Google recently held its Women Techmakers Summits with the aim to raise awareness of innovative women leaders in technology and inspire others to join the field. The Women Techmakers Global Event Series for 2015 celebrated International Women’s Day on Saturday, March 7. Current and former FSU students applied to attend the events. With four summit U.S. …
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CCI Student & Alums attend Google’s Women Techmakers
2015 Great Give: Lead and Succeed
FSU’s Great Give is just around the corner, taking place March 19-20. This year, the 36-hour online campaign will raise funds for student groups. The event starts at 9 AM EST on March 19th and will run until 9 PM on March 20th. Gifts can be made through the Great Give’s website. This year, the College of Communication & …
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The School of Information is heading for California! iConference 2015 is held this year in Newport Beach, California from March 24-27. Hosted by University of California, Irvine, faculty and students from the School of Information will be representing Florida State at the conference. Since 2005, the conference has provided forums where professionals, researchers and teachers …
CONTINUE READINGFlorida Book Awards honor FSU Professors
The results are in and two Florida State professors have been recognized by the Florida Book Awards. The Florida Book Awards (FBA) have been around since 2006, when Dr. Wayne Weigand, Professor Emeritus and F. Williams Summers Professor of Library and Information Studies, co-organized the awards. The Florida Book Awards were created to recognize and celebrate Florida’s best books and …
CONTINUE READING20 Questions with Michelle Kazmer
20 Questions with Michelle Kazmer What was your first job? I worked in the Pool & Tennis Center for Greater Washington Area Parks and Recreation in Washington, Pennsylvania. If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name it? “Not THAT way!” Where did you grow up? I spent the first 18 years …
CONTINUE READINGMeet iSchool Alumna: Wendi Cannon
Wendi Cannon stepped foot on Florida State University’s campus in 1997 – and she’s still here! Once a student, Wendi is now a thriving IT Professional, working at Florida State’s College of Medicine as the Associate Director of Information Management. “I loved being a student at FSU for several reasons, but one of the most …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Alumnus Demetrius Brown advances from Florida Center for Reading Research to GM
2007 Florida State University Information Technology and Computer Science alum, Demetrius Brown, has made recent advancements in his career– after working for the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) for seven years, Brown has joined the workforce at General Motors (GM) as a Quality Assurance Analyst. During his studies at Florida State University, Brown was proactive in a variety of …
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