Derek Rochelle

Date of graduation: May, 2005
Employer: Willamette University
Location: Salem, OR
Job Title: MA Student
Carolina Week Title: Reporter
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Carolina Week Testimonial: Carolina Week became my family for three years. It's a unique college program because it offers tangible real world work experience amid scan-tron testing and snoozing through lectures. CW taught me teamwork, reliability, attention to detail and encouraged creativity in my writing and presenting. Though I'm still new to the working world, I can already tell that CW taught me to excel among a team of dynamic personalities, which has come in handy as I now work with a team of 20. My career has already taken a different path from the bright-eyed reporter I thought I would become, but broadcast journalism is a major that rewards hard work with physical results. I still have my tapes to prove it!