In a letter addressed to Dr. Kathleen Burnett, professor and interim director of the School of Library & Information Studies at The Florida State University, the Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association (ALA) stated that it had voted to grant continued accreditation status to the school’s master’s degrees in library and information studies. …
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American Library Association grants continued accreditation to SLIS program
Director of the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project at Shores on Feb. 6
Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, will speak at the Shores building on Wednesday, February 6, from 3-4 PM in room 006. This is an exciting opportunity to meet the man behind much of the data gathering in this area! The Internet & American Life Project has issued …
CONTINUE READINGSeminole Productions offers students real-work experience
The Florida State University School of Communication’s Seminole Productions was highly commended in a recent article for providing students with real-work media production experience. This company is also used by many departments for their video needs. The article was published January 27, 2013 on both FSU News and Tallahassee.com. Seminole Productions is supervised and was …
CONTINUE READINGSoftware developer engages CCI with day of social media research presentations
Dr. Jeanette Castillo, FSU School of Communication assistant professor of digital media, coordinated a day of social media education featuring a series of presentations by Dr. Stuart Shulman on Jan. 18. Shulman is the current Director of the Quantitative Data Analysis Program for the University of Massachusetts. His start-up company, Texifter, LLC, of which he …
CONTINUE READINGIT alum recognized as 2013 Columbia County District's school-related employee of the year
Florida State University (FSU)’s Information Technology (IT) alum, Patrick Mitchell, was recognized as the 2013 School-Related Employee of the Year by the Columbia County [Florida] School District. Mitchell has worked for over three years as a network specialist at their Administrative Complex. At an honorary Employee of the Year luncheon, he received a cash recognition and a key to the …
CONTINUE READINGKorzenny quoted in Fox News Latino about increasing mobile use among Hispanics
Dr. Felipe Korzenny, director of the FSU Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, was interviewed by Fox News Latino about the reasons behind the increasing mobile technology use among U.S. Hispanics. He also mentions how research conducted here at Florida State University supports findings that minorities including “Hispanics, Asians, and Blacks all use cell phones about twice …
CONTINUE READINGBickel Scholarship Application due February 15th
Florida State University, School of Communication Karl and Madira Bickel Scholarship, Application Instructions, Spring-Summer 2013 Instructions: The School of Communication invites applications for Karl and Madira Bickel student scholarships. Scholarships are awarded to students who are full-time students and Communication majors at Florida State University. Students must meet the criteria established for this scholarship, which …
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