Fall 2022
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
CONNEC TION
A Note from the Dean As a public university, service to the community is one of our top priorities. Whether that service is in the short-term or long-term, and whether that service is focused locally in Tallahassee, FL, or meant to impact people across the globe, our College is dedicated to expanding and improving its community outreach. In this issue, we highlight some of our recent efforts to connect with communities in our geographic region. These efforts include a fiveweek “iCamp" in Tallahassee, which taught high school students critical tech skills, a filmmakers' workshop in Sumner, MS, which taught high school students about digital media production, and volunteer work in Orlando, FL, where students and faculty in the School of Communication Science & Disorders conducted hearing tests on athletes, coaches, and unified partners of the Special Olympics USA Games. Our students learn about their academic and professional fields through applied service, and the connections they form during these experiences often help them make transitions into their professions. We hope that the desire for learning and community service stays with them long after they have graduated. The strong connection of public universities to the communities they serve is an asset we value tremendously and work to cultivate and strengthen. We hope that the stories in this issue will help explain some parts of what we are doing, and also why we are reaching out to our communities. Thank you again for your support, and please let us know about service activities and opportunities.
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Stephen McDowell Interim Dean