FSU STARS Alliance wins Best College Chapter Award

This past weekend, the STARS Alliance (Students & Technology in Academia, Research & Service) at Florida State University traveled to Washington DC for the annual STARS conference. The annual conference highlights each college chapter’s achievements.  42 STARS chapters gathered in Washington DC, from August 14-16th. “The weekend overall was a great experience,” said Michael Helfrich, STARS …

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CCI Faculty presents at AEJMC

Members of the School of Communication presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) in Montreal, Canada on August 6-9. Attendees include Dr. Laura Arpan, Director of Communication Dr. Gary Heald, Dr. Patrick Merle, and doctoral students Young Sun Lee & Zihan Wang. They were among 2,383 attendees split amongst 370 sessions. Presentations “Integrating Self-Affirmation …

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FSU STARS Students Win 1st and 2nd Place at National Conference

Florida State University undergraduate students successfully earned first- and second-place at the “STARS Celebration 2013” Conference in Atlanta on Aug. 15-17. The students were attending the three-day conference as members of the Florida State University chapter of the STARS (Students and Technology in Academia, Research, and Service) Alliance, a national community of regional partnerships with …

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Upcoming Conference Calls

Fall 2013 IOSSBR Conferences New Orleans, October 14-15 Las Vegas, October 20-21 www.iossbr.com Las Vegas, October 7-8 IOSSBR is also holding a Fall International Conference in Las Vegas from October 20-21 at the Stratosphere Hotel & Casino. The Stratosphere is the most recognizable hotel in the Las Vegas skyline with the 1,149 foot tower that …

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Call for Proposals: "Digital Liaisons: Engaging with Digital Curation Theory and Practice"

“Digital Liaisons: Engaging with Digital Curation Theory and Practice”   The Special Interest Group for Digital Libraries (SIG DL) of ASIS&T is seeking proposals for an Undergraduate, Master’s, and RecentlyGraduated Undergraduate and Master’s Students (May 2011 or later) student research program at the ASIS&T 2013 Annual Meeting in Montreal November 1–6.   This session is …

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Florida’s iSchool at ALISE 2013

Are you going to ALISE 2013 in Seattle? Here are some of the places where you can find Florida State University faculty, staff, alumni, and students: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:30 – 10 a.m.- SIG Program: Doctoral Students: Surviving the Pre-Tenure Years Conveners: Lenese Colson (doctoral student, Florida State University) – Menzies Suite – Grand Hyatt …

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Raney gives keynote at sports media conference in China

Arthur A. Raney, professor and director of doctoral studies in FSU’s School of Communication, delivered a keynote address at an international conference on sports media and communication hosted by Chengdu Sport University in Chengdu, China — the first of its kind ever convened in mainland China. Raney was one of three U.S. sports media scholars invited to headline …

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