Dr. Kris Gossett

Dr. Kris Gossett is a 45 year old faculty member in the Business Administration Department at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania. He is also the club advisor for the Mercyhurst Modern Cinema Club. Originally he is from Muncie, Indiana. I had him as my professor this semester for his 21st Century Cinema class. He graduated from Delta High School in Muncie in 1992. Following graduation from highschool, Dr. Gossett attended Otterbein College where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in 1996. He furthered his education by attending Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky and acquiring a Masters in Business Administration in 2000. Further studies at Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana earned him a Doctorate in Business Administration in 2011.

He was attracted to Mercyhurst University because he always wanted to teach at a small, liberal arts school. Other schools that Dr. Gossett considered when searching for a teaching position were Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, but got the job at the University when he was recruited by one of his fellow classmates from Anderson University.

Although he enjoys teaching in the Business Administration Department, Dr. Gossett has many other interests that he was willing to share with me. He enjoys playing golf and tries to go out every chance he gets. He also plays basketball and it’s no wonder because he is quite tall and muscular in build. He is apparently surrounded by women in his family because he has no brothers and no male cousins. A fact that really surprised me was that he has watched approximately 825 movies at movie theaters since 2004. It is a passion of his. Every year for the past 3 - 4 years, Dr. Gossett has arranged campus trips to Toronto, Canada for the annual T.I.F.F. (Toronto International Film Festival). My family and I had the pleasure of joining him this year and we look forward to going again next year. 

William Alexander Shick

William Alexander Shick, better known as Alex Shick, is a Sophomore from Hornell, New York. He is majoring in Criminal Justice and is a semi-active member of the Mercyhurst Community.

Alex is majoring in Criminal Justice as his career goal is to become a Defense Attorney. He is a member of the Criminal Justice Association, a club on campus, as it will help prepare him for a successful future in the legal field.

Alex is a member of the Mercyhurst Men's Cross Country team. He was on the cross country team in high school as well. Through his training in cross country, he was able to accomplish his goal of completing a triathlon earlier this year.

In his spare time, Alex enjoys cooking, working out, and catching up on sleep. As well as hanging out and watching movies with his friends, he knows an endless number of films and is always looking for new movies to explore when he is looking for a new movie to watch that night. He is also a massive fan of the television show 'Friends.' He can recall the smallest moments of trivia and has watched every episode roughly ten times each.

Alex grew up with his parents and his two siblings. He has an older sister named Abbie and a younger brother named Joe. He has two dogs back home that he grew up with and, they helped to play a role in shaping him into the person he is today.

His freshman year, he was able to make a solid friend group that he remains close to this day. You can often find him hanging out with them in his free time. Alex is an outgoing spirit with a selective friend group, as he is sometimes shy at first but does not take much time to become quite social once he builds strong bonds with others.

- Isabel C. Merriman