The Real Deal

Two nights ago, February 22, I attended the BMA lightening round interview event hosted in Milwaukee. To be honest I wasn't in the best of moods on the way to the event. I didn't want to go because I had numerous other things that I could have been doing. But I went anyway and the car ride over put me in a good mood. Lee, Kati, Emily and I had good conversation and had a lot of fun. I'm familiar with Milwaukee but still decided to use a GPS in order to save time. This totally bit us in the ass because the GPS did not account for construction. We had to back track to the event and made it just in time. After checking in and being briefed on the evening ahead, I started with getting my resume reviewed. I thoroughly enjoyed this portion of the night because I received a lot of great input. Two professionals looked at my resume and they both said that my experience and involvement is second to none! I was very excited about this! Next was the speed interviews. A common theme throughout was that I was very outgoing and extremely confident/comfortable during the interview. One women used my answer to a question as a response for the rest of the students for the rest of the night. The social media presentation was informative but inspiring as well. It makes me feel really good about my efforts on social media so far. The pizza and brownies were the topping on a great evening. It was really refreshing to see a lot of people I know at Whitewater that are PR majors. It was also great to meet new faces! Y'all know who you are. :)

My life

For those of you out there who I have not had the opportunity to cross paths with, first let me introduce myself. My name is Trent Gerber and I attend the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. I am a junior Public Relations major Safety Minor with an emphasis in fire prevention. The aspiration of my life is to become a full-time firefighter and to help save the cherished gift of life. Some may ask why I would want to be a firefighter and, rightfully so may, why I am attending a four year university in order to do such. It's a simple answer to both questions. First I will address why I aspire to be a firefighter. My dad has been a volunteer for my hometown fire department for almost 32 years now. I grew up being down at the station for numerous things, whether it be a call or a truck check or simply to wash his gear. I was ALWAYS down at the fire station. Coming out of high school I knew I wanted to attend a four year university, so I put firefighting on the after burner. After doing some research I realized it was still possible to gear my degree toward firefighting, so that is where I am today. I want to become a full-time firefighter to save people. I always have gotten a rush when my dad’s pager would go off and a response was read over it. The adrenaline is second to none! I have played sports on the biggest of stages, performed a solo in front of thousands of people and have even jumped out of a plane at 14,200 feet above the earth! Knowing that any call I could be the reason that someone lives or that their house doesn’t burn down, well to me that’s the greatest type of success in the world! Please do me the honor of following me!

Myself and PR

For those of you out there who I have not had the opportunity to cross paths with, first let me introduce myself.  My name is Trent Gerber and I attend the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.  I am a junior Public Relations major Safety Minor with and emphasis in fire prevention.  The aspiration of my life is to become a full-time firefighter and to help save the cherished gift of life.  Some may ask why I would want to be a firefighter and ,rightfully so may, why I am attending a four year university in order to do such.  It's a simple answer to both questions.  First I will address why I aspire to be a firefighter.  My dad has been a volunteer for my hometown fire department for almost 32 years now.  I grew up being down at the station for numerous things, whether it be a call or a truck check or simply to wash his gear.  I was ALWAYS down at the fire station.  Coming out of high school I knew I wanted to attend a four year university, so I put firefighting on the after burner.  After doing some research I realized it was still possible to gear my degree toward firefighting, so that is where I am today.  Please do me the honor of following me!