CCI Alumna Dawn Betts-Green has been appointed as the Assistant Director of the Invisible Histories Project. The Invisible Histories Project was created in February of 2018 in order to locate and preserve historical artifacts relating to the LGBTQ+ community in the Southern United States. They act as a liaison between the LGBTQ+ community and various …
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CCI Alumna Appointed Assistant Director of the Invisible Histories Project
FSU Student Ni’A Landon selected for Excellence in Business Commentary Scholarship
The Executive Leadership Council (ELC) has awarded Ni’A Landon, an inspiring senior at Florida State, with a scholarship recognizing her excellence in Business Commentary. Sponsored by the Coca-Cola Foundation, this award will provide Landon with resources to further her interests in strategic marketing and corporate communications, focusing on community, culture, and storytelling. The ELC is …
CONTINUE READINGFSU iSchool Alumna Recognized as Hazel Harvey Peace Endowed Professor of Children’s Library Services
FSU iSchool Alumna Dr. Daniella Smith has been awarded the Hazel Harvey Peace Endowed Professorship by the University of North Texas. After earning her Ph.D. from Florida State University, Dr. Smith joined the University of North Texas in 2010. She currently serves as the Director of the Information Science Ph.D. program. Her research interests include …
CONTINUE READINGSTARS Catalyst Project Receives Grant from the National Science Foundation
The STARS Catalyst project, led by researchers from Temple, UNC Charlotte, NC State, Kent State, Morgan State, and FSU, was recently funded by the National Science Foundation to continue work started in 2005. The project, titled, “STARS: Catalyzing Action-Oriented Communities for Broadening Participation in Computing,” will be led by CCI Faculty members Ebrahim Randeree and …
CONTINUE READINGFannie Lou Hamer’s Sunflower County Filmmaker’s Workshop Features CCI Faculty and Alumni
Sunflower County Filmmaker’s Academy (SCFA) is an organization that hosts a 5-week long filmmaker’s workshop for high school students interested in film with the help of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The second-ever workshop was held from June 21 to July 3rd, 2021. Over 20 students worked on intense documentaries and learn technical camera skills, all …
CONTINUE READINGMaternal Healthcare Application for Haitian Women Receives Best Paper Award
iSchool Assistant Professor Dr. Yolanda Rankin and her team received the Best Paper Award in the Analytics track for the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI 2021). The paper titled, “Implementing community-based participatory design and mixed methods to capture and analyze mental models of no/low literate users” is a joint research effort with …
CONTINUE READINGCenter for Hispanic Marketing Communication Announces Annual Gala
The Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication (CHMC) at Florida State University announced on September 14th that the annual gala will be taking place on September 30th at 6:30 P.M. This year’s gala theme will be Soaring New Heights and will be held virtually through Zoom. The gala raises funds to support the multifunctional, career propelling …
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