Jim Grim

Title
Community School Coordinator, George Washington Community School
Associate Faculty - IUPUI

Contact
E-mail: jagrim@iupui.edu
Telephone: 317-278-5320
Fax: 317-278-5321
Business URL: http://www.journalism.iupui.edu

Office Hours
By appointment only

Education

University Degree Year

Indiana University MA in Journalism 1988

Ball State University Bachelor of Science in Journalism, Secondary Education, and Social Work 1980

Media Experience

Year Organization Responsibility

2001-Present George Washington Community School/Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center Facilitated development of full-service community school with 50 partnering organizations providing 60 support services; managed Center for Working Families initiative; secured funding for early college high school planning.

1997-2001 Bridges to Success, Indianapolis Public Schools/United Way of Central Indiana Demonstrated communication skill in strategic planning, consensus building, and community engagement in organizing and coordinating student achievement-focused parent/business/community committees in 15-school Westside attendance area.

1996-1997 Jeffersonville High School Supervised production of biweekly, 12-page student newspaper that included managing training, budgets, contracts, advertising, billings, printing, and distribution; instructed journalism, freshman English, and photography courses.

1994-1996 Butler University Member of team that managed public relations acitivites and $300,000 advertising budget; coordinated such projects for fine arts and education colleges, observatory and planetarium, libraries, and produced newsletter for university trustees.

1992-1994 Marion County Health Department Managed communications/marketing of Health Education, Promotion, Training Program; coordinated Indianapolis Alliance for Health Promotion, a 450-member education coalition, including board recruitment and staffing, financial transactions, record-keeping, and ghost-writing for executive director and board chairman.

1990-1992 Indiana Department of Environmental Management Member of management team that headed five-person staff in media/community relations for state agency of 650; coordinated production of all publications from planning to budgeting, and ghost drafted correspondence for governor and commissioner signature.

1983-1990 Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis Earned 32 accolade letters for coordination of media relations with schools of dentistry, engineering/technology, journalism, liberal arts, and physical education, including organizing news conferences and photography projects; sought out for story ideas, sources.

1982-1983 Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne Publications Specialist, Produced publications for Community Relations office, including monthly newsletter, quarterly alumni tabloid, and admissions recruitment booklet; initiated contract bids, tracked budgets/costs; coordinated media relations, news conferences, and special events.

1980-1982 New Haven High School Journalism Teacher/Publications Adviser, Advised biweekly student newspaper and yearbook production, supervising budgets, contracts, advertising, billings, printing, and distribution.

Teaching Experience
Adjunct Instructor, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis School of Journalism, taught J110 Foundations of Journalism and Mass Communication, News Writing and Reporting. Also taught at the High School Journalism Institute.

Adjunct Instructor, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at Indianapolis, taught English Composition.

Ball State University Department of Journalism, taught High School Journalism Workshops in the summers.

Teaching consultant, Brebeuf Preparatory School, worked with student centennial yearbook production.

Philosophy of teaching

Professional Affiliations

2006 Governor's Conference on Service and Volunteerism planning committee, 2005
Indiana High School Summit Planning Committee, Indiana Department of Education, 2005
Success By 6, United Way/Annie E. Casey/City of Indianapolis early childhood initiative, public awareness committee, 2005
Ball State University
- Alumni Association Council, 2003-2005
- Journalism Alumni Board, 1995-Present
- President, 2000-2003
Youth As Resources Marketing Committee, 2002-Present
Community Outreach Partnership Center Council, IUPUI/Wesco neighborhood organization collaborative, 2001-Present
Indy After-School/Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers Program Advisory Board, 2001-2004
Tarkington Tower Homeowners Association
- Board, 2000-2002
- Vice President, 2000-2001
- Hospitality Committee, 2003-Present
- Newsletter Editor, 1993-1994
Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center
- Board Member, 2000
- Newsletter Editor, 2001-Present
Bridges to Success Marketing Committee, Newsletter Editor, 1993-1995
Central Indiana Assist Coalition, Media Committee Chairman, 1993-1994
Catholic Youth Organization, Public Relations Advisory Committee, 1986-1990
Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Honorary, Inducted 1980

Personal Interests

University	Degree	Year
Indiana University	MA in Journalism	1988
Ball State University	Bachelor of Science in Journalism, Secondary Education, and Social Work	1980

Year	Organization	Responsibility
2001-Present	George Washington Community School/Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center	Facilitated development of full-service community school with 50 partnering organizations providing 60 support services; managed Center for Working Families initiative; secured funding for early college high school planning.
1997-2001	Bridges to Success, Indianapolis Public Schools/United Way of Central Indiana	Demonstrated communication skill in strategic planning, consensus building, and community engagement in organizing and coordinating student achievement-focused parent/business/community committees in 15-school Westside attendance area.
1996-1997	Jeffersonville High School	Supervised production of biweekly, 12-page student newspaper that included managing training, budgets, contracts, advertising, billings, printing, and distribution; instructed journalism, freshman English, and photography courses.
1994-1996	Butler University	Member of team that managed public relations acitivites and $300,000 advertising budget; coordinated such projects for fine arts and education colleges, observatory and planetarium, libraries, and produced newsletter for university trustees.
1992-1994	Marion County Health Department	Managed communications/marketing of Health Education, Promotion, Training Program; coordinated Indianapolis Alliance for Health Promotion, a 450-member education coalition, including board recruitment and staffing, financial transactions, record-keeping, and ghost-writing for executive director and board chairman.
1990-1992	Indiana Department of Environmental Management	Member of management team that headed five-person staff in media/community relations for state agency of 650; coordinated production of all publications from planning to budgeting, and ghost drafted correspondence for governor and commissioner signature.
1983-1990	Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis	Earned 32 accolade letters for coordination of media relations with schools of dentistry, engineering/technology, journalism, liberal arts, and physical education, including organizing news conferences and photography projects; sought out for story ideas, sources.
1982-1983	Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne	Publications Specialist, Produced publications for Community Relations office, including monthly newsletter, quarterly alumni tabloid, and admissions recruitment booklet; initiated contract bids, tracked budgets/costs; coordinated media relations, news conferences, and special events.
1980-1982	New Haven High School	Journalism Teacher/Publications Adviser, Advised biweekly student newspaper and yearbook production, supervising budgets, contracts, advertising, billings, printing, and distribution.