Congratulations Chris Iansiti and Jack Dempsey!

This week is COE week @ FSU, and there will be many celebrations and events throughout the week, culminating in the celebration of COE alumni receiving Distinguished Alumni awards.

It should come as no surprise -- but certainly as a great delight -- that not one, but TWO of our alumni have won this year! 

Let's all congratulate Chris Iansiti and Jack Dempsey on being recognized as Distinguished Alumni!

Details of the award and information on their bios:

The Florida State University College of Education recently named six recipients for the 2011 Distinguished Alumni Awards. Each year, the College recognizes deserving alumni who have distinguished themselves through scholarly, creative and humanitarian achievement and service to their profession. Peers nominate the candidates and an esteemed committee of College of Education Emeritus Faculty selects the winners.

Business and Industry

Christopher Iansiti, M.S., Instructional Systems, 1994

Christopher Iansiti's concepts on learning, education and leadership began to form at FSU and grew at Accenture and Delphi Performance Consulting. The concepts crystallized at IANSITI Performance Group, his national training and leadership firm that focused on large-scale strategic learning to effect meaningful and lasting change. A hands-on director of the firm, Iansiti guides corporate leaders to make strategic learning decisions using the "Think > Learn > Apply > Achieve" approach, a learning model he credits FSU's Instructional Systems Department for introducing to him.  Iansiti has been supportive of the College of Education since graduation by coaching students, providing internships and hiring FSU graduates. Since 2005, he has served on the Instructional Systems Alumni Council and has chaired the Alumni Relations Committee.


Postsecondary Systems

John V. Dempsey, Ph.D., Instructional Systems, 1988

Dr. John "Jack" Dempsey is Director of the Innovation in Learning Center at the University of South Alabama. Where he also holds an academic appointment as Professor of Instructional Design and Development. He received his Master's and doctoral degrees in Instructional Systems from Florida State University. A former Fulbright scholar, Dempsey has been a Department Chair and directed the former USA Online Learning Lab more than ten years. He has authored numerous publications and is co-editor, with FSU's Robert Reiser, of the award-winning Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology, now in its third edition.

The 2011 College of Education Distinguished Alumni will be recognized at a dinner banquet held in their honor on October 29^th at 7:00 p.m. at the FSU Alumni Center. The event takes place as one of many celebrations during the first-ever COE Week. For a full list of events throughout COE Week, please visit: coe.fsu.edu/COEWEEK.