After her professor, Bob Hurst, recommended she apply for a position working on his documentary, third-year film & media studies student Bailey Dickman found herself on location in Garden City, Kan. There, she and the rest of the film crew worked together to put a spotlight on the city and its diverse populace. Learn more about her hands-on experience working side-by-side with the College’s faculty.

Hometown: Tonganoxie, Kansas 

Major(s) / Minor(s): Communication Studies / Journalism 

Internship title and organization:  Social Media and PR intern for the Kansas City T-Bones 

What were your responsibilities during the internship? I was responsible for running the team Snapchat account, and I helped out with the other social media accounts. I was also responsible for helping out with promotions and really just assisting my boss in any way she needed. 

Hometown: Komárom, Hungary 

Major(s) / Minor(s): Major is Communication Studies, minors are French and Business. 

Hometown: Abilene, KS 

Major and Minor: Major: Biotechnology / Minor: Business 

Internship title and organization: Undergraduate Research Assistant, Institute for Bioengineering Research Dr. Candan Tamerler. 

What were your responsibilities during the internship? My responsibilities during the internship were to help my mentors with various projects, collect data, and present the data and scientific techniques during group lab meetings.

Preferred Name: Everyone calls me A-A-Ron, but Aaron works too!

Major(s) & Minor(s): I’m not going to lie, I’ve been jumping around in the Biology field quite a bit, but I’m currently majoring in microbiology pre-medicine.

Where are you from? And why did you choose to come to KU? 

I’m from El Paso, Texas originally, but as a child we moved quite a bit and settled in Newton, Kansas. My mother wanted me to stay in state and study Engineering. KU had all of those and the distance from home made it the best fit.

Hometown: Fairway, Ks 

Majors and minor: Psychology and Strategic Communications, Spanish (minor) 

Internship title and organization: volunteer, Van Go 

Hometown: Garden City, KS 

Major(s) / Minor(s): Political Science, pre-Law, and Business (minor) 

Internship title and organization: Government Transformation and Agency Partnership Intern, Partnership for Public Service. 

Internship title and organization: Chapters & Global Education Interns, People to People International, in Kansas City, Missouri 

Hometown: Platte City, MO 

Majors: Global and International Studies, Spanish minor 

Why did you choose your majors/minors? I have a passion for learning about the world around me and complex issues in global social justice. 

Internship title and organization: Press and Public Diplomacy for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations 

Hometown: St. Louis, MO Majors: Double majoring in Humanities (Peace and Conflict Studies) and Global and International Studies; double minoring in Business and French Internship title and organization: Global Chapters Intern at People to People International (PTPI) in Kansas City, Missouri

Hometown: Saint Joseph, MO Majors: Film and Media Studies Major, Business Minor, University Honors Program

Internship title and organization: Communications Intern for Alpha Tau Omega National Fraternity 

Hometown: Hebron, Nebraska

Majors: Environmental Studies major, Spanish minor

Internship title and organization: Summer intern for 'The Land Institute' in Salina, Kansas