Awesome Tallahassee was born earlier this year with the dream of jumpstarting projects that benefit Tallahassee. Ten professionals, Democrats and Republicans alike, have united to donate $100 a month towards the cause. Together, they offer $1,000 every month to Tallahassee-based groups or individuals with ideas that benefit Florida’s Capital City. Funds are awarded monthly, with …
CONTINUE READINGCategory: CCI Alumni News
News about (and for) the alumni of the schools comprising the FSU College of Communication & Information
COMM Alums invest in Awesome Tallahassee
Meet COMM Alumna: Kianta Key
From the food industry to public health, to the arts and aviation field, one would believe that social media strategist Kianta Key, has seen it all—but she’s not done yet. While working toward a Master of Science in Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) at Florida State University in 2010, Key co-owned and operated a food truck, The Cravings Truck. “I …
CONTINUE READINGMeet COMM Alumna: Sophia Danvers Aarons
This summer, Sophia Danvers-Aarons will have worked for Cisco Systems for a decade, marking 16 years as a technology marketing professional. Her career’s journey started in the Communications program at Florida State, a formative time that she says helped her to develop the skills and the mindset to reinvent herself and innovate in her current role. …
CONTINUE READING5 FSU & CCI women honored at KKG Leadership Academy
In 1996, Becky O’Brien graduated with a degree in Communication and jumped straight into her Master’s, which she received in 1997. Almost two decades later, she was invited to the Kappa Kappa Gamma National Leadership Academy this past September. At the leadership academy, she met five strangers. Those strangers, Sharon Snodgrass Pennekamp (’76), Andrea Stanford …
CONTINUE READINGMeet iSchool Alumnus: Erik Hazzard
Erik Hazzard is a man who goes for the (garnet and) gold. From his time at the School of Information at Florida State University to his leap to San Francisco and his start-up adventures – Erik is on the move. Tallahassee to San Francisco While studying in the Information Technology program at FSU, Hazzard worked …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Alum awarded F. William Summers Award
Kevin McLean Davis, (MLIS ’13) has been chosen by the Florida State University School of Information as the recipient of this year’s F. William Summers Award. The Summers Award is given annually to an outstanding master’s or specialist alumnus who graduated during the past calendar year. Named in honor of F. William Summers, who was a graduate …
CONTINUE READINGDoc candidate Abigail Phillips named YALSA Board Fellow
School of Information doctoral candidate Abigail Phillips has been recognized as the 2015 YALSA Board Fellow for the American Library Association. Phillips is a third year doctoral candidate in information studies, who returned to Florida State after receiving her MLIS in 2008 and then working as a librarian for four years. YALSA, Young Adult Library Services Association, selects …
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