Florida State University (FSU) student, Amanda Thurston, has been accused of posting racial slurs on the social media site, Vine, on Wednesday Sept. 4. The Vine showed a clip of black students performing in the middle of FSU Oglesby Union during the weekly Market Wednesday. The caption for the Vine read, “Welcome to FAMU…I mean …
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COMM Interim Director Sypher and doctoral student Clark interviewed about social media regarding student incident
SLIS hosting librarian Dr. Lowrie’s 95th Birthday Celebration on Oct. 11
Esteemed librarian, Dr. Jean E. Lowrie, will be celebrating her 95th birthday on Friday, Oct. 11. The celebration, hosted by School of Library & Information Studies (SLIS), will take place at The Dolphin Bar & Shrimp Grill at 1401 NE Indian River Dr. in Jensen Beach, FL. If you would like to attend this event, …
CONTINUE READINGKorzenny quoted in Marketplace Business about how companies are profiting from the U.S. Hispanic market
Dr. Felipe Korzenny, professor in the Florida State University (FSU) School of Communication and director of the FSU Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, was interviewed and quoted in an article by Marketplace Business about critical adjustments retailers and businesses are making in their advertisements to appeal more to U.S. Hispanic audiences. Korzenny, along with other Hispanic marketing …
CONTINUE READINGDr. Hugh Catts starts as new Director of Communication Science & Disorders
Dr. Hugh Catts has begun as the new director of the FSU School of Communication Science & Disorders (SCSD). He succeeds Interim Director, Julie Stierwalt, who led the School last year while continuing her research and teaching duties. She will serve as the Associate Director during this academic year. Catts says that “he is pleased to be joining one …
CONTINUE READINGDelta Zeta Student Member Victoria Underwood donates to the SCSD Preschool Program
Delta Zeta member and criminology major, Victoria Underwood, shares her passion for Early Childhood Learning by pledging to support the School of Communication Science & Disorders’ planned Integrated Preschool Program. She is supporting the organization’s philanthropic goal of donating $10,000 per year for five years toward the College of Communication & Information School of Communication …
CONTINUE READINGCOMM Professor Proffitt elected as new UFF-FSU Chapter President
Dr. Jennifer Proffitt, Associate Professor in the FSU School of Communication, was elected as the new President of the United Faculty of Florida, FSU Chapter (UFF-FSU) in March 2013. This organization represents more than 1600 tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure-track faculty in Tallahassee and Panama City, as well as more than 100 faculty at the FSU School. Proffitt remarked, “Following the past eleven years …
CONTINUE READINGComm. Assistant Professor Merle Publishes International Comparative Study on Veil Ban
Dr. Patrick Merle, a newly appointed Assistant Professor at the FSU School of Communication to start in the Fall 2013, recently received notification that one of his manuscripts had been accepted for publication. The study conducted with Dr. Barbara Friedman, Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina School of Journalism & Mass Communication, features a comparative perspective of …
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