Marcia Mardis, associate professor in the School of Communication, has been named the Chair of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) editorial board. While on the board, she will help build on a strong history of publications that seek to transform teaching and learning through school library programs. Highly respected in the field of …
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Mardis named Chair of AASL Editorial Board
IT Leadership students partner with local k-12 schools
Students in the Spring 2015 IT Leadership class have been busy engaging the future IT workforce of Florida, talking about Information Technology (IT), Information Communication & Technology (ICT), STEM careers, and the College of Communication & Information. Each semester, students partner with various schools to offer support, training, and career advice to Leon schools. One …
CONTINUE READINGHow Do Feel-Good Stories Inspire Us? CCI Professor Receives $1.95 Grant to Find Out
Watch the evening news, scroll through Facebook or pick up a newspaper — stories, videos and posts that make us feel good are everywhere you look. While inspirational media may be quick to bring a smile, can it also help to make us better people? Arthur Raney, the James E. Kirk Professor of Communication at …
CONTINUE READING20 Questions with Pam Doffek
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” …
CONTINUE READINGEight 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 …
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