CCI Bids Farewell to 6 Faculty, Staff

The College of Communication and Information (CCI) serves hundreds of students, who are supported by a team of faculty and staff who keep the college running and students inspired. Six members of CCI are moving on: Bowie Kortla, Felipe and Betty Korzenny, Frank Hart, Peter Jörgensen, and Julie Stierwalt. Frank Hart is retiring this May, after serving …

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Florida State Recognizes 2 CCI Professors

April 27th marked the annual Faculty Awards Dinner. During the dinner, a wide variety of awards are given to professors. Two CCI professors, Marcia Mardis and Kaitlin Lansford, were awarded at this dinner. The Developing Scholar Award was awarded to Marcia Mardis and recognizes mid-career associate professors who have been singled out by their peers. The award …

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20 Questions with Erin Ingvalson

20 Questions with Erin Ingvalson What was your first job? That I got paid for? I worked as a photographer’s assistant in the 8th grade. I got fired. If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name it? “Don’t Give Up” Where did you grow up? Prosser, Washington. It’s in the middle …

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20 Questions with Leonard LaPointe

20 Questions with Leonard LaPointe Francis Eppes Professor of Communication Science and Disorders Faculty: Program in Neuroscience Faculty: College of Medicine What was your first job? Bagging potatoes in the local Red Owl store; peeling pulpwood in the woods of Upper Michigan; tamping railroad ties for the Milwaukee Road; lifeguard at Sawyer Lake. If you …

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SCSD changes lives on Help Guatemala Hear Mission

On March 7th, a plane of students and faculty from the School of Communication Science and Disorders landed in Atlanta. The plane ride marked the end of a trip to Panajachel, Guatemala, where the group gave the gift of hearing to children and adults. Through Porch de Salomon, an outreach organization, Selena Snowden, her husband, …

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20 Questions with Juliann Woods

20 Questions with Juliann Woods  1. What was your first job? I grew up on a farm so my first jobs involved feeding animals and driving tractors as soon as I was tall enough. I do not think my dad worried about child labor laws. 2. If you were to write a personal memoir, what …

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20 Questions with Carla Wood

20 Questions with Carla Wood What was your first job? I worked multiple part time jobs to fund school. Among them, I worked as a librarian assistant, respite care provider, Deaf relay phone operator, medical transcriptionist, and most challenging… salad bar prep at a Wendy’s fast food restaurant (back when they had salad bars). If …

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