Meet COMM Alumna: Becky Post

If you told Rebecca Post in 1997 that she’d end up running an insurance company and mentoring teenagers and adults – she probably wouldn’t have believed you. Post was a two time graduate of Florida State, taking on the world with a Bachelor‘s in Communications and a Master‘s in Communications and Rhetorical Theory. Her career path started in the Governor’s office and weaved it’s …

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CCI Alumna Dr. Mary Ashlock named Mentor of the Year

Mary Zychowski-Ashlock is a career seminole, graduating from Florida State University with her Bachelor’s, Master’s and finally a Ph.D. in Speech Communication in 1989. Since leaving Florida State, she’s found a successful teaching career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville teaching in the Department of Communication. Upon graduation, Mary went to work at …

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From CCI to Florida State University College of Law – Meet COMM Alumnus Carter McMillan

2012 Florida State University Media & Communication Studies alum, Carter McMillan, was determined to advance into Florida State University College of Law during his undergraduate studies. His hard work through communications’ law and policy granted him admission into law school in 2012 and helped him earn his current position within the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Commissioner Clyburn‘s …

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COMM Alumnus debuts on-campus food delivery system, Renegade Runner at Florida State University

Last October, The College of Communication & Information spoke with Bryant Joseph, recent Communications, Media Production and Business alum about his development of Stadium Runner, a concession delivery system for Florida State University athletic events. Last month, the CEO of Stadium Runner launched a new initiative with CTO and Co-Founder Connor Grady, Renegade Runner, and has big news …

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Alums return to recruit next generation of CCI employees

Ah, career fair season. You can see it from a mile away, the steady stream of black pencil skirts and shiny black shoes. Follow them and you’ll end up at Seminole Futures and the CCI Career Fair. Side step the ladies switching from flats to heels and you’re in, winding up and down aisles of companies eager …

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Meet COMM Alumnus – Julio Valeriano

Since graduating with an Integrated Marketing Communication degree from Florida State University in 2010, Julio Valeriano has made his mark in the Public Relations industry in Washington, D.C. With more than five years of experience, Valeriano provides effective strategic communication, media relations and integrated marketing support for brand marketing, corporate, healthcare, public affairs and technology industries like DuPont …

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SparkFSU campaign to benefit Diem Brown Scholarship Fund

You’ve probably seen Diem Brown on television. Her bubbly personality was a part of many seasons of The Challenge on MTV and  where she also worked as an entertainment reporter. Brown was a two-time cancer survivor and after a courageous journey to fight ovarian cancer, she passed away in November 2014 at the age of …

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