written by Rhiannon Jacobson At the end of February, the FSU STARS students travelled to Orlando, Florida, to judge and coordinate events at the 2020 Technology Student Association (TSA) State Conference. This year over 1,500 middle and high school students came together to compete in 36 different STEM events, ranging from Animatronics to Video Game …
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iSchool Student Awarded FSU FLA Award
iSchool student Adrian Legaspi was awarded the FSU MSLIS graduate program scholarship by the Florida Library Association. This association is a statewide organization that promotes excellence in Florida libraries. This scholarship is given to FLA members enrolled in accredited library programs within Florida. “I believe that I was awarded the FSU FLA Scholarship because I …
CONTINUE READINGStudents Receive Award for Excellent Leadership
The CCI Student Leadership Council is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 CCI-SLC Leadership Award, Daniel Engler, Jonathan Garcia, and Julia Stern. The Leadership Award is a peer-nominated award given to one graduate OR undergraduate student in each of CCI’s three schools. The nominees are evaluated on their leadership in University student groups, …
CONTINUE READINGMeet Chelsi McDonald: SCOM Alumna and Boston Sports Reporter
Just four years after graduating with a degree in Media/Communication Studies, Chelsi McDonald landed her dream role as a Sports Reporter in a top 10 market. McDonald covers the New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, and Boston Bruins for WHDH 7News. “Over the last three years, I’ve had the opportunity to do live …
CONTINUE READING46 CCI Students Inducted into Garnet & Gold Scholar Society
The Garnet and Gold Scholar Society is a prestigious designation undergraduate students can earn upon graduating. These students submit a synthesis reflection project before graduating in order to be inducted, reflecting on their experience in three of five engagement areas: international experience, internship, leadership, research, and service. Recognizing outstanding involvement and well-roundedness, the Garnet and Gold …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Alumna Works to Inspire with the Golden State Warriors
“Always aim to dominate.” This is the motto of iSchool alumna Ariana M. Davis and dominate is exactly what she did. Ariana started her career in design before realizing she wanted to implement more coding into her work. She began pursuing a job that would let her do both and ended up as a Full-Stack …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Professor and Doc Student Published in Prestigious Biomedical Journal
Neelufar Payrovnaziri, a PhD candidate in the School of Information, and Dr. Zhe He recently published their first paper in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA). The two worked together to explore the adoption of electronic health records in their paper titled, “Explainable Artificial Intelligence Models Using Real-World Electronic Health Records Data: …
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