Our business manager, Bea Newberry, is a senior majoring in American studies and entrepreneurship. She began as a writer for The Student, and her first piece was an editorial on Greek Life “voicelessness” and the rest were all news stories — thanks to the mentorship of now-alumni Tess Sohgen and Bonnie Miebers, her editors doing big things in the journalism world. She has been handling the business side of things since 2017, in addition to her involvement in the startup world of Cincinnati, The Miami Body Project, and Teaching and Research Assistant positions. There are many avenues to grow the reach and relevance of the staff's journalistic talent, she says, so it makes what could be a mundane job quite a creative one! She is proud to manage what is an almost 100-person staff of such a sophisticated group of writers, designers, and creators and even more proud that is highly funded by the community (through advertiser relationships). 

For those who may know Mini U: She is also an alumna of the first class at the childcare center on Miami’s Western campus, while her Miami professor mother went to work all those years ago.