The McKnight Doctoral Fellowship program provides fellowships to African American and Hispanic students interested in seeking a doctoral degree. Although currently enrolled doctoral students are not eligible, currently enrolled master’s students who apply to continue as doctoral students at the FSU College of Information are eligible. Each award provides annual tuition up to $5,000 (tuition …
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Scholarships and awards available to students in the FSU College of Communication & Information.
McKnight Doctoral Fellowships for African American and Hispanic Students 6/2/08
I-CELTIC announces student awards
The Interdisciplinary Center for Leadership, Technology Integration, and Critical Literacies (I-CELTIC) has announced the winners of two doctoral research grants and a summer doctoral research fellowship. Each grant of up to $500 is awarded to support a doctoral student’s research; the fellowship helps support a doctoral student whose research is compatible with the I-CELTIC vision …
CONTINUE READINGStudent wins grant with class assignment
Specialist student Melissa Johnson in the Project LEAD program has received a $1,500 grant award based on a project she developed in Dr. Christie Koontzs Marketing of Library and Information Services class. Melissa, a media specialist in Forsyth County Georgia and former Georgia Teacher of the Year, won a Bright Ideas Grant from the Sawnee …
CONTINUE READINGProject LEAD student wins FAME scholarship
Jodi Hooks, a fellow in the FSU College of Information’s Project LEAD program, has been awarded a Sandy Ulm Scholarship by the Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME). Jodi is an elementary school teacher in Tarpon Springs, Florida. She is a fellow in Project LEAD, a program at the Florida State University College of …
CONTINUE READINGMaria T. Palacio wins Minority Scholarship from FLA
MLIS student Maria T. Palacio has been awarded the 2008 Florida Library Association (FLA) Minority Scholarship. Each year the FLA awards three scholarships of $2,000 to MLIS students: one to an FSU student, one to a USF student, and one to a minority student at either school. The scholarships are primarily funded through donations and …
CONTINUE READINGChristine Boatright wins CI scholarship from FLA
MLIS student Christine Boatright has been awarded the 2008 Florida Library Association (FLA) Scholarship for the FSU College of Information. Each year the FLA awards three scholarships of $2,000 to MLIS students: one to an FSU student, one to a USF student, and one to a minority student at either school. The scholarships are primarily …
CONTINUE READINGAward Named Honoring Maria Chavez-Hernandez
The Florida Library Association (FLA) announced an award honoring Dr. Maria Chavez-Hernandez of the FSU College of Information last week. The “Maria Chavez-Hernandez Libraries Change Peoples Lives Award” will celebrate the “dynamic spirit of her work in expanding the opportunities of information access to under-served and immigrant populations” by recognizing librarians who have “made a …
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