Mary Zychowski-Ashlock is a career seminole, graduating from Florida State University with her Bachelor’s, Master’s and finally a Ph.D. in Speech Communication in 1989. Since leaving Florida State, she’s found a successful teaching career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville teaching in the Department of Communication. Upon graduation, Mary went to work at …
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News about (and for) the alumni of the schools comprising the FSU College of Communication & Information
CCI Alumna Dr. Mary Ashlock named Mentor of the Year
IT Alum Zach Heng: Consultant by Day, Foodie by Night
D.C. dweller Zach Heng is living the dream every day as a Technology Consultant for Deloitte Consulting, LLP. In the two years since he’s joined the firm, he has worked with Federal health and civilian sectors implementing functional testing, application delivery and project management strategies. But to best understand Zach, it is important to return to where it …
CONTINUE READINGMeet iSchool alumnus Ben Early: Problem-Solver Extraordinaire
Meet Ben Early, former CCI HelpDesker and Problem-Solver extraordinaire. Where did he get these problem-solving skills? Why, Florida State, of course! Ben attended Florida State University where he earned an undergraduate degree in Information Technology. His plan was simple: graduate with a Bachelors in IT and go into network engineering and security. While earning his bachelors, Ben began working …
CONTINUE READINGAlumna named Faculty Trailblazer at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Dania Bilal, professor at University of Tennessee, has been named a Faculty Trailblazer. The professor of information science’s research focuses on how children use information retrieval systems, such as Google, to find information. Her research earned her the competitive Google Research Award to study children’s ability to read and understand Google search results. Dania received …
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 READINGFrom CCI to Florida State University College of Law – Meet COMM Alumnus Carter McMillan
2012 Florida State University Media & Communication Studies alum, Carter McMillan, was determined to advance into Florida State University College of Law during his undergraduate studies. His hard work through communications’ law and policy granted him admission into law school in 2012 and helped him earn his current position within the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Commissioner Clyburn‘s …
CONTINUE READINGFrom Musical Technician to Record Label Manager: Meet iSchool Alum Juan Sanchez
2013 Florida State University Information, Communication and Technology alumnus, Juan Sanchez, is resonating talent in the music business industry in Miami, Florida. The Studio Project Manager & Label Manager at Art House Records develops and runs integrated marketing communication campaigns for some of the most prominent up-and-coming artists in the industry–such as Juan Pablo Vega, and Brika–and oversees the physical and digital …
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