School of Communication Science and Disorders

Derica Parathundil

Published: | 12:04 pm | Posted in: Student Stars

When Derica Parathundil chose to attend Florida State University, she wasn’t entirely sure what she wanted to study. But she knew that Florida State — a top 20 public university — had the perfect mix of opportunities that would allow her to explore and discover as a student. “I saw FSU as the college that […]

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FSU researchers partner with Harvard, MIT on $30M ‘Reach Every Reader’ project

Published: | 2:07 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

The Florida Center for Reading Research and College of Communication and Information at Florida State University have announced a collaborative partnership with the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Integrated Learning Initiative to research improving early childhood literacy through personalized intervention. The goal of the five-year, $30 million Reach Every […]

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FSU speech pathology program lifts students and impoverished children

Published: | 9:30 am | Posted in: Education & Society

A federal grant helped Florida State University speech-language pathology student Denisha Campbell learn one of her most valuable academic lessons during her internship working with preschoolers. Campbell, a graduate student in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, recalled an eye-opening experience in which a 3-year-old boy felt painfully embarrassed in class every day because […]

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Professor challenges students through Critical Thinking Initiative

Published: | 11:01 am | Posted in: University News

In its third year, the Florida State University Critical Thinking Initiative is changing the way that professors construct their classes and interface with their students — and these changes are yielding big results. Richard Morris, professor of speech language pathology in FSU’s School of Communication Science and Disorders, is using the principles of the campus […]

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FSU researchers win grant to better serve library patrons on the autism spectrum

Published: | 12:36 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Florida State University’s College of Communication and Information is spearheading Project A+ — research that aims to create strategies for academic librarians to serve patrons on the autism spectrum (ASD). The Institute of Museum and Library Services — the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 123,000 libraries and 35,000 museums — has awarded $400,000 to researchers from FSU’s […]

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