Everhart quoted in NYT story on school library cuts

A New York Times story published Friday, June 24, 2011, “In Lean Times, Schools Squeeze Out Librarians,” includes comments from Dr. Nancy Everhart, SLIS associate professor and president of the American Association of School Librarians. Read the story..  

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Communication's Opel publishes his first children's book

Andy Opel, an associate professor in the School of Communication, has just published his first children’s book, The Witches: A Winnnipesaukee Adventure. A synopsis: When Jack gets his first boat, he is excited to explore Lake Winnipesaukee with his younger brother and sister. Timber Island is a magical place just across the bay, but to …

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CCI collecting supplies for University of Alabama counterparts

The College of Communication & Information is collecting supplies to send to our colleagues in the University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences. Tuscaloosa, home of UA, and much of Alabama were devastated by the recent tornadoes.  Six UA students were killed in the storms, and many other students, faculty and staff lost their …

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Steve Ellis Memorial 5k to fund Comm scholarships

The inaugural Steve Ellis Memorial 5k Scholarship Run will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 21. The run will begin and end at the FSU baseball stadium and will be followed by a tailgate in advance of FSU’s final home game of the season. Registration is $15 if you want a T-shirt and $12 without a shirt. Deadline …

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Student documentaries to be shown Thursday evening, April 28

Spring semester 2011 documentaries from the Media Production program will be shown from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 28, in UCD 1101. Here’s the lineup: “150 Years Later” — This documentary captures what it’s like to be a civil war re-enactor and addresses the reasons why the South is so caught up in a …

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Boot-camp death shows need for public access to video, prof says

A School of Communication documentary about the boot-camp death of teen Martin Lee Anderson is making news in ways its producers never anticipated. Among other issues examined, the film looks at the role of videotape in bringing to light the actions of guards at the Bay County facility, actions that a medical examiner said led …

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Raney to deliver senior-scholar lecture at BEA symposium

Dr. Arthur A. Raney, associate professor and director of doctoral studies in the School of Communication, has been invited to deliver a senior-scholar lecture at the Broadcast Education Association’s featured research symposium April 10 in Las Vegas. BEA is one of the largest gatherings of broadcasting and cable educators in the world, and this year’s …

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