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Bill Nevin

Communications and Marketing Professional

Bill Nevin spent 25 years at West Virginia University in various communications and marketing roles. Most recently, he served as associate vice president of communications and donor engagement for the WVU Foundation.

Prior to joining the Foundation, he spent six years with WVU News & Information Services (now University Relations/News) as assistant director and external communications manager.

A native of Ottawa, Illinois, Nevin has over 40 years of experience in broadcasting and announcing, having worked in news departments at radio stations in West Virginia, Illinois and Missouri. His undergraduate degree is in radio-television from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

Nevin is currently the voice of the WVU Marching Band, the Pride of West Virginia. He also serves as public address announcer for WVU football at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium, WVU men’s basketball at the Coliseum, WVU baseball at Monongalia County ballpark, as well as the West Virginia Black Bears MLB Draft League team. He is also a freelance announcer and emcee for numerous events and voiceover projects. In 2019, Nevin was honored by the National Association of Sports Public Address Announcers as the Bob Sheppard College P.A. Announcer of the Year.

In 2022, Nevin received the Reed School of Media and Communications’ Commitment to Service Award, and in 20024, was honored by the WVU Alumni Association with its Paul B. “Buck” Martin Award for his work to preserve, maintain and promote the traditions of WVU.

Nevin earned his master’s degree from WVU in Integrated Marketing Communications in 2006 and has been an adjunct instructor in the program since 2007. He also teaches undergraduate voice performance classes in the Reed School.

Nevin and his wife Cindy have two children, Ciara and Connor.

Meet Bill Nevin

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:09 Why do you teach in the program?
2:57 How do you bring the real world into your online classes?
4:22 How do you engage with students?
6:10 Fun (surprise) question

One of the best things about this course was Professor Nevin's responsiveness. I asked a lot of questions to make sure I understood the content of each assignment and Professor Nevin was very responsive to each email and was very accessible.

Professor Nevin has been a great instructor in helping me understand the foundations of integrated marketing communications. He’s very engaging throughout the week via emails anddiscussion posts, and provides thorough feedback on assignments.

I've taken a number of online classes as an undergrad and continuing education student over the years, and I've never had an instructor make him/herself available as readily as Professor Nevin. He responded to emails within hours, connected with my on his lunch hour during one of his busiest weeks at the WVU Foundation when I had a question about classwork, and graded every one of my assignments within 24 hours. In my opinion, he has gone above and beyond my expectations as an online masters student and his background and experience as a marcom professional proved to be an asset in the course.