Student Spotlight
Caroline Cunningham
by: Caitlin Doyle PR student intern
Caroline Cunningham is a junior from Kennsaw, Ga., majoring in communication with a concentration in public relations.
Cunningham is a Roadrunner at MSU and is also involved in New Maroon Camp Exec, greek life, Dresses of Hope and the Bridgeway College Lead Team.
In the future, she would like to work in student affairs at a university or for a non-profit ministry. Cunningham was a youth intern at a church this summer where she got to work with social media and graphics. She also got to spend time with students.
Why communication?
I chose communication because of the vast career options post-grad. I know no matter what career I choose to go into, communication will prepare me well for it. Communication is vital to any career I could possibly choose.
Favorite class so far?
I am currently in PR Case Problems, and I love it!
Advice for incoming communication students?
Show up and build relationships with your professors! They want to know you, and they want to help you—you just have to let them.
Best advice you’ve received from a professor?
We all, professors and students, have 24 hours in a day. It is up to us to choose how to use them.
Favorite place on MSU’s campus?
Chapel Courtyard
Guilty pleasure show?
Criminal Minds
Favorite Starkville restaurant?
El Veracruz
Davis Wade Stadium or Dudy Noble Field?
Dudy Noble! I love both, but baseball has played such an important role in my life, and I just love the atmosphere.
Do you drink coffee? If so, what is your coffee order?
I am a sucker for a hot caramel macchiato when it is cold outside!