ESU Upperclassmen Credit Co-Curricular Activities and Internships for their Success

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Briana Strunk and Cory Nidoh could never sit inside an office and work a 9-5 job.

Communication studies majors at ESU, Nidoh, a senior from Scranton, Pa., and Strunk, a junior from East Stroudsburg, Pa., might be the next faces people see while watching the evening news.

Strunk recently landed a position with WBRE following the completion of her internship with the station. While hiring a college student is something unprecedented at the station, she will work there while finishing her degree.

Nidoh recently accepted a job offer in Sanford, Maine. He will be working as the Director of Media Relations for the Sanford Mainers starting at the end of May, following his graduation from ESU. He currently works part-time as a sports writer for the Pocono Record.

Nidoh likes spending spends most of his time on a field or in a ball park.

“I am there from 9 a.m. to midnight sometimes,” he said. “I love being around the players and telling their story.”

Both students help tell the university’s story while working at WESS, ESU’s student-run radio station.

In their time at WESS, they both took the first step towards their careers.

“WESS is the hidden gem for people who want to pursue broadcasting,” Strunk said. “Being on air as a college student teaches you how to be confident in a way that you will not get anywhere else.”

Strunk currently serves as the news reporter for WESS. She has held a position on the college radio station for the past three years. Nidoh, WESS’s current station manager, has been involved with the station for close to four years.

“Without WESS, I would not be who I am today,” Nidoh said. “I would not have met the people I met and I would not have accomplished anything.”

Nidoh has spent most of his college career dedicated to time outside of the classroom. When he is not at WESS, Nidoh is a sports writer for The Stroud Courier, ESU’s student newspaper, and works as a contributing sports writer for the Pocono Record.

“One thing I learned in college is that experience gets you hired,” he said. “Through my internships and co-curricular activities, I learned and grew as a professional.”

For Strunk, the best part of work outside the classroom is the people you meet along the way. It’s ‘like a dream come true’ to find people who push you and believe in you, she says.

The two students admit that the most important thing to have, regardless of major, is dedication to your field.

They agree that students should always keep the future in mind and create the path that makes dreams a reality.