FSU Digital Media Production Students Bring “A is for Armed” to YOFI Film Festival

Digital Media Production students Samantha Hunter and Cristina Fernandez recently attended the Yonkers Film Festival (more commonly dubbed YOFI Fest) in New York for their film, A is for Armed. Addressing the recent Concealed Carry on Campus bill in Florida in terms of last November’s shooting at Strozier library, A is for Armed engages viewers in a conversation about …

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Susan Thomas Departs the Information Institute

Susan C. Thomas, Program Coordinator, is departing the Information Use Management & Policy Institute (Information Institute) at the Florida State University, College of Communication and Information, School of Information as of October 22, 2015.  Ms. Thomas has worked at the Information Institute for almost 15 years coordinating the Institute’s office functions, fiscal and administrative operations, …

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Doffek Aids in Local White Collar Crime Case

WCTV reported on a Tallahassee couple accused of attempting to steal nearly three quarters of a million dollars from the state’s unclaimed property vault. The heavily guarded vault is located in Tallahassee and contains millions in jewels, watches, coins and currency. Thomas Penquite and Maria Gutierrez are being accused of trying to claim more than $733,000 …

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Merle pens article on Le Pen Family Feud

Patrick Merle, assistant professor in the School of Communication, wrote an article for the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) on the Le Pen family, currently in the news for a familial dispute. With family politics merging with public politics, Merle wrote a succinct review of the family’s feud. The article was published on …

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CCI Students Premiere New Sci-Fi Web Series

IronZoo Productions will be premiering its new web series, Chronos, on Thursday April 30, 2015 at Florida State University’s Askew Student Life Center (942 Learning Way, Tallahassee, FL 32304). Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the screening will begin at 7 p.m. Chronos is an eight part sci-fi web series centered on the idea …

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