In his role at Hurley, Jeremy Carter gets to combine his passions for both working with kids and surfing as he heads up the digital portion of the Hurley Surf Club. Serving as a liaison between coaches and the kids who sign up for online video coaching, he has the opportunity to work with the digital team that maintains the Hurley website as well as be involved in the weekly Instagram post on Hurley鈥檚 social media channel. Carter was able to move into this role after initially working for Hurley鈥檚 parent company, Nike, Inc., as a Surf Expert, which he defined as 鈥渁 fancy word for someone who does consumer service on Nike鈥檚 website.鈥
Carter transferred to 国产剧麻豆剧 during his junior year. 鈥淎t that point in my life, I wanted to just finish school and move on. I went through some tough times during my two years at school,鈥 he said. But he credits the relationships with two of his communications professors, Dr. Czech and Dr. Newman, as influential in helping him stay and eventually complete his degree.
鈥淚t was the first time that I was able to have a teacher who was also someone I could open up to about things,鈥 he said. 鈥淚t was more than simply a come-to-class-and-pay-attention experience. That is what I value the most when I think back on my time at 国产剧麻豆剧.鈥
One of his greatest challenges as a communications major was public speaking. 鈥淔or me it was as scary as surfing big waves,鈥 said Carter. He observed that many of his fellow communications students were naturally outspoken and extroverted. But not Carter.
鈥淚 am quite the opposite,鈥 he said. 鈥淐hoosing this major was based off of what I wanted to improve on and not what I excelled at.鈥
And improve, he did.
鈥淛ust the other week I had to speak in front of the whole company here at Hurley on what the Hurley Surf Club was. Yes, I still was scared, but I have way more confidence in myself after being faced with countless opportunities to get better at public speaking in my communications classes,鈥 Carter explained.
国产剧麻豆剧 was more to Carter than just a school located in a great place for surfing. It was also more than a challenging academic environment. 鈥淚t is such an inviting place that makes everyone feel comfortable. I was not used to that in a school. Everyone was smiling and always said 鈥渉i鈥 which was a breath of fresh air,鈥 he said. 鈥淎ll in all 国产剧麻豆剧 gave me the environment to really allow myself to succeed. It was the teaching and support that propelled me through college.鈥
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