This summer, Sophia Danvers-Aarons will have worked for Cisco Systems for a decade, marking 16 years as a technology marketing professional. Her career’s journey started in the Communications program at Florida State, a formative time that she says helped her to develop the skills and the mindset to reinvent herself and innovate in her current role. …
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Meet COMM Alumna: Sophia Danvers Aarons
5 FSU & CCI women honored at KKG Leadership Academy
In 1996, Becky O’Brien graduated with a degree in Communication and jumped straight into her Master’s, which she received in 1997. Almost two decades later, she was invited to the Kappa Kappa Gamma National Leadership Academy this past September. At the leadership academy, she met five strangers. Those strangers, Sharon Snodgrass Pennekamp (’76), Andrea Stanford …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Spark Campaigns help student initiatives
SparkFSU is a new way to fund projects at Florida State University. The fundraising program allows faculty and their students to initiate and design innovative and entrepreneurial projects with financial support garnered from alumni and friends. Within the College of Communication and Information, there have been three Spark campaigns launched in the last year. Chronos: …
CONTINUE READINGMerle talks Charlie Hebdo Attacks on WTXL
Patrick Merle, professor in the School of Communication, spoke on the nightly news this week about the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France. Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, was attacked by two radical Islamic gunmen on January 7th, 2015. The men forced their way into the building and opened fire, killing twelve. The response to …
CONTINUE READINGSouth Asian Media and Cultural Studies Conference to Take Place at Florida State
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES CONFERENCE TO TAKE PLACE AT FLORIDA STATE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The South Asian Media and Cultural Studies Conference will be held at the Center for Global Engagement at Florida State University on January 22-23. The conference will feature presentations from students across the country on South …
CONTINUE READINGMeet COMM grad student: Kristen Ghandour
Kristen Ghandour is a graduate student and research assistant in the School of Communication. She’s studying in the Integrated Marketing Communication program, starting her second semester of classes. Last semester, Ghandour started work on a media production project with Dr. Jonathan Adams called Bridging the Language Outcomes in the Classroom (BLOOM). The grant works to …
CONTINUE READINGMcDowell & Proffitt guest edit The Information Society Journal
Stephen McDowell and Jennifer Proffitt, both in the School of Communication, served as guest editors for the newest issue of The Information Society Journal along with Hamid Ekbia from Indiana University. The trio wrote the introduction to the journal titled, Introductory to the special forum on monetization of user-generated content – Marx revisited, which introduced the special …
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