Human Interest Stories
I have 13 years of experience as a writer specializing in higher education and human interest stories. Through my work, I strive to accurately represent individuals and their contributions through authentic storytelling.
With a Master of Fine Arts in graphic design, I often conceptualize my writing together with visual form. Some of the work included in this portfolio also features my design, photography, or concepting.
As a marketing professional, I have been awarded at the regional and national levels by the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations.
FREELANCE SERVICES:
- Press releases
- Advertorials
- Journalism
- Commercial scripts
- Graphic design
Human Interest Stories
The next generation of manufacturing's workforce will be skilled in a blend of new technologies that will transform the industry's future. Ivy Tech Community College students will be among the first in the nation to earn an associate degree in Smart Manufacturing Digital Integration, a new interdisciplinary program that will prepare students for emerging, high-paying careers in manufacturing.
TERRE HAUTE - More than 500 students graduated from Ivy Tech Community College Terre Haute in December 2020. Graduates will enter a workforce that has been greatly impacted by COVID-19. Many will enter fields that will make a direct impact on public health and welfare in the Wabash Valley.
At Ivy Tech Community College Terre Haute, while some students returned to campus in the Fall 2020 Semester for healthcare or technology classes, the majority are attending and finding...
Ivy Tech healthcare students, future healthcare professionals, returned to the Terre Haute campus this fall to continue their studies. These students include future nurses, sonographers, healthcare specialists, medical assistants, radiographers, medical laboratory technologists, paramedics, respiratory therapists, surgical technologists, and mental health counselors.
TERRE HAUTE - While Maverick Magill was admitted to Purdue University, he chose to start his education at Ivy Tech Community College because he is using the Indiana Workforce Ready Grant to help pay for classes in a short-term certificate program. The Workforce Ready Grant, established in 2017, covers the tuition cost for students to...
TERRE HAUTE - In honor of National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 19-25, Ivy Tech Terre Haute celebrates alumni who are now working in this vital field. Medical Laboratory Professionals provide lab testing to help doctors diagnose illnesses, including COVID-19. Graduates of Ivy Tech's medical laboratory technology program and other healthcare programs are among many...
TERRE HAUTE - At the conclusion of Ivy Tech Community College Terre Haute's Spring 2020 Semester, more than 1,100 graduates have completed approximately 1,500 associate degrees or certificates. These graduates will enter the workforce in Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, and Vigo Counties and beyond.
Elizabeth Hettinger's Ivy Tech education brought her full-circle from student to educator. After earning her Associate of Science in Elementary Education from Ivy Tech Terre Haute she transferred to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College to earn her Bachelor of Science in Education. Now, she teaches fifth grade at Terre Town Elementary.
BLOOMINGTON - Hannah Bunnell is on track to graduate with her associate degree in electrical engineering technology in May 2018. She has multiple skill sets in the arts and technology, as a musician who plays both guitar and keyboard, and holds a private pilot's license. While she finishes her last semester of college, she is...
BLOOMINGTON - Amy Brier, associate professor of fine arts at Ivy Tech Bloomington, spent three weeks in June carving and instructing at the 22nd annual Limestone Symposium in Ellettsville, Ind. Brier is co-founder of the Symposium with Frank Young. This summer, Brier is carving two new works of art.