Bickel Fund again selects FSU Communication as a beneficiary

The Florida State University School of Communication has once again been selected as a beneficiary of the Karl A. Bickel and Madira Bickel Journalistic Scholarship program. The scholarship program, funded by the Bickel Charitable Trust and managed by Wachovia Bank/Wells Fargo, is designated for undergraduate or graduate students with demonstrated financial need for have an …

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Coverage of IES grant in local media

As part of a larger group of researchers at The Florida State University, Dr. Kenn Apel and Dr. Shurita Thomas-Tate of the School of Communication Science & Disorders are co-investigators on the “Reading for Understanding Research Network” project. The five-year, $100 million grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences …

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Apel and Thomas-Tate are researchers on $26 million IES grant

As part of a larger group of researchers at The Florida State University, Dr. Kenn Apel and Dr. Shurita Thomas-Tate of the School of Communication Science & Disorders are co-investigators on the “Reading for Understanding Research Network” project. The five-year, $100 million grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences …

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Everhart & Mardis (FSU) to edit peer-reviewed School Libraries Worldwide and receive honors at ALA

Dr. Nancy Everhart and Dr. Marcia Mardis of The Florida State University (FSU) will begin co-editing School Libraries Worldwide, the official professional and research journal of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL), in July 2010. They will be continuing the work of founding editor, Dr. Dianne Oberg (University of Alberta, Edmonton). School Libraries Worldwide …

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FSU's first virtual graduation from CCI-SLIS

In a ceremony attended by the avatars of six students, the first virtual graduation of The Florida State University took place online on Saturday, May 1. The Spring 2010 Second Life Graduation Ceremony of the College of Communication & Information (CCI) enabled distance students who had earned their degrees online to graduate online as well. …

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Kenn Apel new Director of Communication Science & Disorders

Dr. Kenn Apel has begun a three-year appointment as director of The Florida State University’s School of Communication Science & Disorders. And no, that’s not a typo in his first name. He’s “double-n Kenn.” Apel, who earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Speech-Language Pathology at San Diego State University and his PhD at the …

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Ad Team finishes 7th at national competition

Arrowhead Advertising, the Florida State University student advertising team, placed in the top 10 in national competition for the fourth consecutive year. The team placed seventh of 16 teams in the finals of the National Student Advertising Competition of the American Advertising Federation, held at the AAF conference in Orlando on June 10 and 11, …

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