Jesse Tuel: Jesse Tuel is an editor at Virginia Tech, where he leads a creative team of editors, graphic designers, photographers, and others in the planning and production of Virginia Tech Magazine. Before moving to Virginia, Jesse was the communications director and magazine editor for Emporia State University s alumni and foundation office. A native of Lawrence, Kan., he began his career as a reporter for the Chanute Tribune and then the Emporia Gazette. He holds bachelor s and master s degrees from Emporia State, where he was a basketball walk-on.