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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.
2011 “State of the University” address
Florida State University President Eric J. Barron delivers his annual “State of the University” address to the 2011 Fall Meeting of the General Faculty. (October 5, 2011)
Faculty honor FSU's top torchbearers
The Florida State University Faculty Senate presents its annual Torch Awards as part of the Fall General Faculty Meeting. Florida State Sen. John Thrasher, former Florida Senate President John McKay, and former FSU administrators Maxwell Carraway and Patrick Hogan are recognized for their many years of dedicated service to the university.
Dancing with the stars: Students learn from a master
FSU School of Dance students get a new groove from renowned dance troop Monica Bill Barnes & Company as part of a Seven Days of Opening Nights Master Class.
Pepper Center director receives statewide award
Larry Polivka, director of the Claude Pepper Center at FSU, has received the Dr. Carter Osterbind Outstanding FCOA Member Award from the Florida Council on Aging. He was given the distinction for being a "strong aging services policy advocate, researcher and teacher who exemplifies the spirit of Carter Osterbind."
Lovins Named ROTC's No. 1 recruiter
Retired Capt. Bob Lovins receives the Recruiting Operations Officer of the Year award from the U.S. Army Cadet Command. The award signifies that under Lovins' watch, FSU's Army ROTC program met its mission to transform students into lieutenants better than any of the other 273 Army ROTC battalions.