Florida State University awarded 383 honors medallions to Spring 2020 graduates in a virtual ceremony on April 30, 2020 — 33 of these medallions were given to graduates of the FSU College of Communication and Information. The FSU Honors Program recognizes students who are particularly motivated to create change through intellectual curiosity. The breakdown of the …
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News about the alumni of the CCI School of Library & Information Studies
33 CCI Students Graduate with Honors
Meet Kenneth Thomas: Second Generation Seminole and IT Star
Few students get the chance to study at their parent’s alma maters. Even fewer get to say they took classes in the same buildings as them, but for Kenneth Thomas (B.S. Information Technology, ’08), studying IT at FSU ran in the family. “While my father was a student at FSU (College of Information Studies at …
CONTINUE READINGHow One iSchool Alumna is Changing Skincare
Jolanda Jakeyra, a graduate of the iSchool, recently left her full-time position as an Area Manager for Amazon to run her own vegan skincare line, Sanai’s Skin. For Jolanda, running an online e-commerce store means constantly checking business emails, tracking customer orders, and handcrafting each individual item. “When I am not making products, I am …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Alumna Works to Inspire with the Golden State Warriors
“Always aim to dominate.” This is the motto of iSchool alumna Ariana M. Davis and dominate is exactly what she did. Ariana started her career in design before realizing she wanted to implement more coding into her work. She began pursuing a job that would let her do both and ended up as a Full-Stack …
CONTINUE READING12 CCI Alumni Selected for Seminole 100
Seminole 100 recognizes the 100 fastest growing FSU alumni-owned businesses in the United States. Hosted by the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship within the FSU College of Business, the third annual ceremony honored 12 alumni of the FSU College of Communication and Information (CCI). Joe Albano – Ardent Eagle Solutions (Tampa, FL) Terrie Glover …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Alumna Commanding Flight Communications for the US Air Force
“I never would have guessed five years ago that I would be living on a Portuguese island, and that I’d be getting ready to move to the other side of the world a year later,” says recent iSchool alumna April Bradley. She currently works as the Communications Flight Commander at Lajes Field for the United …
CONTINUE READINGThree iSchool Alumni Elected for FLA Board of Directors
FSU’s iSchool is committed to providing service and leadership within the information field, and every year the iSchool’s alumni carry on that commitment in their careers. Three iSchool alumni were chosen for the 2020 Florida Library Association (FLA) Board of Directors. Renaine Julian (’14, M.S. Library and Information Studies) served on the nomination committee for …
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