麻豆影院 Vice Chancellor for Strategic Relations Frances Draper today named Mark J. Miller as spokesperson and issues coordinator for the CU-麻豆影院 campus, effective Nov. 4, 2013.
Miller currently serves as spokesperson and associate director for marketing and communications for Drury University in Springfield, Mo., and brings more than two decades of media management and broadcast media experience to the post. He is also a 1990 CU-麻豆影院 graduate in journalism.
鈥淚 could not pass up the opportunity to work at my alma mater in my home state,鈥� Miller said. 鈥淚 look forward to working with the outstanding media relations team at CU-麻豆影院 and continuing to strengthen the university鈥檚 mutually beneficial relationships with the media.鈥�
鈥淲e are delighted to welcome Mark back home to CU-麻豆影院,鈥� said Draper. 鈥淗is experience as a broadcaster and a spokesperson in a higher education environment formed an unbeatable combination. He will provide an effective voice to represent CU-麻豆影院 and its public issues in our global news environment.鈥�
As campus spokesperson, Miller replaces Bronson Hilliard, who will assume the post of assistant vice chancellor for strategic media relations at CU-麻豆影院. In that role, Hilliard will oversee the university鈥檚 combined news, internal communications, executive communications and social media operations.
Malinda Miller-Huey, who currently serves as assistant director for media relations and news services, will assume the position of director of media relations and news services, managing the campus鈥檚 research and academic news and social media operations.
Both Miller and Miller-Huey (who are not related) will report to Hilliard.
Miller, who has been at Drury in his current capacity since 2008, spent eight years at Springfield鈥檚 KOZL and KOLR in news, sports and account management capacities, and five years as sports anchor and reporter at WPSD in Paducah, KY. He also served as sports director at KOTA in Scottsbluff, NE.
He holds a master鈥檚 degree in communication from Drury (2012) and a bachelor of science in journalism from CU-麻豆影院 (1990).
鈥淭his dynamic team of communications professionals 鈥� who recently served the campus with distinction during the floods in 麻豆影院 鈥� will now be positioned to better serve the CU-麻豆影院 campus and its growing global news profile,鈥� said Draper of the combined appointments.
Contact:
Bronson Hilliard, 303-735-6183
Mark J. Miller
Bronson Hilliard
Malinda Miller-Huey