Education & Society

FSU College of Education to honor 2020 distinguished alumni

Published: November 30, 2020 | 2:14 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, News

The FSU College of Education's Distinguished Alumni for 2020. Top row, left to right: Abria Ja’Mar Harris, Paul M. Pedersen, Amelia Parnell and Erika Lowery. Bottom row, left to right: L. “Cissy” Petty, Shirley Green-Reese, William V. Husfelt, III and Ellington Darden. (FSU College of Education)

The Florida State University College of Education has named its Distinguished Alumni for 2020. The college will be recognizing eight individuals for their achievements in the field of education during a virtual ceremony. “I am honored to welcome the newest class of Distinguished Alumni back to the College of Education,” said Damon Andrew, dean of […]

FSU’s Interdisciplinary Center for Athletic Coaching to partner with National Collegiate Equestrian Association

Published: November 10, 2020 | 10:02 am | Posted in: Education & Society, News

FSU COACH will offer a master’s degree in athletic coaching starting in summer 2021. (FSU College of Education)

Florida State University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Athletic Coaching, known as FSU COACH, has formed a new partnership with the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA). As part of the partnership, FSU COACH will be the official coach education provider for the NCEA. “As NCAA Equestrian continues to expand and grow each year, the need for quality […]

FSU launches new professional certification in human trafficking prevention and intervention

Published: November 9, 2020 | 10:49 am | Posted in: Education & Society, News

Florida State University has launched a new online certification in human trafficking prevention and intervention to help professionals develop skills to better understand the dynamics of the various types of human trafficking. “The Professional Certification in Human Trafficking Prevention and Intervention certification offers an economical way to provide access to much-needed knowledge and skills to […]

FSU presents symposium on crisis facing Amazonia

Published: November 6, 2020 | 12:17 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, News

Florida State University’s Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics and College of Arts and Sciences will welcome experts from around the world for an interdisciplinary symposium on critical issues affecting the future of the Amazon Monday, Nov. 16, through Thursday, Nov. 19, via Zoom. The symposium, “Amazonia Now: Perspectives on a Region in Crisis,” will […]

COVID-19 is an ideal classroom tool for FSU’s public health students

Published: October 19, 2020 | 12:15 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, News

COVID-19 possesses many characteristics that have made it a textbook example for students. Graphic produced by the Center for Disease Control.

Nearly a year after first learning of a new coronavirus emerging in China, Florida State University teaching professor Alan Rowan said COVID-19 has proven to be a brutal virus but an efficient teaching tool. Rowan teaches courses on infectious and chronic disease and epidemiology in the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy. As the virus began its spread through China […]

FSU College of Education to host COE Preview Week

Published: October 19, 2020 | 11:24 am | Posted in: Education & Society, University News

The FSU College of Education is hosting COE preview week, an opportunity for prospective students to learn more about the college's graduate and certificate programs. (FSU College of Education)

Florida State University’s College of Education is hosting COE Preview Week, a virtual graduate programs open house. At this event, prospective students will be able to learn more about the college’s graduate programs and certificate programs from faculty, admissions staff and students. They’ll also be able take a virtual tour of FSU’s campus, as well as the Stone […]

USAID-Florida State University partnership set to boost teacher training systems in Zambia

Published: October 15, 2020 | 2:38 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski, an associate professor with the Learning Systems Institute and director of the USAID Transforming Teacher Education Program. (Florida State University)

The Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at Florida State University will lead a five-year, $15 million project sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve pre-service teacher training in Zambia. LSI faculty, in collaboration with partners School-to-School International and the University of Zambia, will work with 12 universities and colleges of education in […]

FSU FIREFLIES aims to keep the future of education sciences bright

Published: October 12, 2020 | 11:05 am | Posted in: Education & Society

As the need for highly trained educators continues to grow, so too grows the need for a new generation of education scientists seeking to inform those practitioners. Aiming to address this need, Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) Professors Nicole Patton Terry and Sara Hart of Florida State University have launched a new interdisciplinary research training program in […]

FSU College of Education to launch new online master’s program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Published: October 8, 2020 | 3:49 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, University News

The Mode L. Stone Building is home to Florida State University's College of Education. Beginning in spring 2021, FSU's College of Education will offer an online master’s program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). (FSU Photography Services)

Florida State University’s College of Education is launching an online master’s program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) starting in spring 2021. The program will prepare students for careers in teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL), language assessment, teacher training, materials development, program administration, […]

FSU’s Interdisciplinary Center for Athletic Coaching partners with Women’s Football Alliance

Published: October 5, 2020 | 4:01 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, University News

Tim Baghurst, professor and director of FSU COACH. (FSU College of Education)

Florida State University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Athletic Coaching, known as FSU COACH, has formed a new partnership with the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA), a competitive women’s tackle football league. Through the partnership, FSU COACH will serve as the official coach education provider for the WFA’s new Coaches Alliance. “Coach education and development is an important […]

FSU researcher argues the growth of cronyism threatens American prosperity

Published: September 8, 2020 | 2:57 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Randall G. Holcombe is the DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University.

Cronyism between the economic political elite is a threat to national prosperity, a Florida State University researcher argues in a new book. Randall Holcombe, DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics, says that keeping those with economic power from obtaining political power is necessary to maintain the economic progress the world has seen since the beginning of […]

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