The FSU College of Communication & Information’s School of Library and Information Studies will be participating with a booth in the virtual world of the Second Life College Fair on October 24 and 25. We have a slideshow, web links, and inworld books with pictures of FSU. There’s information for those interested in our IT undergrad major, our MLIS graduate major, and about FSU.

To visit the booth online:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/International%20Schools%202/114/49/23

To learn more about the Second Life College Fair visit:

http://groups.google.com/group/second-life-college-fair/web/college-fair-2009?pli=1

Join members of our three schools in celebrating the first research week of the newly-merged College of Communication & Information, highlighted by faculty and doctoral research presentations and culminating in a celebratory reception. Wednesday through Friday events will be Webcast; find a link to the Webcasts at the College Web site (http://cci.fsu.edu).

Monday – Faculty publications on display in Goldstein
Time – ALL WEEK
Location – Goldstein

Tuesday – Doctoral Poster Session
Time: 12:00 – 1:00
Location – Goldstein

Wednesday – Colloquia
Speaker: Dr. Michelle Kazmer
Topic: Crossing Boundaries in the iField: Life-cycle Formation & Long-term Scientific Collaboration
Time: 1:00 – 2:00
Location – LSB 206

Thursday – Brown Bag Lunch
Speaker: Dr. Charles McClure
Title: Pulling together and submitting Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) proposals: Worse than herding cats!
Time: 12:00 – 1:00
Location – LSB 206

Friday – Research Colloquia & Reception
Speaker: Leonard LaPointe
Title: Competition, Interference and Distraction in Neurological Diseases: Contributions to Injurious Falls
Time: 12:00-2:00
Location – LSB 006

The College of Communication & Information will hold an informational workshop for students considering applying to its graduate programs at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, in Room 006 of the Louis Shores Building. Learn about the exciting graduate programs in Communication, Communication Science & Disorders and Library and Information Studies.

Send an e-mail to Audrey Post (audrey.post@cci.fsu.edu), the college’s director of communications and graduate recruiting, for more information or to reserve a seat. Please put “Grad School Workshop” in the subject line and tell us your major, scheduled graduation date and the graduate programs that interest you.

Join us for Gameday

Come to the Goldstein Library in the Louis Shores Building from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, for Gameday.

• Play games on big screens (Wii, PS2/PS3, X-box
• Indulge your fantasy to be in a rock band
• Eat pizza
• Win prizes

Scottish Rite is sponsoring a fish fry from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, to benefit the L.L. Schendel Speech and Hearing Clinic operated by FSU’s School of Communication Science & Disorders.

Proceeds will be used for clinic scholarships, which cover fees for children’s therapy as well as tuition at Communication Camp in the summer.

The fish fry will be held at the Odd Fellows Lodge, 5500 N. Monroe St., across from Lake Jackson. The lodge is just south of Capital Circle Northwest.