When I first transferred to SUU and was told I’d have to
participate in the new Experiential Education program, I was annoyed.
Everything seemed like it was a waste of time, I was busy enough with upper
division classes I didn’t need this piling up on top too. Like with so many
things in life I just had to grit my teeth and push through it to finish school.
I got involved with the campus radio station Power91 my first semester here as
part of my broadcasting emphasis. When I started I didn’t know anyone in Cedar
City, I figured that being involved with the radio would be a good way to get
out of my apartment and see some new faces. My father always used to joke that
I had a face for radio, turns out my voice is pretty good at radio too, I
quickly became involved with several air-shifts outside of my own with fellow
students who were struggling to come up with ideas and on-air personalities. My
extra experience on-air quickly helped me become a leader in my class to help
other students and my advisor Cal Rollins teach. I was asked to join “The
Morning Brew” in October ’11 two months after I came to SUU, a position usually
reserved for students in the advanced radio class.
I continued to do my own air shifts as well
as the Morning Brew 5 days a week, putting me on-air some 13 or so hours a
week. After my first year I was asked to be the Power91 club president, I’d
never been a club president, or been in a club before so I gladly accepted. My
duties as club president involved planning parties for the club, arranging
music for various events, helping new students, helping advanced students, and
managing finances for the club. I was also hired by the station to be the
marketing and promotions director whose responsibilities included working with
the underwriting (advertisement) director and production director to make sure
we have radio events going and our ad revenue is strong with plenty of items for
on-air talent to promote and give away, all this on top of still doing the
early morning radio show “The Morning Brew” five days a week while trying to
finish all my other upper division responsibilities. Needless to say I’ve been consistently
tired since about October ’11. All of these little things have taught me so
many lessons that I can use in the future. I was recently named Outstanding
Broadcasting Student of the year by the College of Humanities and Social
Science for the 2012-2013 school year. This was a huge shock to me since I’ve
only been at SUU for two years; I never would have been as involved as I was
without being “forced” into it by the Experiential Education program here. I
may have started the program begrudgingly but I’m extremely grateful for the
friends I’ve made and the life experience I’ve been able to acquire.
When I first transferred to SUU and was told I’d have to
participate in the new Experiential Education program, I was annoyed.
Everything seemed like it was a waste of time, I was busy enough with upper
division classes I didn’t need this piling up on top too. Like with so many
things in life I just had to grit my teeth and push through it to finish school.
I got involved with the campus radio station Power91 my first semester here as
part of my broadcasting emphasis. When I started I didn’t know anyone in Cedar
City, I figured that being involved with the radio would be a good way to get
out of my apartment and see some new faces. My father always used to joke that
I had a face for radio, turns out my voice is pretty good at radio too, I
quickly became involved with several air-shifts outside of my own with fellow
students who were struggling to come up with ideas and on-air personalities. My
extra experience on-air quickly helped me become a leader in my class to help
other students and my advisor Cal Rollins teach. I was asked to join “The
Morning Brew” in October ’11 two months after I came to SUU, a position usually
reserved for students in the advanced radio class. I continued to do my own air shifts as well
as the Morning Brew 5 days a week, putting me on-air some 13 or so hours a
week. After my first year I was asked to be the Power91 club president, I’d
never been a club president, or been in a club before so I gladly accepted. My
duties as club president involved planning parties for the club, arranging
music for various events, helping new students, helping advanced students, and
managing finances for the club. I was also hired by the station to be the
marketing and promotions director whose responsibilities included working with
the underwriting (advertisement) director and production director to make sure
we have radio events going and our ad revenue is strong with plenty of items for
on-air talent to promote and give away, all this on top of still doing the
early morning radio show “The Morning Brew” five days a week while trying to
finish all my other upper division responsibilities. Needless to say I’ve been consistently
tired since about October ’11. All of these little things have taught me so
many lessons that I can use in the future. I was recently named Outstanding
Broadcasting Student of the year by the College of Humanities and Social
Science for the 2012-2013 school year. This was a huge shock to me since I’ve
only been at SUU for two years; I never would have been as involved as I was
without being “forced” into it by the Experiential Education program here. I
may have started the program begrudgingly but I’m extremely grateful for the
friends I’ve made and the life experience I’ve been able to acquire. 
