communicator

CORE 101 – Memories and the Good Life (Freshman Year, Fall 2021)
Summary: When I entered Wheaton as a freshman, I had a narrow vision of what a vocational calling was. I was of the belief that a vocation was what career path someone wants to pursue. Since writing this essay, I have learned much more about what a liberal arts education is, and how I have grown because of it. I knew I was passionate about theater, but I was only just beginning to put my thumb on my love of story, and theater as a communicative art.
Learning Outcome 7

COMM 271 – Theater Survey (Freshman Year, Fall 2021)
Summary: Theater was my gateway into communication, and in theater survey I was able to begin studying this in a tangible way. I learned about the factors that make up theater as not only an art form, but a form of communication. Theater is a mirror of the culture it was written in, and can be used to communicate truths about the world around us. Good theater should ask questions that make you think, and the audience should leave the theater different than when they entered it.
Learning Outcome 1

COMM 201 – Fundamentals of Oral Communication (Freshman Year, Spring 2022)
Summary: With this class, I began to actually recognize communication as a study point. This essay was when I began to delve in and understand communication as a field. In this specific essay, this was my first experience using a communicative perspective to critique something and I began to understand the communication concepts in a deeper way.
Learning Outcome 1

COMM 302 – Rhetorical Theory (Sophomore Year, Fall 2022)
Summary: This was a dialogue document where the assignment was to pretend I was meeting with communication scholars or important people (e.g., Saint Augustine). I used all of these perspectives to ask the question, can language ever be neutral? This was something that I realized when I started studying communication and in this essay, the conclusion I arrive at is that it is true that there is no “neutral” language and persuasion can be used for good and bad. For this reason, wise use of communication is key.
Learning Outcome 1

COMM 454 – Political Style Communication (Senior Year, Fall 2024)
Summary: This is the culmination of all of my communication studies over the course of my college career. This is essentially my perspective on the way that I will communicate, specifically in a leadership context. It also ties into my vocation as I discuss what has formed me at Wheaton, inclusive of communication classes, but also beyond.
Learning Outcome 2