MARSHALL — Southwest Minnesota State University announced that Marcy Olson has been selected to serve as the senior director of Communications and Marketing.

“I am excited to have Marcy take on this new leadership role,” said Bill Mulso, SMSU vice president for Government Relations, Communications and Marketing. “Her wealth of experience and passion for SMSU are invaluable when comes it comes to sharing the opportunities and great things happening at SMSU.”

According to a SMSU press release, Olson has served in the communications and marketing office since 1993, first as publications editor and most recently as assistant director. She earned a bachelor of arts in English-literature/creative writing with a minor in German from SMSU. She went on to earn a master’s degree in business administration in 2005, also from SMSU.

“I am eager to serve SMSU in this position and I thank Bill Mulso and President Kumara Jayasuriya for this opportunity to elevate the visibility and media presence of SMSU,” Olson said. “I am honored to work with an incredibly talented team in the communications and marketing office and the web office and look forward to what we can achieve to support the mission of SMSU.”

Olson lives in Marshall with her husband, Ryan Wendland, and daughter, Abby.