Audrey Tembreull Returned to Vermont to Study Communications
Here at VTSU, she deftly mixes her passions for sports, arts and production
Audrey Tembreull was enrolled in school out of state, but missed her family and being involved in her younger brothers’ lives. But she also wanted to study broadcasting, cinema and production and play softball at the collegiate level. Fortunately, VTSU offered her the opportunity to fulfill all those goals and the ability to do so by working and studying on two campuses.
“One of my big dreams growing up was to play collegiate softball,” she related. “But I wanted to balance playing with being able to do my degree and not have sports take up so much of my time that it interfered with my education.”
She says the D3-level athletic teams at VTSU allowed that kind of balance, while also offering a program that would help her meet her career aspirations of being in broadcasting.
“The Lyndon campus gave me really good, hands-on work that would allow me to get out into the workplace. I loved my professors,” she said.
“I don’t like to pinhole myself in with my education. In addition to my communications major, I have three minors—photography, fine arts and graphic design. I wanted to really get the most out of college,” she noted.
She supplemented the curriculum from her ambitious program of study with an internship on the VTSU Johnson campus.
“In addition to my love of sports, I really love the arts and film production, so I wanted to go and tie in that all together, which led me to my internship with VTSU Johnson Athletics, doing video content photography for them,” she recalled. “It boosted my creativity and editing skills as well as my photography skills,” she explained.
That experience fueled her ambition to pursue sports broadcasting after. graduation.
“I’ve applied for some hockey internships all across the country, hoping to get into the hockey industry because it is my favorite sport other than softball,” she expressed.
Because her transfer from the out-of-state school to VTSU has worked so well for her, Audrey said she would advise students looking at colleges to think carefully about what they need.
“Really look into these colleges—make sure the school you pick is something that is going to be a good fit for you,” she counsels. “And if you get into a college and you don’t like it, it is okay to change. Do what’s best for you mentally, physically. Coming back home was a really good change for me. If you need to change schools, it is okay to do it!”