MLIS graduate Sally Smollar has been selected as one of two finalists for the 2015 School Library Journal School Librarian of the Year Award. This annual award, sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing, selects K-12 library professionals based on their exemplary use of 21st century tools and services in ways that encourage students to foster multiple literacies. Smollar …
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FSU MLIS Alum Sally Smollar Announced Finalist of School Librarian of the Year Award
MLIS Student Teresa Temkin Interns at the Department of State in D.C.
MLIS student Teresa Temkin has a lot on her plate. From earning her degree to interning in Washington, D.C. to owning her own business, Temkin likes to keep herself busy. Temkin previously earned her B.A. in European History and Asian Studies at Vanderbilt University. In December, she will graduate from FSU with her Master’s in …
CONTINUE READINGPhD. Student Pablo Correa Wins Bronze Award for Film
Communication PhD. student Pablo Correa recently won a Bronze Award at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival for his film, The Isadore Mizell Family Legacy. The film shows the history of the Mizell family, one of the founding black pioneering families of Ft. Lauderdale. The Mizell family contributed to black Fort Lauderdale through health, education …
CONTINUE READINGStudent Ashley Tressel Earns Award for Paper, “Media and Drone Strikes: Understanding Newspaper Tutorials”
This fall, Media & Communication Studies student Ashley Tressel received the Competitive Communication Scholarship Student Top Paper Undergraduate from the Florida Communication Association (FCA) for her paper, “Media and Drone Strikes: Understanding Newspaper Tutorials.” The paper focused on the increased use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, since 2008 and examined the issues that are emphasized by the …
CONTINUE READINGDr. Art Raney Attends International New Media Forum in Shanghai
Dr. Art Raney recently delivered a keynote address at the 2015 International New Media Forum in Shanghai, China. This was the second time the event has been held and the second time he has been given this honor. The forum was sponsored by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the International Communication Association. One of only …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Professor Melissa Gross Receives Excellence in Online Teaching Award
Melissa Gross of FSU’s School of Information recently received the Excellence in Online Teaching award from the Office of Distance Learning (ODL) for teaching Information Needs of Children. Gross won the award after the ODL reviewed how her teaching evaluations and strategies have demonstrated superior methods of instruction and engagement of students as learning partners. Gross teaches research methods …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Welcomes Two New Additions to the Advising Team
The College of Communication & Information welcomes two new advisors! Sandi Dedrick graduated from FSU in 2011 with a B.S. in Dietetics and went on to earn her Master’s in Social Work in 2014. Previously, she has worked at an in-patient psychiatric hospital, a residential facility for women undergoing substance abuse/mental illness, as a clinician …
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