![]() Since then, Jody’s had to deal with my frequent visits to her office both announced and spontaneous anywhere from 15 minutes of talking business to 45 minutes of listening to me clear my head. As soon as the director position was open junior year at SCTV I jumped on it, thanks to both Jody and then senior Nate Brown for giving me the position, despite having little involvement with the club initially. One of the first few days in the class, we learned the roles in a TV studio and when the role of director popped up she said I should run the tricaster (computer that controls cameras, pre-recorded video packages). I took her Broadcast Writing class sophomore year having never met her, and I had no clue it would change the course of my college career. I met Jody at an awkward time when I was first starting to question my passion for print and radio. The last and maybe most important person I owe thanks to is Professor Jody Santos. So, thank you Marty for politely persisting me into discovering a voice I never had and showing me there has always been a place for it. I’m notorious in the major as the “resident SC movie critic,” and have loved every entertainment article I’ve been able to do. Sophomore year the student previously doing movie reviews decided to stop, so I figured, “Uhhhh, I love movies, and I want to let people know what I think about them.” I asked if I could take over and the rest is pretty much history. Obviously, the man hasn’t lost his touch, because the polite persistence worked. Come write for the newspaper, don’t waste your talent!” Going back to my introduction, extracurricular anything was far from my radar, so I dodged every single attempt Marty would make at getting me to join. to Journalism classes and receiving paper after paper with notes along the lines of, “Connor, you’re an excellent writer. Like it was yesterday, I recall sitting in Weiser 007 in the basement during one of Marty’s Intro. Among other choice catch phrases like, “Seek the truth and report it,” he never fails to practice what he preaches to the young minds in Weiser Hall. “Polite persistence.” This is just one of the many journalistic bible phrases regularly used by Professor Marty Dobrow. ![]() Kyle started here four years ago when my Springfield career began, and I’ve appreciated everything he’s given to make my experience the best one possible. His door and mind have been open whenever I need it, and he’s always made my interests important with opportunities at his sports radio show as well as spreading my film/TV reviews to MassLive Entertainment. From that point on, my academics have been on point, and I’ve been able to go to Kyle for anything. I doubt I’ll ever forget sending him an email asking if it was all right to skip an assignment based on the grading system he used and just reading the first line of his response that said, “File this under something never to ask a professor again.” Instantly, I knew he was right as I fell back into my desk chair. The first person to wake me up on campus was my advisor, Professor Kyle Belanger. Although many of my achievements, fond memories and heavy participation on campus within the Humanities Department and the Communications/Sports Journalism major were executed by me, I have plenty of people to thank for helping me along on my journey.įreshman year was spent skipping classes just to have free time, despite having nothing to do with it, and doing the bare minimum to pass. I figured I’d wing it, dodge any and every extracurricular club and campus event I could, and fly through the four years to the finish line with a job dropped in my lap.įortunately, I learned the hard way freshman year that enjoying yourself and the people around yourself is no way to go about your last four years of schooling and freedom. I came to Alden Street unsure of myself and what I wanted to pursue as far as the media route was concerned. ![]() ![]() Springfield College has done more for me than I ever thought it would. ![]()
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