Senior Brooke Ready joined The Slate her sophomore year as the assistant public relations director, and she now serves as the public relations director.
Ready is a communication/journalism major with an emphasis in public relations and electronic media.
She spends her time volunteering for Phi Sigma Phi National Honor Society, which she has been a member of for three years.
“It is a wonderful organization to meet people from all kinds of majors and I have made so many long lasting friendships,” Ready said.
A Long Island, New York, native, Ready is used to being a short train ride away from New York City and surrounded by various stores and restaurants.
While considering potential colleges, Ready knew she wanted to attend college out of state where she did not know anyone. When she came across Shippensburg University, that is exactly what she got.
“Shippensburg is a completely different world,” Ready said. “I found Shippensburg and I have been in love with it ever since I stepped foot on the campus.”
In her free time, Ready enjoys listening to her favorite bands, Marianas Trench, Simple Plan and Hedley. Over the years, Ready has had the opportunity to meet these artists and watch them perform live in concert multiple times.
Ready also spends her time reading books and obsessing over animals.
“I am a huge book nerd. I love to read anything, anywhere,” Ready said.
If Ready was not a communication/journalism major, she would most definitely love to pursue a career involving animals. A lover of the orangutan, Ready wishes she could spend everyday at a zoo or an aquarium.
Whenever Ready is asked why she — a New Yorker — would ever want to come to a small town like Shippensburg, she is caught off guard by the question because she has grown to love Shippensburg.
In her hometown, everyone is constantly in a rush to go places and it is a much different environment than Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.
“Here, I walk to campus every morning and even if we are in the middle of a rain or snow storm, it’s so peaceful and beautiful,” Ready said.
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