CCI News

Castillo interviewed on students, social media & election

January 25, 2012

Dr. Jeanette Castillo, an assistant professor of digital media in the School of Communication, was interviewed for a story on students using social media to stay informed in this year’s election, as well as to voice their opinions on the issues and the candidates. Listen to the story on FSU Headline News.

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Gubernatorial Fellows accepting applications until March 2

January 23, 2012

Applications are being accepted until March 2 for the Florida Gubernatorial Fellows Program, a prestigious fellowship that provides nine months of professional experience in high levels of state government. Applicants may be from any field and should be have a strong interest in public service. Graduate students and advanced undergraduate students (juniors or seniors) are [...]

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SCSD Official Open House for the new Warren building

January 23, 2012

Save the Date! SCSD will have its official Open House to show off its new building on March 16th. We will be giving guided tours from 2-4pm (for on-campus individuals) and 4-6 (for community members). Please join us! Busses are available for easy transportation to the new Warren building. Tall Timbers Warren Bus Route

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Phyllis Van Orden to present “Leaving His Stamp” Feb. 16, a Black History Month celebration of famed illustrator

January 20, 2012

In celebration of Black History Month, FSU’s College of Communication & Information will host an exhibit and presentation titled “Leaving His Stamp: The Life and Illustrations of Jerry Pinkney.” The presentation begins at 3 p.m. Feb. 16 in the Gregory Conference Room of the Louis Shores Building on The Florida State University campus, with a [...]

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SCSD’s Woods and COE’s Hanline awarded $1.2 million grant to train early educators of special-needs kids

January 19, 2012

For the increasing number of “high-risk” families in Florida facing the complex challenges of infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays, additional help is on the way. Two Florida State University professors have received a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to train more educators in specialized early intervention and support. [...]

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FSU-SLIS welcomes Richard J. Urban to its faculty

January 7, 2012

January 5, 2012 TALLAHASSEE – The School of Library & Information Studies (SLIS) at The Florida State University is pleased to welcome Richard J. Urban as a visiting assistant professor beginning in the spring of 2012. Urban is a researcher on knowledge representation (such as ontology development, metadata, and descriptive standards) for cultural heritage materials [...]

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FSU-SLIS tenure track faculty position available

January 7, 2012

The Florida State University School of Library and Information Studies (http://slis.fsu.edu) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. For those attending ALISE, the director, Corinne Jorgensen and other members of the FSU faculty will be available to talk to interested applicants. We seek a colleague with research and teaching expertise [...]

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Two SLIS doc students to present broadband research paper at iSchools iConference 2012

December 20, 2011

School of Library & Information Studies doctoral students Lauren Mandel and Nicole Alemanne are presenting a research paper, Rural Anchor Institution Broadband Connectivity: Enablers and Barriers to Adoption, at the upcoming iSchools iConference in Toronto, February 7–10, 2012. The paper presents findings from two research projects that the students are currently engaged in at the [...]

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CCI’s Raulston wins Florida Campus Compact’s Community Engagement Educator Award

December 15, 2011

By Andrea Wolf Project SPARTA. Sounds like an obscure movie reference, doesn’t it? Short for “Supervised Practical Application of Research, Theory and Academics,” it’s actually a unique service learning program created by Florida State University’s Melissa Raulston. Raulston, a webmaster and service learning coordinator with the College of Communication & Information, was recently awarded the [...]

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Raney gives keynote at sports media conference in China

December 14, 2011

Arthur A. Raney, professor and director of doctoral studies in FSU’s School of Communication, delivered a keynote address at an international conference on sports media and communication hosted by Chengdu Sport University in Chengdu, China – the first of its kind ever convened in mainland China. Raney was one of three U.S. sports media scholars invited to headline [...]

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