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Name: Van Osdell, Mary Ann
Title: Assistant Communications Specialist
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Department: Communications
Organization: LSU AgCenter
Address 1: LSU AgCenter Communications, 262 Research Station Drive
Address 2: Bossier City, LA 71112
Phone Number: (318) 741-7430
Fax Number: (318) 741-7433
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Education/Training
B.A. in Journalism, LSU-Baton Rouge, 1979 (minor in English)
Certificate in Nonprofit Administration, LSUS, 2005
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Areas of Specialization/Research
Responsible for obtaining media exposure for the LSU AgCenter in North Louisiana.
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Professional Experience
- Director of Communications, Evergreen Presbyterian Ministries, Bossier City, La., March 2003 to March 2007
- Coordinator of Information Services, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, La., August 2002 to March 2003
- Advertorial Writer, The Times, Shreveport, La., October 1999 to May 2002
- Freelance Writer, The Times, November 1989 to March 1999 (have also freelanced for The Forum News from 1994 to the present and for KWKH Radio as editor of The Ranch Hand Roundup)
- Marketing Coordinator, HCA Highland Hospital, Shreveport, La., March 1992 to April 1994
- General Manager, Remington Suite Hotel, Shreveport, La., May 1990 to November 1991
- Director of Public Relations, Schumpert Medical Center, Shreveport, La., January 1989 to October 1991
- Reporter, The Times, Shreveport, La., December 1980 to December 1986
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Awards/Grants
National Awards
- Second Place, Nonfiction Historical Book, National Federation of Press Women, 2007
- Third Place, Four-color Newsletter, NFPW, 2007
- Third Place, Audioviduals-PowerPoint, NFPW, 2007
- Third Place, Internal Communications, NFPW, 2007
- Third Place, Headline Writing, NFPW, 2000
- Third Place, Internal Business Communications, NFPW, 1991
- First Place, Tabloid, Honorable Mention for Speech, NFPW, 1990
- First Place, Audiovisual Presentation and for Magazine, NFPW, 1989
- Honorable Mention, Not-for-profit Four-color Brochure, NFPW, 1988
Honors
- Voted a Rising Young Community Leader by the Shreveport Chamber of Commerce, 1997
- President's Award from Shreveport-Bossier Apartment Association for publicizing organization, 1995
- Queen, Mardi Gras Krewe of Aesclepius, 1994
- Employee of the Month, Highland Hospital, 1992
- Leadership Shreveport-Bossier graduate, 1988
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Publications/Presentations/Patents
Author of two books, Hands Pointed UP (2005) and Historic Presbyterian Churches of Tennessee (2006)
Assisted in compiling memoirs for the Norton Art Gallery World War II Oral History Project
Public Relations efforts for the Friends of Municipal Auditorium resulted in the group receiving the 2005 Ad Federation Image Award and 2006 Sales and Marketing Executives Sales Ambassador Award
Have served on publicity committees for the Republican National Convention held in New Orleans in 1988, Miss USA held in Shreveport in 1997-98, the Congressional Medal of Honor Convention held in Shreveport in 2002, the Franklin Graham Festival held in Bossier City in 2005 and the James Burton International Guitar Festival held in Shreveport in 2005 |
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