The Alliance for Excellent Education estimates that only 63% of Florida high school students graduate. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting launched a campaign, American Graduate, to find solutions to this high dropout rate. School of Communication professor, Brian Graves, is a part of that solution. Graves directed and edited a spot for American Graduate – WFSU …
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Brian Graves directs spot for American Graduate WFSU
Houck receives 2015 Guardian of the Flame Faculty Award
As the only faculty recognition award by the FSU student body, members of Burning Spear, Inc. recognized faculty members across campus who have made a difference in advancing FSU as a leading higher education institution. Davis Houck, School of Communication professor, is one of the respected faculty members honored with this year’s award. Houck joined the College …
CONTINUE READINGChapa’s research quoted by Latina Mom Bloggers
Food is the cornerstone of many cultures and traditions. Sindy Chapa, Assistant Professor in the School of Communication, recently conducted a study that found the majority of Latina mothers (over 80%) value passing down family history to their children through cooking. Authentic ingredients like Mazola Corn Oil help generations follow the recipes passed down by their …
CONTINUE READINGMeet COMM Alumna Margot Susca
Margot Susca has been a full-time professorial lecturer at American University’s School of Communication in Washington, D.C. since August 2013. She teaches courses in digital journalism and reporting; code; journalism ethics; children, youth and digital culture; and media writing. In February 2015, Margot began an additional role as Program Director of the School’s Interactive Journalism …
CONTINUE READINGGrad student tackles social media for Zonta Club of Tallahassee
Amarin Cannon spoke to the Zonta Club of Tallahassee on Wednesday evening at the Capital City Country Club. Amarin is a graduate student in the School of Communication in the Media Communication Studies program. After finishing her Bachelor’s degree in Communication from Florida Gulf Coast University, she came to Florida State to pursue visual communications. …
CONTINUE READINGHouck talks Project South on NPR
Davis Houck, professor in the School of Communication, was featured on NPR’s history department blog on March 13. The article is a plea for “historical crowdsourcing” using an archive at Stanford University called Project South. Initiated in summer 1965, eight students spread throughout the South under Stanford’s Institute of American History and KZSU, a campus radio …
CONTINUE READINGThe Power of Relationships: COMM Alumna Maura Hayes
Maura Hayes was born into a family of performers. With a singer for a father and a dancer for a mother, it was only natural that Maura grew up on stage. Her passion for dance brought her to Florida State University and set her on a path that would bring her to where she is today, …
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