Alumni and Friends

Wes Frahm

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Contact

  • Director for Advancement & Alumni Communications

Biography

Wes Frahm joined the Advancement and Alumni Engagement team in 2018. He provides strategic multi-channel communications through writing, graphic design, photography, and video production.

Frahm came to Michigan Tech in 2001 and worked for 15 years in athletic communications covering the Huskies’ 14 varsity sports. A graduate of the University of Indianapolis, he worked at Washington, D.C.-based Gallaudet University and the Greenwood, Indiana-based Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference before moving to the Upper Peninsula. 

Frahm and his wife, Elka, have three children. He enjoys spending time with his family, leading worship at his church, playing disc golf, and fishing.

Specialties

  • Responsible for Advancement marketing communications, including newsletters, brochures, websites, print and electronic publications, and social media
  • Works with university departments to coordinate communications with alumni and friends
  • Editor, Michigan Tech Alumni monthly e-newsletters and manages the alumni communications calendar
  • Contributor, Advancement and Alumni Engagement content for Michigan Tech Magazine
  • Produces campaign fundraising pieces