Bree Wanderscheid and Beau
Bree Wanderscheid was born in Texas and moved to Washington when she was little. She will graduate Washington State University in the Spring of 2018 with a Bachelor’s degree in Communication with an emphasis in Strategic Communication, she will also have a minor in Sport Management. Bree’s primary role on Team 6 is graphic design, video, and photography. As the graphic designer she has designed several things for the Bow Wow dog parenting dating app. One thing she has done was work in the computer program Canva to design a logo for the app. She has also worked in Adobe Spark to create several posts for social media and logos. Finally, Bree has helped her team design their website using a program called Weebly. Bree’s career aspiration for the short term is to graduate college in a year and find a job. She hopes to become a college golf coach at a division 1 university, more specifically in the Pac-12. For the long term, Bree hopes to have a steady job and be happy and close to her family. Bree brings several qualities to the table and to her team. Some of those qualities Bree has is hardworking, respect, and time management. She treats her teammates with respect and wants everybody to feel like their voice is heard. Bree is also hardworking; she does what needs to be done. Finally, Bree is also good at managing her time. She has been a student athlete at WSU for three years. Being a student athlete has taught her how to manage her school work while playing a sport. The advantage of working with her is she is very nice, easy to work with, and gets along with everybody. She makes sure that the assignments get done and she is very good at communicating with her team members. Bree has also made several contributions to the team. She has helped make the logo, come up with ideas about how the website should be designed, and helped make presentations about our app. Some special skills Bree brings to the table is a different perspective on different things. With our dog parent dating app, she knows what she likes about dogs so she can relate to other dog lovers. Another thing that Bree brings is a joyful personality. She is happy all the time which makes it easier to work with her in a group setting. Some attributes that makes her unique is her creative way of looking at different situations. She has a good eye for detail which will help make Bow Wow the dog parenting dating app a success. One quote that inspires her is from Maya Angelou. Bree like this quote because people do not remember what you said or did, they only remember how you treated them. It is one of Bree’s goals to treat other people with love and kindness.
“People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
“People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
Payton Brusse and Rosie
Payton Brusse, from Portland, Oregon, is majoring in strategic communication and minoring in business administration.
Payton’s primary role revolves around writing and editing content within the project. This semester, she is most excited about branching out of her typical writing comfort zone, and learning how to intertwine multimedia within her role. While Payton loves being creative, her forte revolves around writing; this semester gives her the ability to combine the two of these.
Payton’s long term goals revolve around her career pathway, and she aspires to find work within public relations. Whether it be working as an event coordinator, or working for a public relations firm. Payton wants to have a career that either involves traveling, or allows her to travel. Last summer Payton went to Europe for the first time, and has wanted to go back ever since. Visiting London, Amsterdam, and the islands or Greece, Payton came to the realization of how much is truly out there. She was bit by the travel bug, and hasn’t been able to sit still since.
While traveling is very important to Payton, she also knows how crucial it is to get back to your roots. One thing that Payton would love to at some point in her life, is settle down and open up a boutique in Portland, Oregon.
When Payton was in 6th grade, her family adopted Titan, a vizsla and pitbull mix, and their lives have not been the same since. Whenever heading back to school, Payton’s hardest goodbye is always undoubtedly the family dog. Last winter, another pooch was brought into Payton’s life when her oldest sister adopted Rosie. Rosie endured many challenges through puppyhood, making the two’s bond even stronger. Despite all odds, Rosie has grown up and is healthy and living her best life.
Payton brings a positive and uplifting attitude to the team, and always communicates with those around her. Payton has an extensive background with photoshop, which she can use as a creative outlet to communicate the team’s ideas. Payton is easy to work with, and always makes sure that the job gets done
“Wake up each day like it was on purpose”
Payton’s primary role revolves around writing and editing content within the project. This semester, she is most excited about branching out of her typical writing comfort zone, and learning how to intertwine multimedia within her role. While Payton loves being creative, her forte revolves around writing; this semester gives her the ability to combine the two of these.
Payton’s long term goals revolve around her career pathway, and she aspires to find work within public relations. Whether it be working as an event coordinator, or working for a public relations firm. Payton wants to have a career that either involves traveling, or allows her to travel. Last summer Payton went to Europe for the first time, and has wanted to go back ever since. Visiting London, Amsterdam, and the islands or Greece, Payton came to the realization of how much is truly out there. She was bit by the travel bug, and hasn’t been able to sit still since.
While traveling is very important to Payton, she also knows how crucial it is to get back to your roots. One thing that Payton would love to at some point in her life, is settle down and open up a boutique in Portland, Oregon.
When Payton was in 6th grade, her family adopted Titan, a vizsla and pitbull mix, and their lives have not been the same since. Whenever heading back to school, Payton’s hardest goodbye is always undoubtedly the family dog. Last winter, another pooch was brought into Payton’s life when her oldest sister adopted Rosie. Rosie endured many challenges through puppyhood, making the two’s bond even stronger. Despite all odds, Rosie has grown up and is healthy and living her best life.
Payton brings a positive and uplifting attitude to the team, and always communicates with those around her. Payton has an extensive background with photoshop, which she can use as a creative outlet to communicate the team’s ideas. Payton is easy to work with, and always makes sure that the job gets done
“Wake up each day like it was on purpose”
Kelly Cruz and Keira and Duke
Kelly Cruz, born and raised in a small town in Washington state.She has two bachelors degrees in Sport Management with a focus in communication and Strategic Communication with a focus in public relations. She also obtains a minor in Human Development and a Global Leadership certificate from Washington State University. She is heavily involved with the IP-International Center and is also involved with the Academic Success and Career Center on campus. Kelly is the User Experience Manager for BOW WOW: a dog parenting app. She collaborates with her teammates and creates content for the company and app. She is in charge of the web, social media, and analytics of the company. She is most excited about watching the user experience details of the company unfold and be a part of the companies growth through her teammates and herself hard work . Kelly plans to follow her dreams as a writer and travel around the world and learn about the vast amount of culture throughout the world. She loves learning about different cultures, languages, and cuisines and hopes that her writing will elaborate more on these topics. Kelly also plans to teach English abroad and have the chance to touch children’s lives in a positive way. She has a background in sports, marketing, and public relations. She is very comfortable in working in a fast paced environment and has experience in working with social media platforms. Kelly has contributed to the website, social media pages, and the overall start up of this company. Her knowledge with adobe programs, social media platforms, and experience in writing has helped the company grow and expand overall as well. From her experiences in life and work Kelly has become passionate of helping others. Kelly grew up with a couple of her family’s dogs and has always adored the furry family members. She also has two furry children of her own Duke (a pekingese/shitzu mix) and Keira (husky mix). She loves taking her two furry children, on road trips, hikes, and any type of outdoor adventures. At home she loves to cuddle with her pups in bed and take long warm naps with both of them. She believes that her pups truly show what unconditional love is and believes it is always important to involve them in her life decisions. Thus why she has become part of the BOW WOW team. She believes that those who have a puppy family member experience true love from their furry family members as well and understand the importance of having them in their life. Kelly believes BOW WOW is a company that will help dog parents meet other like minded individuals and will be willing to accept the furry friends in each others life. Kelly believes that it is important to not break your bond between your pups love and you just to conform to another love. She is excited to see BOW WOW come to life and support dog parents everywhere plus help humane societies throughout the communities with this new company.
“If it doesn't challenge you, it won’t change you.”- Author unknown
“If it doesn't challenge you, it won’t change you.”- Author unknown
Mackenzie Szerlog and Sara
Mackenzie Szerlog was born is Seattle, Washington, but grew up in Kingston the majority of her life, riding ferry's and sailing on the water. She graduated from Washington State University with a bachelors degree in Strategic Communications with a focus in advertising, as well as a minor in Hospitality Business Management. She is excited to pursue a career in the hospitality realm with the hotel giant, Marriott. Mackenzie's role within the BOW-WOW family as the project manager has helped her gain some leadership and team work skills, and she loves that her group works like a well oiled machine and because of this, there is very little to do manger-wise. BOW-WOW was a thought of by Mackenzie but was made into a functional app with exciting and popular events associated with it, by her amazing team. She is excited to experience a full behind the scenes look at marketing and advertising, and especially creating, a business. She's very excited for the opportunity to do so with such a great topic as BOW-WOW as well.
Mackenzie's long-term goal is to be a higher-up at a hotel and is starting on completing that goal by joining the management training program within the Marriott company. Fingers crossed. She has always loved customer service and hospitality in general since she was in middle school. Ever since her first job as a cashier at food bank. She continued working in food and beverage as a hostess and server in a few restaurants in her home town, as well as accepting an internship at the Pioneer Square Marriott Courtyard in Seattle. That's where she caught the hotel bug, and fell in love with Marriott the second day she worked there.
Mackenzie has been in many leadership roles in the past-and present. Currently, she is the vice-president of the National Society of Minorities in Hospitality, a prestigious hospitality club with chapters in many universities across the nation. She is also the most senior student manager at a cafe and market on campus. She always strives to work to and above the best of her abilities and to rise up the ranks, but not before really understanding the company she is working for in order to increase productivity effectively and efficiently, without disrupting anything. She makes sure to take in everyone opinions and comments into consideration in everything she does and tends to lead with a friendly and welcoming approach.
Mackenzie absolutely loves animals, especially her dog Sara who is her best friend and essentially a child to her. Mackenzie rescued her mutt about 9 years ago and cant imagine life without her. Mackenzie loves to advocate adopting instead of shopping when thinking about bringing a furry friend into the family, as these dogs need homes and they also usually end up being the most caring and loving dogs you can get. She encourages anyone thinking of adopting to look at their local animal shelters first, and to keep an open mind, you never know what kind of dog will walk into your life and change it forever! She is so excited to see where BOW-WOW will go and hopefully will meet a lot of four-legged and two-legged cuties along the way!
"Let your smile change the world, but don't let the world change your smile." -Unknown
Mackenzie's long-term goal is to be a higher-up at a hotel and is starting on completing that goal by joining the management training program within the Marriott company. Fingers crossed. She has always loved customer service and hospitality in general since she was in middle school. Ever since her first job as a cashier at food bank. She continued working in food and beverage as a hostess and server in a few restaurants in her home town, as well as accepting an internship at the Pioneer Square Marriott Courtyard in Seattle. That's where she caught the hotel bug, and fell in love with Marriott the second day she worked there.
Mackenzie has been in many leadership roles in the past-and present. Currently, she is the vice-president of the National Society of Minorities in Hospitality, a prestigious hospitality club with chapters in many universities across the nation. She is also the most senior student manager at a cafe and market on campus. She always strives to work to and above the best of her abilities and to rise up the ranks, but not before really understanding the company she is working for in order to increase productivity effectively and efficiently, without disrupting anything. She makes sure to take in everyone opinions and comments into consideration in everything she does and tends to lead with a friendly and welcoming approach.
Mackenzie absolutely loves animals, especially her dog Sara who is her best friend and essentially a child to her. Mackenzie rescued her mutt about 9 years ago and cant imagine life without her. Mackenzie loves to advocate adopting instead of shopping when thinking about bringing a furry friend into the family, as these dogs need homes and they also usually end up being the most caring and loving dogs you can get. She encourages anyone thinking of adopting to look at their local animal shelters first, and to keep an open mind, you never know what kind of dog will walk into your life and change it forever! She is so excited to see where BOW-WOW will go and hopefully will meet a lot of four-legged and two-legged cuties along the way!
"Let your smile change the world, but don't let the world change your smile." -Unknown
This is not a real company. This is a mock passion project website created for educational purposes as part of COMSTRAT 310 with instructor Chris Cooney at Washington State University. Please direct all questions or concerns to [email protected].
