Lizzie is Our Social Media and Writing Editor.

Lizzie Schmidt is a senior studying Communication with a minor in Studio Art at Marian. Schmidt’s focus is to grow her journalistic craft in the desire to make it her career after graduation. She is enthused to find and interview students who run their own small businesses in while going to school. Giving them a platform to showcase their business is a passion for her this year. Schmidt has a very special talent in addition to her journalist prowess! She can name every single Taylor Swift song and what album it belongs to within one second of hearing the opening of the song.

Tristan is Our Multimedia Editor.

Tristan Grider is a Senior Communications major with a minor in Business. He produces an up-and-coming podcast called Indy Boys: Racing Podcast. His goal is to use The Marian Phoenix to provide a show for people to learn about racing. As an editor, he aids others in the video and podcast production. When he isn’t producing, he is running his martial arts studio called Grinders Tae Kwon Do. Martial arts hold a special place in his heart. When he was eight, he got a thirty-day free trial for a class in his Halloween trick and treat basket. He fell in love and now wants to provide a place for kids to have the same great experience. He is currently testing for his fourth-degree black belt.

Macey Kenna is a Junior Management Major at Marian University with a minor in Communication. This is her first semester with The Marian Phoenix, and she’s excited to create awareness about a great resource students have on campus. She is a member of the Marian Game Day Cheerleading squad. Her favorite TV show is New Girl, and she has it on repeat in her apartment daily. Her favorite character is Aly Nelson, because she resonates with their goofy personality, and she loves her couple dynamic with Winston.

Senior communication major, Julia Akre, is excited to be a part of The Marian Phoenix as a news journalist again this year. While Julia’s major is Communication, her focus is Multimedia Journalism with minors in Pastoral Leadership and Writing. She is interested in honing her focus this semester with the Phoenix, a continual practice of journalistic writing styles. A talent that Julia has in addition to being a fantastic journalist and writer, is that she can look at a piece of clothing or textile, and be able to tell how it was made, and she is able to deconstruct it.

Jaylen Grant is a Senior Communication major with a double minor in English and Pastoral Leadership at Marian University. This is his first semester with The Marian Phoenix, and he’s interested in doing pieces on Sports Journalism, photo essays and possibly a Podcast about sports on campus. This summer he binged Attack on Titan and Rick and Morty. He also loves video games, his favorites being NBA 2k, Madden, MLB The Show and any Mario Kart title.

Dr. Marilda Oviedo is the Director of Student Media. She is beginning her fourth year teaching at Marian. Dr. O received her bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University in Electronic Media & Communication. She also earned a master’s degree from Texas Tech in Mass Communication and a Ph. D. at the University of Iowa in Mass Communications. She doesn’t have a favorite class that she teaches—show loves all of them. Her dream class to teach is Analyzing Television.