Julia Skinner, iSchool Alumna, mentioned in Smithosianian Magazine and Salon’s “Favorite Books of 2022.”
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iSchool Alumna Noticed by Smithsonian Magazine
Student Groups CGS and STARS Host Robotics Petting Zoo Event for Young Girls
Recently, student groups Connecting Girls to STEM (CGS) and Students & Technology in Academia, Research & Service (STARS) hosted a Robotics Petting Zoo for 1st through 5th grade girls. The event included over 40 participants and 8 FSU student volunteers and was led by now recently graduated Ph.D. candidate Melissa Davis. CGS hosts 3-5 STEM …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Professor and Associate Dean for Research Marcia Mardis Gives Closing Keynote Speech at MAME Conference
Recently, FSU College of Communication and Information professor and Associate Dean for Research Marcia Mardis gave the closing keynote speech at the Michigan Association for Media in Education’s (MAME) annual conference in Ann Arbor. The conference–MAME 49– offered school library professionals the opportunity to connect with and learn from others working in the school library …
CONTINUE READINGSTARS Students Travel to Atlanta to Network with Corporate Companies
In early November students in the FSU STARS program traveled to Atlanta, GA to meet with six companies over the span of two days to learn about what it is like to work for a large company, as well as what it takes to land a position at a corporate company. Students were also able to see what it would be like to be your own boss working at a start-up.
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Participates in Florida Public Library Directors Meeting
Drs. Don Latham and Marcia Mardis attended this year’s Florida Public Library Directors Meeting, which brings together public library leaders from across the State of Florida to learn and share new trends, ideas, and best practices from the library community.
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Professor Elected as AMIA KDDM Vice Chair
Associate Professor in the School of Information Dr. Zhe He was recently elected as the Vice Chair for the American Medical Informatics Association’s Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (AMIA KDDM) Working Group.
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Professor Elected as Member-at-Large for the ACM SIGCSE Executive Board
This summer, Dr. Yolanda Rankin was elected as a Member-at-Large for the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) Executive Board.
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