Before moving to Winchester, Virginia, Trish Ridgeway was a reference librarian and bibliographic instruction specialist in academic libraries. Upon moving to Winchester, Trish was named the Director of the Handley Library where she worked tirelessly until her retirement in 2013. Some of her accomplishments include tripling the library’s endowment, building two new branches, and updating …
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iSchool Alumna Discovering Civil War History in Virginia
FSU STARS Alliance Connects with Alumni in Atlanta
Touring companies is one of the first steps students make towards investing in their future. It allows students to connect with recruiters face to face, meet Florida State alumni at the companies, and experience the work environments of companies they could work for one day. Last month, eleven FSU STARS Alliance students toured six companies …
CONTINUE READINGIT Developer Turned Axe Thrower: Meet William Tetsworth III
Common careers in the technology industry include software development, IT management, web development, and… axe throwing? According to IT alumnus William Tetsworth III, that’s correct! While working as a Public Sector Senior Security Consulting Engineer at Cisco during the day, William started his own axe throwing business, Tomahawks 51. Tomahawks 51 is Tallahassee’s first axe …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Professor Focuses on Community for the FSU Faculty Luncheon Series
There is an undefined beauty within research. Devoting your time toward bringing a research project to fruition can be rewarding but isolating. Rarely do members of academia have the opportunity to share their work outside of their own academic disciplines, but here at FSU they do. Established in the early 1980s by the Rev. Milton …
CONTINUE READINGMeet the Women Behind Women in Leadership: Wendi Cannon
The 7th annual Women in Leadership conference will be taking place on March 3, 2020. To celebrate its 7th year involved with the conference, CCI would like to highlight 7 women that have been with the conference since the start. In today’s feature, meet iSchool alumna Wendi Cannon. Wendi is currently the IT Director at the …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Alumnus Serves as Director of Satilla Regional Library System
A two-time FSU School of Information (iSchool) alumnus, Rodney McElveen earned a Master of Science in Library and Information Studies in 2007 after receiving his bachelor’s in Information Studies in 2004. But before coming to FSU, Rodney’s love of working in a library ignited at the Tallahassee Community College Library. Now the Library Director of …
CONTINUE READINGMeet the Women Behind Women in Leadership: Ashley Augustine
The 7th annual Women in Leadership conference will be taking place on March 3, 2020. To celebrate its 7th year involved with the conference, CCI would like to highlight 7 women that have been with the conference since the start. In today’s feature, meet Information, Communication, and Technology alumna Ashley Augustine. Ashley is a PMO/Compliance …
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