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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SLIS Ph.D. alumnus wins Jesse Shera Award
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 …
CONTINUE READINGGrant 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 …
CONTINUE READINGCOMM 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 …
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