Faculty and alumni elected to ALISE board of directors

Two members of the FSU-SLIS family were recently elected to the board of directors of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). FSU-SLIS associate professor Don Latham, who earned his doctorate at FSU-SLIS, will serve as director for special interest groups and FSU-SLIS doctoral program alumna Laurie Bonnici, now an assistant professor at …

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CCI Through Your Eyes Video competition

More info on CCI Video Contest Congratulations to the students whose videos have made it to the top 15!  Your videos were voted on over the week on by our panel of  7 judges and have been listed below in random order. In order to be able to choose the top 5 videos, we need …

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WVFS 25th Year Birthday Reunion

Thursday at 8:00pm until Sunday at 7:00pm WVFS 25th Birthday Reunion!!! WVFS Tallahassee 89.7FM, The Voice of Florida State, is celebrating 25 years of broadcast by welcoming station alumni, friends, and fans for a weekend worth of events this Veteran’s Day weekend, November 8-12, 2012. Please join us! Thursday, November 8 Early… Cocktails at Waterworks …

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MLIS student wins ALA Spectrum Scholarship

Master’s in Library & Information Studies student Jonathan DaSo, a Senior Library Assistant at Emory University’s Oxford College Library, was awarded an American Library Association 2012 Spectrum Scholarship. The Spectrum Scholarship Program provides scholarships to American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students pursuing graduate degrees in library and information …

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MLIS student wins FAME scholarship

Graduate student Lindsey Whittington was a winner of the $1,000 spring Sandy Ulm Scholarship, awarded by the Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME) twice a year to Florida students pursuing an education in the field of library media services. Lindsey is currently an English teacher at Dixie Country High School in Cross City, Florida, …

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COMM student Dylan Kilby nominated for Marshall Scholarship

Dylan Kilby is much more than one expects.  The FSU senior is prepared to graduate in 2013 with three majors: International Affairs, Communications, and Pre-Medical Studies, and plans to attend Oxford University to pursue a degree in Medical Anthropology, eventually becoming a doctor specializing in kinesiology and biomechanics.  He derived this admirable goal from one …

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Adams to receive 'Tranformation Through Teaching Award'

School of Communication Associate Professor Jonathan Adams has been selected to receive The Florida State University Spiritual Life Project Transformation Through Teaching Award on Nov. 5 at President Barron’s home. The Spiritual Life Project works to celebrate evidence of meaning, purpose and authenticity within the FSU community. Transformation Through Teaching is a recognition designed to …

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