Cate Terwilliger

Assistant Professor
M.A.,University of Michigan
cterwill@nmu.edu

Teaching Specialties

• Journalism

Cate Terwilliger joined the English Department in Fall 2004 after 20 years as a print journalist, including staff positions with The Associated Press and The Denver Post. She was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing, and shares in the 2000 Pulitzer Prize awarded The Denver Post for its coverage of the Columbine High School shootings. Cate also worked as a reporter and editor at The Colorado Springs (Colo.) Gazette and The Colorado Springs Independent, where her work won numerous awards. Her freelance articles have appeared in regional and national magazines; she also is the author of numerous technical reports. Cate holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Michigan and a bachelor's degree in animal science from the University of Minnesota.