In February, faculty members in the School of Communication Science and Disorders took a trip to Orlando for the Assistive Technology Industry Association’s (ATIA) 2020 Conference. The ATIA is the premier organization for manufacturers, sellers and providers of assistive technology. These are products, equipment, and systems that enhance learning, working, and daily living for people …
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Chanta Haywood Speaks at Yale’s Black Solidarity Conference
Hundreds of students and advisors from Yale, Amherst, Bowdoin, Parsons, Dartmouth, Pace, Brown, Princeton, Rutgers, Duke, USD, Sarah Lawrence, Emory, Columbia, and more, gathered to hear Chanta Haywood, an instructor in the School of Communication, speak on Intergenerational Spirituality and Social Consciousness at the Black Solidarity Conference hosted by Yale. Situating her discussion around Frantz …
CONTINUE READINGCommunication Students Win Top Paper Awards at BEA
This year’s BEA Conference will be held in Las Vegas from April 18-21 and we know some students in the School of Communication that are very excited to go. No, not just because BEA is the premiere international academic media organization for educators, students, and professionals. These students are also excited because they received top …
CONTINUE READINGMichelle Presley Presents on the West Coast
Michelle Presley, a student pursuing a master’s in Public Interest Media and Communication, presented at the 2020 Western States Communication Association convention in Denver, Colorado. Her presentation was based on a paper she wrote with her co-author, Susan Macak, titled “The Downstream Effects of Wyoming’s Data Trespass Laws.” “The paper is a legal analysis of …
CONTINUE READINGIT Developer Turned Axe Thrower: Meet William Tetsworth III
Common careers in the technology industry include software development, IT management, web development, and… axe throwing? According to IT alumnus William Tetsworth III, that’s correct! While working as a Public Sector Senior Security Consulting Engineer at Cisco during the day, William started his own axe throwing business, Tomahawks 51. Tomahawks 51 is Tallahassee’s first axe …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Professor Focuses on Community for the FSU Faculty Luncheon Series
There is an undefined beauty within research. Devoting your time toward bringing a research project to fruition can be rewarding but isolating. Rarely do members of academia have the opportunity to share their work outside of their own academic disciplines, but here at FSU they do. Established in the early 1980s by the Rev. Milton …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Alumnus Serves as Director of Satilla Regional Library System
A two-time FSU School of Information (iSchool) alumnus, Rodney McElveen earned a Master of Science in Library and Information Studies in 2007 after receiving his bachelor’s in Information Studies in 2004. But before coming to FSU, Rodney’s love of working in a library ignited at the Tallahassee Community College Library. Now the Library Director of …
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