Summer Edition
Editorial Staff Profiles, Part 2With this semester coming to a close, we thought to share profiles on our editorial teams. Meet the Driftwood staff!Jasmine Puls: Editor, Social Media Intern, Health and Safety Chair for UWGB, SGA
Jasmine Puls might have joined the Driftwood team a bit later into the semester, but she has enjoyed every moment she’s been in it. She gives the class and its teacher a ten out of ten, but Professor Rysavy isn’t the only professor whom she has praised. That honor goes to Professor Carr for being the best Communications teacher. They were so kind, patient, and understanding, even making Jasmine consider having her major be Communications. Currently, her major is in Psychology, and possibly thanks to Professor Carr’s guidance, she is minoring in Communications. Following college, she hopes to continue working with kids and teaching their future.Though, during her time in college, one of her funniest moments has been “borrowing” a cart from the Union and making a “roller coaster” in the maintenance tunnels. Her advice for students starting out in college though? Get out there! Join organizations, make friends, and talk to your teachers. Make this college experience your own. Jasmine has made many new friends that she loves, and she looks forward to making more. Visit her in the SGA room on the Green Bay campus!Ariel Rutten: Editor, Undefeated Foosball Champion of One Very Specific UWGB Table
What class allows you to write and submit a silly article about putting googly eyes on random objects? Practicum in Litarary Publishing, of course. The creative flexibility within the Driftwood is one of Ariel’s favorite parts about the class.The Practicum has been good practice for Ariel, for she is majoring in Writing and Applied Arts with an emphasis in editing and publishing. Ariel has had several fun experiences in college thus far, but one of her favorites has been going to get hot chocolate at the university’s coffee shop so often, they know her on sight now. Another fun moment she had was when it was raining one day, and she told her friends that “the boys got to go on a swim” while wearing shark slides. It cracked everyone up, and she never felt like more of a comedian at that moment.While it is not exactly a shout-out to a professor, Ariel once did a book project with Professor William Yazbec. It was a project about the world’s cringiest erotic romance novel—The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert—and after it, the professor bought the book. He is now reading the epic love story between a woman and a big dragon. What could go wrong?Andrew Wiegman: Editor, Music Lover, and Driftwood Enigma
Andrew wanted to preserve his mysterious aura, but check out his “Music” section of the Driftwood and past articles on the Driftwood blog to get a great feel for his writerly personality, as his pieces all boast his unique, signature voice and humor. Aidann Woodcock: Co-Editor-In-Chief, Star Wars Nerd, Half Brain-Fried,Other Half Knows Random Trivia
That’s me! It has been a great honor to take part in the Driftwood and the Northern Lights as a Co- Editor-in-Chief. It has been a blast to take part in this class, and I enjoyed writing for it every week. This is in due part because of the fantastic work of our professor, Tracy Fernandez Rysavy, who has been one of my favorite teachers. My favorite moments in class are when it has been completely silent for like ten minutes as we’re all focused on editing our writings, then out of nowhere, someone speaks and makes half of us jump.Currently, I’m going for a Writing and Applied Arts degree, and this class has really shown me what I could be looking forward to in the years to come! College has been quite the experience for me, for I’ve always been from a small town where everyone knows each other. It’s like a fresh start, but one of my favorite things to do on campus is to sit down and just read a book for pleasure. Those seats at Manitowoc are so comfortable.Though, one of the funniest moments I’ve had in college so far was when I was helping set up the Pride Center at the Manitowoc Campus. We were the group sent out to collect information, phablets, photographs, and small items to take back for inspiration for the new Pride Center. I went with two other students, and it was amazing to visit the main UWGB campus, but most of us came from the small-town culture. We were given a lot of colorful items to bring back, but we were shocked when we were given flavored “protection” to bring back. The look on the other two students’ faces was hysterical, but the experience was just incredible.