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2025

Alumni

Jen Passaniti ’06 leads production at Highdive ad agency

Passaniti has produced 13 Super Bowl commercials in her career and two Emmy-nominated commercials while at Highdive, ranked #4 by AdAge in 2025.

Date: March 20, 2025

2023

Alumni

Elizabeth Ellis '97 appointed judge

Elizabeth Ellis '97 has been appointed to the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.

Date: May 19, 2023

Alumni

Lori Christian '00 EVP of Marketing for Universal Music

As executive vice president, Lori Christian '00 will oversee Universal Music Group's Nashville’s Artist Development and more.

Date: April 20, 2023

2020

Alumni

Emily Merrell '09, founder of Six Degrees Society

Entrepreneur Emily Merrell '09 majored in Spanish & Comm., worked for Tory Burch & now leads Six Degrees Society, with chapters across the US.

Date: March 10, 2020

2019

Alumni

Melanie Wine Tolan '91 Marketing Exec. Dir. at Roanoke College

Roanoke College has appointed Melanie Wine Tolan '91 as executive director of Marketing and Communications.

Date: May 10, 2019

Spotlights

It’s a small world for Denison Disney intern

Alexandra Redrick ’25 landed a dream internship at Disney through her ambition and help from the Denison alumni network.

‘We broke the internet’

When Snoop Dogg announced he was "quitting smoke," the world jumped to the wrong conclusion. Chris Dickey ’03 was on the team that cleared the air.

Denison Magazine

Keeping the public informed

Journalism chose these Denison graduates — and they're chasing it from Ohio to Africa.

Denison Magazine

To go proudly and boldly into the world

For these high-achieving ’90s graduates, an education on The Hill was about exploring, stumbling, adapting — and thriving.

Denison Magazine

No gavel required

Molly Johnson’s aim as judge: ‘leave the world a better place than I found it’

An illustration of a small person standing on a laptop keyboard

Denison Magazine

The Tangled Web

Associate Professor Sangeet Kumar on the broken promises of the digital revolution

Landing that first job - with you as the boss

Lucy Carlisle '20 launched her own business after graduating. She started years earlier with three internships and a opportunity-packed college career.

Where We Go

The career potential of interpersonal connections

The ability to make connections — between people and ideas — has given T-Mobile executive Monisha Mukhija ‘11 an edge in her career.

Where We Go

The healing power of breaking barriers

Artists can cross lines that medical professionals sometimes don't have the space to.

How We Learn

Surprises in a Virtual Classroom

Logan Agin '20 adds an unexpected twist to her virtual discussions.

Alina Panek '20 at her virtual Conferral of Degrees

Graduating into a pandemic

Alina Panek '20 is one of more than 2,300 Denison students who cut short their campus experience in the Spring of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Inside Scoop

An internship with The Newark Advocate gives Alina Panek ’20 an opportunity to learn from professionals, pitch and write feature articles.

How We Learn

Emily Schultz '16: An unconventional path to Google

Mentorship was so pivotal to Emily Schultz’s Denison experience she based her master’s at Oxford on the subject & leads a mentorship program at Google.

Where We Go

A Fulbright Connects a Student & Her Family History

A Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to Turkey gives Madina Khudaynazar ’19 an opportunity to revisit her own family’s roots.

Matthew Harrington '84 and Monisha Mukhija '11 with students

Building Sustainable and Successful Professional Relationships

Alumni Matthew Harrington '84 and Monisha Mukhija '11 Share Their Advice for Building Meaningful Professional Relationships

What's Happening

In the News

Announcing Knobel Hall and the King Center for Data and Innovation

AI in academia: Denison’s AI progress attracts higher education peers

Denison’s rise continues with latest national recognition

What's Happening

2025

2023

2020

2019

Spotlights

It’s a small world for Denison Disney intern

‘We broke the internet’

Keeping the public informed

To go proudly and boldly into the world

No gavel required

The Tangled Web

Landing that first job - with you as the boss

The career potential of interpersonal connections

The healing power of breaking barriers

Surprises in a Virtual Classroom

Graduating into a pandemic

The Inside Scoop

Emily Schultz '16: An unconventional path to Google

A Fulbright Connects a Student & Her Family History

Building Sustainable and Successful Professional Relationships

What's Happening

Kelly Rivers ’98 named deputy superintendent of academics

Jen Passaniti ’06 leads production at Highdive ad agency

Classroom collaborations with career programs