News and Media Relations

Stefanie Sidortsova

Stefanie leads UMC's communications strategy.
Her professional background includes experience in law, government relations, higher education administration, and creative writing.
She enjoys spending time with family and friends and moonlights as a fiction writer and editor.

Associate Director of Research Communications, University Marketing and Communications

She focuses on writing new stories about Michigan Tech research -- everything from robotic prostheses to mesocosms to the physics of raindrops.
A University of Montana graduate, she earned a master's degree in environmental science and natural resource journalism, which built on her bachelor's in geoscience from Northland College.
She also teaches dance through the Student Development Complex's community programs.
She's a radio geek.

Science and Technology Publications Writer, University Marketing and Communications

Her career includes writing for small-town newspapers in Montana and working as a public information officer, an events coordinator, and science editor for an IEEE publication, Earthzine.
She enjoys hiking and cross-country skiing with her family, reading voraciously, crocheting, and exploring the Keweenaw.

The former Daily Mining Gazette journalist and editor hails from Houghton and has written for a variety of international, national and regional publications.
She co-creates, writes and edits content for the University’s myriad forms of new media, including websites, blogs and other outreach across departments, for new and existing members of the Michigan Tech community.
She is a sailor who enjoys Yoga, social media, gardening, and anything near the water. The debut novelist looks forward to writing more books.