Fall - VCU Brandcenter

Beyond Sixty
Fall 2008
Letter from the Director
Dear Brandcenter Alumni,
I hope you had a great summer. It was good to see many of you during Advertising Week in New York. The
new school year has been a busy one for the Brandcenter, and I hope you enjoy reading what’s been going
on the last few months.
This past May, the Brandcenter graduated eighty-five students in the Class of 2008 to start their careers in
agencies and companies around the world. Before they left, they were honored in the One Show, the ADC
Show, the Richmond Show, D&AD, and CMYK. The Class of 2009 also made a strong contribution to the student awards, including the Cannes Future Lions awards, and they are gearing up for this year’s competitions.
It was not as quiet as usual over the summer, with the Brandcenter hosting its third Executive Education
program for Creative Direction and its first ever Executive Education program for Creative Brand Management.We also continued our custom Exec Ed program for Dentsu in Japan. Peter Coughter and I spent
three weeks in Tokyo where the attendees called Peter “the largest man they’d ever seen.” I encourage
everyone to look into these programs next summer as we have gotten incredible feedback from all participants, including several alums.
This fall, we welcomed ninety-four students in the Brandcenter Class of 2010. Eleven of these students
make up the Brandcenter’s first class of Creative Technologists. We are happy to have Professor Mark Avnet
leading our newest track, which prepares students to create and execute branding in the digital space. The
curriculum for Creative Technology was created with the help of Brandcenter board member Bob Greenberg and Nick Law of R/GA, Paul Seward of The Martin Agency, and other industry leaders from the digital
and interactive spheres.
Please stay connected and keep us updated with your lives and accomplishments. We love hearing from
you and hope you can come back to visit us in the new space. In the meantime, check the Brandcenter website for the new alumni reel (coming soon) to see what your classmates have been working on.
Best, Rick Boyko / Director
Breaking News
VCU Brandcenter Graduates 11th Class of Students
On Saturday, May 17th, the Brandcenter graduated its 11th class of students including 22 art directors, 23
creative brand managers, 21 communications strategists and 19 copywriters. The ceremony and reception
were held in the auditorium of the Virginia Historical Society in the fan.
David Droga, Founder and Creative Chairman of Droga5, was the guest speaker. David was an inspiration
to the grads, telling them to work hard for what they love, not for the dollar. David shared his experiences
working on pro bono campaigns, including the Tap Project in partnership with UNICEF. Rick Boyko’s “Building Global Brands” class developed and managed a campaign for the Richmond Tap Project last spring.
75% of our May graduates have already taken jobs at agencies/companies around the country including
AKQA, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, R/GA, Venables Bell, BBDO, TBWA\Chiat\Day, Wieden + Kennedy,
Droga 5, Gotham, Jack Morton, Martin, Cutwater, Publicis, Y&R, Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, Nike, Good magazine, and Mars/Masterfood, among others. This is ahead of our past job placement rate, which is impressive given the tough economic environment.
Student Awards: And the winner is…
The VCU Brandcenter ended the 2008 school year with a bang when it came to awards shows. Last spring
we had finalists in the One Show, the One Show Client Pitch Competition and the Art Director’s Club
Awards. The One Show awarded first years Raquel Giminez, AD, Tony Collins, CW, and Jake Dubs, CW a
bronze pencil for their Doritos commercial. Tor Weeks (AD, 2008) and Gaurav De (CW, 2008) beat out a team
of Brandcenter first years for first place in the One Show Client Pitch Competition. The Art Director’s Club
awarded Karen Land (AD, 2008) and Nick Kaplan (CW, 2008) a Silver Cube for their Random House Books
on Tape campaign.
Each year the Cannes Future Lions Competition challenges students to develop an idea for advertising a
global brand in a way that would not have been possible five years ago. Only five concepts were awarded
at the Cannes festival in May. We are honored that two of those awards went to Brandcenter students in
the class of 2009: JD Humphreys, AD, and the team of Mollie Partesotti, CS, and Jeremy Claud, AD.
Charles Hodges (CW, 2009) won the Style Weekly Short Fiction Contest last year. His winning story as well
as a runner-up story he wrote were both published in Style Weekly last May.
The Brandcenter nearly swept the Richmond Show with two Gold cannonballs, two Silvers, five Bronzes
and a Best in Show for the WaterAid non-traditional campaign by Dan Case (AD, 2008) and Michael Collier
(CW, 2008).
D&AD selected a campaign for the Ogilvy Brief “If I’d Only Listened More Carefully,” by Candice Anderson
(AD, 2008) and current student Kris Kennedy, CW, for publication in the 2008 D&AD Student Awards Annual.
The Brandcenter had a remarkable showing in the two recent CMYK competitions. Entries by four Brandcenter teams were selected for publication in CMYK #41: Jillian Dresser (AD, 2008) and Nick Kaplan (CW,
2008) for Alliance for Climate Protection; Karen Land (AD 2008) and Nick Kaplan for RandomHouse Books
on Tape; Karen Land and Michael Flannery (CW, 2008) for JB Weld Glue; and Jillian Dresser and Latasha
Ewell (CW, 2008) for Fanta, which was the cover of the issue.
Work for Maaco by JD Humphreys (AD, 2009) and Amanda Burgan (CW, 2009) was selected for publication in
CMYK #42, due to hit newsstands in November. Also published in CMYK #42 is a campaign for Raisin Bran
by Sue Kim (AD ,2008) and Kasey Foster (CW, 2008). The CMYK blog at cmykmag.com features the winning
campaign as well as an interview with Sue and Kasey.
Students Selected to Intern at Great Agencies and Companies Over the Summer
This past summer, VCU Brandcenter students interned at great agencies and companies like BBDO, BBH,
Brooklyn Brothers, Butler Shine Stern & Partners, Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, DDB, Goodby, Silverstein &
Partners, JWT, McKinney, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Mother London, Naked, R/GA, The Richards
Group, TBWA/Chiat/DAY, The Martin Agency, and Venables Bell, among many others.
Thank you to the many alums, who not only encouraged their agencies to sponsor our interns but also
mentored our students throughout the summer.
Summer Executive Education Programs A Huge Success
The Brandcenter held two Executive Education Programs this summer, one for Creative Directors and the
other for Brand Managers. Our Creative Director program was an intense week-long workshop designed
for working Creative Directors. It was held in June with a sold out program of 32 attendees from agencies
like Leo Burnett, McCann-Erickson, Jack Morton Worldwide, and R/GA. Workshops were led by industry
leaders, Brandcenter board members and faculty including: Brian Collins, Collins:; Mike Hughes, The Martin Agency; and Mike Shine & Patrick Kiss, Butler Shine Stern & Partners.
In August, we held our first ever Creative Brand Management Executive Education Program for brand
managers, agency account leaders and brand strategists. We had an outstanding showing of 20 attendees from companies like Johnson & Johnson, Columbian Coffee Federation, and MeadWestvaco. We
hosted guest speakers such as Nancy Vonk and Janet Kestin, Ogilvy Toronto; Nancy Hill, AAAA; and Jon
Kamen, @Radical Media.
For the third summer, Dentsu, Japan’s largest advertising agency, hired the Brandcenter to lead So-Hatsu, a
two-week program for 30 of their employees. The program was designed to build a strong commitment to
collaboration and creativity. So-Hatsu was led by Rick Boyko, Peter Coughter and Andrew Jaffe (Brandcenter board member) and took place from July 7-18.
VCU Brandcenter Welcomes Class of 2010
Our new student orientation was held at the Brandcenter building on August 19th. The incoming class of 94
students includes 23 art directors, 17 creative brand managers, 21 communications strategists, 22 copywriters, and 11 creative technologists (students in our newest track – read about it below). The class of 2010
is 55% female, 70% out-of-state, 26% minority students, and 10% international students.
Creative Technology, Our Newest Track
In response to the industry’s request for graduates who have “digital DNA” and are also experts in the traditional aspects of advertising, the Brandcenter started the Creative Technology (CT) track this semester. As
with the other 4 tracks, students enrolled in the CT track take all the core curriculum classes and focus on
collaboration and group work.
CT students understand that all modern communication happens in the context of technology. And they
know that creativity doesn’t just mean words and images, and that the best ideas often come from the
people who can put all the pieces together.
CTs work as leaders and members of expanded creative teams in agencies and production companies, as
interactive designers, creative directors, producers, as directors of interactive media, as members of account teams, as entrepreneurs, as digital and interactive generalists, and in new “creative technology”
positions emerging in forward-thinking agencies.
New Building Features Media Wall
At the end of August, phase one of the Brandcenter’s new media wall went live in the lobby of the new
building. A vision of Director Rick Boyko, the wall was designed by Lauren Lepper of Richmond company
Home Media and implemented and installed by Home Media and R/GA. The wall is a place to showcase
student and alumni work on all possible mediums.
Pictures of phase 1 are below and installation of phase 2 (including cell phones, handheld gaming devices,
etc.) will begin shortly and should be completed by year’s end.
If you have produced work you’d like to see displayed on the wall, please send it to Katherine Keogh
([email protected]).
VCU Brandcenter Friday Forum
Our Friday speaker series continues to draw fascinating speakers from all disciplines to engage the Brandcenter students. Located in the VCU Student Commons Theater, the Brandcenter Friday Forum also attracts
many undergraduate students as well as professionals from the VCU and Richmond creative communities.
This fall the Friday Forum has drawn speakers such as Benjamin Palmer and Rick Webb of The Barbarian
Group; Jakob Trollbäck of Trollbäck + Company; Paul Parton and Guy Barnett of The Brooklyn Brothers. In
addition to those industry luminaries, we were honored to welcome Jim Riswold, legendary Wieden + Kennedy copywriter and artist, who discussed his most famous campaigns for Nike and shared his art exhibit
“Hitler Saved My Life,” which chronicled his recent cancer diagnosis and how he channelled his energy and
creative spirit into art.
Still to come this semester are Bill Bruce, Creative Director at BBDO NY; Rebecca Van Dyck, Worldwide
Advertising Director at Apple; and John Hegarty, legendary art director and co-founder of BBH.
Jim Riswold
Advertising Week in New York City
On September 22nd, Rick Boyko hosted a program for inner city high school students during Advertising
Week in NYC. The purpose of the forum was to open their eyes to the possibilities of pursuing a career in
advertising or marketing. This is the 3rd year Rick has hosted this program. As part of the program, Rick
facilitated a panel discussion on careers in advertising with several of our minority alumni: Emanuel Basnight (CS, 2004), Brooke-Lynn Luat (CS, 2004), Felix Yip (CS, 2006), Zoe Bell (CW, 2008), and Edwin McClure (CS, 2009). They spoke about how they got into advertising, what it’s been like so far, and gave advice
for students considering advertising as a career.
On September 24th, Wieden + Kennedy NY and Big River Advertising hosted an alumni cocktail party at BB
King’s. Over 60 alums attended the event. It was great to catch up with everyone.
We plan to do future alumni events in Chicago and San Francisco. If you have suggestions for agencies or
companies that might be willing to sponsor the event, please let Ashley Sommardahl know. It’s a great opportunity for an agency or company to network and recruit our alums in that area. Generally, the cost for an
event is less than $5,000 so it’s an inexpensive way to get to know our talented alumni.
Brandcenter Students Dominate MBA Innovation Challenge Competition
Business students from around the world will come to the University of Virginia Darden School for the final
round of the 6th annual Innovation Challenge set for Nov. 20-22. They’ll be competing for the title of “Most
Innovative MBA School.” The Brandcenter is proud to announce that four of our teams made it to the semifinals and one team has made it to the finals. The contest gives business students an opportunity to devise
solutions to real-world problems posed by the corporate sponsors. Student teams develop effective plans
for helping companies meet specific challenges. A panel of independent judges then evaluates each plan.
A sample question from an earlier competition: “How might Sprint create an innovative product or service,
greatly increasing the subscriber’s quality of life, using Wide Area Wireless High Speed technologies?”
This year, 264 teams from 55 business schools including Kellogg, UCLA, Harvard, Coumbia, Wharton, and
The Indian School of Business are competing in Innovation Challenge. There are 1,140 contestants representing 48 countries. As many of you know from experience, Brandcenter students work on the Innovation
Challenge competition as part of Professor Don Just’s Business of Branding course. We’re very proud of the
success he and his students have achieved, and we’ll keep you posted on the results of the competition.
The semi-finalist teams are below. The finalist team is in red.
Team One:
Lauren Gwaley, Rachel Stallworth, Jarrod Higgins, Heather Ryder
Team Two:
Andrew Dayberry, Sarah Inglis, Alec Black, Colin Quinn
Team Three:
Tiffany Lam, Ashleigh Edwards, Rob Leon, Nima Jarvandi
Team Four:
Jordan Childs, Jake Dubs, Kim Frazier, Hussein Raza, Merideth Peck
Behind the Scenes
In August, Mark Avnet joined us as Professor of Creative Technology. Mark is teaching two courses,
Information Architecture and Creative Computational Media. He has many years in the industry at
places such as @radical media, Hearst New Media, and Lot21 Interactive Marketing. Mark has taught
at numerous schools including New York University, Marist College and served as Chair of Communications and Information Design at The Sage Colleges. Mark is a certified clinical hypnotherapist and
also has a consulting company, Converging Arts.
Rick Boyko was named the Dean of the Roger Hatchuel Academy at the International Advertising Festival in Cannes. The Roger Hatchuel Academy is a training and educational program for 35 outstanding
advertising students from around the world. While attending the week-long festival, the students were
taught by Rick and other industry leaders.
Dean Collins joined us at the end of April as the new Network Analyst. He came from University of
Richmond where he worked in Information Technology. He has also worked at Henrico Public Schools
and a small marketing firm. Dean also enjoys playing the drums, hockey, and getting harassed by
students all day long.
60 Seconds
Patrick Maravilla / Crispin, Porter + Bogusky / CW, 2007
How’s Crispin?
In a word, insane.
Have you have any interaction with other alums or Brandcenter interns?
I chat with David Byrd. And Diana Brost. But there aren’t many alums here other than us. I try to talk to
interns when I can and if we have them. But they’re kept pretty busy. I do keep in touch with other students
from my class though. See where they ended up. If they like it, etc. But every now and then I bump into an
alum from a while ago and they ask if Coz is still there. I reassure them he was when I was there and he
was still screaming.
Do you have a favorite campaign? Can you tell us a bit about your experience working on it?
I’ve been working on a lot of Coke Zero and Microsoft. It’s fun because both want to do great work. We shot a
campaign for Coke Zero that was insane. 5 spots in one day. It was an all day, all night kinda shoot. We only
had one shoot day so we had to cram in as much as we could. It was intense and awesome and exhausting.
What do you do when you’re stumped? What do you do for inspiration?
I play guitar hero. Or I play with my kids. Unless there’s a deadline. Then I suck it up and get the work done.
What’s the one thing you never did while at the Brandcenter that you wish you had?
I wish I would have taken in more of the sites in Richmond. Edgar Allen Poe museum. Confederate capital.
There was so much history there that I never really took advantage of because I was so focused on school.
I think my book would’ve been better if had I stopped and smelled the roses a bit more, instead of smelling
that stinky green couch in the old building.
Anything else you’d like to share?
Sheeze. I’ve retyped the answer to this question a hundred times. And I still am not happy with anything
I’ve come up with. So, no. There’s nothing else I’d like to share.
Hotline
• If you change jobs or addresses, please remember to let us know. Please e-mail the updated information to [email protected].
• If you’ve been working for 4-5 years and you’re interested in being a professional mentor to a 2nd
year student, please e-mail [email protected].
• Please keep us posted on new work you’ve produced. We like to share that information with our
current and prospective students.
• If you think your agency would like to be informed about Brandcenter interns and recruitment
fairs, please e-mail [email protected] and we’ll add them to our database.
• If your agency has any real world projects for the school, please e-mail [email protected] or
[email protected]. The students have recently worked on real world projects for The Boy
Scouts of America, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Virginia Tourism, the Business for Diplomatic
Action and new business pitches for agencies. If you’re looking for some strategic and creative firepower, please let us know.
• Caley Cantrell, Head of the Communications Strategy track, has been working with her Communications Strategy students on conducting research to help agencies with new business pitches. The students have worked on pitches for Team One and Cramer-Krasselt. If your agency could use the help of
Brandcenter Communications Strategy students, please contact Caley Cantrell at [email protected].
Who? What? When?
• Cliff Adams (CS, 2007) and his partner at Team One were finalists in the Pick of the Litter competition at the AAAA Account Planning Conference. The competition spotlights the work of the younger members of the account planning community, those with less than three years of experience in
the discipline.
• Luisa Alba (CS, 2005) is the Manager of Insight and Strategy at Moses Anshell.
• Raqib Ali Sheikh (CS, 2006) is a Brand Strategist at DialHouse in San Francisco.
• Tim Anderson (CS, 1999) is a Planning Director at David & Goliath.
• Walt Barron (CS, 2002) was named a VP at McKinney in Durham, NC.
• John Benedict (CW, 2005) is a Copywriter at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Boulder.
• Anu Bhoopathy (CS, 2005) is an Account Supervisor for the Health Technologies Group at Cossette
Communications in NYC.
• Geoffrey Blair (CBM, 2008) is an Associate Planner at Razorfish in NYC.
• Forrest Boleyn (CW, 2008), Steve Yee (AD, 2000), and Sean Ohlenkamp (Saatchi) made Palinaspresident.com public October 14, 2008 around 10 AM. In the first 24 hours they had more than 500,000
hits. The next day Sean was on CNN, Steve spoke with a local radio station, and Forrest had an
interview with the Washington Post.com.They reached number one on both Digg.com and Reddit.
com. Because of high traffic, they had to put a temporary redirect on the site to keep it from crashing. They’ve had more than 10 million hits from more than 99 countries. They have daily updates
planned so make sure to check out the site.
• Diana Brost (CW, 2008) is a Copywriter at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Boulder.
• Marcus Brown (AD, 2008) and Alex Grinton (CW, 2008) are working at BBDO West.
• Luis Carranza (CBM, 2008) is a Digital Strategist for Iris Digital in London. He works on global campaigns for brands like Powerade, Sony Ericsson, and Adidas.
• Greg Christensen (CW, 2000) was working as a Writer at Y&R Chicago and transferred to Y&R Geneva
this past summer.
• Caitlin Cody (CS, 2008) is an Associate Planner at DraftFCB in Chicago.
• Alison Daly (AD, 2005) is working as a freelance art director. She’s working on an opportunity for an
ice cream company in the US, which is opening a store in Huye, Rwanda. The company will employ
mostly women, to create sustainable jobs for women, teaching them how to do everything from
how to make the ice cream to how to operate the store on a day-to-day basis. It’s also about celebrating the small joys in life...giving kids a chance to enjoy an ice cream cone from time to time and
enjoy being a kid.
• Will Dean (AD, 2004) and Robyn Gunn (CW, 2006) were married in October in Virginia Beach.
• Julie DeRosa (AD, 2002) married Nick Krueger on June 21, 2008.
Julie DeRosa & Nick Krueger
Kristin Erwin & John Woodward
• Kristin Erwin (CW, 1998) married John Woodward at Yeocomico Episcopal Church in Kinsale, VA,
on May 3. They celebrated post-ceremony at The Commonwealth Club in Richmond with guests,
including fellow class of ’98 alumni, David Austin, Mackie Blaylock and Meredith (Davis) Shields.
Kristin was previously with The Martin Agency, and a partner of freeRadical, both in Richmond. She
is currently a Senior Copywriter with Razorfish in Atlanta. John was previously director of economic
development for the City of Richmond and is currently director of foreign investment for the Metro
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
• Rachel Everett (AD, 2001) recently worked on a multi-media campaign for Kohl’s. It involved multiple
musicians (including Lenny Kravitz), was shot in three locations (LA, Toronto, and Prague) and featured 500 extras. You can check out the work at www.kohls.com/inspire.
• Matt Fischvogt (CW, 2001) is a Creative Director at Mullen in Boston.
• Joyce Forbes (CS, 2002) is a Planner at Berlin Cameron in NYC.
• CJ Franzitta (CS, 2002) is engaged to Brenna Sinnott, a
production editor at Simon & Schuster. He got on bended
knee at sunset on the beach in Naples, Florida. CJ and
Brenna intend to plan a May 2009 wedding as soon as
they stop drinking champagne.
• Elizabeth Gershman (AD, 2008) and Derek Szynal (CW,
2008) are working at Cutwater.
• Jeff Gillette (CW, 2006) is working at Google’s new Creative Lab in NYC.
• Andy Grayson (CS, 2003) and his wife, Kristen, had a
little girl, Mary Grayson, on December 13, 2007. Earlier
this year, Andy was promoted to Strategic Planning Director at Goodby, Silverstein, & Partners.
CJ Franzitta & Brenna Sinnott
Mary Grayson
• Brandon Hill (CS, 2006) is a planner at Digitas in NYC.
• Sean Jecko (CS, 2002) is a Senior Planner at McKinney in
Durham, NC.
• Bryna Keenaghan (CS, 2006) is a planner at Red Scout in
San Francisco.
• Todd Lamb (AD, 2000) has left his Senior Writer position at Mother NY. He has been freelancing for
The Sundance Channel, Strawberry Frog, Pitchfork.tv, Fallon and Chiat NY. His book titled Yo, Check
The Perm! Was releasted by BlueQ books and is available at amazon.com and Target. The fall issue of
Wooooo Magazine will feature his interviews with skateboard legend Natas Kaupas and the heavy
metal band Three Inches of Blood. This summer he has been studying with Glenn Earich at The Second City, Chicago. Todd is currently in development with a cable television network for an upcoming
animated show that he co-created.
• Brett Landry (CW, 2004) recently left David & Goliath to pursue freelance opportunities and to start
his own eco-friendly dog toy company.
• AJ Livsey (CS, 2008) is an Associate Planner at Element 79 in Chicago.
• Brooke-Lynn Luat (CS, 2004) is a Senior Brand Strategist at Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners.
• Katie MacDougall (CBM, 2008) is an Associate Product Marketing Manager at Logitech in Portland in
the audio group.
• Diana Magid (AD, 2000) is an ACD at Publicis West.
• Prudence Roberts Milligan (CS, 2000) is an Account Supervisor at Euro RSCG Discovery in Richmond.
• Krissie Morris (CS, 2006) and Kevin Rothermel (CS, 2006) were married on April 19, 2008 in Charlottesville, VA at the UVA Chapel. They’ve recently moved to San Francisco. Kevin is a Brand Planner at
Eleven Inc. and Krissie is a Senior Marketing Manager at the University of California, Berkeley.
• Chantal Panozzo (CW, 2003) is a Copywriter at McCann Erickson in Switzerland.
• Jan Little Percival (CS, 1999) is a real estate agent at Citi Habitats in NYC. If you need an apartment
in NYC, please contact [email protected].
• David Povill (CW, 2003) is a Senior Copywriter at David & Goliath.
• Joe Rose (CS, 2000) is a Copywriter at T.A.G. in San Francisco.
• Nok Sangdee (AD, 2004) is an Art Director at DraftFCB in Chicago.
• Elisabeth Seng (CW, 2008) and Tor Weeks (AD, 2008) are working at BBDO West.
• Holly Thompson Sheldon (CW, 1999) is making some really cute kids’ clothes. Check out her stuff at
www.planetpudge.etsy.com.
• Ashley Miles Shoval (CS, 1999) is Director of Brand and Business Devleopment at Gotham in NYC.
• Jodi Skeris (AD, 2002) is a Copywriter at the Iron Works in NYC.
• Ashley Haug Sommardahl (CS, 1998) and her husband, Brian, had twin daughters, Charlotte Weston
and Catherine Clark, on May 19, 2008.
Terrence Stone & Beverley Anderson
Charlotte & Clark Sommardahl
• Terrence Stone (AD, 2001) and Beverley Anderson were married on July 27, 2008 at the University
of Maryland Memorial Chapel. Terrence teaches web design at Northwestern High School in Prince
George County.
• Claire Tiffey (CW, 2002) is a Copywriter at Tribal DDB in Dallas.
• Carmen Velasquez (CBM, 2008) just completed her internship at Nike in Portland and was offered a
full-time position at Nike in NYC.
“TOWN AND COUNTRY”
pastel florals and pen and ink house portraits
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• Karen Walker (CW, 2001) is a writer at TBWA/
RAAD in Dubai. She’s on the regional team and
is doing work for the Dubai, Egypt, Abu Dhabi,
Qatar, and Saudi Arabia offices.
Cyane Williams
Opening Night Reception
5:30-7:00 p.m.
Friday October 3, 2008
Fellini’s 9 Restaurant
200 W. Market Street
Charlottesville, VA
• Jason Ward (AD, 2002) recently completed a
music video and film project. The film, “Between
Heaven and Hell” premiered at the NY Film Festival in Sept.
• Cyane Williams (AD, 1999) had her first solo art
show at Felini’s in Charlottesville in October.
on display until October 31, 2008
• Felix Yip (CS, 2006) is a Planner at Agency.com
in NYC.
VCU Brandcenter is the graduate program in advertising at the School of Mass Communications, Virginia Commonwealth University.