Visiting Speaker Bridges the Gap Between Arts and Sciences

What does an interdisciplinary scholar look like?  Look no further than Dr. Youngmoo Kim from Drexel University. Dr. Kim has devoted his entire career to transdisciplinary education, and currently serves as Director of Drexel’s Expressive and Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITe) Center and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. With an impressive background in electrical engineering, …

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Three iSchool Alumni Elected for FLA Board of Directors

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FSU’s iSchool is committed to providing service and leadership within the information field, and every year the iSchool’s alumni carry on that commitment in their careers. Three iSchool alumni were chosen for the 2020 Florida Library Association (FLA) Board of Directors. Renaine Julian (’14, M.S. Library and Information Studies) served on the nomination committee for …

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iSchool Alumna Discovering Civil War History in Virginia

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Before moving to Winchester, Virginia, Trish Ridgeway was a reference librarian and bibliographic instruction specialist in academic libraries. Upon moving to Winchester, Trish was named the Director of the Handley Library where she worked tirelessly until her retirement in 2013. Some of her accomplishments include tripling the library’s endowment, building two new branches, and updating …

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FSU STARS Alliance Connects with Alumni in Atlanta

Touring companies is one of the first steps students make towards investing in their future. It allows students to connect with recruiters face to face, meet Florida State alumni at the companies, and experience the work environments of companies they could work for one day. Last month, eleven FSU STARS Alliance students toured six companies …

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SCSD Doctoral Student Presents Research at FAMU

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Earlier this month, first-year graduate student in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, Ashley Archer, got the chance to present her research to doctoral students at FAMU. Ashley’s research and master thesis use an innovative technology called the GaitRite to study the effect of cognitive-linguistic demands on gait for patients with Aphasia. “In other …

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