Florida State alumna Ann McGee (B.A. ’70, M.A. ’71) found her calling as a public speaker as soon as she competed in her first speech tournament with the FSU Debate Team. She has been able to utilize her speech-giving skills and her degrees in Communication as the President of Seminole State College. She explains, “When I …
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Alumna and Seminole State College President Ann McGee Presented with Chief Executive Leadership Award
Alum Giselle Bodden Utilizes Media Production Degree as Media Planner at Discovery Communications
Giselle Bodden (B.A. ’12) has used her degree in a myriad of areas throughout the media industry from Los Angeles to Miami. She walked onto the Florida State campus with a variety of interests, but found that she particularly enjoyed the creative process of writing, shooting and editing a film. She explains, “Growing up, I was always fascinated …
CONTINUE READINGAlumna Amanda Green Improves Communities as Associate Director of Healthy Schools Program
Amanda Green (B.A. Media Studies, ’00) has used her experience at Florida State to help pave the way for a career dedicated to public service. While at FSU, she enjoyed serving the community as a member of national service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega. After graduating, she accepted a job coordinating service projects as the Assistant Program Director (APD) with AmeriCorps*NCCC. It …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Hosts Spring 2016 Career Fair
The College of Communication & Information hosted its bi-annual career fair this past February 2. Dozens of local and national companies attended in search of talented interns and employees in the fields of communication, public relations, advertising, social media, digital media production, information technology, information security, web development and more. Donned in business professional attire …
CONTINUE READINGTwo CCI Faculty Members Earn Promotions
Two FSU faculty members were recently promoted. Toby Macrae, Ph.D. was promoted from an Assistant Professor to an Associate Professor with tenure and Jennifer Proffitt, Ph.D. was promoted from an Associate Professor to a full Professor. Macrae earned both his B.S. and M.S. in Speech and Language Therapy from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. …
CONTINUE READINGAlumnus Kirk Englehardt Accepts Position as Vice Chancellor for Marketing & Communication at UT Chattanooga
Kirk Englehardt (B.S. ’94) has always appreciated the power of excellent communication. After working a myriad of communication positions, including a radio anchor and a public information officer, Englehardt certainly understands the potential of communication to benefit people and expand influence. He shares, “I enjoy treating communication and marketing as a system that requires optimization. …
CONTINUE READINGAlumna Nora Bertolaet Returns to Florida State as Digital Content Producer
In addition to being a a self-proclaimed die-hard Nole and nerd who despises mediocrity, Nora Bertolaet (B.S., Mass Media/Communication Studies, ’11) is also the Digital Content Producer at Florida State University. This position has Bertolaet wearing many different hats, but that suits her perfectly. On any given day, you might find her producing segments for WFSU 88.9 FM, producing webclips for …
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