COMM student documentaries shown at Student Life Cinema on May 2

The School of Communication’s documentary production class held a film production premiere for their final projects on Thursday, May 2.  The show featured a total of seven short pieces, each about 15-20 minutes, in FSU’s Student Life Cinema (SLC). Throughout the spring semester, groups of media production student filmmakers worked on developing and producing documentaries.  …

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Steve Ellis Memorial 5K Run/Walk on May 18 to support COMM scholarships

The second Steve Ellis Memorial 5K Scholarship Run/Walk will start at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 18.  The race will begin and end at the FSU Baseball Stadium. Proceeds will be used towards the Steve Ellis Memorial Scholarship Fund that supports students in FSU’s School of Communication in memory of Ellis, longtime FSU sportswriter for the Tallahassee …

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FSU Supervisors’ Conference to be held on May 15

The 2013 FSU Supervisors’ Conference, sponsored by the School of Communication Science & Disorders, will be held on Wednesday, May 15, from 1-4:30 p.m.  This event will take place at the FSU Turnbull Conference Center located at 555 West Pensacola Street.  Free visitor parking is available in the attached parking garage on level 4. The conference …

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SCSD Professor Morris wins undergrad teaching award

Dr. Richard Morris, professor in the School of Communication Science & Disorders (SCSD), has won a FSU Undergraduate Teaching Award for the second time.  He was also selected for this award in 2000-01.  Morris said, “I appreciate this award as it is initiated by the students and lets me know that they find value in what …

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NSF makes award to FSU Information Institute to study IT education and rural broadband

For Immediate Release May 13, 2013 Contact: Charles R. McClure, PhD cmcclure@lis.fsu.edu   The National Science Foundation – Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) program announced that Florida State University, College of Communication & Information, School of Library and Information Studies, Information Institute will receive an $847,000 award to support the four year project Assessing Information Technology …

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COMM grad students’ article about attending AHAA Conference published by HispanicAd.com

Students from the FSU Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication (HMC) attended the 2013 Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies’ Conference, on April 29 through May 1, in Miami, Fla. After their positive experiences at the Conference, two Integrated Marketing Communication students, Alejandra Guacaneme and Joana Wong, wrote an article that was published on HispanicAd.com.  This website …

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