CCI Alumna Khelsea Rantanen Lands New Position

CCI Alumna Khelsea Rantanen Lands New Position

School of Information (iSchool) alumna Khelsea Rantanen (MLIS ’15) has landed a new position as Head of Reference and Information Services at the Bay County Public Library in Panama City, Florida. Stepping into this new role, Rantanen is responsible for providing direction and support to collection development librarians who are responsible for adult collections spanning …

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CCI Alumna Kallayah Henderson Releases New Poetry Book

Last year, College of Communication and Information alumna Kallayah Henderson published her first book, Nature Inspires, under her pen name Lee Sunshine. Henderson shared that she’s been writing poetry since she was eight years old and began writing the poems that eventually became Nature Inspires soon after college. She graduated from Florida State in 2020 …

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CCI Alumna Savannah Keys becomes Flight Instructor

Savannah Keys, a College of Communication and Information alumna, recently became a certified flight instructor, and will spend the next few years sharing her love for flying. Keys graduated from Florida State University in 2017 with a degree in Information Communication and Technology. She shared that she loved studying this field and originally intended to …

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iSchool Alumna Ricci Yuhico Recognized in the New York Times

School of Information (iSchool) alumna Ricci Yuhico (MLIS ’12) recently made the New York Times list of “Six New Yorkers Who Made the City a Better, Cooler, Fairer Place in 2023.” She was recognized as the “Librarian for Teenagers.” Six activists who have contributed to the city were recognized in the story. It aims to …

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Two CCI Alumnae Inducted into the Garnet & Gold Scholar Society

This past fall, two College of Communication and Information (CCI) alumnae were inducted into Florida State University’s Garnet & Gold Scholar Society. The two members are School of Information alumna Catalina Smith (ICT ’23) and School of Communications alumna Shaina Francis (MCS ’23). The Garnet & Gold Scholar Society recognizes undergraduate students who excel in …

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