March 29, 2021 Campus Voices | News | Collegiate Health | MSU Texas Women | Feature | Sports | Review 8
Celebrating MSU Tex
IN H O N O R O F W O M E N’S H I S T OR Y M ONT H, T HE WI C HI T A
ANGIE REAY
Director of the Bruce and Graciela Redwine Wellness Center Receiving an athletic scholarship playing basketball for MSU Texas, Reay graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies, earned her master’s in education and is now pursuing her EdD in educational leadership. At MSU for over a decade, Reay has worn many hats. Currently, she is: Camps and Conference Coordinator, Cheerleading Administrator, CPR/AED/First Aid Instructor, Adjunct Instructor: West College Education and Reay’s office oversees the Youth Protection Program; as well as serving as the Staff Senate ViceChair, Budget Oversight Committee, Return to Campus Task Force, Employee Health and Wellness Committee-Chair, Title IX Investigator and Centennial Steering Committee. Hesitant but confident in applying for the position, Reay was named Director of the Bruce and Graciela
Redwine Student Wellness Center in April 2017. “I think one of the things that worked to my advantage was my dedication and work ethic before this job,” Reay said. Reay’s advice for young women is to become experts in whatever it is they are trying to pursue and to showcase a strong work ethic. She also said having support from her husband, children and friends were helpful in her journey. “Know your field. Be very knowledgeable in the area you’re trying to pursue. We all like things, but you need to be very knowledgeable. Regardless of your gender or ethnicity, [succeeding] takes a lot of work. It takes doing a lot of things you might not want to do. Discipline is another thing; you have to be disciplined enough to come to work and be successful,” Reay said.
EUNJI CHO
Assistant professor of mass communication Cho studied advertising at Seoul Women’s University. She was Vice President of a studentoriented agency and through the organization, she would enter national advertising competitions. In her senior, year after she gave a presentation for an advertising competition the advertising agency Ogilvy offered her an internship that turned into a job as an account executive. “Ogilvy is a global agency, headquarter is in new york. We communicated with all people in the world...My main client was Nike,” Cho said. “Airmax 360 was released in 2005, we had to make the same theme...same campaign but different countries develop different ideas.” After four years Cho went on to pursue post-graduate education. Cho received her master’s in advertising from UT Austin and earned her Ph.D. from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison and chose to pursue a career in acadamia. “If I go to academia, that is totally different story. I can still study, doing research about advertising and I can meet students to develop advertising campaigns. I can do more in the universities,” Cho said. Cho began working at MSU Texas in the fall of 2019. She was confident in this decision because she enjoys her teaching and can do research. Cho researches advertising with children and how they process it. She advises students to talk about their interests and make connections with professors. “Try to think about what you want to do and also talk with your professors. Discuss your career. It really helps,” Cho said.
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Shipley received her bachelor’s in German and English and pursued her master’s and Ph.D. in German. “I got my master’s in five years, had a Fullbright [scholarship] to Germany and then went to UT [University of Texas] for my doctorate in German,” Shipley said. Shipley began her college teaching career at 30-years-old at the Univerity of Cincinnati. She was one of 20 women nominated to be a part of the American Council on Education fellowship, a national leadership program for women who aspire to be university presidents. Before arriving at MSU Texas in August of 2015, Shipley was President of Sheppard University in West Virginia for eight years. She chalks her successes up to looking at herself beyond how society views women. “We’re perfectly comfort-
