GRAD CHECK
Kathy Daneman
Year: 1998
Degree:
Journalism
Hometown:
Lenexa
Back in the day: Daneman remembers going to the Replay Lounge on Fridays and says the $1 turkey burgers and free pinball "made her day." She was a regular at "Swing Nights" on Sundays at the Bottleneck, where the DJ was "wonderful." Daneman kept busy in school writing for the Jayhawk Journalist, an alumni magazine for journalism students, and contributed an article for the yearbook.
The gradLife: After graduation, Daneman packed up and headed to Boston with a friend. She set up an interview with the head of Beacon Press, a book publisher. After being asked what her favorite books from the company were, Daneman's picks — which impressed the interviewer — helped land
her the job. She had only been in Boston for about 16 hours, but she had already found employment.
Today: Daneman works for Farrar, Straus and Giroux, a book publisher in New York City. As publicity manager, she puts together campaigns for authors, sends out their books in advance to magazine and newspaper editors and follows up with phone calls and e-mails.She says she enjoys working with high-profile authors and influencing
how the media is shaped.
She says: Upon her arrival in Boston, Daneman says she experienced the favoritism local people showed toward the elite schools of the Northeast. But she says she soon found that the hard work she put in at the University of Kansas had prepared her well. "That Midwestern work ethic really takes you a lot further," she says.
Sam Carlson
MUSIC THAT MOVES YOU
Listener: Allison Zych,
Lenexa freshman
Tune:"Tim McGraw" by
Taylor Swift
While pimpin' the
jams, she was: Going to
her social welfare class
She says:"I just like
country."
Listener: Jessie Roberts,
Overland Park junior
Tune: "Settle Down" by
Cartel
While pumpin' the
jams, she was: Going
home to get some lunch
She says: "It's good to
walk to."
Listener: Marthe
Turlington, Dallas
freshman
Tune: "Star Mile" by
Joshua Radin
While pumpin' the
jams, she was: Going to
class in Lindley Hall
She says: "It just came
on my shuffle."
Listener: James
Coffman, Eudora
sophomore
Tune: "I Don't Have to
Wonder" by Garth Brooks
While pumpin' the
jams, he was: Heading
to Eaton Hall
He says: "I like all music
pretty much. I grew up
listening to this."
Anne Weltmer