Student Profile: Ashley O’Neill

Ashley O’Neill gets involved beyond the Quinnipiac Community

While one of Quinnipiac’s missions is to mold their students into valued members of the local community, sophomore Ashley O’Neill got a head start on her service.

O’Neill is involved in the Honors Program, the sorority Phi Sigma Sigma, and served as a peer catalyst for QU 101, Quinnipiac’s seminar class that focuses heavy on the idea of community. However, getting involved is nothing new to O’Neill.

During the summer, O’Neill also works for Camp Nokomis in Laconia, N.H., where she teaches sailing and kayaking to little kids.

“The people there are amazing and probably the most genuine, down to earth and caring people,” says O’Neill. “It’s one of my greatest experiences and fortunate jobs to have.”

She believes the lessons she’s learned over the seven years at the camp have applied to success in team building and business at Quinnipiac.

“In the business school we are constantly doing business projects, and it helps having team skills and being able to work and create a strong and well communicative group,” says O’Neill.

O’Neill plans to utilize those skills en route to a future career in management.

Student Profile: Meghan Prevost

As a sophomore in the ELMPA program, Meghan Prevost has found a new love for hockey.

Meghan Prevost is a sophomore at Quinnipiac who has fallen in love recently with a sport not commonly associated with elegance, grace, or simplicity.

A member of the Entry Level Masters Physician Assistant (ELMPA) Program, Prevost has found love in the TD Bank Sports Center, and its name is Hockey. ELMPA’s mission is to prepare physician assistants to work with physicians and other members of the health care team, and she admires the similarities that program has with hockey.

“I love hockey because it’s like multiple sports combined. You need to be able to do more than just skate, and also the strategy the players need to have is amazing,” says Prevost.

She also does not mind the intensity and endurance that hockey players need, saying, “They get the living (crap) beat out of them but keep going.”

Prevost’s dedication to the hockey program is definitely there, as she says she has not missed a home game yet.

Student Profile: Rob Ciambra

Rob taking a day off from the Broadcast Booth to watch a Women’s Hockey Game from the stands.

Talk to Rob Ciambra for less than two minutes and it will be clear that he is a Broadcast Journalism student.

A sophomore at Quinnipiac, Ciambra works on many of the hockey broadcasts  for the Quinnipiac Bobcats Sports Network (QBSN) and hosts a hockey talk show with Matt Bell and Ryan DeCosta called The Sin Bin on 98.1 WQAQ. Rob has been a fan of the New York Rangers for years, but his passion for the Quinnipiac Ice Hockey program grew out of working in the old arena in Northford, Conn..

“I love it,” says Ciambra. “I’ve been near a hockey rink all my life. It’s also been fun being able to host the radio show with Matt and (the author of the article) just to talk about what’s going on in college hockey and the NHL.”

Like something out of a Christmas special, any conversation that Rob touches can turn to hockey instantly. When he is not talking about hockey, Rob says that he grew up listening to the Dave Matthews Band, and he has no plans to stop.

Student Profile: Matt Bell

Before I begin reporting on breaking news, I would like to take the opportunity to thank four friends who have kept me motivated and happy in my time here at Quinnipiac. I hope you learn more about them in the next four posts. First off is Matt Bell.

Matt Bell and ESPN’s John Buccigross posed for a picture on Wednesday afternoon.

For sophomore Matt Bell, each day is spontaneous and full of adventure. Bell is an Interactive Digital Design major and a Sports Studies minor at Quinnipiac.

Like each one of his designs, his days are filled with creative ways to have fun, from creating wacky moments in a video game, to deciding which sport franchise’s hat he’ll wear.

His passion for sports is evident, as he attends nearly all of the Quinnipiac sporting events through QU Spirit, and does whatever he can to learn more about the industry. He has taken that passion and applied it to another, designing banners for the Quinnipiac Women’s Ice Hockey Team.

Bell says, “Because it mixes two of my favorite things in Hockey and design, and also they’re my friends.”

Bell plans to continue working with the team, and work on design for an NHL team after graduation.

 

 

 

 

This design features an Quinnipiac Women’s Ice Hockey player who will be playing for Sweden in the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Drivers, Start Your Engines!

Ryan DeCosta is a versatile member of WQAQ, a new intern at Radio 104.1 WMRQ, and an avid Nascar fan.

Ryan DeCosta has followed NASCAR for many years. As the sport changes, his passion for the sport will not. DeCosta is a Broadcast Journalism major at Quinnipiac University pursuing a career in NASCAR broadcasting.

“I’ve been asked many times before, why do you want a career in broadcasting, particularly in a sport like NASCAR,” DeCosta said. “Well, I feel like if you are passionate about your career and your goals, when you finally reach them it will feel like you’ve never worked a day in your life.”

He plans to continue to learn whatever it takes to succeed in the industry.

Currently, DeCosta is working as an intern at Radio 104.1 FM, and works in the Production, News, Promotion, Programming, and Music departments for the student-run 98.1 WQAQ.