COMM graduate students serve as conference paper reviewers for National Communication Association convention

Several Florida State University School of Communication graduate students served as conference paper reviewers for the Human Communication and Technology Division (HCTD), a part of the National Communication Association (NCA), in helping the organization evaluate submissions to be presented at the annual convention on Nov. 21-24 in Washington, D.C. Nine graduate students from the School …

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SLIS professor awarded Faculty Research Library Materials Grant

Dr. Marcia Mardis, Assistant Professor at Florida State University’s School of Library & Information Studies (SLIS), recently received a Faculty Research Library Materials Grant for her proposal “Building Up STEAM: Enriching FSU’s Youth Arts Collection with STEM Materials to Support Research.” The grant will provide funding for updated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) materials …

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Mardis shares expertise as visiting professor in Australia

Marcia Mardis, an associate professor at Florida State University’s School of Library Studies & Information Studies (SLIS), recently spent three weeks as a Visiting Professor at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga, Australia, where she was able to share her expertise and gain new perspectives in the field library and information studies. Last January, Mardis …

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Alumni and PEEPS volunteer Ritesh Gupta speaks to students

Ritesh Gupta is currently producing commercials for the dating web site Match.com, however, his visit to Florida State University’s College of Communication & Information (CCI) on Nov. 1 was to help facilitate a different kind of connection. Gupta stopped by the Shores Building to visit with students as a part of the college’s efforts to …

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SCSD clinic now offering cochlear implant programming

The L.L. Schendel Speech and Hearing Clinic, operated by Florida State University’s School of Communication Science & Disorders (SCSD), recently expanded their services for the hearing impaired to include the programming of cochlear implants – a service that previously had not been available in North Florida. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication …

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Tallahassee Code Camp Set for Nov. 9

Tallahassee Code Camp, the city’s premier free community event for software developers and IT professionals, will be held on Nov. 9 at Florida State University’s Louis Shores Building. The event features local and regional speakers who will present a variety of development and IT topics.  Attendees will also be able to network with other developers …

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