LOS ANGELES—Park Ridge resident Catherine Tallman has been accepted into the “QU in LA” program from Quinnipiac University and is working for a production company specializing in crime documentaries. Her spring semester, now based in Los Angeles through an online college curriculum, sees her gaining real-world production experience.
The Los Angeles program is available to Quinnipiac juniors and seniors who have maintained a minimum 3.0 GPA. Tallman has made the dean’s list every semester and say she found the internship after an extensive search. We last reported on her in 2021, when Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-5) lauded her for attaining her Girl Scout Gold Award.
The Quinnipiac program provides a fully immersive experience for students, who are housed in a central location to bond with their fellow program peers. A full-time program director oversees the internships while aiding with the personal and professional resources the students need.
Tallman has taken full advantage of her first month in Hollywood. While experiencing pre-production preparations at work and attending her virtual classes she has witnessed the filming of a few talk shows and attended panels for writing and casting. The awards season has provided exciting events around the Writer’s Guild Awards and the Grammys, and Tallman has been invited to attend the post-Oscars broadcast of “Live with Kelly and Ryan.”
Tallman says she’s returning to Connecticut in the fall and is scheduled to graduate in spring 2024.
Quinnipiac University says its QU in LA program gives participants “the opportunity to live, work and learn in the heart of America’s entertainment industry. Los Angeles is home to the ‘Big 5’ film studios, 10 professional sports franchises, major broadcast news network bureaus — including ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC — and a media market that reaches more than 5 million people daily.”