Jason Switlik

By Crystal Davis

Jason Switlik, Fort Worth junior, was born in Wichita, Kansas. Switlik is a junior at Stephen F. Austin State University, and a Radio TV Major with a focus in advertising and marketing minor. There he is a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity in the Interfraternity Council and a member of AdHoc, which is an organization that works with students on their advertising and communication skills.

When Jason was born he was adopted into his family where he has an older sister who is 28 and a younger brother that is 20. Although Jason was adopted, he still does not know what his origin or culture is. Growing up, Jason enjoyed sports and playing outdoors. While he enjoyed baseball, golf was something else he could play, “I started playing at 15 years, I’m not great but it is relaxing.” Other than that, Switlik and his family volunteer with the American Cancer Society in Fort Worth. According to Jason they, “set up the event and deal with money, and make sure you had people set up to walk, and making ground reservations.”  On top of volunteering, Jason also had a job out in the oil fields where he worked “a 38 hour shift.” Family is very important and means a lot to him. Jason has a huge family, but ironically they are the only family members that stay in Texas.

Jason currently works with Stephen F. Austin’s Central Receiving department. In this, job they take various of packages and equipment to different areas on campus to professors that normal 18 wheeler trucks can not handle. A couple things that Jason enjoys to do in his spare time is watch movies and TV shows. His favorite movie to watch is Saving Private Ryan, and his TV Show is, Entourage. Switlik has a lot of goals and aspirations for his future that he wants to accomplish. His top goal is to one day work for the Texas Rangers or any Major League Baseball team. Switlik says, “I would like to create advertisements for the Rangers”.  Right now Jason is preparing to graduate December 2013. To prepare for that, Jason is competing in this Fall’s American Advertising Federation (AAF) competition. There he will be in a team and work with them to promote a product and develop a campaign for a client. With all this experience, Jason Switlik plans to accomplish all of his goals.