Student Perspective

All about my summer with Iowa 80 Group

I just finished my summer internship and am ready to share my experiences! I wanted to be close to my hometown and applied for a social media marketing internship with the Iowa 80 Group in Walcott, Iowa. The internship was for their website Iowa80.com, which has all the main social media platforms to direct traffic to their website. Read More

October 5, 2023

Published here and there, an internship that spread my work nationwide

My summer at the Iowa Capital Dispatch sharpened skills I learned at Iowa State and helped me realize the skills I never knew I needed. I spent the summer keeping up with Iowa’s congressional delegates, reporting on the governor’s office, following the presidential campaign trail and more. Read More

September 19, 2023

My summer social media internship in Omaha, Nebraska

This summer, I had the pleasure of working my second social media internship in Omaha, Nebraska. I worked with the marketing and communications department at a company called Lozier, a leader in manufacturing store fixtures. Read More

September 12, 2023

Greenlee Internship Photo Challenge

Take a selfie. Win a prize! Let’s show off your summer internship. In your office, at the studio, in front of the building—anything tasteful and appropriate for use by the Greenlee Social Media team is welcome. Read More

May 30, 2023

My Hugh S. Sidey Scholarship Experience

When selecting the college I would attend, Iowa State University told me to “choose my adventure.” What I didn’t know in 2019 was that choosing my adventure would include being a scholarship recipient and guest at The White House Correspondents’ Dinner! Read More

May 8, 2023

March Madness 2023

My name is Harper Snead. I am a junior at Iowa State, studying public relations and communication studies. In March of 2023, I was fortunate enough to volunteer at the March Madness Midwest Regional Tournament during the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight rounds in Kansas City, Missouri. Read More

May 1, 2023

Meet the 2023-24 Dotdash Meredith apprentices from Iowa State University

Six Iowa State students have been selected to participate in the Dotdash Meredith Apprentice Program for the 2023-2024 academic year. Now in its 20th year, the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication’s partnership with Dotdash Meredith places Iowa State students in year-long apprenticeships at the nation’s largest digital and print publisher. Read More

April 28, 2023

First Generation

I am a first generation. This means I was the first born on American soil. The first one to be a part of 82% of first generations to finish high school. The first one out of 36% of Latinos to go to college. (Link: https://pnpi.org/latino-students/) The first one to have a better life than my family did. Read More

February 28, 2023

White House Historical Association’s annual Hugh S. Sidey Scholarship award recipient announced

The White House Historical Association in partnership with Iowa State University’s Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication and the White House Correspondents’ Association, have awarded student Cooper Pierce with the Hugh S. Sidey Scholarship in Print Journalism. Read More

January 18, 2023

Greenlee students finalists in national media planning competition

Last fall, then first-year students Clare Vilmont, public relations and political science, and Ellie Flynn-Snider, public relations and data science, began the months-long process of… Read More

September 8, 2022