On November 8 – 11, 2018 students and faculty from Florida State University’s School of Communication attended the 104th annual National Communication Association (NCA) convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. The National Communication Association advances Communication as the discipline that studies all forms, modes, media, and consequences of communication through aesthetic, humanistic, and social scientific inquiry. NCA …
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News about the FSU College of Communication & Information
Faculty, Students Highly Recognized at National Communication Association Convention
Work of Communication Alumnus Airing on ESPN
Robert Abbott (’86 B.S. Communication) has been the President of Hey Abbott! Entertainment since 2009. Abbott wrote, directed and voiced ESPN 30 for 30: The Last Days of Knight, which chronicles an investigation he did into Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight, while Abbott worked for CNN from 1987-2001. It runs 102 minutes and has been on the ESPN Plus App …
CONTINUE READING10 CCI Alumni Selected for Seminole 100
Last year, FSU School of Communication faculty member and alumnus Dr. John DuBard (’93, Ph.D. Communication) was selected for the Inaugural Seminole 100 for his computer consulting firm, Advanced Systems Design. Additionally, Dave Fiore, Founder/CEO of Fiore Communications, is being recognized for the second year in a row. A total of ten College of Communication and …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Alumna Spearheads Coast Guard Donation to Panhandle
On November 16, 2018 a crate full of 1,239 pounds of Hurricane Michael relief supplies arrived shortly after noon in front of FSU’s School of Communication. This was no ordinary delivery as the return address was from the United States Coast Guard in Boston, Massachusetts. Lieutenant Commander Krystyn Pecora is a School of Communication alumna (M.S. ’13, …
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Doctoral Student Receives New Century Scholars Doctoral Award
Claire Wofford, third year doctoral candidate at the FSU School of Communication Sciences & Disorders received the New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHF), which is designed to support strong doctoral candidates who will pursue a teacher-investigator career in an academic environment at the university/college level. In 2018, the ASHF awarded up to fifteen scholarships …
CONTINUE READINGDustin Mathews: iSchool Alumnus and Chief Wealth Evangelist at WealthFit
Dustin Mathews graduated from Florida State University in 2004 with his Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and is currently residing in San Diego as the Chief Wealth Evangelist for WealthFit. While the title of ‘Chief Evangelist’ has been floating around places like Silicon Valley for a few years, Mathews explains his role at WealthFit. “I …
CONTINUE READINGKrystyn Pecora: Comm Alumna and Executive Officer for Coast Guard Cutter Seneca
Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Krystyn Pecora graduated from FSU’s College of Communication & Information in 2013 with her Master’s degree in Media Communication Studies. She’s now serving as the Executive Officer of Coast Guard Cutter Seneca. Seneca is a 270 foot cutter currently home-ported in Boston, MA. “We have over ninety crew members serving aboard who come …
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