1. Purdue University Student Chapter
Association for Women in Communications
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~awc/
September 1, 2010
Upcoming Events
9/7 Call Out #2/ First
Chapter Meeting 6:30- Letter form the President
7:30pm Fellow AWC members,
9/8 Intern Queen Lauren I hope you all had a fabulous summer and I am glad to see you all
Berger 6:30pm CL50 back this semester for AWC. This is a very exciting year for AWC
and I want you all to be a part of it. We have so many exciting
events and wonderful guest speakers planned for the coming year.
9/21 Chapter Meeting 6:30-
7:30pm My main goal for this year is to reach out to professionals outside
of Purdue and have them speak at our meetings. This is something
I noticed as a trend with the communication organizations that I
wanted to change. I believe it’s essential to bring in professionals
10/5 Chapter Meeting 6:30-
that can teach you valuable skills to land a job or internship and
7:30pm
be able to network with them personally. This year we are
honored to co-sponsor the event Intern Queen, Lauren Berger. She
will be at Purdue September 8th. Lauren is a huge success in the
communications industry and is an entrepreneur beyond her
years, which we all can learn something from. Additionally, we
are welcoming Kelly Olin a professional career coach.
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Mission Statement
The Association for Women in Communications is a professional organization
that champions the advancement of women across all communications
disciplines by recognizing excellence, promoting leadership and positioning its
members at the forefront of the evolving communications era.

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Meet the Executive Board
President: Sarah Wartman Special Event Coordinator: Myriah DeBoer
Year: Senior Year: Junior
Major: Public Relations & Rhetorical Advocacy Major: Communications
Vice President: Valerie Petrey Multi-Media Director: Taylor Adams
Year: Senior Year: Sophomore
Major: Public Relations & Rhetorical Advocacy Major Public Relations & Rhetorical Advocacy
Treasurer: Nicole Kowalczyk Newsletter Editor: Lauren Hausermann
Year: Junior Year: Sophomore
Major: Public Relations & Rhetorical Advocacy Major: Mass Communications
Marketing Director: Julie Smith Secretary: Irene Wang
Year: Junior Year: Sophomore
Major: Public Relations & Rhetorical Advocacy Major: Mass Communications
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Intern Queen Lauren Berger
We have some very exciting events planned for AWC this year! Our
first event is Intern Queen Lauren Berger. Berger is CEO of
www.InternQueen.com and works with over 500 employers located
throughout the U.S. and Canada and reaches over 40,000 different
students, parents and employers each month. She has connected
hundreds of students with their dream internship by allowing them
to sign up for free internship listings on her website.
On September 8th Berger will speak to Purdue students about the
importance of securing and completing their dream internship during
college. She will also share her remarkable story about how she
earned the title Intern Queen.
Berger attended the University of Central Florida, where she
interned for 15 different top-notch companies across the country
including FOX, MTV, NBC and BWR Public Relations. She earned her degree in Organizational Business
Communications and upon graduation moved to California. Berger has been voted number five on Business
Week Magazine’s Young Entrepreneurs 25 under 25, writes a weekly advice column for The Washington Post
and has been featured in multiple news outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, E!
News and www.MarieClaire.com.
AWC is co-sponsoring this event with Liberal Arts Career Development, Liberal Arts Student Council, CCO,
Krannert School of Management, Health and Human Sciences Student Council and Consumer Sciences and
Retail Professional Development Council.
Letter from the President continued…
I met Kelly this summer while working for a website in Chicago. Kelly gave me such great advice on how to
market myself and stand out in interviews. I wanted her to pass along her great knowledge to all of our
members. Kelly is planning to join us on November 2nd.
Another goal of mine this year is to have interactive presentations at meetings and
get each of you involved so we can all get to know each other better. We do not
have guest speakers planned for every meeting. We have a couple meetings set up
where we will discuss our internship experiences, give helpful tips and hints and
share internship and job postings as they come.
A couple things I want to mention; I cannot stress enough the importance of
staying involved in our club and attend meetings and events. It’s more beneficial
to you when searching for jobs in the future to be able to explain what you have
done for an organization, rather than just paying the dues, placing it on your
resume and never attending a meeting. I have found much success by becoming
more involved and taking on many roles in AWC. I want you all to have the same
success and be able to stand out with all your experience and involvement. Our
exec has worked very hard to plan meetings that will be beneficial to you and your careers.
One last thing, please check out our new website at www.web.ics.purdue.edu/~awc. A lot of work was put
in designing it. We will be posting lots of information to keep you updated with the latest news from AWC.
I look forward to meeting everyone and having a great year!
Sincerely,
Sarah Wartman
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4. President Special Events Coordinator
Sarah Wartmann Myriah DeBoer
Vice President Multi-Media Director
Valerie Petrey Taylor Adams
Treasurer Newsletter Editor
Nicole Kowalczyk Lauren Hausermann
Marketing Director Secretary
Julie Smith Irene Wang
Purdue AWC, Beering, COM Office 2114
100 N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
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