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 29th 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.
