James Tew has been promoted to the newly created position of senior director of content and communications at Trine University.

The position includes responsibility for both creating external and internal communications and ensuring Trine content is effectively managed and coordinated across all communications platforms.

Tew joined Trine as director of communications in 2016 after serving for nearly 10 years as online editor for Kendallville-based KPC Media Group. He plans to complete his Master of Science in Leadership degree at Trine this fall.

He and his wife Shannon, a 2019 Trine graduate, live in Angola and are parents of three college-age sons. Their youngest, Tim, is a mechanical engineering major at Trine.