Florida State University awarded 383 honors medallions to Spring 2020 graduates in a virtual ceremony on April 30, 2020 — 33 of these medallions were given to graduates of the FSU College of Communication and Information. The FSU Honors Program recognizes students who are particularly motivated to create change through intellectual curiosity. The breakdown of the …
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33 CCI Students Graduate with Honors
Arrowhead Advertising Advances to Final Round of AAF National Student Advertising Competition
After FSU’s Arrowhead Advertising competed in the semi-finals on Thursday, May 7th, they were selected as one of the top 8 teams advancing to the finals of National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) sponsored by the American Advertising Federation (AAF). A total of 103 schools competed at the district level, where 17 winning teams went on …
CONTINUE READINGMeet Kenneth Thomas: Second Generation Seminole and IT Star
Few students get the chance to study at their parent’s alma maters. Even fewer get to say they took classes in the same buildings as them, but for Kenneth Thomas (B.S. Information Technology, ’08), studying IT at FSU ran in the family. “While my father was a student at FSU (College of Information Studies at …
CONTINUE READINGHow One iSchool Alumna is Changing Skincare
Jolanda Jakeyra, a graduate of the iSchool, recently left her full-time position as an Area Manager for Amazon to run her own vegan skincare line, Sanai’s Skin. For Jolanda, running an online e-commerce store means constantly checking business emails, tracking customer orders, and handcrafting each individual item. “When I am not making products, I am …
CONTINUE READINGAssistant Professor Published in Esteemed Clinical and Translational Science Journal
After two and a half years of hard work, FSU School of Information Assistant Professor Zhe He’s research was selected for publication in Clinical and Translational Science. The journal is published on behalf of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and has an impact factor of 3.989 — in other words, this journal …
CONTINUE READINGBuilding Pipelines to Florida Schools
written by Rhiannon Jacobson At the end of February, the FSU STARS students travelled to Orlando, Florida, to judge and coordinate events at the 2020 Technology Student Association (TSA) State Conference. This year over 1,500 middle and high school students came together to compete in 36 different STEM events, ranging from Animatronics to Video Game …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Student Awarded FSU FLA Award
iSchool student Adrian Legaspi was awarded the FSU MSLIS graduate program scholarship by the Florida Library Association. This association is a statewide organization that promotes excellence in Florida libraries. This scholarship is given to FLA members enrolled in accredited library programs within Florida. “I believe that I was awarded the FSU FLA Scholarship because I …
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