CCI Alumna Dr. Mary Ashlock named Mentor of the Year

Mary Zychowski-Ashlock is a career seminole, graduating from Florida State University with her Bachelor’s, Master’s and finally a Ph.D. in Speech Communication in 1989. Since leaving Florida State, she’s found a successful teaching career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville teaching in the Department of Communication. Upon graduation, Mary went to work at …

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20 Questions with Art Raney

20 Questions with Art Raney  1. What was your first job? I was a basketball referee all through high school and most of my undergraduate years.  2. If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name it?  It’s All Good. People used to say that phrase all the time when I was …

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Student Athlete Maegan Conwright shines in ICT program

Class of 2015 Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) major, Maegan Conwright, is savoring her last year as a Seminole while playing in her final season with the Florida State University Women’s Basketball Team. The student-athlete spends up to 7 hours a day on campus between classes and practice–and every day is a balancing act. Conwright graduated …

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IT Alum Zach Heng: Consultant by Day, Foodie by Night

D.C. dweller Zach Heng is living the dream every day as a Technology Consultant for Deloitte Consulting, LLP. In the two years since he’s joined the firm, he has worked with Federal health and civilian sectors implementing functional testing, application delivery and project management strategies. But to best understand Zach, it is important to return to where it …

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Meet iSchool alumnus Ben Early: Problem-Solver Extraordinaire

Meet Ben Early, former CCI HelpDesker and Problem-Solver extraordinaire.  Where did he get these problem-solving skills?  Why, Florida State, of course! Ben attended Florida State University where he earned an undergraduate degree in Information Technology.  His plan was simple: graduate with a Bachelors in IT and go into network engineering and security.  While earning his bachelors, Ben began working …

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Alumna named Faculty Trailblazer at University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Dania Bilal, professor at University of Tennessee, has been named a Faculty Trailblazer. The professor of information science’s research focuses on how children use information retrieval systems, such as Google, to find information. Her research earned her the competitive Google Research Award to study children’s ability to read and understand Google search results. Dania received …

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iSchool Alum Todd Lahtinen launches “Fin-ology” podcast while thriving in career

2011 Florida State University Information Technology graduate, Todd Lahtinen, is coalescing his passions of finance and technology through his own personal audio series, Fin-ology, with brother Kyre Lahtinen, and colleague, Stephan Shipe, as a hobby in conjunction with his job. Todd and his cohosts came up with the concept from their studies and and common interests, as …

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