Meet Lexi, junior in the Advertising program, world traveler and graphic designer. The Basics Name: Lexi Smith Degree: Bachelor’s in Advertising Anticipated Graduation: 2018 Hometown: Alpharetta, GA Meet Lexi Who do you admire and why? Barby Moro, she’s my boss at the Southern Scholarship Foundation. I have never met someone with so much positive energy, integrity, and passion for serving her …
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Meet Advertising Student Lexi Smith
Jennifer Proffitt Awarded 2017 NEA Excellence in the Academy’s Democracy in Higher Education Prize
College of Communication and Information researcher and professor, Dr. Jennifer Proffitt recently received the 2017 National Education Association’s Excellence in the Academy’s Democracy in Higher Education Prize for co-authoring the article, “Preventing Violence or Promulgating Fear? ALEC, the NRA, and Guns on Campus.” Dr. Proffitt and UNF’s John Wesley White authored the article which appears …
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Florida State University’s competitive Advertising Team – Arrowhead took home the 1st place prize at the district level of competition in this year’s National Student Advertising Competition! The student organization is a special branch of the Ad Club that resides within the College of Communications and Information at Florida State. With their first place prize, …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Study Reveals Hispanic Females Least Happy with Body Image
A study conducted at the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication (the Center) at Florida State University concluded that Hispanic females are more dissatisfied with their bodies than any other ethnicity. Dr. Sindy Chapa, director of the Center, Dr. Felicia F. Jordan Jackson, Dr. Jaejin Lee and Dr. Kimberly A. Davis conducted the study to discover …
CONTINUE READINGHouck and Students Roadtrip to the Mississippi Delta and Civil Rights Landmarks
Davis Houck, professor in the School of Communication, has been at Florida State University for over seventeen years, researching the history of the civil rights movement and how the civil rights movement moved. A large part of the movement happened in the Mississippi Delta, what Houck calls “the most southern place on earth”. To better understand the history, …
CONTINUE READINGMeet Rona Akbari, Digital Media Production Student
Meet Rona, graduating senior in the Digital Media Production program, co-editor of satire Eggplant. The Basics Name: Rona K. Akbari Degree: Bachelor’s in Digital Media Production Anticipated Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Jacksonville, FL Meet Rona Who do you admire and why? My team at The Eggplant. They are the funniest, smartest and kindest group of leaders I know and if I’m away from …
CONTINUE READINGAlumna Carolina Gonzalez-Llanos, Director of E-Commerce at Five Ultimate
Meet Carolina Gonzalez-Llanos, alumna of the Integrated Marketing Communication master’s program & Director of E-Commerce at Five Ultimate. The Basics Name: Carolina Gonzalez-Llanos Degree: Master’s in Integrated Marketing Communication, 2016 Hometown: Pembroke Pines, FL Current City: Seattle, WA Job: Director of E-Commerce at Five Ultimate Meet Carolina Who do you admire and why? My grandma. She took no crap, fought for …
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