Wow I can't believe it's almost Halloween. I have a lot of exciting updates...where to start?
C.I.A.O.~ The Italian Festival in the city was amazing. I always love going and I think it is one of our best events. It is very interesting promoting our group. The Facebook events have helped us see how many people are interested in coming ahead of time. We have had several successful events so far: San Genarro, The Italian Fest at Hofstra, and The Jones Beach Breast Cancer Walk. We had a ton of people at our meeting for pictures and discussing the events for this semester; serving pizza really does help. This weekend we are having a Halloween party at one of the member's house. Also, the public relations team for University Relations at Hofstra happened to come by our office while I was there. They are very interested in taking a picture of our club meeting to use in promotional material for the university. It's great press for us and Hofstra.
Internship~ To make a long story short, while I was at my internship meeting with my Professor, she got an email from M&G, one of the companies I was looking at for the spring. They said they wanted interns right now. I almost jokingly offered my Fridays thinking that no one would want an intern once a week, and they accepted. I scrambled to update my resume and write a cover letter. They asked me to come in for an interview, which was great because they are both Hofstra Alumni and really nice. Needless to say, I started working that Friday.
M&G~ Middleton and Gendron is a luxury travel/leisure public relations firm. They have a lot of great clients that I am really interested in. The two women who I'm mostly working for have accounts with mahogany Sun Casino, KSL Resorts and Spas, Stowe, Tucker's Point, just to name a few... So far I've been three times and each time I learn something new. I love their location, right on 5th ave in Manhattan. I love working in the city, and it is not nearly as scary or weird as I thought it would be. It feels like home. Their office is great, small enough where everyone including the founders know me, but big enough to have amazing clients. Every time I've done some typical intern stuff ie Copying, Organizing ect, but they also give me things I really need to learn. It was very interesting to make follow up calls to journalists all over the country. Also, I helped compile reports. Most recently, I picked pictures out to be placed in a magazine. Meanwhile, this is all been done when my two bosses have been crazy busy with Mohegan Sun's 10 anniversary week. They reassured me that after that week, aka this week, we would sit down and talk about what I'd like to do for the rest of the semester and assign me even more cool stuff. Overall, I am very pleased with this internship. It is the perfect first internship, and I hope to stay with them for credit this spring.
My public relations major classes have been going very well. Lots of midterms due next week though. Also, I re-joined PRSSA this year. I will continue to update about my internship experiences when I'm not busy.
