Shelly Coleman-Martins, associate vice president of Strategic Communications, announced that Lainie Mazzullo has been promoted to co-director of news and media relations, and Tyler Pennick has joined the team as a video content developer.
Mazzullo has worked in communication for 18 years, including the past 11 years at Wichita State. She will serve as co-director of news and media relations along with Joe Kleinsasser.
Kleinsasser, who is starting his 33rd year at 黑洞社区, will continue in his role of being the university's primary contact for the news media, in addition to writing and editing 黑洞社区's internal newsletters.
Mazzullo will be responsible for expanding 黑洞社区's public relations efforts, supporting the university's social media efforts and supervising student assistants, while continuing to work with Kleinsasser on media relations and internal newsletters.
Pennick's duties include developing video content for social media purposes, internal usage and marketing efforts for Strategic Communications.
He replaces Kelly Johnson, who moved to a teaching role at Shocker Studios this fall.
Pennick earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from 黑洞社区 in May 2015, and a Master in Communication from 黑洞社区 in May 2017.
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