By Jacob Nelson Years before Alec Schulman decided to pursue a career in music, he was a high school student touring Florida as a saxophone player in a ska band. Between performing live at concerts throughout the state and then going to Northwestern to major in saxophone, Schulman was on his way to being a
Category: Student Profiles
By Jacob Nelson Mona Fu wants to modernize China’s fine arts market. The MSLCE student was inspired to apply to Northwestern after she worked for three years at a Beijing fine arts auction company. During that time, she realized that the auction industry in China is too traditional compared to the industry in the U.S.
By Claire Tuft I’m not from the Midwest, but I’ve lived here for almost half of my lifetime. I came here for my undergraduate degree and moved to Chicago post-college to be a part of the Second City’s rich theater scene. I’ve truly enjoyed living here, (after investing in a solid pair of winter boots
By Evyenia Constantine In true Midwest fashion, a late Spring snowstorm bid us goodbye as the MSLCE cohort embarked on its networking trek to Los Angeles, California. As we left the snowy arch of the Northwestern Campus in Evanston behind, we were soon greeted in LA with sunshine, palm trees, and the welcoming, smiling faces
By Kathryn Elizabeth Lawson Our students are hard at work securing their summer internships, but some students have also secured part-time internships during the winter and spring quarters as well. Case-in-point is Kaitlin Very, who earned her undergraduate degree from Northwestern in Music in 2011. Kaitlin is interning for Genesis at the Crossroads, a Chicago-based
By Jacob Nelson Danielle Pierre had a feeling she’d end up in graduate school, but even she was a bit surprised that the program she chose was the Masters in Science for Leadership in Creative Enterprises (MSLCE) program. After graduating from Northwestern with a psychology and communications sciences and disorders double major, Pierre decided to take a
By Jacob Nelson This is the fourth in a series of posts spotlighting new students in Northwestern’s Master of Science in Leadership for Creative Enterprises program. Ting Luan knew she wanted to learn graphic design before she even arrived at college. The recent Michigan State graduate grew up drawing, and was excited to hone
By Jacob Nelson This is the third in a series of posts spotlighting new students in Northwestern’s Master of Science in Leadership for Creative Enterprises program. For Ty Reggans, dancing is a form of communication as much as it is a passion – which makes sense, considering she’s been dancing for longer than she’s been
This is the second in a series of posts spotlighting new students in Northwestern’s Master of Science in Leadership for Creative Enterprises program. By Jacob NelsonFor the last few years, Kaitlin Very has taught music to an eager group of students: preschoolers.“You won’t get a more excited group of students than four-year-olds,” Very said. Since
This is the first in a series of posts spotlighting new students in Northwestern’s Master of Science in Leadership for Creative Enterprises program. By Jacob Nelson As an undergraduate, Zach Silva loved programming for WNUR, Northwestern’s student-run radio station. He enjoyed the opportunity his roles as programming director and news director gave him to learn