This past year, alumni, parents, and friends of the University of Miami have invested their time and money to help make extraordinary enhancements in the lives our students. Watch this special report produced by our very own School of Communication students at our UMTV studios.
Twenty-three years after graduating the University of Miami, the ties that drew School of Communication alumna, Jeanne Wolf A.B. ’61, to her alma mater ran deep. That spring of 1984, she established the Jeanne Wolf Scholarship Fund — an award to help make a UM education accessible to a deserving School of Communication student. Her generosity did not go unreciprocated. The very first recipient of her scholarship, Michael Robin, graduated in 1985 and went on to produce some of Hollywood’s biggest television hits, such as Nip/Tuck and The Closer. Her [...]
For the fifth year in a row, School of Communication students took first place in the National Student Advertising Competition Fourth District of the American Advertising Federation held April 18 in Orlando. Under the direction of faculty advisors Meryl Blau and Melissa Jane Barnes, the team beat Florida State University and the University of South Florida, who placed second and third, respectively. The National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC), organized by the American Advertising Federation, partners with a corporate client each year then challenges more than 200 college chapters to develop [...]
Mailers, apps and marketing campaigns characterized by their innovation led to School of Communication students taking home six gold and eight silver local ADDY awards. Students used skills learned in the classroom to take on corporate clients by creating campaigns for Mary Kay, Maker’s Mark and Johnnie Walker. They also tackled global and social problems, ingeniously addressing the issues of cyber bullying, Ebola and childhood obesity. Winning a gold or silver local ADDY award is the first of three steps to the national Student American Advertising Awards Competition. “The ADDYs [...]
Sleep is overrated. No one knows that better than Meryl Blau, faculty advisor to PhilADthropy and professor at University of Miami’s School of Communication. Since 2010, Blau has put together 16 teams of student and professional volunteers and led them on a 25-hour caffeine-fueled advertising rolling coaster. The end result? Sixteen nonprofits walk away with professional advertising materials that have been used in local and national campaigns. “In 25 hours you guys were able to make all this?” asked Amir Whitaker, founder of Project Knucklehead, “You guys have been able [...]
What started as a hobby for advertising graduate Olga Martinez has turned into a small business that has captured the hearts of children and parents all over Miami. As a favor in 2009, Martinez was asked to draw a cartoon resembling her cousin so she could have stickers to decorate birthday gifts. Before Martinez knew it, the stickers had become so popular that people began asking for their own designs. As a result, Martinez founded O.riginals: Design and Stationery, an online boutique that specializes in personalized gifts that feature an [...]
Ron Meyer, one of the most influential executives in Hollywood, is coming to the School of Communication on Monday, October 13 at 10:00 AM (Shoma Hall - CIB 3053). Ron Meyer is Vice Chairman of NBCUniversal. He provides strategic guidance and counsel on all aspects of the company, including its valuable portfolio of film and television assets, as well as the global theme park businesses.He was promoted in September, 2013 after serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of Universal Studios since 1995.Prior to joining Universal Studios, Mr. Meyer was [...]
Terri Robar, Social Sciences Librarian at the Richter Library, created an online Media Management Subject Guide to tailor library resources to the needs of Media Management students. This guide lists relevant books, databases, videos, and websites for the areas of media research, programming, entrepreneurship, and technology. A similar guide already exists for Advertising and Public Relations students. Primary databases for media management research and projects include: ABI/INFORM, Academic Search Premier, Business Insights: Essentials, Business Source Premier, ComAbstracts, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Communication Abstracts, LexisNexis Academic MediaMark MRI, Mergent Online, [...]
Join the University of Miami for the launch of the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibit and a semester-long celebration of science, art, and data visualization from 6 to 8 p.m. on September 4 at Stanley and Jewell Glasgow Hall at UM’s School of Architecture. Katy Börner, Victor H. Yngve Professor of Information Science in the Department of Information and Library Science, School of Informatics and Computing at the University of Indiana and curator of the international Places & Spaces exhibit, will deliver the keynote talk. A reception will follow the event. RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/pseopen More information on Places & [...]
The School of Communication welcomes 11 new faculty members this fall across its four departments. Meet our new faculty members: Dr. Susan E. Morgan is director for the Center for Communication, Culture, and Change and a professor in Communication Studies. Dr. Morgan’s research interests involve the design and evaluation of persuasive messages targeting health behavior change in multicultural populations. Her research has been supported by over $9 million in grant funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Department of Health and [...]
