C A R O L I N E B R I C K L E
Furman University | Communications Studies Major | World Traveler | Storyteller
May Your Hands Be Filled With Clay and Your Head Be Filled With Song
For my Visual Essay I wanted to encapsulate the beauty, creativity, and simplicity of wheel throwing. I chose to incorporate the use of music showing the progression of making a ceramic bowl. The artist who created this bowl made music an integral part of the wheel throwing process. it let her block out the rest of the world and only focus on the clay in her hands and the song in her head.
Podcast: The Lib and Brick Show
One of my passions is event planning and networking. For my podcast I wanted to dive into what campus life is like at Furman University during the COVID-19 pandemic and how organizations and community members are helping to create safe and fun events for the student body. My colleague, Libby Mulligan, and I, are both passionate about event planning and chose to interview our four special guests: Andersen Wade, Sam Dayton, Abby Mathai, and Anthony Herrera. We wanted to hear from the four individuals, who are involved in various campus event organizations, about how COVID-19 has impacted their plans for managing and planning events within the Furman Covid guidelines.
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The Paladin Privilege
I redesigned the workshop of "The Privilege Walk" to the "The Paladin Privilege" to the Furman community, to provide college students with an opportunity to understand the intricacies of privilege and to explore the ways that we enjoy privileges based on being members of the Furman Community. This exercise seeks to highlight the fact that everyone has SOME privilege, even as some people have more privilege than others. By illuminating our various privileges as individuals, we can recognize ways that we can use our privileges individually and collectively to work for social justice. The purpose is not to blame anyone for having more power or privilege or for receiving more help in achieving goals, but to have an opportunity to identify both obstacles and benefits experienced in our lives. Furman as a small, private institution, having a majority of its students coming from more affluent backgrounds
The Paladin Battalion
If you have discipline and drive … anything is possible. The Furman ROTC program is a great path to get you educationally, mentally, and physically prepared to become a second lieutenant in the US Army. These cadets have more commitment and responsibility than a majority of students on campus. I wanted to make my Individual Video about the Furman ROTC program because a majority of the Furman community does not know how grueling and strenuous it is to commit to be an ROTC cadet. I have some friends and classmates who are cadets, so I see on a regular basis the exhaustion they have, as well as the dedication they have for their country. However, I wanted to bring awareness to the workouts, the schedule, and dedication that every ROTC cadet obtains.
Kyra Cox Changes The Face of Golf
A young Afro-latina golfer challenging the perception of the game as a "white male sport" to a sport for all. Anything is possible when you put your mind to it. Kyra is a determined, disciplined, and driven, twenty-one-year-old Afro-Latina golfer, who set her mind on being a successful golfer at a young age. Kyra grew up in a small, predominantly white, suburban town of Westchester, New York, where she felt like an outsider in her own town.
Paladin Football Experience
Furman University implemented a new tailgate experience is to increase the hype around Furman Football. The reason behind this was to increase the attendance rates at the football games. Furman is surrounded by two football powerhouse universities, such as Clemson and USC, who are known for having a hype and spirited environment. Therefore, Furman wanted to try to create a lively environment similar and highly- spirited like Clemson and USC. Our goal is to make our target audience of the Furman Student body as well as the Greenville community want to go to football games and be a part of a spirited environment.