Sunday morning, CCI Professor Mark Zeigler was getting tired. Social media was filled with negative messages about Florida State, focusing on recent events surrounding Dalvin Cook with bad feelings lingering from football season of last year. Zeigler tweeted “If you’re an FSU fan, twitter is not for the faint of heart”. Zeigler followed that tweet with …
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News about (and for) the alumni of the schools comprising the FSU College of Communication & Information
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SCSD Alumna Kendra Scholz Sets Sights on Health Communication
Recent December 2014 graduate, Kendra Scholz, has big plans to connect speech pathology and audiology with media to educate the public about communication and science disorders and other health-related issues. She was just accepted in the Media and Communication Studies (MCS) graduate program at FSU, and will master media techniques that can make her dream become a …
CONTINUE READINGNoel Hutcheson Overcomes Medical Trials to Become A Better Therapist
Noel Hutcheson, two-time graduate from the School of Communication Science and Disorders, is working as a speech language pathologist for Kidsource Therapy in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2008, Noel graduated with her Bachelor’s in Communication Science and Disorder and again in 2011 with her Master’s in Communication Science and Disorders. After graduation, her husband was accepted into …
CONTINUE READINGSteve Ellis Memorial Scholarship Fund now on Spark
Congratulating the winners! It is hard to believe that Steve has been gone for almost six years. His untimely death certainly left a void in our hearts and in the sports community. Steve was a beloved sports reporter with the Tallahassee Democrat who covered the Florida State Seminoles for almost 30 years. He may …
CONTINUE READINGJulia Skinner joins Kennesaw State University as Rare Book Curator
Julia Skinner successfully defended her thesis, Ernestine Rose and the Harlem Public Library: Theory Testing Using Historical Sources on May 29th and accepted a position with Kennesaw State University as a Rare Book Curator shortly after. Skinner received her Ph.D. in Information Sciences from the School of Information. Skinner completed her undergraduate and graduate education at the …
CONTINUE READINGIT Alums Find Success in Panama
Over the last decade, Panama has been going through an economic renaissance. Trade is booming, technology is thriving and the opportunities are endless. Three graduates of the School of Information have found success in the country’s bustling economy. Michael Lindo (BS IT ’12) may be Miami-born, but he was Panama-raised. Lindo came to Florida …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Celebrates Social Media Day
In 2010, Mashable named June 30 as Social Media Day as a way to recognize and celebrate social media’s impact on global communication. Now in it’s sixth year, Social Media Day has become a global celebration. Social media is become an essential part of business strategy for companies in almost every sector. At the College …
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