Castillo wins Gold Pixie Award for animated short

Dr. Jeanette Castillo, assistant professor at the School of Communication, has won a 2013 Gold Pixie Award for her short video, “The Performance of Drowning,” from the American Pixel Academy.  Only 151 of 1,150 submissions from film, video, television and the Internet took the gold. The American Pixel Academy is a coalition of professionals and …

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COMM Professor Adams and Researcher Ngampornchai assist Thai University in ICT program development

School of Communication associate professor, Dr. Jonathan Adams, and research associate, Dr. Anchalee Ngampornchai, travelled to the Ubon Ratchathani University’s (URU) campus, in Mukdahan, Thailand, on January 18 through February 3.  Adams and Ngampornchai, who is originally from Thailand, are helping the Thai university’s efforts to plan a new Information Communication and Technology (ICT) major. …

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COMM professors and grad student co-write article published in academic journal

A research article, co-written by School of Communication professors, Dr. Jonathan Adams and Dr. Juliann Cortes, and graduate student, Sue Lee, was published by the academic journal, Contemporary Issues in Teacher Education (CITE).  Titled, “The Acceptability of Online Degrees: Principals and Hiring Practices in Secondary Schools”, their work discusses how principals perceive teaching certifications earned …

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Korzenny quoted in Fox News Latino about increasing mobile use among Hispanics

Dr. Felipe Korzenny, director of the FSU Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, was interviewed by Fox News Latino about the reasons behind the increasing mobile technology use among U.S. Hispanics.  He also mentions how research conducted here at Florida State University supports findings that minorities including “Hispanics, Asians, and Blacks all use cell phones about twice …

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Bickel Scholarship Application due February 15th

Florida State University, School of Communication Karl and Madira Bickel Scholarship, Application Instructions, Spring-Summer 2013 Instructions: The School of Communication invites applications for Karl and Madira Bickel student scholarships. Scholarships are awarded to students who are full-time students and Communication majors at Florida State University. Students must meet the criteria established for this scholarship, which …

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Korzenny’s blog post cited regarding Hispanic use of mobile technology

A blog post written by Dr. Felipe Korzenny, director of the Florida State University (FSU) Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, was cited by social media marketer, Joe Kutchera, regarding reasons behind the increasing mobile technology use among Hispanics. Joe Kutchera’s blog post was published on January 16, 2013 and can be found online at: joekutchera.com/2013-the-year-of-mobile-for-u-s-hispanics/ …

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CCI Assoc. Dean Barbara Robinson moves to FSU-PC campus

After almost 10 years working with the Florida State University (FSU) College of Communication and Information, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Barbara Robinson, will be starting a new job as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the FSU Panama City campus. Read the full story here: newsherald.com/news/fsu-pc-preparing-for-first-freshmen-1.74825  

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