Students & Campus Life

Bernard James, who helped lead Florida State University to its first-ever Atlantic Coast Conference championship in men’s basketball, was presented with the Most Courageous Award by the United States Basketball Writers Association at its annual awards breakfast at the men’s basketball Final Four. First presented in 1978, the Most Courageous Award has honored individuals in […]

The transition from combat to the classroom can be difficult for student-veterans. A new sociology class for student-veterans at Florida State University is making headway in discovering the unique challenges they face, and how they manage those challenges, so their needs can be better served. The student-veterans in the Veterans Research class are being taught […]

Jody Williams came to Florida State University to deliver an important message: If she — an average girl from Vermont whose parents didn’t finish high school — could succeed in changing the world for the better, then so could anyone listening to her speak. “Anybody can help make a difference in the world — anyone,” […]

Just days before the March 30 opening night at the Florida State University Flying High Circus, students tweaked their acts in an ongoing practice ritual. Acrobats balanced on thick mats and tossed each other in the air; a trapeze artist rocked and rolled on a candy apple-red “walking globe.” Clowns and high-wire athletes stretched their […]

Florida State students and their families gathered in the Ruby Diamond Concert Hall on March 20 for the Class of 2012 Ring Ceremony. The time-honored Florida State tradition included a featured speaker — and something a little bit offbeat: Dipping the new college rings into the iconic Westcott fountain. The ceremony included speeches as well […]

The paintbrushes are poised, the rakes stand ready, and the Windex is waiting. For the fourth year, Florida State University students — as well as faculty and staff members — will perform numerous service projects throughout Tallahassee during The Big Event, the flagship community-service project of the university’s Student Government Association. The service day, which […]

Valencia Davis stuck her shovel into the earth in her front yard, pushed down forcefully with one foot, and began to dig. Today, she was getting a brand new home and putting the finishing touches on her garden. Behind her, women from the Florida State University community were painting doors, laying sod, and planting flowers. […]

A Florida State University alumna has received a national award for taking a stand against hazing. Amanda Singh has received one of five Hank Nuwer Anti-Hazing Hero Awards for 2011 from HazingPrevention.org. The award, sponsored by the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, recognizes college students who confront hazing in organizations they are affiliated with. “Hazing no […]

Believe it or not, Leonard Hamilton isn’t as stoic as he may seem. So when his Florida State men’s basketball program won the first Atlantic Coast Conference Championship in school history, as it did March 11 in Atlanta, and the Seminoles head coach methodically raised an arm in celebration as his players jumped and swarmed at […]

The tour was silent, but the images shouted. Student tour guides recently led groups of students and community members on a hushed tour of five separate rooms in Florida State University’s Oglesby Union Ballrooms — each decorated with intricate art, posters and multimedia that shed light on social injustice. And the art did what good […]