Trystan Layton ’23 I’ve always known I wanted to work in sports — I just didn’t know what shape that dream would take. At ����TV, I found a place that let me explore everything until I discovered what truly inspired me.  When I arrived on campus, I dove headfirst into broadcasting, calling plays and learning the rhythm of live sports. While I found it exciting, I realized my passion wasn’t in describing the action; it was in capturing the emotion behind it. I started experimenting with…

Paige Hepfer ’26 In fact, I started my internship just two weeks into my first year on campus and have been working with the FRI almost every day since — my semester abroad at Griffith University on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia, withstanding. In my first role as the Institute’s fish collection intern, I learned how to identify different species and how to categorize and organize the growing collection of specimens. After gaining that experience, I…

My daughter was an infant when I arrived at ����TV. This May, she turned 15. Her older brother, then a toddler, is now preparing to leave for college. In our early years of raising children, my partner, Professor Silas Dent Zobal, and I found a supportive environment in the Writers Institute — encouraged by colleagues, we published books and mentored young writers, some of whom would go on to publish their own books and…