Portfolio of Michael Alexander Fosnaugh
About Me.
My name is Michael Alexander Fosnaugh, but you can just call me Alex. I am a senior at Trine University studying English and communications. Throughout the years, I have demonstrated an eclectic range of interests. I have worked for years to develop my editing and writing skills into something I can be proud of.
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I have worked with many styles of writing. I have written journalistic pieces, creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, and more. In 2023 and 2024 I placed in the annual Hear My Voice Competition hosted by the writing center at Trine. My creative nonfiction piece "Lasagna" won second place in 2023. My research paper "The Five Elements of Magical Realism and its Connection to Identity Exploration" also won second place in 2024.
Education
2022-Present
Trine University
At Trine, I studied English and Communications. Here I developed my video editing, photo editing, event planning, graphic design, and my writing skills.
2018-2022
Carroll High School
At Carroll, I earned a Honors Degree over the course of 4 years. Here I developed my writing and critical thinking skills.
Skills
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Editing
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Writing
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Event Planning
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Communication
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Problem Solving
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Customer Service
Experience
October 2024-Present
Trine University, Writing Center Tutor
May 2025-Present
KPC News, Freelance journalist
September 2022- May 2024
Steuben County Literacy Coalition
Assisted clients with questions regarding writing. Maintained a clean and welcoming environment. Completed and brainstormed projects.
Attended events to take pictures and interview people. Wrote stories using those interviews and any research I conducted.
At BASE camp I helped students complete homework. I developed lessons plans over weekly topics and created resources to enhance students learning.
Activities
August 2024-October 2024
Trine Humanities Institute, Event Planning and Promotion
I assisted with the planning of Trine's annual Book Night. It is a community wide event that provides free books to attendees. I communicated with organizations in the Angola community to set up book donation locations. I also transported books across the Trine University campus throughout August, September. and October of 2024. I communicated information with the writing center tutors and Trine University professors. I kept an accurate and up to date spreadsheet of the sorted books and I assisted team members with the individual projects they were woking on.
September 2022-Present
Writer's Block, Submissions Manager and Managing Editor
Writer's Block is a student led organization that collects creative work from Trine University students. Once submissions are collected a group of students creates a publication. This publication can be digital or physical. As submissions manager it was my job to keep track of all the submissions. I sorted submissions into our shared google folder while ensuring all personal information has been removed from the documents. I kept detailed records of all the submissions. As managing editor, I planned out our clubs schedule. It was my job to ensure any events we planned went according to plan. I also checked in on members periodically to make sure they could complete their tasks.
Muriel Mackie (contact information available upon request)
