Dr. Steve McDowell, director of FSU’s School of Communication, Dr. Jennifer Proffitt, an associate professor of Communication, and five doctoral students presented at the 2011 International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference held in Istanbul, Turkey, July 13-17. Presentations were as follows: Ginevra Adamoli-Kalbli, and Dr. Proffitt: “Promoting Economics with Morals: Capitalist Ideology in …
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FSUComm faculty, students present at Istanbul conference
CCI part of $10 million project to digitize U.S. biology collections
The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $10 million grant to Florida State University and the University of Florida to coordinate 92 institutions in 45 states working to digitiz the nation’s biological collections. FSU’s Center for Information Management and Scientific Communication, in the College of Communication & Information, will work with UF’s Florida Museum …
CONTINUE READINGSLIS, Dunn Foundation to present home libraries to 2 families
The Warrick Dunn Family Foundation, in collaboration with The Florida State University School of Library & Information Studies, will present home libraries to two single-parent families at 11:30 a.m. Friday, July 8, at FSU’s Goldstein Library in the Louis Shores Building. The presentation is the culmination of a pilot project partnering WD-FF with Dunn’s alma …
CONTINUE READINGTwo FSU Ad majors win prestigious AWNY scholarships
Two Advertising majors, Madisen McDonley and Melissa Young, have been selected to receive prestigious Advertising Women of New York scholarships for 2011-2012. McDonley, a senior, is the president of FSU’s Advertising Club and captain of the university’s competitive advertising team, Arrowhead Advertising, for 2011-2012. She has maintained a 3.6 GPA throughout her college career, despite …
CONTINUE READINGEverhart quoted in NYT story on school library cuts
A New York Times story published Friday, June 24, 2011, “In Lean Times, Schools Squeeze Out Librarians,” includes comments from Dr. Nancy Everhart, SLIS associate professor and president of the American Association of School Librarians. Read the story..
CONTINUE READINGGovernor taps FSUComm prof MacNamara to be his chief of staff
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has selected Communication Associate Professor Stephen R. MacNamara to be his chief of staff, effective July 5. MacNamara, whose experience bridges the worlds of academia and politics, has been on unpaid leave of absence from The Florida State University since August 2010, serving as general counsel to the Florida Senate and …
CONTINUE READINGComm alumnus Eric Bach on ABC series Expedition Impossible
School of Communication alumnus Eric Bach (’07) will appear on television tonight, June 23, 2011, on the new ABC reality series “Expedition Impossible” at 9:00 p.m. EDT. The series was recorded last April in Morocco and follows 13 teams through ten grueling outdoor adventures as they compete for $50,000 and a Ford Explorer. Bach and …
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