Following our meeting with former advertising student McKenna Porter, ’18, at Viacom’s headquarters in Times Square, we had 15 minutes to hustle through the humid streets of Midtown before arriving to UPtv’s sales office on the corner of 40th Street… Read More »Lunch with UPtv’s Lisa Fischer
MTV was a wonderful learning experience from start to finish. I honestly could have spent the whole day there. The office was modern and open concept with lots of colorful accent art. The huge windows showcased a beautiful view of… Read More »MTV and NYC 101
Located in the heart of Times Square in New York City stands the largest American electronic stock exchange, NASDAQ. The tech-savvy company is known for selling data within their stock trading system. Unlike the New York Stock exchange where they… Read More »NASDAQ
It’s All About the Little Things in Rome When you first arrive in Rome, the beauty of the historic city will overtake you. No matter where you look, there is always something to marvel at and appreciate. Upon exploring the… Read More »Big Picture, Little Details
A big black van zooming, swerving and just barely dodging other cars was my first experience with Italian transportation. It didn’t take long for my shuttle ride from the airport to shed light on differences of the driving here. An… Read More »Bridging the Transportation Differences
Munich Bike Tour When we arrived to Munich I was extremely exhausted from traveling throughout the entire night. The last thing I wanted to do was ride around on a bike for 3 and a half hours, but I can… Read More »Munich Bike Tour
Paragliding in the Bavarian Alps Today we took an hour long train ride to the beautiful town of Lenggries, Germany. Lenggries is a picturesque area surrounded by the Bavarian Alps. After arriving in Lenggries, our group met with our paragliding… Read More »Paragliding in the Bavarian Alps
Today was our second day of our Maymester in Munich. The group decided to take a tour of the BMW Museum here and as a car/motorcycle enthusiast I was beyond excited. We got to walk around the museum and look… Read More »BMW World
Today the group visited the concentration camp memorial site in Dachau, Germany. It was a very interesting experience, filled with many mixed emotions. We are starting to figure our way around the public transportation system by now, which is something… Read More »Dachau Concentration Camp
On Friday morning, after an hour long train ride into the Alps, our group reached what seemed to look like the inside of a Cuckoo clock. Being in the
On our second day of the trip, we started our morning at FCB Health. For those who are unaware, FCB Health is a pharmaceutical advertisement agency. The modernized and trendy workspace is enough to impress, but their actual projects are… Read More »A scavenger hunt at FCB Health
After visiting the Fox News Corporation headquarters today in New York City, I have seen a completely new aspect of broadcast journalism that is much more than simply reporting the news and wiring articles. Our generous host, Kelly Maguire, an alumna of… Read More »Behind the scenes of Fox News Corporation
On our first day in New York City we toured The Wall Street Journal and it was unbelievably fantastic and informative. The Journal is located in the News Corp. building, which also houses other news organizations such as Fox News. Sarah Rabil, a recruiter… Read More »Touring the award-winning Wall Street Journal
The Last day at the SXSW was incredible! I am leaving Austin feeling inspired, educated, scared, empowered, overwhelmed, excited, thoughtful, motivated, exhausted, and fulfilled. I am feeling all of the emotions. The last day at SXSW was spent attending… Read More »Last Day
On our last day here, I felt it was only right to stop by the Trade Expo. And what a decision that was! I met amazing vendors and found even better career opportunities. Plus, I even ran into a USC… Read More »SXSW Day 5!
I guess I’m moving to Austin! Our tour today of IBM was refreshing and innovating. First, seeing a company as large as IBM manage to successfully implement frameworks such as Agile was breathtaking. It really shows that company-wide change is… Read More »SXSW Day 4!
Before coming to SXSW, I knew very little about blockchain…but have learned so much in the last few days! My Monday started with a session on the future of farming, from wearable technology on the animals to using blockchain to… Read More »Blockchain for farming?
Today’s theme was : “The New Frontier”. I sat in a lecture about Variable fonts what they are, and how they are transforming the web and digital media. This lecture spoke to my Graphic Designer nerdiness. Most consumers don’t notice… Read More »“The New Frontier”
The short answer is yes. In China, they’re implementing a social credit system where if you do what are considered bad things, i.e. smoking, or jaywalking, they will ban you from doing certain things. Also, robots already exist that are… Read More »SXSW 3/11: Is Black Mirror Coming True?
With another day comes more adventure! It looked like the day would be full of rain, but we were instead greeted with fantastic temperatures and a nice wind chill. This paired perfectly for a day filled with walking. I sat… Read More »SXSW Day 3
I’m posting a day late as I was prioritizing the CIC Instagram takeover. If you aren’t following, go check it out (@UofSC_CIC)! I began my day with a walk to the Hilton in Austin where I attended pitch sessions for… Read More »Blockchain, Opioids, and an Expo?