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
You can thank Lisa Jesser for treating you right. Or at least making sure you saw that message every time you hit the DQ drive-thru. Jesser works as the integrated marketing campaign manager for International Dairy Queen in Minneapolis, joining the company in 2013. She oversees all consumer advertising on television, digital and social media … Continue reading Lisa Jesser ’06
Eric Abbott caught the journalism bug at age 5, when he licked envelope stamps and worked with a dog columnist at a newspaper in Osceola, Iowa, where his father was an editor. Fast forward 60-plus years, and Abbott boasts a plumb-full resume, chock-full of 41 years teaching experience, research trips to dozens of countries, numerous … Continue reading So Long, Professor Abbott
Watching the nationally-broadcast second Democratic debate on Nov. 14 from the Sheslow Auditorium at Drake University, viewers couldn’t have guessed that the debate’s panelists had only seen full copies of their script just one hour before the cameras started rolling. The day before the debate, 130 people lost their lives and hundreds more were wounded … Continue reading Covering the Caucuses
John B. Anderson enjoyed his daily morning routine while running the Britt News Tribune 60 years ago: He arrived at the office at 8 a.m. and culled the mail for letters from rural correspondents, about a half dozen stringers who sent in weekly letters full of news about their communities. “That helped fill up the … Continue reading Reporting on the Local Front
After his retirement, longtime KCCI news anchor Kevin Cooney reflects on his passion for storytelling and his path to broadcast journalism at Iowa State in the 1970s.
Click to view a profile on each new hire: Dara Wald Kelly Winfrey Catherine Huggins Gavin Aronsen Dara Wald, assistant professor By Lauren Grant Dara Wald always knew she wanted to work in education, but didn’t pinpoint in what capacity until she was enrolled in graduate school. “[Graduate school] allows you to do more advanced … Continue reading New Faculty Join Greenlee Ranks
Western perspectives and Ghanian viewpoints on the impact of the global digital divide spurred conversations during an international online collaboration between Greenlee graduate students in Professor Daniela Dimitrova’s Communication Technology and Social Change course and students at the University of Ghana in Accra. Dimitrova organized the event with her former student Etse Sikanku, a 2008 … Continue reading Graduate Students Explore Digital Divide
Who wouldn’t love courtside tickets for their favorite college basketball team? Beth Haag’s passion for sports has led not only to a career reporting those sports, but also swell seats for Cyclone basketball. And recently, Haag, a lecturer since 2005, shared her passion for all things athletics via a new undergraduate course she created for … Continue reading New Course Prepares Students for Careers in Sports Communication
Just four short years ago, Trey Hemmingsen, ’11, was an Iowa State student majoring in advertising and working at the Iowa State Daily as an advertising account representative. Today the Greenlee School grad is one of the most involved members of the Iowa State Alumni Association, who devotes a substantial amount of time to his … Continue reading Hemmingsen Honored for Connecting Alumni