Jennifer Proffitt elected as United Faculty of Florida Statewide President

On March 31st, Dr. Jennifer Proffitt, Associate Professor in Communication, was declared the victor in a statewide election to determine the next President of the United Faculty of Florida (UFF) for a two-year term beginning on August 15th, 2015. Dr. Proffitt became a member of the UFF-FSU chapter shortly after she began working at Florida …

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COMM students to present work at Union for Democratic Communications conference

Several Florida State University School of Communication students and faculty members will be presenting their work at the Union for Democratic Communications conference on Nov. 1-3 in San Francisco. The theme of this year’s annual conference is “The Point is to Change It: Media Democracy and Democratic Media in Action.”  The conference, which will be held jointly …

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COMM Professor Proffitt elected as new UFF-FSU Chapter President

Dr. Jennifer Proffitt, Associate Professor in the FSU School of Communication, was elected as the new President of the United Faculty of Florida, FSU Chapter (UFF-FSU) in March 2013.  This organization represents more than 1600 tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure-track faculty in Tallahassee and Panama City, as well as more than 100 faculty at the FSU School. Proffitt remarked, “Following the past eleven years …

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CCI students present at Undergrad Research Symposium

Three students in the College of Communication & Information presented their research at the 12th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, in Strozier Library. Nic Arete and Lauren A. Dickinson from the School of Communication and Claire Dolly from the School of Communication Science & Disorders were among …

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FSUComm earns creative and scholarly honors at BEA

The Florida State University’s School of Communication will be honored for both creative and scholarly endeavors at the Broadcast Education Association’s annual conference and festival in April, with the Media Production program winning one faculty and five student awards and a Mass Communication doctoral student winning one top-paper award and sharing another top-paper honor with …

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Call for Papers: UDC Conference on ‘Climates of Change’

The Union for Democratic Communications has issued a call for papers for its 2012 international conference on “Climates of Change: Democracy Movements, Media and Global Environments.” The deadline for submission of abstracts is Jan. 15, 2012. Hosted by The Florida State University’s School of Communication, the conference will be held May 10-12 at the Turnbull …

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