Chapters

• 0:00 Who is Maeve Campbell?
• 2:45 Deciding on what to major in when applying to college
• 4:25 Maeve's experience in the 3+1 Accelerated Dual Degree program
• 5:30 The Quinnipiac community
• 7:05 How Maeve got involved at Quinnipiac
• 9:11 What led to Maeve's interest in earning her MBA along with her Communications/ Media Studies degree
• 10:14 Becoming one of the managers of the Waking Giant Cafe, one of Quinnipiac's student-run businesses
• 11:38 Advice for students on deciding what to study in college

Transcript

Joel Vanner: Welcome to ”Who Are You?,” the Bobcats you know, the stories you don't. I'm your host Joel Vanner inside the Podcast studio at Quinnipiac University's School of Communications, and I'm joined today by my guest, Maeve Campbell, Maeve, welcome to the show. 
  
Maeve Campbell: Thank you for having me. 
  
Joel Vanner: So, Maeve, whether you've seen an episode or not, I ask my guest the same first question, and that is tell me. Who are you? 
  
Maeve Campbell: Oh, like you said, my name is Maeve Campbell. I'm from Plymouth Massachusetts, so about 2 hours from Quinnipiac. 
  
Joel Vanner: That's where the Rock is, right? 
  
Maeve Campbell: Yes, that's what I tell people. Normally, people when they say from Mass, they say Boston, but I have it easy, I think, because it's such a historic town, so glad you caught on to that. But I'm a third year. So my last year of the 3+1 communications program, communications and media studies is my undergrad, and then I'll be pursuing my MBA next year. 
  
Joel Vanner: Masters of Business Administration. We'll get into what plus one means and the combined programs in a minute. But I heard growing up, we're going to go back in time. I heard growing up you wanted to be a doctor and or a veterinarian. Tell me growing up, what were your passions and how did that lead you into media? What changed for you? 
  
Maeve Campbell: Yeah, So growing up, I had whenever anyone would ask me, like, the classic question, What do you want to be when you grew up? I was always wrote down on my paper, want to be a vet. And that stayed pretty constant throughout elementary school. And then it changed to more of just general health science, that sort of field. Then I started to explore more interest in middle school related to media. So, in fifth grade and then going on into middle school, I did my school's news program SuperSimple. We had our iPad, did little stories around. 
  
Joel Vanner: Were you on the screen? 
  
Maeve Campbell: On the screen, a mix of both, but I don't like being on the screen. I like being behind the scenes. But I always thought of it more as just just like a passion. Like, I never thought, Oh, I could do a job. Yeah, I never had people in my life. My parents are teachers. I never had that roles and figures in my life that did that sort of career. But I did my grandparents were doctors, so I thought maybe I wanted to do something more health science. And that stayed pretty constant, like I said, through middle school, and then into high school, that's when I did my school's engineering and biomedical program. So I thought maybe biomedical engineering, biomed, health science, that kind of and then it all kind of totally switched to 180. When senior year, I did my high school's news program called PNN and I just fell in love with the communications fields, and I knew I wanted to switch and pursue that. 
  
Joel Vanner: Senior year of high school sounds a little bit later to discover you want to have a change in what you're going to study in college. When you were looking at colleges, did you apply to Quinnipiac as a communication student, or were you still thinking at that time you were going to pursue doctor medical health science area? 
  
Maeve Campbell: Yeah, so senior year, I hit kind of like a crisis. I was so stressed out because I had these two I said I do love health science. I love nutrition. I love biomed. I thought in my mind for those early action applying for schools, I thought in my mind that I still wanted to pursue that path. So I applied early action to all my schools, looking for good programs for health science, just so I could then explore maybe I want to concentrate on something else. So I did apply to Quinnipiac. That was one of those schools that I applied health science. And then when it came to regular decision and that later decision in February when you could apply to schools at that point, I knew that I really wanted to switch. So I started looking into those schools that had good communications program, good journalism programs, that sort of thing. I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do in communications, but I knew that it was a creative field. There's a lot you can do with it, and that was my now passion. So when I was looking at Quinnipiac, I saw that they had a great communications program. And when I got accepted into health science, I asked them if I could switch, and they said they said I could, and they put me in the 3+1 program, saw the school toured it, and I knew that's where I wanted to go. 
  
Joel Vanner: So stuck with Quinnipiac came into our 3+1 dual degree program. Your undergraduate degree is in media studies. I also came to Quinnipiac for media studies. Tell me about the 3+1 program and what your experience in it has been so far. You're coming up at the end of your undergraduate degree. 
  
Maeve Campbell: Yeah, I've loved it so far. I don't think I realized coming into college how valuable and how impressive it is to get a degree in three years, I know there's a lot of schools that have a 4+1 program, things like that, but there's so much support given. It's an accelerated program, so you're taking classes in the J term, you're taking classes in the summer, but there's so much support from professors. So I found it very manageable, even with extra outside curriculars. And I've loved it, and I think it's great that they also with the 3+1 Communications program, you're allowed to venture off a little bit. I'm pursuing my MBA. I thought that maybe I was going to do sports journalism, maybe masters in PR, but you're able to kind of switch gears as well, which is nice. 
  
Joel Vanner: You mentioned the community aspect. I'm sure you've had some fun times with Dr Lisa Burns, Dr Kirsten Wesner, two faculty in our media studies program here at Quinnipiac. But you also were in the LLC, the living learning community. Tell our listeners what an LLC is, what they could expect there and why they should be interested in experiencing it. 
  
Maeve Campbell: So the LLCs at Quinnipiac they're offered freshman year, and you get to live with students with certain particular interests. So for me, I joined the LLC for the 3+1 Communications Program. So everyone living on my floor in my little section was also in the program. So they're familiar faces not only in your living situation, but also in the classroom. And then you also had advisors. So I had Professor Rosa Nieves and also Dr John Powers. There are two advisors. They were great. And it also is really helpful because for 3+1, any any field that you're in or any undergrad major that you're in, it can be really stressful to get into classes. Like, you have a timeline and you really need to stick with it. Because it's so accelerated. Yeah, so they offered support. Like, one of my favorite memories was, I think it was for spring registration. Professor Nieves and Powers, they came at 6:00 A.M. Got us all donuts, and they helped us with the registration period. And it's just like little things like that. It was a community. Living learning community, it was a good community. 
  
Joel Vanner: I had many early morning registrations. They don't get easier, so that is a tough time, but glad they were there to help you through it. You mentioned extracurriculars. You are heavily involved outside of academics here on campus. You're also very into sports, which was something you did growing up. Tell us about your sports interests and how you've been able to discover that passion here at Quinnipiac. 
  
Maeve Campbell: Growing up, I probably tested out every single sport, but I really stuck with hockey. I've been playing since I was in the second grade, and I've always loved to be on a team and just staying busy throughout elementary school, middle school, high school. I was always on three teams at a time, balancing from going to school to practice, and then games on the weekend. 
  
Joel Vanner: And sleep between all of that. 
  
Maeve Campbell: I've always been involved in extracurricular activities throughout that clubs in middle school, high school, and then now at Quinnipiac. but I'm lucky enough to still be able to play. Club field hockey in both and also club ice hockey at Quinnipiac still keeps me active. I love being on a team, love staying busy. 
  
Joel Vanner: And you helped found the women's club hockey team here at Quinnipiac. What was that experience like coming in, being able to establish something here at Quinnipiac that is clearly a passion area for you. 
  
Maeve Campbell: Yeah, it was really cool, especially during the time that it was being founded. Me and my two other friends, we were all freshmen. And so being a freshman and, like, finding your voice was so cool. We had so many meetings with clubs where faculty, just faculty, and advisors throughout Quinnipiac. And we were able to really just push and get the not only our voices, but the whole student voice to help found the team. Being a New England being a New England school, especially such a big hockey school, I always wondered, like when I came here, when I was applying here, why don't we have club hockey And then when I came here, I met so many girls who are like, Oh, yeah, I grew up playing hockey. Like, I've been playing since I was in second grade too. And I was able to rally with these two other girls, but also many others to help found the team. 
  
Joel Vanner: Takes a village takes an entrepreneurial spirit, right? Business, Masters of Business Administration, your plus one year here at Quinnipiac. What encouraged you to go for that plus one and get your MBA? What's the interest in business, too, alongside communications? 
  
Maeve Campbell: Yeah, so I've taken some classes in business throughout my time at Quinnipiac. One of my goals in life, future goals is to own my own business. 
  
Joel Vanner: What kind of business? 
  
Maeve Campbell: I would love to own my own juice bar. It's always been constant. Yeah. So, like, a healthy cafe. 
  
Joel Vanner: Like ShakeSmart in the Recwell Center. 
  
Maeve Campbell: Yeah, similar, I would say, with that, but also with food. But I've taken a couple elective courses in business, which I when I started at Quinnipiac, it was communications, and then I wanted to do minor in film, minor in marketing or advertising. And then when I took those entrepreneurship courses, a business courses, I kind of shift gears. And throughout clubs, activities, I've just found that I like more of the business side of communications. So that's what led me to wanting to pursue my MBA. 
  
Joel Vanner: So you were studying abroad in Sevia Spain, and you saw an opportunity to become the student manager of the Waking Giant Cafe, which is the new cafe with Starbucks option in the School of Business. I mentioned ShakeSmart in Recwell There's also On the Rocks Pub and Grill. What is unique about those three spaces that I just mentioned, and what role do you have in relation to those? 
  
Maeve Campbell: Yeah, so all those three spaces that you mentioned are all student run. So that means that they have two or more student managers helping run the operation. So all of us have advisors. We have support throughout Quinnipiac dining that help us run the space, help us with inventory, help us with scheduling, staffing, but they really give us the. 
  
Joel Vanner: the rains? 
  
Maeve Campbell: The rains. Yeah, yeah, missing that word, but the rains in support to help run those spaces. 
  
Joel Vanner: So you're kind of preparing for your juice bar with food that you're going to establish at some point by having this student managerial experience at Waking Giant Cafe. 
  
Maeve Campbell: Yeah, it's really cool. That's why I was drawn to it. I'm a hands on learner, and being able to learn things like staffing and scheduling, training in a hands on role is so great to me, even in working with the other student managers as well. 
  
Joel Vanner: Looking back on your time at Quinnipiac, you're super involved. You chose the 3+1 program, all of that academic experience, what advice would you give to someone who may be listening who maybe they also had that aha moment late in their senior year in high school. They're not quite sure whether to act on it. It's a huge decision that you have to make. What would you say to them that helped you think through those moments you were having? 
  
Maeve Campbell: Yeah, I would just say, try it out. The worst you can do is switch. The worst the worst that can happen is that you move on, maybe you're a little bit behind, totally fine. Everyone's on their own path. I had so many experiences also through Quinnipiac where I joined a club freshman year, and I didn't want to do it. But every experience I think is valuable. It helps you realize what you want to do, and it's all just part of your path. 
  
Joel Vanner: And there's over 100 student run clubs and organizations here. Give them a try, see if it's a fit, see if you like it, experiment, try those things out and see where it takes you, right? 
  
Maeve Campbell: Yeah. 
  
Joel Vanner: Well, Maeve, thank you so much for joining me on the show. It is great to hear your experience here at Quinnipiac so far and good luck in the rest of your studies.  
 
Maeve Campbell: Thank you so much.  
 
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