Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Meet Sandy Zeug

Sandy Zeug is a senior PWC major from Lucan, MN who...
  • dreams of being a receptionist or secretary for a medical facility.
  • is focusing for a career in Sioux Falls after graduation.
  • loves reading The Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.
  • looks up to both her parents because they have taught her morals and values.
  • enjoys technical writing over creative writing.
  • considers her greatest accomplishment running a half marathon.
By Stephanie Bruns

Meet Stephanie Bruns

Stephanie Bruns is a junior PWC major from Champlin, MN who...
  • dreams of being a book editor for a publishing company.
  • wants to get an internship with a publishing company in hopes of being hired after the internship.
  • enjoys reading her favorite book, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.
  • picked SMSU because it was a back-up plan that eventually became the number one plan. She loves the people that go here, the professors, classes, and her involvement in golf.
  • considers her greatest accomplishment living in France for six weeks, not knowing the language, and still surviving!
By Sandy Zeug

Meet Christy Streff

Christy Streff is a senior PWC major from Canby, MN who...
  • hopes to someday teach at the college level and plans on attending graduate school when she graduates.
  • would like to work in the journalistic or magazine field if she does not attend graduate school.
  • enjoys writing about people, which explains her preferred reading genere, non-fiction.
  • supports herself through college by working at a local pharmacy and dreams of someday moving to a big city like Chicago.
By Michaela Speer

Meet Janice Robinson

Janice Robinson is a senior PWC major from Marshall, MN who...
  • dreams of working for Merideth Publishing or work in a university setting.
  • plans to keep her job at SMSU.
  • wants to focus her education on adapting her education to her work.
  • likes to read mystery books and magazines about household improvement and gardening.
  • enjoys writing feature articles.
  • finally finishing college at the age of 53.
By Jessica Welu

Meet Jessica Welu

Jessica Welu is a senior PWC major from Pipestone, MN who...
  • dreams of becoming a travel writer.
  • plans to get a job as a writer.
  • wants to focus her education on writing in different genres.
  • reads dark satire and suspense novels and travel magazines in her spare time.
  • enjoys writing in a creative way.
  • considers her accomplishment to be traveling to France and Italy.
By Jason Zahn

Meet Jason Zahn

Jason Zahn is a senior who...
  • dreams of becoming a college professor of Spanish.
  • plans to get a job at a university (of course!).
  • wants to focus his education on professional writing during his last year at SMSU.
  • likes to read philosophy and science fiction and his favorite magazine is Bon Appetit in his spare time.
  • enjoys writing creative non-fiction.
  • considers his greatest accomplishment knowing three languages.
By Janice Robinson

Meet Michaela Speer

Michaela is a senior from Wisconsin who...
  • dreams of being an assistant editor for a magazine that focuses on the arts.
  • recently has become passionate about local organic farming practices.
  • enjoys reading books by world authors.
  • loves the magazines Gourmet and Real Simple.
  • is focusing her major on magazine writing.
  • looks up to anyone who is motivated and hardworking.
  • works part time during college at Bagels and Brew in Marshall.
  • spent two weeks in India.
  • already has a bachelor's degree in Communication from University of Wisconsin - Whitewater.
By Christine Streff