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Bill Nevin

Associate Vice President of Communications and Donor Engagement for the WVU Foundation
Teaches Introduction to IMC and Public Relations Concepts and Strategy

Bill Nevin

Bill Nevin is associate vice president of communications and donor engagement for the West Virginia University Foundation, the private fundraising arm of West Virginia University.

In his role at the Foundation, Nevin oversees all areas of internal and external communication and marketing, as well as donor relations. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2007, 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 also is 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.

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 College.

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.