Name: Hope Johnson

Major: Art - Graphic Design and Journalism - Strategic Communication

Hometown: Taylorville, Illinois 

What are your career/life goals?

This is a hard question because if I’m being honest, I don’t have a clue, and that’s okay. Right now, it feels lik...

Name: Lauren Bayne

Major: Elementary Education and Political Science

Hometown: Chesterfield, MO

What are your career/life goals: 

I hope to teach first and then work in educational policy, ideally for the Department of Education!

What is your favorite part about what you're...

Name: Jaclyn Berry

Major: Double major Documentary Journalism and Film Production 

Hometown: Lee’s Summit, MO

What are your career/life goals?

⁃I’m not exactly sure what job I want but I know I want to be able to tell people’s stories through video.

What is your favorite pa...

Name: Alaina Vacante

Major: Strategic Communications and Political Science

Hometown: Atlanta, GA

What are your career/life goals?

I am not entirely sure the exact profession I will go into, but I do hope to leave a lasting impression on society by helping to provide greate...

Name: Lillie Williams

Major: History

Hometown: Wichita, Kansas

What are your career/life goals?

Career-wise, all I really know is that I want to be able to use history in some way and want to continue my education after I get my undergraduate degree. I am dreaming about ma...

Name: Caroline Dade

Major: Broadcast Journalism

Hometown: Rogersville, Missouri

What are your career/life goals? 

Although I’m a journalism major, I really like numbers. I eventually want to work for a network as a national economics correspondent, explaining how large pol...

Courtney Widmer

Hometown: Columbia, MO

Major: Business Administration

If you could choose a song to describe your life, what would it be?

"Miss Independent" by Ne-Yo

Where is your happy place and why?

I love San Diego. We went every summer as a kid to visit my grandma. After...

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Kathryn Butler

Hometown: Bethalto, IL

Major: Health Scie...

Name: Claire Smrt

Major: Journalism with minors in Spanish and Constitutional Democracy

Hometown: Lenexa, KS

What are your career/life goals?

I want to work in communications for a governmental organization or a non-profit. I would also like to continue my education by goi...

Name: Elena Conaty

Major: Nursing

Hometown: Lee’s Summit, MO

What are your career/life goals?

My career/life goal is to become a Pediatric Nurse and work in critical care and eventually to go on and become a Nurse Practitioner. 

Tell us about why you chose your major?

I chos...