COMM Professor Opel publishes his second children’s book

Dr. Andy Opel, associate professor in the School of Communication, recently published his second children’s book, The Weirs – A Winnipesaukee Adventure. A synopsis: From the author/illustrator team of the award-winning book, The Witches, comes the latest Winnipesaukee Adventure.  Join Jack, Franny and J.J. as they take a long boat ride, learn more about the lake and have a magical …

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CCI hosts girls’ technology camp and workshops as part of community outreach

FSU’s College of Communications and Information (CCI) hosted its first Girls’ Technology Camp from Jun. 17-21 as part of their community outreach efforts.  Taking place in the William Johnston Building, 42 middle school girls from Leon County utilized a computer lab to learn about the world of information technology, compliments of CCI. The camp taught …

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SLIS Ph.D. alumnus wins Jesse Shera Award

Dr. Sung Jae Park (FSU SLIS Alum) has been selected as the winner of the Library Research Round Table (LRRT)’s Jesse Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research for the article, “Measuring Public Library Accessibility: A Case Study Using GIS,” published in Library & Information Research 34 (2012): 13-21, December 2011. Park’s article provides a well-defined research question, …

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CCI Associate Dean Heald retiring after 35 years at FSU

Dr. Gary R. Heald, Associate Dean for the College of Communication & Information (CCI), will be retiring in June 2013.  Known as one of the most inspiring and supportive communication professors during his over 35-year tenure, Heald has managed finance, budgeting, academic affairs, and served as Interim Dean, while teaching courses in health communication, computer …

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Grant team receives 1.25 million dollars to conduct language and literacy research

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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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 …

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WCTV 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 …

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