ICT Student and Inventor, Paul Woodley, Places As a Finalist at InNOLEvation

Paul Woodley is an Information, Communication, and Technology student expecting to graduate in May 2020. This innovative spirit is also pursuing a second degree in Entrepreneurship. This year, Woodley competed in the InNolevation Challenge, which allows students from all majors to demonstrate their entrepreneurial ideas, entering to win prize money that can help their ideas …

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CCI Celebrates Outstanding Students, Faculty, and Alumni at the Annual Honors Recognition Ceremony

The College of Communication and Information is comprised with talented, dedicated, and inspiring individuals in our faculty, students, and alumni. Once a year, the School of Communication, the School of Information, and the School of Communication Science and Disorders gather together to celebrate and recognize exceptional work. We recognized community involvement, collaboration, research, leadership, teaching, …

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Wayne Wiegand to Return to FSU During Book Tour

Wayne Wiegand, F. Williams Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies Professor Emeritus, is embarking on a twenty-city book tour with his wife and co-author, Shirley Wiegand, for their book The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism. This tour includes a stop at FSU on April 13, …

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Alexis Gayda, ICT Alumna and Digital Media Extraordinaire

Alexis Gayda graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor’s in Information, Communication, and Technology. During her time at FSU, Gayda was heavily involved on campus, using her skills in marketing, event planning, social media management, and more wherever she went to improve the organizations and events in her school community. Now, she’s taken her skills to …

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Graduate Students Serve as Mayoral Fellows for the City of Tallahassee

Every year, the Tallahassee Mayoral Fellowship Program gives outstanding graduate students the chance to get involved with city government, working side-by-side with political leaders. These students are responsible to use their skillsets and talents to come up with innovative policy and program proposals. This program is cultivating leaders with the experience and connections to excel in …

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Teacher of the Year, Hilary Brown, is Sharing Her Media Expertise with Young Scholars

Hilary Brown received her Bachelor’s of Arts in Communications, with a focus in Media Productions here in 2007. During her time at FSU, she worked with Seminole Productions reporting, producing, and editing live events for Basketball, Soccer, Baseball, and Volleyball. Since then, she has been sharing her knowledge in television production, social media, digital design, …

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Jeffrey Schermer, CCI Alum and Disney Creative

Jeffrey Schermer, School of Communication alum and imaginative virtuoso, is using his talents at the “Happiest Place on Earth.” Schermer, who graduated in 2015, works on the creative team at Walt Disney World constructing innovative solutions and forming new ways to promote and stimulate Disney Parks and Resorts. Schermer shared, “Communications courses taught me applicable …

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