I wrote this online article for The Ohio State University Office of Student Life department Buckeye Careers. The article ran during finals week in early December and featured ways students could get a head start on career planning during winter break. I met with the Buckeye Careers team before writing to understand what main points… Continue reading Article for Ohio State’s Office of Student Life Buckeye Careers
In February 2024, I wrote an article for The Ohio State Veterinary Medical Center about the new equine arena and how it would improve the Sports Medicine service. I enjoyed interviewing clinicians and veterinary technicianss because I grew up with horses and I think what they are able to do in The Sports Medicine and… Continue reading Wrote article about new equine performance arena for Ohio State Vet Med
At a team meeting, one of our development officers told us about this dog who had been at The Ohio State Veterinary Medical Center for seven days, on a mechanical ventilator, in intensive care. I wrote two web stories about Marley, interviewing her veterinarians, her loving owner Taylor and Taylor's mom. I took photos of… Continue reading OSU Story of Marley the miracle dog (Web, Social, Email)
Tuesday January 10, 2017 11:18 AMThe 44th season of Metro Parks' weekend series of Winter Hikes kicked off in Blacklick Woods on Jan. 7 with 2- and 4-mile walks.Participants embarked on guided and self-guided hikes and enjoyed hot soup and warm drinks at the Beech-Maple Lodge afterward.The 2017 Winter Hikes series features 13 hikes, including… Continue reading Winter Hikes: Metro Parks kicks off annual program
(This is just a work of satire, like The Onion)A local Reynoldsburg girl named Rose Cinnamon excitedly shared with her Facebook friends a video of her dumping a bucket of ice all over herself."I'm super stoked to be the first one of all my friends to be part of the SLA ice-bucket charity challenge to… Continue reading Local girl discovers ASL ice-bucket challenge, one year late
(I wrote this article for the Fall/ Winter Signatures magazine for Longaberger. I went out to The Homestead and interviewed both Ahmad and Christy about the barrel basket. I enjoyed researching the history of barrels and learning how a basket evolves from being just an idea to a real basket. I'm proud of how factual… Continue reading Baskets, Barrels & Longaberger
Tuesday December 23, 2014 9:28 AMPage A2 of 12/25 issueThe Dublin City School District presented a Gifted Service Delivery Draft to community members recently and then listened to their feedback.About 60 community members gathered Dec. 10 in the Wyandot Elementary School Library to listen to Kimberly Pietsch Miller, the district's chief academic officer, present the… Continue reading Parents hear draft of gifted program revamp
(originally published in ThisWeekNews)Wednesday December 17, 2014 3:37 PMTom, Kathy and Reilly Harrington look at the floragraph of their daughter and sister, Lindsay Jones (photo from ThisWeekNews)To honor the late Lindsay Alyce Jones, her family invited students and staff to help decorate her floragraph, which will be displayed on the 2015 Donate Life Tournament of Roses… Continue reading Student’s organ donation honored on parade float
(I wrote this article for Longaberger's Fall/ Winter Signatures magazine. Lynn and Gary were nice enough to invite me to their home and I interviewed them on their front porch. I'm proud of the descriptive details I included in the opening and how I used quotes that make the voice of Lynn and Gary come… Continue reading Front Porch Memories
By DEBBIE GILLUMTuesday November 25, 2014 9:07 PMWritten for ThisWeekNews Dublin Villager newspaper Dublin City Schools is one of 547 school districts in the U.S. and Canada to be honored by the College Board with placement on the 5th Annual Advanced Placement District Honor Roll for increasing access to AP course work and improving scores.This is… Continue reading Dublin’s advanced placement programs receive honor
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