By Matt Ulakovich
This first week of the semester, St. John Fisher’s newest communication students participated in an orientation session in which they were able to meet with returning students and advisers to learn about all the opportunities that await them in the newly re-named Media and Communication department.
The students and advisers at the orientation represent such career focused extracurricular groups as Cardinal Courier Media, Cardinal Television, PRIMA Connections, Fisher’s PRSSA chapter, and the Lambda Pi Eta communications honor society.
Greetings and Opportunities
While beginning a new journey may seem a bit overwhelming at first, students found the event to be a welcomed retreat. “The speed dating was great because it allowed me to see what Fisher had to offer in a more intimate setting,” Jillian Nalivyko says. “Just [meeting] with Comm. students, not with every single transfer and freshman made me choose some clubs that I didn’t think I would have been interested in.”
Nalivyko, of Rochester, transferred to Fisher as a second-semester sophomore who is interested in becoming a broadcast journalist and has already completed an internship at YNN Buffalo. “I’m really looking forward to trying the television station, as well as the newspaper and the honor society,” Nalivyko says.
Getting Involved/If You Missed It
While the orientation catered to the interests of Media and Communication students, ALL Fisher students are welcomed, encouraged, and often do become a part of the Media and Communication family. Students interested in joining one of the media and communication groups can stop by the Cardinal Media Tent at the Involvement Festival on Tuesday Sept. 17 to find out how to get involved.
Department of Media and Communication 