Shauna Gillooly, a second-year sophomore at Florida State University, was given the Best Undergraduate Paper award at the 84th Annual Convention of the Florida Communication Association in Orlando on October 16-18. Shauna’s paper, ‘A Media Framing Analysis: The Coverage of Rape in Indian and Western News Sources’ examines the framing techniques news sources used in representing India’s “rape …
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COMM undergrad awarded by Florida Communication Association
Meet iSchool alumna: Stephanie Mears
Women in Tech has seen a huge push in the last decade with women making up 26% of the computing workforce in 2013. Last year, more women enrolled in Berkley’s introductory computer science class than men (TechRepublic). The times are a’changing – Stephanie Mears is a shining example of that. While at Florida State, Stephanie pursued …
CONTINUE READINGMeet iSchool alumnus: Waner Del Rosario
Waner Del Rosario is a man with a plan. He was only in high school at William H. Turner Technical Arts High School in Miami when he started his first business, Dreniam Technology Solutions. The business still thrives today, repairing and providing training for computers. Since his graduation in 2008, Waner has used his degree in …
CONTINUE READINGNSSLHA Hosts Awareness Event on Landis Green
NSSLHA (National Student Hearing Speech Language Association) hosts an awareness event on Landis Green today, October 29, 2014. NSSLHA members gathered to inform students and passers by about the importance of hearing preservation. The National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA), founded in 1972 is a pre-professional membership association for students interested in the study of …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool’s Kazmer named ASIS&T Outstanding Teacher
Every year ASIS&T, the gold standard in Information Science publications, awards coveted and prestigious awards to professionals in the field of information. This year, Michelle Kazmer has found her place on the list as the Thomas Reuters Outstanding Information Science Teacher. Established in 1980, the award was created to honor exemplary information science teachers. Michelle’s …
CONTINUE READINGCOMM Professor wins Best Documentary for “The Packinghouse”
Brian Graves, recent addition to the College of Communication & Information faculty, has a film that’s being screened and celebrated. The film, The Packinghouse, is a short documentary about the ghost tales surrounding an abandoned meat packing facility in Statesboro, Georgia. The urban legends date back to the early 1900s, with tales of an owner locking …
CONTINUE READINGSpeech Pathology & Audiology Awareness Event
Wednesday, Oct. 29th from 11-2pm on Landis Green, there will be a Communication Disorder Awareness Event to enlighten the FSU student body with more information about the professions of Speech Pathology and Audiology and the communication disorders we study. There will be having games, jeopardy boards, and free food for those who participate. Find out more …
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