Andrea Uglietta:

Andrea Uglietta is a senior majoring in Media and Information in the College of Communications Arts and Sciences. 

I have been able to work with a Media and Information professor here both as his TA within the classroom and outside in the community with various outreach projects.

I need to know exaclty what questions I'm going to ask in a shoot, know what equipment I'm going to use, how to use that equipment properly on set. So once that production is created, I go in and manipulate the footage and make sure that it's telling the appropriate story.

The goal is for the people we're working with to not realize I'm a student, and just to realize that I am a professional in the industry. I have to be able to execute a professional film shoot.

Michigan State has definitely helped further develop my skills. They've given me an oportunity that I might not get anywhere else.

I've been able to fully immerse myself in every opportunity that State has to offer, and get the chance to use my skills.

Being able to go into the real world with a new boss and a new set of employees, to be able to show them what I've learned — there's no point in doing what you're doing if you're not going to make something that you're proud of in the end.