By Emily Neelon, Communication, Class of 2017 “I’m here to make you fail. If you can’t fail, or at least give it your best shot, I’m never coming here again.” Dan Wieden, CEO of Portland’s own integrative advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy, spoke at University of Portland last week about the value of failure. After his first employer fired him, Wieden’s late wife gave him … [Read more...] about Wieden+Kennedy wants you to fail
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On Containing Multitudes: Cassie Sheridan, Class of 2015
By Emily Neelon, Communication Studies, Class of 2017 Standing in an auditorium packed full of camera-armed parents and black-gown clad twenty-somethings, Cassie Sheridan threw her graduation cap up into the air, giving a nod to four years of working smart, playing hard and learning important lessons in unexpected ways. But as Cassie's cap, emblazoned with the words "I … [Read more...] about On Containing Multitudes: Cassie Sheridan, Class of 2015