The Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) held its annual conference in August where the winners of the FPRA Golden Image Awards were announced. The awards included four divisions of categories: Public Relations Programs, Printed Tools of Public Relations, Digital Tools of Public Relations, and Student Projects in Public Relations. Awards given in the competition include …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Alumni Win FPRA Golden Image Awards
CCI Students Shine at President’s Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence
Each year, FSU’s Office of the President and the Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement (CRE) host the President’s Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence. The event highlights students who received IDEA Grants for the previous summer and the results of their research and creative projects through poster and oral presentations. This year, the event …
CONTINUE READINGAlumna Publishes Book “The African American Struggle for Library Equality”
Three-time FSU School of Information alumna, Aisha M. Johnson-Jones, PhD, has committed her life to researching African American and southern public library history. Her book, The African American Struggle for Library Equality: The Untold Story of the Julis Rosenwald Fund Library Program, is the culmination of years of hard work and research, revealing “a new …
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Collaboration Receives $25,000 in Funding
Each semester, the Office of Proposal Development hosts events called Collaborative Collisions. These events encourage researchers from all FSU Colleges, Departments, and Centers to come together and discuss potential collaborations around specific topics. In the past, topics have included “Smart Cities,” “Environment,” and “Mental Health and Well-Being.” “The goal of Collaborative Collision events is to …
CONTINUE READINGSpeech Team Excels at First Event of Semester
FSU’s speech team, Individual Events, dominated the competition at their first event of the year. Hosted at UCF, the competition had several categories including After Dinner Speaking, Impromptu Speaking, Informative Speech, and more. Below is the list of CCI students’ accomplishments: 2nd Place – Overall Sweepstakes 1st place – After Dinner Speaking – Sahara Lyon …
CONTINUE READINGMSI Student Appointed to Citizen Service Organization
Meet Elizabeth Uchimura, a double Masters student in Musicology and Information. Her two majors collide at work where she serves as the Assistant Music Cataloger at FSU’s Allen Music Library. Uchimura was recently appointed to a Citizen Service Organization called “Friends of the State Library & Archives” which was reactivated by the State Library. “It …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Alumna Accepts New Position
Over the summer, iSchool alumna Beth Jones made the move from Milledgeville, GA to Swainsboro to begin her new position as the Library Director for East Georgia State College. She was previously the Reference and Instruction Librarian for Georgia Military College. For Jones, there seems to be no typical day in the office. The best …
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