20 Questions with Pam Doffek What was your first job? I was a checkout clerk at the A&P grocery store in Oconto, Wisconsin…would you like 4 loaves of bread for $1 with your order? If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name it? Either “Groundhog Day” or “I Go to Extremes” …
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Eight MCS students elected in Phi Beta Kappa Spring 2015 class
Eight Florida State University Media and Communication Studies (MCS) students have been elected in Phi Beta Kappa’s Spring 2015 class. The Phi Beta Kappa society was first established at the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia during the American Revolution. The honor society strives to promote scholarship and tradition in the liberal arts and …
CONTINUE READINGMeet Alumnus Ed Stephen: CNN Executive Leader, Media Expert
Ed Stephen has always been a media guy at heart. While studying Communications at Florida State in the early 1990s, he worked at local TV stations WCTV and WFSU. “Broadcast TV has always sorta been my thing,” Stephen said. “Now it’s more about local media. “Now” is CNN – the cable network in nearly every …
CONTINUE READINGMerle pens article on Le Pen Family Feud
Patrick Merle, assistant professor in the School of Communication, wrote an article for the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) on the Le Pen family, currently in the news for a familial dispute. With family politics merging with public politics, Merle wrote a succinct review of the family’s feud. The article was published on …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Students Premiere New Sci-Fi Web Series
IronZoo Productions will be premiering its new web series, Chronos, on Thursday April 30, 2015 at Florida State University’s Askew Student Life Center (942 Learning Way, Tallahassee, FL 32304). Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the screening will begin at 7 p.m. Chronos is an eight part sci-fi web series centered on the idea …
CONTINUE READINGJennifer Proffitt elected as United Faculty of Florida Statewide President
On March 31st, Dr. Jennifer Proffitt, Associate Professor in Communication, was declared the victor in a statewide election to determine the next President of the United Faculty of Florida (UFF) for a two-year term beginning on August 15th, 2015. Dr. Proffitt became a member of the UFF-FSU chapter shortly after she began working at Florida …
CONTINUE READINGCOMM Alumnus Nic Stoltzfus contributes to book and documentary “Coastal Dune Lakes: Jewels of Florida’s Emerald Coast”
What do you get when you combine the talents of an Emmy-award winner’s son and a degree from FSU Media & Communications Studies program? Something amazing. 2012 MCS undergraduate alumnus, Nic Stoltzfus, is relishing in his latest and greatest accomplishment–the completion of his book and documentary, “Coastal Dune Lakes: Jewel’s of Florida’s Emerald Coast” in Walton …
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