Bickel Fund again selects FSU Communication as a beneficiary

The Florida State University School of Communication has once again been selected as a beneficiary of the Karl A. Bickel and Madira Bickel Journalistic Scholarship program. The scholarship program, funded by the Bickel Charitable Trust and managed by Wachovia Bank/Wells Fargo, is designated for undergraduate or graduate students with demonstrated financial need for have an …

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Ad Team finishes 7th at national competition

Arrowhead Advertising, the Florida State University student advertising team, placed in the top 10 in national competition for the fourth consecutive year. The team placed seventh of 16 teams in the finals of the National Student Advertising Competition of the American Advertising Federation, held at the AAF conference in Orlando on June 10 and 11, …

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Comm alumnus wins silver at Houston Film Festival

Communication alumnus Donato “Danny” Pietrodangelo and his company, Pietrodangelo Production Group of Tallahassee, won a Silver Remi Award at the 43rd WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in April 2010. The award-winning digital film is an educational documentary titled War in the Falklands/Malvinas, which Pietrodangelo produced and directed. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Communication from …

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Emerson again funds Hispanic marketing scholars

Emerson Climate Technologies has committed an additional $10,000 to The Florida State University College of Communication & Information through the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication (HMC) at the School of Communication. That brings the total pledged by Emerson Climate Technologies to students at the College to $25,000 since 2007. The money funds scholarships awarded to …

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Comm students win Florida AP Broadcast Awards

Students from the School of Communication took two first-place awards and tied each other for a second-place award in the annual Florida Associated Press Broadcast Awards’ college division competition. More information…

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Korzenny addresses Hispanic/Latino Entrepreneur Summit

Dr. Felipe Korzenny, professor of Communication and director of the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication at The Florida State University, was one of the speakers at the 2010 Tallahassee Hispanic/Latino Proefessionals and Entrepreneurs Summit. Read more…

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2 from Media Production take top honors at BEA festival

Two students who learned their craft in the School of Communication’s Media Production program took top honors at the 2010 Festival of Media Arts awards in Las Vegas on April 16. Dave Dorsey, a senior majoring in Media Production, and Ian Weir, a Media Production alumnus now pursuing graduate studies at FSU’s Film School, won …

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