After nine years of educating and preparing students to pursue their dreams in the film and television industries, Florida State University School of Communication’s Los Angeles Television Experience (LATE) program may be ending, but its legacy will remain. The LATE program was the idea of Bob Pekurny, who joined the school’s faculty in 1996 following …
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LATE program, Pekurny leave legacy in TV and film industries
COMM professor guest edits for special issue of the Journal of Communication
Florida State University School of Communication professor Arthur Raney served as guest editor for a special issue of the Journal of Communication (Volume 64, Number 3) on “Expanding the Boundaries of Entertainment Research,” which was published in June 2014. Raney, the James E. Kirk Professor of Communication and director of doctoral studies is an expert …
CONTINUE READINGAssociate dean presents at Dalian University of Technology in China
Stephen McDowell, associate dean of academic affairs at Florida State University’s College of Communication & Information, delivered a talk to students at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Dalian University of Technology in Dalian, China on June 18. McDowell, the John H. Phipps Professor of Communication in the School of Communication, presented …
CONTINUE READINGCareer Workshop: Information Consulting as a career (online and live in PA)
Career Workshop: Information Consulting as a career Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 from 5:30 -7:30pm The SLA Philadelphia chapter will be hosting their second installment of the Career Workshop with the SLA Princeton-Trenton chapter. This will be an onsite program with webcasting option. We will have 3 panelists discussing “Career Workshop: Information Consulting as a …
CONTINUE READINGCOMM alumnus looks to establish partnership between Raycom Media and CCI
Florida State University School of Communication alumnus Collin Gaston recently returned to campus to tour his former college and help set up a pipeline for internships and employment with his employer, Raycom Media. Gaston, who once led Florida State’s student section in cheers at Seminole football home games, is now looking to motivate students in …
CONTINUE READINGCOMM professor pens column for Clarion Ledger’s 50-year commemoration of Freedom Summer
Florida State University School of Communication Professor Davis Houck penned the column, “Stanford Nine recorded sounds of the movement,” which appeared in the Clarion Ledger on June 21. The article discussed a group of Stanford University students who documented audio recordings of the civil rights movement, just weeks after President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting …
CONTINUE READINGCOMM alumnae accept prestigious Gracie Award
A pair of Florida State University School of Communication alumnae accepted a Gracie Award® from the Alliance for Women in Media (AWM) Foundation on June 11 in New York City for their work through Sachs Media on a campaign against child sexual abuse. Michelle Ubben (M.A. ’88), partner and chief operating officer of Sachs Media, and Jessica …
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