By: Jolie Chene
When I first came to Central Michigan University, I didn't know what I wanted to major in. I tried out CMU's integrative public relations program starting with IPR 101. In this class, we had to do a project on our dream job.
When I got the assignment, I didn't have a dream job, so I researched different types of jobs within the PR field. I came across a LinkedIn ad for a social media manager for NASCAR.
I chose this as my dream job project because it had so many different attributes that interested me. I would be able to attend the races, travel with the team, take pictures and videos and promote the team on social media.
Before studying PR, I never thought running social media for a NASCAR team was possible. One of my favorite things about PR – as a major and a job – is the many different avenues you can explore within it.
I wanted to continue with PR after trying the class because I was very interested in everything about it. I felt like it was finally something that I enjoyed learning about and wanted to stick with.
The integrative public relations program at CMU teaches you many different subjects: journalism, broadcasting, multimedia, communications, advertising and business management. There’s a wide variety of classes to take and skills to learn within the major.
I fell in love with PR after I took the IPR 101 class and saw all the different skills I will come to learn. I want to go into PR because any job within the field would be a dream job.