Meet the iSchool at ASIS&T 2014

Are you attending ASIS&T 2014?   Join us October 31-November 5 in Seattle, Washington for the 77th  ASIS&T Annual Meeting – Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities.  Here’s where you can find  FSU iSchool faculty, staff, students and alumni at ASIS&T!   SUNDAY, November 2   3:30pm-5pm Youth I (Panel) Youth Beyond Borders: Methodological Challenges in Youth …

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Meet iSchool alumnus: Andrew Bertino

If you’ve played a video game in the last decade, there’s a good chance it was developed by Electronic Arts (EA). The video game mega-company is famous for games like Battlefield, NFL Madden, Mass Effect, and The Sims. One of the companies subsidiaries, EA Tiburon, is located in Orlando, Florida. Originally ‘Tiburon Entertainment,’ EA acquired …

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Meet iSchool alumnus: Dontrail Brinson

Dontrail Brinson graduated from Florida State in 2007 with an Information Technology degree in hand. Seven years later, he works in Burbank, California for the Walt Disney Company as a Technology Analyst. The Path to Success His first internship out of college was for the Walt Disney Company, working for Disney Cruise Line as a …

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Meet iSchool alumna: Katie Smith

Katie Smith isn’t in Kansas anymore. Well – she’s close. After graduating in 2012 with a Bachelor’s in Information Technology, she continued her education with a Master of Science in Integrated Marketing Communication. After graduating in December of 2013, she joined ranks at Cerner Corporation as a Clinical Reporting Analyst. Based in Kansas City, Missouri, …

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Beta Phi Mu inducts Fall 2014 Members

This Fall, the Spring 2014 School of Information graduates who were nominated by iSchool faculty to join Beta Phi Mu, the international library and information honor society. The new honorees include: David Lee Atkins Crystal Dawn Betts-Green James Howard Bittle Terri Chasteen Jennifer Close Janice Marie Dees Ebony Kristina Filer Rebecca Johnson Timothy Kanke Anastasia Myer Sarah …

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Glenn On the Road – Fall 2014

  Graduate school can be a scary concept. There are different programs in a variety of fields at each university, making the selection process daunting, confusing, and an overall headache. Enter: Glenn Rainey – the recruiter for Florida State University’s Master in Information Technology and Master in Library Sciences. Glenn will travel across the state over …

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CCI Alumni Tracker: [iSchool] Dr. Lee Shiflett

In 1979, Lee Shiflett graduated from Florida State University with his doctorate. Since then, he’s written a book about Louis Shores, worked and taught across the country in Library Sciences and today he works for the Department of Library and Information Studies at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Career paths are never the same. Dr. …

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