Devon Francis

Wow so my summer has been CRAZY! mostly good crazy though!

The evening of July 4th I got a call from a family friend asking me to work at the camp her friend started this year. The second session was about to begin and the number of campers was going to double and they desperately needed another qualified counselor. I was really nervous about asking to take the two weeks off from my internship but the woman who asked me is an amazing friend who has always helped me in the last 11 years that I’ve known her so I had to try. As it turned out my boss was totally cool with it. So that Friday night at 10 pm I confirmed that I was going to sleep away camp in Maine. Sunday morning at 6am I was on the bus.

Camp MoveIt is an all girls camp with a big emphasis on performing arts and media. Seriously, it was exactly the camp I was looking for from the time I was 9 to 17. I’m not even kidding. A fashion designer came in and each girl designed her own outfit and then modeled it in a fashion show. A group also came in and helped the girls write and record their own songs and they were AMAZING!!!! It was so exciting! They ran a triathalon and we went white water rafting and lobster boating and did all this great stuff! I got to teach photography and editing. Of course there was more than a fair share of drama (50 girls, 1 camp, you get it) but all in all it was a very cool experience, not to mention the location was incredible.

Now I’m back in the city and having a ton of fun at work. Tuesday was my NINETEENTH BIRTHDAY!!!! and then wednesday, just an awesome coincidence, the Z100 sales managers took us on a suprise field trip to go GO KARTING!!!! oh man it was so fun! Of course its a rare occurence but we all had an amazing time.

I’m going to Boston for the weekend to see two of my best friends and i’m so happy and I can’t wait to get there!

I think I’ve sufficiently caught you up on my life for now but I’ll check in later so that you don’t feel totally bombarded. Have an amazing day!

The friends situation is so funny when it comes to Goucher. Within the first two weeks of being home some of my friends and I had already had two Goucher “reunions” and we talked a lot about how much we miss each other. Now that the summer has really taken off people are everywhere- different countries, working on secluded islands, working in cities, or too far away for a simple drive to visit and I really miss everyone. As someone recently made clear to me- you begin to find that Goucher breaks are too long and you crave the company of the people you met there. There is just something about the people that are drawn to Goucher- they’re open and friendly or exceptionally internationally aware or adventurous and fun and often a great combination of the above.

Now, not saying that my friends at home aren’t great, they are awesome and I’ve had an amazing summer so far. I had a fantastic weekend in NY where I hung out with a bunch of people and we celebrated my friend Mike’s birthday and just good times.

and speaking of birthdays- i turn 19 in less than a month now! which means nothing except that i’m getting older and that I will be able to buy cigarettes in NJ but that doesn’t really affect me anyway so three cheers for year 19! almost as useless as 20…

Have a fantastic day!! I’ll try to write again soon!

Hello!

I meant to begin writing this blog a while ago but things got pretty hectic when I got home so my apologies! But I’ll start now and try to make up for it!

Today was actually a super exciting day for me. I started my internship with this pop radio station in New York today and my timing was insanely lucky! The manager just got a new project over the weekend and I’m so excited because I get to see it through!- Do research, organize presentations, and eventually I will be trained to do pitches to clients!!! I’m SO excited!… which is a perfect lead in to why I love Goucher!

In case you haven’t realized from my radio internship- I am a declared Communications major. So far everything about the Comm department has completely surpassed my expectations of any college (and I certainly don’t have low standards). All of the professors I have had experiences with have been incredible. I had Nsenga Burton for Intro to Comm and she actually made it interesting in addition to bearable. I’m much better with the up-to-date, fast moving side of the media and really don’t like the history that much and she is all about ideologies and the controversies they create and race and gender and just good, modern stuff! Of course we learned all that we had to, but it was cool. (Also, freaking out for a presentation for her class led me to discover what appropriate business attire is- now I’m using that knowledge hardcore with the internship.) Next, for sure take a class with John Turner. He is so ridiculously intelligent but he rants a lot> once you look past the point that he may not be talking about a topic that interests you, you’ll find that it actually does. I learned so much in his Research Methods class. Also, Gayle Economos taught me so much about the business side of the media world and when I walked into my internship I realized how ridiculously relevant every single thing she said was- if you think you want to do sales or advertising or just anything regarding radio or tv i highly suggest Media Management and Content.

Anyway, I wrote enough for now! Hope it wasn’t too comm obsessed!