Weinberg Staff Spotlight: Megan Skord-Campbell
The Weinberg College Staff Advisory Board is excited to announce a new feature highlighting members of the Weinberg College staff. We hope you enjoy getting to know colleagues from around the campus!
If you would like to be featured, please email us at WCAS_StaffAdvisoryBoard@northwestern.edu.
Staff member name: Megan Skord-Campbell
Title: Program assistant, Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
How long have you been working at Northwestern/WCAS? Almost three years.
Share your special interest/talent: I am an actor. I’ve worked at a number of theaters throughout the Chicago area. This spring I performed in a new play called Constant State of Panic at Clockwise Theater, and this winter I performed in Tennessee William’s The Rose Tattoo, which was produced by Shattered Globe Theatre. I am a company member with Shattered Globe, an artistic associate with 20% Theatre Chicago, and I recently signed with a talent agency called Talent Group.
How did you get started? I have a BFA from New York University’s Tisch School for the Arts. I didn’t pursue acting after school. Instead, I did marketing for a New York-based entertainment production company called Running Subway Productions. When I moved back to Chicago a few years ago, I felt inspired to explore my artistic side again, so I started auditioning and I’ve been working hard at it ever since.
How do you devote time to this special interest/talent? Most nights and weekends I am either in rehearsal or performing. It’s a lot of work, but it’s a labor of love (I usually spend my lunch memorizing lines). Collaborating with so many different artists over the past few years has been a very enriching and joyful experience. Chicago has an amazing theater community.
What are your dreams and aspirations? To work with other theater artists to tell thought-provoking stories that allow people to get lost in another world for a few hours. Also, I love making people laugh, so I want to do that as much as possible. I think that is a great gift to give to people.
Favorite Chicago and/or Evanston restaurant, location, activity? I love walking by the lake (I'm a big walker in general). Northwestern has a beautiful campus.
What is your expertise as it pertains to your job at Northwestern/WCAS? Anything having to do with NU Financials and ordering catering. I work at the Kaplan Institute, so we feed a lot of people.
If you have $5 and you’re at Walgreen’s, what do you buy? Junior Mints!
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? I haven’t really traveled much, so I have a lot of places on my list, but I would really love to visit Barcelona one day.
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The Weinberg College Staff Advisory Board is comprised of staff members from across the disciplines who act as a liaison between the administration and the College’s staff in an effort to further a positive and enriching University environment and work-life. The Staff Advisory Board is committed to three core functions: building a strong and supportive staff community; promoting and advocating for staff professional development; and providing input on the College’s strategic planning and implementation that maintains the interests of the staff and recognizes meaningful staff contributions toward a successful institution of higher education.
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