Several Florida State students recently attended SwampHacks, the University of Florida’s hackathon (in other words, a software development marathon). From 12 pm on January 23 to 12 pm on January 24, participants programmed new products, listened to tech talks and spoke to recruiters from corporate sponsors such as Facebook and Microsoft. FSU iSchool student Zaymeen …
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News about the CCI iSchool
FSU Students Attend SwampHacks
iSchool hosts Google’s Dan Russell
Free Webinar Series in Social Media, Information & Technology Careers
Please feel free to join Dr. Lorri Mon, Associate Director and Associate Professor of the FSU School of Information, in the upcoming free webinar series in Social Media and Information & Technology Careers. Join each session via the following webinar link: http://bit.ly/fsuwebinar Thursday, February 18, 2016 – 12-1pmEST / Social Media Marketing & Management …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Professor Melissa Gross Publishes New Book
iSchool professor Melissa Gross recently published her new book, 5 Steps of Outcome-Based Planning and Evaluation for Public Libraries. Co-authored with Cindy Mediavilla and Virginia A. Walter, the book is intended to help librarians conduct solid community assessments and integrate outcome-based planning and evaluation (OBPE) into their work. Gross shares, “My co-authors and I recognized …
CONTINUE READING20 Questions with Lorri Mon
What was your first job? I had a newspaper delivery route as a kid. If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name it? Keep It Moving! My Life on the Road Where did you grow up? Moving around a lot, but mainly Northern California (San Francisco Bay Area) What is your …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Hosts Spring 2016 Career Fair
The College of Communication & Information hosted its bi-annual career fair this past February 2. Dozens of local and national companies attended in search of talented interns and employees in the fields of communication, public relations, advertising, social media, digital media production, information technology, information security, web development and more. Donned in business professional attire …
CONTINUE READINGTwo CCI Faculty Members Earn Promotions
Two FSU faculty members were recently promoted. Toby Macrae, Ph.D. was promoted from an Assistant Professor to an Associate Professor with tenure and Jennifer Proffitt, Ph.D. was promoted from an Associate Professor to a full Professor. Macrae earned both his B.S. and M.S. in Speech and Language Therapy from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. …
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