Former Editor-in-Chief of the yearbook and undergraduate Sarah Huseth has been named Assistant Editor of the ‘Cactus’ Yearbook at the University of Texas at Austin. She applied for the position at the end of June and received her acceptance letter July 31.

“I am so excited for Sarah Huseth to be named Assistant Editor to the UT Austin Yearbook,” yearbook and newspaper teacher Neda Morrow said. “She has worked so hard over the last four years to expand herself, improve her photography, improve her design skills and has really improved herself as a leader.”

Morrow informed Huseth of the opportunities available at UT and helped her with the application process. As an incoming college freshman, she didn’t know if she would be able to get such a high position on the staff.

“It is so exciting to get the opportunity to do this,” Huseth said. “Mrs. Morrow is such an amazing teacher, and she and her classes are the reason my resume looked so impressive.”

Huseth will get paid twice a month. Duties as an Assistant Editor may include copy editing, managing staff, helping with the design and layout and any other tasks that the publication may have.

“It is such an honor to be creating a book full of memories for over fifty thousand students,” Huseth said. “I was already so happy to continue working on yearbooks, so getting paid to do it is a huge benefit.”

Huseth was on the yearbook staff for three years, and for the 2017-2018 school year, she served as Editor-in-Chief. She took the prerequisite course, honors journalism, her freshman year, and she took audio and visual her last two years of high school.

“When she was editor for our yearbook staff, she was an amazing leader,” Abigail Fernandez, current Editor-in-Chief of the yearbook, said. “I don’t think a lot of freshmen get this opportunity, but I know she worked really well in high school. She absolutely deserves this.”