In late November, I wrote an online piece for The Ohio State University Office of Student Life about the benefits of student employment, specifically within Dining Services. The piece was part of the weekly Your Student Life feature which is included in the email newsletter onCampus Today that goes to all undergraduate, graduate and professional… Continue reading Online article: Benefits of working for Ohio State Student Life
I wrote this "Your Student Life" article on the Ohio State Student Life website in September 2025. It was also featured in undergraduate and graduate/professional student editions of the onCampus Today email sent on Tuesday, Sept 9. The article aims to bring awareness to all Ohio State students about the career fair, encourage them to register… Continue reading Online Article: Ohio State University-wide Career and Internship Fair
I worked with Ohio State Dining Services to create new ice cream signs in the Traditions at Scott all-you-choose-to-eat dining hall. The signs were needed because the ice cream station was transitioning from self-serve to employee service. Signage was needed to communicate that students now needed to order their ice cream by choosing a bowl… Continue reading Buckeyes Scream for Ice Cream
Examples of social media posts for Dining Services where I wrote the copy, coordinated photos and graphcis by collaborating with graphic designers, got post approvals from Dining team members and shared all materials with the social media lead. https://www.instagram.com/p/DG3oLKqx2mI/?img_index=1 https://www.instagram.com/p/DHG3a37A_Wi/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DNqQgOj12ra/
What: Registration email for Buckeye Careers (in the Ohio State Office of Student Life) Goal: Increase registered employers for 2024 university-wide career fair When: May 2024 Results: 750 delivered, 12.4% click rate - 5 unsubscribesThis is an 85% increase in click rates, compared to a 5% click rate last year. Subject line: Looking to recruit… Continue reading Event email for University-Wide Ohio State Career and Internship Fair
I'm proud that another article I wrote was published in NACUFS Campus Dining Today, a trade magazine for university dining professionals. Read about my first article published in Campus Dining Today. NACUFS_campus-dining-today-summer-2025Download Back in January, I learned the theme of this issue would be Trends in Cuisine, Design & Beyond. What does that mean? How… Continue reading Published article in Campus Dining Today trade magazine
Goal: Encourage students to sit together and share tables. At Marketplace on Neil, a dining facility on south campus, there’s an issue where students don't want to sit together, especially when there's one person sitting at a four-person table. I've experienced this myself. Getting a table is a competitive sport! This is a problem when… Continue reading Ohio State Signage: Share a Table
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
Debbie Wakefield 