Communication & Marketing

The Office of Communications & Marketing Student of the Year Award

The Office of Communications and Marketing puts a focus on highlighting student life both to the campus community and to prospective students considering making Tech their home. The student experience at Tech creates a community that is an integral part of the student life and the Tennessee Tech brand. The student workers in our office have an important role to play in helping share exactly what it means to live wings up. Because of their contributions to our office and the campus community at large, the Office of Communications and Marketing is honored to participate in the university's annual Student Leadership Awards and to recognize an OCM Student of the Year.

Criteria: Students who are nominated must: (1) be working in the office at the time of the award; (2) demonstrate leadership and initiative as it pertains to their work; (3) maintain a prompt and timely work schedule; and (4) go above and beyond the overall general expectations for a student worker role.

2023 Nominees

• » Sophia Foster, Promotions and Events Student Worker

  Nomination submitted by Shanna Muncy, Director of Marketing Promotions & Events

  Sophia is new to OCM this semester. She volunteered to work an event in the evening outside of her schedule. She worked the event so I wouldn’t have to come to employee appreciation evening the week after I got out of the hospital. She is always prompt and will do any task she is presented with. She goes above and beyond when it comes to getting involved with office events and becoming a President Ambassador.

• » Emily Armstrong, Interactive Media Student Photographer

  Nomination submitted by Rick Wells, Director of Interactive Media

  Emily is a go getter and very professional at her work. She goes into every assignment with enthusiasm and has the creativity to complete the project in a timely manner. She shows a fantastic work ethic and true passion for her photography work. She is always eager to learn more and has taught us a few things as well. 

2023 Winner

Kaitlyn (Katie) Blair, Student Social Media Team
Our winner of the 2023 OCM Student of the Year award is someone who has done the work of telling Tennessee Tech’s story with the next class of Golden Eagles. Katie Blair manages an Instagram account for the Tennessee Tech Class of 2027. Katie’s work in managing the page has created a community for these students that gives them a look at what they can expect when they join Tech's campus in the fall. Katie is a great ambassador for the university and the office of communications and marketing and eagerly shares with these incoming students what life at Tech is like and all of the opportunities that await them. Plus, she does weekly giveaways on the page to make sure they have the Tech swag every Golden Eagle needs. In recognition of her dedication to helping these incoming students connect, her strong work ethic and all she has done to promote the student experience at Tech, Katie Blair is the Office of Communications and Marketing’s Student of the Year.