Meet Meghan Mullaly '23
From Small Town to Big Possibilities
Four short years ago, Meghan Mullaly ’23 was just a small-town girl from Seward, Alaska graduating from high school and unsure of where her next steps would lead. The only thing she knew for sure was that she wanted to go to college.
Meghan’s cousin, living in Oregon at the time, was the first to tell her to check out Oregon colleges. Before Meghan knew it, her aunt had bought her a plane ticket to Oregon.
She wanted a smaller college since she’s from a small town, so she had plans to visit many liberal arts campuses. It was around Christmas time and Emc易倍体育 was the only school she visited with winter decorations up. Just that extra effort, Meghan said, may have been something that made Emc易倍体育 stand out in the pack.
After a high school soccer game, Meghan recalled, her principal asked if she had decided on a college yet. She said she was still unsure. He asked her a series of questions: which programs interested her the most, which school seemed to offer the most, which campus did she like best, etc.
“My answer to all of his questions just kept being Emc易倍体育, Emc易倍体育, Emc易倍体育,” Meghan remembered, “and he said, ‘Well, it looks like you know where you want to go!’”
That night, Meghan accepted her invitation from Emc易倍体育.
Once Meghan arrived as a student on the McMinnville campus, it was time to explore areas of study. She grew up doing creative things like drawing, painting and taking photos of the world around her. And she was learning graphic design towards the end of high school.
This, coupled with the fun art classes and engaging art professors at Emc易倍体育, led Meghan to choose a digital art major and a studio art minor.
Art wasn't her only interest.
Meghan took some introductory classes in journalism and media studies (JAMS). After completing a few courses, JAMS Professors Kevin Curry and Jennifer Rauch seemed to be impressed with Meghan’s work and suggested she consider a double major.
Without the faith of these two professors, she would have never realized her potential in the communications field.
“I did the ‘math’ and knew I could complete both majors for graduation. Plus, I was on track to be done with my digital art major by junior year, so I needed classes to fill my schedule,” said Meghan.
The double-major appreciates how all her professors at Emc易倍体育 have pushed her to d