{"id":486,"date":"2018-06-19T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T00:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/?p=486"},"modified":"2020-04-21T23:52:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T23:52:44","slug":"magee20180619","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah (Rickman) Magee"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"

Hannah Magee (2018)<\/p><\/div>\n

Hannah Magee is a CEO, salesperson, advertising executive, and PR professional all in one.\u00a0 A lifelong Kansas Citian, Hannah is now the owner of Weston Wine Company<\/a>, a winery in Weston, MO. She came to own that small business in 2017. In her spare time, Hannah performs with Theater Atchison<\/a>, drinks entirely too much wine, and watches utterly trashy television.<\/p>\n


\nWhat year did you graduate and what was your concentration?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I graduated in May 2013 with a concentration in Public Communication<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What extra-\/co-curricular activities did you do?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I was a member and President of the Ad and PR Club<\/a>, I worked as the Convergent Advertising Coordinator for the Truman Media Network<\/a> (TMN), and I was a member of Lambda Pi Eta<\/a>, the Communication honor society.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Did you go to grad school? If so, where?\u00a0 Was it immediately after you left Truman or did you wait?\u00a0 Why?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Definitely not.\u00a0 I was ready to start working.<\/p>\n

What was your first job after graduation?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Right out of college, I was an Account Manager at Zillner Advertising.<\/p>\n

What work do you do\/What are you doing now?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I now own Weston Wine Company<\/a> in Weston, MO.<\/p>\n

How has your Liberal Arts\/COMM education helped you?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"

Hannah “marketing” Weston Wine (2017).<\/p><\/div>\n

Having a Liberal Arts degree has meant that instead of saying \u201cI don\u2019t know how to do that\u201d when I\u2019m faced with challenges, I instead say \u201cI get to learn how to do that!\u201d<\/p>\n

Both my liberal arts and sciences and COMM backgrounds have served me exceptionally well in owning my own small business. I do everything for my business \u2013 from marketing to accounting to purchasing to selling to hiring and training employees. There were a thousand times I was scared of failure at Truman, yet I learned how to push past it and instead rely on my ability to ask good questions and figure it out. Without the robust education I received in the Communication Department, I would not have had the confidence to take this leap and know that I could succeed.<\/p>\n

Which class did you dislike at the time you took it, but now you\u2019re grateful you took it?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I took a Finance class to fill a requirement and hated every minute of it. With that said, now that I\u2019m in charge of the finances for my small business, I find myself relying on what I learned to make informed choices.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Hannah dancing, though not Irish-ly (2009).<\/p><\/div>\n

What would you say a COMM student should absolutely<\/u> do while at Truman?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Take a one-credit-hour class in something fun. I took Irish Dancing<\/a> and had an absolute blast learning something new that had no bearing on my future profession. Scheduling a mental break into your course load is imperative to staying mentally healthy (and to leaving Barnett Hall!).<\/p>\n

What was your greatest accomplishment at Truman?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"The thing I am most proud of about my time at Truman is creating a convergent advertising department for the Truman Media Network<\/a>. I worked incredibly hard to craft a vision that would sustain both existing student media while making room for the future of news on campus.<\/p>\n

Why is Truman a good place for a student to study?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Truman demands excellence from its students. The faculty, the administration \u2013 even the other students \u2013 constantly push you to be better than yesterday. It\u2019s a powerful environment in which to learn.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Hannah not being too hard on herself (2017).<\/p><\/div>\n

What advice would you give someone who wants to go into the same line of work as you?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The one thing I\u2019ve learned about being an entrepreneur is to not be too hard on myself. I mess up about twenty things a day that seem terribly important in the moment. A week later, I can\u2019t even remember why I felt it was a mistake. Being a small business owner is about having guts \u2013 guts to take big chances and make huge leaps, but also guts to never quit, even when it feels like you\u2019re failing.<\/p>\n

What do you miss most about campus\/Kirksville?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Being part of a small community was rewarding both on- and off-campus at Truman. I found myself missing small town life so much that I have made my home in a town of 1,700, which feels just about like living on campus again.<\/p>\n

What tag line would you create for the COMM department at Truman?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you want a tag line you can pay me to create one. I don\u2019t work on spec 😉<\/p>\n

If you could come back to Truman and teach a class for a semester, what would be its title and what would it be about?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

How to Sell and Not Lose Your Soul – The stereotype of sales jobs is that they require you to sacrifice your principles in order to make a living.\u00a0 That isn’t true.\u00a0 It’s a false dilemma.\u00a0 This class would address that dichotomy.<\/p>\n

Check out this piece<\/a><\/span> from Northland Lifestyle on Hannah and the Weston Wine Company.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you would like to learn more of Hannah’s story, you can follow her on Instagram<\/a> or you can follow Weston Wine Company<\/a> on Instagram<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

If you want to learn more about the Department of Communication, contact us!<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hannah Magee is a CEO, salesperson, advertising executive, and PR professional all in one.\u00a0 A lifelong Kansas Citian, Hannah is now the owner of Weston Wine Company, a winery in Weston, MO. She came to own that small business in 2017. In her spare time, Hannah performs with Theater Atchison, drinks entirely too much wine, … Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":497,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50608],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-watdn"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHannah (Rickman) Magee - Communication Spotlight<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hannah (Rickman) Magee - Communication Spotlight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hannah Magee is a CEO, salesperson, advertising executive, and PR professional all in one.\u00a0 A lifelong Kansas Citian, Hannah is now the owner of Weston Wine Company, a winery in Weston, MO. She came to own that small business in 2017. In her spare time, Hannah performs with Theater Atchison, drinks entirely too much wine, … Read More →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Communication Spotlight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-06-19T00:00:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-21T23:52:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/files\/2018\/05\/Pic-1-for-COMM-e1526575188719.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"selfjw\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"selfjw\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/19\\\/magee20180619\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/19\\\/magee20180619\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"selfjw\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f143c154bfaf14be049f2059f8e0bd70\"},\"headline\":\"Hannah (Rickman) Magee\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-19T00:00:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-21T23:52:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/19\\\/magee20180619\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":904,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/19\\\/magee20180619\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/Pic-1-for-COMM-e1526575188719.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"WATDN\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/19\\\/magee20180619\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/19\\\/magee20180619\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hannah (Rickman) Magee - Communication Spotlight\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/19\\\/magee20180619\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/19\\\/magee20180619\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/Pic-1-for-COMM-e1526575188719.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-19T00:00:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-04-21T23:52:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f143c154bfaf14be049f2059f8e0bd70\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/19\\\/magee20180619\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/19\\\/magee20180619\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/19\\\/magee20180619\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/Pic-1-for-COMM-e1526575188719.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/files\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/Pic-1-for-COMM-e1526575188719.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/2018\\\/06\\\/19\\\/magee20180619\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hannah (Rickman) Magee\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/\",\"name\":\"Communication Spotlight\",\"description\":\"Just another BullBlogs site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f143c154bfaf14be049f2059f8e0bd70\",\"name\":\"selfjw\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1766f705ad2f047bd4500ad375fc207ac21b13b7822482b77b3b656645a686f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1766f705ad2f047bd4500ad375fc207ac21b13b7822482b77b3b656645a686f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1766f705ad2f047bd4500ad375fc207ac21b13b7822482b77b3b656645a686f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"selfjw\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.truman.edu\\\/commspotlight\\\/author\\\/selfjw\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hannah (Rickman) Magee - Communication Spotlight","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hannah (Rickman) Magee - Communication Spotlight","og_description":"Hannah Magee is a CEO, salesperson, advertising executive, and PR professional all in one.\u00a0 A lifelong Kansas Citian, Hannah is now the owner of Weston Wine Company, a winery in Weston, MO. She came to own that small business in 2017. In her spare time, Hannah performs with Theater Atchison, drinks entirely too much wine, … Read More →","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/","og_site_name":"Communication Spotlight","article_published_time":"2018-06-19T00:00:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-04-21T23:52:44+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/files\/2018\/05\/Pic-1-for-COMM-e1526575188719.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"selfjw","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"selfjw","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/"},"author":{"name":"selfjw","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/#\/schema\/person\/f143c154bfaf14be049f2059f8e0bd70"},"headline":"Hannah (Rickman) Magee","datePublished":"2018-06-19T00:00:27+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-21T23:52:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/"},"wordCount":904,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/files\/2018\/05\/Pic-1-for-COMM-e1526575188719.jpg","articleSection":["WATDN"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/","name":"Hannah (Rickman) Magee - Communication Spotlight","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/files\/2018\/05\/Pic-1-for-COMM-e1526575188719.jpg","datePublished":"2018-06-19T00:00:27+00:00","dateModified":"2020-04-21T23:52:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/#\/schema\/person\/f143c154bfaf14be049f2059f8e0bd70"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/files\/2018\/05\/Pic-1-for-COMM-e1526575188719.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/files\/2018\/05\/Pic-1-for-COMM-e1526575188719.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/2018\/06\/19\/magee20180619\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hannah (Rickman) Magee"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/","name":"Communication Spotlight","description":"Just another BullBlogs site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/#\/schema\/person\/f143c154bfaf14be049f2059f8e0bd70","name":"selfjw","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1766f705ad2f047bd4500ad375fc207ac21b13b7822482b77b3b656645a686f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1766f705ad2f047bd4500ad375fc207ac21b13b7822482b77b3b656645a686f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1766f705ad2f047bd4500ad375fc207ac21b13b7822482b77b3b656645a686f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"selfjw"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/author\/selfjw\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1895,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions\/1895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/commspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}