{"id":292,"date":"2020-04-24T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T09:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/?p=292"},"modified":"2020-05-09T00:19:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T00:19:19","slug":"finding-comm-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commtracks.simmons.edu\/index.php\/2020\/04\/24\/finding-comm-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding COMM-unity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"292\" class=\"elementor elementor-292\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7c9cae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7c9cae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Finding COMM-unity <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1f72db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1f72db\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3263dec\" data-id=\"3263dec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ccdf84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ccdf84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By: Hope Lehnick <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c2fc5ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c2fc5ed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f2e008\" data-id=\"9f2e008\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88cd2a7 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88cd2a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2016, I had no idea what majoring in communications meant.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>I came into Simmons College as a political science major. A major that everyone can define because that was easy to digest for those helping me afford my education. It felt reliable. A major that could pair with anything and could carry on to graduate school if I choose that path.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my first semester, I felt disconnected. I could not find myself within academics or residence life. I turned to student organizations to supplement the community I was lacking. I joined Class Council, the Campus Activities Board, and Simmons Radio: The Shark.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I remember walking up to the radio table at the Connections Carnival and talking to the members of the station for at least 20 minutes. I thought these could be my people. An escape from my trajectory of perpetual academia. My first training introduced me to the Communications Department. Settled on the third floor of Lefavour, every office door inviting and centered around the lab, where most comm students spent their time outside of class. It felt like a community.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I decided to take my first Public Relations class in the spring semester and declared my major in public relations and marketing communications by May. I felt like I found a major that would teach me versatile career skills I could take anywhere, but the icing on the cake was the community I found in Lefavour. I always knew where to go to find friends new and old.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea of becoming a university started popping up in my sophomore year. Gossip spread that the Communications Department would be moving and before my eyes, my safe space at Simmons was crumbling. The community I built wouldn\u2019t be the same. The worst part? I wouldn\u2019t be there for the change.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of sophomore year, when plans were finished for the Communications Department\u2019s transition, mine were too. I was accepted into the Disney College Program&#8211; a six-month program at the Walt Disney World Resort where students can live, learn and work within the parks. I had dreamt of this opportunity since I was 11 years old. I left Simmons behind for a semester to embark on my dream.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I came back to Simmons, it was a completely different place. We moved from college to university status.\u00a0 The office I once worked in became the new Communications Department and my office lives across from my former hangout.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I could not bring myself to enter the new department once I returned to Simmons. I did not understand how I could be so lost in a place that was built for me. I felt disassociated from the community I found myself in and missed the learning curve everyone went through the semester before. I was on the outside again.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gradually, my classes started forcing me into the new space. I began to hang out in the lounge, but it felt like I was missing the nostalgia I had created for the third floor of Lefavour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I procrastinated on completing the graphic design requirement for public relations majors. As a student currently taking the class, I realized the nostalgia I was missing lived in the new CommLab. I had no reason to visit the lab upon my return; I never knew that\u2019s where the feeling of the old department lived.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite moving from familiarity to a space designed for us, the spirit of the Communications Department remains the same. I owe the department the connections I made with the alumnae network, the support I have found in my professors, and the security I feel graduating from this program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020, I know majoring communications means I always have a home at Simmons University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61a2c54 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"61a2c54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section 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