The School of Information‘s Marcia Mardis has been awarded the Developing Scholar Award by the Council on Research and Creativity (CRC) at Florida State University. Dr. Mardis is the second School of Information faculty member to ever have received this distinction. The Developing Scholar Award is based upon an evaluation of Mardis’ scholarly activities at Florida State University. …
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iSchool’s Marcia Mardis awarded Developing Scholar Award
Forensics Team to hold Nationals Showcase
On Monday, March 30th, the FSU Forensics Team will be holding its annual Nationals Showcase at 8:00 p.m at the Claude Pepper Center (636 W Call St, Tallahassee, Florida 32306). The event is free and open to the public. The event will also be available via live stream, so you can watch online if you can’t make …
CONTINUE READINGHouck talks Project South on NPR
Davis Houck, professor in the School of Communication, was featured on NPR’s history department blog on March 13. The article is a plea for “historical crowdsourcing” using an archive at Stanford University called Project South. Initiated in summer 1965, eight students spread throughout the South under Stanford’s Institute of American History and KZSU, a campus radio …
CONTINUE READINGDemocrat announces Top 25 Women, 6 CCI Alumni
Earlier this month, Tallahassee Democrat released it’s list of Top 25 Women You Need to Know for 2015. The list included 16 graduates from Florida State, of which 6 graduates from the College of Communication and Information. Amanda Clements, BA – General Communication Kelly-Ann Fasano, BA – Media Communication Studies, MA – Media Communication …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Alum Todd Lahtinen launches “Fin-ology” podcast while thriving in career
2011 Florida State University Information Technology graduate, Todd Lahtinen, is coalescing his passions of finance and technology through his own personal audio series, Fin-ology, with brother Kyre Lahtinen, and colleague, Stephan Shipe, as a hobby in conjunction with his job. Todd and his cohosts came up with the concept from their studies and and common interests, as …
CONTINUE READINGMcDowell & Proffitt guest edit The Information Society Journal
Stephen McDowell and Jennifer Proffitt, both in the School of Communication, served as guest editors for the newest issue of The Information Society Journal along with Hamid Ekbia from Indiana University. The trio wrote the introduction to the journal titled, Introductory to the special forum on monetization of user-generated content – Marx revisited, which introduced the special …
CONTINUE READINGMSIT program ranked #20 nationally
U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 Best Online Program Rankings are in, and the School of Information‘s MSIT program ranks #20 nationally for online graduate education programs. “By combining a strong academic history, real life expertise, and the flexibility that comes with being fully online, FSU’s MSIT program provides a high-quality education that serves the …
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