Guy Stephens is the epitome of an FSU Ad Man. He prefers to have lunch meetings at any place with FSU football highlights on the big screen, authentic Southern BBQ and an oversized glass of iced tea on the side. When he gets down to business, Stephens “directs client experiences” for popular brands like Stein Mart, McDonald’s …
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Meet COMM alumnus: Guy Stephens
CCI Help Desk to Clinical Analyst: Alumnus Brent Grooms
When was the last time you saved lives using IT knowledge? That’s what Brent Grooms does every day with the Shepherd Center, a private, not-for-profit hospital specializing in medical treatment, research and rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injury or brain injury. His path to greatness began at Florida State. While Brent was a student …
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Women in Tech has seen a huge push in the last decade with women making up 26% of the computing workforce in 2013. Last year, more women enrolled in Berkley’s introductory computer science class than men (TechRepublic). The times are a’changing – Stephanie Mears is a shining example of that. While at Florida State, Stephanie pursued …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool’s Kazmer named ASIS&T Outstanding Teacher
Every year ASIS&T, the gold standard in Information Science publications, awards coveted and prestigious awards to professionals in the field of information. This year, Michelle Kazmer has found her place on the list as the Thomas Reuters Outstanding Information Science Teacher. Established in 1980, the award was created to honor exemplary information science teachers. Michelle’s …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool’s Richard Urban presents at DCMI
Richard Urban, Assistant Professor in the School of Information, presented at International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications in Dallas, Texas from October 8-11. Urban, who wrote his dissertation on the Dublin Core 1:1 Principle, presented on the subject at his third DCMI conference. “I’ve attended DCMI 2008 in Berlin and DCMI 2010 in …
CONTINUE READINGMeet 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 …
CONTINUE READINGMeet iSchool alumnus: Dontrail Brinson
Dontrail Brinson graduated from Florida State in 2007 with an Information Technology degree in hand. Seven years later, he works in Burbank, California for the Walt Disney Company as a Technology Analyst. The Path to Success His first internship out of college was for the Walt Disney Company, working for Disney Cruise Line as a …
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