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Student leaders recognized during annual awards night

Published: April 10, 2019 | 10:55 am | Posted in: Students & Campus Life

Madison Shaff accepts her first of three awards, the J.R. Harding Award, from J.R. Harding at the Leadership Awards Night April 9, 2019. (Photo: Division of Student Affairs)

Florida State University students, employees and organizations gathered April 9 for the university’s annual Leadership Awards Night. The ceremony, sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs, honors the diverse collection of individuals and groups across campus who engage in leadership learning. The awards and their recipients are: President’s Award, given to an outstanding freshman for […]

FSU College of Education professor named ‘Pillar of the Profession’

Published: April 10, 2019 | 10:53 am | Posted in: Education & Society, News, University News

Robert Schwartz, professor and chair of the FSU College of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

A Florida State University faculty member has been recognized for his outstanding work in the student affairs profession by the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Robert Schwartz, professor of higher education, recognized with the “Pillars of the Profession” award at the 100th anniversary of the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA) conference in […]

FSU celebrates its academic and athletic success during FSU Day at the Capitol

Published: April 9, 2019 | 5:04 pm | Posted in: University News

Garnet and gold adorned the Florida Capitol as hundreds of Florida State University supporters and legislators gathered to celebrate FSU Day at the Capitol Tuesday, April 9. For more than 20 years, FSU Day at the Capitol has been an annual showcase highlighting Florida State’s academic and athletic achievements for the Tallahassee community and state […]

Chemistry professor, MagLab scientist named 2019-2020 Lawton Distinguished Professor

Published: April 9, 2019 | 2:29 pm | Posted in: University News

An accomplished chemist who has helped steer the direction of chemical and biological research at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has been named Florida State University’s 2019-2020 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor. Timothy Cross, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, will be honored at the 2019 spring graduation. Being named a Lawton professor is the […]

FSU nursing dean advances college’s research mission

Published: April 9, 2019 | 1:46 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Judith McFetridge-Durdle may be retiring, but Florida State University’s College of Nursing dean made an everlasting impact during her five-year tenure by advancing the college in the areas of research and diversity. She will step down as dean June 30. McFetridge-Durdle’s top priority when she arrived at FSU in December 2013 was to focus on […]

FSU researcher finds adolescent views of law enforcement can improve over time

Published: April 8, 2019 | 12:21 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

What do cheese, jeans and wine all have in common? They get better with time. New research from Florida State University finds that’s also true of teenagers’ attitudes toward law enforcement as they become adults. A research team, led by Assistant Professor of Criminology Kyle McLean, found that teens’ attitudes toward law enforcement tend to […]

Esteemed retired professors present major gift to Florida State

Published: April 8, 2019 | 11:00 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

For much of the past half century, former professors Charles and Persis Rockwood have worked in perfect harmony on a shared goal to elevate Florida State University through their teaching and financial gifts. Their latest donation to FSU will be music to the ears of future students, faculty and music lovers everywhere. The Rockwoods are […]

Florida State receives inaugural leadership award from PeaceJam

Published: April 8, 2019 | 9:26 am | Posted in: Students & Campus Life

Florida State University students are serving as a model for the world as they inspire a new generation of leaders through their work with PeaceJam. PeaceJam, an international education program built around Nobel Peace Prize laureates who work personally with youth, awarded Florida State the organization’s inaugural Innovative Leadership Award for the university’s outstanding PeaceJam student leadership […]

FSU piano technology student wins inaugural Master’s in Four competition

Published: April 5, 2019 | 3:33 pm | Posted in: News, University News

Florida State University master’s student Jason Cassel took home the top prize during the inaugural FSU Graduate School’s Master’s In Four competition, Thursday, April 4. Cassel, a liberal arts student with an emphasis in piano technology, received the $1,000 prize for his presentation “The Voice of the Piano.” “I had a blast,” Cassell said. “I […]

FSU mourns loss of Lawton Professor Shridhar K. Sathe

Published: April 5, 2019 | 10:22 am | Posted in: University News

The Florida State University community is mourning the loss of Shridhar K. Sathe, Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor and Hazel K. Stiebeling Professor in the College of Human Sciences, who died Thursday, April 4, at the age of 68. “Dr. Sathe was an internationally renowned scientist, but more importantly, he was a loving father and […]