FSU Forensics Team Wins at National Tournaments

The FSU Forensics team has been making strides at national speech tournaments. This year, the group placed 19th at the AFA-NIET tournament, the first time that the team has placed in the top 20 in consecutive years. Additionally, senior Joseph Quintana advanced to the final round and placed 4th in Informative, making him the first …

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Student Matthew Hebron Conducts Research Under College of Communication & Information

For college freshmen, it can be difficult to pinpoint specific research interests, career goals and future plans. However, freshman Matthew Hebron has done just that. Conducting research with the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) under FSU’s College of Communication & Information and Dr. Steve McDowell, he has found a topic that he’s passionate about and …

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iSchool Doctoral Candidate Jongwook Lee Receives Outstanding TA Award

iSchool doctoral candidate Jongwook Lee was recently presented with the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (OTAA) for his work as a lead instructor for LIS2780: Database Concepts last year. The OTAA is awarded annually to outstanding graduate teaching assistants for their distinguished contributions to student learning through excellence in instruction. In order to be eligible to …

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Dr. Selena Snowden, SCSD Students Embark on Second Annual Help Guatemala Hear Mission Trip

On February 27, a plane with Dr. Selena Snowden, her husband Ryan Snowden, audiologist Dr. Halle Van Oss and 12 School of Communication Science & Disorders students landed in Solola’, Guatemala. For the next four days, the group would provide the impoverished community with hearing clinics and construction work. With help from non-profit organization Porch de Salomon …

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Dr. Davis Houck Invited to National Communication Association’s Doctoral Honors Seminar

Dr. Davis Houck of the College of Communication & Information was recently invited as one of three national experts in rhetorical studies to participate in the National Communication Association (NCA)’s doctoral honors conference. One of the discipline’s most visible conferences, the NCA Doctoral Honors Seminar brings together promising doctoral students and faculty members to discuss current …

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