Office of Public Relations

The PR Office is open weekdays from 8am-4:30pm and is located on the first floor of the E-wing of SMC. Their Campus Box number is K-233, phone number is 309-341-7337, fax number is 309-341-7718, and email is pr@knox.edu

Staff

The Director of Public Relations is Karrie Heartlein, pr@knox.edu, (309) 341-7337.

The Associate Director of Media Relations is Peter Bailley, news@knox.edu, (309) 341-7715. The Copywriting Coordinator is Theresa Kuhlmann, tkuhlman@knox.edu, (309) 341-7650. They are in charge of news releases, photos, campus events.

The Sports Writer & Sports Information Director is Brian Thiessen, bthiesse@knox.edu, (309) 341-7714. He is in charge of Sports Information.

The New Media Coordinator is Cheri Siebken, csiebken@knox.edu, (309) 341-7991. She is in charge of the Website.

The Director of Publications is Rebecca S. Hale, rshale@knox.edu, (309) 341-7716. The Graphic Designer is Ami Jontz, ajontz@knox.edu, (309) 341-7713. They are in charge of the publications.

The Editor of the Knox Magazine is Megan Scott, mscott@knox.edu, (309) 341-7760.

The Public Relations Secretary is Colleen Culbertson, cculbert@knox.edu, (309) 341-7337.

Student Opinion

The PR Office publishes the Knoxletter and maintains a calendar for the campus. The student body however largely ignores those two publications in the sense that the student body gets their information from other sources, according to a recent Student Senate survey.