From The Dugout to The Desk: A Summer with Orange County Riptide
My name is Lillian Ryan, and I am a senior at Chapman University. This summer, I was a game day operations intern for the Orange County Riptide. The OC Riptide is a summer collegiate baseball team that competes in the California Collegiate League. I found this internship on LinkedIn, applied, and got the position. My internship
How Your Voice Can Change a Life
My name is Gaurav Chintamneedi, but you can call me G for short. I recently graduated from Chapman University with a B.A in strategic and corporate communication and I’m here to tell you how I closed off my Chapman career with a life-changing internship at the Seacrest Studios. As a senior in high school entering
What is Chapman Radio?
Chapman Radio has been around since 1967 and is one of 4 student groups in the School of Communication. Chapman Radio is student-run and works with their faculty advisor, Travis Bartosh, who is serving as the station’s faculty advisor. The mission of Chapman Radio is to amplify student voices over the airwaves through their free-form,
What is the School of Communication Trailblazer Program?
The School of Communication (SoC) Trailblazer Program is one of 4 student groups in the School of Communication and the most recent addition. The SoC Trailblazer program is student-run and was founded in 2021 as part of Dr. Sara LaBelle’s SCC 400 Message Design II course. The organization’s members work with their advisor, Dr. LaBelle,
Alumni Spotlight: From the Classroom to Clinical Impact
Following my graduation in January of 2023, I was eager to put my B.A. in Strategic and Corporate Communication to use. For nearly a year, I have been working at Boomerang Medical, a Silicon Valley-based bioelectronic medicine company that is striving to advance the treatment of autoimmune diseases. The company’s current focus is investigating the
Strategic Communication in the Wedding Industry
What does wedding planning have to do with strategic corporate communication? Well, let me enlighten you. My name is Maddy Kunis, and I am a sophomore strategic and corporate communication major with a leadership minor. During the spring 2024 semester, I had the privilege of interning for The One Occasion, an event-planning company based in
Working In The Music Industry
My name is Bria Berish, and I am a senior at Chapman University majoring in strategic and corporate communication with a minor in music business. Over the past two years, I have been working at °1824 x Universal Music Group. °1824 is Universal Music Group’s creative solutions team. They have content creation, strategic partnerships, PR,
A Glance into the Film Industry
My name is Kasey Pierpont, and I’m a senior Communication Studies major with a minor in Creative and Cultural Industries! This past semester, I’ve had the opportunity to intern with the Follow Your Dream Foundation. This nonprofit organization tells the stories of courageous women who have overcome physical, racial, geographical, and social challenges to achieve
Marketing in the Lab: A Journey of a Biotech Intern
I am a senior at Chapman University, pursuing a degree in Strategic Corporate Communication with a minor in Entrepreneurship. I’m part of the class of 2024. My passion is to use my communication and business skills to create a positive social impact and make a difference in the world. I interned with a company called
Supporting & Saving Local with Hawaiiverse
Aloha! I am Lauren Kalama, a junior Strategic and Corporate Communication major with a double minor in Sociology and Creative and Cultural Industries. This past fall, I had the opportunity to be a Marketing and Logistics Intern at Hawaiiverse. Hawaiiverse is the #1 discovery platform to connect consumers with Hawaiʻi owned businesses and locally sourced