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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Join live studio audience for Seminole Night Life taping

Be a part of the live-studio-audience for the third episode of Seminole Night Life on Thursday, March 15, at 7 p.m. Seminole Night Life is the first and only student-run television variety show at FSU! Entertainment acts include performances by the band Tenebrist and an interview with Dr. Andy Opel on his documentary, “Beating Justice: The Martin Lee Anderson …

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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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Director, Strategic & Executive Communication

Job Code:    2733 Location:    Jacksonville, FL Job Type:    Full Time Shift:    First Nemours is seeking a Director, Strategy & Executive Communication to join our team at our home office in Jacksonville, Florida. As one of the nation’s leading pediatric health care systems, Nemours provides world-class clinical care in four states – Delaware, Florida, New Jersey …

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FSUComm earns creative and scholarly honors at BEA

The Florida State University’s School of Communication will be honored for both creative and scholarly endeavors at the Broadcast Education Association’s annual conference and festival in April, with the Media Production program winning one faculty and five student awards and a Mass Communication doctoral student winning one top-paper award and sharing another top-paper honor with …

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Zeigler to speak at faculty luncheon on 'Why We Still Teach'

Mark T. Zeigler, a research associate and instructor in the School of Communication and the recipient of the 2008 University Distinguished Teaching Award, will speak Feb. 14 at the Spring 2012 Faculty Luncheon Series at the Presbyterian University Center, 548 W. Park Ave. The topic for this spring’s series, “Why We Still Teach,” is being …

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FSUComm's Opel to read his children's book at fundraiser

Dr. Andy Opel, an associate professor in the School of Communication, will be reading his children’s book, The Witches:  A Winnipesaukee Adventure, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Books-A-Million store at 3521 Thomasville Road. The Witches recently won the top prize in the Children’s Book category at the New England Book Festival. The …

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