Andy Owen graduated from Saline High School (2000) and Spring Arbor University (2004) with a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies and a minor in Communication. He joined the professional staff at Western in November of 2005.

During his years at SAU, Andy spent most of his time in the video department and working on the student-run cable show Epic. Andy's involvement with Epic included filling the roles of chief editor, director, and occasionally host of the show. Epic won three first place Nation Religious Broadcaster (NRB) Awards for shows where Andy was responsible as chief editor and/or director. Andy also won first place awards for two public service announcements he produced as a student in the Communication department.

While involved in the video department, Andy produced two videos for Youth With A Mission (YWAM), one for Barbados and one for the Dominican Republic. These videos involved trips to the Caribbean with a small student/professor video team.

Before joining the staff at Western School District Andy had two other work experiences. First as Media Director at New Covenant Ministries in Clio, Michigan, where he was in charge of all print and on-screen media, as well as a volunteer video production team of 7-10 people. Later, when he and his wife decided to move to her home area near Lansing, Andy got a job at Such Media in Okemos as a Multimedia Programmer where he was in charge of creating Interactive CD-ROM's, authored DVDs, and Motion Graphic presentations as well as duplicating from any video format to any other video format. Finding that commercial media was not in line with his passion for video work, Andy sought another position, eventually landing at Western.