Kelly joined the FaCIT team in the summer of 2005. Both an alum and current student of CMU, Kelly earned her undergraduate degree in Graphic Design and Photography in 2002. She recently began persuing a masters degree in Educational Leadership with a concentration in Community Leadership. Kelly has been working in various design and technology capacities at CMU, and also as a freelance graphic designer and photographer, since 1998.

Kelly enjoys helping faculty to communicate visually in ways that enhance the effectiveness of their teaching. She is a strong believer that the right visuals, when used creatively and with good timing, can improve a student’s recall and retention of information, can make difficult concepts more clear, and can relieve stress and tension in the classroom.

Kelly specializes in design and layout for print, web and multimedia. Her daily duties include course material layouts, multimedia and web interfaces, custom PowerPoint templates, illustrations, charts and graphs, research poster designs, and large format printing. Kelly also provides faculty with training on a variety of applications including Photoshop, PowerPoint, Dreamweaver and InDesign.

Whether you are looking to polish established materials for your classes, create professional posters of your research, or need help finding ways to visually represent difficult concepts to your students, she would love to hear from you.

Outside of work, Kelly enjoys photography, acting, cooking, and is an avid reader. She volunteers most of her free time in downtown Mount Pleasant at Grace Church and at the Broadway Theatre. When she isn't there, you'll likely find her studying with a warm cup of Earl Grey in hand or spending time with some very dear friends.

Selected Recent Projects

Center for Merchandising and Technology http://www.cmdt.cmich.edu
Website design (2006 – 07)

Teaching Central Newsletter
http://www.facit.cmich.edu/teaching-central/
Designer (2006 – Present)

Lilly Conference on College Teaching – Traverse City, MI
http://www.facit.cmich.edu/lilly/
Web designer (2006 - Present)
Marketing and event signage design (2005-Present)

Department of Educational Leadership
http://www.ehs.cmich.edu/eacl/
Designer (2005)

Department of Physical Education & Sport (P.E.S.) Center for the Enhancement of Physical Education Programming (C.E.P.E.P.) - P.E.S. 100 Level Skills & Testing Instructional Presentation
Web design (2006)

Department of Physical Education & Sport (P.E.S)
Center for the Enhancement of Physical education Programming
PES 100 Level Course Content Web Site
Web design (2006)

GEMS Brochure
Layout design (2006)

CMU Excellence in Teaching Award
Nominations website design (2006)
Award recipients poster design (2006)

CMU Orientation
Photography (2004-2006)
PowerPoint design (2004-2006)

Teaching Endeavors

CMU Blackboard Institutes (2004, 2006 – Present)
* Basic Design Principles
* 10 Design Tips & Tricks

CMU Faculty Development Series (1998 – Present)

Mid Michigan Community College – Mount Pleasant, MI
CIS 135: Introductory Website Design & Management -
(Instructor: Jeremy Bond). Adobe Photoshop overview and Macromedia Guest presenter – Topic: Full-time Graphic Design, Photoshop & Dreamweaver Tips & Tricks for the Web (11/2005)

Graphics Training Workshop Series - Grace Church, Mount Pleasant, MI
Series of 4 workshops on Photoshop & Design Basics
Workshop coordinator / lead trainer (2005)