This semester I’m writing a long form narrative centered on
journalism graduates and what life after college is like. In my research, I
have talked to several writers who attended various colleges and universities. Regardless
of specific academic experiences, alum from UNH to Emerson all shared the same
advice with me. That is: get to know your professors and classmates because it
is those relationships that will carry you into a job in the real world. As one
of the smaller majors on campus, we all see the same faces almost every day and
generally know what each other are interested in. However, ABC anchor Dan
Kloeffler told another one of my classes last week during a guest lecture that
it gets harder to stay in touch when everyone has full time jobs. It would help
if UNH created a database or some way for alum to keep in touch. It could be as
simple as keeping contact information and current place of employment up to
date. If connections really mean so much, a way for everyone to keep in touch
after graduation would be more than useful, especially to journalists. I know that looking someone up on Facebook, Google, or LinkdIn is always an option, but this idea is different because it would be specific to our university and would include everyone. When we're all off on our own paths, looking at the database could spark a remembrance of an old classmate that may otherwise have slipped our minds. After all, there are a few hundred of us. Relative to other majors, it's not many, but will you really remember every person in a few years?
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