Freelance writer, Miami Ad School alumnus, and improv comedy performer Sara Shelton shares some of her hard-earned wisdom and tells students how to prepare themselves for the finding that first job after graduation.

Since his time at Miami Ad School, Menno Kluin has been a star. He took home an extraordinary amount of student awards, and was even named YoungGun's student of the year in 2005, just short of graduation. During his time at both Saatchi & Saatchi and Y&R in New York, he went on to win every imaginable award under the proverbial sun.

It happens fairly often that prospective students ask what the best way is to observe student life and the school culture at Miami Ad School. I give you... Finals Week. Now of course we welcome students thinking about joining us here to arrange a time to stop in and witness a portion of a class - it's definitely a great way to get into the action, but simply observing the habits of an advertising student when they're up against a deadline in multiple classes is perhaps the best way of all!.

Nina Manthey was a student from Miami Ad School Europe and she graduated one year ago. She was an incredibly, warm, bright, and strong person. Unfortunately, this past Tuesday night Nina lost her fight with cancer and she passed away. We are sad and speechless that she is not with us anymore.

The Minneapolis school welcomed Quan Hoang, Chief Creative Officer at Pixel Farm Digital (www.pixelfarmdigital.com) on 2/28/11. Quan had a fascinating story to tell the students about how he came to America and his journey to becoming a Creative Extraordinaire.