Business, Law & Policy

FSU Research: Male and female firefighters have different problems with protective suits

Published: January 16, 2020 | 10:06 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Meredith McQuerry, an assistant professor in the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship. Her research investigated the different problems male and female firefighters have with flexibility and range of motion in their protective equipment.

When female firefighters put on the protective suits they need for their work, they’re often using gear that has been designed for a male body. Because of that mismatch, the suits don’t fit as well as they should, and their mobility is impaired. Firefighters working in gear that restricts their movement must work harder to […]

FSU students earn fashion scholarships and a trip to New York City

Published: January 16, 2020 | 9:29 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

FSU’s Fashion Scholarship Fund winners at a celebratory gala in New York City. Pictured from the left: Alfred Yeh, Lily Fuller, Nadia Love and Zuzanna Szulc.

Four Florida State University students earned scholarships and a glitzy trip to meet fashion-industry insiders, earlier this month. Juniors Lily Fuller, of Ashland, Massachusetts and Alfred Yeh, of Orlando, along with seniors Nadia Love, of Clermont, Florida, and Zuzanna Szulc, of Miami, earned $5,000 scholarships from the Fashion Scholarship Fund, a national nonprofit dedicated to […]

FSU announces 2020 Seminole 100 list

Published: November 20, 2019 | 11:01 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

The Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship, in Florida State University’s College of Business, has released its 2020 Seminole 100 list. This annual list recognizes the fastest-growing businesses owned or managed by Florida State alumni who are responsible for some of the most innovative and profitable companies in America. The 2020 Seminole 100 includes businesses […]

FSU College of Law ranked nation’s 3rd best for student quality of life

Published: November 12, 2019 | 10:41 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Florida State University College of Law has been ranked the No. 3 law school in the nation for best quality of life. The ranking, which is published in Princeton Review’s Best Law Schools for 2020 list, is based on students’ answers to survey questions, including how they rate the beauty, safety and location of their […]

Four alumni take their place in FSU College of Business 2019 Alumni Hall of Fame

Published: November 1, 2019 | 2:29 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Michael Hartline, dean of the College of Business, and Ed Burr, president and CEO of GreenPointe Holdings, LLC and chair of the FSU Board of Trustees, who was inducted into the FSU College of Business’ Alumni Hall of Fame on Thursday evening.

Four new members were inducted into the Florida State University College of Business Alumni Hall of Fame Thursday evening at the Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center. At the same time, the college recognized a 2011 graduate with its Recent Alumni Achievement Award. The new inductees joined 51 other individuals inducted since the […]

Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship becomes FSU’s newest college

Published: November 1, 2019 | 10:50 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, University News

Florida State University’s newest school — the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship — will now become its newest college, the university announced Friday during its Board of Trustees meeting. With the board’s unanimous approval of the name change, the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship becomes the nation’s first stand-alone college of entrepreneurship. In addition to elevating the […]

FSU Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship takes top prize in international competition

Published: October 31, 2019 | 2:45 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, University News

Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship staff members Kaitlin Simpson and Kirsten Frandsden with the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship award, which they picked up last month in Stockholm, Sweden.

Florida State University’s Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship won an international award in recognition of its interdisciplinary focus across campus. Staff members Kirsten Frandsen and Kaitlin Simpson accepted the award in the Exceptional Activities in Entrepreneurship Across Disciplines category during the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship last month in Stockholm, Sweden. The school beat out entries […]

FSU Real Estate TRENDS Conference marks 25 years with industry luminaries

Published: October 29, 2019 | 12:37 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Dan Quayle, former vice president of the United States, poses with students at the FSU Real Estate Center's 25th Real Estate TRENDS Conference.

Real estate industry experts from across the country gathered at Florida State University for the FSU Real Estate Center’s 25th Real Estate TRENDS Conference held Oct. 24-25 in Tallahassee. This year’s event featured speakers including top real estate investment executives David Rubenstein of the Carlyle Group in Washington, D.C., and Dan Quayle, former vice president of […]

FSU recognizes 2019 Jim Moran Scholarship recipients

Published: October 18, 2019 | 9:41 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

2019 Jim Moran Scholars Kiara Guerrier and Alejandro Robins with Jan Moran during a reception Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, at the Jim Moran Building in Tallahassee. (FSU Photography Services)

Florida State University recognized freshmen Kiara Guerrier and Alejandro Robins as 2019 Jim Moran Scholars Wednesday. Jim Moran Foundation Chairman and President Jan Moran and FSU President John Thrasher celebrated the scholars during a private reception held at the Jim Moran Building in downtown Tallahassee. Each year, the Jim Moran Foundation and FSU recognize two […]

Florida State ranked nation’s 8th best value law school

Published: October 17, 2019 | 4:20 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

Florida State University’s College of Law has ranked the 8th best value law school in the nation by preLaw magazine. The ranking, which is published in preLaw’s fall 2019 issue, weighs important student outcomes — bar passage and employment rates — against tuition, cost of living and indebtedness. “We are thrilled to be ranked among the nation’s top 10 […]

FSU College Of Law Trial Team wins national competition

Published: October 15, 2019 | 12:05 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Law students Genevieve Lemley, Luke Waldron, Corie Posey and R. McLane Edwards won first place in the 2019 Mockingbird Challenge National Trial Competition.

The Florida State University College of Law Trial Team won first place in the 2019 Mockingbird Challenge National Trial Competition held Oct. 9-12 in Montgomery, Alabama. Twenty-four law school teams participated in the competition, including a team from the University of Georgia, which FSU Law defeated in the finals. Other law schools competing included defending […]

FSU celebrates donors of new honors program and inaugural cohort of James M. Seneff Scholars

Published: September 30, 2019 | 10:08 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

James and Martha Seneff with inaugural cohort of the FSU College of Business’ James M. Seneff Scholars on Saturday, Sept. 28, at a celebratory event hosted by President John Thrasher and First Lady Jean Thrasher at the FSU President’s House in Tallahassee. (Pictured from left) Back row: Cole Bakotic, Andrew Colvin, Kenneth Frazier, Michael Ramsey, Dexter Bell; Second row: Cameron Strickler, Matthew Williams, Christian Glover, Carlos Rodriguez, Alexander Suriano; Third row: Ivy Van Dyke, Judith Wieland, Matthew Hader, Katherine Newcomb, Mary Katherine Marasco and Sophia Metallo; Front row: FSU Board of Trustees member Mark Hillis, College of Business Dean Michael Hartline, James M. Seneff, Martha Seneff, FSU First Lady Jean Thrasher, FSU President John Thrasher and FSU Board of Trustees Chairman Ed Burr.

Florida State University honored alumnus James M. Seneff and the CNL Charitable Foundation Saturday at a celebration hosted by President John Thrasher and First Lady Jean Thrasher at the FSU President’s House. During the event, Seneff (BUS ’68) presented 16 students with medals signifying their elite status as James M. Seneff Scholars in the College […]