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Lindsey Boetsch ’10 is a Reporter/Producer and Weekend Weathercaster at KHQA-TV in Quincy.
Maria Chandler ’10 is a Reporter in the Twin Cities Bureau for WMBD-TV in Peoria.
Jason Boyer ’10 is a Commercial Photographer/Producer for WICS-TV in Springfield.
Andrew Barra ‘09 is a photographer at WTVO-TV in Rockford.
Alex Brown '09 is a photographer at KWQC-TV in the Quad Cities.
Dan Coad ’09 is a Director/Master Control Operator at WIFR-TV in Rockford.
Bailey Deitz '09 is a reporter/photographer at KWQC-TV in the Quad Cities.
Jacob Long '09 is Bloomington/Normal Bureau Chief at WMBD-TV in Peoria.
Stephanie Schroeder ’09 is Race Director with Red Frog Events in the Chicago area.
Kendra Yagow ’09 is a Producer/Reporter at WEEK/WHOI-TV in Peoria.
Alyse Braun '08 is a director at WEEK-TV in Peoria.
Jackie Jobst '08 is a sales assistant at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel in Chicago.
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Blake Long '08 is Web content editor at WMBD-TV in Peoria.
Christy (Stelzer) McFarland '08 is a marketing specialist at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington.
Jeff Conway ’08 is a Producer for 24/7 Chicago.
Kayla Larson ‘08 is a Production Assistant for the Judge Pirro Show in Chicago.
Christine (Moutrey) Rokos ’08 is a Marketing/Leasing Agent at Realty Consulting Services
Brian Seay ‘08 is a director at WEEK/WHOI in Peoria.
Matt Zickus ‘08 is an editor at Comcast SportsNet in Chicago.
Becky Hughes '07 is director of multicultural affairs at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI.
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Colleen McCormick ’07 is Morning News Producer at WTVO-TV in Rockford.
Christie Wessling '07 is lead film editor at the Houndini Picture Corporation in Las Vegas.
David Tannenbaum ’07 is an underwriter with State Farm Insurance in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Jake Flannigan ‘07 is Ticker Coordinator and Web Content Specialist at Comcast SportsNet in Chicago.
Drew Smith ‘07 is a photographer at WKOW-TV in Madison WI.
Kirsten Korth ’07 is a Producer at WXII-TV in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Michelle Mantel ’07 is a Reporter/Anchor at WJBC-AM in Bloomington.
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Sandra Torres ’07 is a free-lance reporter for Telemundo Chicago.
Julie Root ’07 is co-host and reporter for the RFD Radio Network.
Michael “Arcen” Walker ’07 is Continuity Director at WNUA radio in Chicago.
Christie Wessling ‘07 is lead film editor at the Houdini Picture Corp. in Las Vegas.
Megan Barry '06 is senior associate producer at the Judge Mathis Show in Chicago.
Leslie (Kearby) Bunge ’06 is a Photographer in the Twin Cities Bureau for WMBD-TV in Peoria.
Kelly Larson ‘06 is a reporter at WICS-TV in Springfield.
Rick Ricioppo M.S. ’06 is Assistant Professor at SUNY-Stonybrook.
Dana Almdale ’06 is an event planner with SmithBucklin in Chicago.
Meghan (Fisher) Lundeen ‘06 is Community Relations Manager at the Peoria Housing Authority.
Jeff Blackburn '05 is a photojournalist at KPNX-TV in Phoenix.
Jenny (Mayes) Graham ’05 is an AFPA Certified Personal Trainer, working in the Seattle area.
Scott Lundeen ’05 is Media Manager for Ray Dennison Chevrolet in Pekin
Jillian Phillips ’05 is an Account Executive with Fishman Public Relations in Chicago
Chris Stroisch '05 is Web Editor at Horace Mann in Springfield.
Mike Krizman ’03 MS ’05 is Sports Information Director of the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin.
Jason Parkinson ’05 isDJ and Program Director at Power 92.3 WZPW in Peoria
Graduate student alum Jeffrey Quinones-Diaz '05 writes: "I am currently working as a Director of Economic Development and Housing for the City of Carolina , Puerto Rico. Since leaving ISU I pursued a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico. I am married with no kids ...yet!!" Jeffrey's email is: jeffquino@rocketmail.com.
Ashlie Kolb ‘05 is the host of Nashville at Nite, an online interview show.
Noah Brooks ‘05 is a Photographer at WMBD-TV in Peoria.
Lauren Addermann ‘05 is an assistant at
the Chicago concert venue Metro.
Bill Gaither '04 is a photographer at The Register-Mail in Galesburg. Prior to that Gaither did a photojournalism internships at The Lima News (Lima, OH) and the Journal Star in Peoria. Bill's email address is: bopper@photobop.com.
Randi Brown '04 is newsroom manager at Comcast SportsNet in San Francisco.
Brandon Coutre ’04 is a Reporter for the Northwest Herald in McHenry County.
Mariah Dale-Anderson '04 is the youth activities manager at the Illinois Farm Bureau in Bloomington.
Crystal Martin ’04 is a Program Manager atHoneywell Utility Solutions.
Lindsey Schlink ’04 is a Photographer for
ISU Marketing and Communications.
Shelby Sebens ’04 is a reporter for the Wilmington Star-News in Wilmington, NC.
Jordan Arseneau ‘04 is a photographer / editor for Homes Plus on CLTV in Chicago.
Matt Goldberg ’04 is a Sports Photographer for the Quincy Herald-Whig newspape.r
Graduate student association hosts alumni networking event
(3/05/12) The School of Communication Graduate Student Association hosted a networking event for students and alumni on February 10. The event, which was held at ISU’s Chicago office, provided an opportunity for the students to interact with established alumni currently serving on the School of Communication alumni advisory board, as well as with active young alumni.
“Many of the students that attended the luncheon have commented on how beneficial it was to talk one on one with the alumni and get their feedback on best ways to job search, and interview. Also, because of the success of the luncheon the SoC Graduate Student Association hopes this luncheon can become an annual event,” said graduate student, Colette Kuk.
“As a faculty member, it was gratifying to see some of our best School of Communication students of today networking with some of the school’s most successful alums,” said Tom Lamonica, Director of Field Experiences in Professional Communication.
“Colette Kuk and Kelly Howell did an amazing job of arranging a first-class event. Everyone who attended believes this is an event that should happen more often. Having the ISU Chicago Office is a classy and convenient venue for getting alums, students and faculty together,” he added.
Jamie (Leffelman) Wood ('03) is now the Assistant Director of Marketing for University Housing Sevices at Illinois State.
Jenny O'Brien '03 (Mass Com) is the Marketing Manager for the St. Charles (Illinois) Convention and Visitors Bureau and has been here for just over 5 years. The bureau promotes St. Charles as a destination for both leisure and corporate visitors. She also coordinates the annual St. Charles Scarecrow Fest, which was awarded Top 100 Events in North America for 2011.
Leslie Swick ’03 is an Anchor and Reporter at WGEM-TV in Quincy.
Sabrina Burkiewicz ’03 is Communications Director for Home Sweet Home Mission in Bloomington.
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Kim Hynes ‘02 is a reporter and anchor for KWCH-TV out of Wichita, Kansas.
Dana Fugett ’02 is a Photographer/Editor at High Impact TV in Irvine, California.
Daralene Jones ‘02 is a reporter at WFTV-TV in Orlando.
Tom Barnas ’02 is a Producer at WGN Radio in Chicago.
Dani Maxwell ‘02 is an anchor at WREX-TV in Rockford.
Kelly Caraher BS '01 and MS '03 is working in public relations at a Fortune 500 technology company based in Vernon Hills, IL called CDW. Caraher was recently promoted to a new position within the company and has been selected by PR News as one of 15 People to Watch in the PR industry. In winning this prestigious national award, Kelly is recognized as one of a select group of budding PR industry leaders.
Jamie Leffelman ‘01 is Asst. Director of Marketing for University Housing at Illinois State University.
Chris Rongey ’01 is White Sox Pre-Game and Post-Game Host at WSCR-AM in Chicago.
Brandi Wells-Chumbley '00 is now living in St. Joseph, IL. Wells-Chumbley reports she has a 6-year-old son named Tyler has been married for 8 years. After taking some time off to spend with her son at home, Wells-Chumbley says she is now back teaching at a middle school in Rantoul where she also coaches the speech team and referees volleyball games.
Jeff Freeman '00 is onwer of Freeman Creative Media in Chicago.
Kathleen Leahy ’00 is a Technical Director at State Farm Insurance.
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James Braglia '99 is a Producer in the Production Group at Leo Burnett in Chicago.
Joellyn Curry ’99 is in Real Estate in Peoria.
Jason Dolan ’99 is a Sports Photographer at Comcast SportsNet in Chicago.
Eric Burns ‘98 is a photographer at WLS-TV in Chicago.
Erika Sunmark ‘98 is a producer at Sadis & Vaughn in Seattle.
Erin Christiansen '97 is chief meteorologist at KGUN-TV in Tucson.
TV-10 alum Christine Haas (’97) is a news anchor at KVUE-TV Austin, Texas. Haas joined KVUE news as co-anchor of the 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts in August of 2003. Prior to joining KVUE, Haas worked at KARE 11 News in Minneapolis, Minn. She served as weekend anchor and general assignment reporter for the top rated NBC affiliate in the country. Previously, Haas worked as an anchor/reporter at WTSP in Tampa, FL, at KTHV in Little Rock, AR, WUHF in Rochester, NY and KAMR in Amarillo, TX.
Robert Kass '97 works for the online division of The Neilsen Company in New York City. Previously Kass was manager of customer relations at CDW in Vernon Hills, IL, and supervisor of marketing and promotions for CBS Radio in Chicago.
Bill Snyder ‘97 is Weather Producer and “Tom Skilling’s Right-hand Man” at WGN-TV in Chicago.
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Erin Christiansen ’97 is Chief Meteorologist at KGUN-TV in Tucson.
Craig Hofer ’96 is a photographer at WITI-TV in Milwaukee.
Gretchen Wirtz ’96 is Morning Weather Anchor at WHOI-TV in Peoria.
Stephanie Harris ’94 is an Anchor and Reporter at WAVY-TV in Virginia Beach.
Alicia Bettes ‘93 is a Producer at WFLD-TV (FOX) in Chicago.
Angela Bettis '93 is a news reporter and Web writer at WISC-TV in Madison.
Lou Kleinberg ’93 is a Photographer at WFLD Fox 32 in Chicago.
R.C. McBride ‘93 is Program Director at WJBC-AM in Bloomington.
Masters alum David Vanderport '91 works with FTI Consulting in Denver as a senior litigation consultant. "I assist attorneys in developing their presentations for trial. This consists of PowerPoint, proprietaty software and other graphics programs," Vanderport says. Vanderport was married in Spetember 2002 and moved to Denver in November 2003. Vanderport's email address is dvanderport@yahoo.com.
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Katherine Kelly ’91 is Operations Manager at Harpo Radio in Chicago and was a Keynote Speaker at Communication Week 2010.
Thomas Lane ’91 is Assistant Dean of Students at Missouri State University.
Maggie Hradecky ’90 is News Director at WREX-TV in Rockford.
Derek Schnapp ’90 is Publc Relations Director at the Univeristy of Illinos-Springfield.
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Suzanne T. Leonard Kovalcik '89 works as an administrative assistant in the Arizona Department of Economic Security in Phoenix, where she has lived for the past 10 years. Kovaicik also works part timei in the ticket office/telephone room of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team and as an usher at the downtown Orpheum theatre and the newly renovated Phoenix Symphony Hall. She lives in a downtown condo with husband Robert and enjoys the warmer weather, "I think of my triple didget summers as my Illinois winters. Great tradeoff."
Chicago sports media executive Phil Bedella '88 (Mass Communications) was recently promoted to Vice President/General Manager of Comcast SportsNet, the television home of the Chicago Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs and White Sox.
Jerry Goodman ‘88 is Executive Producer at WJXT-TV in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Greg Dwyer and Bill Michaels ’87 are a morning radio duo in the Quad Cities.
Bill Killian ’87 is a commercial and promotions producer at Comcast Cable.
Darrin Hummel ‘87 MS ‘88 is a Training Coordinator for Harris Bank.
Eric Shangraw ’87 is an Anchor and Reporter at WEEK-TV in Peoria.
Don Schoenfeld ’87 is Chief Photographer at WNDU-TV in South Bend, Indiana.
John Siuntres '87 is Production Director at Bonneville Chicago Radio Group.
Chad Lueck ’87 is pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bloomington.
Eric Fogle ‘ 87 is a Photographer at Comcast SportsNet in Chicago.
TV-10 alum Paul Wappel '86 is assistant vice president of Public Relations and Corporate Communication for the Horace Mann Companies in Springfield.
Keith Porter M.S. ’86 is Director of Communication and Outreach at The Stanley Foundation in Muscatine, Iowa.
Tucker Kennedy ’86 is Vice President of Marketing Communication for the Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center in Peoria.
Tom Dorans ‘86 is Director of Channel Sales
with Andrew Wireless Solutions.
Larry Foulk ’86 is a photographer at WEEK/WHOI-TV in Peoria.
Beth Kilcran ’86 is a Flight Attendant for American Airlines.
Ruth Ravve '86 is a producer for FOX News' Chicago Bureau.
Joe Sciarabba ’86 is a free-lance videographer in Chicago and often works for WLS-TV’s 190 North.
Bill Cavanaugh '85 is an account executive with the Bonneville Chicago Radio Group.
Lee Hall ’85 is Sports Director at WEEK-TV in Peoria.
Steve Koch ’85 is a producer/ director at
Caterpillar in Peoria.
Suzanne Richter ’85 is Special Projects Producer at WMAQ-TV in Chicago.
Joel Bernell ’85 is Assistant News Director at WISC-TV in Madison.
TV-10 alum Adam Bradshaw ‘84 is the News Director at WHEC-TV in Rochester, New York. Prior to that he was News Director in Salt Lake City and had also worked in the San Diego and Los Angeles TV markets. Over his career Bradshaw has won four individual Emmys, five collaborate Emmys and a number of other broadcast journalism awards.
Mike Caplan ‘84 is a Weather Anchor at WLS-TV in Chicago
Kathy (Ammerman) Mordini ’83 is Senior Vice President at North American Precis Syndicate in Chicago.
Richard Roeper ’82 is a Columnist for The Chicago Sun-Times and former host of “Ebert & Roeper.”
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Dan Cotter, '81 master's, was recently named the executive director of the New England Newspaper and Press Association, the trade group comprising 460 daily and weekly newspapers across six states. Cotter most recently served for almost 10 years as the head of one of the newspaper industry’s top research and consulting firms, Sharon, Mass.-based Urban and Associates.
Mark Butzow ’81, M.S. ’90 is an Assistant Professor of Journalism at Western Illinois University in Macomb, after working for several years as a Television News Producer and Newspaper Copy Editor.
Bob Tomaski ’81 is a Video Producer for Illinois State University Marketing and Communications.
Thom Parker '80 is chief photographer at WMBD-TV in Peoria.
Dan Cummins ‘80 is Sports Director at WTOL-TV in Toledo.
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Carolyn Mungo‘79 is managing editor for the Fox affiliate in Houston, KRIV-TV.
Dan Roan ’79 is Sports Director at WGN-TV in Chicago.
Mary (Gonwa) Boylan ‘78 is a Supervising Producer at Towers Productions in Chicago.
Joe McGuire ’77 is New Media Director at the Peoria Journal-Star newspaper.
Al Orendorff ’77 is Senior Vice President of Public Relations at Genworth Financial in Richmond Virginia.
Roy Santoro ‘77 is a Morning Producer at
WFLD-TV in Chicago.
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Catherine Heenan ’76 is an anchor and reporter at KRON-TV in San Francisco
Jerry Lee Giesler '76 has been appointed to the Corporate Operations Strategy Team at Granite Broadcasting Corporation. Jerry is the former president and general manager of KSEE-TV, the NBC-affiliate in Fresno, California.
Ed Marcin ‘76 is Digital Project and Public Affairs Director at Clear Channel Outdoor in Chicago.
Jim Zerwekh ’76 is Vice President and General Manager at WTEV/WAWS-TV in Jacksonville, Florida