iSchool Professor Melissa Gross Receives Excellence in Online Teaching Award

Melissa Gross of FSU’s School of Information recently received the Excellence in Online Teaching award from the Office of Distance Learning (ODL) for teaching Information Needs of Children. Gross won the award after the ODL reviewed how her teaching evaluations and strategies have demonstrated superior methods of instruction and engagement of students as learning partners. Gross teaches research methods …

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FSU CCI students provide Leadership Training to Florida TSA members

by Ebe Randeree, Associate Dean, College of Communication & Information When I say TSA, what do you think of? Yes – airport security. However, the mission of the Technology Student Association (TSA) is to prepare its members for the challenges of a dynamic world by promoting technological literacy, leadership and problem solving, resulting in personal growth …

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Wayne Wiegand Visits Tallahassee on ‘Part of Our Lives’ Book Tour

  Wayne Wiegand, F. William Summers Professor Emeritus spent eight years at Florida State University research and teaching library science courses, all while impacting the lives of students – like Micah Vandegrift. Wiegand retired in 2010 and recently authored a new book, Part of Our Lives, A People’s History of the American Public Library. This Fall, he begins …

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20 Questions with Mia Lustria

20 Questions with Mia Liza A. Lustria What was your first job? Instructor at the University of the Philippines Los Banos. I was hired right after graduating from college. The opportunity essentially fell into my lap – later I learned I got the job because someone had started a rumor that another department was trying …

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iSchool Introduces IDEA Full-Ride Scholarship Program for MSIT, MLIS Students

  Florida State University’s iSchool has unveiled a brand new opportunity awarding six Master’s students with full-ride scholarships. The IDEA Learning Community emphasizes Innovation, Digital-fluency, Entrepreneurship, and Advocacy as foundational values of the information professions. The students attend full-time and graduate within a year. In addition to having tuition and fees paid for, Project IDEA students entering …

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Connect with the iSchool at ASIST

The School of Information (Florida’s iSchool) faculty and doctoral students will be in force at the 2015 ASIS&T (Association for Information Science & Technology) annual conference in St. Louis, Missouri. If you are attending the conference on November 9, bring your lunch to a “Birds of a Feather” brown bag with FSU faculty at City Garden …

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