Becca Courtney & Chantalle Brown: Our New Co-Correspondents

Name: Becca Courtney

Hometown: Syracuse, IN

Major: Public Relations and English

Year: Senior

Campus Activities: Student Concert Committee, Her Campus Purdue

Interests: discovering new music, browsing fashion blogs

Name: Chantalle Brown

Hometown: Fowler, IN

Major: History & Religious Studies

Year: Senior

Campus Activities: Gamma Phi Beta Sorority, Eta Sigma Phi Classics Honor Society, HerCampus Purdue

Interests: Reading, Painting, Writing

HCPurdue: How long have you been a part of Her Campus Purdue?

Becca:  I started writing for Her Campus Purdue about a year and a half ago.

Chantalle: I’ve been involved since this fall. I had been interested in joining since the chapter was founded, but decided not to because I wouldn’t be able to give the proper amount of time to it.

HCPurdue: What is your favorite thing about this organization?

Becca: There’s a lot of flexibility, so I love that I have room to be creative with my articles.  I also really like that these are articles for college-age women, written BY college-age women, so the writers and readers have such a close perspective.

Chantalle: My favorite thing about HCPurdue is the variety of articles that I’m able to write.

HCPurdue: If you had to pick one article that you wrote, which one would be your favorite?

Becca:  My favorite article to write would be my review over five albums released during October because I got to do two of my favorite things: listen to music and write about it!

Chantalle: My favorite article is my article about racism on campus because I’ve been a victim of racism a couple of times.

HCPurdue: Why did you decide to apply for the Campus Correspondent position?

Becca: I see so much potential in the Purdue chapter, so I wanted to be a part of it’s growth, and I just couldn’t pass up that leadership experience.

Chantalle: I applied for the Campus Correspondent position because I wanted to take more of a leadership role.

HCPurdue: What do you hope to accomplish as one of the new co-correspondents for HCP?

Becca: I want to run with all the great ideas our previous CC, Leta, had during this semester, such as fundraising and having a larger social media presence.  I also want to increase our viewership.  We have some talented writers and I want them to have a chance to be heard.

Chantalle: I’m hoping to increase our readers, Facebook fans, and Twitter followers while one of the co-correspondents.

HCPurdue: What would you say to the ladies that are on our campus who are interested in joining HCP?

Becca:  Don’t be nervous to join because you think you don’t have enough time or aren’t a strong writer.  You’ll find writing the articles takes a lot less time than it sounds and the writing comes more naturally than you think!

Chantalle: Do it! Even if you’re just the smallest bit interested in joining, then do it. You’ll never know unless you try.