Maria Gebhardt (M.S. ’09) has been able to build a successful career since graduating from FSU’s Library and Information Studies program. She currently serves as both and the Manager of Integrated Marketing Communications & Social Media for Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) and as the editor of the Florida Library Association (FLA)’s bi-annual journal, “Florida Libraries.” Gebhardt explains, “I think my MLIS …
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Alum Maria Gebhardt Utilizes MLIS Degree at Broward County Public Schools and Florida Library Association
Farewell to a Friend: Rick Rice
Artist and educator Rick Rice passed away on January 17, 2016. Rice taught graphic design to many FSU students and was the beloved husband of the iSchool’s Dr. Christie Koontz. Rice knew he was an artist since the age of four, and he graduated with his BFA in Graphic Design from Florida State in 1974. He went …
CONTINUE READINGAlum Annie Sadler Succeeds in IT Industry
Annie Sadler (B.S. Information Technology ’11) is making moves as a woman in the male-dominated fields of technology and construction. A lover of project management and all things behind-the-scenes, she currently works at a medium-sized family-owned construction business in Colorado in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. She is a part of the company’s in-house IT department and also works …
CONTINUE READINGFSU iSchool goes to ALISE 2016
We invite you to join Florida State University’s School of Information (FSU iSchool) at ALISE in Boston from January 5-8, 2016 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel! Here’s where you can find FSU faculty, staff, students and alumni at ALISE: Tuesday, January 5 6:30pm – 9:00pm Opening Reception/Works in Progress Poster Session — Grand …
CONTINUE READINGA Look at 2015 at the Information Institute
iSchool’s Dr. Zhe He Receives Distinguished Paper Award from American Medical Informatics Association
Dr. Zhe He of FSU’s School of Information recently received the Distinguished Paper Award from the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). The research paper, “Simulation-based Evaluation of the Generalizability Index for Study Traits,” was one of only five selected by the Symposium Scientific Program Committee. The paper addresses representativeness issues that occur when certain population subgroups are systematically underrepresented …
CONTINUE READINGMLIS Alumna Jeannie Wallace Receives Grant for Literacy Program
Jeannie Wallace (MLIS, ’09) recently received a grant for the literacy program at Dixie Hollins High School in Pinellas County. Wallace has been sponsoring the literacy club for about seven and a half years, and added a spoken word poetry team in 2010 when she became a media specialist at Dixie Hollins High. This led her to begin attending …
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