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“My education helped open this door”

“Just the other day, I had a wonderful discussion with a TV producer about what makes our publishing company different. This reminds me that I always have to maintain my witness,” says Lynn (Rundell) Waugh '96.

As the radio and television publicist for Tyndale House Publishers, Waugh represents nationally-recognized authors like Josh McDowell and James Dobson. In promoting each book, she determines the best media outlets, then serves as contact person between authors, program directors and producers across the country. Through her position, Waugh says, “I help people get to know their authors, but I also promote books which touch people greatly—that’s very satisfying.”

One of her Houghton professors remembers Waugh as “A very good student, but, more than that, she models the combination of servanthood and leadership we look for in our graduates.” During college, Waugh’s involvement included internships with the college’s development department and Houghton Academy’s public relations office, coordinating the phonathon and senior skip, supervising the admission phoning team, and singing with the women’s choir.

After graduating, Waugh worked simultaneously as an announcer for a Christian radio station and as newscast director for an NBC television station before accepting the position with Tyndale. Waugh says: “I feel very blessed by this opportunity God has given me. I attended college to gain academic knowledge, but I also wanted to be educated enough to choose work I would enjoy. My education helped open this door.”