Recent FSU-SLIS doctoral program graduate, Dr. Melissa Johnston, is joining the faculty of the University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies in August, according the following JESSE listserv post on March 23, 2012, by Professor and Director Heidi Julien: The School of Library & Information Studies at The University of Alabama is delighted to …
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News about (and for) the alumni of the schools comprising the FSU College of Communication & Information
Doc alumna Johnston to join University of Alabama faculty
Mills family requests scholarship donations as memorial
The family of Bill Mills Jr., founder and chairman of The William Mills Agency and one of the School of Communication’s Distinguished Alumni, asks that anyone wishing to honor his memory make a contribution to the Bill & Eloise Mills Scholarship fund at FSU’s College of Communication & Information. Mr. Mills died Thursday, March 15, …
CONTINUE READINGBill Mills Jr., founder of The William Mills Agency, dies
Bill Mills Jr., founder of The William Mills Agency and one of the School of Communication’s Distinguished Alumni, died Thursday, March 15, at the age of 78. Mr. Mills worked more than 50 years in advertising, marketing and management in the financial services industry. Before founding the agency that bears his name in Atlanta in …
CONTINUE READINGFSUComm alum shatters glass ceiling, makes Forbes' list of world's billionaires
Spanx entrepreneur Sara Blakely, a 1993 Communication graduate and member of FSU’s national championship debate team, is featured on the cover of the March 26, 2012, issue of Forbes magazine. She is the youngest woman to make this year’s list of the world’s billionaires “without help from a husband or an inheritance.” Read the article. In …
CONTINUE READINGCCI joins the fun as Legislature celebrates FSU Day 2012
View photo gallery Representatives of The Florida State University’s College of Communication & Information joined the festivities on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, as FSU Day was celebrated at the Capitol. Various colleges and support units from around campus had tables set up on the first three floors of the Capitol tower — we were on …
CONTINUE READINGFSUComm alum Kelly Lafferman joins WebSolvers
Kelly Lafferman (BS, Communication, 1992), a marketing, branding and communications executive in Central Florida, recently joined WebSolvers, a digital design and development firm as Principal of Strategy and Development. In this role, Lafferman will build a marketing, branding and communications practice area that enables WebSolvers to provide more strategic services toclients. Lafferman brings nearly two …
CONTINUE READINGSLIS alumna Blondeau elected to Tampa Bay Library Consortium Board
Karen Blondeau, FSU-SLIS alumna (MLIS ’10) and director of the Valencia College West Campus Library in Orlando, was recently elected to the Tampa Bay Library Consortium (TBLC) Board of Directors as a representative of academic libraries.
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