BA in Communication Alumni

BA Communication Alumni in the Field

All alumni in the field features are interviewed and written by Trine communicaation students.  

Abby Wang, B.A. Communication, 2022
Student Leadership & Government Coordinator, Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN

Spring 2022 graduate, Abbey Wang recently secured a job at Purdue University in Fort Wayne as the Student Leadership and Student Government Association Coordinator. She works with students to direct leadership workshops, hires executive assistants, and attend meetings to help the director in advising with their daily tasks. Abbey explained her favorite component of her job is helping college students make the most out of their undergrad experience. She said, “I loved my college experience and had so many opportunities for growth, so helping students achieve what they want to achieve is really rewarding to me.” In the future, Abbey hopes to obtain her master's degree at Purdue Fort Wayne and continue her career in higher education. 

While at Trine, Abbey was the Vice President of Student Government and worked with Student Affairs for an internship. In those extracurricular activities, she developed many skills in event planning, public relations, and social media marketing, which have greatly benefited her in her current work position. Abbey noted one of her favorite memories at Trine was working for a local business known as Sisters Garden LLC. She stated, “This gave me a lot of experience in creating content for a client, and it was so fun to make marketing posts for social media.” 

Cooper Lee, BA Communication and English, 2022
Law student, Dayton School of Law, Dayton, OH

Cooper Lee is a recent graduate of Trine University who is currently pursuing a law degree at the University of Dayton School of Law. He decided to attend this school because he enjoyed the faculty, students, and culture during his visit. He chose to go into law because of his passion for being an advocate and affecting change when it comes to policies and public interest. He felt the Dayton School of Law works to create an inclusive and nationally competitive environment that he’s proud to be a part of now.

His ideal goal after finishing his degree is to work in a private environmental sector or government procedure. He has many interests in a variety of law programs and plans to graduate close to 2025.

When he looks back on his years at Trine, he is most grateful for all the literary work he learned such as interpreting texts and research. These skills have further helped him excel in his degree currently. He said his favorite classes at Trine were Literary Theory with Dr. Jeanette Goddard and Advanced Writing for the Media with Professor Andy Brown.

Some things that Cooper is passionate about outside of his career are sports and writing. He says, “I’ve always been passionate about writing, I've always loved it, and sports will always be a part of my life in some way.” Outside of writing and sports, in Cooper's free time he enjoys hanging out with his friends and taking a break from law for a little bit. Cooper was an amazing student while at Trine that made an impact in our school and Trine helped pave his path for his goals and dreams in his coming future. 

Meghan Schrader, B.A. Communication and English, 2022
Marketing & Communications Coordinator for the Third Party Risk Association, IA

Life has been moving at a fast pace since Meghan Schrader graduated in the spring of 2022. “I really thought life would slow down after college, but find myself woefully incorrect,” Schrader said. 

Shortly after graduation, Meghan was hired as the Marketing & Communications Coordinator for the Third Party Risk Association. Schrader had worked for the not-for-profit as an intern for roughly a year before being hired full time in June 2022. 

“I am responsible for all of the organization’s marketing, including managing our social media pages, editing and maintaining our websites, graphic design work, blog and press release writing, email marketing, Google and LinkedIn Ad creation and maintenance, video creation for our YouTube channel, among other things,” Meghan said. “At Trine, I learned marketing and public relations strategy, graphic design, video and audio editing, interpersonal relationship and general professional communication skills, all of which are relevant to my current role.”