Korzenny quoted in Marketplace Business about how companies are profiting from the U.S. Hispanic market

Dr. Felipe Korzenny, professor in the Florida State University (FSU) School of Communication and director of the FSU Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, was interviewed and quoted in an article by Marketplace Business about critical adjustments retailers and businesses are making in their advertisements to appeal more to U.S. Hispanic audiences. Korzenny, along with other Hispanic marketing …

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Dr. Hugh Catts starts as new Director of Communication Science & Disorders

Dr. Hugh Catts has begun as the new director of the FSU School of Communication Science & Disorders (SCSD).  He succeeds Interim Director, Julie Stierwalt, who led the School last year while continuing her research and teaching duties.  She will serve as the Associate Director during this academic year. Catts says that “he is pleased to be joining one …

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SLIS Professor Mardis joins UCAR as Distinguished Research Fellow

FSU School of Library and Information Studies Associate Professor, Marcia Mardis, will join the University Corporation of Atmospheric Research (UCAR) during the 2013-14 academic year as a Distinguished Research Fellow at the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). UCAR is a consortium of over 100 member universities and academic affiliates focused on research and training in the atmospheric and …

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Delta Zeta Student Member Victoria Underwood donates to the SCSD Preschool Program

Delta Zeta member and criminology major, Victoria Underwood, shares her passion for Early Childhood Learning by pledging to support the School of Communication Science & Disorders’ planned Integrated Preschool Program.  She is supporting the organization’s philanthropic goal of donating $10,000 per year for five years toward the College of Communication & Information School of Communication …

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Meet the Latest CCI Garnet & Gold Scholar

Dara Bassin is a recent graduate of Florida State University with a double major in public relations and business management. During her time at FSU, she has been dedicated to putting her education into practice. She has held a job at Union Productions (UP), FSU’s student run programming for the last four years. In addition …

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COMM Professor Proffitt elected as new UFF-FSU Chapter President

Dr. Jennifer Proffitt, Associate Professor in the FSU School of Communication, was elected as the new President of the United Faculty of Florida, FSU Chapter (UFF-FSU) in March 2013.  This organization represents more than 1600 tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure-track faculty in Tallahassee and Panama City, as well as more than 100 faculty at the FSU School. Proffitt remarked, “Following the past eleven years …

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FSU Film School founder and retired Comm. professor, Donald Ungurait, passes away

Dr. Donald Ungurait, the founding dean of the FSU Film School and a retired Communication professor, died Aug. 3 at the age of 76.  He had been battling cancer and passed away in South Florida. Ungurait received his B.A. at Indiana State University.  He later earned his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 1968, …

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