Dean's Student Circle

Dean’s Student Circlebrackman2020-01-06T21:23:49-05:00

What is Dean’s Student Circle?

The Dean’s Student Circle is a group of leaders dedicated to helping current and prospective students of the School of Communication. These leaders are seen as outgoing, courteous and diverse by the University of Miami community.

Members of DSC gain a number of benefits. The leadership experience shines on resumes, which works hand-in-hand with the networking opportunities afforded by the Student Circle program.

How to Join

Send your complete application to vxo46@miami.edu. Complete applications include a resume, a letter of recommendation, and at least a 3.0 GPA in both the SoC and UM. Selected students will be asked to participate in a short interview.

All applicants must be in good standing and students in the School of Communication.

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Responsibilities

New student transfer orientation activities (at the beginning of each semester)
Special Events (including, but not limited to: Open House, Family Weekend, Communication Week, guest speakers, panels, etc.)
Participate in outreach and recruitment
Giving a tour once a week or once every other week based on the student’s schedule/availability
Help the Admissions, Academic and Alumni Office during advising times
Assist in phone campaigns
Mentoring of Freshmen
Peer Counseling
Help students as they look for internships or jobs, promote events

Current Members

Sarah Topf

Hometown: Miami, Florida

Major: Motion Pictures and Spanish

Minors: Ecosystem Science and Policy

Favorite Internship: I’m about to start my first internship this summer at Sun Sentinel’s video production department

Extracurricular Activities: Filmmaking, animal rescue, and martial arts

Favorite Quote: “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart” – Roy T. Bennett

Kailah Anderson

Hometown: Chesapeake, Virginia

Major: Advertising

Minors: Marketing

Extracurricular Activities: Orientation Fellow, model coordinator, and cane for a day host

Favorite Quote: “If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.” – Beyoncé

Emma Finn

Hometown: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Major: Creative Advertising and Psychology

Minors: Creative Advertising and Psychology

Favorite Internship: Communications Intern at Axalta Coating Systems

Extracurricular Activities: Chi Omega sorority, Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity, American Marketing Association

Favorite Quote: “In baseball and in business there are 3 types of people. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened.” – Anonymous

Esther Animalu

Hometown: Queens, New York

Major: Communication Honors-Broadcast Journalism and Political Science

Minors: Media Management and International Studies

Favorite Internship: Oath Inc. (Formerly known as AOL Inc.)

Extracurricular Activities: The Miami Hurricane, National Association of Black Journalists, Society for Professional Journalists, Model United Nations, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, TEDxUmiami, African Students Union, Empowered Youth, G.O.O.D (Girls of Outreach and Diversity)

Favorite Quote: “Journalism can never be silent: That is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.” – Henry Anatole Grunwald