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King’s student Gretchen Tholen of Goshen wins HES design contest

June 16, 2010 – Gretchen Tholen of Goshen, Conn., recently won a $100 prize for the content and adaptability of marketing materials she designed for the Huntsville Executive Search (HES), located in Dallas, Pa.

Tholen is a junior majoring in mass communications with a minor in marketing at King’s College, a Catholic college in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross.

The HES project was a King’s advanced Photoshop course assignment, in which students designed a corporate logo, capabilities profile sheet, and marketing brochure to revamp HES’s corporate identity and brand. As a result of her work, HES has hired Tholen for freelance assignments.

Tholen is a member of the College’s Dean’s List, Lambda Pi Eta, the mass communications honor society, and softball team. She recently completed a graphic design internship at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Plains Twp., Pa.

HES is a leader in recruitment and staffing solutions for professional, technical and executive level talent seekers and job seekers, specializing in architecture /engineering, construction management, IT, finance, insurance and life sciences.

King's College is a Catholic College sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross.

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