Creating A Brand
In the Fall of 2018, I had decided to rush the Iota Mu chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity at Mizzou, which helped me advance my network and skills as their Public Relations Chair. I spent the next year creating their Instagram page (gaining over 400 followers in my term), updating our chapter website with newer images and information, and promoted recruitment efforts and other useful announcements across our social platforms.
My journey in Public Relations continued as I was elected to be Vice President of Public Relations for the Mizzou Interfraternity Council (IFC). Myself and some of Mizzou’s best leaders sought to change the IFC community for the better. From going to the Association of Fraternal Leadership & Values (AFLV) conference in Indianapolis, promoting our summer Formal Recruitment event where we registered over 600 potential new members, and assisting in any marketing needs for the community, my time in this role defines what I can do best for your organization.
After I graduated from college, I moved back to St. Louis and helped start a small business with a friend from high school. Casey Teson and I started a basketball skills academy for players from 4th grade to college where we trained over 100 kids over the summer of 2022. Some of my responsibilities included shooting photos and video for social media and the website I created (www.tesonbasketball.com) as well as create graphics for upcoming events, organize scheduling and registration, and even assisting during the training sessions.
In addition to that, I spent a year as a contracted employee for Anheuser-Busch InBev as a Merchandising Specialist for the Merchandising Design Center (MDC) and a Data Migration Specialist for the CapacityEx team.
The girl in the middle's name is Cassidy Rae Lubbering. She is Theta Chi Mizzou's miracle child and has been the backbone to us building a stronger brotherhood through helping her and the Lubbering family.
One of the best experiences we have with Cassidy Rae, or "C-Rae", is participating in MizzouThon, a 13-hour dance marathon event where we raise money for kids in need like her.
While acting as Theta Chi's PR chair, I shot photos during our sports competition for Greek Week 2019 with Zeta Tau Alpha sorority.
After my time as Theta Chi's public relations chair, I advanced my experience as I was elected to be a part of the 2020 Mizzou Interfraternity Council as their Vice President of Public Relations.
Myself and the IFC board members, other leaders in the Mizzou Greek Life community and our advisors got to connect with other leaders from schools across the country at the Association of Fraternal Leadership & Values (AFLV) conference in Indianapolis.
At the end of the 2019 spring semester, we celebrated our chapter's accomplishments at our annual banquet, which included raising over $11,000 for our national philanthropy, the United Service Organizations (USO).
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Columbia Missourian - Lacking Healthcare in a Pandemic
Vox Magazine - Elephant Foot (Vox Fest)
Vox Magazine - Melancholia (Vox Fest)
Vox Magazine - Post Sex Nachos (Vox Fest)
Vox Magazine - Vox staff tries pasta puttanesca
Playing In A Pandemic - KOMU Over The Top Series
During my semester in Convergence Editing and Producing, three other journalists and I took on a three-part series about local athletics’ struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic. All three installments were available on KOMU’s app on Roku TV™, Apple TV™ and Amazon Fire TV™. I was primarily in charge of sourcing for the series as well as the writing for both the first and third installment, while we were in charge of editing the second by other Convergence reporters.
Playing In A Pandemic Part I: Battle High School Football
Playing In A Pandemic Part II: Father Tolton, Rock Bridge and Mizzou Softball
Playing In A Pandemic Part III: Lebanon and Battle High School Girls Wrestling