FSU’s College of Communication and Information (CCI) honored over 75 exceptional students, faculty, community partners, student organizations, and alumni at the College’s annual Honors Recognition Ceremony and Reception on Friday, April 5, 2019. Family and friends of CCI community members traveled from near and far to gather in Miller Hall for a presentation of awards. …
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Best & Brightest Awarded at CCI Honors Recognition Ceremony
Communication Alumnus Nominated for Sports Emmy
The tennis documentary ‘Strokes of Genius’ produced by Heath Woodlief (’01, B.S. Media Production) has been nominated in the 40th Annual Sports Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding Long Sports Documentary. The 2018 documentary dives into the ongoing rivalry of tennis icons Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal during the 2008 championship at the All England Lawn Tennis …
CONTINUE READINGWill Wilson: CCI Alumnus Making Waves in Restaurant Tech Industry
William R. Wilson V (’07, M.S. Marketing Communications) is the founder and CEO of the Captiveyes Group and acting President of Bloom Intelligence in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Captiveyes Advertising in Tallahassee, Florida. Bloom Intelligence provides an enterprise WiFi marketing & customer intelligence hub to help multi-unit restaurateurs and retailers measure customer behavior at their …
CONTINUE READINGComm Professor Malia Bruker Wins Documentary Award at Tallahassee Film Festival
Digital Media Production Professor Malia Bruker‘s documentary ‘Alluvium‘ has been awarded the Audience Favorite for Best Documentary at the Tallahassee Film Festival. This documentary was also chosen as an official selection for the 2018 Athen’s International Film & Video Festival. The synopsis ‘Alluvium’ can be found on Bruker’s website. “The rolling hills and ancient villages …
CONTINUE READINGArpan and Ray Publish Research Showing How Sharing Stories of Adversity May Enhance Student Wellness
Two members of Florida State University’s School of Communication, Elizabeth Ray and Laura Arpan, were recently published, alongside co-authors Karen Oehme (Director of the Institue for Family Violence at FSU), Ann Perko (Director of Special Projects at the Institute for Family Violence Studies at FSU), and James Clark (Dean of the College of Social Work at FSU), in Innovative Higher Education. Their paper, Testing Restorative Narratives …
CONTINUE READINGRemembering Ann Conn: CCI Alumna and Passionate Renaissance Woman
Ann M. Conn received a Master’s Degree in Speech Communication from Florida State University, a Bachelor’s in English from FSU, and graduated from Leon High School in 1951. Although she passed away on December 14, 2018 at age 85, Ann Conn’s legacy as a freethinker and artist will live on in the hearts of those …
CONTINUE READINGComm Student Monica McShaffrey Nominated for Humanitarian of the Year Award
For most students, the struggle of balancing class, work, and social life seems like a never-ending cycle. Add time spent participating in clubs and organizations, doing homework, and learning how to be young adults, some would question how it all fits in a 24-hour day. As part of FSU’s annual President’s Humanitarian of the Year …
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