Amy Renner Hendricks, Allison Barlow Hess, Karin Hurst and Jaime Winston MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Remember R.L. Stine’s Give Yourself Goosebumps books that were popular with kids in the 1990s? You know, the ones that turned young readers into main characters, the ones that allowed kids to choose their own adventures? Some of the stories had over 20 possible endings, good and bad. “The great thing about the books was, if you didn’t like the ending, you went back and started over, you jumped to page 23 instead of 32,” said professional sales alumnus Shaun McBride BA ’12. “My life has kind of been like one big choose-your-own-adventure story.” Shaun, aka Shonduras, went from skateboard shop owner, to online jewelry seller, to sales representative, to social media guru, to a marketing and advertising honoree in Forbes’ list of 30 Under 30 (in other words, he skipped from page 23 to 32, went back to page 14, hopped to 35, then turned to page 60). “All of us have a story,” Shonduras said, “and we’re in charge of what it looks like.” How true. Take Jessica Schreifels Miller BS ’09, MPC ’13, for example. She moved straight through her story: bachelor’s degree, journalist, master’s degree, Pulitzer Prize. Joe McGill BS ’03, however, skipped back and forth: football, NFL dream, foot injury, derailed dream, accounting major, manager to the stars in L.A. Amanda King’s ’17 story sent her around the globe: Ogden, West Point, Afghanistan, Ogden. Over the next few pages, we’ll share the stories of 10 alumni. Each took a different path, at a different stage in life, but they all have two things in common: Their journeys started right here at Weber State University and today, they are …
Living the Dream