Gregg McBride (B.S. ’86) is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles, CA whose recent work includes Hallmark Hall of Fame movie “A Heavenly Christmas” – which premiered to the highest ratings of any original film in the history of the Hallmark Channel. Leading a writing career for over 15 years has taught this Communications alumnus …
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News about (and for) the alumni of the schools comprising the FSU College of Communication & Information
It’s All About the Journey – Alumnus Gregg McBride’s Winding Path to Hollywood
IT Alumna Uses Skills to Create the Ultimate Marketing Experience
Shayla Perry’s (B.S. ’02) day-to-day working as a Experiential Event Manager may include coordinating with celebrity chefs and organizations like the PGA tour, but she still remembers her roots as an IT student at the School of Information. “I initially was a Management Information Systems major because I loved computers, but I also had a …
CONTINUE READINGHow to Never Settle – ICT Alum Gerard Massey Talks Career Advancement and Fulfillment
“No matter where you are in your career, whether a student or CIO of a Fortune 500 company, there’s always someone better than you. I say this because you can always learn from someone. Everything you do in life is a learning opportunity. Seize it and soak in everything you can.” Gerard Massey (BS ’13) …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Women Leading in Tech
by Chelsea Schneider Since the beginnings of the computing era, women like Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, and recent Presidential Medal of Freedom winner Margaret Hamilton have made significant contributions to the computing field. Yet despite the achievements of these role models, the overall rates of women in technology have historically been underrepresented. Women can often …
CONTINUE READINGPR Alumna Olivia Wilson Brings Skills to ESPN
PR Alumna Olivia Wilson (B.S. ’14) has this advice for students currently juggling jobs, internships, and homework – “all your work is not for nothing and everything will work out. Worry less.” People like to say that success happens when hard work meets opportunity. For Wilson, the hard work often came from paying an attention …
CONTINUE READINGAlumnus Jamie Linden on Life, Luck, and Persistence
Screenwriter and CCI alumnus Jamie Linden (B.S. ’01) did not know what he wanted to do after graduation. That is, he had a set of skills and experiences he acquired throughout his four years at Florida State University, but he wasn’t sure where he wanted to apply those skills. Like many other newly-minted FSU alumni, he …
CONTINUE READINGFSU Professor Designs Systems to Detect Online Dishonesty
We’ve all received an email that makes us pause and wonder, “…is this real or spam?” iSchool assistant professor Shuyuan Ho has started to crack the code behind online deception. Inspired by Alan Turing, the mathematician whose Enigma machine broke German ciphers in the World War II, Dr. Ho set out to create an algorithm …
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