Published on March 27, 2018, at 8:44 p.m. by Erica Cooke. We know about the women who came before us, the adversity they faced and the miles they marched. We remember the steps they took, the conversations about 77 cents on the dollar and the
Published on May 1, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. by Erica Cooke. Mentor. We hear variations of that word all the time: mentor, mentee, mentorship, mentoring, etc. But how does it all begin? It seems kind of odd to go up to someone you admire, but
Published on April 26, 2017, at 1:24 p.m. by Erica Cooke. Seattle, the land of coffee and rain. It took a four-hour car ride from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to a plane ride from Atlanta to O’Hare airport in Chicago, a five-hour delay, then a four-hour flight
Published on April 3, 2017, at 8:20 a.m. by Erica Cooke. They are the giants who came before us. They are the ones we read about in books and hear about in our Principles of PR class — the ones who set the groundwork for
Published on March 23, 2017, at 5:37 p.m. by Erica Cooke. It started off in 1982 as just a quilted paisley pattern, folded and tucked into different shapes that would eventually transform into a bag. More than 30 years later, that quilted carryall has turned
Published on February 27, 2017, at 8:20 a.m. by Erica Cooke. “Wait … first let me take a selfie.” This is a phrase that a majority of Generation X or baby boomers associate with the millennial generation. The common stigma against millennials is “They’re lazy.
Published on February 17, 2017 at 4:53 p.m. by Erica Cooke. We all go through it at one time or another. There’s always that one week when you are flooded with three tests, a paper, a class presentation and it’s the deadline to apply to that dream
