Learn more about Her Campus Point Park’s one-of-a-kind staff members! Want to join in on the fun? Email cassistovash@hercampus.com to find out how you can become involved with our chapter this semester!
Name: Allie Duda
Year In School: Freshman
Major: Photojournalism
Hometown: Albion/Erie, PA
Involvement On Campus: Social Media Manager of Her Campus & member of Recovery Inc.
Dream Job: My dream job would be to be a photographer for a magazine such as Rolling Stone or TIME. Eventually I would love to move to Los Angeles and begin my own magazine!
New Year’s Resolution: To get healthy and begin writing a novel!
Favorite college memory: My best college memories so far have come from the many adventures I have shared with my partner-in-crime, Ryan!
Why you joined Her Campus: I wanted to belong to something spectacular, and I share a deep passion for the type of work that we do, so I thought it would be something super fun to get involved with!
What is your favorite thing about being on the Her Campus staff? I love how open the staff is to each other and the amount of respect we share. We are always fair and open to everyone’s ideas and I feel like we have an awesome “sisterhood” blossoming!
Fun fact: I love more than anything to travel; I went to Spain, Portugal, and Morocco when I was sixteen. I got to ride a camel and swim in the Mediterrannean Sea!
Name: Lauren Albring
Year In School: Frunior? (Junior transfer but a freshman by credit standards)
Major: Acting
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Involvement On Campus: Publicity Director at Her Campus Point Park, Co-Copy Desk Chief at The Globe Newspaper, Orientation Leader for summer 2014
Dream Job: Actress on a national tour of a musical
New Year’s Resolution: Get real cute and skinny
Favorite college memory: I was on the verge of cancelling my audition for a play because I felt unprepared. My friend encouraged me to go to the audition, so I went last minute. I got the lead role and had an amazing learning experience.
Why you joined Her Campus: I’ve been reading Her Campus for years and was so excited to find that a chapter was being started at Point Park. I’m not much of a writer, but I’ve always wanted to start a DIY blog. I thought Her Campus could give me a head start!
What is your favorite thing about being on the Her Campus staff? I love that I get to share my DIYs. I think that making something by hand is so cool, impressive, and fun. I also love that everyone on the staff is so enthusiastic and dedicated, and the meetings are just as fun as they are productive.
Fun fact: One Direction writes all of their songs about me. It’s a fact.
Name: Sarah Carini
Year In School: Sophomore
Major: Sports, Arts & Entertainment Management
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Involvement On Campus: Dedicating all my time to Her Campus <3 I'm the Events Coordinator for our chapter
Dream Job: I would absolutely love to work with one of Pittsburgh’s professional sports teams in event management, marketing or as a sports agent!
New Year’s Resolution: As hard as this may be, to cut down on the amount of Starbucks I consume on a weekly basis.
Favorite college memory: In my Event Management class last semester, we took a tour of Heinz Field. Football is my favorite sport of all time and the Steelers are my favorite team, so being able to tour Heinz Field was amazing!
Why you joined Her Campus: It was a unique opportunity that I couldn’t pass up! The chance to meet new people, write super girly articles, and have my content published is something that doesn’t happen to everyone in college and I knew I wanted to be a part of it.
What is your favorite thing about being on the Her Campus staff? Being able to work with such awesome girls!
Fun fact: I LOVE TO TRAVEL! The best trip I have ever been on was when I went to France about two years ago!
Name: Rachel Stellhorn
Year In School: Junior
Major: Photography with a minor in Advertising
Hometown: Littlestown, PA
Involvement On Campus: Photo Apprentice, Mentor in Strong Women Strong Girls, Photo Director for Her Campus
Dream Job: Art Director for somewhere like an ad agency!
New Year’s Resolution: Seeing the positive in everything! (and of course eating better…maybe…)
Favorite college memory: First semester freshman year my two best friends from the photo program and I would go on “adventures” every week, literally walking miles around the city and its outskirts taking pictures of anything and everything and each other!
Why you joined Her Campus: I wanted to be apart of something where I could use my skills and talents and help make awesome stuff!
What is your favorite thing about being on Her Campus staff? I love seeing the girls work and collaborate together to get things done. Plus everyone’s a sweetheart!
Fun fact: The town I’m from is so small that we literally JUST got a second traffic light!
Name: Lexie Mikula
Year In School: Freshman
Major: Photojournalism
Hometown: Hershey, PA
Involvement On Campus: Member of the Campus Activities Board and Social Media Manager for Her Campus Point Park!
Dream Job: Documentary photographer for magazines, blogs, and other media types
New Year’s Resolution: I want to make small, tangible goals pertaining to my lifestyle and happiness throughout the year so I’m not overwhelmed by one overarching goal. I also want to work on being more observant!
Favorite college memory: All the late nights I’ve spent with friends. They are always filled with good company, laughter, and adventure!
Why you joined Her Campus: When I was in high school, I had a friend who wrote for her college’s chapter and I always loved reading her articles when she posted the links on Facebook. I started reading Her Campus my junior year of high school, so I was ecstatic when I saw that PPU was starting our own chapter!
What is your favorite thing about being on the Her Campus staff? I love being a part of a club of such wonderful, talented, and powerful young women! There is so much inspiration, excitement, and passion flying around at our staff meetings. Her Campus is so much fun!
Fun fact: I have extensive mug collection and my favorite animal is the manatee!
Name: Sarah Sams
Year: Freshman
Major: AD/PR with a minor in Business Management
Hometown: Bridgeville, PA
Involvement On Campus: Vice President of Her Campus and looking for more things to do!
Dream Job: To represent someone in the government and work in the White House.
New Year’s Resolution: To stop drinking soda and cut out all red meat/fried foods.
Favorite college memory: Making friends on my floor and jumping around with my roommate and our friend doing the “hoodie dance”…it’s hard to explain!
Why you joined Her Campus: Because of my love for writing and also to make friends who are involved in the same things and have the same interests as I do.
What is your favorite thing about being on the Her Campus staff? Freedom of the Press and expressing myself. The fact that I can write about anything I want is absolutely incredible!
Fun fact: I am a barista at a local coffee shop and can make incredible latté art. I also reached the highest level of Tetris last year- pretty cool!
Name: Nicolette Kalafatis
Year In School: Freshman
Major: Cinema Production
Hometown: South Park, PA
Involvement On Campus: Campus Outreach Coordinator for Her Campus
Dream Job: On- Film supervising sound designer/sound editor
New Year’s Resolution: Get in shape and start saving money!
Favorite college memory: Nightly cafe runs with my roommates!
Why you joined Her Campus: I love to write and journalism has always interested me. I thought this would be a great chance to fulfill that interest of mine while going to school for my passion.
What is your favorite thing about being on the Her Campus staff? Within the first meeting with everybody, we all became good friends. It’s like Point Park’s own little sorority, without spending the money!
Fun fact: I can lick my elbow!!
Name: Cassi Stovash
Year In School: Junior
Major: Spors, Arts & Entertainment Management
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Involvement On Campus: Founder, President & Editor-In-Chief of Her Campus Point Park!
Dream Job: To redesign MTV from what it is now to the “ESPN of music” and be a music news announcer!
New Year’s Resolution: Be more stylish! College has turned my wardrobe into nothing but yoga pants for days.
Favorite college memory: Becoming a sister of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority when I went to West Virginia Wesleyan College! But since transferring to Point Park, my best memory has been watching our Her Campus chapter launch!
Why you joined Her Campus: Originally because I wanted to expand my writing portfolio, but I started the Point Park chapter because I knew our school was so full of creativity and I wanted to give girls another outlet to showcase their work.
What is your favorite thing about being on the Her Campus staff? Definitely seeing how excited the other girls get when their articles go up every week, but also how close our staff has grown to be.
Fun fact: I am a firm believer in astrology! I am the epitome of a Cancer, and my horoscopes are way too accurate to not be true.