Florida State University students graduating this spring prepare to close one chapter of their lives and begin another.  For graduating Masters students Amanda Starr and Dave Sullivan, they'll begin that chapter together.

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April 8, 2011 is Heritage Day at Florida State University, and what better way to celebrate the university's history than with a look back at its legacy.  1930 Florida State College for Women alumna Hazel Alexander celebrated her 100th birthday this March.  In this episode of our Share Your Story series, Hazel reflects back on her life's accomplishments, and the one FSCW professor that quite... More

Two-time Florida State University graduate Susan Minnerly tells of how the kindness of current FSU Provost Larry Abele and the Department of Biology has kept her on her feet in hard times.

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1965 Florida State University graduate Richie Schwerdt talks about his first days of college at FSU, and the two professors whose words would ultimately shape his entire college career.

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Ed Holmes and his wife Karolyn met at Florida State University in the early 80's. Ed's mom had attended FSU in the 50's, and Karolyn's sister was a student as well. Now the Holme's two daughters attend FSU. This proud Seminole family wears their colors wherever they go, it seems, but the real story--when two seminole traditions united--began with a Greek rush party (though they don't always agree on... More

Florida State University graduate Connie Bays Brink tells the tale of how an FSU football game in 1977 shut down an entire town as a new kind of Seminole spirit took hold of Tallahassee--a football spirit.

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Every Florida State University student, past and present, knows the stress and frustration that comes with the week of final exams, and everyone deals with that stress and frustration differently. Florida State graduate Robert Wilson shares his story of a fateful finals night in 1968 when he and his fellow security officers stood guard as students across campus threw their anxieties--and some other... More

In 1962, Air Force Captain Walter Smith was chosen to take part in a special year-long MBA program at Florida State University that focused on innovative research and development. In the years following, he gave the final "go" on the Gemini rocket missions, designed a GPS guidance system for bombs still in use today, and had a successful house building career all the while.

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In 1948, the Florida State College for Women went coeducational and became the Florida State University we know it as today. Attempting to deal with the great influx of men heading to college on the G.I. Bill, Florida State was forced to house the men at the old Dale Mabry Air Force Base across town. 1952 Florida State University graduate Richard Kurras talks about his life on Florida State's former... More

Many people are familiar with the culture of the advertising empire that was New York City's Madison Avenue in the 1960's and 70's through the popular AMC television show Mad Men. Bill Smith lived it. And now as a Florida State University Assistant Professor in the School of Communications, he shares his real world lessons and experiences with his students. What some of them may not know, however,... More