The 2022 spring semester ended last month and the KRTU staff would like to thank and congratulate the following interns who have recently graduated from Trinity University:
Mai Vo - producer of the daily on-air Jazz Calendars, and host of No Borders 2.0.
Anna Shockley - producer of the on-air Indie Overnight Calendars and host of Enigma.
Bela Propst - new music Indie Overnight programmer and on-air Indie Overnight host. Jack Powers - host of Smorgasbord heard every Wednesday at 10 p.m.
John Dunkerley - editor of past South Texas Jazz Project episodes for archiving.
KRTU would also like to congratulate current intern, Hannah Currie, recipient of the 2022 KRTU Outstanding Service Award. Her commitment to serving the KRTU staff and community is greatly appreciated. When asked about her experience as a KRTU student intern at Trinity University, Hannah shared the following:
“ I've been an intern for 3 years now, ever since my first semester at Trinity! When I got to Trinity and was applying for jobs, I came across KRTU as a listing. I remember hearing my brother, who is a Trinity Alumni class of 2010, talking highly about the radio station when I was a kid, so I figured I would apply (it also sounded super fun).
I'm majoring in Political Science and minoring in Education and Religion. I have learned SO many skills in my time as a KRTU intern. Beyond just the production side and the marketing side, I think that the interpersonal skills I've learned are without question the best that I have had the pleasure to learn. Even throughout Covid, there was just so much positive communication going on that the learning never stopped. I mean, of course learning how to develop donor relationships, produce radio content, and everything else has been fantastic, but the interpersonal skills I've learned will be with me no matter what I do in the future for a career.
Being recognized as KRTU's Outstanding Student Intern for 2022 meant the world to me, and I don't say that lightly. When I said in my last email blast that KRTU had become like a second home, I truly meant it. Any time I walk in there I know I'm going to be greeted by someone with a smile asking me about my day, what I'm up to in classes, and more. There are occasionally days that are truly rough, but when I walk into the KRTU offices, so many of the problems I'm thinking about just kind of fall away, because of how at home I feel around the staff. So to be recognized as Outstanding Student Intern was at first surprising, but it touched me so, so much to know that I wasn't the only one who was happy with the time I've spent at the station.
The thing that I want people to know about my KRTU student intern experience is that it is freaking amazing! You don't do it for a paycheck (although thank you for fueling my coffee addiction), you do it not just because you love the music and education that you get with KRTU, you do it because of the people. I promise you there is not a group of people out there at any radio station, communication department, non-profit, anything, who are going to care more about you, and I mean that.”