The Spring semester brings new staff to the College of Communication & Information’s COMM Team. Marquel Nakashima Marquel is a junior in the Information Technology program in the School of Information. She joins the team as an Assistant Webmaster and is responsible for web content, web content and app development. Ingrid Patino Ingrid is a …
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COMM Team Welcomes New Staff
20 Questions with Christie Koontz
What was your first job? My first job was at a public library in Jacksonville, FL near my school. My father had lost his job, and as the youngest I wanted to help. So I walked into the library the summer after the ninth grade (fudged about my age) and worked through twelfth grade summer …
CONTINUE READINGNew iSchool Classes: Spring 2015
The Spring 2015 semester in the School of Information brings two new classes to students. Social and Organizational Analytics with Warren Allen introduces students to the concept of analytics, the discovery and communication of meaningful patterns in data, and to the knowledge and tools necessary to apply analytics to fields like IT, Business, Communications, Sociology …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Spark Campaigns help student initiatives
SparkFSU is a new way to fund projects at Florida State University. The fundraising program allows faculty and their students to initiate and design innovative and entrepreneurial projects with financial support garnered from alumni and friends. Within the College of Communication and Information, there have been three Spark campaigns launched in the last year. Chronos: …
CONTINUE READINGWarren Allen awarded CRC Grant
Warren Allen, a professor in the School of Information, was recently awarded a grant for his research surrounding social media. The grant was awarded by the Council on Research & Creativity for his proposal, “Social Media Pilot System to Represent Soft Skills of Information Technology Students.” Allen’s research is centered around Information Technology students and their …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool’s Dr. Ho awarded NSF I-CORPS grant
Dr. Shuyuan Mary Ho was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for her project, “I-Corps: Market Impact Identification of Dyadic Attribution Model for Disposition Assessment Using Online Games.” The $50,000 grant started December 14th, 2014 and will run until May 2015. Dr. Ho researches human-computer interactions and focuses heavily on cyber insider threats and …
CONTINUE READINGMerle talks Charlie Hebdo Attacks on WTXL
Patrick Merle, professor in the School of Communication, spoke on the nightly news this week about the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France. Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, was attacked by two radical Islamic gunmen on January 7th, 2015. The men forced their way into the building and opened fire, killing twelve. The response to …
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