COMM alumna leads Firehouse Subs as VP of Communications

Cecily Sorensen set foot on Florida State University’s campus in 1995 when she started her undergraduate career. “Some of the best years of my life were at FSU,” she remembers. “Both socially and scholastically.” Cecily wasn’t 100% sure what she wanted to pursue, initially electing English as her major. Eventually, she found the field of …

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Meet iSchool alumnus: Andrew Bertino

If you’ve played a video game in the last decade, there’s a good chance it was developed by Electronic Arts (EA). The video game mega-company is famous for games like Battlefield, NFL Madden, Mass Effect, and The Sims. One of the companies subsidiaries, EA Tiburon, is located in Orlando, Florida. Originally ‘Tiburon Entertainment,’ EA acquired …

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MECLABS Scholarship awarded to Katherine Cook

Each year, Florida State University offers thousands of dollars in scholarships to students.  One of the recently added scholarships offered for the Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) program is the MECLABS Fellowship. The scholarship  is funded by MECLABS, the world’s largest research institute which is dedicated to discovering how people make choices.  MECLABS, based in Jacksonville, …

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COMM alumna Sherry Sanderford, Senior Director for Aetna

Sherry Sanderford graduated magna cum laude from  Florida State in 1989 with her Bachelor of Science in Communications. In the last twenty five years, Sanderford’s career path has taken her into different industries, from non-profits to financial services. Today, she serves as Senior Director of Communications at Aetna; a health care company that sells traditional and consumer-directed insurance …

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COMM Alumna Sarah Jean Ferraris Finds Success in Michigan

Less than one year after graduation, Sarah Jean Ferraris lands her dream introductory position for Team Detroit as a Digital Junior Project Manager. Her position at the agency is within the Shopper Marketing team on the Ford account. Ferraris’ success is no coincidence. As a student in CCI’s advertising program she was president of the …

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COMM Alumnus Ritesh Gupta

Ritesh Gupta graduated from Florida State‘s School of Communication in 1998. “I always knew I wanted to do media production,” he told a full room, fifteen years later. “But – it took me 13 months to get a job offer.” Today, Ritesh owns his own production company, R&D Media. He’s traveled to Africa with Bill …

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COMM Alumna Linley Wartenberg returns to Seminole Nation

The School of Communication welcomed back alumna Ms. Linley Wartenberg, for a lunch with students on Wednesday, September 17.  During her visit to Florida State University, she also met with students at the FSU Center for Global Engagement, and with students in a graduate course in International Relations.  Her visit was part of a Hometown Diplomat …

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