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New Staff Keeps School Running
Alvin L. Bridges III
Alex Garcia
P.F. Lengel
Bridges joined the Cronkite School in April 2008 as lead technical support analyst after seven years at Pearson Technology in Chandler. Bridges, who is completing his degree in computer science at ASU, is a Dell-certified server and desktop technician, a Microsoft certified systems engineer and an Applecertified repair technician.
Garcia, technical support analyst associate, started out as a student worker in the school’s information technology department. In July 2008, he became a part of the full-time staff, providing desktop support for staff, faculty and students. He also attends school part time to complete his degree.
Lengel, who joined the Cronkite School in July 2007, is the school’s academic transition adviser, working with nonmajors who are trying to meet the school’s stringent admission standards. Lengel has been an adviser at ASU since 1998. She received the 2001 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Award for Excellence in Advising — an award for which she was nominated three additional times. Lengel received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in religious studies from ASU in 1998 and 2000, respectively.
Tashia Glenn Megan Calcote Calcote worked in college residential life while a student at the University of Arizona. She received her bachelor’s degree in English and creative writing in 2007. She joined the Cronkite School in July 2008 as administrative assistant in the school’s main office.
Glenn joined the Cronkite School as an administrative assistant in the Career Services office in September 2007. She assists with the school’s internship, career and high school programs. Glenn had previously worked at the International Programs Office and the Herberger College of the Arts.
Cindy Coffman
Jim Jacoby
The Cronkite School is the third stop for Coffman during her 10 years at ASU. Before coming to the school as business operations manager in July 2008, she worked in the business offices of the College of Extended Education and the College of Public Programs. Coffman earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. She worked for the Union Pacific Railroad in Omaha before moving to Phoenix in 1995.
Jacoby took over as broadcast production manager of NewsWatch in mid-2008 after the retirement of longtime production manager Jim Rush. He spent eight years at Eight/KAET, where he was an Emmy award-winning editor and Emmy-nominated director. Jacoby, a Cronkite School alumnus, received his bachelor’s degree from ASU in 1992. He previously worked at two television stations in Phoenix.
Beth Landish Linda O’Neal Davis Davis, lead graphic designer, joined the school in January 2008 after eight years at ASU Student Media. Davis designs materials and publications, including The Cronkite Journal, for the school. She created many of the visual elements in the new Cronkite School building. Davis received her bachelor’s degree from ASU in 1996 and earned a second degree from the Art Institute of Phoenix shortly after.
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A native of Wisconsin, Landish spent eight years in the U.S. Army and worked for Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee. She came to ASU as MBA program coordinator for the W. P. Carey School of Business and earned her degree in interdisciplinary studies from ASU. She moved to the Cronkite School in February 2008 as one of four undergraduate academic advisers.
Brad Longwell Longwell, the newest member of the advising team, joined the school in May 2008. Longwell received his bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Illinois State University in 1980 and worked at a mid-market television station and then in Chicago at a video post-production house. Longwell has a master’s degree in counselor education from Northeastern Illinois University. He moved to Phoenix in 2001 to help start a small computer special effects business, but in 2004 he joined the University of Phoenix as an academic counselor.
Deborah Smith In addition to advising students, Smith coordinates orientation for incoming freshman and is developing a training program for new advisers in the Cronkite School. Smith came to the school in July 2007 from Albany, N.Y., where she worked for Excelsior College as an academic adviser. She also was an academic adviser for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville and worked at the College of Saint Rose, also in Albany. Smith received a bachelor’s degree in English literature in 1998 and a master’s degree in education in 1999 from the College of Saint Rose.