CCI’s Black Men in Tech Program Reaches the End of its Pilot Year – The Best is Yet to Come!

Recently, the College of Communication and Information’s Black Men in Tech (BMIT) program reached the end of its pilot year. The program, led by PI and Faculty Researcher Dr. Faye Jones, Co-PI and Associate Dean of Finance & Administration Ebe Randeree, and lead instructor and award-winning faculty member Dr. Christy Chatmon, served to connect young Black men …

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Delta Zeta hosts event with SCSD Graduate Students for Children with Hearing Loss from the FSU Speech and Hearing Clinic

Last month, the Alpha Sigma chapter of Delta Zeta worked with Florida State speech pathology graduate students to host an event for children with hearing loss from the FSU Speech and Hearing Clinic.  Delta Zeta’s philanthropy on a national level is Starkey Hearing Foundation whose mission is “to give the gift of hearing to those …

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FSU Project to Provide Opioid Epidemic Assistance in Rural Communities Receives $1.3 Million Grant

School of Information Assistant Professor Margaret Sullivan is Co-Pi for the College of Social Work’s project “Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Centers (ROTA-R)” which recently earned a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The project will work to provide technical assistance and training on opioid harm reduction and prevention …

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Project Led by Dr. Marcia Mardis on Rural Disaster Resiliency Hubs Presents at CIVIC Project Showcase in Washington DC

On September 22, Dr. Marcia A. Mardis and Ms. Jana Whitehead, a Calhoun County resident who has been working with FSU researchers, traveled to Washington DC to present the National Science Foundation (NSF) research project “Rural Resiliency Hubs: An Integrated, Community-Centered Approach to Addressing the Resiliency Divide through Rural Public Libraries.” The project, focused on …

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Collaborative Manuscript by the School of Communication Science and Disorders and the School of Teacher Education Accepted for Publication in LSHSS

Recently, the collaborative manuscript, “Practice-Based Coaching for Speech-Language Pathologists supporting Paraeducators and Speech-Language Pathology Assistants,” was accepted for publication in Language Speech and Hearing Services in the Schools (LSHHS), a flagship journal of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). This manuscript was led by Dr. Lindsay Dennis, associate professor in the School of Teacher Education and …

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SCSD Faculty Members Dr. Elizabeth Madden and Ellen Nimmons Receive $4,000 Translational Research Award

Dr. Elizabeth Madden and Ellen Nimmons

Recently Dr. Elizabeth Madden, School of Communication Science & Disorders (SCSD) Assistant Professor, and Ellen Nimmons, SCSD Faculty Clinical Supervisor, received a $4,000 SCSD Translation Research Award for collaborative research.  Dr. Madden explained “The award Ellen Nimmons and I received is a new award funded by the School of Communication Science and Disorders that encourages …

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Muhamad Prabu Wibowo Presents at International Webinar Hosted by the University of Indonesia

Muhamad Prabu Wibowo, School of Information Ph.D. candidate and teaching assistant, recently spoke on his work with bibliometrics at the University of Indonesia’s international webinar “The Role of Bibliometrics in Library and Information Research and Services.” The webinar was held on September 21 and included over 550 participants from countries across the world including China, …

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