Dr. Donna Nudd co-directs disability themed plays overseas

This Fall, you won’t find Dr. Donna Nudd in a classroom. In fact, you’ll have better luck in the United Kingdom. Dr. Nudd is co-directing two disability-themed plays during her 6 weeks overseas – “The Ugly Girl” and “You Are My Sunshine,” both plays written by her partner Terry Galloway, a cochlear implant recipient and …

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LATE program, Pekurny leave legacy in TV and film industries

After nine years of educating and preparing students to pursue their dreams in the film and television industries, Florida State University School of Communication’s Los Angeles Television Experience (LATE) program may be ending, but its legacy will remain. The LATE program was the idea of Bob Pekurny, who joined the school’s faculty in 1996 following …

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CCI alumni find success in Aloha State

Florida State University College of Communication & Information (CCI) alumni are living and working across the globe, but there are few places that offer the gorgeous weather and breathtaking views Hawaii does. More than 2,000 miles from the United States mainland, the Aloha State’s location in the middle of the Pacific Ocean attracts thousands of …

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COMM alumna pens memoir of Camelot Era

Florida State University School of Communication alumna Layte Bowden recently published a revealing memoir, “Under the Radar during Camelot: My Front Row Seat to History,” in which she shares recollections of her life as a young woman working behind the scenes on Capitol Hill during the tumultuous 1960s. Bowden, who was voted FSU Homecoming Queen …

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Alumni and PEEPS volunteer Ritesh Gupta speaks to students

Ritesh Gupta is currently producing commercials for the dating web site Match.com, however, his visit to Florida State University’s College of Communication & Information (CCI) on Nov. 1 was to help facilitate a different kind of connection. Gupta stopped by the Shores Building to visit with students as a part of the college’s efforts to …

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Believe it or not: Alumna Suzanne Smagala and the changing world of the MLIS graduate

by Erin Groth (SLIS master’s student and graduate assistant) FSU-SLIS graduates continue to redefine what can be done with a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Studies. Believe it or not, alumna Suzanne Smagala used her MLIS and her internship experience at FSU to become a digital media analyst for Ripley’s Entertainment, Inc. in Orlando. …

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Recent Alumni Publications

Check out our recent Alumni Publications   Wayne A. Wiegand, Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876–1956 Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876–1956 by Wayne A. Wiegand Review by: Paul T. Jaeger The Library Quarterly October 2012, Vol. 82, No. 4: …

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