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Official ribbon cutting of FSU Veterans Center
Florida State University marks the official opening of the FSU Veterans Center with Saturday’s ribbon cutting. The Pearl Tyner House will serve as the center’s temporary location.
2011 FSU Student Veteran Film Festival
Florida State University marks Veterans Day with a screening of the acclaimed new documentary film “Hell and Back Again.” The film’s subjects, U.S. Marine Sgt. Nathan Harris and his wife, Ashley, joined the filmmakers in visiting campus to support FSU’s student veteran initiatives. Vanessa Nguyen reports. (Nov. 11, 2011)
FSU science gets down to business
Florida State University faculty, post-doctoral and Ph.D. students step out of the lab and into FSU's Turnbull Conference Center for a special, one-day symposium on the Business of Life Sciences. Panelist and former FSU faculty member Hal van Wart, now President and CEO of Metabolex, Inc., says scientists these days must think like entrepreneurs to make the biggest impact on society.
FSU Dance Marathon Presents 236K Check
Florida State Dance Marathon presented a check to the FSU College of Medicine for $232,630. The next Dance Marathon is in February of 2012.
Art Students Beautify Homeless Shelter
Florida State University art students take time to beautify "The Shelter" in Tallahassee.
FSU Lawton Lecture captures spirit of dance
FSU 2011-2012 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Jowale Willa Jo Zollar moves the audience during the annual Lawton Lecture with an enlightening look at the ways dance can influence and shape a community.
FSU to be "most veteran-friendly campus"
FSU President Eric Barron is joined by representatives from the FSU Collegiate Veterans Association, the FSU Interfraternity Council, and the FSU Film School to announce the university's new veteran initiatives. To launch the initiatives, a special Veterans Day screening of “Hell and Back Again,” directed by Danfung Dennis, will make its Southeastern premiere at Ruby Diamond Concert Hall on Nov. 11. For ticket information: http://www.fsuvetfilmfest.com/
Reaccreditation never tasted so ‘sweet’
Florida State University celebrates the Med School’s reaccreditation with an ice cream social. The College of Medicine is now the first medical school of the 21st century to be reaccredited.
Marching Chiefs Get Swabbed to See If They Can Be the Match
The FSU Marching Chiefs recently stopped the music to assist the Kidz 1st Fund and Ethan Fisher.
FSU finds beauty under the microscope
A group of four judges sit in a dimly lit room at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University. These judges are experts in microscopic imaging, and have come to Florida State University for the Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition.