Over the past several years, millennials have started to become more politically active than ever. With this rise in activism, many brands have turned to methods of advocacy advertising. To explore this idea further, Dr. Jaejin Lee and graduate student Olivia Bravo recently published a paper titled “The mediating effects of message agreement on millennials’ […] »
CONTINUE READINGLee and Bravo Publish on Advocacy Advertising
Alumnus Receives President’s Volunteer Service Award
Joseph Ferris (’04, B.S. Information Studies), a former FSU School of Information adjunct professor and Lead Security Architect at AT&T, received the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) in honor of his volunteerism in the local Tallahassee community. “Coaching and mentoring are my way to give back to the community and honor the people who had […] »
CONTINUE READINGAdvertising Student Wins Diversity Achievement Award
Joseph Ng, an Advertising student in the School of Communication, is the recipient of this year’s American Advertising Federation (AAF) 4th District Diversity Achievement Award. “Although advertising is considered more progressive than other industries, there’s still a lot of work to do, and I’m honored to be the first recipient of the Diversity Achievement Scholarship, […] »
CONTINUE READINGDr. Paul Marty Receives Undergraduate Teaching Award
Each year, Florida State’s Office of the Provost honors faculty members that have gone above and beyond in undergraduate and graduate teaching through the University Teaching Awards. The student-oriented awards are based on student and alumni nominations. This year, Dr. Paul Marty (’02, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) was the recipient of the Undergraduate […] »
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Up North: Professors Present at LOEX Annual Conference
The Library Orientation Exchange (LOEX) hosted its annual conference on May 9-11 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Two iSchool professors, Dr. Melissa Gross and Dr. Don Latham, presented “A Framework for the Frames: Using the Peritextual Literacy Framework to Teach the ACRL Frames” at this year’s event. The presentation focused on teaching an audience that was brand new to […] »
CONTINUE READINGCCI Faculty Awarded Summer Grants
Each year, Florida State’s Council on Research and Creativity (CRC) offers summer funding to research projects through the First Year Assistant Professor Program (FYAP). This is a grant program designed to provide first-year assistant professors with “summer salary support to facilitate their research and/or creative activities,” says the website. The grant is available to all […] »
CONTINUE READINGCCI Students Continue K-12 Outreach at Local Middle and High Schools
Students in the Spring 2019 IT Leadership class have been busy engaging the future IT workforce of Florida, talking about Information Technology (IT), Information Communication & Technology (ICT), STEM careers, and the College of Communication & Information. Each semester, students partner with various schools to offer support, training, and career advice to Leon schools. This […] »
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