After the turkeys have been carved, all the pies savored and we’ve shopped until we dropped, it’s time to celebrate #GivingTuesday! On Tuesday, December 1, the College of Communication & Information will join #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate …
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Maggie Peterson Adds Talent to Bowstern Marketing Team as Senior Director
Maggie Peterson (B.S. Public Relations, ’11) is the Senior Director at BowStern Marketing Communications. BowStern produces innovative, memorable and results-driven campaigns for clients around the globe. As Senior Director, Peterson mainly works with the account management team to provide oversight on strategy, planning and execution for client campaigns that are based in different industries all over …
CONTINUE READINGFSU MLIS Alum Sally Smollar Announced Finalist of School Librarian of the Year Award
MLIS graduate Sally Smollar has been selected as one of two finalists for the 2015 School Library Journal School Librarian of the Year Award. This annual award, sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing, selects K-12 library professionals based on their exemplary use of 21st century tools and services in ways that encourage students to foster multiple literacies. Smollar …
CONTINUE READINGMLIS Student Teresa Temkin Interns at the Department of State in D.C.
MLIS student Teresa Temkin has a lot on her plate. From earning her degree to interning in Washington, D.C. to owning her own business, Temkin likes to keep herself busy. Temkin previously earned her B.A. in European History and Asian Studies at Vanderbilt University. In December, she will graduate from FSU with her Master’s in …
CONTINUE READING20 Questions with Russell Clayton
What was your first job? I worked at a Hospital as a record filer. It was riveting work. (hint of sarcasm). If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name it? “Riding a gravy train with biscuit wheels.” Where did you grow up? Sweetwater, Texas. You likely have never heard of Sweetwater. …
CONTINUE READINGPhD. Student Pablo Correa Wins Bronze Award for Film
Communication PhD. student Pablo Correa recently won a Bronze Award at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival for his film, The Isadore Mizell Family Legacy. The film shows the history of the Mizell family, one of the founding black pioneering families of Ft. Lauderdale. The Mizell family contributed to black Fort Lauderdale through health, education …
CONTINUE READINGStudent Ashley Tressel Earns Award for Paper, “Media and Drone Strikes: Understanding Newspaper Tutorials”
This fall, Media & Communication Studies student Ashley Tressel received the Competitive Communication Scholarship Student Top Paper Undergraduate from the Florida Communication Association (FCA) for her paper, “Media and Drone Strikes: Understanding Newspaper Tutorials.” The paper focused on the increased use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, since 2008 and examined the issues that are emphasized by the …
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