Comm grad student wins prestigious Jim McKay Scholarship

School of Communication graduate student and former FSU tennis player Ania Rynarzewska has been awarded an inaugural Jim McKay Scholarship, to be awarded annually to one male and one female NCAA student-athlete who have excelled academically and plan pursue graduate studies in communication. Each McKay Scholar receives $10,000. More information…

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V89 wins awards

WVFS, The Florida State University’s campus radio station better known as V89, won two bronze medals and a finalist certificate at the presitigious New York Festivals Radio Programming & Promotions Awards. The station won a bronze world medal in the magazine format category for “V89’s Vox Populi” and bronze world medal in the best music …

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HMC Research featured in Ad Age publication

The 2009 edition of Hispanic Fact Pack, Annual Guide to Hispanic Marketing and Media, featured two charts created from research by the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, an affiliate of the School of Communication. The Fact Pack, a supplement to Advertising Age magazine, explained that the “U.S. Hispanic market eked out 1.9% growth in 2008 …

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Focus on Research 2009: October 26-30

Join members of our three schools in celebrating the first research week of the newly-merged College of Communication & Information, highlighted by faculty and doctoral research presentations and culminating in a celebratory reception. Wednesday through Friday events will be Webcast; find a link to the Webcasts at the College Web site (http://cci.fsu.edu). Monday – Faculty …

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Researchers to model the life cycles of successful virtual teams

By Audrey Post College of Communication & Information Each year, hundreds of scientists from all over the world come to the Florida State University campus to conduct research at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Starting in January, the researchers themselves will become the subject of study as a team from the College of Communication …

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Delta Zeta pledges $25,000 for Schendel Clinic endowment

By Susan Sigman FSU Foundation The Delta Zeta Sorority at The Florida State University has announced the creation of a $25,000 endowment that will benefit the School of Communication Science & Disorders’ L.L. Schendel Speech and Hearing Clinic. Delta Zeta will donate the money over a five-year period, contributing $5,000 each year. “This endowment represents …

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White Paper: Media specialists key in effective use of broadband

By Dr. Nancy Everhart, director, and Dr. Marcia Mardis, associate director, The PALM Center In a matter of days, the federal government will start handing out the first $4.5 billion from stimulus funds intended to spread high-speed Internet connections to more rural communities, underserved urban neighborhoods and other pockets of the country clamoring for better …

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