Hello everyone!!
My name is Heather Pence and I am a Senior at the University of Louisville, studying for a degree in Communications with a minor in English Literature. I was born and raised in Houston, TX until the age of 13 when my family and I moved to the fine city of Louisville. I am, and always will be, a proud Native Texan. A little more about me is that I love to travel. Getting on a plane and flying to new places is exhilarating. I love to meet people and learn new things at all times. As the name of my blog may hint, I am obsessed with anything England, British, or related to the UK in anyway. To travel to that area of the world and find a job has been my lifelong dream. It's been that way since I was 5 when I first began watching imported television shows on the BBC/PBS stations. Music and running are what get me through the day.
Now that, that part of the introduction is out of the way, I'd like to talk about why I decided to take the class for which I am starting this blog (Social Media or COMM-460), what I hope to gain from it, and the areas of Public Relations or Advertising that I hope to get into someday and seem most interested in. I wanted to take this course not only because of our professor, Dr. Karen Freberg, but because I have been nothing but fascinated with social media since I first joined MySpace way back in the day. It has exploded into the remarkable field and I want to sharpen my skills to their fullest. I mentioned in my intro that I love meeting people and building strong relationships with individuals. To hopefully put my point into perspective, I am currently the Sweetheart for the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity here on campus. Part of my duties is that I spread the world about the colony and help bring in new brothers. I am a walking, talking, tweeting/Facebooking representative for these men and I've loved every second. I want to do the same thing for my future job. Represent a strong company in the most positive way and help build it great and wonder things through social media.
Hopefully that answered any beginning questions. I never had the opportunity to work any internships through my college experience so I hope this class and this blog (which I will continue after this course and graduation) will help me build a strong presence and hopefully build strong relations and networks with whatever I do. It seems to me that we will be doing lots of hands on assignments with real world qualities that will do nothing but benefit us.
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