MC1313 - Spring 2018

Samantha “Sam” Dunn has grown up in some of America’s finest cities and has traveled to some of the most sought-after tourist destinations. Sam has made a home in cities like Houston, Atlanta, Boston, Hartford and Austin, and she has traveled to countries such as Mexico, Costa Rica, Canada and France.   She is currently working to pursue a career in digital media, a subject that hit close to home as her mother works in media relations. In fact, in September 2001 her mother was on a work trip in New York City when one of the most horrific acts of terrorism was committed in America. Her meeting was scheduled to be at 8:30 a.m. in the north tower of The World Trade Center, only 15 minutes before a hijacked airplane destroyed the building. Fortunately, Sam’s mother had pushed back the meeting to sight-see in the city and was not present in the building at the time of the attacks. Sam has lived in more beautiful states than most, and has experienced events that mos...

Twenty Two years ago in the small town of Nacadoches, Wesley Moore was born. He later moved to the great Mo City (the one Travis Scott raps about in love galore!!) and can't wait to go back. Wesley is an Advertising major here at Texas State with a double minor in art and sociology. Whenever he's not busy with school, Wesley enjoys listening to 90's R&B, hanging with friends and family, and sleeping. His motto is "Eating is life" which only makes me respect him even more. Pizza and chicken strips are his favorite foods, he even knows how to say chicken in Spanish- which is a good skill to have. Wesley has been an avid sims player since the young age of 9 and still plays today. Since he is big home body, you can usually find him at home watching shows like insecure, living single, or golden girls. When he has time for a movie marathon his go to's are bring it on (the first one of course) or Harry Potter. After graduation, Wesley hopes to become an assistant...

Texas State University's Folee Hall has already accomplished big things at the young age of 19; from entering college with 31 credits already under her belt, to being named Director of Media, Marketing and Sales at the University Star her freshman year. On track to graduate in 2019, Folee hopes to someday apply her degree in Public Relations to non-profit organizations, preferably one where she can fulfill her love of working with people.  Born in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1998, Folee was named after her mother's favorite childhood doll and played every sport but softball growing up. She is interested in travel, politics, geography and has a 2-year-old sister named Sage. Folee hopes to do much more traveling, but has already been to Boston, Florida, California, Mexico and Jamaica.  In fact, Folee was at the Boston Marathon during the infamous bombings in 2013. She and her family were there in support of her mom who was competing, in honor of her late grandmother, Ir...

by: Madison Elliott mae115@txstate.edu L indye is a Junior here at Texas State University, majoring in Public Relations with a minor in Sociology. I found out that Lindye and I actually have a lot in common, primarily our love for dogs, especially small dogs and dressing them up in cute outfits. We also are both from the Houston area! Lindye deffinitly has faced some struggles after moving away from home, whether it be a not so great living situations (a.k.a. crazy roommates who shove Chick-fil-a under your door), to losing focus and drive for school all around. Long story short Lindye found herself feeling like college was just not for her anymore and dropped out. She has been working at the delicious 54 th Street restaurant for two years now and was even offered a position as a manager due to all of her hard work. After taking a year off from college and having to pay all of her own bills and working she found herself wanting to come back to school and finish up her degree at...

Julia Bush is an aspiring woman with an incredible drive to go beyond the goals she sets for herself. Julia has lived all over Texas but calls Austin home. She is currently a senior at Texas State on track to graduate this upcoming August. She is working on her bachelor's in Public Relations and minoring in Psychology. Julia is engaged to Dakotah and they have two fur babies named Blue and Bentley. Her and Dakotah plan on officially getting married in March 2019.  Julia has always been a dedicated hard worker, by age 19 she was managing her own tanning salon in San Antonio and was Miss San Antonio 2016. She is currently an intern for a company based out of New York, she is in charge of handling all of their Public Relations, all while still being a full-time student and actively running her blog, JustJulia. Her goals for this semester are to make Dean’s List, make a greater impact in the people she surrounds herself and enjoy living in the moment! 

It all started on May 15, 1996, where another artistic mindset was given to us on Earth. From Cypress Texas, this 21-year-old came to be known as Andreis Hernandez. Hernandez attended Cypress Ridge High School  . He grew up in part of Houston where the norm was to graduate from college, and eventually come back home to start your life after college with a wonderful family. But Andreis had different plans. Coming to Texas State University obtaining his classification as a Junior this year, Hernandez decided to pursue a public relations major in mass comm. Every now and then he will create awesome beats on his laptop, or go out and practice on his photography skills with his favorite Sony A7 camera. His favorite band is a group that originated from the San Marcos area known as Brockhampton , now located in Los Angles. Andreis dream has always been to go to Los Angeles in pursuit of a dream job to be a music producer. Since LA is the home of music, it ...

By Andreis Hernandez andreishernandez14@gmail.com    Troy Brooks Photograph by Andreis Hernandez Troy Brooks, a 21 year-old junior at Texas State University, is currently studying Digital Media and Mass Communication.  Brooks, originally from Lufkin, Texas, came to Texas State to move closer to family in Austin.  After Brooks graduates, he hopes to move to Austin, or work for companies like Apple, Microsoft and EA Games doing graphic design or web development work. When he's not working towards his degree, Brooks enjoys collecting shoes. Some favorites in Bred 11's and Space Jams.

During the start of time, there were Adam and Eve, but enough about them. It all started in San Antonio, Texas on March 25, 1997, with Kristen Schoultz of the Schoultz lineage. From the beginning she was destined for greatness due to her background in dance. She fantasized of the day she would be a Silver Dancer for her favorite basketball team, the San Antonio Spurs. To further her dreams she decided to further her education and skills at Texas State University . Like all greats, Kristen knew she would need a backup plan. So, she decided to double major in dance and public relations. Following behind her father who was a English  major, Kristen took up English as a minor. Today, Kristen is currently a Junior and sees herself finishing college and joining a public relations firm, while also training and working hard to be a professional Choreographer. In her downtime she loves to indulge herself in seafood, Jane the Virgin and 27 Dresses . Recently she decided to adopt and becom...

JOSHUA THADDEAUS BOGY From Whittier, California 36-year-old Joshua Bogy has moved to San Marcos, Texas to study Public Relations at Texas State University. With his heart set on film-making, Bogy hopes a career in PR would help him handle the digital circus that is Hollywood. Bogy believes Waltz Disney is responsible for American Culture, and yet surprisingly aspires to create Majestic Horror movies. "Stories are one-part confrontation and one-part hope," Bogy says when referring to his preferred genre. When asked why he chose Public Relations, Bogy replies that the heart of communication is the emotional part of sharing. Speaking to Joshua Bogy, there is no doubt that he has a great love for story-telling.

Future politician Robertta Portillo is moving her career fast, right out of the gate. From San Antonio, Texas 20-year-old Portillo is now a junior Bobcat at Texas State University. Portillo has become an avid advocate of Latinx (Latino and Latina culture minus the masculine gender weighing) rights and way-of-life. Recent type casting in local and national politics of the Latino community has set fire to Portillo’s heart.“The community doesn’t really believe they are represented in politics…They don’t really get involved.” she continues. In one year, Portillo will have graduated with her degree in public relations and won’t let anything hold her back. When asked what she wishes to tackle first Portillo said, “I really want people to be more aware of organizations that are there...not a lot of people do know.” Nicknamed ‘Birdie Sanders’ by her friends for her political tenacity, Miss Portillo is will graduate from Texas State University in spring of 2019.

With every victory claimed and lost, Lauren Bogard is there to make her teams shine. Whether it's by sharing cool pictures on the Spurs' Instagram or guiding the information flow of the Cowboys' post-game press conference, Lauren's on it like a throne.  Or at least, that's how she hopes to be in the future. Born and raised in her hometown of Irving, Texas, 20-year-old Lauren Bogard has always been on the go and surrounded by sports. Growing up in a home filled with dogs, children and sports fans, Lauren was naturally drawn to the world of sports, spending her high school days rooting for her school football team as a member of the cheer squad. Of course, she didn't just spend her time on the sidelines; Lauren dabbled with basketball and football in her free time.  Currently, this early fascination with sports turned into a true career path for Lauren, as she is now a junior majoring in Public Relations at Texas State University with a minor in...

Tabitha Taylor is a 22-year-old college student from Austin, Tx.  For eighteen years of her life she lived under the same roof as her now 23-year-old brother, Eric whom just graduated from Texas Tech this past December, Wreck em' tech. Taylor is currently a Junior a Texas State University studying public relations with a minor in business administration. Her dream job is to work for an international company so that she may combine her passion for traveling with her work. However, Taylor has already checked off countries from her bucket list: including  London, Paris, Rome, Italy and Switzerland.         During the Summer of 2017, she studied abroad in Europe. It's hard to express the beauty of all these countries but she shares a glimpse of a few with us. Taylor says that London is a place she could see herself eventually calling home. During her time in Paris she says there was so much beauty in w atching the Eiffel Tower sparkle at night,...

The possibilities of being born on a leap year are one in 1,461, but that wasn't the case for little Davis Friedmen. Friedmen's original birth date was Feb. 29, but because of unfortunate reasons Texas Harris Methodist hospital burns down and J.P.S. Hospital comes to the rescue making his grand arrival Feb. 28, 1996.  Davis Friedmen is from small town,  Burleson, Texas , which he believes no one knows where it is located. Played baseball, basketball and football during his high school years, making the varsity team his junior and senior year for both basketball and baseball.  He continues to have a passion for the sport, umpiring baseball in Austin, Texas, and being a fanatic of 2K and Fancy Footba, to which he has won first place in his league three times. Aside for his passion for sports he enjoys, watching The Office with his two Yorkie, Sady and Max. He has been to almost every state in the U.S. and recently came back from a c...

22-year-old Tynisha Jackson is a cheerleader from Arlington, Texas. Since the youthful age of 4, Jackson has always excelled in cheerleading and her favorite part is the relationships she has created because of the sport. Her love and passion have led her to win two collegiate world championships and take on the leadership role of senior captain. For the past 3 summers, Jackson has worked for the Universal Cheerleading Association which is a cheerleading company that teaches middle school and high school-aged students a variety of cheers, chants, and stunts. This job plays a crucial role in young cheerleaders and the experience can often time make or break how the athlete feels about the sports. This is the main reason Jackson loves her job so much because she believes she can create a positive outlook in the childrens eyes to help them love cheer just as much as she does. Because of all the different trends cheerleading is made up of it has led Jackson down the road of being an el...

Aug. 5, 1997 the world changed forever. In the town of Laredo, Texas a small child came into this world. That child would go on to be known as Eliseo Ceja. Eliseo loves to spend time at his ranch in Coahuila or at a local theatre attending poetry slams. Not only does Eliseo love communicating and expressing himself through Instagram, he also works for our University, handling all the crisis management. On top of handling all the the crisis work here, he also runs President Trauth's twitter account and writes up her emails to be sent out to the student body. He has two jobs, so he is always working. Back home he works for a radio station! When Eli isn't out there on his grind, he's usually at home with his Lab Tootise. He often says "You are the greatest dog in the world, and i don't want to get up and leave this bed."

Iris Gonzalez was born June 1st, 1997 in Laredo, TX. She is a 20-year-old junior at Texas State University majoring in Electronic Media. She is currently interning at KTSW, a campus radio station, where she is getting hands-on experience with producing on-air radio advertisements and writing segments for the station. She recently won a national award for a promotion she did for the  station. In her down time, she enjoys writing fiction and relaxing at home. After graduation, she would like to pursue a career in producing of some sort. She enjoys the idea of her thoughts and ideas coming to life. Look out world, Iris' productions are coming soon to a theatre near you!

22-year-old Madison Elliott is a Senior at Texas State University and will soon be entering the unknown world of life after college.   Coming into college, Madison wasn't exactly sure what she'd be doing in the future.  She started off with a major in Fashion Merchandising and moved to General Studies to see what else was out there. Through General Studies, Madison felt motivated to move further with her education and decided to choose Public Relations and Mass Communications as her major, keeping a minor in Fashion Merchandising.   Day to day, Madison enjoys DIY projects, Mexican food and her fur-baby Lulu!  Staying positive and in touch with her faith helps Madison get to where she wants to go.  "Everything happens for a reason" is her quote to live by.  She is currently an intern at Cypress Falls Event Center in Wimberley, Texas and gets to help plan and set up weddings.  Although working with couples can be difficult, Madison finds it rewa...

Nancy Gonzalez is a true Georgia peach due to the fact she was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. At the age of 18 years old, Nancy moved to the state where everything is bigger and better, Texas. She began her higher-level education by attending Austin Community College in Austin, Texas. Today, Nancy is an undergraduate student at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, studying mass communication and public relations. She is hoping to broaden her perspective on the world of mass media by seeing everything the industry has to offer. Nancy is currently seeking to find an internship that will give her hands-on experience working in the field of public relations. Currently, Nancy works as a make-up artist at MAC in San Antonio, Texas, at Rolling Oaks Mall. She aspires to continue her career in the beauty industry; however, she would like to become a product developer since the industry is constantly evolving and changing.  Along with her career aspir...