Recent Comm School Grad Employed at Panama City Beach Chamber of Commerce

The Panama City Beach Chamber of Commerce welcomed recent School of Communication grad, Courtney Calhoun, as their Marketing and Communications Coordinator in January. Courtney graduated with a Bachelor’s in Media/Communication Studies in the Summer of 2017, and after interning with the Panama City Beach Chamber of Commerce during the Summer of 2016, Courtney was offered …

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Comm Disorders Professor, Hugh Catts, Joins Harvard, MIT on $30M ‘Reach Every Reader’ Project

School of Communication Science and Disorders Director and Professor, Hugh Catts, Ph.D., joins Yaacov Petscher at the Florida Center for Reading Research to partner with the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Integrated Learning Initiative on a five-year, $30 million Reach Every Reader project. Through individualized assessment and interventions, the …

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CCI Alums Giving Voice to the Speechless

Isabel Lawton and Alisha Russell are both 2013 Master’s graduates of the FSU School of Communication Science and Disorders. Together, they have co-created a program called BRAV (Brooks Rehab Alternative Voices) that works to bring speech-activating equipment to patients who are unable to speak. It all began when the two of them realized that very …

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Spring Career Fair Brings Alums Back to Campus to Recruit

The spring semester career fair at the College of Communication and Information held on Tuesday, February 6th, featured over 40 employers from local communication and technology sectors.  Held two weeks after the University’s career fair (Seminole Futures), the focus is on serving local employers that provide internships and employment for our majors in the School …

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Student Places at National Advertising Competition

Jess Kane is a third year Media Communication Studies student and Vice President of FSU’s chapter of Collegiate Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA). During the last week in January, Jess came in second place in the state of Florida at Collegiate DECA’s Advertising Campaign competition. She is now qualified to compete at the International …

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Career Fair set for Tuesday February 6th

The Spring 2018 College of Communication & Information Career Fair will be held on Tuesday, February 6th, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. in the Miller Hall.  This event provides valuable networking opportunities for students and alumni to meet employers who are providing internships, full-, and part- job opportunities in the communications or information fields! Our last two …

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