After working hard to balance two majors at FSU while also volunteering at WFSU, Ashleigh McDonald launched into her career in marketing when she started off working at a sports marketing agency in Charlotte, NC. “While parts of the job were amazing, it was a very fast paced, high turnover environment that was incredibly stressful …
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Ashleigh McDonald Opens Happiness At Her Job With Coca-Cola
Media Production Students Turn Their Cameras on Infamous Tallahassee Mystery
On October 22, 1966, the Sims family of 641 Muriel Court Tallahassee, Florida were discovered murdered in their home in a crime that has remained unsolved for the last half decade. Now, on the 50th anniversary of this chilling mystery, four students in FSU CCI’s Media Production program tell the story of the investigation, speculation, …
CONTINUE READINGDavis Houck Named Fannie Lou Hamer Endowed Professor
The College of Communication & Information recently established the Fannie Lou Hamer Endowed Professorship and Fannie Lou Hamer Scholarship. Through the generosity of a donor, the $150,000 professorship will go towards providing additional support for the research or teaching of a chosen professor who studies Rhetorical Theory and Criticism with particular research emphasis on the Black Freedom Movement. An additional $5,000 will go …
CONTINUE READINGSamara Gerard Transitions from Advertising to Digital Media Planning
Samara Gerard (B.S. ‘13) began her professional career in the world of advertising and transitioned all the way into the field of digital media planning. “I started the Monday after graduation at 3W Studios, a boutique web firm as a Digital Coordinator. It was a great experience since it was small and I had to …
CONTINUE READINGFirst Annual Prof Hop Aims to Keep Grads in TLH
Last spring, a partnership among the College of Communication & Information, Diverse Computing Inc., Domi Station, and the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce created the Tally Job Hop. The Job Hop took 24 technology students who were interested in staying local after graduation and toured 3 companies and ended at Domi Station for a start-up showcase. Seven …
CONTINUE READINGLieutenant Tanesha Tutt Prevails in The World of Health Care
“If someone were to have told me in my days at FSU that in 2016 I would be an Officer in the U.S. Public Health Services Commissioned Corps, let alone work in public health, I would have dismissed them completely,” explains Lieutenant Tanesha Tutt (B.A. ’05, M.S. ’06). Lieutenant Tutt graduated with her Master’s degree …
CONTINUE READINGFSU Students Present at Annual STARS Alliance Conference
FSU students recently returned from Atlanta after presenting 6 posters, 3 lightning talks and delivering 3 presentations to computer science and technology students from 51 colleges across the country. Funded by the National Science Foundation for the past 11 years, STARS Alliance aims to broaden participation in computing/IT through best practices and community building. …
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