Digital Media Production Alumni Reflect on Los Angeles Television Experience Program

The Los Angeles Television Experience (LATE) program provides opportunities for a select number of recent graduates or soon to graduate FSU students to work as interns in the Los Angeles television and film industry.  The program provides support for travel, housing and living expenses as well as paid internships working with leaders of major international …

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SCSD Professor Carla Wood Receives National Research Grant

Carla Wood, Professor in FSU’s School of Communication Science and Disorders and Christopher Schatschneider, Professor in Psychology at FSU recently received federal funding in partnership with Hillsborough County Public School District to evaluate students’ writing outcomes in approximately 44 elementary schools. The research grant from the National Center for Education Research (NCER) of the Institute of …

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Darren Raj – iSchool Alumnus and Founder of Agribugs

Darren Raj earned his Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with a minor in Computer Science in 2009. The inspiration from a class he took while attending Florida State University mixed with his passion for remote control cars sparked an idea. This idea turned into a company he later founded: AgriBugs. AgriBugs is a drone …

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Assistant Professor Malia Bruker Returns from Filming Documentary in Haiti

Assistant Professor Malia Bruker recently came back from a trip to Haiti where she worked on her latest documentary ‘Batay La’ which highlights an autonomous workers’ rights organization there. Bruker graduated from Florida State with her BA in Communication in 2005 and earned her MFA in Film & Media Arts from Temple University in 2013. …

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Neleen Leslie: Alumna and Program Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Technology, Jamaica

Neleen Leslie earned her Master of Science degree from Florida State University in Integrated Marketing Communication in 2011.  In 2015, through rigorous classes and exploring her academic passions, she obtained her Master of Science in Measurement and Statistics as well as her Ph.D. in Mass Communication from FSU. This is no small feat for a …

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Richard Basen: IT Alumnus and Program Manager at AT&T

Richard Basen recently graduated from Florida State in 2017 with a B.S. in Information Technology. Previously from Oviedo, Florida, he currently works in Atlanta as a Program Manager for AT&T. Ricky manages the Technology Development Security and Compliance division at AT&T. He is responsible for monitoring the progress of web application vulnerability testing to prevent …

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