MC1313 - Fall 2018 (Tuesday)

Jocelyne De Leon, also known as Jo, is a 19-year-old sophomore from Houston, Texas, and is attending Texas State university. She is majoring in English with an emphasis in creative writing and is minoring in journalism. When Jo has free time, she loves to practice her creative writing skills with her blog, which she started up in the 7th grade. When Jo grows up, she wants to be a professor at the University of Houston and teach English and also wants to publish her own Ted talks. During this semester, Jo is working as a resident's assistant for the Falls and Sayers dorms and she says she loves her job because it is a great way to be involved with the Texas State community. Jo says that her goal for this semester is "to become a better writer, because I put too much fluffiness in my writing." Jo's advice for students this semester is "to work hard and maintain a good GPA, the hard work will be rewarding in the end." 

Carly Nelson is a kind lady whose favorite holiday is the Fourth of July, which describes her outgoing personality. She is from Dallas and has been in SM for the past two years attending Texas State University. Unfortunately, she was not able to bring her three cats, but says if she could choose one of the three to live with her it would be her cat Bird. Carly listens to anything but country and her favorite movie is “She’s the Man” starring Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum. Ms. Nelson is a die hard rangers fan that is looking forward to a great season next year as well as a great semester this year.

By Michael Clarke msc160130@txstate.edu Colin Young, 20, an electronic media student at Texas State University has continued to play French horn even as he attends college in San Marcos. Young of Spring, Texas began his sophomore year at Texas State this past Monday, Aug. 27. He said he is looking forward to "doing more classes that are in my major." In his spare time Young enjoys rock climbing and being a videographer. Young's mother attended Texas State University, a major contributing factor he said in deciding to attend college at Texas State. "San Marcos is a beautiful city," Young said. His favorite places to frequent are the San Marcos River and the pizza restaurant, Pie Society.

Jordan Hawkins is a 21-year-old Texas State student  from Dallas who is just trying to graduate . Jordan is a junior, public relations major and a fashion merchandising  minor.   In the future, h e wants to do strategic re-branding for major fashion labels and be involved with pop up shops and fashion week. If that doesn't work out, Hawkins wants to run public relations for EDM festivals ,  as that is his favorite music genre.   In Jordan’s spare time, he enjoys reading, raving, and hiking.  His favorite book is Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis who also happens to be his favorite author.     When asked why he chose Texas State, Hawkins said it was "because I really liked the location and I had always liked Texas State." 

Meet Michelle Perkins at Texas State University (TXST)! She is a 20-year-old who is originally from the Jersey Village area of Houston, Texas. Michelle said she enrolled in TXST fresh out of high school, which was her first choice of college to attend. She attended a field trip to TXST her sophomore year of high school and fell in love with the campus because of its "beauty and the nice people." Michelle is currently a junior and an advertising major with a minor in communication studies. She has no set dream job or career in mind for the future, but she is keeping her eyes open on what interests may come with the courses she has left in her degree.  Besides being a student at TXST, Michelle has great interest in music, gaming, bowling, and spending time with her dog JoJo. An interesting fact about Michelle is she bowled competitively for some time. In high school, she was the varsity captain of the Jersey Village High School bowling team for her last two years. Mich...

Michael Imo, 25-year-old electronic media major, from Houston was born in Abia state, Nigeria. Michael and his family continued living in Nigeria until he was nine. After nine Michael and his family migrated to the United States stopping first in Chicago, before planting permanent roots in Houston. He then chose to further his education at Texas State. When asked what influenced his decision to come to Texas state, Michael says that “the university was able to afford me opportunities that I knew would help further my passions”. One of his greatest passions is making pop music. When asked where he draws his influence from he states that folk music as well as trap-rap beats have heavily influenced his style lately. Michael also enjoys drawing anime and has been building a detailed portfolio in hopes of someday getting his art published. Upon graduation Michael dreams of pursuing one of his many passions by being able to perform on a much larger scale at award shows ...

Meet Mary Weinand, a 20-year-old Texas State student whose hobbies include playing Xbox, raves, singing, and playing with her cat, Remi. Weinand was born in Lino Lakes, Minnesota and currently lives in San Antonio. Weinand competed in choir competitions at Texas State and said it was the reason she fell in love with the school. "Texas State is one of the most beautiful campuses ever", Weinand said. "I don't know, it called me." Weinand's goal is to graduate, get a job right out of college, and work her way to her dream job as a social media coordinator for music festivals.

Osman Galo, better known as Jeremiah, is a 20-year-old Junior from Houston Texas. He is the oldest of four, two brothers and one sister. He is also a father to a nine-month-old daughter named Raelynn.  He came to Texas State straight from high school with the thoughts of wanting to be in a different place than everyone else. He wanted to meet new people and be in a different environment than ones found at the University of Texas or the University of Houston. Like some students, he even had family ties to Texas State. When he came to Texas State he had a cousin that was attending, and he even had an aunt that had graduated from there. He is majoring in public relations and advertising, with dreams of working for major local sports teams in Houston. With a backup plan of being a sports broadcaster.

Lilly Barrios was born in Houston, Texas, on July 7, 1997. She has two dogs, Sophie and Koojo, and one brother who is only one year older than she is and who currently goes to A&M. Barrios is also a digital media innovation major at Texas State University and is planning to graduate in the summer of 2019. She was inspired by her best friend to leave her parents' house and become a bobcat with the intent of going into nursing school. Yet, shortly after attending Texas State, Barrios decided that the nursing field wasn't for her, and chose to attend multiple mass communication and psychology classes before discovering her current major. Deciding to explore these classes led her to one in particular that made her pick her major, among many others. This class was the foundations of digital media with Dale Blasingame, who made her see that programming was more interesting than she thought. Barrios plans to move back to Houston after graduation, and apply for a career there....

Victoria Page was born in Houston, Texas, on April 21, 1997. Her home consists of her mom, 24-year-old sister, and cat Sophie. She is attending Texas State University as an Advertising major and plans on graduating in the fall of 2019. Before coming to Texas State she attended Blinn Community College. Texas A&M was her first pick but because they did not offer Advertising as a major she transferred as a result. Since high school, fashion has always sparked her interest but she didn't know what she wanted to do. With help from her best friend, she came to the realization that teaching was not what she wanted to do but instead to help out consumers. If she does not end up at a firm after graduation she plans on moving to Colorado with her boyfriend of one year. Page currently works at Luby's but aspires to work fashion week one day. "Every artist needs a stylist," said Page. The fashion and music industry is an area that she would love to explore.

Faith Fuentes is a 19-year-old female student at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. Born from Gloucester County, a small area on the east coast of Virginia, Faith enjoys spending time with family and watching Bob's Burgers on Hulu when back home. Faith's Aunt Lyanna, who graduated from Texas State University, mentioned the San Marcos and the University to Faith during her junior year of high school, prompting a college visit in the summer of 2016. During this time, Faith realized this was a place she could spend her college career at as she fell in love worth the campus. Prior to enrolling in the School of Digital Media Innovation with a minor in psychology and mass communication, Faith began her career at Texas State University pursuing a degree in interior design until making her switch in the fall of 2017. She plans on graduating in the spring 2020 where she hopes to begin a career in the web design field. If possible, Faith would love to remain in Texas, but...

Karey Scott is a Digital Media Innovation major at Texas State University. He is from South Houston, Texas, where he played football, baseball and basketball for La Porte High School. Scott is 26 years old and comes from a family of three sisters and two brothers. In his spare time, he is a social media and multimedia producer for the college radio station KTSW. Scott has a passion for film, visuals arts and hopes to pursue a career in this field or in the sports industry in production or behind the scenes. He took his first flight to Las Vegas, Nevada this past summer where he says "He left with less than he came with." Scott' s friend had a major influence for his passion of the visual arts, after his friend left her camera at his house he was able to get his first glimpse of the photography and videography world. 

Zach Lopez is a junior at Texas State University and is an Electronic Media major. He transferred from Lone Star College to Texas State University to continue his education. Lopez is 20 years old and is the only child. He is from Conroe, Texas, 40 miles north of Houston. He graduated from Ellison High School where he played trumpet for the band and played shortstop for the baseball team. In his spare time, he is an officer for Bobcat Build, where he leads a small team to help find homeowners who needs assistance with his/her house. Over the summer he learned how to swim and he interned for the Houston Astros as a social media assistant. Lopez ultimate career goal is to work as a sports analyst for ESPN. He gets his passion for electronic media from his move to Houston from Killeen after attending several sporting events in the area.

Giovanni Martinez is a senior at Texas State University pursuing a degree in Public Relations. He is currently working at a prosthetics center in San Antonio. Martinez was recently seen traveling in New York, New Orleans and New Mexico. He loved traveling to New Orleans the most because of the positive energy from all of the people as well as the exciting environment. Martinez has played many sports including; football, basketball and golf. However, he only still plays golf on his down time. Martinez enjoys to show support to his favorite basketball team, the Spurs. He actually named one of his dogs after a famous football player, Blitz, but his other dog is named after the chocolate, Godiva. Martinez is looking forward to graduating in the Spring!

Blake Bouffard is currently a senior at Texas State University. He is from Austin, Texas and is 22 years old. Prior to attending Texas State, he was majoring in business marketing, but changed his major to advertising following his arrival. He played baseball for two years at Galveston Junior Collage, and following that he played one more year at Abilene Christian University. Bouffard is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. This past summer, he participated in three separate camps that occurred in Abilene, Lubbock, College Station when he had the opportunity to combine ministry, work, and baseball together at all three. After graduation, he wants to work with an ad agency called GDSM that is located in Austin, Texas where he wants to pursue a job in account planning. Bouffard has a younger brother named Brooks, who is 11 years old, and an Australian Sheppard named Berkeley. For fun, he stated that, "I like to work out, play golf, watch football, and do photog...

Walker McLeod is a Frisco, Texas native who graduated from Centennial High School in 2013. During his time at Centennial, he was on the golf team. McLeod currently attends Texas State University where he plans to graduate from in May 2019 with a degree in public relations and a minor in business. He is an avid soccer fan who specifically follows the Premier League and roots for Manchester City. His favorite player Mbappe, hails from France and plays for Paris Saint-Germain F.C. McLeod is a contract salesman for various companies and makes commission off every sale he generates. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, working out, and floating the river. Upon graduation, McLeod aspires to find a career in the public relations field.

Kaycee Wiedman, from Chandler, Arizona is attending Texas State University in San Marcos. Although far from her home, Weidman has enrolled in her dream university in hopes of achieving a degree in public relations with a minor in business administration. The 20 year old Junior works full-time at a Red Lobster near campus while managing 18 credit hours at the university and attending her extra curricular events in the sorority Gamma Phi Beta. Her time-management skills are clearly visible when regarding the amount of commitment put into her daily life, as well as her ability to balance her academics with genuine enjoyment and time with family. The hard work that is being put in right now will contribute to her goal of one day becoming an event coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, who happen to be her favorite American football team. When not busy doing academics or extra-curricular, Weidman spends her time on the social media app, Twitter, where she explores current events, updates ...

Daisy was born in El Paso, Texas, and graduated from Eastwood High school in 2016. Currently she is working on getting her electronic media degree here at Texas State with a minor in Spanish. Daisy is really into sports, specifically baseball, and plans to use her degree to become a sports reporter. Her favorite baseball team is the Cubs and she aspires to cover their baseball team as a sports reporter. Currently she works for the University Star covering a lot of the different Texas State sports programs. Last semester she covered a lot of the golf and track tournaments. This past summer Daisy interned at her local news station KVIA ABC 7. There she shadowed sports reporters and gained a lot of knowledge on how the news station works. Her goal after college is to become a Spanish baseball sports reporter.

A.J. Arreguin was born in South Texas and has two dogs. He attended Texas State University and graduated with two bachelor's degree in public relations and Spanish.  Arreguin said that he is excited to be a part of the Texas State community. He is from Woodlands, Texas, a city in the Houston-area. A.J.'s dog is the most beautiful creature on this earth. "He is the most beautiful dog in the world," Arreguin said.