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 …
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Alumna 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 …
CONTINUE READINGAlumna Moriah McLaughlin Accepts Position as Associate Negotiator at Mindshare
Moriah McLaughlin (B.A. ’15) only graduated last year, but she has already found a plethora of success in the communication field. She packed up her bags immediately after graduating and moved to New York City to work as an account executive at Yelp. Last December, she moved on to a new position working as an associate negotiator at Mindshare. No …
CONTINUE READINGMCS Student Kyle Parsons Filming Documentary
Kyle Parsons is still in the process of earning his B.A. in Media Communication Studies, but he’s already making a name for himself in the filmmaking industry. The 21-year-old started a wedding video business called Beachfront Productions back in high school, and he’s filmed 65 weddings in the past four years. The smart business idea has been able to …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Student Paula Poveda Collaborates with Entrepreneurship Program to Create Arrow Cosmetics
Media Communication Studies and Entrepreneurship double major Paula Poveda and her Entrepreneurship classmates Megan Cerchiai and Nicole Anderson, have brought a class project into fruition as a fully functioning business. Arrow Cosmetics, a provider of organic, all natural, vegan and cruelty free makeup kits, commenced last fall and has been growing since then. Cerchiai started a similar …
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