ANN ARBOR—Elizabeth McNamara of Key Biscayne, Fla., a 1998 graduate of the Brentwood School in Los Angeles, has joined the University of Michigan’s Office of News and Information Services (NIS) as an intern.

McNamara is a junior in the U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, majoring in English. At U-M she participated for two years in Circle K, a community service program that fosters literacy in elementary school children. She is also a philanthropy chair in the Alpha Chi Omega sorority.

At NIS, McNamara writes news releases, contributes articles for the weekly faculty/staff publication, and interacts with media at the state and national level.

McNamara has worked on various television productions, including “The Cindy Margolis Show” and the FOX comedy “Action!” She is the daughter of Lana and Jim McNamara of Key Biscayne, Fla., formerly of Westport, Conn. He is the president and CEO of the Telemundo Network. McNamara is the granddaughter of Jim and Marie McNamara of Dothan, Ala., and Irene and Vitaly Vayslep of Aventura, Fla.