art, philosophy, marketing and design.
During summer 2019, we were brainstorming ways to refresh the Daily Titan’s leisure page, and a comic was the first obvious choice. The challenge was that it meant nearly 50 complete comics for a single semester no small task.
By Hannah Berger 21
If Messiah University’s public relations students and alumni agree on one thing, it’s that the professionals and opportunities within the realm of public relations stand unrivaled. The skills that public relations students acquire in the classroom quickly make their way into real-life application through on-campus organizations, work study positions, internships and eventually long-term careers. By investing in experiences during their time at Messiah, students majoring in public relations create for themselves a vast array of post-graduation opportunities.
Classes and clubs
The classes necessary for a major in public relations include everything from learning to write creative copy and design graphics to communicating and collaborating with nonprofit organizations. Students begin with several intro-level courses that introduce specific concepts and an overall understanding of public relations. As students progress to upper-level courses, such as Pu
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Why did you choose to come to Flagler?
It was my first-time visiting St. Augustine. We came here for Orlando, and I remembered I applied to a Florida school, and we were going be two hours away. We came here to look at the school, and I found out it is was, like, the #1 [most] beautiful school in the country. So, we took a tour, and I fell in love with it.
How did you choose your majors and minors?
My neighbor is a tax manager, and I knew he was making a good amount of money. I was really good with numbers, so he told me to take an accounting class in high school, and I got the hang of it really quick. My teacher was like, “You should take it up as a major in college,” and I did. Finance kind of came along with that. I wanted to broaden myself and finance kind of goes along with accounting. Business Admin basically comes with the accounting major. I knew that computers are everything nowadays, so I really wanted to get familiar with Computer Information Systems. Ec