• National Two Year College Cooperative Education & Internship Association student intern award winner (2008).
• Gold winner and COD’s nominee for National Two Year College Cooperative Education & Internship Association student intern award (2007).
• Accepted a National Pacemaker Award on behalf of the 2006-2007 Courier staff at the CMA/ACP conference in Washington, D.C. (2007).
• First place news story of 2007 at the Illinois Community College Journalism Association conference (2007).
• Completed all journalism classes at COD, including Journalism 1100, 1105, 1110, 1115, 1120 and 1130.

• Features Editor in (Fall 2007).
• Stories published in Prairie Light Review Magazine
  at COD (2007).
  
• Completed Journalism 1105.

• Story published in winter 2007 edition of the Chaparral.
• Completed Journalism 1100, 1105, 1110, 1115 and 1120.

• Co-op Internship for The Courier
• Published writing in Chaparral (Feature Magazine Class)
• Internship at The Daily Herald

• Published in the Chicago Tribune and the Courier News in Elgin.
• Working towards a Master’s degree in social work.
• Studied photojournalism at Columbia College.
• Began studying at COD in 1997.

• Sports Editor (2007-2008)
• Completed a co-op internship in the fall
• Completed Journalism 1105, 1110 and 1115
• Wrote for the Spring 2008 Chaparral Magazine

• Co-President for Creative Collaborations: the Advertising, Design, and Illustration Club.
• Cover illustration selected for Prairie Light Review Magazine (2007).
• Cover illustrations for Chaparral Magazine (2007-2008).
• Courier Staff member for the National Pacemaker Award (2006-2007).
• Second place political cartoon at the Illinois Community College Journalism Association conference (2007).
• Completed Advertising, Design, and Illustration classes at COD, including ADSGN 1102, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2208.
• Completed Journalism 1110, 1115 and 1130.

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