The Ohio State University Office of Student Life: Dining Services March 2025 Article published in Campus Dining Today, the trade magazine of National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS). This magazine has a print circulation of 2,600 and digital circulation of more than 6,000. NACUFS_CampusDiningTodaySpring2025Download Audience: Senior dining services leaders at peer institutions… Continue reading Trade magazine published article for Ohio State Dining Services
I wrote this blog post for Your Student Life to not only share with students about the new reusable coffee sleeves but also to highlight existing sustainability efforts by Dining Services. The article went through several revisions and back and forth with Dining senior leadership to get more information about sustainability initiatives and to ensure… Continue reading Web article for Ohio State Dining Service- Your Student Life: Choose to Reuse, Sustainability in Dining
What: Sloopy’s Diner hosts revenue-generating buffets on home football games. I managed the marketing plan for these buffets, aiming to increase attendance and reach our target audience through new approaches. Target audience: football season ticket holders, alumni, students, staff and faculty Goal: Increase attendance to Sloopys Gameday Buffets in 2024 to 275 attendees. This event… Continue reading Sloopy’s Game Day Buffet 2024 Marketing Plan
I'm volunteering with AAF Columbus on the Communications committee, gaining more copywriting experience. I wrote this copy to promote their holiday event. The copy was used in the December 10 email newsletter. Get ready to jingle all the way at AAF's holly jolly Ugly Sweater Soiree. Dust off your your most festive holiday sweater for… Continue reading Copywriting for AAF Columbus
I wrote this article for Ohio State's Dining Services to encourage students to eat at one of the many on-campus food trucks. This article came about after I finished working with Student Life Technology Services to create a webpage that published food truck locations and schedules. I wanted students to find that resource. The food… Continue reading Wrote web article for OSU Dining Services
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, I received an email and voicemail from a local journalist asking about the veterinary college's Michigan fire hydrant. I immediately called my colleague, Allison Burk (our team's media relations expert), and told her the journalist contacted me. The journalist had contacted Allison too and she was already coordinating a time when… Continue reading A bit of PR experience and my dog becomes famous
I managed a viral social media post in January 2022 at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. I worked with stakeholders to find out about the calves being born. I summarized the information, crafted a draft, and showed the doctor to ensure that the content was accurate. When the post went viral, I… Continue reading Viral Triplet Calves Social Media Post at Ohio State
I got married on 10.10.2020 and I'm taking my husband's last name. So, I'll be changing my name from Debbie Gillum to Debbie Wakefield. Same Debbie, new last name.
Today I went to an AAF Columbus panel discussion about the importance of trust when the brands are big and the stakes are high. I volunteer on the Communications committee of AAF Columbus and was happy my schedule allowed me to attend this luncheon. Panelists: ● Bennett Shaumberg, Integrated Marketing Manager, Abbott ● Kelly Ruoff,… Continue reading AAF Columbus January Luncheon: Building Trust at Big Time Brands
Recently I watched “The Imagineering Story,” a new docuseries on Disney+ about the history of the Disney theme parks. I grew up going to Disney World every year with my mom and when I wasn’t at the park, I was reading about all things Disney and watching TV specials about the Behind the Scenes of… Continue reading 5 Lessons I Learned from Watching Disney’s “The Imagineering Story”
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