Morningside Student Looks to Turn Passion Into Career
5 09 2012When you first lay eyes on Paige Potter, an average-height, smiley, blond Morningside College mass communications major, you might think that she’s headed into a future of writing or television journalism. However, Paige isn’t your normal female college student. She’s striving towards a career in football.
From the banner on her journalism blog to the t-shirts that she wears, it doesn’t take long to realize that Paige is a huge Green Bay Packers fan. She travels from her hometown of Laurens, Iowa to Wisconsin every year to see the Packers training camp and at least one game. Her love of football even brought her to watch the 2010 Super Bowl. Her dream job is working for the Packers’ public relations.
Everything she does drives her toward that dream job. She works tirelessly on her schoolwork, a necessity for anyone who is planning on cutting a whole year off her college education. Graduating early is a huge priority for Paige. “I don’t get a ton of help from financial aid, and it [graduating early] would really help me save money.” She is very active in MCTV filming and the Collegian Reporter. “I think that being in the Mass Comm. Department here kind of makes you test the waters in all different divisions of mass communications.” She believes that the Morningside mass comm. professors can set up students for a bright future, and hers lies with the Green Bay Packers.