Grad student to intern in Germany with United Nations

Melissa Kaye Angel is a graduate student and teaching assistant in the School of Communication, studying Media Communication Studies. Focusing on environmental and climate change communication, she works as a Media Editor for the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, where she focuses on videography and editing content. In addition to her studies and work, she …

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20 Questions with Erin Ingvalson

20 Questions with Erin Ingvalson What was your first job? That I got paid for? I worked as a photographer’s assistant in the 8th grade. I got fired. If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name it? “Don’t Give Up” Where did you grow up? Prosser, Washington. It’s in the middle …

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The Dr. Martha Jane Zachert Endowed Scholarship

Elaine Crepeau, a two-time alumna of Florida State University, has enjoyed a lengthy and diverse career as a librarian. The beginning of her career started at Florida State, where she received her bachelor’s degree in 1972 and her master’s in library science a year later. It was at FSU that she met faculty member, Dr. Martha Jane …

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MCS Student Brendan Rempert travels to India for research

During the Undergraduate Research Symposium, undergraduate Media & Communication Studies student Brendan Rempert presented his poster, Community Perspective on the Impact of Voluntourism in Pamohi Village. With the help of faculty advisor Dr. Steve McDowell, Brendan took a critical look at international development volunteers. Known as “voluntourism,” the impact of seasonal volunteers is often assumed …

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SCOM students awarded at 2015 Annual Convention of the Broadcast Education Association

Each year the Broadcast Education Association invites scholarly papers from academics, students and professionals for presentation at BEA’s annual conference in Las Vegas, Nev. Two School of Communication students, Di Cui and Zihan Wang, are to present their winning paper at the Annual Convention on April 13, 2015. The Broadcast Education Association strives to coalesce media audiences, economics, law …

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FSU STARS partners with Florida TSA

Florida State University STARS Alliance traveled to Orlando, FL to spend time with the Florida Chapter of the Technology Student Association (TSA). TSA consists of middle and high school students who are interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). A continued partnership with TSA, the FSU STARS students volunteered as judges for the state …

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