The documents below represent a variety of interests and writing styles. My writing experience includes academic, grant/proposal, magazine/newsletter, and web.

Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society (INPAWS) Grant Proposal
INPAWS Grant Proposal - Adobe PDF document
As a member of the fundraising committee with Little River Wetlands Project, I am also on the grants subcommittee. I wrote this proposal for a grant to provide funds for an education garden.

“Lofty Ideals” - ITS International
Article - Adobe PDF document
I was asked to gather and write some information on a project HNTB was designing for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to send to several publications. My article also appeared in a different form in the the May 2007 issue of Thinking Highways.

ITS News, Spring 2008 Newsletter
Link to external page (Adobe PDF document)
I wrote and assembled this entire special issue of the ITS News for the Michigan Department of Transportation Intelligent Transportation Systems Statewide Program Office. I attended the Intelligent Transportation Society of Michigan's (ITS Michigan) Annual Meeting and Expo with HNTB, and worked with MDOT and HNTB staff to create this issue summarizing the expo. I also did all of the layout for the newsletter using Adobe InDesign. I was charged with creating the ITS News by the director of the MDOT ITS program. I completed the design, layout, editing, and the bulk of the writing for all issues. All issues of the MDOT ITS News can be found here.

Research Proposal: Online and Electronic Portfolios: A Survey in the Effectiveness of Assessment in Technical Communication Programs Research Proposal - Microsoft Word document
This document was written for Research Methods in Technical Communication (ENG 641). The purpose was to utilize the research methods we studied in class. My project focused on electronic portfolios and their use in the field of Technical Communication. The proposal discusses pertinent literature on the subject and lays out the methods I would use to do a study on this subject. The writing style of this document reflects my abilities in academic writing.

Grant Writing Exerpt
SSAR Grant - Microsoft Word Document
This document was created for the Grant Writing for Biology course I took in my last semester in graduate school. This is a partial grant written to request funding from the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) for equipment for the BGSU Herpetarium.

Centerlines: Spring 2005
Centerlines - Adobe PDF document
During my graduate assistantship, I was heavily involved in the production of Centerlines, a newsletter published by the Center for Regional Development at Bowling Green State University. My contributions for this issue included "Great Debate on the Great Lakes Contines" (pg 2), "Wind Turbines Stir Up Power in 'Blowing Green'" (pg 4) and "Center Sponsors Innovation Workshop" (pg 4).