A research team led by Dr. Carla Wood Jackson, associate professor in the FSU School of Communication Science & Disorders, has been funded by a 1.25 million dollar grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to study language and literacy interventions for bilingual elementary grade children. The grant project is known as Bridging for …
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Grant team receives 1.25 million dollars to conduct language and literacy research
COMM Professor Raney ranked among top authors
Dr. Arthur Raney, James E. Kirk Professor of Communication and Director of Doctoral Studies in the FSU School of Communication, ranks among the top contributing authors to the leading journal in his area, according to The Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology. In the chapter, “Inside Media Psychology: The Story of an Emerging Discipline as told …
CONTINUE READINGWCTV news features story on CCI girls’ technology camp
The College of Communication and Information (CCI) hosted a week-long tech camp from Jun. 17-21 for middle school girls from the local community. The camp served as a way to urge the girls to take an interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields. Victoria Rice, one of the tech camp instructors, who also …
CONTINUE READING19 of 20 students pass PR beta accreditation exam
After taking a prep course taught in the FSU School of Communication during the fall of 2012, 19 of 20 students passed the beta examination for what will eventually become a certificate in public relations principles. Dr.Jay Rayburn, Associate Professor, teaches public relations and has worked closely with the UAB in developing the beta test. He …
CONTINUE READINGSLIS Alumna awarded Leadership Grant
Florida State University SLIS Alumna, Professor Melissa Johnston, was recently awarded the Ken Haycock Leadership Development Grant from the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL). The $1,000 grant is awarded to first time attendees of the IASL annual conference, which will be held in Bali in August 2013. The purpose of this grant is to …
CONTINUE READINGSLIS donates home library to Habitat for Humanity family
The FSU School of Library Information Studies (SLIS) and Dr. Nancy Everhart, Associate Professor and Director of the PALM Center (Partnerships Advancing Library Media), hosted a ceremony on Jun. 10 in the Goldstein Library to commemorate the donation of a 106-book library to a local single-parent family, the Josephs. The library contribution plans were announced on Feb. 12 at a celebration …
CONTINUE READINGSchool of Communication Alumna named Interim Athletic Director
FSU College of Communication & Information Alumna Vanessa Fuchs has been named FSU’s interim Athletics Director as of June 5th, becoming the first female to lead the Seminoles’ Athletic Department. This follows a promotion last May to the role of Senior Associate Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor’s …
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