Noblitt

Bill Noblitt, new director of Marketing and Media Relations, started working at Emporia State last Monday.

“People here are friendly. I think that is ‘Kansas friendliness,’”Noblitt said.

Noblitt graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s degree in Education from the University of Alabama.

Withjournalism experience in teaching at the university level and working in the media for more than 30 years, Noblitt is professional member of CASA (Council for Advancement and Support of Education), UCDA (University and College Designers association) and former Editor for“Designer Magazine,” a quarterly for UCDA.

“Bill is an excellent designer and writer,” said Gayle Walden, a retired university editor in the Office of University Relations at Auburn University Montgomery. “He is also a precise and strategic thinker with an instinct for what is effective.”

Noblitt has taught in Alabama, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Wisconsin and Ohio and was Chair of the Editors Seminar at the University of Notre Dame in 1991, and also the Chair of the CASE Summer Institute in Communications in 1989 and 1990.

Waldensaid she has known Noblitt for about eight years and felt that ESU is very fortunate to have him. Walden said Noblitt explores the distinctive character of an institution and communicates it in ways that attract students, create pride in faculty and staff, and draw support from the community.

“My first impression of Bill was that he is a very congenial, generous person. His manner is engaging, and he has a great sense of humor,” Walden said.

Chris Wooton, Noblitt’s former student and student assistant at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, said inspiration for the themes of Noblitt’s publications and articles are from his personal life experiences.

“He doesn’t just want to observe life, he wants to live it and learn from it,” said Wooton.

Noblitt said he chose to come to ESU to become a faculty member because the university is serious about marketing and it believes that marketing is important to leadership.

“My goal is to work with the Emporia State family,” Noblitt said. “To create effective marketing plans which are communicating effectively.”

Wooton said that Noblitt is a “hoarder of inspiration.” According to Wooton, if you go to Noblitt’s office right now and look in his computer bag, you will find his laptop, a couple of magazines and his personal journal.

“He always searches for that perfect image, that perfect piece of text, that missing element that makes the big picture beautiful,” Wooton said.

Lauren Lau

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