A research team led by School of Library & Information Studies faculty is using a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to equip fourth- and fifth-graders with handheld digital journals to monitor natural habitats and analyze wildlife behavior at the Tallahassee Museum. Habitat Tracker — a joint project of FSU’s College of …
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Team wins $1.2 million grant to teach children to monitor wildlife
Bickel Fund again selects FSU Communication as a beneficiary
The Florida State University School of Communication has once again been selected as a beneficiary of the Karl A. Bickel and Madira Bickel Journalistic Scholarship program. The scholarship program, funded by the Bickel Charitable Trust and managed by Wachovia Bank/Wells Fargo, is designated for undergraduate or graduate students with demonstrated financial need for have an …
CONTINUE READINGWeb Development Internship
Salter>Mitchell – a national social marketing, advertising and public relations firm – is seeking a web developer for a paid internship with the potential prospect of full-time employment. (All our entry-level hires are made from our internship program). This developer will work in an open source environment, concentrating on mostly on front-end webcode but knowledge …
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As part of a larger group of researchers at The Florida State University, Dr. Kenn Apel and Dr. Shurita Thomas-Tate of the School of Communication Science & Disorders are co-investigators on the “Reading for Understanding Research Network” project. The five-year, $100 million grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences …
CONTINUE READINGApel and Thomas-Tate are researchers on $26 million IES grant
As part of a larger group of researchers at The Florida State University, Dr. Kenn Apel and Dr. Shurita Thomas-Tate of the School of Communication Science & Disorders are co-investigators on the “Reading for Understanding Research Network” project. The five-year, $100 million grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences …
CONTINUE READINGEverhart & Mardis (FSU) to edit peer-reviewed School Libraries Worldwide and receive honors at ALA
Dr. Nancy Everhart and Dr. Marcia Mardis of The Florida State University (FSU) will begin co-editing School Libraries Worldwide, the official professional and research journal of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL), in July 2010. They will be continuing the work of founding editor, Dr. Dianne Oberg (University of Alberta, Edmonton). School Libraries Worldwide …
CONTINUE READINGFSU's first virtual graduation from CCI-SLIS
In a ceremony attended by the avatars of six students, the first virtual graduation of The Florida State University took place online on Saturday, May 1. The Spring 2010 Second Life Graduation Ceremony of the College of Communication & Information (CCI) enabled distance students who had earned their degrees online to graduate online as well. …
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