Student Spotlight
Aaliyan Mohammed

by: Caroline Dewberry, PR student intern

Aaliyan Mohammed is a senior communication major from Memphis majoring in communication with a concentration in print and digital journalism. Mohammed is involved in the ultimate frisbee club and The Reflector. In the future, Mohammed’s dream job is to cover the MLB.

Mohammed was nominated by his professor Philip Poe, who said “Aaliyan is a great writer and a great student. His work with The Reflector and Wisconsin Sports Heroics shows a commitment to quality content for two vastly different audiences. His ability to earn straight A’s while managing two beats is impressive.”

Why communication?
I want to become a sportswriter, and I feel communications allows me to study journalism and improve in ways to make me a better writer.

Best memory in the Department?
Realizing that switching my major to focus on journalism was the best decision I could have ever made.

Advice for incoming communication students?
Don’t take these writing classes lightly and just try to pass. Make sure you try aim to be excellent because the better writer you can become the easier your classes become down the road.

Best advice you’ve received from a professor?
Pay attention to detail and don’t get caught up in rushing through things. Can definitely be applied to life as well as writing.

Favorite class?
My favorite class this semester is Editing and Design, but my favorite class I’ve ever taken has been Journalism Ethics.

If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Chicken Wings

What’s the most interesting thing that you’ve read, watched or listened to lately?
My roommate Daniel eating cereal without milk.

If you didn’t have to sleep, what would you do with that extra time?
I don’t sleep, sleep is for the weak.