public relations – Andy writes!

This post has nothing to do with the writing life, but I wanted to share that Jaime Hunt, host of a wonderful podcast called Confessions of a Higher Ed CMO, interviewed me for her podcast about a month ago, and that episode goes live today. The focus is on my nearly 33-year career in higher education, all with Missouri University of Science and Technology. I had a great time talking with Jaime about my career and the many changes we’ve seen in higher ed marketing and communication over the past three decades.

If you’re interested, check out the episode, From PR writer to CMO: A Lifetime of Marketing in Higher Education, and consider subscribing to Jaime’s podcast or any of the other great shows in the Enrollify Podcast Network.

Missouri S&T's first female St. Pat is geology student Katelyn Jones, shown here with S&T interim Chancellor Chris Maples and members of her Court of St. Patrick. (Photo by Sam O'Keefe/Missouri S&T) — Missouri S&T’s first female St. Pat is geology student Katelyn Jones, shown here with S&T interim Chancellor Chris Maples and members of her Court of St. Patrick. (Photo by Sam O’Keefe/Missouri S&T)

This post has absolutely nothing to do with St. Patrick’s Day. But working at Missouri S&T as I do, we are in the midst of our 110th annual celebration of St. Pat’s — and it’s the first in the history of this storied event in which a woman is portraying the venerable saint of engineers — so I feel an obligation to reference this holiday in some fashion. And if you read no further than this lead paragraph, then you should at least try your hand at our old-school snake invasion video game. You’ll thank me later for wasting your Friday. Continue reading “Friday Five: St. Patrick’s Day Eve edition”