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
When she is not hunting moose or catching fish, Rashah McChesney is shooting photographs and reeling in stories for the Peninsula Clarion, a newspaper for Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. McChesney has not always lived in a community of only 6,000 people; in fact, she was born and raised in Houston and came to Iowa State to … Continue reading Rashah McChesney ’10
Leave it to late professor Barbara Mack to encourage yet another student to pursue a Greenlee major. When Amber Mulle first began at Iowa State, she was studying graphic design. After she realized it wasn’t for her, she decided to take some journalism classes, since she enjoyed writing. It wasn’t long before Mack’s influence helped … Continue reading Amber Mulle ’12
On a normal day, Kate Gibson can be found hard at work amid a sea of white. Gibson is a 2013 graduate of the Greenlee School and is currently working in Kansas City as the social media coordinator for the bridal design company, Essense of Australia. After her graduation in 2013, Gibson first followed her … Continue reading Kate Gibson ’13
Evonna Sweis’ passion for advertising and broadcast media began before she was a teenager. Sweis knew in about the sixth grade that she wanted to work for the Leo Burnett Group, and when it came time to pick a college, Iowa State was her No. 1 choice. “Choosing Iowa State was a pretty easy choice,” … Continue reading Evonna Sweis ’13
Class: 2014; Public Relations Then: ISUtv (web director); PRSSA (member and vice president); the Salt Company (connection group leader) Now: NEXT Media Specialist at Cornerstone Church of Ames In his own words: As most Greenlee students know, we boast a more than 99 percent job placement within six months of graduation. I, however, was that … Continue reading Chris Cox ’14
Class: 2013; Journalism and Mass Communication and Communication Studies Then: Iowa State Daily (staff photographer, assistant photo editor, photo editor, managing editor of production, publications director); ISU Athletics Communications Office (intern); Society of Professional Journalists (president); Greenlee Ambassador; University Honors Program (public relations chair); Campus Scouts; concert band (alto saxophone) Now: Photojournalist, Des Moines Register … Continue reading Kelsey Kremer ’13
Aimee Malone’s pet peeve has always been when people use the wrong words and punctuation—a sign that she was destined to be a copy editor even as a high school student. “I was one of those people in high school who’d mark up everyone else’s papers in English class and get dirty looks for it,” … Continue reading Aimee Malone ’13
Two worlds have collided for a recent Greenlee School alumna. Tian Zhu, who received her master’s degree at Iowa State in 2012, began working as an anchor for SinoVision Inc., a Chinese TV network that airs in America, in June 2013. For Zhu, who did her undergraduate work in her home country at the Communication … Continue reading Tian Zhu ’12
Amid the clamor of his favorite cafe in Vienna (where the Internet and views are grand), Kaleb Warnock shared the story of what brought him there in the first place. Warnock initially visited Europe in 2011 as a percussionist with Iowa State’s wind ensemble. One bicycle ride through a city park was all it took … Continue reading Kaleb Warnock ’12