Graduate school can be a scary concept. There are different programs in a variety of fields at each university, making the selection process daunting, confusing, and an overall headache. Enter: Betsy Crawford. Betsy is the College of Communication and Information’s Development Coordinator. A huge part of her role at CCI is graduate recruitment. This Fall alone, Betsy …
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Mainstream media stories about CCI faculty, staff, students and programs, usually published as a result of a CCI press release.
Betsy on the Road: Fall 2014
iSchool doc student Dong Joon Lee earns highly coveted NSF internship
Dong Joon Lee, doctoral candidate in the School of Information interned this summer at Research Data Alliance. Lee was one of eight selected for the highly coveted internship, which is provided by the Research Data Alliance (RDA) and funded by a National Science Foundation grant. He was mentored by Michael Witt from the Distributed Data …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool alumnus releases FSU themed video
“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life” is the age-old mantra, but few are able to find their true calling in life. Alumnus Michael Bane (‘10) has found his calling and he’s chasing it. Until recently, Bane had been living a double life. He worked in information technology security …
CONTINUE READINGCOMM professor featured in AZ Central article
One of Florida State University’s finest, Patrick Merle, contributed to AZ Central’s article ‘Trayvon Martin mailer stirs racial politics in campaign for Congress’ last week. The article analyzed the controversial, emotional appeal used in a fierce race for Phoenix’s 7th Congressional District where African-American voters could tip the scales. Dr. Merle has researched the George Zimmerman …
CONTINUE READINGFITC Recognized by Florida Board of Governors
It was standing room only this morning at Challenger Learning Center. Top government officials, educators, and community leaders gathered to celebrate the roll-out of the TEAm grant. “We’re connecting the dots so that we can provide our students with jobs,” said Marshall Criser III, State University System Chancellor, who opened the ceremony talking about the …
CONTINUE READINGCCI faculty, researcher publish study of ALS patient online community
A group of faculty and researchers from Florida State University’s College of Communication & Information (CCI) collaborated on an analysis of discussion board data from Patients Like Me and their findings were recently published in the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology. School of Information faculty members Michelle Kazmer, Mia Lustria and …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool faculty article earns 2013 Top 20 distinction by Library Instruction Round Table
Florida State University School of Information associate professor Don Latham and professor Melissa Gross’s article entitled, “Preparing Teachers and Librarians to Collaborate to Teach 21st Century Skills: Views of LIS and Education Faculty,” earned distinction as a 2013 Top Twenty article by the Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) of the American Library Association (ALA). Latham …
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