Hog Heaven: 桃花直播 senior explores hunger for adventure through 鈥楩ind Your Freedom鈥 summer internship
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擨n more ways than one, 桃花直播 State senior communication/broadcasting major Brock St. Clair is on the ride of a lifetime.
A Germantown, Tennessee, native and Starkville resident, St. Clair is among eight students who are participating in an eight-week 鈥淔ind Your Freedom鈥 summer internship experience sponsored by Harley-Davidson. Selected from 7,500 applicants from more than 30 countries, interns also represent Long Beach, California; Wuhan, China; London, England; Miami, Florida; Charlotte, North Carolina; Cape Town, South Africa and Kennan, Wisconsin.
Aboard a 鈥淗ard Candy Hot Rod Red Flake鈥 Street Glide Special motorcycle furnished by Southern Thunder Harley-Davidson in Southaven, St. Clair is touring the country and producing content representing the motorcycle manufacturer on his personal social media channels. In addition to YouTube (Brock St. Clair), St. Clair can be found on Facebook @brock.stclair, Twitter @imnotadolphin and Instagram @dont_brock_the_boat, using hashtags #FindYourFreedom, #HarleyDavidson and #sponsored.
鈥淲hat I love so much about this company is that they made a big point to say they want nothing but our opinions, our personalities, our style,鈥 St. Clair said. 鈥淭o have the chance to tell stories and get this recognition from a company with as much stature and history as Harley-Davidson is very reassuring.鈥
To apply for the 鈥淔ind Your Freedom鈥 internship, St. Clair, a student in 桃花直播鈥檚 Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College, created a video illustrating his thoughts on 鈥渇reedom.鈥 In the video, he reflects on ways his 桃花直播 experience has challenged him to get out of his comfort zone and think independently.
鈥淭o me, freedom means choices. Having freedom鈥aving choices鈥ou can shape your own future. That鈥檚 liberating and terrifying,鈥 he said.
In 2017, St. Clair successfully auditioned for the university鈥檚 Lab Rats Improvisational Comedy Troupe. To date, he has performed in more than 30 shows and will serve as the troupe鈥檚 head director starting this fall.
St. Clair said his involvement with Lab Rats has connected him with 鈥渟ome of the most incredible people I have ever known鈥 and encouraged his interest in pursuing other academic and social activities.
For the past two years, St. Clair has hosted a morning radio show 鈥淐ooking with Brock鈥 every weekday for 桃花直播鈥檚 noncommercial, community radio station WMSV FM 91.1. Since January, he has gained filming, editing, directing and production experience as a student worker for the University Television Center.
Along with learning how to ride a 鈥渉og,鈥 St. Clair said he has enjoyed visits to the Harley-Davidson Museum and is looking forward to celebrating the company鈥檚 115th anniversary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
鈥淚鈥檓 proud of myself because I live out of my comfort zone every day, and I鈥檓 hungry for more of that. And it鈥檚 all because of that one choice,鈥 St. Clair emphasized. 鈥淕oing to that (Lab Rats) audition completely changed everything.鈥
鈥淢ake the choice. Don鈥檛 think about it,鈥 he advises other students. 鈥淛ust make it. Do it.鈥
Learn more about 桃花直播鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences and its Department of Communication at and . Lab Rats Improvisational Comedy Troupe can be found at .
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