Lani Tons ’16
Tons enrolled at ISU in fall 2012. With a lifelong passion for photography, Tons aimed to make it her career, but had to fight for her life to get there.
Category: Alumni Profiles
Tushar Dayal ’09
By Derek Clayton Trudging along in a snowstorm, rolling at 15 mph and fighting to stay on the road, Tushar Dayal had no idea braving the elements would be the start of his career in media. Especially since he came to Iowa State as a business major. Dayal’s academic career in the College of Business … Continue reading Tushar Dayal ’09
Jim Watson ’73
Jim Watson, ’73 graduate and brand specialist at Hanson Watson Associates, shares how he gained advertising experience and continued his connection to Iowa State.
James Grunig ‘64
From receiving his bachelor’s degree in agricultural journalism to being awarded four honorary doctorates, James Grunig, ’64, credits much of his success to his undergraduate adviser at Iowa State, the late Carl Hamilton.
Max Dible ’15
Max Dible came to the Greenlee School as an untraditional student, in his late 20s and looking for a degree to stake a career.
Lucas Droessler ’12
Lucas Droessler, ’12 Greenlee graduate and Director of Client Engagement at Look Listen Advertising, shares how he found his calling.
Dean Berhow-Goll ’14
Class: 2014, journalism and mass communication Then: The Iowa State Daily, KURE 88.5, SIR Magazine, ISUtv, Intern at 1500 ESPN in Minneapolis, Intern at ESPNLA 710, 247Sports Lead NFC North writer, and Digital Media Associate at ESPN Now: Associate Social Editor at ESPN As the commissioner of his family’s fantasy football league during his sophomore … Continue reading Dean Berhow-Goll ’14
Kim (Bredar) Guthrie ’84
Class: 1984, journalism and mass communication Then: WOI-TV news anchor and morning news producer; Pi Beta Phi sorority member; student alumni ambassador; Campus Chest marketing director; KPGY Radio DJ Now: president, Cox Media Group When Kim (Bredar) Guthrie studied journalism at Iowa State University, she dreamed big. “I wanted to be the next Joan Lunden … Continue reading Kim (Bredar) Guthrie ’84
Dan Davenport ’84
Dan Davenport bikes through midtown Manhattan to get to work. A crush of creativity, passion and desperation, that ride rewards and tests Davenport every day. Not surprisingly, that’s an apt description of Davenport’s life. Davenport graduated from Greenlee in 1984, and worked at newspapers and the ISU alumni magazine VISIONS before landing a job at … Continue reading Dan Davenport ’84
Emily Elveru ’13
Emily Elveru first thought about her dream career while sitting in her freshman dorm room in Willow Hall. Why not work for a parents’ magazine? She appreciated family and children dynamics, and had discovered a love for journalism. In fact, she took great satisfaction in school when assigned to discover and correct sentence errors. Because … Continue reading Emily Elveru ’13