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Melanie Sidwell

Director of Communications

303.541.0237 msidwell@wiche.edu

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Melanie Sidwell is the Director of Communications at WICHE, where she supports our mission through strategic communications, media relations, social and digital media, and content services. Prior to joining WICHE, she served in a variety of marketing, communications and alumni relations roles at the University of Colorado, and she worked as a journalist for newspapers in Nebraska, Florida and Colorado. A first-generation college graduate, Sidwell holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a master’s degree in media studies from the University of Colorado Boulder, and currently is a PhD student in information science at CU Boulder.