we won the national student advertising competition [NSAC]

June 29 0 Comments Category: Why Tom is Tom

This is a little late but the Chapman University team, of which I was a member, won the American Advertising Federation National Student Advertising Competition! We competed against 15 other teams, and some really amazing campaigns. In the end, we were selected as the first place winner. Chapman University posted a press release and even [...]

today is my last day of class [looking back]

May 13 0 Comments Category: Why Tom is Tom

This photo is from October 2004. I had just moved to California at the age of 17 to start school at Chapman University. In September I turned 18 and in October I applied to work at Disneyland. The first time, as pictured, I didn’t make it because I said I wouldn’t work on thanksgiving. A [...]

we won! [NSAC]

April 29 0 Comments Category: Random Stuff

It all paid off after nearly 8 months of blood, sweat and tears. [courtesy of Zachary Reusing] I hope to be able to eventually post our amazing book online here. So now that we have won at Districts…it’s time to go to Walt Disney World! Also, check out the commercial we produced! NSAC feelFREE campaign commercial from [...]

excited for NSAC and how i’m feeling

October 14 2 Comments Category: Why Tom is Tom

All in all this week is off to a good start. I went from a 50 to a 90 in Spanish. It’s amazing how much not having to spell things from memory improved my test score. Unfortunately, the midterm will likely be back to the old style. Tonight we had the second NSAC meeting and [...]