GUILDERLAND — Thomas and Terri Maxwell of Guilderland, announce the engagement of their daughter, Tara, to Jacob Burke, son of Karen Burke of Dallas, Pennsylvania.

The bride is a 2001 graduate of Guilderland High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree in literature and criminal justice from Elmira College in 2005. and a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of South Dakota in 2007. She is employed as a manager of communications at the Chemung County Chamber of Commerce in Elmira, New York.

The groom is a 2001 graduate of Dallas High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Mansfield University in 2005. He is employed as a marketing manager at La Tourelle in Ithaca, New York and is a freelance print and digital designer in Elmira.

The couple was engaged in September 2014 in Alexandria Bay, New York. They will exchange their vows in October 2015 at St. Mary’s on the Lake Catholic Church, Watkins Glen, New York, with a reception at the Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel.