Dr. Jay Rayburn, Associate Professor in CCI’s School of Communication and Director of the Communications Research Center, also works consistently on contract work for various agencies and organizations. Recently, Rayburn landed a new contract with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, a result of their relationship cultivated over the past 30 years. “I used …
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News from the CCI School Communication
Dr. Jay Rayburn Balances Being A Professor, Director of Communications Research Center, and Contractor
Frankie Ironside Creates Her Own Path To Success
With a unique combination of skills and experience including communication, visual arts, and technology, Frankie Ironside (B.A. ‘15) perfectly prepared herself for her dream job: working for a small business that designs and manufactures interactive dark rides and animatronics. Sally Corporation has possessed the rights to major brands such as DC Comics and LEGO, installing …
CONTINUE READINGAlumnus Corey Saban Founds Newstation.com and TheLaw.tv
When Corey Saban (B.A. ’93) graduated from FSU, it didn’t take him long to begin his 20-year-long career in sports and news casting. He then transitioned into media coaching, and now he works as co-founder of two mass media communication companies, newstation.com and thelaw.tv. Though he has made in big in the world of mass …
CONTINUE READINGFulbright Opportunities in Communications + Journalism
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers nearly 500 teaching, research or combination teaching and research awards in over 125 countries for the 2017-2018 academic year. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others. This year, the Fulbright Scholar Program …
CONTINUE READINGAlumna Kara Hamilton Publishes Children’s Book
Actress, model and author Kara Hamilton (B.A. ’97) is never afraid to dream big. After graduating with a degree in Media Performance, the alum started sending out resumes and tapes for anchoring jobs, booked national commercial and catalog modeling jobs in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. and auditioned for and landed a lead part at the Vagabond Players theatre …
CONTINUE READINGFirst Annual Women’s Conference of Florida
The 2016 Women’s Conference of Florida celebrated women representative of the vast diversity within our state, aiming to raise awareness of issues such as personal finance, leadership, and social change that are important to all women. This year’s conference, intended to be the first of many Women’s Conferences of Florida, featured panelist and CCI alumna …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Alums Named on Florida Politics’ 30 under 30
Each year, Florida Politics chooses 30 high-achieving “rising stars” under 30 years of age who are involved in the many facets of Florida’s political sphere. The 2016 class of Rising Stars of Florida Politics, or “30 under 30,” includes FSU College of Communication and Information (CCI) alumni Drew Piers, Elizabeth Ray, Clair Van Susteren, and …
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