CCI Alumna Ana Rosa Ramirez Toft-Nielsen Honored with AALL Minority Leadership Development Award

CCI Alumna Ana Rosa Ramirez Toft-Nielsen was recently honored with the American Association of Law Libraries Minority Leadership Development award for her continued commitment to diversity and inclusion. Toft-Nielsen is an experienced law professional, having worked in a variety of roles such as associate attorney, account executive, and research attorney. After providing legal research training …

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Industry Professionals Engage with Students in Spring Leadership Series

Industry Professionals Engage with Students in Spring Leadership Series

Students in the IT Leadership class this past semester had the privilege of hearing from leading IT professionals (all CCI Alumni) during the Spring Leadership Speaker Series.  Speakers from companies such as Amazon, Facebook, Deloitte, Lockheed Martin, and JP Morgan shared their experiences and expertise with students throughout the course of the Spring semester. For …

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FSU CCI Researchers Featured at Kentucky Conference on Health Communication

CCI faculty and students recently shared their work at the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication (KCHC). KCHC, hosted from April 7th-9th in Lexington, KY, featured several research studies from CCI representatives. From the School of Information, Dr. Mia Lustria and second-year PhD student Obianuju Aliche presented two studies: “I Got Training on the Brain: Designing Motivational …

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CCI Helps Host Launch Tally’s “Liftoff” Event

Launch Tally celebrated their recent launch with a “Liftoff” event on March 23 in the FSU Turnbull Conference Center. The College of Communication and Information is a founding member of this initiative that brings together Tallahassee’s technology companies, non-profits, government agencies, universities, and entrepreneurs to create awareness and resources around technology opportunities and talent in …

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Wayne Wiegand’s Part of Our Lives: A People’s History of the American Public Library Named One of the National Library of China Publishing House’s “Ten Best Books of 2021”

Wayne Wiegand is a writer and retired professor from Florida State University, with many publications and awards celebrating his work. One of his publications, Part of Our Lives: A People’s History of the American Public Library, was translated to Chinese in 2021, and was listed as one of the “Ten Best Books of 2021” by …

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CCI Graduate Student Abigail Sage Recognized with 2022 Graduate Student Excellence in Visual Arts Award

CCI graduate student Abigail Sage was recently recognized for her creative ability with the 2022 Graduate Student Excellence in Visual Arts Award.  The award is given to applicants who show great proficiency and artistic ability in visual arts. Additionally, applicants are judged on the message that their artwork conveys. Recipients of the award will be …

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FSU STARS Celebrates Fifteen-Year Partnership with Florida TSA

Recently, students from the CCI STARS Alliance volunteered at the Technology Student Association (TSA) annual state conference. This trip marks the 15th year that FSU students have been traveling to Florida TSA events and mentoring future STEM leaders.   “These kids are quite brilliant and did excellent work. It was inspiring to hear the number of …

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