Alumnus Jayce Hill Brings Anthropology and Filmmaking Knowledge to Honduras

One of the struggles students face when choosing a college major is narrowing down their interests. For alumnus Jayce Hill, this wasn’t a problem. He simply decided to pursue two of his biggest interests by choosing two seemingly very different majors: Cultural Anthropology and Digital Media Production. Hill has always been interested in these two …

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Celebrating Giving Tuesday with CCI

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 …

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FSU 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 …

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20 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. …

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PhD. 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 …

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