Marie Mayer (mhmayer@iastate.edu)

Communications Specialist
Academic Information Technologies
101 Durham Center
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011

Phone 515-294-2787

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement communication plan for Academic Information Technologies (AIT)
• Publicize and market AIT's services and resources
• Edit and coordinate internal and external reports, papers, and proposals
• Project management facilitation
• Presentations and tours
• Keep the world safe for grammar
• If I touch it, it's mine

Education

• M.A., 1994, Business and Technical Communication (English), Iowa State University
• B.S., 1985, Computer Science, Iowa State University
• Diploma, 1972, Interior Decoration and Retailing, Northeast Iowa Area One Vocational-Technical School

Some Previous Occupations

• Manage large-scale mailing information system
• Bartender
• Layout artist, typesetter, darkroom technician, pre-press stripper, platemaker
• Furniture salesperson
• Avon lady
• Seamstress
• Et cetera

Selected Interests

• Golf, racquetball, water aerobics
• Cooking (and eating), dining adventures
• Reading, especially mysteries (John Dickson Carr et al and Colin Dexter are my favorite "proper British"-style authors)
• Collect cookbooks and tacky bathroom wall fish
• Theatre, as an audience member and an actor
• Jazz, blues, and classical music
• Gardening

Memberships

• Society for Technical Communication (STC)
• American Mensa
• Mensa International
• Ames Community Arts Council

What Else Keeps Me Busy

• Active in Des Moines chapter of STC; liaison to ISU STC student chapter
• Leadership presentations for professional and non-profit organizations
• Committee member for several American Mensa committees
• Local Secretary (i.e., President) of Central Iowa Mensa chapter
• Special Olympics volunteer
• Presenting at professional conferences and meetings