School of Communication Faculty and Alumnus Contribute to Award Winning Student Film Project

During the 2021 Sunflower County Film Academy, 22 high school students–with the help of several School of Communication faculty and alumni–spent a week planning, directing, and filming the documentary An Army Rising Up while exploring their community’s connection to civil rights icons Emmet Till and Fannie Lou Hamer. Every summer, Fannie Lou Hamer’s America hosts …

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SCSD Launches Listen, Speak, and Sing

The School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD) recently launched “Listen, Speak, & Sing” in collaboration with Music Therapist Jessica DeKleva. The program supports early language development and strengthens the bond between young children and their caregivers through music.  “Listen, Speak, & Sing” aims to make early language learning accessible, fun, and interactive by using …

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iSchool Professor Receives NIH Phased Innovation Award

School of Information Associate Professor Dr. Zhe He was part of a research team that recently received a five-year $801,110 R21/R33 Phased Innovation Award from the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This award will fund a project designed to tackle the HIV epidemic among youth in North Florida …

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iSchool Professor Embarks On A Fulbright Scholar’s Adventure in Bologna, Italy

iSchool associate professor Dr. Shuyuan Mary Ho Metcalfe has begun her Fulbright Scholar’s journey at the University of Bologna in Italy. During her time in Bologna, Metcalfe has goals to expand her research in a more practice-oriented space, to build out her research networks through global connection and collaboration, and to translate her personal experience to an institutional one by increasing Florida State University’s international engagement.

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