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312.915.6164

ABOUT STEVE:

As communications manager, Steve Christensen is responsible for the strategic development and day-to-day execution of both the University's internal and external communications initiatives.

Steve is editor of Inside Loyola and Inside Loyola Weekly, he oversees the coordination of the digital screens, and he manages the distribution of special broadcast e-mails from various University departments.

Steve has also executed a number of media relations initiatives for the University and its various schools/colleges, departments, centers of excellence, and museum that have resulted in placements in a number of high-profile media outlets.

With nearly 10 years of public relations experience, including stops at Chicago-based PR firms Dome Communications/Dome HK and Wheatley & Timmons, Steve has developed and implemented PR strategies for a number of well known companies, including ConAgra Foods, Serta Mattress Company, Panasonic, Hershey's, Sears, Roebuck and Co., and Cold Stone Creamery.

Steve graduated from Augustana College, in Rock Island, Illinois, with a BA in Speech Communication and a political science minor.