In 1996, Becky O’Brien graduated with a degree in Communication and jumped straight into her Master’s, which she received in 1997. Almost two decades later, she was invited to the Kappa Kappa Gamma National Leadership Academy this past September. At the leadership academy, she met five strangers. Those strangers, Sharon Snodgrass Pennekamp (’76), Andrea Stanford …
CONTINUE READINGCategory: CCI Alumni News
News about (and for) the alumni of the schools comprising the FSU College of Communication & Information
5 FSU & CCI women honored at KKG Leadership Academy
Meet iSchool Alumnus: Erik Hazzard
Erik Hazzard is a man who goes for the (garnet and) gold. From his time at the School of Information at Florida State University to his leap to San Francisco and his start-up adventures – Erik is on the move. Tallahassee to San Francisco While studying in the Information Technology program at FSU, Hazzard worked …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Alum awarded F. William Summers Award
Kevin McLean Davis, (MLIS ’13) has been chosen by the Florida State University School of Information as the recipient of this year’s F. William Summers Award. The Summers Award is given annually to an outstanding master’s or specialist alumnus who graduated during the past calendar year. Named in honor of F. William Summers, who was a graduate …
CONTINUE READINGDoc candidate Abigail Phillips named YALSA Board Fellow
School of Information doctoral candidate Abigail Phillips has been recognized as the 2015 YALSA Board Fellow for the American Library Association. Phillips is a third year doctoral candidate in information studies, who returned to Florida State after receiving her MLIS in 2008 and then working as a librarian for four years. YALSA, Young Adult Library Services Association, selects …
CONTINUE READINGDiana Phelps Embraces Passions for Public Relations and Information Technology at TEKsystems
Diana Phelps (B.S. Public Relations, ’12) has worked as a Legal Assistant at a local law firm in Tallahassee and as an Account Executive at RB Oppenheim. Today, her combined interests in public relations and information technology have taken her to TEKsystems as the Account Manager of Government Services. Regardless of where her degree takes her, Phelps …
CONTINUE READINGNew CCI Garnet & Gold Scholar Inductees
The newest group of Garnet and Gold Scholars have been inducted. Members of the Garnet and Gold Scholar Society will demonstrate how they have developed their leadership, professional, citizenship and/or research skills while building collaborative relationships in the academic, local or global community. Students meet criteria in three of the five following areas: Leadership, Internship, …
CONTINUE READINGFSU ranks 8th ‘Best Colleges for Vets’
Florida State University has risen in the ranks, hitting No. 8 in the most recent “Best Colleges for Vets” ranking, published annually by Military Times magazine. With a military student population of 372, Florida State University has the second highest graduation rate in the top 10 schools. Florida State earned a four star rating for extracurriculars and …
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