Bill Mills Jr., founder of The William Mills Agency, dies

Bill Mills Jr., founder of The William Mills Agency and one of the School of Communication’s Distinguished Alumni, died Thursday, March 15, at the age of 78. Mr. Mills worked more than 50 years in advertising, marketing and management in the financial services industry. Before founding the agency that bears his name in Atlanta in …

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FSUComm alum shatters glass ceiling, makes Forbes' list of world's billionaires

Spanx entrepreneur Sara Blakely, a 1993 Communication graduate and member of FSU’s national championship debate team,  is featured on the cover of the March 26, 2012, issue of Forbes magazine. She is the youngest woman to make this year’s list of the world’s billionaires “without help from a husband or an inheritance.” Read the article. In …

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FSUComm alum Kelly Lafferman joins WebSolvers

Kelly Lafferman (BS, Communication, 1992), a marketing, branding and communications executive in Central Florida, recently joined WebSolvers, a digital design and development firm as Principal of Strategy and Development. In this role, Lafferman will build a marketing, branding and communications practice area that enables WebSolvers to provide more strategic services toclients. Lafferman brings nearly two …

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Alumni Reception in Atlanta 3/24

Noles of Atlanta: An Alumni Celebration March 24, 2011 6:30pm – March 24, 2011 8:00pm The Colleges of Communication & Information, Human Sciences and Nursing and the FSU University Libraries invite you to an alumni reception featuring best-selling author and television personality Carolyn O’Neil, an alumna of the FSU College of Human Sciences. More information …

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"Forks over Knives" Premiere

Advanced Screening of “Forks Over Knives” produced by John Corry, CCI alumnus Thursday, November 4, 7:30 p.m. At the FSU Student Life Building Cinema The College of Communication and Information graduate, John Corry, will have an advanced screening of his latest documentary at FSU’s Student Life Theatre.  There will be a Q&A following the showing with Mr. …

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Comm alumnus wins silver at Houston Film Festival

Communication alumnus Donato “Danny” Pietrodangelo and his company, Pietrodangelo Production Group of Tallahassee, won a Silver Remi Award at the 43rd WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in April 2010. The award-winning digital film is an educational documentary titled War in the Falklands/Malvinas, which Pietrodangelo produced and directed. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Communication from …

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