Lambda Pi Eta-Beta Sigma Chapter

Our next exec spotlight is our Vice President and Fundraising Chair, Annelise Puett!

Annelise is a senior majoring in organizational communication. She is interning for the St. Joseph Convention and Visitors Bureau as a communication intern.

She is involved in Sigma Sigma Sigma, Homecoming Committee, CommCats, National Honor Society of Leadership and Success, and is the social media chair for St. Jude Up 'Til Dawn.

After graduation she hopes to move to Kansas City and work somewhere in the social media or event planning field.

She says that Lambda Pi Eta has helped her realize that her hard work in school is paying off, and that networking and communication are vital to any success she plans to have.

Our next exec spotlight is our Secretary, Tara Garcia!

Tara is a senior majoring in public relations, and has interned for the Kansas City T-Bones as a marketing and promotions intern. She currently works as one of the communication assistants in the marketing and communication office at Northwest.

She is involved with Alpha Sigma Alpha, the Northwest Dance Company, Lead Green, CommCats, and the National Honor Society of Leadership and Success.

After graduation she plans to move back to Kansas City to find an internship that will lead to a full-time job.

Tara says Lambda Pi Eta has helped her grow as a communication major and has allowed her to network with others. She says her leadership skills have grown to help her career.

Our first exec spotlight is our President, Carina Harding!

Carina is a senior majoring in public relations and minoring in recreation. She has interned with Town Square Paola and New Horizon Ranch. She is involved with Alpha Sigma Alpha, the Northwest Dance Company, Order of Omega, CommCats, Cardinal Key Honor Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and is the executive director of the St. Jude Up 'Til Dawn Board.

After graduation in May, she hopes to be an event coordinator for a non-profit organization in the Kansas City area.

Carina says Lambda Pi Eta has allowed her to grow in her leadership skills and has aided her professional career at a young age.

Congratulations to our new members on being inducted tonight! We are so happy to have you!

LPH MEMBER OF THE WEEK:

Abbie Cook !!!

Last summer Abbie interned at Steel City Media, a company that works with 4 different radio stations in Kansas City. In this position, she was able to see how the promotions and communication side of a radio station works. She got to experience a mixture of behind the scenes, in-office work and being able to attend actual events they had put on.

Her favorite part was getting to work on planning one of the concerts sponsored by one of the radio stations. Abbie said it was a lot of work but a great experience seeing what details all go into making for a successful concert. After graduating, she would love to continue working in the music industry with promotions and event planning!

We are back from winter break and ready to get rolling with another LPH member of the week:

ELENA CZYZ!

Elena is a junior, PR major who interned with Make-A-Wish Nebraska last summer. Her title was Volunteer and Involvement intern, which included duties such as special event planning, communications, media relations and some graphic design. Two main events she had a large part in was the 2nd annual Wine Wishes and Whiskey and the annual Wish Family Party. These events had amazing attendance rates and helped raise over $53,000 and/or provided wishes for families in the area.

Elena Czyz ‘s favorite part of her job was bettering her communication skills while event planning through this non-profit intern position. Check out some of the pictures from those cool events!

The last LPH member of the week for the semester is the wonderful, Shelby Lloyd!!!

Shelby is a senior, PR major who interned with SSM Health at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville, Mo for the 2016 summer. She held the position of community relations intern and helped with the annual golf tournament that fundraised to help fund for 3D mammography equipment. Shelby’s main focus included the silent auction. She also helped with the Spring Gala at the hospital which fundraised for the new preschool being built.

Shelby has developed even more passion for event planning and fundraising through these internships and hopes to continue in these endeavors after graduation! We can’t wait to see where this route takes you, Shelby!!!!

ABBI GILSON: lambda pi eta member of the week!!!

Abbi is a senior organizational communication major and softball player. This summer she was given the position as Volunteer Relations intern for the Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation. This foundation is committed to raising money for improvements of the fairgrounds. Her duties included working on fundraising projects, scheduling volunteer workers, educating donors and designing merchandise. Along with the long hours and hard work with the other interns, she of course consumer plenty of corn dogs as well! She’s very thankful for the real world experience she gained from this internship. Abbi plans to get a job or continue her education after graduating in May. Thanks for sharing with us, Abbi Gilson !!!!

LPH MEMBER OF THE WEEK: Janae’ Wells !!!!

Janae’ is a senior sports media major. Throughout her time at Northwest she has been a part of a radio show called The Gravity on KZLX as well as worked as their social media director. The Gravity is an R&B and hip hop show that addresses hot topics in the world. Though these experiences, Janae’ was able to be this years radio host for the homecoming parade! So cool!! She was also able to meet and talk to the woman who started The Gravity here on campus. Although she doesn’t know exactly what she’ll be doing after graduation, she would enjoy continuing in the radio business or doing social media for sports.

Whatever you end up doing Janae’, lambda pi eta knows you’ll do great and we can’t wait to hear all about it!