K-State media relations names Andy Badeker campus news coordinator, Erinn Barcomb-Peterson research news and features coordinator

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News release prepared by: Andy Badeker, 785-532-6415
Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, 785-532-6415, ebarcomb@k-state.edu

Friday, April 6, 2007

K-STATE MEDIA RELATIONS NAMES ANDY BADEKER CAMPUS NEWS COORDINATOR, ERINN BARCOMB-PETERSON RESEARCH NEWS AND FEATURES COORDINATOR

MANHATTAN -- Andy Badeker, Alma, has joined Kansas State University's media relations and marketing as campus news coordinator. He succeeds Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, who was promoted to research news and features coordinator when Keener Tippin moved from the area.

As campus news coordinator, Badeker will write news releases about K-State's colleges, offices and centers, including news about lectures and special events. Badeker also is responsible for news releases about commencement, semester and graduation honors, and the All-University Open House.

Badeker has been a freelance writer and editor since 2003. Before that, he was an editor and reporter at the Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star and the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel in Colorado. He is a 1984 graduate of the University of Kansas and a 1980 graduate of Emporia High School.

Barcomb-Peterson will write news releases about scientific research and other research projects going on at K-State, in addition to features about K-State people and places.

Barcomb-Peterson joined the media relations and marketing staff in 2005, becoming campus news coordinator in 2006. Previously, she worked as a reporter for the Eudora News and a designer for the Ottawa Herald. She is a 2001 University of Kansas graduate and a 1997 Maize High School graduate. She is originally from Wichita.