Business

In my Intro to PR class last week, we had a guest speaker, Heather Mason Bertini, with A Caspian Production. She graduated from Utah State, and had moved to the Bay area, specializing in event and project management with nonprofit organizations.  

One of the biggest things I got out of her lecture was how beneficial it is for PR people to have a background, no matter how slight, in business. She pointed out that most of the companies that PR people work for are out there to make money. That's business. After thinking about it, and talking to some other friends, I started to realize how having some sort of business training is valuable in any aspect of life! Money is passing from hand to hand in some aspect of life at any given time, and if one doesn't understand how it works, he or she could miss something. 

The other day, I decided I would love to study abroad. I looked into a bunch of the study abroad exchanges Utah State has, but a lot of them are business programs only. If I could make it work, though, I would love to go study business somewhere, and then come back and see if I could make a business minor work with my schedule. It never hurts to have a background in business!

I'm actually kind of excited about these plans. That would be pretty neat if they worked out. Studying abroad is just expensive. I don't like debt. Exploring more options will be on the calendar for the year...