FSU STARS Alliance Awarded at Annual Conference

Continuing the tradition of excellence, FSU STARS Alliance brought home accolades from the 2015 STARS Respect Conference in Charlotte last week. The FSU STARS presented 4 posters in the Outreach category and 2 in the Planning category. Two posters earned recognition: Selecting High School Partners placed 2nd in Outreach and Zombie Camps – A Girl Scout Survival Adventure took 1st in Outreach. FSU Stars chapter was voted …

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CCI Graduates Three Garnet & Gold Scholars

Each semester, the College of Communication and Information (CCI) bids farewell to a group of graduates who will go on to change the world. Within that group, a select few are inducted into the Garnet and Gold Scholar Society.  Of the 528 students inducted in the past 5 years, 70 are from CCI. Members of the Garnet and …

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Micah Vandegrift Champions Open Access Initiatives

  Do you believe that a single person with a piece of advice can change the course of a life? For Micah Vandegrift, his life changed when Dr. Wayne Wiegand suggested he pursue his Master’s in Library and Information Science (MLIS) after Vandegrift was rejected from several doctoral programs. Luckily, the MLIS program had a late summer …

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Adam Worrall joins University of Alberta Faculty

  Adam Worrall, two-time graduate of Florida State University, has recently accepted a faculty position with the University of Alberta’s School of Library and Information Science. Worrall graduated from the School of Information’s MLIS program in 2008 and pursued his doctorate in Information Studies, graduating in 2014. His research looks at the relationships between information-centric communities, …

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Four iSchool Students & Alums Receive ALA Spectrum Scholarship

  In July 2015, four Florida State University iSchool students in the Master’s in Library and Information Studies (MLIS) program. were among 60 exceptional students awarded Spectrum Scholarships by the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Diversity. ALA’s Spectrum Scholars are selected based on their commitment to diversity, commitment to entering the library profession, demonstrated community outreach, academic ability and achievements …

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IT Alumnus Sam Levine graduates with JD from Nova Southeastern

  Nearly every college student has approached the “I want to change my major” crossroad in their academic career–and for some, it’s happened more than once. Information Technology alumnus Sam Levine is one of the rare few who took classes in Biology, Accounting and finally graduated with an IT/Economics degree in 2012. He then earned a highly-coveted spot …

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CCI Collaborates with Florida Indian Youth Program

The Florida Indian Youth Program is wrapping up a two week camp, put on in collaboration with the College of Communication and Information (CCI) at Florida State University. Over the two weeks, 50 youth participated in the camp, made possible through the Florida Governors Council on Indian Affairs (FGCIA), a non-profit established by Governor Rubin O’D Askew …

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