Mardis bringing STEM solutions to school librarians

Dr. Marcia Mardis, assistant professor at the School of Library and Information Studies, was featured once again on UpNext, the official blog of the Institute of Museum and Library Studies, in her role as principal investigator of the Digital Libraries to School Libraries (DL2SL) project. The project offers solutions for school librarians, who are pressed …

CONTINUE READING

COMM alumna’s company produces Academy Award-nominated film

War Witch, produced by FSU Communications alumna, Marie-Claude Poulin, was nominated for a 2013 Academy Award in the best Foreign Language Film category. Poulin received her B.A. in Advertising in 1985 from the FSU School of Communication.  She has worked in the film industry for over 20 years.  Her past positions include serving as the …

CONTINUE READING

COMM Alum now Deutsch CMO Goldberg inspires Ad Club

Michael Goldberg, chief marketing officer of NYC ad agency 
Deutsch and Comm
 Advertising alum 
(B.S., ’88), visited
 Florida State University (FSU) and spoke to
 the Ad Club on Feb.
 20, 2013.  The event was 
organized by the Ad Club Executive Board and Professor Barry Solomon.  Goldberg was a student in the first advertising class that …

CONTINUE READING

Colloquium, “Information Fast and Slow: iSchools in the 21st Century,” Monday, Feb. 18

Dean’s Colloquium Series College of Communication & Information “iSchools and Education in the 21st Century” “Information Fast and Slow:  iSchools in the 21st Century” Caroline Haythornthwaite Director, School of Library, Archival & Information Studies University of British Columbia Monday, February 18, 2013 11:00 a.m., Room 206 LSB Webcast link will be available Monday morning on …

CONTINUE READING

FSU-SLIS team qualifies in collegiate cyber defense competition

A team of undergraduate students taking an information technology (IT) security class at the FSU School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) has successfully qualified for the 2013 Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. The students placed as one of the top southeastern university teams in an eight-hour virtual qualification event on Feb. 2, during which …

CONTINUE READING