School of Communication professor Mark Zeigler has been teaching students the art of communication and speech for 22 years. In his 20 Questions Interview, Zeigler cited London as his favorite place he has traveled. For the past nine summers, he has shared that love with students through the London program. This summer, a group of nine students arrived in London …
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News about the faculty at the CCI School of Communication
London Calling: Zeigler and Students Take on London for the 9th Summer
MCS Grad Kelli Gemmer Flourishes at Florida State
Ever since Kelli Gemmer could remember, she wanted to write. Feeding her hunger for storytelling, Kelli spent her high school years putting together the yearbook. When college rolled around, she transitioned seamlessly into Florida State with dual majors in Media Communication Studies and Editing, Writing and Media. During her undergraduate career, Kelli uncovered a huge piece …
CONTINUE READINGSummer Harlow Talks Social Media Across the Globe
This summer, you can find School of Communication assistant professor Summer Harlow talking about online and social media at conferences in the United States, Puerto Rico and Argentina! The International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from May 21-25. Harlow will be presenting two papers at the conference: “Regenerating …
CONTINUE READINGCCI 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 …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Students Release Web Series Chronos
It started in April 2014 as an idea and turned into a DIS (Directed Independent Study) that would last for two semesters. Thomas Adams and a group of friends decided their coursework would involve writing, filming and editing a web series. Chronos was born. Chronos is an eight part sci-fi web series centered on the idea that …
CONTINUE READING20 Questions with Patrick Merle
20 Questions with Patrick Merle What was your first job? I freelanced for an economic magazine in Paris and for Runner’s World website. My first full-time job was to be a reporter in the international unit of a French network. If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name it? Maybe “Le …
CONTINUE READINGMerle pens article on Le Pen Family Feud
Patrick Merle, assistant professor in the School of Communication, wrote an article for the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) on the Le Pen family, currently in the news for a familial dispute. With family politics merging with public politics, Merle wrote a succinct review of the family’s feud. The article was published on …
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