Three College of Communication & Information graduate students were honored by Florida State University’s Graduate School at the annual Celebration of Graduate Student Excellence at the Honors, Scholars, and Fellows House on April 9.

The event sponsored by The Graduate School, the Office of Research, and the Congress of Graduate Students, recognizes FSU’s graduate students for excellence in teaching, research and creativity, and leadership.

Young Sun Lee, a graduate student in the School of Communication, was awarded a Program for Instructional Excellence (PIE) Graduate Student Teaching Association Assistantship. The PIE Graduate Student Teaching Associate Assistantship helps to improve teaching across campus by helping departments enhance their graduate student teaching assistant training programs and establish interdisciplinary connections and community among graduate students at FSU.

School of Communication Science & Disorders doctoral student Rachel Johnson received a Graduate Student Research and Creativity Award from the university’s Graduate School for her research involving creative treatment approach for apraxia of speech. Johnson is one of just six winners of the award, which recognizes students for their outstanding research and creative productivity within their programs.

The School of Information’s Min Sook Park was recognized as a Preparing Future Faculty Fellow. The Preparing Future Faculty Program assists Florida State’s doctoral students (and others headed toward academic careers) prepare for future faculty work. Through participation in coursework, workshops, and mentoring, PFF Fellows increase their awareness of expectations for faculty performance and of resources available to aid in scholarly careers, and build their readiness to address research, teaching and related demands of faculty life.