Shelly Coleman-Martins, associate vice president of Strategic Communications, announced
that Lainie Mazzullo has been promoted to co-director of news and media relations,
and Tyler Pennick has joined the team as a video content developer.
Mazzullo has worked in communication for 18 years, including the past 11 years at
Wichita State. She will serve as co-director of news and media relations along with
Joe Kleinsasser.
Kleinsasser, who is starting his 33rd year at WSU, will continue in his role of being
the university's primary contact for the news media, in addition to writing and editing
WSU's internal newsletters.
Mazzullo will be responsible for expanding WSU's public relations efforts, supporting
the university's social media efforts and supervising student assistants, while continuing
to work with Kleinsasser on media relations and internal newsletters.
Pennick's duties include developing video content for social media purposes, internal
usage and marketing efforts for Strategic Communications.
He replaces Kelly Johnson, who moved to a teaching role at Shocker Studios this fall.
Pennick earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from WSU in May 2015, and a Master
in Communication from WSU in May 2017.
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