Katie Grochowski, Plumbing & Mechanical's newest associate editor, has joined the staff, less than two weeks after graduating with a bachelor's degree from Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Ill.
Grochowski was the news and features editor of The Leader, the student newspaper of Elmhurst College. She was also editor-in-chief of Imprints, the student literary and art journal.
Grochowski will oversee the new products section in PM and will be writing news and feature stories as well.
She lives in Elmwood Park, Ill., where she is planning her February 2000 wedding with fiancé Anthony Rotella.