(Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles about students in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications completing summer internships.)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Heading into his senior year at Penn State, broadcast journalism major Cade Miller wanted to go big with his summer internship. He applied to SiriusXM, a “dream job” and the largest audio entertainment company in the world. He starts May 30.
Miller’s big ambitions match his big personality: Penn Staters may recognize Miller’s voice from his radio show on WKPS-FM The Lion or leading campus tours as a Lion Ambassador or emceeing the Homecoming Parade the last two years at the Allen Street Gates.
“More than any student in recent memory, I see Cade all over campus,” said Mike Poorman, director of alumni relations and instructor at the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications. “He is definitely involved, but more importantly, he is making an impact.”
Miller is a self-proclaimed “Penn State person.” The blue-and-white spirit started in seventh grade, he said. He and his father attended the University’s own big show, a Penn State football game, and Miller was hooked.
“We sat in the Letterman section, which is right beside the student section,” he said. “And I remember when the team was running out of the gates, I turned to my dad and said, ‘This is where I'm going.’”
Miller received his Penn State offer a few years later while riding home the bus. He accepted and was an official Nittany Lion by the time he stepped off. “There was nowhere else I was going. I didn’t care,” he said.