COMM alumnus is managing March Madness

School of Communication alumnus Mark E. Neifeld is the senior event coordinator of The Georgia Dome, home stadium of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and the Georgia State Panthers. The venue hosts annual events like the Southeastern Conference Football Championship, Chick-fil-A Bowl and Monster Energy Supercross. Neifeld is serving as event manager for the 2013 75th …

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COMM alumna’s company produces Academy Award-nominated film

War Witch, produced by FSU Communications alumna, Marie-Claude Poulin, was nominated for a 2013 Academy Award in the best Foreign Language Film category. Poulin received her B.A. in Advertising in 1985 from the FSU School of Communication.  She has worked in the film industry for over 20 years.  Her past positions include serving as the …

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COMM Alum now Deutsch CMO Goldberg inspires Ad Club

Michael Goldberg, chief marketing officer of NYC ad agency 
Deutsch and Comm
 Advertising alum 
(B.S., ’88), visited
 Florida State University (FSU) and spoke to
 the Ad Club on Feb.
 20, 2013.  The event was 
organized by the Ad Club Executive Board and Professor Barry Solomon.  Goldberg was a student in the first advertising class that …

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FSU Forensics: Seminole Speakers Shine in First Two Tournaments

The Florida State University forensics team, under the direction of School of Communication Doctoral Student Michael Chouinard, opened its season with two impressive victories.  The team spent the last weekend of September at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida and the first weekend of October at Tallahassee Community College.  At both tournaments, the Seminole speech …

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Comm alumnus’ book explores ‘Facebook Democracy’

FSU School of Communication alumnus José Marichal (’91), an associate professor of political science at California Lutheran University (CLU), is the author of a new book, “Facebook Democracy: The Architecture of Disclosure and the Threat to Public Life.” Using an ethnographic analysis of 250 Facebook political groups, Marichal explores the impact of Facebook on citizens …

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Mills family requests scholarship donations as memorial

The family of Bill Mills Jr., founder and chairman of The William Mills Agency and one of the School of Communication’s Distinguished Alumni, asks that anyone wishing to honor his memory make a contribution to the Bill & Eloise Mills Scholarship fund at FSU’s College of Communication & Information. Mr. Mills died Thursday, March 15, …

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