Office of Public Relations
Jerry Rashid
Director of College Relations
Office: (570) 321-4137
E-mail: rashid@lycoming.edu
Jerry Rashid was appointed director of college relations at Lycoming College in December 2007. He is responsible for managing all of the College's advertising, public relations, marketing, media relations, publications and sports information efforts. He also serves as editor of Lycoming Magazine and maintains areas of the Web site.
Rashid came to Lycoming from Olivet College in Michigan, where he served as assistant vice president for college relations for five years. While at Olivet, his duties included managing advertising, alumni relations, marketing, public relations, publications, sports information, special events and the Web.
His professional background includes nearly 20 years in higher education public relations. Prior to Olivet, he worked at Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina, where he served as marketing communications specialist for three years. He has also worked in sports information at Stetson University in Florida, Wayne State College in Nebraska and the University of North Dakota.
Rashid’s work has been recognized by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Public Relations Society of America and College Sports Information Directors of America.
A native of Lansing, Mich., Rashid earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Michigan State University.
Dana Borick Brigandi
Assistant Director of College Relations
Office: (570) 321-4037
E-mail: brigandi@lycoming.edu
Dana Borick Brigandi joined the Office of College Relations in February 2013.
As assistant director of college relations, Brigandi is responsible for producing content for the web
and various print publications, managing news releases, social media accounts
and e-communications, maintaining portions of the College’s web site, and
assisting with media relations and photography. She also will aid in producing
Lycoming’s alumni magazine.
A native of Hudson, Fla., Brigandi earned a bachelor's degree in mass communications from the University of South Florida and a master's degree in liberal arts from Lock Haven University. She resides in South Williamsport with her husband, Ben, and their two young daughters.
Murray Hanford
Publications Manager
Office: (570) 321-4138
E-mail: hanford@lycoming.edu
Murray Hanford serves as Lycoming College's publications manager, a position he has held since 1991. He is responsible for the design and production of all College publications and new media pieces.
Hanford has been recognized with more than 55 awards for his graphic design and new media work.
Joe Guistina
Sports Information Director
Office: (570) 321-4028
E-mail: guistina@lycoming.edu
Joe Guistina joined Lycoming College as its sports information director on June 14, 2010. He worked the last three years as an assistant media relations director at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg.
At USC Upstate, Guistina was responsible for the public relations efforts of five of the school's programs, including baseball, women's basketball, men's and women's tennis and volleyball. He also was heard on ASun.TV soccer and softball broadcasts and women's basketball audio streaming broadcasts. In 2007-08, Guistina won two CoSIDA Fred Stabley, Sr. Writing Contest awards, including a Best In District honor for his feature on cross country runner Emily Tangwar, "Running on Fear."
Guistina came to USC Upstate from Michigan State, where he served as an intern during the 2006-07 school year. At MSU, he handled all public relations efforts for the perennial top 25 women's basketball program, the Big Ten champion women's golf program and the women's soccer team. He also served as a game-day media relations assistant for the national champion ice hockey program, as well as for the men's basketball and football programs.
Before Michigan State, Guistina spent two years as a graduate assistant at the University at Buffalo, where he earned a master of arts in informatics in 2006. He worked with the women's soccer, wrestling and baseball programs.
As a student at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa., Guistina was a three-year letterwinner as a pitcher on the Crusaders' baseball team. He also worked in the school's Sports Information Office for four years and was an editor on the school's newspaper staff for three years, serving as the sports editor as a junior. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism in 2004.
A native of Rochester, N.Y., Guistina and his wife, Sarah, reside in Williamsport.