Office of Public Relations

The Public Relations (PR) Office is open weekdays from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 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 e-mail 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.