Professors in the School of Information, Paul Marty and Michelle Kazmer, have recently donated a generous gift of $25,000 to the College of Communication and Information. The married couple got their start at FSU in 2002 when they doubled their faculty interview trips as their honeymoon. “A paid trip to Florida in the middle of …
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Let Them Eat Cake: iSchool Professors Give the Gift of Community
Alumni Association Honors Excellence
This past October, the FSU Alumni Association honored outstanding alumni that have made an impact in their field during the Alumni Awards Gala. Of the six alumni honored, two graduated from the College of Communication and Information. J.D. Doughney (’02, B.S. Communication & ’03, M.S. IMC) received the Circle of Gold Award. This award is …
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Associate Professor Published in American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
Associate Professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, Kelly Farquharson, and her team were recently published in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. This publication is the result of a multi-site research group lovingly referred to as “BILL,” or Brain Injury, Language, and Literacy. The team is composed of two Traumatic Brain Injury …
CONTINUE READINGMeet Comm School Ph.D. Candidate Nicholas Sellers
1. Where did you grow up? I grew up in Pace, Florida which is about twenty minutes east over the causeway from Pensacola. There was a peanut field across the street from my high school if that gives you any sort of context. 2. What made you choose FSU? Perhaps it had a lot to …
CONTINUE READINGAngiah Davis Named Director of Library Services at Gordon State College
Gordon State College recently named iSchool alumna, Angiah Davis (’08 M.S. Library and Information Studies), as Director of Library Services. In this position, she will oversee the library budget, manage electronic databases, promote the library, and participate in state and national professional organizations while developing a strategic plan. Her current memberships include GLA, ALA, the …
CONTINUE READINGMaster’s Student Assists with School of Dance Archive Project
When thinking of physical archives, one may often imagine a cramped and stuffy room tucked into the back corner of a dark basement hiding shelves overflowing with old books and fragile documents. That may not be far off considering many libraries have spent the past decade digitizing their archives, rendering physical copies unnecessary. The age …
CONTINUE READINGMeet iSchool Doctoral Student: Kristie Escobar
1. Where did you grow up? I grew up in Gainesville, Florida which is ironic because I now identify as a ‘Nole! The city has changed so much and every time I visit, it looks totally different than how I remember it. Gainesville was a wonderful place to grow up and I would recommend it …
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